I am seriously shocked that it's been 15 years since Kurt's death. I mean, I know it logically, but I can't wrap my mind around it. I'm gonna go listen to Drain You on repeat, just like I did 15 years ago.
Oh, I miss you Christina. I remember this interview because Kurt said that Courtney's zits were like beauty marks. I would be a much different woman had it not been for Sassy magazine.
But, of course I'm glad I have Jezebel now for my grownup years.
ugh the faux ipod outrage is so silly, it was a secondary gift for crying out loud; they gave her a lovely autographed copy of a rare rodgers and hammerstein songbook as a primary gift(that's nothing to sniff at). i'll take the personalized ipod and rare songbook over a photo of the queen any day.
oh and somebody please please make all the disney tween starlets go away already! i can't take it anymore.
@sarcasticusername: The recent gift craziness has really surprised me - I don't remember any such obsession occurring during the Bush years, and it's not like we have fewer real problems to worry about right now!!
This desire of Taylor Swift's that all songs be traceable to real people seems bizarrely literal-minded in someone who is herself a songwriter. Doesn't she know that writers, by definition, have the ability to make shit up and that, indeed, it behooves them NOT to tie themselves too tightly to real life? Anything else is like stalking in musical form. And yes, cynically enough, some of them do it JUST TO GET ON THE RADIO. The horror.
If she wrote "Love Story," I partly forgive her - that song is GOOD. Still, date (or even befriend) this chick at your own risk.
I read Hugh Jackman may be coming to your town! and almost passed out with joy. Then I stopped to consider the fact that the odds of my town (population 12,000) in Lower Crapovia making the list was like -1,278,345,940 to one. What a buzzkill.
@Jack_Burton: The people who were drunkest were the ones that survived the Titanic after they went in the water. They stayed warmer. So there you have it.
am i the only one picturing queen liz reenacting the jets vs. the sharks dance from west side story whist listening to her swanky new ipod filled with showtunes?
@Stabby McStabberson is stabby: I hope so, as that is how I spend most Saturday nights and I'd like to think that I have something in common with her royal highness.
@Stabby McStabberson is stabby: I saw the playlist on the news and I want more than anything in the world for her and Prince Phillip to be sharing earbuds and listening on the flight home.
While Taylor Swift gives me good reason to pop my eardrums with a toothpick, I also like to imagine that love songs were written about someone in particular. Which is one reason I do not listen to pop radio. Taylor Swift is another.
@kelsium: I will join you with my oozing and painful ears. Alas, we will never be able to explore the deep sea, due to pressure concerns; but we will never have to listen to trite bubblegum music again.
Ok, like anyone else, I am troubled by Nadya Suleman. But people need to back the fuck down. A number of her children are old enough to be terrified as violence toward their mother escalates.
Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November! was starred
Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November! was unstarred
@KiddyKat: I also read some of those comments with my jaw dropped somewhere to the vicinity of my bellybutton. I was tempted to make a comment that I would rather everyone else not apologise on behalf of ALL Americans, since I'm an American living in England who voted for Obama and don't regret it one bit, and I would rather they not assume that their racist, antiquated ideas were widely held. But then I saw there were 23 pages of comments and figured it would just be lost in the madness. Seriously, though, they are just gifts! Don't we have bigger fish to fry right now?
@R-Star: Someone explain to me what the big deal is? I was always under the impression that most people in England don't really respect or care for her that much, so why all the fuss?
@apocalypse-nowish: To be honest, on the Telegraph website most of the fuss was coming from Americans directed there through a link on the Drudge Report. They were all apologising for the lack of 'class' demonstrated by the Obamas. Most people I know over here aren't particularly bothered by the royals, but they aren't particularly interested in them either. They are just a bit of entertainment at this point. From what I've seen, the gift of the iPod has been much more widely reported by American news sources. The media over here have been busy reporting newsworthy events like, you know, the violent protests in London today.
Miley, I know you're just a teen who looks good in a blonde wig and a massive multimedia/PR campaign wrought by an entertainment giant, but "best thing to happen to you in a long time"? MILEY, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ALIVE A LONG TIME. What time have you had to cultivate meaningful relationships, that you have such a fantastic basis of comparison here?
I want to sit her down, wipe off all that makeup, and tell her to behave. THIS IS HOW OLD I AM.
@tscheese: Miley Cyrus makes me feel like an octogenarian. I feel that I'm starting to smell funny, OLD PERSON funny. SPEAK UP, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. WHERE'S MY EAR HORN? TURN UP THE VICTROLA.
@tscheese: I don't care about Miss Cyrus, but this is how I feel about Taylor Momsen. I just want to be like "Young lady, who let you out of the house like that? Wash your face this instant while I make you some cocoa."
@tscheese: I turn into a prudish old lady when I see teenagers (or as Liz Lemon would say, Youths!). I always look at girls in mini-skirts and say things like, "My parents would never have let me out in something like that!" Also in my repertoire:
"Why does an 8 yr old need a cell phone?!" and
"Pull up your pants, young man! No one needs to see your underwear!"
