Make Fun Of Me If You Want...

...but I love this song.

I hate to admit it, but I've missed old fun-slutty Britney Spears (as opposed to the current sad-slutty Britney Spears).

My Dad Really Likes Christmas Lights

#45 - LIST FRIDAY, Talking to Strangers Edition

When I was downtown today I didn't actually talk to any strangers, but if I had here is what I would have said:

Things I Would Have Said To Strangers If I Had Talked To Any Of Them While I Was Downtown Today

• To the teenage boy wearing Dark Side of the Moon pajama pants: "Can't you find any music from the 21st century to get high to? Also, don't wear PJ pants in public."
• To the woman who keeps scratching her knee: "Why is your knee so itchy? May I suggest a soothing balm or medicated ointment of some sort?"
• To the girl on the bus who sat in my favorite seat: "I wouldn't really mind if you were using the seat to it's full potential, but when you sit in the putting-your-feet-up seat and then don't put your feet up it is just insulting."
  
• To the guy who works at HMV and is trying to impress a girl by suggesting she buy the new Josh Ritter CD: "Good call, dude."
• To the old man who thinks I am crazy: "You can't see my headphones and are also not psychic so it is probably unclear that I am listen to something hilarious on my iPod. Don't worry, I am not laughing at you."

Beatles, Please, Stop Fighting Here In India!

I love Paul Rudd.
I love Paul Rudd.
I love Paul Rudd.

#44 - There Was That Night That We Thought John Berryman Could Fly.

... but he didn't so he died.

Two things:
1. Jarrett Grode (who played Perry in Undeclared and is now a pretty funny stand-up comic) apparently wrote this, which I found via the TSOYA blog. It is strangely enthralling, though probably more so if your only other option is memorizing French verbs.

2. I am thoroughly enjoying The Hold Steady right now. Even if you hate them you should watch this video for the keyboardists awesome dancing, especially about 51 seconds in.

Did you know...

...that baboons have a strong awareness of rank-relations among themselves and among others?


I can't sleep.

#43 - LIST FRIDAY, Adjectives Edition

The Best Adjectives To Be

• Lovely. I know I have been throwing this one around a lot lately, but I really do mean it when I say it. It has certain connotations that just cannot be achieved with any other word.
• Tough. It is good to be tough. Unless you are referring to pot roast or something else meat-related.
• Graceful/Statuesque. I equate this with each other. I think you can be graceful without being statuesque, but not vice versa.
• Steady. I envy people who are steady, in every sense of the word.
• Thoughtful.
  
• Vivid. What an excellent word. Vivid. It sounds like what it is.
• Curious.
• Daring. This is my favorite one. I think to call someone daring is pretty much the best compliment you can give.
  

#42 - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

...Are the branches of the learning tree

That is, unless you are me. The branches of my learning tree (for a couple more weeks) are, like: Mermaids, democracy, Jesus and the verb être. University is ridiculous.

Anyway, since I am taking a full 36 hours off from school, and am bumming around at home watching bad television and playing Scrabulous while my friends are going out and being employed and stuff, I thought I would take a few minutes to show you some things that are awesome.* I guess this is kind of a list, but it's Wednesday so I'm gonna let that go. Also, the format will be similar, but different. You might not even notice.

Demetri Martin.
Awesome because:

1. he is very funny
2. he went to Yale
3. his hair is lustrous
4. sometimes he has a pointer and sometimes he has a harmonica
   
5. mostly I just like him because he is hilarious, though
   

The making of a movie based on the book Twilight by Stefanie Meyer
Awesome because:

1. it will give me lots of opportunities to discuss why I hate the book Twilight by Stefanie Meyer
2. not least of which is that she spells her name stupidly**

Ze Frank is making videos again, sometimes
Awesome because:

1. this should be self-explanitory
2. if it's not go here to watch some

And some more random videos
Awesome because (respectively):

1. look at that footwork!
   
2. I relate to the Courier New thing

*Run-on sentence and also a possible comma splice. I would put a period in there somewhere if I weren't so lazy.
**You'd think I would have more sympathy for people whose names are spelled unusually (what with my name lacking an "e" and all), but I guess I don't. At least not in the case of people who write shitty, overrated books which send harmful messages to the many young girls who read them.^



^Wow, I am even more annoyed by this about this than I thought.

Hey, look!

Holiday themed (because it's more fun that homework)!!

#41 - LIST FRIDAY, Christmas Edition (!!!)

Oh man, Christmas is so awesome.

Things That Are Awesome About Christmas

• Twinkly lights
• Presents. they are fun to get, fun to give, and SUPER DUPER fun to wrap. Isn't getting a nicely wrapped gift just the best thing? It hardly even matters once inside if it's got pretty wrapping...
• No school. I was deprived of this last year, because working retail at Christmas is a total un-holiday.
• Getting to see people you don't get to see very often.
  
• Hearing "Carol of the Bells". I am not really big into Christmas music in general, except for this song.
• Egg nog! I have heard that there are some people that don't like egg nog, but I cannot bring myself to believe it. Except for in Matt's case, because he doesn't even like perogies so clearly his judgment is questionable, foodwise... *
• Getting to wear warm-and-cozy Christmastime type clothing.
• Fudge, shortbread, butterscotch confetti and that crazy-delicious chocolatey/brownsugarry/almondy thing that is always at Jane and Jason's.
  
• All the deceit and secretiveness that gift giving entails (especially on Christmas Eve)
• the seasonal calendar store in the mall

My Christmas Wishlist (I swear this is not my fishing for presents, but how could I make this Christmas themed and not make a wishlist? Also, I like thinking about things I want, because usually I realize I want less than I think)

• new mittens
• TV on DVD
  
• deviantArt prints (any one of these, for example) or anything else to hang on my walls
• books, books, books
• earrings
  
• magazine subscriptions (are awesome on three levels: it is fun to get things in the mail that you actually want, you get to read them and then after that you get to cut them up)
• the Married to the Sea "I Hate Voting" tee shirt.
• a new schoolbag
• a straightener (because in the winter it sucks to shower in the morning but at night I am always to lazy to dry my hair so I wake up looking like I have been electrocuted. I would buy one for myself if I weren't so incredibly cheap)
• a new purse
• a pretty pencil case
• beading supplies
  
• a bus ticket from Regina to Edmonton, or Edmonton to Calgary, or Calgary to Regina
• a Polaroid camera (except that even if I had one I cannot afford film)
• socks
• a locket
• stuff to collage with
• good pens

In completely un-Christmas related news...

Songs of the Week

• No Sissies - Hawksley Workman
• Crystalline Green - Goldfrapp
• Let's Get Known - The Unicorns
• The Horses - Rickie Lee Jones
• Birthday - Junior Boys (still!)
  

*my computer is trying to tell me that "nog" is not a word. Clearly Lavinia the Macbook has no Christmas spirit at all.