of fonts and discontent

when did trebuchet ms become all the rage?  i've always found it to be a rather ghastly and weak font, and so was unsurprised to find out that it was designed by someone at microsoft (hence the ms) and as we all know, microsoft wouldn't know decent design if redmond itself was infected w/ a design virus.  and anyway, what's wrong w/ arial?  or courier new or verdana or georgia?  why trebuchet ms of all fonts?  ugh.  

rachael ray

really, what's w/ people hating on her so much?  yeah, her voice is grating and her recipes probably suck (wouldn't know personally) but beyond that?  i don't get it.  a lot of people disparage her body but honestly i think she's pretty hot.  not beautiful or gorgeous or anything, but she has a certain sex appeal.  sure, i was troubled when i found out about her involvement w/ sxsw, but i suppose that proves one, or both, of two things: sxsw is "corporate" and/or she actually has decent taste, which is probably saying a lot more than the pale livejournal hordes who hate her.  criticizing her for not having talent is like saying teens are self-absorbed.  wow, and?  how many famous people these days are actually talented?  she, like oprah or dr. phil, is a businesswoman (well, mcgraw isn't a woman, but the prefix still stands).  period.  now, don't get me wrong, i despise phil mcgraw, but he's a fraud who poses as a "doctor" under the guise of "helping" people-- a bit more serious than ray's retarded catchphrases.  but pick your battles, i guess.

i've known some people who've met her and they all say she's actually pretty nice and "cool" in person; not to mention she seems to have a healthy attitude about the people who dislike her.  

googly-eyed plants

holy christ:



all praise be to allah! nbc finally put this up on its snl page. i was loling like a fiend at this on saturday and i only had two beers!

wiiging out!!1

dearest kristen wiig:

i want to have your babies. and, as you know, in this day and age it is possible for a nurturing, caring man such as myself to do just that. um, if you had sperm to give, of course. 



aside: i noticed that in nearly every skit walken rarely made eye contact w/ the cast members when reading his lines. in the first skit i noticed this in, he was playing an extremely creepy man obsessed w/ a co-worker and i thought the lack of eye contact was in character, but in the next skit he was off looking at the prompter. i remembered reading an interview wherein he mentioned that he has a hard time remembering lines, and so i thought that was it, but then i noticed some of the other cast members looking off to the side, too. i have to say that while the past few weeks have been exceptional in content, this aspect of the show is really distracting, but bizarrely fascinating as well. and strangely enough, it's not nearly as annoying as jimmy fallon or horatio sanz cracking up during every (totally not funny) skit.

oh, shit yes

there are some really awesome pictures of the joker leaked today.  you can find them here.

note: if you don't know anything about the plot to the dark knight, these pictures could be considered spoilerish.  

these are some of the coolest pictures i've seen of ledger's joker yet.  yes, i have every leaked picture of the joker; yes, i saved all of them within an hour or two of them "hitting the streets"; yes, i'm a total geek for the joker.  

batman sucks-- joker rules.  

wow, two decent snl shorts in a row?

i don't know about you, but i was completely aroused and moist by the end of this short. goodness . . .

u stop! unhand her right now!

i have to admit, this digital short w/ chin samberg had me lol'ing like a fiend.



kind of makes you realize how lame batman is (and, by contrast, how fucking awesome the joker is).