DINAO Round 3 – The Heartthrob Edition

Posted By on February 14, 2008

So I’ve been a tad non-existent on here the last few days. I’m battling a severe case of the winter blahs. Probably because is like a real Chicago winter and not one I’ve been used to for quite some time. Like when I was 12. Why did I move back from California?

I’m tired of the cold. I’m tired of wearing my ugly boots that do NOT go with anything I own. I’m tired of hat head and wearing a hat in general because I look like a fool. I’m tired of ice. I’m tired of brushing snow off my car every morning. I’m tired of you, Winter. You can go suck on some donkey’s balls.

I’ve also been mad busy at work which is causing me to have some weird stomach pains, which I have self-diagnosed as an ulcer or cancer. One of the two. It’s like some sort of alien baby is going to bust out of my gut and do a dance on the table a la Space Balls. And then add on to it my sudden onset of Narcolepsy and all of a sudden, you have cvndas’lbv f0ew-at4u29 jgdkla;mfke;wGNRWIPabnk’NGIRWPO][J’H.

Sorry. There was a bout of it right there. I can’t get enough sleep lately. This, too, I blame on winter. You know you’re in Chicago if people are blaming things on the weather. Bad knees? Winter. Runny nose? Winter. Third nipple? Winter.

And sadly it is only February 14th. That’s a lot more winter days. Two words – De Pressing.

On top of all that whiny, woe is me bullshit, my damn tooth is hurting me again. That means, yet again, the dentist got it wrong. FAIL.

So to warm me up, I have decided to make this week’s Death Is Not An Option the Heartthrob edition. In honor of all things cold and wintry. And also because it’s Valentine’s Day or something. Which only means it isn’t a day off from work and that my mom sends me a card because I’m sad and pathetic. But you know what? Pity money pays for the wine the same as regular money.

So on with the show!

(Refresher for any newbies is here and here. Feel free to vote for past rounds. We had a tie in the first round that Lizarita recently broke for me.)

Round 3

The Pirates of the Caribbean Edition

Johnny Depp vs. Orlando Bloom

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The Good Will Hunting Edition

Ben Affleck vs. Matt Damon

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The Aussie Edition

Russell Crowe vs. Hugh Jackman

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The Just Because They Are Hot Edition

Matthew McConaughey vs. Ryan Phillipe

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The America’s Sweetheart Edition

Julia Roberts vs. Reese Witherspoon

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The Kate Edition

Kate Winslet vs. Kate Beckinsale

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The Gossip Girl Edition

Chace Crawford (Nate) vs. Penn Badgley (Dan)

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The Entourage Edition (aka easy choice for Jules)

Adrian Grenier vs. Jeremy Piven

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The Hot Musician Edition

John Mayer vs. Adam Levine

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The Grey’s Anatomy Edition

McDreamy vs. McSteamy

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So there you have it. A perfect way to end a week. And warm up all your insides.

There’s A Hole In The Bucket

Posted By on February 11, 2008

Where bucket = head because any coherent, creative thought has seeped out of my brain into a puddle on the floor that I think I just cleaned up with the last pile of cat puke. Because you would think that as a cat, you would know better than to eat your own hair or the cat litter strewn outside the litter box.

Cat’s response: Maybe you should clean up this stuff and FEED US so I’m not forced to eat my own hair!

Rebuttal from Kristabella: You’d eat your own hair no matter what I put in front of you. This you have proven. And you have no opposable thumbs. So there! HA!

Cat: Opposable thumb this, bitch! (Cat attempts to flip off Kristabella but gets distracted by a piece of lint.)

Kristabella: Case. Closed.

But apparently my cat does NOT realize this and still does it on a constant basis, even though she ends up puking it all up mere hours later.

Did I ever tell you that when my cat pukes, she shakes her head like she’s screaming at a KISS concert? Because she does. It’s like some evil spirit inhabits her body and the only way to get it out is through violently shaking her head back and forth spewing liquid out of her mouth. And it makes for one hell of a mess to clean up.

Did I just spend two whole paragraphs writing about cat puke? New low, I have hit it.

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Has anyone seen the show Free Radio on VH1? (Sometimes I wonder if I wasn’t somehow secretly brainwashed to watch everything this channel broadcasts because it is ridiculous what shows I will watch if they show it. Scott Baio? Check. Bret Michaels? Check. Flavor of Love? Check. Salt n Pepa? Check. Paint dry? Check.) So Free Radio, I don’t get it. It’s not a real radio show, right? It’s sketch comedy? But then why do all these famous people go on there? I mean, I know Keifer just got out of the clink, but he’s kind of a big star. Is there nothing else to do during the Writer’s Strike? Can someone please explain to me why I like this show?

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So I’m sure you’ve all heard about Neil at Citizen of the Month’s Great Interview Experiment. If not, go here and check it out. But first get out from underneath that rock you’re under.

I had the pleasure to interview Incurable Insomniac and she has her answers posted up here. She’s such a fascinating person and has led such an interesting life. And has made quite a life for herself as a band geek. I really enjoyed reading through her blog to learn more about her. And his experiment worked, because I found a blog that I probably wouldn’t have normally stumbled on to.

