Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer and other musings

So, I was watching Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer tonight - and it's been a long time since I paid attention to it. Here are my top complaints...

1. Why is Santa such an elitest grump? Who is he to not like the elves song and dis the fact that Rudolph has a shiny red nose? I mean it's fucking Santa clause - how is this okay?

2. Clarice is a whore. Yup, I said it. On first meeting she was flirting, throwing herself on Rudolph and then without any knowledge left her parents to go look for him. SLUT!

3. How did the lion get to lead the land of misfit toys. Was he elected? An heir to the throne?

4. Did it ever occur to anyone that "charlie in the box" wasn't wanted because he is annoying - I mean genuinely annoying? (side note - what ever happened to Jack in the Boxes? and if we were to do a remake - what would the toy be?)

5. Does anyone notice in the beginning during reindeer school - or whatever it is called - that Santa has a clear problem with nepotism. I mean he clearly calls on Dasher's son first. An he is all "Donner you should be ashamed of himself" but no mention of the underdog reindeer...

When I was 4

When I was four, I was influenced by lots of things. Mostly, I adored my brothers and my very first crush. Bob Boone. For those of you who don't know, Bob Boone was the catcher for the 1980 World Series Phillies. I had a shirt - bought for me by a family friend -that read "This Girl Loves Bob Boone." On the back, it had my name. I loved that shirt and I wore it all the time.

Now, I was young and the memories are definitely fuzzy. But, I can remember going outside- we lived at C and Roosevelt Blvd - standing on the Blvd and banging pots and pans. I remember sitting on my brothers and my father's shoulders and just enjoying making noise and yelling. I think at the time, I was probably more excited to be up past my bedtime and be with the adults - but it is one of my earliest childhood memories. It was awesome.

I can honestly say, I don't remember the Sixers win in 1983, even though I was nine. But that 1980 day was awesome.

Years later, in 1993 - I was in the beginning of my senior year of high school. My favorite Philly in 1993 - Darren Daulton... The Phillies were all the rage that year. I remember the hype. I remember the feeling of watching Wildthing Mitch Williams loose game 6. It wasn't exactly his fault - but he did have to leave the city for a while. What can I say - we are passionate fans! Now, I can also remember feeling this amazing loss.

As I moved to college - I definitely became more of an football fan - and consequently an Eagles fan. It wasn't that my passion or love for the Phils was any less - it's just that when you get down to it - I bleed green. And I was stuck with Pittsburgh fans constantly chanting "here we go Steelers" in my ear every day. So, I always had to defend my Birds..


Just a few years ago, those Birds broke my heart. They lost a SuperBowl - that I still can't really talk about. Typical Birds - poor clock management, McNabb choking - you'll know the drill.

So here we are - 28 years since I last remember a true celebration. Twenty-eight years since the city of Phildelphia could go nuts.

Right now, I'm in DC and I can't be more bummed out. I've spoken with siblings and friends and decided that this memory - will end with a Parade. THE parade.

As for my favorite Philly? Its hard to say. Lidge and Hamels seem obvious. Chase Utley is a front runner - not only is he not hard on the eyes but he is awesome. There are so many to choose from.
So, I'll decide post parade.

Finally - a memory that I can savor - details and all...

NFL, EAGLES, ADS, All kinds of good stuff

The Eagles won their home opener today and it was an awesome, well-rounded win -- offense, defense and special teams plays that kicked serious ass. But are the Rams that bad or the Eagles that good? A test of tests next week. My good friend G is an optimist. He says 16-0.. I say 10-6... But we shall see

Did you see these ads for the new show Hole in the Wall? How is THAT a good idea for a game show? Who are these idiots on the show and who is making money from this shit. Seriously - the networks should be even more concerned by Cable taking over. Smarter programming with Cable TV. Women who like this game must be like women who like Palin - not very informed and not very smart.I'm just saying...

One of the best Ad campaigns I have seen in a long time are the new ads for Corn Syrup - www.sweetsurpise.com - the basis: "high fructose corn syrup has no artificial ingredients"; is the same as table sugar, etc. The ads are seriously ingenious and remind me a lot of a chlorine campaign I once saw. Must find out who their ad agency is - KUDOS...

NFL - still has the Idiot Tony Siragusa doing sideline commentary. I particularly like it when he goes on rants about catching and tackling and coaching his son. This provides a LOT of value for me.

Troy Aikmen needs to back away from the tanning bed. He is very very orange...

Not sure how I feel about the coin toss defer rule this year. It worked in the Eagles advantage... but, what does it really add?

I went to see The Walkmen last night at the 9:30 Club. Damn the front man can sing. His voice is unbelievable and it was a good early show.

New music listing coming soon

Olympics - good & bad

Bad:

- announcers for the gymnastics - Tim Daggett or whatever his name is may be the worst sports commentary guy on TV - and think about some of his rivals (Chris Collingsworth anyone)...

- Announcers limited vocabulary - especially pertaining to Phelps. It's like a contest to see how many people can use "amazing", "ridiculous", "he's a machine"; in one 45 second performance. I hope when he gets tapes of these events the audio is turned off. UGH...

- staying up til 1 am every night.. How did I become hooked on the Olympics - seriously - its mostly swimming and gymnastics - but I do question this bandwagon. Must. Get. Off. Now.

- Commercials - overall they are uninspired and have bad music. Where are all the really good commercials for the Olympics? (on a side note - how many endorsement deals will Phelps have and what's the over/under on when he appears on a Wheaties box...)

Good:
- Phelps - really, I hate to route for the clear favorite - but there is just something about him...

- Okay - I admit it - Wingspan 6'7'; Feet size 14' how hung do you think this guy is?

- Bad sportsmanship that is not U.S. - I mean with all the doping scandals of past and everything else - its nice to see some other country receive the unsportsmanlike story of the summer Olympics. Never fear though track and field is not over - time for a doping scandal yet!


Enough for now. Oh - quick music update - The Duke and the Duchess new LP = very very very good

New Music - Yippee

So, I've only heard bits and pieces of this list - but I like what I have heard so far.

The Notwist
Adem
Ladytron - Seventeen
Santogold -
The Duchess and the Duke
The Walkmen
The Airborne Toxic Event -
Head Like a Kite
The Gaslight Anthem
Unkle -

two-way sidewalks

There seems to be an epidemic in DC. LArge herds of people who seem completely unphased by the simple fact that people in this city walk both up and down the streets here. I don't think this is unique to DC - but apparently the people who visit here have no idea...

So, here is what I propose. When you see these large groups of people, please take one (or more) of the following:
1 - As the herd is walking to you; stand with your arms folded and refuse to move either way. (bonus points if you throw an elbow)

2 - Yell, the sidewalk is two ways as you are walking through the horde.

3 - Pull their hair as they walk by. Now, I have never tried this but I have always wanted to... Always.

These three simple steps are just the beginning.

more Ad rants

Visa's Olympic ad campaign is "Go World" - Now other than the tagline - I like the ads - the one I just saw was about Phelps not being a dolphin or having fins - good ad - but Go World? Talk about being everything to everyone...

O'm always surprised by local ads and how annoying they are. The repitition of the same phrase over and over always annoys me - but there are three particular ads that are annoyingly effective

John C Flood - The Original
Head On - Apply directly to the forehead - okay this isn't a local ad - but... the thing about this one that pisses me off - its ALWAYS the sponsor for the local on the 8's on the weather channel - which means its in my head all day long...

Eastern Moters - yea - I hate this ad. Hate hate hate.. But damn if its not effective - just typing it makes me have that stupid song in my head.

Really Bad Ads & other randomness

There are an exceptional amount of bad advertisements...

- The Verizon ads have taken a further turn for the worse:
- - The Shining reenactment ads
- - The ad with the annoying girlfriend who keeps calling her boyfriend - really - no girl is that good in bed - no guy would put up with that shit

- Back to School Ads - ALL of them. Here's the thing. Not since the invention of the Trapper Keeper has any of this stuff really been useful or new to the adverage tween that still cares about this kind of stuff. Stop with the ads.

