i'm feeling a lot like this today

only my outbursts aren't going to be caused by tics, they'll be caused by me snapping into a sudden rage if one more stupid thing pisses me off.i'm really pissed and angry and annoyed and it's actually *very* unlike me.i'm usually super laid back.it is NOT my week.


i need a smoke and a shot,asap.




this guy is really pretty awesome-he's making lemonade with the lemons he was dealt.you definitely have to give the dude some props for having a great sense of humor.

childhood flashback expose

when i was a kid,maybe about the age of 10,i was at a sleepover at a friend's house and we saw this really weird video short on tv late late late at night-it was pretty strange and we weren't sure whether or not the humor was intentional.at the very least we knew we had never seen anything like it before and were pretty sure no one else had.for years "tater tomater" was our inside joke that we'd randomly say to each other and just giggle uncontrollably.

today i overheard someone say "tater tot" and it suddenly reminded me of this short.



i didn't expect it to be available online actually.
even more amazingly i had NO IDEA after all these years that the director of this strange childhood memory also directed the video for sonic youth's titanium expose


(side note-it's sort of strange to see thurston and kim make out)

try to understand,try try try to understand.....he's a magic man

it's really sad that i have actually had guys try to pick me up through magic tricks not once,not twice, but three times in my life.i think they must've watched this video.

and no,they definitely never got anywhere with me.

talkin bout my generation

this speaks volumes to me

11 nostalgic activities today's kids will never experience.


and at the same time it makes me feel kind of old.

some things a man may or may not know about women

from someone who couldn't possibly know very much about women at all.

shameless

i do like william h. macy but i'm sort of bothered they are remaking shameless into an american version.


and it's not really a showtime "original" series because it was originally a really really great uk bbc series.


they pretty much are taking the pilot word for word from the uk version.


i *really* loved the original and know it could NOT be topped-justin chatwin is pretty cute and all but come on he is no james mcavoy.but then again i was extremely resistant to watching the american version of the office and i eventually grew to love it so who knows maybe this will suprise me.

i won't be suprised when they try to remake spaced or skins next.

can't they come up with something new????

auld lang signs

"I hear the Pope's allowing contraceptives for all occasions, except during sexual intercourse"

FIVE jelly donuts!

finally saw these today

definitely cracking up!

i know i've posted it before but...

it's both my favorite birthday song AND christmas song....

and i wish carollers came to my house singing it.

shoegazey xmas

NOT the mariah carey song

i'm dreaming of an iggy christmas

i can't believe i didn't already know about this!!

crispin hellion glover

for my birthday this year,my friend oshinko got me a ticket to see crispin hellion glover.we went to the performance on monday.he did a slideshow/performance art reading of some things he wrote,showed his latest released film that he directed and produced and then did a q&a session that went on for what felt like centuries.


i haven't wrapped my brain around the experience entirely yet but i can say with full confidence i was glad i did not have any nightmares that night.

here is a trailer for "it is fine. everything is fine!" the movie we endured.

what i will NOT be asking for from santa

creepiest toy ever?

wow, what a difference a couple years make

i am pretty sure the billy idol of generation x would punch the billy idol of the past few years in the face.


it's basically from punk rock to sort of still trying to do some tough guy rock and roll to pretty much straight up lounge singing.wow.
(and yeah i am thinkin there's been some plastic surgery along the way....)

billy idol christmas 2005



billy idol christmas 2007-2008.

welcome to my christmas

an alice cooper version of twas the night before christmas

who knew he was so into the holiday?

yuletide spoofs

this one wouldn't allow me to embed the whole thing so start here with raging rudolph

and then continue here:

i wish it was christmas today

i randomly found this cover of the jimmy fallon/horatio sans snl song by julian casablancas today.i wonder if nbc (oh wait,i guess i mean comcast now) gets the royalties...?

have a very scary christmas

i think i will be watching some non-traditional christmas movies this week...

the director of a christmas story, bob clark, started with a christmas film that would be considered quite a bit less than jolly.

better than santa baby

tales from the cryptmas

this is from the original 1972 tales from the crypt movie.

