Wishful Slacker

Hmmm, now what?

So I finally signed up for Twitter.  I clicked on my friend Heather to follow, in addition to Homemade Pizza Company, as I heard that they sometimes post specials and coupons.

Then I just stared at the screen.  And stared. 

Then I closed the window.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, has been my first experience with Twitter. 

Maybe in the future, I'll add tweets on my own.  I'm sure people would be incredibly interested to read the uber-thrilling aspects in my life like:

• It's Sunday afternoon.  Should I get out of my pajamas?
• My cat hogged the whole pillow last night.
• I wish someone would come over here and vacuum.
• Napping.

But for now, I think I'll just sit around and wait for Twitter to do the thrilling.  Dum de dum de dum....


 

 

Alice in Uncomfortableland

First there was this (I love when the speaker says, "...the wonderful people she meets," the scene shows all the scary people coming at her- YEEK!  How was this a kids' movie?!):

And then, in 1985, this creepy-ass Alice Through the Looking Glass aired on tv:

And now, there is this!

For me, the story of Alice in Wonderland is one of the most unsettling stories ever written.  Poor Alice, everywhere she turns another weirdo shows up.  No one can be trusted and she can't find her way home.  It gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it!  

I heard that the new Tim Burton version is supposed to be pretty good too, but I just don't think I can put myself through it!  No rabbit holes for me!

Ahhh Muppets

I feel that this is far too good to pass up!

Website of the Week

This video was posted on Funny or Die.  Will Ferrell is one of the founders of this site, so naturally it's gonna contain some great stuff.  And this video features my man Jon Hamm.  If you scroll to the bottom of the page you can some other Funny or Die videos that are also great- like "The Landlord" and the  "Paris Hilton Responds to McCain" ad.  Enjoy!

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

Website of the Week

This week, I am posting the website for my favorite television show, Mad Men.  If you haven't yet tuned in to this show, I highly recommend giving it a chance.  Season 3 begins SUNDAY!  Yippeee!  It's on AMC at 10pm ET| 9 pm CT (I love living in Central Time). 

To get caught up (which is probably a good idea), Seasons 1 and 2 are out on DVD.  And, you can get them through Netflix, which I know firsthand because Disc 1 of the 2nd season is being delivered to our mailbox tomorrow!

You may have heard about the widely popular "Mad Men Yourself" feature on their website that allows you to create yourself circa 1960's.  I've pasted mine in below.  And yes, that's me drinking a martini at work.  Like my fancy eye shadow?

Mr. "Breaking News"

One of my husband's and my shared themes is that we both had grandmothers with avid interests in current events and breaking news.  I remember huddling around the radio with my grandma, grandpa, and sister, listening to live coverage from Norway of Tonya Harding's 1994 Olympic skate.  There was no way my grandmother was waiting until NBC's coverage at 7pm.  "Wait, she's stopped skating and is in tears.  She's trying to tell the judge there's something wrong with her skate lace," reported the announcer.  It was thrilling, and when we watched the American tv broadcast that evening we all felt special for knowing the outcome in advance of everyone else. 

 My grandmother recorded every single day of the OJ Simpson trial.  As we went through her house after she passed away, we encountered boxes and boxes of these videotapes.  Not only that, but we came across every cheesy pop news novel that was ever written.  If it was about JonBenet Ramsey, the Menendez Brothers, or Princess Diana, my grandmother could have been a key consultant.  

As my grandmother's daughter, my mother also shares this passion.  During the goofy court hearings following Anna Nicole Smith's death, my mom and I almost didn't know what to do with ourselves.  "There is no circus here my friends" may be one of the greatest quotes in the history of American entertainment.  A few years ago a man near my parents' home in Michigan went nuts and killed his wife.  If that wasn't enough, his arrest took place after he fled to northern Michigan and was chased through the snowy woods barefoot by a helicopter, cameras rolling.  My mother tivo'd every news story documenting his trial, and sat us down in front of the tv each time we traveled home so we could get caught up.      

My husband reports having had similar experiences in his childhood.  His upbringing allowed him to develop "breaking news" superpowers.  He has this unnatural ability to know every major headline the second before the rest of us learn of it.  My mother has it as a personal goal to surprise my husband with a breaking news story prior to him discovering it for himself.  So far she hasn't won.  After news of Michael Jackson's death on Thursday she scrambled to send him a text message, only to receive my husband's response a few seconds later-"I know."  Between the two of them, at least I know that I'll never be left in the dark!  

Where did this guy come from?

Have you all noticed that every time you turn on the television, Piers Morgan is on the screen?  He's the British bloke who was on Celebrity Apprentice (last season he won and this season he helped Donald Trump in the final) and judges on Britain's Got Talent and America's Got Talent.  All of a sudden, this guy is everywhere, especially on television shows about celebrities even though I have no idea how he got to be a celebrity to begin with.  My husband and I have surmised that the reason he is a celebrity is because he is apparently a professional judge.  And the reason he's a professional judge is perhaps because he's a celebrity.  Or is it the other way around?  Donald Trump loves him, so that has to mean something.  And he's now the "go to" guy for the media in search for updates on Susan Boyle.  Access Hollywood is all over him.

So, in a search to figure out who this guy really is and what he is really famous for, we've consulted the ever-reliable Wikipedia:
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Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965), best-known as Piers Morgan,^[1] is the former editor of British tabloid newspapers the News of the World (1994–1995) and the Daily Mirror (1995–2004).^[2]

He is editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children. Morgan branched into television mainly as a presenter, but has become best known as judge or contestant in reality television programmes. In the UK, he is a judge on Britain's Got Talent alongside Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell. He is known in the United States as a judge on the show America's Got Talent, and as the winner of The Celebrity Apprentice. Morgan is also the author of eight books.

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Ok, from that, it sounds like he is just famous for being famous and running tabloids.  And eight books?!  Appropriately, one of his publications is titled, Don't You Know Who I Am? (2007).  My answer- No.