the second compact disc i ever bought.

was this gem right here:

favorite tunes included "if it wasn't for you," "love is not like this" and of course the (un)classic, "castles on quicksand."

my childhood saturday mornings regularly consisted of waking up at 9:55 a.m., rolling downstairs to the tv (shocker), turning on saved by the bell and then staying with tnbc through california dreams/hang time/guys next door/nba inside stuff. then i would turn to fox at noon for an hour of wwf, followed by one hour of american gladiators.

you're probably horrified for me. but honestly, it was a BRILLIANT childhood. i feel like it taught me versatility or diversity or something important like that. the wwf montage link above really took me back - it's been more than a decade since i've thought about the big boss man or tito santana. MAN, those were the days. nineties tv might be my favorite tv of all time. except veronica mars. and he-man, master of the universe. and 30 rock. it's so hard to pick just one. how do you pick a favorite child? cause this decision is just like that.

anyway, this was all brought on by this teaser:



yippee!

(my first cd? "everything i do (i do it for you)". i know, i know. but for some reason i really liked kevin costner when i was 11. no, seriously.)

when headline writers attack.

did you hear? circuit city is (finally) closed for good. 30k jobs lost. good thing it seems to be keeping headline writers employed. creative genius spotted online includes:

Plug pulled on Circuit City
After 60 years Circuit City powers down
Lights go down on Circuit City stores

and my favorite thus far:

Best Buy Says Goodbye to Circuit City

good burn, gizmodo! once down, i also like kicking men. or something like that.

p.s. this cycle of celebrity apprentice is pretty much awesome. and HILARIOUS. and sorry scott hamilton, i usually enjoy your skate america color commentary, but you are just coming off as a BITCH on this episode. team tom green.

p.p.s. (spoiler alert!) scott was fired, but only after he and tom green made a hilariously inappropriate joke on how, between the two of them, they have a full set. sorry for calling you a bitch, scott. talk about kicking down men. my bad.

i ♥ police blotters.

every time i go home to my parents' house, i always read the police blotter in the local weeklies. this is partly because i have an excellent sense of curiosity and literacy, but mostly because i want to see if anyone i knew growing up was caught doing something comprising/naughty/embarrassing/illicit enough to be documented in the free neighborhood newspaper.

anyway, i was reminded of this resume-building trait as a result of the following snippet:

also, what does " 'rectum problems' " mean?

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best alibi ever?

straight from (where else?) cnn:

Michele Davis-Balfour, Balfour's mother, passionately defended her son Monday to reporters. She said that at least one of the witnesses that police used to build a case against Balfour was lying.

"My son did not do this. I am sick of this. They need to focus on somebody else," Davis-Balfour said.

She said Balfour has a alibi, he was with one of his three girlfriends the night of the slaying.

"He was with Diana that night and with Kate in the morning," she said.

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for your (oscar) consideration.

i mean, movies about senior year of high school are indeed TOTALLY EPIC (see this, this and that).

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all the single ladies.

fyi - best snl skit of the night:

Bee skit @ (Nov 15 2008)
by thebeyoncenetwork

here's the pre-assignment if you aren't quite sure why the back-up dancers are dressed the way they are:



also paul rudd, i ♥ you.

why cnn is so awesome.

the headline juggernaut second life affair ends in divorce has been on the front page for at least two full days now. and not even buried in the technology section. or europe. good thing, because IT IS THE BEST NEWS STORY EVER.

to recap:


these charmers got married after meeting in an internet chatroom in 2003. in second life, the dude (on the left) is this dude (on the right):

on top of that, he named his avatar DAVE BARMY. i couldn't find a picture of laura skye (her avatar and DAVE BARMY's now ex-wife) but never fear, time magazine describes her as follows:

Online, Laura Skye works as a club DJ and is 6 feet tall, weighs 112 lb. and has a penchant for skin-tight cowgirl outfits. In reality, [Amy] Taylor, an unemployed former waitress, is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 224 lb. and prefers T shirts and leggings.

solid burn, time mag!

anyway, he blames her for the break-up, despite DAVE BARMY being caught having sex with a second life ho (the pink haired, blue turtlenecked lady above):

Amy never did anything around the house. She just played World of Warcraft all the time.

all's well that ends well though:

[Amy] Taylor is now in a new relationship with a man she met in the online roleplaying game World of Warcraft.

you go girl?