Thursday Thirteen 43 - It's Not Me It's You

Once again, y'all are getting random 13 crap that catches my fancy. Cause I just do not have it in me to come up with an actual theme. Cause I suck like that, mmk?

1. First up. Watch this. It's weird. It's catchy. It grows on you like fungus. And it has cowbell!


Prozzac



2. I went to the hypnotist yesterday for help with the diet and exercise to deal with the diabetes. I'll actually blog about that tomorrow, but here is a random little tidbit of info for you. When you are done with hypnosis it actually feels like you have been asleep for hours. That whole puffy face, blinkie, I have been out of it for 12 hours feeling. Yesterday was the first session so it was fairly quick. 27 minutes on CD. But man oh man does it do the trick. I passed up chocolate cake today. With cheese cake filling! And it was not at all painful. Much like when I quit smoking it was like, "Cake. Eh."

3. WTF is in Paula Abdul's coke cup. And can I have some? And why is she dressed up like Alice In Wonderland's elder twin tonight?

4. David Cook better win this mother or I am gonna riot.



5. This summer is shaping up to be almost too good as far as music. Guess who was just announced? Billy Idol. Mom is thinking of taking Dad cause he LOVES Billy and Kidlet and I are so frickin there. It's a nice day, indeed!



6. Kidlet, lovely (grrr) child of mine is out on a school night. Where you might ask? Well her dad aka Intelman, has pre-early premiere passes for...Iron Man. SO FRICKIN JEALOUS!!



7. I do not much care for turkey. Thanksgiving once a year with left overs maybe once after that is usually plenty for me. Which makes the fact that I am currently addicted to Turkey burgers all the more bizarre. With no mayo on them. WTF?! If I were not me, I'd be thinking POD PERSON.

8. So apparently there is going to be a Jimi Hendrix sex tape released. I have heard that the clothes come off during his menage a trois...but the headband stays on. Bold As Love.

9. The Five Dollar Foot Long Subway song is horrifyingly catchy. Kidlet and I sing it. We are easily amused.

10. I am addicted to Origins Spring Fever perfume.

11. I am also addicted to POM Light Orange Blossom Tea. OMFG. I could swim in it. Sugar and aspartame and splenda free no less.

12. I am exploring other forms of sweetner other than Splenda. I currently use Stevia liquid for teas and coffee. The other I am trying in powdered form is
Xylitol.

13. WAZ is an American singer songwriter hailing from Cleveland. I dig his music. He was with Pete Yorn for a couple years and now his own tune are available on iTunes. I dig this one and Sweet Bye and Bye. Go check him out. Spend a buck, get a song, nuture real talent. Go!

WW - 51 Baby Just Sing About The Groove!

So it ain't wordless. I frickin LOVE this song :P

"Demented And Sad, But Social."

Trav has come up with a pretty slick little trivia meme. And I LOVES me some trivia. I think the reason I can't find my keys so often is the space to remember them in my brain is taken up by useless knowledge. Here are the rules:

1. Choose a category from one of these: Television, Stage & Screen, Nightly News, Publishing, Lives & Times, Music

2. Find 8 bits of trivia about your selected category

3. Be sure to let me know when...ok, if...you decide to play along so I can see what you come up with.

4. You may tag, or simply offer the meme for borrowing or stealing as you like.

I was tickled pink to get this one. In fact, you might say I was tickled
Pretty In Pink...cause mine is 8 Bit's O Trivia about John Hughes and his movies!


1. The original ending of Pretty In Pink depicted Duckie getting the girl. However, the test audiences said they would have preferred to see Blane win Andie's heart. Additionally, Molly Ringwald was sick during the filming of the ending and John Hughes wasn't satisfied with the editing. He was also concerned that audiences would take the original ending as a message that poor people and rich people don't belong together. - Proof positive that test audiences have their heads up their asses. I am pissed to this day she ended up with Rich Boy. Duckie Owns!

2. Pretty In Pink is Molly Ringwald's favorite of all of her movies. Molly had several to pick from. She was John's go to girl for several movies. Of the all of The Brat Packers Molly and Anthony Michael Hall were in the most Hughes movies. Twice with each other.