- Fall Series Premieres. Really, it is still too early to talk about show premieres that are starting October 1. No one cares that Dirty Sexy Money returns then... We have over eight weeks to watch the same promo... UGH

OTHER RANDOMNESS
- Adding a "floater" (extra shot of 191 Rum) to your frozen Daiquiries while on Bourbon street is a bad idea. Adding two floaters is an even worse idea. Doing this multiple times, is inexplicable. But coming home to your hotel room, changing your flight, passing out and then not remembering what time you changed your flight to, is what we call being a bad, blond drunk... Don't try this at home.

- Don't spend a good part of a Sunday night with a guy wearing an Ivy League tee-shirt who, when asked if he went to said school replies "No, I just wore it so girls would think I'm smart" - enough said.

More to come - sleepy time.

I know - it's been a while

I know - it's been quite some time since I have blogged. Lot's going on here at Camp Kennedy. So, here is a fun down and then I'll get to the fun stuff.

After 5 years at my job, I am leaving to start my own company. So, the few spare minutes/hours of free time that I had - is gone. But I do think in the end I can reclaim my life. Oh yeah - and I can't botch about my bosses anymore - unless IU'm complianing about myself - and that would be just weird.

A few things I like about my new boss and my new situation
- I can work in sweatpants when needed
- I'm in charge of meetings
- no more manager meetings

Seriously though - I'll try to write more as things unfold.

Chicken for Breakfast

Yup, McDonald's has finally done what I thought was impossible - they invented yet another way to eat chicken. This new ad campaign touts "chicken for Breakfast"

This concerns me for several reasons:
- It's just gross.
- we have all sorts of breakfast meats to choose from: bacon, ham, scrapple (yup) Pork Roll (Yes on that one too)... The pig owns breakfast. Not the chicken!

- we are overwhelmed with chicken options. Why do we need more chicken?

- Does this mean more trucks - they are very popular on the route to the beach and it's already annoying and gross - and it's creeps Mo out...

- We have added another thing for the lovely McDonald's staff to remember. Now, I enjoy a Sausage Egg McMuffin every now and again. They are especially good on the way home from the Beach at 7 am on Monday morning...However, the experiences that I have had at these McD's are not good. colosal meltdowns have happened while the nice folks who work there mess up basic orders. Some of the high point - running out of ice, taking over 15 minutes to take my order - not having any ice and not being willing to go and get ice for the machine. I fear that adding chicken at breakfast is going to further delay the thought of fast food.

random subway ads

So I had to take the metro today to Old Town from Downtown. The blue line during rush hour provides all sorts of commentary opportunities... All Sorts

Here's the thing about the metro. I think I'm a little sheltered by the ads displayed on the red line - a mostly DC line. Whomever places the ads on the orange and blue is much more focused on a different demographic. Some ads that trouble me:

-
EurAupair - this is an ad campaign for international au pair's. There are a lot of odd things about this campaign. But the oddest is the pictures of the little kids with the Au Pair's. The kids and the Au Pairs look alike. And it's kind o creepy. Why would the au pair have to have the same color, style hair and eyes.. Wouldn't this campaign creep out the parents? It creeps me out?

"Life is Beautiful" United Poultry Campaigns - these are a series of ads with a young man or woman petting a chicken - with a tag line to go Vegan. It gets weirder. You go to the web site ( I refuse to promote it here - so look it up) and there are a series of off links such as "stick up for a chicken" :Hens will no longer be starved but they will still suffer" Really - 1) why is your ad campaign on the metro? 2) why does it include people petting chickens? 3) what sort of focus group did you use to come up with this campaign?

TouchBook - LEGALLY we can't say the military helped us build this. I can't even begin on these. Huge billboard size ads at the Pentagon metro for a "Rugged" laptop that was apparently built on military specifications however the military won't let them advertise this fact... However, if they are trying to advertise to the military and the military is already using these computers... why are the ads at the Pentagon. Are they trying to get other industries to use the TouchBook? I'm just confused all together on this one...

Things you don't want to hear a first date say

But - yet things that I heard on Saturday Night...

Date: well, I work two days as on the hill and three days at "fill in republican think tank here"
Date: ... as an intern
Me: OH

Date: ..Well, tomorrow is my birthday
Me: Wow - Happy Birthday. How old are you going to be
Date: 25


Date: I'm only interning while I look for a job with some federal agencies
Me: Oh - that's cool - what agencies
Date: well, I can't say - they are all different and there budget's aren't transparent
(note on this one - PUHLEEAAASSSEE)

So, for those who are curious.
- No, I will not be going on a second date.
- No, I didn't have breakfast in a dining hall.
- Yes, there is some merit to having Mo card future dates to ensure age minimums.
- Yes, I have had about 10 bad dates in a row....

