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So I was watching Craig Ferguson tonight, as I do whenever I am up that late, and I had a weird realization:

Craig Ferguson totally looks like the muppet, Sam the Eagle, from like certain angles.

Also, when John Krasinski was on Ferguson, there was a moment when he totally looked like Beeker.

Hotness!

John Krasinski in the People's Sexiest Men issue:

Homemade Lasagna is Amazing!

Tonight for dinner, Allegra and I made homemade lasagna, and it was amazing. Like we made the pasta from scratch and everything. It might have taken like two hours, but it was totally worth it.

Sifting flower.

Hehe, kind of looks like an egg.

Being careful, so the well doesn't break.

But it was all for not, since it ended up breaking.

Extremely messy.

Ta da!

Rolling out the dough.

Total fail.

All complete, with approval.

Cutting into strips.

Mozzarella and sauce layer.

Pasta waiting to go in.

Ricotta layer.

Finished...

...and cooked.

Pushing Daisies RIP: 2007-2008

Bad news, Pushing Daisies, one of the best shows, just got canceled. I seriously love this show, and I don't understand how ABC can cancel one of the most critically acclaimed shows while, at the same time, picking up other shows that have already been canceled [Scrubs and King of the Hill]? Have they no sense?

I am seriously depressed about this news. This is almost as sad as when I got into Arrested Development, only to find out it had gotten canceled. I guess I will always have the awesomeness that are seasons 1 and 2.

Sigh.

Random Things Heard From My Window.

Random drum circle slash jazz session going on somewhere nearby, probably near the smoking area, those smokers like to rock out to the mellow sounds of jazz and drums.

John Krasinskaaaaaay!

So I was totally bummed out when I found out that Hugh Jackman was named this year's Sexiest Man Alive.


Ummmmmm, eww. He's old.

I guess just not my cup ole tea. The again, very rarely do I actually agree with these lists. I mean you always have the guys that just get in because they've gotten in every other year: George Clooney [so not hot!], Brad Pitt [used to be hot, now he just looks old and haggard, I guess 6 kids will do that] and Johnny Depp [who I agree with, totally hot].

And then the newish people they put on the list this year, I totally did not get. That guy from Twilight [don't get the appeal], Zach Efron [a little too girl-y for my taste]. So basically there was pretty much no reason for me to get this issue.


Then I saw this:




In other words, I MUST GET THIS MAGAZINE ASAP!!!





Hotness the last time round.

WTF?

So TRL just ended it's however many years it's been on the air. A part of me is sad, I mean I remember running home, up my driveway, just to make sure I got back in time to watch the single greatest show of my 11- year- old life. Granted I stopped watching it years ago, even before Carson Daly left to do other things. But it's almost like a part of my youth has just died. So it's sad. But what I was really thinking when I was going through all the memories is, 'What the fuck happened to Carson?'

For example:

Before [with NSYNC]:


And now, at the finale:


Dude went from being a total normal looking dude into a fucking manarexic. And he looks totally creepy now, like his eyes are like bulging out of his head.

What the fuck Carson Daly? What the fuck?

Interesting...

My dearest mother sent me this email the other day, and it kind of made me chuckle, and nod in approval:

Dear Red States:

If you manage to steal this election too, we've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware, that includes California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and the entire Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation and especially to the people of the new country of New California

To sum up briefly:

• You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood

• We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom.

• We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss.

• We get 85% of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama.

• We get two-thirds of the tax revenue. You get to make the red states pay their fair share.

• Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22% lower than the Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of single moms.

Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don't care if you don't show pictures of their children's caskets coming home. We do wish you success in Iraq, and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're not willing to spend our resources in Bush's Quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80% of the country's fresh water, more than 90% of the pineapple and lettuce, 92% of the nation's fresh fruit, 95% of America's quality wines, 90% of all cheese, 90% of the high tech industry, 95% of the corn and soybeans (thanks Iowa!), most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.

With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88% of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92% of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100% of the tornadoes, 90% of the hurricanes, 99% of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100% of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia.

We get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.

Additionally, 38% of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62% believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the war, the death penalty or gun laws, 44% say that evolution is only a theory, 53% that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61% of you believe you are people with higher morals then we lefties.

Peace!

Blue States

I love how it would be called 'New California,' I mean it could be a country all on its own anyway...

Happy Birthday Akita!!!!

I Love Rain

I love when it rains. I love the sound it makes when it falls, and that fresh smell it makes after it's done. I love how it cools everything down, and how it washes away the dirt.

I love rain a lot.

Except when I wake up in the morning and find my blanket covered in water from the rain that had fallen last night and into the morning. It was still raining when I woke up. I left my window open, not really thinking it would rain on me. I mean I had the blinds up, I thought that would protect me.

But it didn't.

A Sleepless Night

I had trouble getting to sleep one night. Maybe it was the tens of mosquito bites that nagged me or the stomach ache I had. Either way, I was awake.

I laid in my bed staring up at the cloudless sky through my window. I could see the stars out that night, through the blinds. So bright they were. My eyes went to Orion's Belt, when I first saw it It was near the left of my window.

I got up to get a popsicle, to settle my stomach, and Allegra was up, apparently she too had been bitten by the hungry bug. She then saw it and tried to hunt it down, but it was too fast, and quickly escaped her.

I grabbed a popsicle and went back in my room. It was two in the morning, and nothing was on TV. I flipped around and happened on some Opera. When I first flipped it on, there was someone as Queen Elizabeth opera-shouting at some other royal. It was subtitled, even though they were singing in english. Then they turned to talking. It was some weird hybrid of talking and opera. Very strange.

I finished my popsicle, turned off the TV, and stared back at the stars. Now Orion's Belt was near the right side of my window. How much the Earth had turned since I last looked out.

I rolled over and fell asleep.

When I awoke I had ten mosquito bites.

That little fucker.

Is It Weird If...

...when I first saw this picture of Amy Winehouse...



...I thought it was Amdy Samber?

Them.

So, obviously, this is way overdue, but I saw She & Him on Sunday! Yay. And all I can say is awesome. They are such an amazing live band. Like the record was awesome, but like there is such an energy to their live show, and Zooey Deschanel's voice is even better live, like way more powerful than the record would lead you to believe.

What is it with opening bands and sucking so much ass? This time it was a group by the name of Lavendar Diamond. Like the music seemed fine, like I kind of liked it, but the voice and like lyrics sucked so much ass. And she kept fucking rambling on about stuff no one cares about. Like about how how she used beets instead of blush, and like about why she wasn't sure she wanted to play at the club, called Bimbo 365 Club, because 'bimbo, you know? but then someone said, "no it's a really classy place" and I said, ok." It is a really classy place, btw, except for the fact that they were so strict with the cameras. I snuck mine in by sandwiching it between my boobs, but then when I got in, I was too scared to take a picture. They like made an announcement before the show started saying that if they caught anyone recording or taking pictures, they would throw that person out and take their memory card, so I didn't want to chance it.

So then the real show started, and She & Him came out. Ummm, they are so awesome. I love Zooey Deschanel's voice. And M. Ward is an awesome guitarist. The one thing that sucked, is that, of course we got stuck next really fucking annoying people. Every time they would play a song, the one like superfan would turn to her friend, and say, "I LOVE THIS SONG!". I mean I like most of the songs, all 12 of them, BUT it is not necessary to say that before EVERY FUCKING SONG! But yeah, they were really awesome, they played all of their songs, then two new songs and three covers, one of which was 'I Put a Spell on You', really awesome. She also dedicated 'Sweet Darlin'' to Barack Obama, really cute. Also really cute was when Zooey joined M. Ward on the piano at the end of 'Sweet Darlin''. Oh, and the girls were going crazy for M. Ward, especially when they sang 'You Really Gotta a Hold on Me'.

Oh, then Allegra pointed out to me that M. Ward could totally be a Jonas Brother, which he totally could. Ok, so not being a huge fan of the JBs [sorry Akita], I'm not entirely sure. But I'm pretty sure he could be. Like, a slightly older brother.



