Gossip Girl is rather beautiful

As I was scanning screenshots of last night's GG, I came upon this shot.

Serena and Carter Baizen are kissing in some deserted glade after she's ridden off on Nacho's horse. Instead of starting the Vanderbilt's polo match, she's decided to make a run for it, a la Runaway Bride style and Carter Baizen in all his shameless glory has come after her. He's caught up with her and here, Serena can no longer deny her lust for Carter. [Why would she?]

Cheesy and delicious, all at the same time. What is GG, if not indulgent pleasure?

Carter Baizen > Chuck Bass

Gossip Girl is back and needless to say, I'm hooked. Especially with Carter Baizen returning, I have to say, I love the way this man wears his pants.

I took some screen shots from last nights episode, and truly, I cannot find a single flaw in this man. Move over Chuck Bass, Carter Baizen has your same initials and twice the hotness.

DEAR RETAIL JOBS

Why won't you hire me, due to inexperience with retail, but you will hire a 14 year old, who has no experience with retail AND life? FML

Response to Kylie

I hate to say that I'm still looking at these youtube videos of Kylie, but the truth is, I am.

SO, it's so disappointing to me that Kylie is not cute comparitively anymore. I mean, if I had not seen a previously whiter, chubbier chubbs, maybe I would like this tanner, leaner baby, but nooo. This is a private sadness between me and Asian babies everywhere. It's simply an accepted fact, when you grow, you grow less cute. :(

Snappy! and Reponkislive!

All good things must come to an end... especially as a previously cute baby becomes a less cute, older, tanner baby.

Kylie: in what seems like two years later!!



Somehow, Microsoft overdosed on good things. Two many good things: cute Asian baby, Europe's Final Countdown, the color pink, the number 7 = BAD. or at least in this case, just not as cute.

For the original commercial, click here!

A running list of funny things that have happened to me lately

1. I saw a guy that I knew in Atlanta, who I went to the Carter Center Christmas party with.... in DC, on the metro, on my train at midnight on a Saturday night. Apparently we both live here now.

2. I have just moved to MD and the guy who works the late shift at Target already recognizes me.

Me last night checking out: Silence.
Cashier: Weren't you here last night, two nights ago?
Me: Pause. Yes.
Me (inside): SCREAMING- OH MY GOD.

3. My cousin was laughing hahaha, when we pulled up behind a car that had the plates HAHAHA.

4. As I was leaving to meet my friend for dinner, I opened the front door to exit just as my cousin was walking in = in the dark. I nearly passed out, then I screamed.

5. I bought some cheap ass panties in my efforts not to do laundry, and because it was late night at Target and I was bored. I bought the cheapest ones, which were on clearance. It turns out, when I opened them that they had been replaced with bigger, uglier, granny panties. AH! I've yet to return them, but I'm not sure what I can even tell them.

6. My aunt asked me if my laundry basket wasn't more suited for kittens or perhaps puppies.

I posted this picture because who doesn't like a cute baby?

09!09!09!

I love the repetition! Nine nine, oh nine! If I were good, I would wait until 09:09p on 09.09.09 to post.. but.... I'm a nerd for even thinking of it!

I've always loved the month of September because simply, it's a good month! Good things happen this month, namely, my birthday and the birthdays of many of my friends! Sadly, this year, I will not be in the same town as Stepperoo so I don't know I will be cutting into Hello Kitty this year.

Cake 1

Cake 2!

It's delicious slaughter!

9.24 - I cannot wait!

Name Yourself

If you could re-name yourself, what would it be? Names each hold their own connotations - some trashy, some classy, others just plain....fat. I don't know why I believe these things, some of obvious, some have to do with the people that I know, and what I associate with those names, but others... completely created from my imagination. These have nothing to do with the meanings of names that you can find with a quick web search, these are just pure synesthesia.

For example: Louise to me is not a pretty name. Worse would be Louisa - who I associate to Louisa May Alcott, who wrote Little Women. Louisa/Louise to me represents a fat lonely spinster.

Being able to name yourself is also a strange step. People are born with one name, it's interesting to see what people come up with when they create their own. Many times, their new names are linked with their actual personas. Think Portia di Rossi, whose real name is Amanda Lee Rogers. Who sounds hotter?

What I find most amusing, are Chinese people who name themselves. See, with people who do not have English as their first language, they are not hindered by only choosing names as names. Why not choose animals as names? or even create your identity as one half of a pair, for example - if you have a best friend - why not name yourself Peaches, and your friend? Cream, of course.

Watch this clip from Sexy Beijing. Make sure you watch to the end and meet Samantha.



A girl from the States goes around Beijing interviewing people their thoughts. This is her website. I think she has pretty interesting observations and she has a gift for catching people in China on video. From my experience, people in China are often loathe to be caught on video because they do not like the idea of being caught in perpetuity.... although they don't seem to have any problem with being in pictures with foreigners........ BAH. That's another article all-together.

