New Wilco Due in June

Worthy news, and I have to say I'm rather excited to see if they have stopped being pansies (see Sky Blue Sky). Some guy at Rolling Stone listened to the new untitled album at Wilco's studio in Chicago and wrote, "Let's just say the record is sick!"

Will it be the next Yankee Hotel Foxtrot? I have my doubts. Especially after sampling five of the tracks compiled by youaintnopicasso (all various live performances over the past year er so). They sound good, but ain't no Foxtrot -- I want to hear the experimentation and adventure. The live mp3s are preliminary recordings I guess, so what do I know. Perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised when it comes out.

Fun Fact: Wilco recorded the album in New Zealand (you may remember when they were there).

Vader Project @ The Warhol

The other day I downloaded Star Wars Icons for my mactop and people have been calling me a nerd. But I think it looks cool. I also think The Vader Project looks cool.

The exhibit's premiere is this Saturday, Feb. 28 and runs till May 3rd at The Andy Warhol Museum.

They "gathered 100 contemporary artists. Each artist was given a 1:1 scale authentic prop replica of the actual Darth Vader helmet used in the STAR WARS™ films. Each helmet served as a blank slate for each artist to paint, design, mash up and customize."

It looks pretty rad. Get your hands on a Pitt ID and you're in for free. And rumor has it youtube celeb Star Wars Kid might be there.

Brazen Careerist: Get off Your Ass, and Go on an Adventure

... like on a Search for Shakira.

ARTICLE 2: "If You're Stuck, Take an Adventure"

by Penelope Trunk

"If you’re out of work, or your job is so annoying that you wish you were out of work, then it’s time to take an adventure. Some might say that an adventures is an expensive, childish way to avoid reality. This is partly true. But who cares?

The reality of adulthood is hard. There are no teachers stroking your ego with A’s, there are no parents making sure you’re doing fun and challenging activities every afternoon. So it is no surprise that putting off adulthood looks appealing. In fact, taking an adventure to see how other people do their lives is a good first step into adulthood because there is no better way to choose your life than to see how other people live.

There are some great things you can accomplish while you’re adventuring:

You can use an adventure as a way out of a bad job. It’s very hard to quit a job when you have nothing else lined up. But it’s very hard to line up a new job while you’re working at your current job. So a good way to ease yourself out of your job is to go on an adventure. You can tell yourself that you must quit now – now is the time for adventure.

You can sort out personal problems. A lot of career issues are actually personal issues. Do I want to be a doctor or do I want to please my parents? Do I want to settle down or do I feel pressure from my boyfriend? These are issues that dictate your career choices, but cannot be solved by changing jobs or rewriting your resume. Putting yourself in a new situation, away from the outside influencers you are used to – is will help you get a more clear perspective.

You can learn what you don’t want. When I worked on a family chicken farm in rural France, one day, when we spent three hours looking for mushrooms in the forest, I said, “Why do we have to keep looking? It’s taking so long and it’s only mushrooms. Let’s go home." And the father said, “But how will we have wild mushrooms for salad?" I couldn’t believe it. I wanted to have my mom buy some at the grocery store and send them via airmail. This is when I knew that although living close to the land looks appealing from the outside, but to me it felt monotonous and intellectually dissatisfying.

There are a few ways to get the money to travel. The most obvious is that you should alter your lifestyle And prolific travel blogger Ali Watters has a few suggestions: Don’t get a car or a mortgage unless you absolutely need one Give up smoking or expensive trips to coffee shops – it wastes money each day. Stay away from material possessions. Before each purchase ask yourself what you’ll do with it while you’re traveling.

Ali also recommends that you go somewhere cheap; a month in Europe will cost you three times as much as a month in South East Asia.

If Ali’s advice is too hard to swallow, you might try lining up a job that’s an adventure. If you are under thirty years old you might be able to benefit from reciprocal work agreements with the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

Adventure is a good choice for a lot of people. It will give you perspective on a career that’s stuck, and if you don’t even have a career, there’s little difference between a good entry level job and an adventure. Both are about learning, trying new things, and making sure you don’t starve. So when you are looking at your job choices, put travel right up there on top with everything else. It’s good for your resume and good for your life.

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Brazen Careerist: Stop Worrying, Twentysomethings, Being Lost is Okay

Today I stumbled upon the Penelope Trunk's blog, Brazen Careerist, and went nuts over her honest, truthful, hip, and all-around fucking awesome take on happiness and careers. She's not new to scene but new to me, so I'm using the next few days to present a few articles that give some of the best (and often relieving) freaking advice I've ever read on a blog. Feel free to explore her site here for many more.Besides the aging paedophiliacs reading this, most of my readership are twentysomethings who are in/out/between college/graduate school. Many of your parents (and you) are freaking out about what the hell you're doing with your life. Well take it easy, because the Penelope wants to let your 'rents in on something...

Article 1: "Stop Worrying that Your Twenty Something Is Lost"

by Penelope Trunk

Here is an open letter to all the parents, aunts and uncles who write to me asking for advice about the twentysomething in their life who is an incorrigible underachiever:

Lighten up! No one should be labeled an underachiever in their twenties! The first thing you should ask yourself is whose standards are you using? This is not the same workplace that existed ten years ago. There are new rules, and you need to stop applying the old rules to someone who has no need for them.

The people who know exactly what they want to do when they are 22 are called, in the land of sociology, "fast starters." And today that is only 12% of the workforce. In general, these people are conservative, taking paths their parents took, and do not ask a lot of questions. The majority of twentysomethings today move back home with their parents , job hop every 18 months, and refuse to pay their dues.

And you know what? These are all good decisions. To you, these decisions might look like decisions that losers make, but the world is different. Do you know what a loser is today? A loser is someone who doesn't take the time to get to know herself. A loser is someone who saw his parents earn a lot of money and not get happiness from it and still deludes himself that money will make him happy. A loser is someone who looks for fame or prestige. A loser is someone who lets someone else tell them what success looks like.

Today success is personal. It's about using the years of emerging adulthood to figure out what works for you. This is time to experiment - try things and quit them and try other things. This is a time to have gaps in resumes, red in bank accounts, and a suitcase packed, ready to go at a moment's notice. These are symptoms of someone who is learning a lot and growing a lot.

Personal growth looks a lot like being lost. Lost is okay. Who wouldn't be with twenty years of schooling and no preparation for adult life? People grow more when they are lost then when they are on a straight path with a clear view of where they are going.

need a map?

Don't tell me that your kid is a bar tender and will never grow up. Bar tenders have some of the best social skills in the workforce, and social skills are what matters. Bar tenders are not underachievers. Also, did you ever stop to ask your bar-tender kid what he does during the day when he's not pouring drinks? He's probably doing something fun and cool and a little risky that you didn't have the guts to try til you had a midlife crisis.

And don't tell me about your kid who isn't finishing college. No one said college has to happen right away. No one has research to show that if you do college right after high school you will be a happier person. But people do have research to show that if you take time to find yourself during your twenties then you will avoid a quarterlife crisis. So maybe it's okay that your niece is taking a year off of college to travel in Thailand. Or knit sweaters.

...or play xbox. LOST!

Stop judging the twentysomethings. Instead, look at yourself. Why is it so important for your twentysomething to make choices that you like? In fact, the most successful people in today's workplace are making choices that would have seemed absurd ten years ago. And things that are true today were not true ten years ago.

And have a heart. It's not easy to be a twentysomething today. These young people grew up with tons of structure, tons of adults watching over them, tons of accolades. It's a hard adjustment to go into the adult world where there is none of this. The most successful transitions happen when the person making the change receives time to adjust, space to grow, and support for tough decisions.

Have some patience. Most people find what they want to do with their life by the time they are 30. Really. And they are already putting so much pressure on themselves to find a good life. They don't need more pressure from you.

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Uggs and Skirts to Be Banned at University Of Alabama

Full Article and VIDEO here

Tuscaloosa, AL -

"'It’s a trend I want to curtail,' said Wentz, relatively new to town, having moved here about three months ago... He’s originally from Pennsylvania...

'We didn’t even have this up north, even though we have snow and could actually use them,' he said. 'Just driving around campus here is unlike anything I’ve seen anywhere else.'

Sheepskin boots have been worn around the world for centuries, but the Uggs name is more recent. World War I aviators wore a sheepskin boot they called 'fugs.' 'Ugg' seems to have come from the Autralian slang 'ugh' for ugly. Surfers and skiiers popularized the boot as after-workout wear, to keep their feet warm. A representative for UGG Australia, one of the leading makers of the boots, declined to comment.

If his petition is successful - as of late last week, he had 23 signatures at his 94.1 site - Wentz wants to take it to Tuscaloosa Mayor Maddox and UA President Witt. Legislative action is not planned."



This is a great idea. Because I know women love to rip things off and burn them when they feel under attack (see bra burnings). If every college girl burns her Uggs in protest, then every college girl will automatically increase in hotness by at least 2 points. And if they rip off their skirts and burn them, 4 or 5 points. Unless she's fat and should have been wearing long pants in the first place, then -6 points.

Brazilian Activists are Cute (NSFW)

Sao Paulo, Brazil -

Yesterday, some Brazilian girl during Carnival painted Obama on her leg and a sign-post on her stomach reading "vendese" - portuguese for "for sale" referring to selling some trees or somthin' to 'merica.

I noticed on her left leg is an old white man, but I don't know who it is. Also she painted giant nipples on her breasts.

source: Huffpost


UPDATE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwFzcNViME

UPDATE ON TERMS

ATTN:
A couple of days ago, I revised our terms of use hoping to clarify some parts for our users. Over the past couple of days, I received a lot of questions and comments about the changes and what they mean for people and their information. Based on this feedback, I have decided to return to our previous terms of use while I resolve the issues that people have raised.

WTF White Stripes are back? yay Conan

stereogum

I was watching the tv and Jack and Meg came on ... uh WAIT WHAT! I thought they disbanded. Then i came out of my own little inebriated world and realized they were performing because it was Conan's last show. They played a lovely (not really) version of "we're going to be friends." the whole time i thought Jack was singing half in Italian. But that probably wasn't true either, especially now that i'm listening to it for a second time.

moral of the story: conan o'brien is moving to an earlier time slot on late night, a time when i probably won't be watching tv, and therefore cannot misconstrue his musical guests possible return to touring/use of the english language. oh, and that i like the white stripes a lot. but not when meg is trying to play guitar. WTF was she doing

So, i've gotten over 1500 visitors to dis blog o'mine since its creation a few months ago, i mean, i'm a pretty big deal. i think you already knew that. but lately i've been trying to figure out WHY i've been getting so many more search engine hits... and i finally figured it out:
look who's the number one hit. thank you perverts and paedophiles of the world. and in case you missed the post, here.

i'm glad i'm finally reaching my target demographic. Another success for the resume.

New Terms of Use

ATTENTION:

A couple of minutes ago, I revised our terms of use (see print under the title banner) hoping to clarify some parts for my users. I plan to receive a lot of questions and comments about the changes and what they mean for people and their information.

Going forward, I've decided to take a new approach towards developing my terms. You may remember the old terms: "Bringing you 100% Truthiness in Celebrity Gossip & Other Stuff Since 2008." As I've said in the past, I think that a lot of the language in my terms were overly formal and protective.

The current version is a substantial revision from where we were a few minutes ago. It reflects the principles around how people share and control their information, and it is written clearly in language everyone can understand.

More than 175 million people use NeilCelebGossip. If it were a country, it would be the sixth most populated country in the world. My terms aren't just a document that protect my rights; it's the governing document for how the service is used by everyone across the world. Given its importance, I need to make sure the terms reflect the principles and values of the people using the service.

Since this will be the governing document that we'll all live by, NeilCelebGossip users will have a lot of input in crafting these terms further.

Please feel free to leave suggestions, comments, or links to Shakira gifs.

Also please notice that I've removed "You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content."

And thank you Mark Zuckerberg.

Rihanna Herpes, Rihanna Bruises

... when those are the two related search results that first come up when you're googled, you know you need a life change.

Ok, so before last week when she got bitch slapped by chris brown, or whoever, the only thing i knew about Rihanna was that she strategically releases an annoying hip-hop song at the beginning of every summer so she can dominate the charts 'at da club' may-aug. I also knew she sings about umbrellas a lot. and i knew that her voice might be the most monotonal voice in hip-hop ever.

that's actually a lot more than i knew about chris brown. i knew he's a really good dancer, i guess. I couldn't name a single song of his.

ok, so, naturally since i'm a huge fan, i'm REALLLY REALLLY interested in this whole beat da girlfriend fiasco at the Grammys. so much that i did a google search just a couple of secs ago and found all this out in 3 mins:

-the above pic of her spilling camel toe
-she maybe got herpes from chris
-she might have already had herpes from jay z
-jay z essentially said that he was going to kick chris' ass
-chris gave a public apology where he mostly just talked about facebook and how it's bad because it spreads rumors


that's it. that's the whole story. amazing huh? i think that's way more than n e 1 should ever need to know about rihanna and chris, or whoever they are.

there B Vilar, can't believe i just wrote that shit. what a waste of fucking time. wonder what Aubz is up to...

#4 Pitt vs. #1 UConn LIVE BLOGGING

7:17PM Pitt up early 15-10. Announcers are pissing me off. Completely biased towards UConn, might have to turn on the local radio.

7:26 Stop talking about Thabeet! Blair is kicking his ass.

7:27 We're fouling the crap out of them. This doesn't look good; we don't play well when in foul trouble. But we're still up 17-13.

7:28 We just got 500 offensive boards in a row and then scored. Thabeet just got the ball stolen. HOLY SHIT ALLEY OOP Fields to Young! YES. We look awesome (besides the fouls). I wish the commentators would fucking open their eyes and recognize that. 21-13 Pitt

7:32 UConn's AJ Price is a lil prick. I wish he'd stop making threes. 23-20 Pitt

7:37 EAT IT THABEET! Blair just made a hook shot over the supposedly "best shot blocker in hte big east ever." 25-20 Pitt

7:39 Two quick shots made by Uconn, uh oh. 25-24 Pitt

7:40 ESPN won't stop scrolling UConn graphics across the screen. They must have forgotten that Pitt was playing tonight too.

7:41 Blair misses a dunk???? Then gets his 2nd foul. Shit. 27-26 Pitt

7:44 Price makes ANOTHER three .... ugh. Only up by one. WAIT Blair just shot over Thabeet AGAIN! I'm lovin' it. 31-28 Pitt

7:48 13 points, 11 rebound for Blair. 4 points, 2 rebounds, ZERO blocks for Thabeet. 1:52 left in the first half.

7:50 Blair is absolutely dominating. He's doing anything he wants. I'm in love. 36-30 Pitt

7:51 AJ Price is inhuman; he just drained a fade-away NBA three while getting fouled (not called) as time ran out for the half. INTENSE first half for sure. Blair is a fucking animal; finally people are finding out. He should be made Chancellor. 36-33 Pitt at the half. I wish Jona would get me a beer or a sandwich, but when I yell at her she just shakes her head and walks back into her room. What an awful roommate. HAIL TO PITT!

8:00 I wonder if anyone is reading this.

8:02 Where the hell is Erick. He's supposed to be here by now. This is awkward watching this game alone. He will probably make fun of me for blogging. JONA WHERE"S MY BEER!

8:07 Pondering about all the homework I should be doing. Today I looked like a waif. I just learned that word today while reading Kate Moss' wikipedia article. It means a homeless or abandoned child. I wore Lehe's dungy, green corduroy's, a stained tan button down, AE boots from 4 years ago (no laces), borrowed black female dutch hat from H&M, and no shower. GAMES BACK ON

8:09 Young just tried to soar over Thabeet with a dunk. Thabeet fouled him to the ground instead, but that's his 3rd foul. Good News. 38-36 Pitt, 18:59 remaining.

8:11 "Sam Young is underrated and under appreciated" WURD. Starting to warm up to commentators.

8:18 Erick's here. Bitching at him as replaced blogging in last 7 minutes. 44-39 Pitt, 15:35 remaining.

14:50 Just realized I should put the time remaining instead of the actual time. 44-41 Pitt

14:02 Jona just brought me a water. It's not beer but it will work. 46-43 Pitt

12:00 Sam Young is amazing. Young & Bair 40 pts. Rest of team 9. Damnit AJ Price! ANOTHER Three. 49-48 Pitt.

11:20 4th FOUL ON THABEET! YES

11:01 ESPN now has a Thabeet Cam. A small screen of Thabeet's face on bottom right hand corner.

9:42 UConn takes their first lead of the game. Fuck. Blair just went to the bench after getting poked in the eye. 49-50 UConn.

7:13 Oh shit. 51-56 UConn

6:00 Fields can't make a shot. Pitt guards are 1-26 or something ridiculous like that. 53-56 UConn.

5:30 Thabeet is back in. Hope he fouls out soon.

4:20 Pitt has the lead with Dixon's THREE! WOOT! 59-58 PITT

2:55 Fields makes a THREE! Finally... 64-61 Pitt

2:20 FIELDS AGAIN THREE! WOOT When he starts feelin' it, no one plays with more confidence than Levance. 67-61 Pitt

1:45 Milk that Clock!

1:37 Steal and lay-up by UConn. Followed by a timeout. 67-63 Pitt. This is nerve wracking.

53.8 Fields goes to the line, one-on-one. Makes the first. Makes the second! 69-63 Pitt.

35.3 BLAIR IS AN FUCKING ANIMAL. Can't say it enough. Just grabbed the ball out of Thabeet's pussy hands and passed to Dixon for a layup. 71-63 Pitt.

22.6 UConn has zero timeouts. Pitt has one left. Pitt possession. 71-65 Pitt.

17.9 Blair has 22 points, 23 rebounds, and player of the game. UConn is trying to foul their way back in the game. I think we got this game wrapped up. Will be the first time PItt has ever beat a #1 seed in school history.

7.2 Erick doesn't think Pitt should be #1 in the nation now with this win. I think they should. WTF ERICK!?

0.0 secs WE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Final score 76-68. I'm going to go burn a couch now. Can't wait for the next time we face UConn in two weeks at home, Yayyyyaaaa.

Hail to Pitt!

Happy Birthday Levar Burton

To the man who changed my life forever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8iTeDl_Wug

UPDATE:
read levar's personal blog here
follow levar's personal twitter here, you know you want to

Tax cuts won't solve our current economic woes.

By Daniel GrossPosted
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, at 6:16 PM ET
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The congressional debate over the stimulus package may be over, but the larger debate isn't. Many critics of the bill, which contains a mix of tax cuts and government spending, believe that the government spending part just won't work.

Let's say you're a tenured professor of economics at Harvard. You have—and have earned—a great deal of stability and security. Your job is guaranteed, at pretty much the same salary, until retirement. Your employer, which has been around for more than 350 years, isn't going anywhere. The university provides nice health care benefits and contributes generously to a retirement plan. All of which means you can make pretty good plans about your short- and long-term financial future. If we reduce payroll taxes—or eliminate them entirely—the professor will have an extra $200 in his paycheck every month. And that might yield predictable results. Feeling slightly more flush, he might be more likely to amble down to the Coop and buy a few books or a V-neck Crimson sweater or to invest in a summer home on Cape Cod. That's what a rational person would do. And that would stimulate the economy nicely.

Back in the day, and in many of the past episodes of postwar recession, the typical American worker resembled a Harvard professor—not in brains or wit, to be sure, but in the shape of her economic life. Many—not all, but a lot—enjoyed long, relatively secure job tenures, steady incomes, and generous employer-provided health and retirement benefits. But the economy has changed significantly in recent decades. And the circumstances that might prod our professor to start spending those tax cuts immediately might not apply to everybody else. The typical worker—white-collar, blue-collar, no-collar—doesn't have anything like tenure or a guaranteed job. In fact, she may be working at a company that has just laid off 10 percent of its work force and may soon lay off more. She may be one of the 3.6 million people who has lost a job in the last year. She may work in an industry in which one large, longtime player has just liquidated. She might still have employer-provided health insurance, but the company may have just jacked up the employee contribution. She knows that if she loses her job, she would have to start spending several thousand dollars a year to purchase health insurance. Meanwhile, this worker—say she's in her mid-40s—is providing for her own retirement via a 401(k), whose balance has fallen by 40 percent in the last year. Oh, and her adjustable-rate mortgage is about to readjust to a higher rate.

So, what happens if you cut this worker's payroll taxes (assuming she's on somebody's payroll and isn't a contractor or self-employed)? Well, she might spend the increased cash flow. But given everything that's going on, a fearful but still rational person might not rush out to spend or invest the money. She might be far more likely—and well-advised—to save it, to build up a cash hoard that would allow her to remain solvent should she lose her job, or to prepare for the eventuality that she might have to buy her own health insurance. Or she might start shoveling that extra $100 per week into her 401(k) to make up for some of the huge losses she's suffered.

Psychology plays a big role in all sorts of economic decisions. And at times like these, when people are gripped with fear, it plays an even larger role. In such a climate, cutting taxes can't hurt. But should we expect it to have the same effect it would have in a period when people are generally confident and secure? If you believe the typical American worker would respond to tax cuts the way a typical tenured Harvard economist would, then it makes all the sense in the world to focus on tax cuts to the exclusion of other types of stimulus. But if you believe the typical American worker might respond to tax cuts the way, say, a typical Cambridge-area worker would, you might be less sure.

Aubrey O'Day Dead, Made into Plastic Doll for Playboy

4th post of the day, sorry if it's been overwhelming for you, but this is verryyyyy important. like everything on here.

My girl Aubz is on the cover of playboy tomorrow! You probably remember a few months ago when some very close confidants of mine told her to pose for the female objectifying magazine (post here). Well she did. I can't wait to buy the issue and hang her all over my bedrooms walls...

Wait a second. Why does she look like a mannequin. Actually, I've seen more life-like mannequins than her. Why does she look like a fake mannequin. How did she even pull that off. That's impressive, to make something fake look more fake. Her head doesn't even move positions from the cover shot to the shot in the black bikini. WTF? And why is her mouth half open and her tongue almost squirting out... that's exactly how the deer I've hunted look right after they've just been shot. Is she alive?

Aubz, this was your chance to get on my good side. You blew it. Mostly because I think you're dead and have been made into a plastic doll.


I just received some not-so-anonymous fan mail:
"your blog is now just an annotated list of people you would like to have sex with"

This is untrue. I would not like to have sex with Reeves. (see post 1)

Which also brings up an accusation a few of my readers have confronted me with today. I would like to take a moment to clear things up:

Yes, I confirm that this blog functions solely to overcompensate for my homosexual and homophobic insecurities. I grew up idolizing Wolverine, perhaps the most overcompensating figure in pop culture. When Wolverine's masculinity is threatened, he whips out those claws and goes to town. I, however, don't have claws; so after a long day at the office where I constantly get heckled for being a fag, I whip out my computer and post semi-naked girls. Thank you, blog, for letting everyone know I'm straight, because that is the most important thing in my life, just as it should be for every guy.

I think it was the Village People who once said:
Every man ought to be a macho macho man / to live a life of freedom, machos make a stand.

(Macho Man, Randy Savage -- another great hero of machismo)

Well, I am making a stand, because today I tell you, "It's time for a change!" (Obama, 2008)

Starting next post, I will swear off Wolverine and the Village People and begin idolizing the true modern giants of my trade: the righteous celebrity gossip blog kings, like bastardly, wwttd, splashnews, perez, dlisted, popoholic et al. who represent celebrities fairly and objectively, and who would never imagine posting girls in bikinis. I am grateful that someone has finally brought to my attention how misguided this celebrity gossip blog has become. What was I thinking.

It's Abe's Freakin' Birthday! (Lost Footage)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgqZhjQWJ1A

Happy Birthday Abe! Last week I bought a miniature statue of Abe at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial. They were marked half-off from $9.75 ... so only $4 ... something ... GET 'EM QUICK! Oh, and I took this cool picture of Abe's Death Mask.The museum sucked except for this lone artifact. Not the mask itself, but for the bizarre caption beside the mask. Apparently the death mask was made before he actually died, so the caption was written in first person, by Abe himself, describing how it felt when they pulled the mask off his face.

"It hurt a bit. As it pulled off some hairs ..." That's all i can remember, but it's much, much longer and more bizarre.

Best Letterman Interview Ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG-M1CWskeQ

I <3 Joaquin Phoenix

Is it all an act? Or is he really that fucked up? Either way, the new Joaquin is becoming really entertaining (much more than his last rapping exposition), and that beard rocks.

WTF Ryan Adams & Mandy Moore Engaged?

Uh, so, I guess they're getting married? This is total news to me. I have a love-hate relationship with Ryan Adams, and for the past year it's been mostly hate, and now I definitely hate him moore than ever.

Mandy Moore? Really? This was the girl who drove a Volkswagen Beetle in her first music video when she wasn't even old enough to drive. This is the girl who dated DJ AM. This is the girl who generally sucks. Ryan, you're a sell out. Why can't you date someone hip. Or at least someone that hasn't been compared to Britney Spears musically. But Mandy Moore?? UGh. I'm going to go vomit now.

(for the record, i'd totally do mandy moore)

NCG's Best of SI Swimsuit 2009

So yesterday Sports Illustrated released the swimsuit issue, and I spent a lot of time critically analyzing the photography, here on their website.

I did noticed three things: 1) a lot freckles, a good thing (including at least two, true redheads. Go Gingers!)

2) Not enough butts

3) Sexy gaps

And these girls ... err... photos caught my attention the most:

Tori Praver



Lucia Dvorska



Irina Shayk





Daniella Sarahyba



Brooklyn Decker




And remember girls, YOU MUST LOOK LIKE THIS for any guy (or girl) to like you. It's 100% true. Just like this blog.

Or you could be not anorexic and I'd probably date you. But that also means I'd have to break up with my computer and leave the house once in awhile. hmm... nevermind. Cyber? Blog me.