Go check it out! And sign up to be interviewed, if you haven’t already!

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I’m on babysitting duty this weekend. Which means one thing. It means the kids will be going to bed at 4 PM and I will be playing Wii until they get up the next morning. And by then, I think I’ll be good enough to beat my five-year old nephew. Actually, he’s almost six.

So since this has gone on too long, I give you photos of my niece and nephew. Because at this point, it’s about all that can salvage this post.

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For the love of Christ, Auntie, can’t you see I’m coloring? Just for making me STOP to take a photo, I’m going to make a skeleton face.

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See here, Auntie? These what they call words. And we read them. Do you know how to spell read? It’s M-O-R-O-N.

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Dirty Face Johnson. Just like her Auntie. The strange thing is I put empty boxes on my head too. Usually after I finish the wine.

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Skyler’s first rule of fashion: One must always look fabulous in heels, tiara and purse, even when watching Dora the Explorer on Sunday morning.

Too Bad Britney Isn’t On The Grammys

Posted By on February 10, 2008

I’m currently watching the Grammys. Because I love all award shows. And also there is nothing else on. And I just want to say that Kanye’s performance was awesome. The whole Tron-like thing was all-time. And then he went and made me cry when he sang Hey, Mama for his mom. That couldn’t have been easy. And I don’t care what anyone says, Kayne West is a talented, talented asshole.

And him telling the people that were playing music over his acceptance speech that it was bad taste was one of the best Grammy moments ever. Yes, I know I have an unhealthy love for Kayne West.

Also, Tina Turner looks fabulous. She’s aged a lot better than Cher. And maybe Beyonce shouldn’t wear those really, really short skirts. Or green underwear on stage. I’m just saying.

And I always forget that Kid Rock can actually sing.

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So I was apparently in need of a large amount of sleep this weekend. Saturday morning I woke up, to the alarm, at about 9:30. I had an eyebrow wax appointment at 10. I walked down there, got the two caterpillars growing on my face taken care of and came back home and went back to sleep. Until almost 3 PM. Because I knew I had to get up and eventually take a shower to go to a birthday party that night. So overall I got about 12 hours of sleep. And I probably could have slept until Sunday morning if I had anything to say about it.

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So I have good news! A few weeks ago I was asked to be a writer for a new women’s website. I of course asked them if they were smoking crack since I don’t think those honest-to-goodness reputable websites like all the talk about booze and drunken posts. Or all the swearing. And fragments. But she assured me that they really did want me to be a contributing writer.

Well, fuck yeah! I told them, before she could take it back. And then I went out and had bottles and bottles of wine to commemorate the occasion.

So anyway, the website is Betty Confidential. And I suggest, nay DEMAND all of you head over there and sign up. There are plenty of talented people involved and a wide range of topics for all women, focusing on women’s life stages and life threads. There’s lot of great content and also a “room full of women” social-networking community. 

This week I wrote about getting fired. And my close relationship with it. You can check it out here. So please head over, introduce yourself and read articles from some amazing people. Because I’m very excited about this opportunity and want it to last.

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And apparently all the sleep sucked every ounce of creativity from my brain.

It’s Bacon!

Posted By on February 7, 2008

Hey! You know who we haven’t heard from in awhile? BACON!

And when I say “we”, I mean you all. Because I hear from Bacon every night. He is constantly harassing me that he is a novelty and it has all worn off and maybe I could use him for his intended purpose, which is a folder, and make him feel more loved and useful.

But then I just smack him or make the cat chew on his Bacon spinner and tell him there is more where that came from if he doesn’t shut his damn frying-pan pie hole.

So to shut him up, and to provide all of you with a perfect ending to your work week, with fits of giggles and snorts, I give you Bacon. And his snarky answers to my Google searches.

(And if you’re new here, Bacon is a folder. And he gives answers to all life’s burning questions. Or at least the weird ass things people type in that little Google search box. Read up on it here and here and here. I’ll wait.) (Or maybe I should do it more than once a month so I don’t always have to explain it for my maybe one new reader.)

And on with the show.

“Hey, I’m old”
Sometimes Bacon wishes he didn’t have such a big damn mouth and go on and on about being neglected and gathering dust whilst perched on Kristabella’s coffee table at all times. Because right now that isn’t a bad place to be. Bacon is wondering why on Earth someone would search this. Is it because this person has no friends and really, really wanted to tell someone that “hey, I’m old”? To which Bacon says that you should “Tempt A Vegan” because they will not only care about your NEWS, they will probably also give you tips about eating vegetables all the time to make you younger. On the inside.

Monster trucks sidey
Does Bacon sound like a broken record yet? Because he’s thinking that the end of the coffee table is looking pretty damn good, right about now. What does this even mean, Bacon wonders. And when were these words ever written in this blog? And wouldn’t you have to get to search page 273 before you not only came across this blog with those words, but then you actually clicked here? And realized that Kristabella has nothing to do with monster trucks? And Bacon wants to know what a “sidey” is. He’d Google it, but he’d just end up right back here. And he doesn’t have any fingers. So what would Bacon do? Bacon would tell this assface to “Shrivel”. Maybe somewhere in the vicinity of some monster trucks sidey.

