I break bones and laugh.

1) O hay, People magazine. Way to be a biter.

2) The cool kids at Fader finally figured out something old people with no fashion sense knew four decades ago--Jerry Garcia is awesome. And also, incredibly underrated by the mainstream media. So, the feature article in the current issue is all about him. They say:

"...we feel Jerry Garcia to be an incredibly relevant force in music right now—for hippies and non-hippies alike. Sonically, you can hear strains of Garcia's influence all over the place, from Cali neo folk to the psych renaissance to straight-ahead rock jams piping out of a Downtown Near You. Fundamentally, Garcia's attitude towards making music—and the attitude adopted by fans of it—really was one of love and acceptance, both of which happen to be timely and wildly underrated ideas for this 21st Century of ours."

Trufax!

3) I've been reading a lot of Chuck Palahniuk lately. I'd never read anything by him, mostly because I'm turned off by his fans. I could do without the legion of "unique snowflake"-quoting icons, kthnx. But overall, I like his work. It's kind of hard to read sometimes--he'll follow up something funny with something heartstoppingly sad. But it's good. I've read Choke, Lullaby, and Haunted so far. I thought the latter was kind of weak overall--I liked the short stories better than the big picture.

4) I've also been reading Jodi Picoult. What? They're near the Palahniuk at the library. When I was reading the last one (The Tenth Circle), it occurred to me that they're women's novels but not in a bad way. What I mean is, the protagonists are usually women and the books deal with so-called women's issues--unwanted pregnancy, rape, etc--but Picoult shows that these things don't just affect one person. And she puts a twist on it, whether it's setting a book in an Amish community or inserting pages from a character's graphic novel into the text.

5) If you haven't seen it, "What the World Eats," Time's excerpt from Hungry Planet, is really fascinating. And okay, it made me cry for some reason. Maybe it's because the Aboubakar family could live for a year on what my boyfriend and I spend on dinner. I bet the Kelloggs never dreamed people in Kuwait would be eating Corn Flakes.

6) And if you haven't heard, BPAL has two Paris-inspired scents that will be available for the duration of her time in jail. A portion of the proceeds does go to charity. Schadenfreude is always free.

7) And if you didn't know, Eli Roth has the biggest dick in Hollywood. [NOT SAFE FOR WORK, SMALL ANIMALS OR GRANDMAS.] Oh, Eli.

( And now, a music meme. )

I received my BPAL order yesterday so here are the reviews. One of my free imps was Fire of Love, which I've already reviewed here.

( Dracul )

( Bad Luck Woman Blues )

If you see something better than this today, I'd like to know what it is.

Happy birthday, sammyh!

I am so, so tired or I would come up with something really clever and fun to say along with that. But that's not going to happen right now. Maybe tomorrow. Anyway, I hope it was swell!

*You know what I love about the Neanderthals? Well, lots of things. But in this specific instance, how we react to having a boyfriend the same way someone else would react to "You have cooties" or "You just sat in it."

*Also, I like coming up with Neanderthal crew-related catchphrases for my signature on a forum. I should have really kept count. I think my favorite so far was, "I'll call M [monooka] on the phone!" but I was also fond of "D's [princessdidi] aura is purple!" Right now, it's "Drop a heart, break a name." Some newbie there accusing me of name-dropping the other day. Yes, mentioning someone's name on their band's forum is totally name-dropping.

*The other day, I noticed a couch cushion looked like it was turned the wrong way, so I went to adjust it. I pulled it off the couch and I found my headband and an imp of BPAL Hellcat, which I haven't seen since probably January 2006. I didn't care for it too much when I got it (it was a freebie extra) but the aging has turned it into an incredible scent. From no good to so good!

*I got caught up on the last two episodes of Ugly Betty last night and I know that America gets the bulk of the attention for that show, for good reason, but...Michael Urie is so good. Clips of him being hilarious are a dime-a-dozen on the internets but here's the one that'll break your heart. Spoilery if you didn't see last Thursday's episode.

*The CGI is unfinished but here is the first footage from The Golden Compass, aka the His Dark Materials movie, aka OMGOMGOMG. Again, unfinished CGI but that Iorek roar made me very gleeful.

*Paolo Nutini is making me want to go to Bonnaroo and seriously, nuclear fallout couldn't make me want to go to Bonnaroo.

*I am finally reviewing Creepy, the last to go in my loooong overdue BPAL reviews. Hooray!

Most of you already know that I love The Twilight Zone. At its best, it's a work of art. And at its worst...it's still pretty good TV. Also, Rod Serling is a genius. A hot genius. On that note, here is a list of some of my favorites and a list of some of the classics. It's by no means definitive--it's a dip of the toe into the must sees.

( Favorites )

( Classics )

Crossposted at Boob Tube because I can.

I am sitting in my own office, writing cards to past (and hopefully my future) clientele, and listening to my iPod. I just booked my first appointment and I am filled with a strange feeling, something that feels a lot like hope.