Wait, What Decade are We Supposed to be Nostalgic for Again?

Because like, two weeks ago, it was the 90s, right?  Seriously, last month we were all wearing plaid and some derivative of Doc Marten boots.

Doc Martens: I would be lying to you if I said I don't actually kind of want a pair

Did You Know There is a Song About Cheese Curds?

Because there is! According to Wikipedia, “The New York Times in 1911 reported on an ancient Celtic song, dating from the 12th century, that mentioned cheese curd, perhaps the first musical reference to the most musical of cheeses:”

What Has Seth Green Been Up To?

From an ad on my google reader.  Yeah, I don’t want to know where his Butterfinger has been.  Ew.

Just thought about that again.  Double ew.

I Want My MTV Back

There have been millions of articles written about how MTV and VH1 have given up on playing music videos, which isn’t entirely true. If you wake up at the crack of dawn like I did this morning to go to the gym, they show a good chunk of videos for three hours and not all of them are new.  Before I had to leave, they even played Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)!! I was so excited I smiled as I ran up that 8.0 incline (and then promptly suffered a mild case of asthma).

My enthusiasm for this video got me thinking though–not for the memories of the 90s, but rather for the memories of these videos.  I love everything about the videos cranked out by ‘NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears back in the day.  They were just so ridiculous and fun!  There was a formula to it.  There was a story, usually love was involved in some way with someone, and then they’d dance it out.

And boy, was there dancing.  I would watch these videos just for the choreographed parts and I would get chills each time.  As someone with little to no rhythm, it always boggles my mind how you can get 20 plus people to perform the same complicated moves at the same time to the same beat.  I loved it, and clearly, people still love it.  Some of these videos have over 10 million views on youtube and they aired on TV over 10 years ago.  They had to have done something right.

So, music producers/directors.  Please bring back music videos with choreographed dance numbers.  No, not gyrating hussies on shiny cars–those don’t count.  I want something like Britney in “Drive Me Crazy” or ‘NSYNC in “Bye Bye Bye”.

I Like This

"Roboto wears: Shirt - Flat Head, Jeans - Iron Heart, Shoes - Common Projects"

This guy made a bunch of drawings of characters from He- Man and the Masters of the Universe dressed in modern day clothes, then made a website about it:

I imagined them somewhere in the indie/hipster/fashion-scene, as if they were doing a photoshooting [sic] for some magazine. I’m a fashion-nerd myself, so I dressed them up in things that really excist [sic] and that I like.

Rock on.

See the rest of the re-masterd Masters of the Universe HERE.

My Personal Kryptonite

The Time of Your Workday

In honor of Patrick Swayze, the fact that this song just came on the radio (thanks, KOIT), and the countless hours of abuse I suffered at the hands of my older sister as she forced me to learn this dance routine with her:

Things to Do Once I Finally Have a Permanent Job

1. Visit friends and family back East.

2. Quit my job at the restuarant and, ergo, quit my 3-4 times/week smoking habit.

3. Find Jon and Kate in Pennslyvania and offer to take like, 2 of the 8 off their hands.

4. Buy a leather jacket.

5. Learn how to skateboard.

6. Turn Roomie Madoff’s bedroom into a meth lab.

7. Visit Duke in Paris.

8. “Visit” the cast of Lost in Hawaii and trick my way into a starring role for the final season.

9. Get a Wii.

10. Get Shia Labeouf to be my boyfriend.

11. Travel more.

12. Organize peace on earth.

It’s Wednesday! Let’s Get Scammed!

So this is the first spam that has managed to get through the intense filter that gmail set up.  As I read the e-mail claiming I suddenly came into wealth in USD, I really wondered: who actually buys into this crap?  Who believes that a person who is not only incapable of using spell check, and doesn’t know your name, has $5,000 ready to send to you?  I mean, come on guys.  If you fall for this, you deserve to have your money taken from you.

The text, after the jump

Then and Now

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

Lady Gaga