can someone start the band kissyboots with me?

worldwide starlets get much boys...or so i have read.

my bass feels seaworthy.

the things we do in the privacy of our own homes

this scene of michael moriarty in troll is pretty much the way i look listening to blue cheer in my living room too.

that other team i like is playing that other team i hate in that other sport i really enjoy

go flyers!

phurther phillies suggestions

i am totally okay with them getting rid of blanton in this cliff lee deal.i have NEVER been a fan of blanton-in fact every time i have gone to a phillies game and learned that blanton was pitching that day i was a little disappointed (hey i can't be TOO disappointed,i was still getting to go to a phillies game afterall).every time there is contract talk,trade talk,whatever,he's the first person i suggest we give up.and even though he's a lefty can we get happ back in this trade somewhow? (still don't think he should have been traded in the first place...)

and i know a lot of people liked jayson werth here (he was allright but personally i'm not that sad to see him go) but how awesome would it be if we could steal cliff lee's former rangers teammate josh hamilton in his place?




i know i'm getting a little greedy now,but i'm just throwin it out there....a girl can dream right?

merry cliffmas!!!!

cliff lee will be back in philly again-it's a christmas miracle! YAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!


when we lost him it was pretty much universally regarded in philly as the worst trade ever-even though we were certainly happy to gain halladay...lee completely endeared our hearts to him in the one fantastic season he was here so it was completely heartbreaking to watch him go (remember that completely nonchalant behind the back catch during the world series???). but now we have BOTH!YES!!!!
AND OSWALT!AND HAMELS!



the fact that he chose philly despite being offered way more money from the yankees genuinely brings a tear to my eye.how can you not love the guy who could go anywhere he wants but isn't in it for the money?

in my usual groggy half asleep waking up this morning i look up to see on the news that the phillies signed lee again and i seriously thought i was just having a really awesome dream.

and so i dedicate this song to you mr. lee:

i'm horrible at self-restraint

...reading my sent text messages from last night clearly demonstrates this theory.

i can't believe i still don't own this movie

i've still never been able to find smashing time on dvd to buy anywhere.

"Personality, I mean that's what counts, right? That's what keeps a relationship going through the years..."

"...Like heroin, I mean heroin's got a great fucking personality."

Sarah alerted me to this fantastic news-Danny Boyle is possibly making a sequel to trainspotting!!!!

If this happens I am sooooooo excited. I've read all of Irvine Welsh's books (well honestly I couldn't get through filth.i tried so many times...maybe someday i will try to revisit it)and Porno was a really good followup to trainspotting-with this one more on the focus of sickboy.rather than drugs it's a bit more about sex.

Trainspotting - James Bond from Daniel Kovacs on Vimeo.

if anyone could do it Danny Boyle could.I've loved his movies since trainspotting and all but I miss him getting back to his dirty Scottish roots (see shallow grave).

and i will always see anything with ewan mcgregor in it.



and yeah i will also use any excuse to throw iggy pop into my blog.

it's too cold to care about fashion

or is it really?



maybe i ought to knit these for friends so we can have some sort of surreally intimidating nightmare gang.i'd be afraid if i saw a group of these coming down the street for sure.

pop tarts and wine

PopTarts & Wine : Vincent Kartheiser from Ralph Arend on Vimeo.

dead skeletons

TOTALLY diggin dead skeletons right now.

just not werth that much

so jayson werth is no longer a phightin.he signed with last place team the nationals for a 7 year 126 million dollar deal.he was a good player and helped us get to the world series but i mean 126 MILLION for 7 years-he will be 39 when his contract is up!

i'm glad the phils didn't waste that much money on him but i will definitely miss mocking his facial hair.

on a rather intoxicated evening a couple friends and i went so far as to write him a letter to get rid of the stupid landing strip he had on his chin.we actually sent it.not long after that he shaved his entire face and then grew the full beard.i'd like to think it was because of our efforts.and just like our letter proposed he had a better year statistically without the bikini wax on his chin.

so rip landing strip/grizzly man.2006-2010