Relating

Liz Lemon: "I don't know, I'm still tired from that dinner. And meeting someone new? Ugh, all the nodding and smiling and sibling listing. What's the upside? It works, and you have to have a bunch of sex?"

Mash Ups

Wall-E doing the Watchmen trailer:


Seether covering Wham!


and just cause it wasn't in the actual album:

Eagle!

Obsessive fan that I am, I actually muddled through a picspam featuring Logan. It's been three months since I've made a blog reference to him, so I'm indulging once again and putting up two personal favorites I found. Reason behind these choices: In fantasy Alice land, if I were to irritate the hell out of him (which I'm predisposed to in reality Alice land), at least I get to enjoy the sheer adorableness of the corresponding reactions.

Annoyed (hee):

or a hamming mockery:


New show watch: Better Off Ted
Snapshot: Easily the most creative, clever, humorous show I've seen since Arrest Development. Nick and I were super-bummed when it ended because we just wanted more. Mini-celebration for new appointment tv! Fingers crossed that the quirky humor translates to ratings. With my luck, it'll just be added to the increasing pile of "Brilliant but cancelled".

Sample quotable from the show:
"It's not targeting black people, it's ignoring them. The worst people can call it is indifferent."

Hmm

Update on the dead body

Diaper Chicken

This past weekend, the street next to our place was barricaded off and there were tons of cop cars and official looking thingamajigs there for the entire time. Nick assumed it might have been a drug bust (Livermorons tend to get bored) and I just didn't think to much of it.

What it turned out to be.

Heh. On the plus side, my usual callousness meant that instead of being overly concerned about our safety, my focus was on the potential ramifications this incident could cause to the property value. I'm assuming it's a domestic incident, anyway.


This past weekend, I also saw Watchmen.
Instead of adding one summarizing review to the multitudes out there (my opinion basically matches with the RT consensus), I figured I'd just pinpoint moments I noticed.

1. Rorschach going stealth mode on Veidt. The little drop-to-hang-to-drop move was just really fluid looking with no jarring edits or floaty wire work. It was one little action moment out of several cool ones (props to Snyder), but I just enjoyed it in particular.

2. Matthew Goode CANNOT do an American accent. It really was a strange experience listening to him switch back and forth.

3. Jackie Earl Haley is a bit of a badass.

Virals of the Day

An old time favorite...


Made even more amazing:

Watch Stewie the Grape Lady on CollegeHumor

I know there's the bemoaning that reality tv has taken over and we've scrapped the bottom in terms of entertainment. I heartily disagree and present this little blurb (courtesy of dlisted, again) as formal evidence that horrible tv has always existed - at least dating back to the 80s.

I mean, at least today, we get to see bitches like Megan Hauserman get the beat down on tv.

I Swear, Jack

The new must-have accessory of the summer:
Screw body image issues. Give me a purse hat and my life is complete.

Muffin Top Inducers

Trader Joe's is evil. All the organic, natural hullabaloo about their food equates to me unabashedly grabbing anything from the aisles that looks mildly appetizing. This is correspondingly followed by the very attractive display of me gorging myself for hours in front of the tv because I. Can't. Resist. The Tastiness.

Yesterday, I took the liberty of actually checking the nutritional information of my favorites. I now hate myself..and I still can't stop eating.

Reasons why I can't join Amy and Jess on their non-sweets Lent journey:
1. Candy Cane Joe Joe's
Imagine Oreos with the cloying artificial sweetness in the cream replaced by finally ground pepperminty goodness. Now imagine them on sale for 50 cents per box because TJ's is getting rid of their Christmas overstock. Ohhhhh yum.


2. Mini Peanut Butter Cups
So aside from the smoother texture and the mellower chocolate versus the Reese's counterpart, the tiny bite sizes is where the sugar addiction downfall occurs. Normally, the overwhelming richness of regular/mini peanut butter cups makes it so I can just stick with one (or two, who am I kidding?). But by making the cups oh-so-small, the candy's allowing me a small break between bites to cleanse my palate and start the peanut-butter and chocolate addiction all over again with no end in sight. Anyone remember Ramona Quimby and her apples? The first bite always being the best?
It's kind of like that.


3. Greek Yogurt
In terms of deceptive goodies, this one takes the cake. I buy it, thinking, "Oo yogurt! Good for my bowels! And lightly flavored with honey means no overwhelming added sugar content!" So I'm happily satiating myself with my little tub of lightly tangy, oh so creamy bliss, mentally congratulating myself on finding a low-maintenance breakfast food I actually enjoy.

Then I decide to embark on the usual morning food container reading.

Well, goodness explained.

Second Ingredient: Cream. Fat Content per serving: Scary. Can't wait to buy some more!


In Summary: Orthorexia Nervosa actually exists?