3. The Breakfast Club is the inspiration for today's post title. It is one of many great lines from Judd Nelson. In fact, Nelson made up many of the terms used in the movie, including "Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebie." - Judd was not the original choice to play Criminal John Bender. Nic Cage, John Cusack, and even Emilio was in the running at times. Personally I think Judd nailed the role. He was perfect. And Zoomdweebie kicks ass. More than any other Hughes movie this one is my all time favorite. I remember seeing this one with my friends. Heck I even remember what I was wearing!

4. The movie opens with a quote from David Bowie's Changes on the album Hunky Dory.

And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through

5. At the beginning of The Breakfast Club there are some shots of the school building right before the kids show up for detention. Written on a wall is, "I don't like Mondays" which refers to a girl named Brenda Spencer. Brenda went over to an Elementary School across the street from her house and began to shoot anyone she saw there. She injured some students, and she killed the principal and custodian. When asked why she did it, she said, "I don't like Mondays". The incident also inspired the Boomtown Rats' hit "I Don't Like Mondays."

6. Sixteen Candles is yet another offering featuring Molly and Anthony Michael Hall. Both Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were 16 years old upon release of Sixteen Candles. They originally did not get along. Hughes took them to a music store and they discovered they had similar musical taste and began to get along. So much so that by the time they filmed The Breakfast Club they were dating.

7. Brother and sister John and Joan Cusack co-star in Sixteen Candles. John is Bryce, one of Anthony Michael Hall's geeky friends. Joan is the geeky girl seen on the bus, and having trouble sipping water from a drinking fountain.

8. And for our last trivia question we have Ferris Buellers Day Off. What can be said about this movie that would do it justice? Hughes wrote the script in 6 days. Six freakin days!! There are inside jokes abounding in the movie. The school scenes were filmed in the same location as The Breakfast Club. And the movies cars all have license plates are Hughes movie abbreviations. Katie's = VCTN (National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)); Jeannie's = TBC (The Breakfast Club (1985)); Tom's = MMOM (Mr. Mom (1983)); Rooney's = 4FBDO (Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)). The exception is Cameron's Ferrari (seen when Ferris first pulls out of the garage), the license plate of which reads NRVOUS.

The Tide Is High But I'm Holding On

Kidlet and I saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall last night and it was hysterical. Russell Brand killed me. I actually liked it better than The 40 Year Old Virgin. I totally recommend it. You might think twice about taking the youngsters if you have issues with sex and nudity though cause you pretty much get to see all of Jason Segel. Mine's morally bankrupt so I said fuck it and took her. Her favorite movie is Rocky Horror and has been since she was 5. She's a lost moral cause :P

Mila Kunis was great, I loved her in That 70's Show and it was fun to see her in something else, especially where she can play smart. Paul Rudd had a small but STELLAR role as the hotel's stoner surf guy and he and Russell Brand pretty much stole the show. Kristen Bell was great as the morally challenged starfucker of the title role. And there is a musical within it that can not be described, it has to be seen. Gothic Neil Diamond. Oh yeah.

PLUS...the ending credits have "Nothing Compares To You" sung in Hawaiian by Don Ho's son. Really, what more do you need? I happily paid full price for this movie and would again in a heartbeat. It's an owner.

*grumbles*

At work today. Damn, how did I do this virtually every weekend for 5 years?! It sucks! We actually are getting a break in the weather here today and it sould be 70. I am happy about that. Of course it is supposed to go back to 20 degrees below average next week.

*Plants tongue firmly in cheek....no not that one, Matt* ...I love this state.

Got a shit ton of new medicines courtesy of going to the doctors. The diabetes is back which I am not surprised about. You can't blow up a third of your pancreas and get away with it for the rest of your life. I was acutally on insulin during my pregnancy but I got a good run after that. Age and weight was bound to get me at some point. On the plus side, I am a model patient when it comes to that. I had lovely sugars the entire time I was pregnant and the ADA diet is pretty easy to follow. And they didn't give me the meds that make you gain weight. WTF is up with medicines for Diabetes that MAKE you gain weight. They are the new ones of course with the lovely black box warnings. Gimme the old fashioned shit, kthx. I was guinea pig for Sony Games I would rather NOT be one for Big Pharma.

So my week has been all about the doctors and the pharmacy. Joy Joy. Kidlet is in a splint for the next 3 weeks. She did not pop the tendon but she mangled the joint pretty darn good.

Tonight, we are seeing a movie. Mostly likely Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but possibly Harold and Kumar. I admit it, I love Harold and Kumar. Sue me :P