As you can see, based off of this Venn Diagram, I am always a dork; oftentimes a nerd; and, sometimes a dweeb (depending on the intelligence level of who I’m hanging out with). Luckily, I’m never a geek. But, I mean, that was something we all knew already.
Via [Buzz Feed]
It was game night at Caitlin’s apartment, she was losing, and she wanted to call someone a name. Here’s what I came up with in under 30 seconds:
You know what’s weird? When you look in the mirror, and find like, 5 more freckles on your face than the last time you looked.
Okay, so there’s a lot of weird stuff on youtube. Given. But this is maybe the most bizarre video I have ever seen (and once, I youtubed a bunch of Enya videos — have you ever seen an Enya video? Talk about fucked up…).
Anyway, this little gem is Bonnie Tyler singing “Against the Wind”, wearing, what appears to be some type of Medieval wench/pirate outfit. Meanwhile, in the background, clips from some 1980’s movie about, one can only assume, some parable of Capitalism, nuclear power plants, and…hang gliders?
Wired has a review of these new running shoes, Vibram FiveFingers (which, by the way sounds like a really fun sex toy, if you ask me…), a minimalist running shoe, that shuns the padding, thick soles, and gawdy “shock absorbing technology” like air bubbles/springs etc… of more traditional shoes; instead, the FiveFingers shoes looks kind of like a pair of gloves for your feet. Kind of like a cross between those individual toe socks my friends and I were obsessed with in 5th grade, and Aqua Socks (aka the most fun water shoes ever).
According to Wired, so-called minimalist running footware is gaining in popularity due to “a growing body of research [that] suggests that minimal or no footwear will result in fewer running injuries.”
Scientific research aside, I kind of like these shoes. They’re kind of cool looking, in their own ugly way. And yet, I don’t know that I can get behind them; see, for me, that individual toe sock phase didn’t last very long, as I always found it uncomfortable to have my toes individually separated. [Ed note: recently, I came up with this theory that I have an acute case of webbed feet — no seriously, I do! But that’s really an issue for another post…] So, I’m forced to conclude, that I’d love to try out running around in these babies, but also? I don’t get them.
Other things I don’t get?
Vibram FiveFingers KSO and Classic Running Shoes [Wired]
Conservative Free Republic Blog in Free Speech Flap After Racial Slurs Directed at Obama Children [The Vancouver Sun] via [Gawker]
Who Are They Wearing? It’s A Matter of Public Record [The Washington Post]
Jessica Biel Calls it Quits [Wooden Spears] via My Mom
So, unless you’ve been (blissfully) in a comma for the past few days, you know that Tuesday was the big ol’ Michael Jackson last harrah memorial service. Yes, I watched it, but only because I don’t have a remote control for my tv, and I didn’t feel like getting out of bed.
Yeah, yeah, it was gawdy and a little garish, boring at parts too, but you know what struck me most about the whole affair? The fact that John Mayer got up onstage, and masturbated with his guitar, while playing a muzak version of “Human Nature” that dentists/elevator operators around the country can’t wait to get their hands on. I mean, true, this is actually a really good performance, but, c’mon, seriously, buddy?
Girls, your efforts to be cool have totally backfired. You are now complete idiots around the world. High five.
These London girls didn’t show up to Prom in a limo like normal kids, they decided to get hauled to Prom by what looks like a butcher and a Jonas brother, in Barbie boxes. This is clearly a stunt to be “popular” but really? Doesn’t this just make your stock plummet to the bottom of the high school hierarchy? They’re totally Romy and Michelle.
The prom girls who really dolled themselves up…by arriving as Barbies in boxes. [Daily Mail]
melissa wants to share this video with you:
Man who ‘grew roots’
Video:
SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THIS FOOTAGE DISTURBING. November 13: An Indonesian fisherman with tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by a US doctor. Watch the full programme on the Discovery Channel at 9pm on Nov 15.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/?bcpid=4464161001&bclid=0&bctid=1305059663
Meredith: ew, melissa, sick
Melissa: it was mom’s idea, talk to her about it.
this is what happens when you google search "so what"
mlandmcd: so what?
mlandmcd: i should say that to her
mlandmcd: just walk by her and go, “so what, money bags?” then throw a pie in her face
mlandmcd: and then me and my new best friend, a magical albino named powder,
mlandmcd: will just laugh and laugh
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