wowzers. May 19, 2008
Posted by Abby T in : ten-second updates, the idiot box , add a commentThis woman has the most ridiculous job in the country. I firmly believe that. And I’m jealous.
If you want to head right to the hilarity, skip to the middle.
Also, hooray for the CA Supreme Court.
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I won’t lie. May 15, 2008
Posted by Abby T in : ten-second updates, the idiot box , 1 commentI’m definitely digging this Hahn-Torres storyline on Grey’s Anatomy, but probably not for the reason you’d expect. More on this once I see where it’s going, I think.
Also, I finally bought new shoes. But in order to make myself feel better, I got a different color. This way, I don’t feel nearly as unfaithful.
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you probably thought i was kidding February 20, 2008
Posted by Abby T in : (pointless) humor, fun with google, the idiot box, ye olde sporte , 1 commentLadies and gentlemen, I did it.
I just submitted the form to register for the upcoming tryouts for Rockstar Curling. The registration form asked me about things like my previous athletic achievements and why I think I could be a great Rockstar Curler (Answers: I played a year of JV hockey in high school, and I think curling is underappreciated as a ridiculous-looking sport and I want to bring national attention to its merits, respectively, tongue planted firmly in cheek). I also may or may not have an RSS subscription to the Rockstar Curling blog.
I was mostly kidding when I filled out the form, but at the same time there’s definitely a part of me that thinks it would be totally sweet to go to Lake Placid and learn to curl for free and become an obscure, useless television star.
In other news, I’m irrationally amused by Google search terms. Here are the two winners of today so far.
-“is Ryan Seacrest vapid?”
Even though this one’s a plant by my sister, I still think it is search-term gold. It’s an excellent question and a thoroughly comedic sentence. The answer, my friends, is a resounding “yes”.
-“lobsters having fun”
I’m relieved that someone out there is concerned about whether or not lobsters have fun. The first Google result defines “fun” in a way I wasn’t quite expecting, but the first Google image result is even better:
Anybody see any lobsters in this photo?
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oh my. February 19, 2008
Posted by Abby T in : the idiot box , 2 commentsNot to pander to the Google crawlers or anything, but Ryan Seacrest got TWO batches of brownie points for tonight’s American Idol episode. First he made fun of Simon’s hair, and then he snubbed the grumpy Brit in his “thank all the judges!” routine.
Classic.
He’s not as vapid as I thought, I guess.
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“I think what we’ve got here is a thing.” January 24, 2008
Posted by Abby T in : kitchen adventures, the idiot box , 1 commentToday I am home sick from school. I was fine yesterday until about four o’clock, at which point my body said, “You, to the couch. Right now. Or else!”
So I napped for a while and watched a thoroughly unremarkable episode of American Idol (I’m not sure anyone can ever top Renaldo Lapuz, seriously) and tried to do some homework, which resulted in what possibly was the most hilarious/delirious response to the Pardoner’s Tale in the history of the Canterbury Tales. A few Sudafeds and Advil PMs later, I was fast asleep at 9:30.
I tried to wake up to go to Stats. I really did! Obviously, it didn’t happen. So now the kitty and I are sitting on the couch watching the guys on Mythbusters build the biggest slingshot ever. I’m also wishing I could smell the popovers I just pulled out of the oven. Even better than being able to smell them would be having them be cool enough to eat. Mmm…
I think I picked the right day to stay home from school. Weather.com says it Feels Like -11 F today.
Tomorrow there’s a high of 23. I’ll go back to school tomorrow.
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this is the morning report January 17, 2008
Posted by Abby T in : (pointless) humor, music & concerts, the idiot box , add a commentWe interrupt your daily grind to give you news on two very important subjects.
For starters, as of about 10:20 this morning, I am officially done with the Dental Epic upon which I embarked in September. Eighty jillion appointmens and nineteen gazillion dollars later, I’ve got a clean-ish bill of dental health and I don’t have to stop by 820 Davis again until March, ignoring the fact that I walk by the building every day on my way to school.
The other piece of important news is the fact that I found the YouTube of the American Idol segment I was laughing so hard about last night. Ladies and gentlemen, here it is:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwSOx_FYZkc]
It starts to get good around 3:15, when Randy and Paula start getting into it and dancing along at the table, and it only has up to go from there. Around 5:15 is where I completely lost it.
I could watch this video seventeen times a day and probably never stop laughing. Oh, Paula, you’re my favorite drunk TV bitch!
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