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April 11, 2006
If I posted a real entry, it would be very melodramatic
Oh my goodness. I've been in Minnesota for less than 4 days, and I'm already completely worn out. This trip has been completely emotionally exhausting. Between trying to figure out my relationship with my youngest brother, who is growing up faster than I really want him to; his girlfriend moving in with my family due to family issues of her own; having PMS; not getting the job I interviewed for two weeks ago, which has caused me to question our entire plan to move back to Minnesota; and the impending pressure of a family gathering, I'm completely worn out.
Therefore, I present you once again with many links.
Every year at Pesach, ridiculous animated cartoons pop up on the web. Last year's Seda Club (from ShaBot 6000) is still my favorite, but what with the aforementioned impending pressure, I'm also really digging the 60 second seder (which is actually 70 seconds). I actually really love the whole seder, but it is really nice to think that you could do the entire thing in just over a minute and have the family out the door soon after. Of course, then you'd miss out on matzo ball soup and brisket and charoset and yummmmmmm...
Apparently, couples in Connecticut are not taking advantage of the institution of civil unions. The presumed reason for this is because now that the gay community has tasted the right to marry, we refuse to settle. This is no great shock to me -- I sure as hell wouldn't bother with civil unions if the state next door allowed me to marry...
I so want to buy these stop sign statement stickers. I've never seen anyone deface a stop sign with a sticker about driving or eating animals, but these crack me up. My favorites are [Stop] Hammer Time! and [Stop] With All the Patchouli. And as long as I'm linking this website, I may as well share that if I ever follow through on my childhood plans to become a lawyer, I would definitely have to own this shirt.
When I was little, I had a thing for Barbies and for paper dolls. I never acted out any stories with them, but I LOVED to change their clothes. I also used to draw my own paper dolls and make clothes for them. I once owned a book of paper dolls that my 2nd cousin informed me were clearly hookers. Since I no longer have the patience to cut out all those clothes, I now rely on online paper dolls, and I've found the motherload. At Stardoll, you can dress up tons of actresses and singers in the craziest crap I've ever seen. I actually went through and did every single doll a couple weeks ago. They've since redesigned the site and it's a little slower, but definitely worth a look.
It's been almost a year since my friend Carly directed me toward this link, but this week, I got a hankering to check it out again. Go listen to an acapella group sing (and act out) old Nintendo theme songs -- but only if you don't mind having the Mario theme in your head for the next week. And as long as we're talking about Mario, some girls in Ohio were arrested while attempting to recreate the game in real life. Too bad that's a criminal offense, because I wouldn't mind giving it a try.
I suppose since I did those Passover links, I should also acknowledge that Easter is coming this weekend. The question is whether I should focus on the Drumstick-like ice cream cones with the Cadbury Creme Eggs in the middle or the article about how Jesus may have walked on ice, not water. As Carly said, "I could totally see his buddies being like, 'Hey Jesus, you're crazy man! You could totally fall through the ice! Crazy Jesus...'"
The folks over at Television Without Pity recapped the Facts of Life Reunion movie. Now, I have to admit that I haven't read the recap the whole way through yet (I'm waiting to read it while watching the movie the next time it's on), but I'm linking it anyway. My opinion of the reunion movie? Without Jo, there's no point. I love Nancy McKeon so much it hurts.
There are some pretty stupid interactive things on the web. On Good Morning America recently, I saw a guy who lets his website viewers choose what he's going to wear each day (dude even lets you pick his cufflinks). That may be kind of lame, but at least he isn't wasting his own time by wearing what they choose for him. A supergenius named Aric, however, has decided to let us choose what TV shows he watches every night. What a great way to spend his time...
I don't see a lot of movies. I especially don't see a lot of quality movies, and I see even fewer classics. That's why out of this list of the top 100 overlooked films of the '90s, I've seen exactly 6. I've actually seen 21 of the top 101 screenplays, although most of them weren't movies I paid very good attention to. I suppose it won't come as a great surprise, then, that I only saw 6 of the 574 movies that came out in 2005.
I actually have about 20 more links saved for this post, but I realize now that none of them are interesting. Neither is this post. The emotional toll that this week has taken on me has definitely done its damage.
Thank goodness Lauren will be here in 9 hours.
Posted to Links at April 11, 2006 11:29 PM
I've seen 30 of the movies. And the t-shirt? Hi.Larious.
See you in a few hours!
I love you!
Posted by: Lauren at April 12, 2006 05:14 AM
