"There is only one kind of dance" "The Robot"..."And the Robo-Boogie"... "There are only two kinds of dance"

Yes, I'm sick, and staying home. Bleh. The good news is next week is my vacation. The bad news is that it's kind of silly to have to use a sick day the week before your vacation. Oh well.

My new favorite thing? Flight of the Conchords. OMG. These guys are so funny... especially their "Robot Song". I have cried laughing at least 3 times from watching it, and that's saying a lot. So... go and YouTube it. I'll wait.

Hmmm hm humm...

(tapping foot)

(looking at watch)


WAS THAT NOT THE FUNNIEST THING EVER??

They are these 2 guys from New Zealand, who had/have a show on HBO; (sort of) based on themselves, moving to NYC and trying to become famous and perform with their band. They have an inept manager (who is also works for the New Zealand tourism board, and has all sorts of travel New Zealand-type posters in the background that say things like "New Zealand ROCKS!!!" with a huge picture of a rock, or a picture of something very green that says "New Zealand; Just like Lord of the Rings!" You get the idea.) who, despite having no money, connections, or gigs for them, made them a music video on his camera phone. They also have one fan/stalker who is always hanging around outside their apartment, sometimes with her husband who she drags along. They have really silly conversations, and Bret always wears some godawful thriftstore sweatshirt from the seventies with an animal on it (like a tiger or an eagle)...

I can't even really do it justice; but the Robot Song is just enough to give me hope for the future of entertainment. So, yes. You should put them in your Netflix cue.

Facebook

Arrgh!@ I had a whole post here, and now it is gone, gone, gone.

Basically... I finally succumbed to the power of my friend Naty and joined Facebook. I have been very anti-that-sort-of-thing for quite a while (especially due to the preponderance of myspace, and all the 20somethings with 5 million friends, all of whom they've never met) but she convinced me. See, she lives in Ithaca, NY now.. .and I don't see her so much. (obviously) She uses it to upload pictures, rather than send them out in emails all the time; and I get that. So, now I'm there, I can see her pictures, and I think I have 7 friends! (all of which I know in real life)

I also had a very weird dream last night involving my best friend, her baby and husband, a cougar (who understood and obeyed French) and the brother of a former friend of mine. Oh, and a shopping mall. No celebrities this time though!

Juno

What a great movie! (and, I finally got out of the house! YEA!) The writing is really fantastic; I love the dialogue, and endless making up of new words and phrasage. There were some really nice and surprising moments too; like when her stepmom goes off on the obnoxious ultrasound tech. All around, a very clever film.

There have been some jokes about how if this was a film about a black teenager getting pregnant, it wouldn't have received all the accolades and praise... but I don't think that's necessarily true. It would have been a different story, IMO; since most films of that nature usually take place in the ghetto, with gangsters, and mymomwasalreadyateenmom backgrounds (if we're looking at stereotypes here, which I think those people with criticism are). This was just in the suburbs, with semi-hip middle class teenagers; and it was very good. So, yeah. (and who wasn't in this movie? Jennifer Garner? check. Jason Bateman? check. Rainn Wilson? check. Alison Janney? check. Laci Chambers? check. seriously!)

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Man, I do love New York!

August, 2007:

On a day like today, so icky, rainy, and grey... it's nice to remember a place full of sunshine, heat, flowers, and a gorgeous fountain. (someday I'll have one in my yard. Someday!)

Los Musicos Part Dos

Wouldn't you know? Less than 24 hours after I write about my favorite bands of all time.. .I find out that 2 of them are playing at the huge (and hugely expensive) Sasquatch Music Festival! Am very tempted to go.... (C'mon! R.E.M AND The Cure? When does that happen?) There are quite a few other bands that I like too (Death Cab for Cutie, Teegan and Sara, The Kooks) so I guess we'll see if any of my friends are equally tempted to a.)spend close to $70 and b.)drive past Ellensburg for a festival! (I have a feeling that REM and the Cure will be on different days though; no way can I spend $160!!!)

Check it out:

http://sasquatchfestival.com/2008/main.php?page=lineup

Here is Lulu. Because I never post any pictures here... and she's just the cutest thing ever!

High Fidelity

In this movie, John Cusak has Top 5 lists for everything. Top 5 reasons he misses his girlfriend, Top 5 Dream Jobs.. and Top 5 Bands of all time. (well, not so sure about that last one. It's been a while since I've watched it.)

So... here are my Top 5 Bands/Musicians of ALL TIME:

1.) Fleetwood Mac
2.) Prince
3.)The White Stripes
4.)The Cure
5.) Tie between Jane's Addiction and The Shins. (funny too, b/c at a Shins show last summer, they started playing "Mountain Song", after joking that we all were as wild as if we were at a JA show, circa 1993.)

Pretty sad, there's only one girl in the whole lot of them...

Runners-Up:

Tori Amos, R.E.M. (there was a time when I thought I could just take 5 of their albums, and seal my CD changer shut because I loved them So Much.) and hmm... Hole. Yes, I do have Courtney Love's book. :)