Joshua Radin- You Got What I Need

Joshua Radin's new album The Rock and the Tide came out this week. I heard a few songs...sounds a little James Morrison-y. I didn't really love Simple Times, but I did love We Were Here...so I always keep comin back for more.


(I was this close to him at a show in Tucson...before Grey's Anatomy tampered with his low budge rep)

Fake It Till You Make It

How la sexy does Zach Galafianakis look here? It's like he pulled a Jack Osbourne on us, became a tae-bo warrior (or whatever), and out popped a gorgeous lumberjacky man. This is just too good to be true. As far as I know, the media hasn't released any breaking news on a ZG hottie transformation. Here's the thing, Zach, regardless, I love you just the way you are.

What Can I Say- Carrie Underwood

We listened to one of our manager's break-up playlists during closing last night. It's like, what can get an entire group of young ladies crying faster than a Carrie Underwood ballad? Not a thing.

Bob Dylan- Like a Rolling Stone

Live at Newport Folk Festival (1965)

Kurupt- It's Over

Remember this song?! A girl at my work started singing it today (I can't really comment on others' sanity now, can I?), and I had to grab hold of my knees and breathe deep because I was so excited.

Happy Birthday, DADDY!!!

Our Birthday phone convo went a lot like this:

M: Happy Birthday, Papa!!! Are you doing anything?

D: I'm watching Idina Menzel sing "Defying Gravity" right now.

It's like...all I do is win.

Ah, Skeet Skeet Situation

Oh, oh, oh...most definitely a winning observation.

Blue Valentine

I foresee a Revolutionary Road ending where it all goes to shit...not that I have a problem with that, especially since Michelle Williams is an excellent crier. However, no matter how good Michelle Williams' cry face may be, it will never beat Farrah's cry face.

...More Like Hottoween!!!

Welp, that settles that. I know I'll be carving myself a "biebkin" this upcoming holiday. It will rest next to my johnkrasinskin and my tomhankskin. Three generations of extra sexy pumpkins. Also note, carved into a pumpkin, Justin Bieber looks a little Jewy.

It's All About the Wordplay, Biotch

Riley and I have known each other so long that we are able to comprehend text conversations like this between one another on my way home from work:

M: (referring to Due Date, the upcoming movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis) You're right. It's a dog in a cone (on the poster)...not a baby.

R: I know I'm right!

M: I think I was just thinking that "due date" coincides with "baby"

R: It does.

R (again): It does. Robert Downey Jr. is trying to get to his wife who is having a baby.

M: Katy Perry has a lyric that goes, "You don't have to be a shell."

M (again): Ohhhhhh...that makes sense. Dog and baby.

R: Rihanna has a lyric that says, "I wanna love you like hot pie." I win.

M: You don't win! That's a vote off, for sure. "You don't have to be a shell"?!?!! Why don't I?!

R: Why would I want someone to love me like a hot pie??!!!

M: Because...hot pies are de-effing-licious if that's what you like.

R: Well, you can't be loved like one if you're being a shell.

Aaaaaaand...that's what happens when you know someone all too well. Actually, just before this particular conversation was had, I was listening to a couple of weird guys on the train talk about how their friend "Scott" was being crazy for "insulting ghosts." I guess Riley and I are just as weird as those guys. Well, maybe not, as we chose to say no to purchasing and wearing World of Warcraft tees in public.

GI JOE

There are plenty more lip dubs of these old G.I. Joe public service announcements where this one came from. Let's be real though...though there are plenty of these videos to choose from, I appreciate the execution of a good lisp. I also like this one about body massages because I appreciate the execution of a good, well, you know.

Look at My F*cking Hipster Post

The topic/concept of "hipsters" is one of general confusion for me. I can't quite wrap my head around a certain definition, though I do know it has something to do with wearing fake glasses, a "style" which I was extremely fond of in middle school! However, what does not confuse me is the laughter that is garnered within me every time I stumble across material based upon the specified lifestyle. Recently, my friend Rachel and I were having a conversation through text during one of my breaks at work about just this subject:

R: "How many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb?"

M: "Well, how tight are their girl jeans"?

R: "Does it matter?"

M: "Well, where I work we sell a lot of wide leg styles, so in that case, I don't know if I can properly make an educated assumption about how many hipsters it takes to screw in a light bulb."

R: "Just say how many!"

M: "Fine, but I'm just saying...How many?"

R: "Oh, it's some obscure number. You've probably never heard of it."

Well played, Rachel. Enjoy more hipster dinosaurs here!

The Proud Family

My brother recently did an acoustic show in Long Beach showcasing his newest project, Look for the Signals. CHIZZECK IT OUT. While he also is still rocking out like a champ with The Prisoner's Dilemma, he is furthermore pimping out and interdazzling my new website. My big brother is cooler than your big brother.

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Tonight I took myself on a solo date to see It's Kind of a Funny Story. While the official trailer pegs the movie as a teen angsty romantic comedy, as I said to Riley on the phone tonight, with much chagrin, "IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT!" Truly, it was a very inspiring film based on the novel of the same title by Ned Vizzini. While it's a young adult read, the film revealed much darker adult undertones as displayed shockingly well by Zach Galafianakis. Galifianakis plays Bobby, a fellow psychiatric patient who immediately aids suicidal sixteen-year-old Craig Gilner, played by Keir Gilchrist, in adapting to his new in-patient lifestyle. I don't want to give anything away because I think everyone should see this movie ASAP. Cheaters can click here for a little more info than I am willing to distribute freely.
For the serious (hipster) moviegoers out there I will warn you of the couple sappy cliche moments (of which I didn't mind AT ALL), however, the brief moments are blanketed by strong, genuine performances, beautiful cinematography underscored by the music of Broken Social Scene and the like, and most importantly, simple and enlightening truths about life for you to pocket and retrieve whenever you find you've lost your way.

Owen- The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi

"Could you love someone enough
after all you've had and you've lost?
It's a simple question.
I'm only asking 'cause I don't want to die alone."
I need to revisit One Hundred Years of Solitude, maybe, and what Owen has been doing for the past two years, definitely.

Skechers Be Real Sketch

OKAY, Skechers...First, you embarrassed yourself with Shape-Ups for reasons I can't begin to discuss without getting startlingly baffled by the audacity of real humans to actually purchase these things. Now, as if your desperation hadn't hit a peak high with the Shape-Ups, you've taken it upon yourself to introduce the world to BOBS. BOBS are TOMS but called BOBS. What a doozy! Is this even legal? I'm done.

Sugar- Stevie Wonder

We have a playlist at Anthropologie that runs continuously throughout the day. It's like I'm always just biding my time till I hear this gem. Stevie sure knows how to make this girl smile.