SIGH

The Good & Bad about Saturday

Good: Party Shuffle on ITunes - it played a bunch of stuff I forgot I loved - and I LOVE that... Some of those forgotten tunes:
Call to Love - Crooked Fingers
Buttercup - Brad
Can I stay - Ray Lamontagne
I'll be You - The Replacements

Bad: Party shuffle finding gems such as "Gettin Jiggy with it";"Cuts you up" - Peter Murphy, and other bad bad songs (why do I own these?)

Good: Finding white pants that look good on
Bad: it's too icky out to wear them tonight

Good: Having no problem with renting a car today
Bad: Having to park said rental car in DuPont

Good: Dressing for a Saturday night date
Bad: Not being at all excited about date (sad that the most exciting part is deciding which shirt to wear tonight...)

Just Bad: Flyer's loss to Pens last night
Worse: Text messages from Pens fans
Worst: Voice mails from said fans

I'm lying on the bathroom floor
I'm hot, I'm cold, I miss you more
I can't lie and I can't dream
I can't be silent, but I can scream

You never felt the same way
I never said what I wanted to say
You never cried and you never sang
You never loved me, and I always came

I'm dreading it
The happiness; the commitment
I'm sad about it
The trust; and your good will

Please don't make me be nice
or god forbid defend you
Please don't make me aware
I'd prefer to offend you

I can't. and you can keep a distance
I want to
But I have to show the resistance

I'm still lying on the bathroom floor
I still want you more now then I did before
I'm still crying; I'm still sad
Your still fine and still making me mad

Random Elevator Conversations - Intern arrival

So, it's that time of year. Interns infest our city to learn a little about politics, take over the world, meet a politician, end up like Chandra Levy or whatever interns do here all summer. Aren't we lucky?

Now, there are lots of complaints about interns. They're cheap. They crowd bar specials and harass perfectly good bartenders with exact change and no tip. They keep there badges and other credentials on while they are out drinking, at lunch, etc. They take casual Friday's to a whole new level. They are also very important (just ask them). Their internship is significant - they are not doing grunt work - but lunching with politicos on the hill. Okay - you get the point.


So, what are they good for? Well, that's an easy one. Overhearing the ridiculousness that spills from their mouths. I had my very first overheard conversation today while I was in the elevator.

Two youngins enter the elevator in a seemingly serious debate. I proceed to listen:

Girl: ...well i still maintain that coolness is an inherently male trait
Boy: it's not that coolness is inherently male, its that coolness is a socially acceptable male trait.
Girl: So you think it is less acceptable for a woman to be cool?
Boy: I think that it is a requirement for acceptance for men and not for women
Girl (while exiting the elevator) it's a classic chicken or egg dilemma...
Me: Shaking head and giggling
Man 1: (Asian man in late 40's in elevator with me)well that is a new one - what the hell were they talking about...

This is why we love interns. Seriously - hello Summer.

random exhange

So, I'm sitting in my apartment - mostly texting (or taunting Caps fans) and someone knocks on my door.

Now, first, you should know - this is rare. Unless I'm expecting people, no one even knocks on my door.

Here's the events that transpired:

Door: doorknob moves over and over - someone is trying to get in.
Door: Knocking - girl on other side - "hello"
Me: Hold on
Me: Open the door
Me: Hi
Girl: Who are you?
Me: Excuse me?
Girl: I live here
Me: Um
Girl: (peaking into my apartment) Oh shit - this isn't my apartment
Me: Okay
Girl: I used to live here - I'm so sorry
Me: Okay - no problem

Now here is the thing... I've lived here for four years and before that my friend lived here for several years, and before that another friend of hers lived here...

So, now, in hindsight... I think she was drunk. And I am mad at myself that I didn't mess with her.

Mean? yes. But that would have been hilarious...

straight or curly and other major saturday night decisions...