Fuse box inside my apartment wine
Bacon doesn’t know who the person is who searched this. But Bacon overheard Kristabella say something like “I don’t know who you are, but I know we would get along” when she read this search term. Because Bacon knows that when a fuse blows, the wine is the most important thing. At least in Kristabella’s world. But Bacon is OK with that because when Kristabella gets all liquored up, she wants to eat more Bacon. But to this searcher, Bacon’s assvice is to “Beckon” because someone as genius as yourself clearly does not need to get off the couch and you should have people bring you your wine.

Don’t call me a quitter I’ll fucking quit you
Apparently the stupid people have been on Google in the last month. This Mensa member should hang out with the dude from the first search item. Because they both clearly have things they need to share with other human beings. Yet they chose to share it with the internet. And Bacon won’t even get into the ass-backwards logic in this search term. Because if you’re being called a quitter, apparently you’ve already quit. So enough with your idle threats, Idiot Google Searcher, Bacon wants you to go fuck yourself. I mean, Bacon wants you to “Raise Cholesterol” and then go fuck yourself.

Sitting in pants full of shit
First off, Bacon wants to know how this searcher got into this situation. And lived to ask Google about it. Bacon also wonders what conclusion this person was looking for besides “take off the shitty pants and clean your damn self off.” And also, why you wouldn’t do that BEFORE asking Google. Bacon is not a doctor, but he is pretty sure that is very unsanitary and might cause some sort of rash. What would Bacon do? Bacon would “Smoke” because you need to set fire to those pants IMMEDIATELY and never speak of this incident again.

I need to pee
Bacon says see above. Bacon also says who cares. Unless this search term is some sort of weird tapping under the bathroom stall kind of clue and this person really wants R. Kelly to pee on them too. To which, Bacon has no words.

Bacon shoes
There is no better way to ruin a good slab of Bacon than to tie it to your feet and trudge around outside in the filth. Bacon is horrified at this image of people wasting good pieces of Bacon on something other than frying and eating and sitting in the warm, biley confines of one’s stomach. What would Bacon do? Besides sit in the corner in the fetal position and rock back and forth after a mass destruction of perfectly good Bacon? Bacon would “Hang Out with Hash Browns” because those fried potatoes really understand the trials and tribulations of Bacon.

Gynecologist gown opens
And Bacon pops out? Like a stripper out of a birthday cake? Bacon thinks that would be AWESOME! Bacon has no lady parts, so he doesn’t know what goes on over there at the lady doctor, besides hands going places they really shouldn’t go if there isn’t any alcohol involved. But Bacon would “Spit Hot Grease” right into the lady doctor’s eyes, so then you could close that gown right back up.

What would Bacon do?
No. Seriously? Someone searched the internet and all-knowing Google for Bacon’s own advice? Someone wants to know what Bacon really thinks? Does this mean Bacon has arrived? And can give up this dog and pony show and go out and become famous? And forget all about Kristabella and where he got his start? Just like all famous people do? You know what Bacon would do? Bacon would “Taste Really Good.” Because all Bacon can do is stick to the things he does best.

Fo Sizzle, Bacon. Now back to the coffee table!

DINAO Round 2 – The Ugly Version

Posted By on February 6, 2008

We had such a good response to Death Is Not An Option – Round 1 last week, that I decided to make it a weekly feature. At least until we determine a champion. Because I have started compiling the results into a bracket and we shall have some head-to-head match-ups coming up.

Or not. Because I get lazy and this may end up being a weekly feature that I do twice.

Now just to remind y’all of the rules, out of the two choices, you must pick ONE celebrity that you’d sleep with. And in this round particularly, death is NOT an option. Pick one. Or both if you’re batshit crazy like that. But “eating your own shit” or “biting off my grandpa’s toenails” are not viable answers either.

So on with the show. Let’s get ready to ruuummmmmbbblllleeee! Ding, ding, ding.

Round 2

The Old Rocker Edition

Keith Richards vs. Ozzy Osbourne

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The Comedian Edition

Andy Dick vs. Carrot Top

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The Annoying Talk Show Host Edition

Rosie O’Donnell vs. Star Jones

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The Why Are They Famous? Edition

Paris Hilton vs. Nicole Richie

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The Rapper Edition

Flavor Flav vs. Kid Rock

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The Little Bit Country, Little Bit Rock n’ Roll Edition

Lyle Lovett vs. Marilyn Manson

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The Seinfeld Edition

George Constanza vs. Cosmo Kramer

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The Billionaire Edition

Donald Trump vs. Hugh Hefner

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The “They Have the Same Name” Edition

Howard Stern vs. Howard K. Stern

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The Hollywood Edition

James Woods vs. Woody Allen

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And there you go. Have at it in the comments!