i don't know if one has really lived until you see jamie kennedy do makeovers on the oprah show.

imagine going from this to this! i wish my grandma could be this hottt.

as ridiculous as these were, watching the tape of it was even funnier. kennedy took on the roles of new age stylist (complete with jingling bells and exhortations to the god of peroxide to stay away), german fashion diva (hissy fit with chair), and british style boy.

i'm a convert. when kennedy is not doing hidden camera stunts, he's ultra-bland. i guess it lends itself well to transforming into different personas.

now back to our regularly scheduled hangover.

today i spotted a casket company truck with a note on the back to PLEASE drive very safely.

i guess anything else would just be crude, eh?

Practically the only time I watch TV any more is when I get home late on a weeknight. I'm a night owl: late to bed; preferably late to rise, though my job compels a different view. Cartoon Network's ever-shifting late-night lineup is in a good configuration right now.

11:00 EST - Futurama - Solid show (despite suffering from inevitable Simpsons comparisons). Deftly animated.

11:30 EST - Family Guy - Very funny, manic. Love the dog and the baby. Sorry I missed it the first time around.

12:00 EST - The Big O - Absorbing. Weird, suave art-deco anime; like Batman with giant gothic robots. Great opening sequence. I like the laconic android girl, R. Dorothy.

12:30 EST - Kikaider - Speaking of androids. Rebooted anime version of classic Japanese SF series from the old school. Simple yet stylish palette makes it pretty watchable.

1:00 EST - Trigun - Dislike it. Sophomoric. Often choose sleep or a book at this point. But if one perseveres ...

1:30 EST - Lupin III - Choice late-70s series about international thief and his sidekicks. Lupin's as famous in Japan as James Bond. The rewritten American version is salty and funny, like the original.

And that accounts for about 80% of my TV intake. I also watch a little Iron Chef on weekends. I get my news about the world and most of the rest of my entertainment from papers, mags, and the Internet. And the stereo.

{Was listening this morning to: Superstar - The Hissyfits - Letters From Frank}

finally, my random site of the day pays off. i think i need say no more than pervscan.com.

(um, yeah, adult material. duh.)

what's great is that it's not only pervy, it's actually quite good. how come i've not heard of this before?

p.s. to the authors - although category archives are good, categories + date archives = even better. in my humble opinion.

{Listening to: How To Make A Monster (Kitty's Purrrrformance Mix) - Rob Zombie - American Made Music To Strip By}

(you should be able to tell by my random linking that i'm really bored. movie night got canceled. i didn't anticipate using any actual brain power tonight, so here i am, stuck, writing silly stuff.)

this post by denise reminds me that i haven't signed anyone up for the international male catalog recently.

it's a truly hilarious prank, especially in a shared mail (male?) situation where everyone reads everyone else's mail. inevitably the jokee protests fruitlessly that he didn't order the catalog. it truly can be priceless. i guess now that people have jobs and a little extra cash floating around, an even better joke would be to place an order for your favorite international male. swashbuckler shirt anyone?

{Listening to: Country Grammar - Nelly - Country Grammar}

my 20-something female brain.

i see the title of this post and think, "yeah, ice cream would be good."

{Listening to: The Untouchables Class - My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - The Reincarnation of Luna}

i'm not really sure why, but i am strangely captivated by the news that john malkovich may be moving to boston.

don't ask me why, i really couldn't say why anyone would care.

maybe that's why i don't live in new york.

hey, can we get some half-stories built into this building? that would at least provide me with some entertainment.

{Listening to: Lady Alcohol - Praga Khan - Twentyfirstcenturyskin}

as there is no need to seek refuge from the heat this evening in a frosty cold movie theater, die another day is on tap for movie night this week. so we can't really vote for that this week.

so we should all vote for what cd i should buy. i don't really have any choices, because i pretty much own everything i want. so this is an open-ended voting kind of thing. let's be realistic, though. no yanni. :)

{Listening to: Thunderstruck - AC/DC - The Razor's Edge}

my 16 year old cousin has a blog.

it makes me wonder how much time and energy is put into funky capitalization and spelling (e.g., sexiEe, tOo, aLL).

hmm. maybe it's a filter. seems almost too regular. whatever it is, it's frightening. i won't link to it because, well, you know. the whole anonymous bit.

{Listening to: Just What I Needed - The Cars - Complete Greatest Hits}

UPDATE: IM conversation with my cousin
me: hey freakazoid. does your blog site automatically turn good english into weird shit?
her: hahaha
her: oOOO shutp
her: no dats how i type =P
me: even the tOo etc.
her: hahah hey dont hate on the way i type =P
me: silly biscuit.

the next installment of our semi-regular sort of random blog feature:
vacuity and movie reviews

{Listening to: Lithium - Nirvana - Nevermind}

did i mention the insomnia caused by the cold medication i took before i was supposed to go to sleep? i was exhausted, and now i am completely wired. perhaps washing it down with diet coke was a poor idea.

did i also mention my inordinate fondness for "best of" albums over the last month? this contradicts squarely with any album listening experience, but is considerably easier on the pocketbook. especially when you buy cds at half.com.

ok, the cd player has shuffled to the last dj, which reminds me, i've noticed lately that the classic rock station* [which had awesome, fantastic programming over the 4th weekend - barely any dj prattle or ads!] has been REALLY pushing bob seger & the latest led zep cd & dvd. then i heard the announcement of weather from our partner, aol broadband. is this an incident of the editorial content being dictated by aol? i remember some rumblings about this a month ago.

i'll stop now, because my brain is sort of fuzzy.

{Listening to: The Last DJ - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - The Last DJ}

* I'd link, but it plays noise. So here. http://www.wzlx.com/

oh, looky, we have search now! not pretty yet, but it works. yay.

{Listening to: Work It [Remix] [Hidden Track] - - Under Construction}

poor adam. perhaps nobody will search for it, but at least one can try to make you the top result.

adam white is a sexy law school bastard.

{Listening to: You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC - Back in Black}

comments feed (for all comments) is now available! yippee! i found the template at etc. super cool. thanks!

{Listening to: Nightrain - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction}

UPDATE: technical difficulties with the permalinks in the feeds. patience.
UPDATE2: things now appear in working order. links go to the blog entry instead of the comments because comments on drink me are only in pop ups. this way you can get context, too. nifty.

Feddie from Southern Appeal points us to this gem.

this one might be my favorite.

People, it's fundamentally very simple. Pick three or four good chords, and set them to throbbing. Apply fuzz. Encase in a sturdy ribcage of 4/4 drumming. Add human voice (and stimulants).

Follow these steps, and your creature will live, and crowds will jump when it approaches. Even if you're Swedish.

{Was listening to: The Hives -- Hate To Say I Told You So}

PS: It helps if you have a bunch of Stooges, Ramones, and Wire records.

sam adams, brewer-patriot.

i burnt my hand with a sparkler (children and alices are not allowed to light these devices by themselves), but otherwise the fourth was great fun.

now back to our regularly scheduled programming.