First, let me say this: The show was great. Really good. I love it. Well done. (Larry David and lots of others deserve this same sentiment)

But you sir, are a jerk. A big, fat-headed jerk.

Exhibit A:

You’re on his show to promote your film. He’s 74. Give him a break. He didn’t pay attention to every little detail regarding your television show. Get over yourself.

Exhibit B:

Notice first the density of plugs in that one minute commercial. Two bee movie plugs (Of course they turn this into a cute little joke, like dreamworks made him do it. Nice try, jerko. Still a plug, and still entirely shameless. No one in the last ten years has pumped a film more than you have with this one,) one plug for the series, one plug for your wife’s book, and all the while, this is a commercial for none of these things. This is a commercial for a computer company. Nicely done.The best part is that the one Seinfeld related thing they don’t show in this commercial is… you guessed it, his face. Why? Because Jerry’s too busy mowing his lawn to come down to a studio and actually do an hour long shoot. So instead, it’s badabing, badaboom, throw in a body double and I’m outta here. Oh wait, that sounds familiar…

Techie: Talking doll, take eight.
Lisa: “When I get married, I’m keeping my own name.” Oh, no, that
should probably be “If I choose to get married.”
Techie: Uh, look, little girl, we got other talking dollies to record
today.
Krusty: [barging in with cue cards] All right, you poindexters, let’s
get this right!
One: “Hey, hey, kids, I’m Talking Krusty.”
Two: “Hey, hey, here comes Slideshow Mel” — again — “Here
comes Sideshow Mel”. “Sideshow Mel”.
Three: [does a Krusty laugh]
Budda-bing, budda-boom, I’m done. Learn from a professional,
kid.
[walks out, squeals his tires away]
Techie: OK, Krusty, we are ready to roll any — what the…?

Exhibit C:

Nuff said.

This guy’s a jerk.

Last night was the Justin Timberlake concert.  It was really awesome!  The only thing I didn’t like was Good Charlotte opening for him. They seemed really out of place.

Here is my top 10 of the show:

10. Meeting up with other Justin fans before the show and getting a drink…Erin it was good to see you and meet your sisters.

9. Seats. The stage was in the middle with the seats around the stage and that made for a better concert experience. There was stuff happening on all sides of the stage.

8. Finding out Jeana and Mara were sitting not to far from us. We could look at each other during the show and it was like we went together.

7. Parking downtown.. We parked further downtown in Tacoma instead of close the the Tacoma Dome. That was super smart of us to do because we missed the traffic.

6. Justin Program. It was $15 but worth it. Tons of pictures of JT and a set list which is nice to look back at later when I’m old and can’t remember what he sang.

5. Show. The show was amazing, with backup dancers and singers and a band. There were a lot of people in the show.

4. Bringing Justin to the stage in a box/bin. Before the show started the singers and dancers were coming out of the back room and people were freaking out. We were sitting where you could see them coming out. Funny thing was that there were tons of people standing there waiting for Justin to come out. Then most of the performers had come through there was a bin on wheels with a lid that came through with 2-3 security or stage hands around it. It obviously had Justin in it but yet here these girls stood waiting and screaming for Justin. It would have ruined everything if he came out before the show when his whole thing was coming up from the bottom of the stage…ah teenagers.

3. Screens. There were these see through screens that would come down on the stage depending on which section of the stage Justin was on which was awesome because you could still see everything going on.

2. Singing and dancing. Two of my favorite things if you know me. I loved every minute of it.

1. The best thing about the JT concert…him singing Dick in a Box. That’s right he sang it near the end of the show which was freaking awesome. We were doing all the hand movements and everything. When he started singing the song that might have been the loudest it was all night and it was really loud all night.

So yes, the show was awesome, Justin was awesome and I didn’t get arrested for attacking him!

What in the world???? I’ve written here before about my love of the show Weeds. Tonight is the season premiere as my fellow fans know. What I did not know until just now, however, is that Mary Kate Olsen is going to be a guest star this season! This show keeps surprising me and that’s why I love it! Wow. Wow. Wow.

…or in this case, too busy to stop and listen to beautiful music? If a famous musician plays in a crowded plaza, will people recognize the talent and take the time to enjoy it?  Maybe?  Maybe not.  The kids seem to know a good thing when they hear it.  Apparently, “life slowly chokes the poetry out of us”.  At least that’s what a poet named Billy Collins is quoted as saying in a recent article from the Washington Post.

Maybe some of you have already heard about the experiment conducted by the Washington Post in January during the morning rush hour at the L’Enfant Plaza? If not, you can read about it here. It is a fairly long article but well worth the time.

It reminded me of a time a few years ago when Katie and I were frantically doing last minute xmas shopping downtown and I stopped to listen to this guy playing the piano in either Macy’s or Nordstrom’s. Anyway, I remember that he was amazing. I remember I was having a hard time understanding why he was just hanging out playing in a crowded shopping mall. I wanted to stay and listen to him some more but Katie dragged me away because we still had so much to do.

Not only is today Dr. Seuss’ 103 birthday, it’s also the 50th birthday of one of history’s greatest anarchists: The Cat in the Hat.

At long last, we have the 2006 installment of the 50 Most Loathsome People in America. The shocker? DubYa’s only third.

My father actually clued me in to this site: Gallery of the Absurd. He personally loves the depictions of Tom Cruise while I’m transfixed by the Skeleton Girls–a harsh depiction of the weight obsessed in Hollywood:

…there’s a new stud in town.

Screech has made a sex tape.

Yes, that Screech. From “Saved by the Bell.”

You’re welcome.

Steve Irwin: we loved your crazy antics–the way you grabbed crocs by their tails, they way you jumped enthusiastically into muddy rivers, the way you hammed for the camera. You’ll be missed you big crazy Aussie.

Steve Irwin, 1962-2006

So Mad and I thought it would be fun to try out Kables celebrity matching game. I’d like to point out that the girlie one of us (me) matched with all men and only three women, whereas the sister who has actually been mistaken for a dude (Mad) matched faces with some of the most beautiful women in show business and only one man. No wonder she’s always been the most photogenic in our family. Check out our results: