a christmas song for you

I just wanted to wish everyone an early Merry Christmas. And what better way to say it than with an SNL sketch featuring Justin Timberlake dressed up like the lead singer from Color Me Badd? The lyrics are on the vulgar side, so be warned -- if you're at work, wear some headphones.

Happy Holidays everyone!

random musings...

Some random thoughts for the day:

• I had a chance to move to New York about a year and a half ago, but I decided to move to Los Angeles instead. But this article makes me wonder if I made the wrong choice.
  
• Yao Ming is actually good, people. See, Asians got game, yo.*
• Friday Night Lights is the best show no one is watching. It's entertaining even if you don't watch football. No, really.
• Eric Gagne is on his way out of Dodger town after spending 2 years on the DL. From electrifying to invisible, I wasn't sure whether to be happy or sad about this news. But I'll always associate the words "Game Over" to him. Well to him and to Pole Position II. Damn, I was bad at that game.
• My favorite Speaker of the House ever? Tip O'Neal. I have no idea what he did, that's just a sweet name.
• I can't believe Christmas is only a couple weeks away. Man, I can't wait for my mom to buy me another red sweater vest. Gee mom, you know me so well.
• I have been trying to get into the Showtime Original Series™ Dexter, but it's really not that compelling. Why all the critical acclaim?
• If you had $25 to spend on a White Elephant gift for a gift exchange on Sunday, what would you buy?
• Did I mention UCLA beat USC this year? What? I did? Like a million times? Oh, good.

* Statement applies only to Asians 7'6" tall and above

oxymoron of the day

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News:

World's oldest person dies at 116

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died Monday in a nursing home, the home's administrator said. She was 116. Bolden was born Aug. 15, 1890, according to the Gerontology Research Group, a Los Angeles organization that tracks the ages of the world's oldest people.

The headline should probably read Ex-World's Oldest Person dies, since the title is lost immediately as the last breath is drawn. My question is this... does the next oldest person jump for joy when they hear the title is up for grabs? Or is that just too risky with their calcium-deficient brittle bones?

welcome to the real world

The Real World, Season 473 has kicked off with a new cast set in Denver, Colorado. You know how I know it's in Colorado? Because they tell me so in the opening credits of every single episode. "The Real World. Denver, Colorado." Thanks kids. I thought for sure it was Denver, Mississippi, but nope. I got moded.

Some quick reasons why to watch this show:

• Constant bickering between very conservative and church-going, Steven, and his homosexual roommate Davis: Steven thinks homosexuality is 100% wrong. Davis, well, he is 100% gay. Somehow I don't think the math adds up here. Good luck, guys.
  
• Girl on girl make-out sessions in the Real World hot tub: Within hours of moving into the Denver house, roomies Jenn and Brooke make out (and not in a jokey sort of way, they really go to town). Another roommate, Tyrie, an ex-gangbanger from Omaha, Nebraska (yes, a Nebraska gang-banger) is driven mad by the whole experience, screaming, "Can I get in there? What? You won't let me have some?" As Ron Burgandy might say, stay classy, Denver.
  
• Alex, the object of all of the female castmates' desires: Alex, who seems oddly effeminate in a Lance Bass-two-years-ago kind of way, makes out and sleeps in the same bed as roommate Colie approximately 6 hours after arriving in Denver and then makes out with and has sex with hot tub make-out queen (and former Raiderette cheerleader) Jenn the next night. Even Lance Bass would get props for that.
  
• Weeping, weeping, and more weeping: In a 24-hour span, Jenn befriended and then betryed Colie, leading to a tear-filled apology, culminating in Jenn decreeing that she loved Colie's friendship so much that Colie would be one of her bridesmaids some day. Girls, let's give it, say 48 hours before you start making grandiose claims like that.
  

Keep in mind, this all happened in the first couple episodes. Look, I didn't think much would come from a show set in Denver, but my goodness, you kids exceeded all expectations. Now don't blow it, like the Austin cast did a couple years back.

On the Salinger scale, where a Party of Five is the highest rating, I give the Real World, Denver a solid Charlie, Bailey, Julia, and half a Claud...

3.5 Salingers

The Real World, Denver airs on MTV about 9,000 times each week

a couple final ucla notes

Can't we all just get along?
From the Daily Bruin:

As the game ended, UCLA students who attempted to get onto the field were pepper-sprayed by police officers. According to second-year student Matt Ross, students stopped trying to rush the field when they were met by security guards and police with pepper spray, but were pushed over a short fence and onto the field by students from behind. "(A) cop saw me falling on my face, and instead of trying to help me up, he held me down by the shirt and pepper-sprayed me in the face," Ross said.

USC Cheerleaders are smart as a whip:

go bruins!

An amazing defensive display on Saturday carried the Bruins to one of the most unforgettable upsets of #2 USC. It didn't matter that we were only 6-5 before the game started -- this was our National Championship, and we played like it. Surrounded by a sea of red in the Trojan alumni section, I found myself celebrating with only a handful of other UCLA fans while thousands of USC fans looked on in utter disbelief. Truly memorable... I'm glad I ended up getting tickets to the game at the very last minute to share in the victory.

Go Bruins! Thanks for making my day.