I heard about this on PNSexplosion and I was FINALLY inspired to post something new on my blog. Just follow the link on this image and enjoy the fragrance of a beautiful woman :)
(Source: www.smellmeand.com)
My friend Troy passed this on to me today and I just couldn’t help but post about it. Mainly because it completely reminded me of the first Des Moines Pride Parade I went to after only being exposed to Chicago’s Pride up until that point. Now I don’t want to sound like Des Moines has no “pride” because it certainly does. However, there’s a certain kind of small town, fish-out-of-water sorta thing going on. And I’m not taking about the lesbian vespa brigade representing Iowa’s proud Dykes on Bikes, which we affectionly coined “Cooters on Scooters.”
And since I’ve been meaning to get a new category going, considering my Smart Quotes category hasn’t exactly inspired me, this wonderful article from the Onion marks to beginning of the new category Smart News (even if this is fake news, I hope)
And here are two photos from this year’s Pride Parades in Des Moines and Chicago that may help explain why this article made me chuckle so much. Check out my Flickr for many, many more!
So I’m a dumbass. I thought I was being clever by ordering the new Harry Potter through Amazon so it would ship and be in my hands by the time I went on vacation. Well, for some reason, I thought it came out on a Wednesday and I was leaving on Friday. Of course it was too late to change the shipping address, or even cancel the order, by the time I realized it came out on a that Saturday. Sadly, I left for vacation to rural northern Minnesota knowing that my copy of Deathly Hollows would either be sitting on my door step waiting for someone to swipe it or hanging out in the post office.
Sidenote: The later happened, and by the time I went to pick it up at the post office, I only had 200 pages left. I’m getting ahead of myself here but what ev. Anyway, the bitch behind the counter was like “oh, I haven’t read it yet but I heard an interview this morning that said [ insert all major plot point spoilers here ]. God damn I was pissed. But being the sweet boy that I am, I just smiled and said “I guess I’ll see what happens tonight… (you fucking bitch hag troll from hell).”
Ok, back to the long ass story to explain the photos below. After we woke up on Saturday, I just HAD to get my hands on that book! So Carrie in all her sweetness drove me up somewhere north of Pine River, MN to a cute little book shop where I paid the full $35 for a second copy of a book that technically I owned already. And on our way back to the car, we past the pawn shop below and I just happened to read the sign posted on the door. Only in northern Minnesota :)
I just got back from watching Hairspray and if you haven’t seen it yet, DO IT NOW! Not only is the music absolutely incredible, but Allison Janney plays Penny’s mom :) Those of you “most smartest” will recognize her as Loretta from Drop Dead Gorgeous who uttered those beautiful words that gave this little blog its name. So go watch this movie now! Plus, you may just learn some new moves and end up being the “best goddamn tapper” in the whole trailer court!
I don’t think I’ve EVER been more excited for a movie! It comes out Dec. 7, my parents anniversary btw in case you want to send a card :) And I know this is “supposed” to be a funny blog and this isn’t really a funny blog entry but it’s also MY blog so you can bite me.
If you like fantasy, then I highly recommend reading the “His Dark Materials” trilogy by Philip Pullman. My good friend Angie recommended it a long time ago and to this day, I love rereading the entire series. I didn’t even know a movie was in the works until I saw a poster with a girl (Lyra) riding a polar bear (Iorek Byrnison) as I was walking out of the restroom at a local theater. I’ll just say that it’s a good thing I had just peed.
You have six months to read all three books before the movie comes out and since it’s written for older children, don’t give me that “I’m just really busy and didn’t have time” excuse. That only works for bloggers. Namely me. :P
And here’s the link to the pretty spiffy flash site for the movie.
I stumbled across this on Lady Bunny’s blog and couldn’t help but making a few comments on this “brilliant” ad campaign.
First off, I adore the Lady Bunny and you should too.
Secondly, the creative director for this ad should be shot. I mean, come the fuck on. Who the hell couldn’t see this coming?
Finally, a good cure for mud butt is bowl of granola and a class of cranberry juice. And just in case, a pack Cottonelle Flushable Moist Wipes found in toilet paper aisle in most supermarkets. But for the big messes like this, a hose.
As a footnote, here’s a pic of me and Lady Bunny from last year’s Des Moines Pride. The Saddle, a local trolling hole, splurged and brought her an evening. There are some great queens in this town but for one night, we were treated to royalty :)
And by her DVD, Rated X (for x-tra retarded).
The last place you would think to find something funny, and a little inappropriate, would be at a benefit auction. Well, leave it to Chad to find something amusing in the program. After donating towards car seats for expecting mother’s, Chad leans over and says “check out number 14.” I burst into suppressed laughter prompting our friend Nikki to ask what’s so funny. Chad then points to number 14 and Nikki, being a mother of 2 adorable children, exclaims “well I could give you plenty of that for free.”
I came across this photo in my “r a n d o m” pictures folder this afternoon while I was downloading a bunch of old photos off my camera. This picture was taken with my first 1.3 mp digital Olympus, which was a second-hand gift from one of my regulars at the ‘bucks. It was 2003 and I had been in Chicago for about a year working as a barista/camp counselor/freelance graphic designer.
While walking from another day of “Fun ‘n Sun†to my closing shift slinging easy-iced, venti™, half-decaf, sugar-free vanilla, 2% lattes, I passed this lovely impromptu car sign in the back employee parking lot. This sage advice gave me a good chuckle and after seeing that nobody was out huffing down a few Newports, I snapped the photo to show to my fellow baristas.
(Oh yeah, I blurred out the employee parking permit number)