Anyway, I the show was awesome! I suggest that you see them if they come to a town near you.


Ok, so not the concert I went to, but their cover of 'I put a spell on you' was really good.

I Cannot Stop Watching...

...this live feed of puppies. They are so adorable. Most of the day they spend napping, but it is too cute. Like sometimes they will have doggy dreams, where they are like running, and you can see their little legs twitching. And then one like wakes up and then goes and lays on another one, waking up everyone else in the process. My favorite one is the green collar, that one has got a quirky character.





In other words, I really miss my puppies.



Yes. Even Luke. winky smilie face.

Dogs Are Our Reflections.

Barney, the first dog, must know that his owner is being ousted as the leader of the free world, and he is acting up.




Clearly this dog is not balanced.

Boo!

Prop R did not pass.  sad face.

No renaming a sewage plant after Bush.

Oh and prostitution is not legal in SF either.

Oh well.

Look What We Did!

No matter your political affiliations, you cannot deny what an historic day this is for America. It honestly make me so proud to be an American, for like the first time in almost eight years. I almost came to tears listening to his amazing acceptance speech, no lie. What an amazing week, first the Phillies win the world series, and now Barack Obama is going to be our next president. So AMAZING. There are very few words that can describe this feeling.

If you missed his speech, here it is:

part 1:


Part 2:



Thoughts on the day that was:

I waited in line for 2 and a half hours to exercise my civic duty. Totally worth it!

I was not prepared for the chilly weather, flip flops made my feet really cold.

The people in front of us were really fucking annoying.  Like the one girl was so needy and annoying, oh and her friends kept cutting in line.  So fucking annoying.

I did not get my free scoop of ice cream because by the time I had voted, they had, most likely, ran out of ice cream and left. So sad.

I voted to legalize prostitution is San Francisco and to rename a sewer plant after George W. Bush.

I also voted no on props 4 and 8 (abortion rights and gay marriage bans, respectively).

I voted for the bullet train in California. Get to LA in like 2 or 3 hours would be awesome. Day Trips!

When MSNBC projected Obama as the President-Elect like not even a minute after polls closed on the West Coast.

Was I the only one digging the electoral map on the ice rink in Rockefeller Plaza? I wish I could have been there to watch them fill it in.

What the fuck was Michelle Obama wearing?  It totally looked like she was 8 months pregnant and about to pop out a baby.

That's about it, what an amazing day for America.


I found this really amusing, Craig Ferguson's take on some of the California Props. Classic:

Proponent's Argument In Favor of Proposition R

Just as France presented the Statue of Liberty as its gift to the nation, the citizens of San Francisco may now bestow their own special gift to the country by renaming our award winning waste water treatment plant in honor of outgoing President George W Bush. We think this is a fitting memorial for a truly outstanding Commander-in-Chief. On matters ranging from diplomacy to fiscal and environmental stewardship, no other President has had such a dramatic impact on the country and the Constitution in such a short time. Most presidents wait years or decades to receive their memorial airport or highway. We think President Bush deserves immediate recognition for his eight years of public service.

Critics of this measure point out that the initiative unfairly maligns the talented and hard working staff at the award-winning plant or that it memorializes an administration best forgotten. To this we simply say that those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. President Bush has left us with a gigantic mess, and that this facility symbolizes the city's deft ability to clean up its share of the financial and diplomatic mess left in this administration's wake. It will also become the world's first presidential sewage plant, a potential tourist attraction, and therefore an opportunity for the dedicated plant workers to educate visitors about this essential and heretofore unknown public works. This measure will have a minimal fiscal impact and may increase tourist traffic to the plant, Zoo, and nearby attractions in southwest San Francisco, creating yet another quirky must-see destination along with our cable cars, Haight St, and Beach Blanket Babylon.

Fellow San Franciscans, we urge you to vote Oui! On November 4th.

Brian McConnell
Chairman, Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco

Don't Forget to Vote!

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Random Photo of the Week

A sink in this motel I was staying at before flying home, I think last Thanksgiving.