Guys have it pretty easy. They don't have a lot of options for hairstyling, they basically have four styles of pants and shirts to wear and they don't have to deal with jewelry..,


As I sit here I am trying to decide the following:

- Straight hair or curly hair?
- headband or no headband?
- Which shoes should I wear - heels or wedges?
- Sex or no sex...

So, this last one is not really a decision so much - but I suppose if I go out with that intent it will be more likely...

Anyway, guys have it easy - I'm off to get ready..

Must listen to:

Here is the list of what you need to be listening to right now:

you heard me...

NOW

Foals - Antidotes
Shawn Smith - The Diamond Hand
Sons & Daughters - This Gift
She & Him - Volume 1
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Sera Cahoone - Only as the Day is Long
Sun Kil Moon - April
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead

Now go ahead - go get a sample and tell me what you like

I waited. I thought I could wait it out.
That you would eventually see
that connection, that spark, that thing
It's about us, it's about you, it's about me

i just got used to not having you around.
I deleted, I dated, I pretended not to care
I made sure that not matter what
when you asked; I wouldn't dare

So, now I know what I've always known.
Deep inside it was clear
It was never about you, it was about me.
I'm not enough - it's not your fear

I'm sad. And actually, sort of relieved
I'm angry, hurt and full of rage
how could I not be good enough?
How come I end up alone
How can you be one in a million and me just be one.

I will tell her.
It will set me free -
if you for just one second
Don't think to protect me.

I don't want to meet her
I don't care if your happy
I can be civil, I can "forget"
But back me into a corner - you will regret

There are lies -
but bigger than that...
There are truths
That I won't hold back

Insecurity, fear, sadness, darkness
lets talk about responsibility
you like to be chased and now
you have been caught

I won't be the one to call you out
But I don't understand.
How you could be one in a million and
I am just one.

Upcoming DC Shows

Here is a list of upcoming DC Shows - let me know if you have any questions about any of these bands
Sat 4/19/2008 Cloud Cult Rock and Roll Hotel
Mon 4/21/2008 Constantines Rock and Roll Hotel
Wed 4/23/2008 Foals Rock and Roll Hotel
Wed 4/23/2008 tapes 'n tapes 9:30 Club
Thu 5/1/2008 Langhorne Slim Iota
Fri 5/2/2008 The Kills Black Cat
Wed 5/7/2008 Ozomatli State Theater
Thu 5/8/2008 The Rosebuds Rock and Roll Hotel
Thu 5/8/2008 The Cave Singers Rock and Roll Hotel
Fri 5/9/2008 Flight of the Concords Lisner Auditorium
Mon 5/12/2008 The Black Keys 9:30 Club
Tue 5/13/2008 The Black Keys 9:30 Club
Fri 5/16/2008 DeVotchKa 9:30 Club
Mon 5/19/2008 Pela Rock and Roll Hotel
Tue 5/27/2008 The Raconteurs 9:30 Club
Wed 5/28/2008 The Raconteurs 9:30 Club
Fri 5/30/2008 She Wants Revenge 9:30 Club
Fri 5/30/2008 Switches 9:30 Club
Tue 6/3/2008 Damien Jurado/Jeremy Enigk Jammin Java
Wed 6/11/2008 Modest Mouse/REM/The National Merriweather
Sat 6/14/2008 Battles 9:30 Club
Sat 6/28/2008 Ladytron 9:30 Club
Sat 10/11/2008 Red Elvises Iota

Sunday Afternoon TV

At&t is now using a Meatloaf song in their ad campaign - why. And for that matter - what's with the singing ads...AT&T, Comcast and others - very very odd...

The Sonic ads ensure that I will never eat there. Those two idiots in the car make me want to scream. If they detest each other so much - why are they constantly in the car together. Maybe if they spent less time in that stupid car they would not hate each other so much.

Edge Shave Gel has this commercial where girls spurt aloe all over a guys face - no sexual innuendo there. But it fails because the shaving cream looks more like sour cream (gagging)...

The new orkin ad is gross. No one needs to see a human sized talking roach. NO ONE... the ad is ineffective if you must turn it off to not be skived out

On a better note - the water ad with the cubs coach - I think it's Aquafina - is funny.

here in chitown

So, Mo and I are in Chicago - it's quite fun - a few observations...

