2004-12-28 - 9:21 a.m.
For Your Consideration: A Candidate For Sainthood
MSN posted this article about Lloyd Grove, the man who is now my latest personal hero and gossip role model. Among the highlights:
- "Grove devoted his full column in Thursday's New York Daily News to Hilton — and why she won't appear there ever again."
- "What's his beef? Grove quoted the British actor and author Stephen Fry, who said that being her 'takes a startling vanity, an enormous lack of self-knowledge and a huge amount of greed and desire.'"
- "Grove laid out some objections of his own to the ultra-rich heiress, who became famous after appearing in a sex video with her boyfriend: A tendency toward racial epithets; bad manners, including cutting to the front of a long line at a hip Manhattan night spot; bad tipper; and poor taste in men."
Thank you Lloyd Grove! For trying to make the world a little less full of Paris Hilton. I am sure you will be richly rewarded for this in the afterlife. And probably before that as well.
P.S. Happy holidays, etc. everyone!
2004-12-13 - 9:57 a.m.
Ocean's Ziti-Piti
Gramma's wife, Catherine Ziti-Piti, took over Ocean's 12. A magazine described the film as something made on the side as glamorous stars hung out in Europe. This I can see. While I enjoyed it, I couldn't understand why they took focus off the original guys and placed in on some faux-heartwarming tale of Ziti-Piti, Interpol badass. CZP is good and all, but it's about the guys. Other than that, I liked it. Particularly Matt and Brad and Bruce Willis. A cameo from Bruce Willis is always welcome in my book.
I spent most of Saturday working. At work. Really. Sunday consisted of shopping and working out and watching football, so there's nothing terribly interesting to report. I am glad that I have all my PA shopping done, and like a quarter of my AZ shopping done. I was feeling rather generous this year, a fact that will bite my mastercard in the ass next month, but I think I was canny about choosing my presents and that makes me very happy. Christmas can't come soon enough, cause I am looking forward to seeing the look on my honey's face when he opens his mystery presents.
After all, 'tis the season! Etc.
2004-12-07 - 2:47 p.m.
Anagrams, Or How To Conquer Boredom in One Easy Step
I just ran into this web site and was reminded again of how much fun anagrams can be. For my name, here are the highlights.
New Movie Titles
- WINGED IRK SLUT (bad porn)
- DIRGE WINK LUST (worse porn)
- DELI GUNK WRIST (no comment)
Dance Teams
- GLIDER TWINS UK
- TWIRLED GUN SKI
- WILDEST GRIN UK
- TENDRILS WIG UK (apparently most of my anagrams are British)
Awesome Band Names
- GRUNTLED KIWIS (I guess they're happy?)
- WILDER GUNS KIT (another GNR supergroup, consisting of Nick Cage, Axl, and a guy who knew Buckethead in grade school)
- KINDER WIG LUST
- WIDGETS IN LURK
Terrible Hotel Aliases I Plan To Use In The Near Future
- TRUDGE WILKINS
- DR LETS WIG IN UK
- ELKS TURDWING I
Dear Diary: Descriptors
- LIKED WING RUST
- WEIRD SNUG KILT (a great outfit for Ewan McGregor and NO ONE ELSE)
- WIDEST GIN LURK (like a bar crawl)
- WIDE GIRL STUNK
- GERUND SILK WIT (I love gerunds!)
Notes in the Margins
- IRKED GUNS WILT
- SWINDLE RUG KIT
- RULED KING WITS
I also noticed that my cats' names yielded great descriptors. For instance, short and tubby Cordelia got LARD CEO I (the vanity plate on her Escalade) and ORCA LED I (the vanity plate on her sitting lawn mower). Mulder only got DR MULE, which references his intelligence, stubborn determination, and occasional aggressive assitude. Good stuff.
Wow, am I bored at work today or what?
2004-12-07 - 10:13 a.m.
Ho Ho Ho, Santa's Stealing My Cash
I know it's bonkers, but it's December 7th and I'm pretty close to being done for X-mas. I still have some close friends and family and the boyfriend to finish up, but I'm making real progress on my list. And that makes me most definitely happy.
I still need to get my X-mas cards in order. I'm a strong believer in cards, cause they're easy and they make people happy. That being said, I have like 40 to prepare. We'll see how time efficient I think they are this time next week!
I guess I'm feeling some of the old holiday cheer, even if the retailers' early start date reeks of desperation and tarnishes the occasion. I have Let it Snow stuck in my head, which was cool for the first hour. Now it's a little trying.
I might just get it all done today. Scary thought, but possible all the same. Wish me luck!
2004-11-30 - 11:17 a.m.
P.S. She's Already Dead, Leave Her Alone
Why is NBC continuing to trash Diana after her death? Shouldn't there be some sort of limit to how much you can use a person after your scandal-driven tabloid profession basically killed her? She was a messed up lady, and royal stuff is always interesting, but she was basically good and bringing all this lurid stuff out when the woman isn't even around to comment on it is atrocious. Leave her alone. Find some SUVs to detonate and some people to scare into buying radon detectors for your empty Dateline NBC slots. Leave the People's Princess alone, or prepare to receive the People's Elbow.
P.S. On a kinda unrelated note (although I was dealing with this when the Diana commercial came on AGAIN), I forgot to go to CVS last night and had to use my boyfriend's deodorant this morning so I totally smell like a man. I keep thinking he's around, which is nice. But then I realize I smell like a man, which is creepy. I guess I have an errand to run at lunch, huh?
2004-11-30 - 10:39 a.m.
It Worked!
My months of tireless campaigning have paid off! Okay, it was more like a feverish hour composing 12 e-mails to the Lipton company. But anyway, they changed the Chicken Noodle Cup-a-Soup back to its original flavor! I think back now to the week after my e-mail campaign to the letter the company sent me in response to my e-mails and I laugh. They weren't ignoring my pleas and inserting a tone-deaf offer to buy more stuff from them for retail price. No, they were planning to surprise me with a product relaunch five months down the road. Well played, Lipton guys. How awesome is consumer activism?