If I could name myself, it would be Autumn.

Christine's Fall TV Watch List

I created a list of to watch tv shows and when they premiere and I thought I should share. I fully admit that I watch entirely too much televee but I can't help it. Feel free to make fun of me for what I enjoy but I love what I love and I'm not sorry. Obvi, many of these shows are at the same time and all I can say is TGFH - Thank God for Hulu!

Here we go:

ABC
Castle - Monday, Sept 21, 10.01p

FOX
*Fringe - Thursday, Sept 17, 9p
*Glee - Wednesday, Sept 9, 9p
Lie to Me - Monday, Sept 28, 9p
Dollhouse - Friday, Sept 25, 9p

NBC
Community - Thursday, Sept 17, 9.30p
30 Rock - Thursday, Oct 15, 9.30p
Heroes - Monday, Sept 21, 8p

CBS


*How I Met Your Mother - Monday, Sept 21, 8p

CW
*Gossip Girl - Monday, Sept 14, 9p

FX
*It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Thursday, Sept 17, 10p

I also can't help but love USA shows - Psych and Monk (Fridays) which are already on along with rando episodes of Project Runway (Thurs@10) on Lifetime and Top Chef: Las Vegas (Wed@9) on Bravo... oh and Bourdain (Mon@10) on Travel.

*Shows that I will need to watch day-of. The rest, I save for hulu.com, Sunday binge-watching.

Why not honeymoon forever?

In honor of all of my friends that have gotten married in the past few years and for all those kids that plan on getting married in the near future, I have an idea I have been reluctant to share, but feel compelled to do so.



Immediately after you get married, don't you try and tell every customer service representative that you encounter that it is your honeymoon?

Airline counter: It's our honeymoon.

Gate agent: It's our honeymoon.

Hotel check-in: It's our honeymoon.

Restaurant hostess: It's our honeymoon.

Concierge anywhere: It's our honeymoon.

...and when you do, sometimes there are perks. My question is, why use that only once? Obvi, any vacation you take should be met with a "It's our honeymoon." Why not? Many a person that I've met have not taken their honeymoon immediately post-wedding. Why not use it, say... 3 years, 2 months and 1 day, post-wedding? or... 5 years, 4 months, and 3 days, post-wedding?

What an amazing way to put yourself in the honeymood by announcing to the world that it's your honeymoon? Why shouldn't it be?

My Local Wal-Mart: Cruel to Children

First and foremost, I want to tell you that this is DEFINITELY THE WAL-MART by my house. This is the Wal-mart that I've gone to in the middle of the night since high school and that I go to when I'm bored.

According to CNN via Dlisted, a man allegedly slapped a toddler at Wal-mart because she wouldn't stop crying.

I don't want to get this wrong, so I'm going to quote this man exactly: "If you don't shut the baby up, I will shut her up for you."

THIS IS INCREDIBLE. How many times have I encountered a crying baby that I've really wanted to discipline myself? Put the hurt on and teach them a lesson! RAWR!

After this strict, disciplinarian warning, he allegedly grabbed the girl and slapped her 4 or 5 times in
the face. Following this awesome act of excessive violence, "See, I told you I would shut her up."

If you look on the bottom of this photo, this is my county of original residence! (I now live in DC!) I love that Mr. Stephens, a man of Gwinnett County, has acted on his primal desires in beating up on another person's kid. Baby knows not to act out anymore. (Correct use of baby.)

And speaking of Wal-mart, have you seen www.peopleofwalmart.com? Definitely awesomely bad.

Boondock Saints Sequel actually coming out

As a freshman in college, I recall watching from beneath a loft a movie called, Boondock Saints. Excessive amounts of violence combined with religious fervor = a movie that I watched with Nick about 30 times while drinking Jack Daniels and Coke. OH, to be a frosh again.

There's been heresay as to whether or not a sequel would ever happen. Almost 6 years ago, I would have been excited to see the sequel immediately after a movie night of the $10 Boondock Saints.

Now I know that a sequel has actually been made and this is the red line trailer. It'll be out on Oct 30 and I'm ambivalent on whether or not I'll actually watch, but here, you can decide.



P.S. If you like Boondock Saints, you might like Suicide Kings.

Terms of Endearment: A Critique

In the history of its uses for me, terms of endearment have come and gone. I admit, I've used darling in the recent past, as well as baby, for the occasional man.

Now, my issues with terms of endearment come when girls call other girls excessive terms of endearment. Including but not limited to: baby, babe, sweetie, honey, sweetheart, hun, all in one conversation. When I receive these endearments, instead of feeling closer to the person - I feel slightly dirty, cheap and way awkward.

There are only 2 real occasions for using the term baby, other than referring to an infant. One is sassy, like.. "NO one puts baby in a corner" or "Baby didn't know who she was talking to". The other is more condescending like.. "Ooo, baby, I'm sorry you didn't know any better." The acceptable use of baby is of course, when talking about your significant other, who you're probably sleeping with. If you sleep in the same bed, baby is fine.