- there are so many freaking men here.

- We went to the Cubs game yesterday. It was awesome. Chicago is very passionate about their Cubbies - and I appreciate that. It made me hate the Nationals even more - since very few people actually care and passion is left for politics...

- no surprises.. It sort of amazes me when I go to a ballpark for a baseball game and the staff at the park seem surprised that people are hungry or thirty. Several times at RFK - they ran out of things like... hot dog rolls or ice. At Camden Yards - I had the worst service ever - a woman who was holding everyone hostage because she would only cook one order at a time (I tried to start a riot - but choose instead to get her fired)... At Wrigley field - the game started at 12:00 - the lines were manageable, food was good, beer was flowing... No surprises - in a good way...

- they had the most organized bathroom line in the history of waiting to go... The folks here are Pros when it ocmes to handling crowds - and they are nice about it...

- While in the beer line just before the end of the 7th inning - they guy in front of me realized he only had enough cash for two beers - and he wanted/needed four. after multiple attempts to get $$ from his friends - he called on of them over to stand with him. There, he convinced the kiosk guy to hold his friend there "hostage" while we went to the ATM. The man agreed and 4 beers were poured -- all was well. Amazing. In DC the people who work the stadium don't even know how to make change - let alone be able to handle a situation like that.

- lastly, and in the interest of full disclosure - I had so much fun at our Cubs outing. We wentout around the stadium afterwards and I was home and passed out by 10:00... Maureen has a picture - I'm sure she is willing to share...

randomness

Do It Yourself Paternity -
So I heard yesterday that there is a DIY paternity test that hit drug stores yesterday... what s Jerry Springer going to do? He has built an entire empire of bad talk show TV on this topic?

Opening Day of the Nationals:
- I don't think the president should be allowed to throw out the first pitch. In addition to it being a huge security CF - it brings absolutely nothing to the game.


ALSO... the Nats have been very clear that they don't want politics in the new stadium - not allowing signs about DC's Taxation without representation signage in the stadium because it's "too Political" But having head jackass throw out the first pitch isn't too political.. It was kind of fun to watch him get booed...

- the Nats seem to need some sort of system for when a vendor employee needs to go to the bathroom. Randomly closing down a line is a bad idea...

- The advertising in the new stadium sucks - who is in charge of that? In addition to the signage being all together lame - there are several areas that are prime spots for advertising and they just sitting there. Also, we have typical stadium - beer, soda, bank, car insurance... where are all the DC cos? No beltway bandits, no satellite radio, no special interest groups? DC has really lost its sense of humor. I wonder.. were the prices for advertising that ridiculous - or is the ad sales team that lame...


Weather
just for the record. It's still not appropriate to:
- wear white shoes
- Wear Linen
- wear any sort of summer dress (i.e. pastels, seersucker, etc) with a wool cardigan and tall boots
- wear jean shorts - regardless of the season

New Surprise! New Raconteurs Album out Next Week!

yeah yeah yeah yeah - New Racounteurs album - yippeeeeee

How excited am I... Jack White never disappoints me.

Other things that I love right now:

The Helio Sequence - keep your eyes ahead - check out song lately
Nada Surf - Lucky -Check out song - See these Bones
Catpower - Jukeboox - the whole damn CD is good
MGMT - check out songs - weekend wars and Kids

thats all for now..

songs that are overused in TV shows, movies etc.

So, I'm doing a list. Songs that should no longer be used to capture that great scene in a movie or TV show. Most of the time, these songs should be banned because they have already had their perfect placement in Pop culture.

There are plenty of bad songs used out there... I'm looking for good, great or even moderate songs that totally can't be used in any other scenario.

A few come to mind:

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (West Wing)
New Slang - The Shins (Garden State)
In your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (Say Anything)
Breathe Me - Sia (Six Feet Under)

What are the others? I know I am missing TONS!!

Liking the Trend of Bars with Ski Ball

Apparently, Ski Ball, Shuffleboard, etc... is making a comeback. So much so that tonight for the third night in a row... I will be going to one of these places. Random and yet true.

I have a date tonight. An actual date. I'm very excited... but less excited about the horrible weather. See the boy met me when I had straightened my hair. And I don't think he is quite ready for Curly haired Denise. She definitely is the personality that you meet on date to...