@CloudsInMyCoffee: seriously! when is the low-rider pants thing going to end!!! i mean, the rest of the fashion world has gone through HUNDREDS of fads, yet the droopy pants WILL. NOT. DIE.
@Crackers In Bed [aka SF via AL]: I know! I mean, I'm not all gung-ho for tight hipster pants on boys; I like 'em a little loose. But if you're having trouble walking because your pants are too low, PULL THEM UP!
@tscheese: Kids my age decided that they have to pretend to have gone through life's lessons because it makes them "deep" and "edgy" to "know so much at such a young age". People used to feed me shit about being mature, then I turned 14 and realized how stupid it was, and got back to watching Beavis and Butt-Head.
The being-25-when-you're-15 thing annoys me like nothing else.
@CloudsInMyCoffee: And iPod nanos. For real, what reason do they have to need a cell phone? Some cases are different like my brother had a friend who didn't have a land line in his house and was home alone a lot, so he needed one, but he has a different friend who said he can't live without his. At like, ten eleven, twelve?! I didn't get a phone till I was fourteen, and that's just 'cause my mom got a new, better phone, and I got her old, beaten up one to share with my sister.
The low pants thing drives me insane, too, it's disgusting.
@tscheese: I never watch the View, but it was on the morning at the gym, and one of the ladies (couldn't tell who, only had closed captioning) said Paula Abdul made her feel like a primary school teacher because wanted to tell her to STAY IN HER SEAT. Oh, freaking hilarity, I almost fell off the damn elliptical.
@fahrenheit_420: I was never much of a phone person (still don't like 'em), so I never understand who these kids have to talk to all the time. I mean, what 8 or 9 year old has people they need to talk to RIGHT NOW!
If I ever have children, I'm going to be more strict than I ever thought I would be...
@fahrenheit_420: I was 20 when I got a phone--I must be older than you. I knew of only one person in my high school who had a cell phone. Today I spent some time with a 6 year old who told me about all the kids on her bus who have phones. This makes me feel ancient.
@fahrenheit_420: I teach middle school and, really, most of the PARENTS insist that their children need the phone. I want to argue with this, but really, are there pay phones anymore? Not here (NYC) very much. Kids as young as 12 ride the public buses alone and I admit that if it were my kid, I'd want them to have a phone coming to and from school, just in case.
I also don't really get worked up about it because my students are very responsible about not using the phones in school--they don't text in class or anything, and all year I've only had two phones ring accidentally.
I think someone somewhere invented a machine to scientifically determine and then generate things that I will hate the most. I can think of no other even remotely plausible explanation for Taylor Swift.
@Fatwetdog: why do you hate her so much? I'm truly curious...
while I find her precocious and a little pretentious, i think it's wonderful that she writes her own songs and seems very aware of the b.s. that comes with her industry.
@TheGarlicSong needs more Meat Puppets: I don't know who Taylor Momsen is, but if you're comparing the two, I probably wouldn't like her either. Kids these days!
@Pilar Ternera: She was in a Snap Judgment today, she had a seizure inducing pink skirt on. But anyway, she's just this girl on Gossip Girl who decided she's "egdy" and apparently is releasing a rock album soon. I dunno why she bothers me, but she comes off so pompous.
@Fatwetdog: Yes. Can all of these dopey, no-talent American Idol graduates load up onto a rocket ship to be shot into the far reaches of space? And all of these pointless, shiny Disney moppets as well. And can they all get off my lawn now?
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But, of course I'm glad I have Jezebel now for my grownup years.
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oh and somebody please please make all the disney tween starlets go away already! i can't take it anymore.
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If she wrote "Love Story," I partly forgive her - that song is GOOD. Still, date (or even befriend) this chick at your own risk.
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No seriously, I CAN'T HELP IT. I even like "Love Story" o.O
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2. I have no idea who Taylor Swift is and it's making me feel old.
3. In my own mother's words "Older boys who date little girls only want one thing."
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1. The Queen is lame for giving them an autographed picture to them of herself and whats-his-name.
2. Taylor Swift is a country singer.
3. I'm safely betting that they've already had sex. I mean, just look at the smugness coming off of them. Jeeze. They don't hide it well.
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I want to sit her down, wipe off all that makeup, and tell her to behave. THIS IS HOW OLD I AM.
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"Why does an 8 yr old need a cell phone?!" and
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The being-25-when-you're-15 thing annoys me like nothing else.
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The low pants thing drives me insane, too, it's disgusting.
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I have shirts that are older than you, you whippersnapper.
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I also don't really get worked up about it because my students are very responsible about not using the phones in school--they don't text in class or anything, and all year I've only had two phones ring accidentally.
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while I find her precocious and a little pretentious, i think it's wonderful that she writes her own songs and seems very aware of the b.s. that comes with her industry.
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