The term sweetheart, when not used sincerely, such as: "What a sweetheart for ordering me that Edible Arrangement!", can normally be replaced with the word, BITCH. For example, "Sweetheart...what do you think you're doing?" - replace sweetheart with bitch, and you get what the person is really trying to say, which is "Bitch, wtf do you think you're doing?"

As for the other terms, honey, sweetie, babe - those can be used sometimes but the problem is the over-usage. An occasional, "What's wrong, sweetie?" is always appreciated, but when overused, it's just plain creepy. I stopped using babe in middle school, but perhaps that was just a personal preference. I've heard it used before satisfactorily.

Terms of endearment should be used in cases of warm comfort and a heightened sense of feeling close to your close friend, but constant use - my blog is here to warn you against just that. Please calm that shit down. I cannot handle being called several terms of endearment at once because it frankly freaks me out.

Thanks, my dear. I appreciate your time.

Terms of Endearment

What are your thoughts on terms of endearment among girls? Girl on girl endearment? I will tell you my thoughts in the morning.

Jabberwocky

Faster than a cheetah, more powerful than... another cheetah.

The term Jabberwocky may seem familiar to you if you've been a fan of America's Best Dance Crew, as one of the crews had a twisted form of the name. After some research, the term Jabberwocky originated with Lewis Carroll, who mentioned it in his Through the Looking Glass. Essentially the term means nonsense and this video is greatly defines the word.

From Better of Ted on ABC, which I hope doesn't get canceled:

Drake: Breast I Ever Had

If you haven't been living under a rock this summer, then you have definitely heard Drake's song, Best I Ever Had.

What you probably haven't seen is the video. Yesterday, while surfing youtube with a friend, she showed me the video of Best I Ever Had, it's more like.. the MOST AWESOME GLORIFICATION OF HUGE NATURAL BREASTS I HAVE EVER SEEN.



Whoa. Those thangs hit you in the face, literally. AND, for the sake of all that is holy, please go to 4'06" ...................Here's a taste:

Drake: When you're out there, and they put that D on you, TAKE THAT D. Take that D like the champions you are.


OMG. I couldn't stop laughing. This is truly hilarious. If you don't have sound in the office, just promise me you'll go back home and watch it at some point. OMG.

........'You all know good and well what we can do in two minutes." BAHAHAHAHAHA!

Midnight Blogging.. mmmmm

I haven't blogged in a while because I've been settling into DC. I've been lazy in finishing unpacking my things and putting things in the places that should be. Surprisingly, my closet here is not so packed. Probably because I've only managed to somehow bring 1/3 of my clothes.

I have a lot of family in town and I've been busy con familia. I still have yet to get to a gym, which I will try to milk week long trial memberships until I am employed, nor have I gotten a library card = HOW WILL I GET MY FILL OF ROMANCE NOVELS?

Somehow, I need to drop my T-mobile plan and pick up a Verizon one. This, too, will probably need to happen post-job, because only Verizon has service in the metro. This is crucial as sometimes I spent up to 120 mins in the metro a day, which could be otherwise filled with very productive texting.

Things that are better in DC/MD/VA (a running list): 1. Taiwanese food. Bob's 66, I'm talking to you, dreaming about you, and tomorrow, I will have you again. YUM.

Things currently on my bed

a camera
8 pairs of sunglasses
2 pairs of eyeglasses
$640 in cash
a copy of my resume
2 mp3 players
4 books of checks
biking shorts
a purse
Hello Kitty stuff
50 unburned CDs
another purse
a copy of Microsoft Office
linen paper
all the makeup I own
a bra
a pair of shorts
4 planners
2 lists of things that I have to pack
my phone
a gym clip
a light bulb
an empty Starbucks bag


Now, do I somehow sort them into some sort coherent categories... or do I just more or less dump them into a small suitcase and shove it into my car? Guess! P.S. I'm driving up to DC in the morning. Who can Happy Hour with me on Thursday?

Michael Jackson's hair into Diamonds?

A diamond company in Chicago, Lifegem, has obtained bits of Michael Jackson's crispy hair from 1984 and is planning on turning it into carbon crystals which later can be polished into diamonds. Sound incredible? OR ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING?

This same company has reduced another famous person's hair into diamonds previously. That man being Beethoven. I feel like they have had a strange choice in people - what about someone living? What about Liz Taylor?

Click here for the article from NYdailynews.

Here's a quote from the website of LifeGem:

"Your LifeGem memorial will offer comfort and support when and where you need it, and provide a lasting memory that endures just as a diamond does. Forever."

I would post a picture, but this entire thing just creeps me out. A LOT.

Awesomely Bad Ad

Tell me you don't want to play this game. I dare you.