Someone make it stop raining!

Favorite songs Right Now

Lots of good music out there - here's my playlist - Songs I can't stop listening to:

The Lonely Forest - Stars and Moons
Tulsa - Shaker (LOVE this song)
Tulsa - Breath Thin
The Purrs - she's Got Chemicals
The Magnetic Fields - California Girls
The Hives - Square One Here I come
Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand a CHance
Burial - Archangle
She Wants Revenge - Walking Away
White Williams - I want Candy (great cover of this song)
Underworld - Boy, Boy, Boy
Nada Surf - See these Bones
Fire on Fire - Hangman
The Shackletons - Get Out
Joshua Morrison - Commerce Street

Not so Super ads

Wow - there are a lot of bad advertisements out there. Let’s review a little DK theory.

Superbowl Ads are better when a democrat is in office. Now, I have no proof of this but... think about great, risky, funny and often effective ad campaigns. Ok - got one. Great. Now think about the very first time it registered (maybe 5th or 6th time you actually saw it) [unless it's a real classic] then think about what year it was... Okay - now who was president...

Now, before you start with the hate mail - I haven't had the 20-40 hours or so to actually prove this theory - someday.

Also, the dem FCC is less controlled by religious zealots looking to blame the problems of America's youth on risky ad campaigns.

Next stop... ONDCP Ad campaign... A superbowl ad - UGH!

trial and error

Friends - it might be cheesy - but one of my New Year's Resolutions is to write more. Once upon a time - I used to do this often. Not sure how I feel about posting - but we'll give it a try.



Looking back - I should have known
It should have been clear
Even obvious
But... I know now - what I had decided not to see.

Selfish isn't even what I would say
unavailability isn't even the point
stripped down - just me and you it's clear
deleting you is best for everyone

Its not about hate... and it's certainly not about love
its about me knowing that I can care
And remembering that now
I have the strength to say no more

Once upon a time I would have continued to love
But as of tomorrow
You will be gone
And a new day starts

Common Sense

"common sense rules here...its just insane otherwise..."

What does this mean? Well, that's a great question. Take a stressful week. Add a Work Awards Banquet (known as the Prom). Add many many many many glasses of red wine. Add falling down in a dress. Then take out your phone and text your best friend...

Oops...

New Subway Ad

Is freaking hilarious. It's the one where the guy needs a receipt for burger town and asks if he can just photocopy his but - hilarious.

I wonder if Subway switched ad agencies - since they haven't had a good campaign in YEARS!

Easter - Really?

So, I was in CVS about 10 minutes ago and they have Peeps and Cadbury Eggs on display. Easter is March 23 this year..

Don't we have to wait for that Hallmark Holiday to pass (or at least get closer). I firmly believe that the Easter Bunny has to wait for Puxatony Phil to see or not see his shadow - before we are ready for this...

Where will I buy lip gloss if I have to ban CVS and Rite Aid?

More complaints from NYE

to say I was not happy with the "scene" at Cafe Napoleon (Metropolitan Lounge) would be a drastic understatement.

1) the party was far from free. In addition to every patron having to pay $40, in order to get service at the bar you needed to have a $20 in your hand..

2) They ran out of everything: Beer (all kinds); wine; sours mix; grenadine and basically lots of other stuff (Captain Morgan; mid level Vodka's)

3) One of the bartenders downstairs had NEVER tended bar before (or at least it didn't seem like it)...She had to ask about everything - like "how to do a pour count on a Captain and Diet"

4) There was no one running/busing tables. They repeatedly ran out of glasses (plastic and glass); wine glasses, etc - because no one was busing the tables and consoles they had out

5) the two bartenders had to keep leaving the bar to find alcohol, glasses etc.

6) they let about 100 people too many in very early - which in addition to taxing the already struggling bartenders, made it about 6000 degrees in there.

7) the two bartenders kept stopping to "chit chat" (even though there were well over 100 people waiting for drinks)

8) There were three options: Pay $40 cover and open bar tab; pay $80 and drink until midnight; and pay $100 for full open bar. NONE of the bar staff checked wristbands - so paying $100 and paying $40 made no difference.