Hometown Hangover

Swoooooon

2009-03-12T15:00:00.002-04:00

There are no words to describe this sexiness.

YAY!

2009-02-28T09:08:00.003-05:00

This is great!

It's about friggin' time! Now if we can just decriminalize it nationwide and tax it, we could get out of this economic pickle. GOBAMA!

Depeche Mode - Wrong

2009-02-25T19:52:00.002-05:00

OMG! DM just released the video for their new single "Wrong". I frigging LOVE it big time. What do you think?

Depeche Mode - "Wrong" (official music video)

MacGruber Meets MacGyver

2009-02-02T10:03:00.003-05:00

This past Saturday during SNL (and also during the Super Bowl) it finally happened, MacGruber met up with his namesake MacGyver for some serious comedy. However, it took me a moment to recognize that that was really Richard Dean Anderson. What happened to him? He looked way old and a bit overweight. I guess he's been out of the spotlight for a while, but should he look that different? He's always been super HOT and a definite mainstay on my top 5 list, but I have to admit that I was a bit upset. I just kept asking Beeps "what happened?", "I'm very upset" I told him. Wasn't he just on Stargate like 5 years ago looking smoking hot? I guess I'm in denial about my own age and inevitable mortality.

But I have to give him props for making fun of himself. It was some funny shiz. And no matter what happens to him, he'll still be my 80's TV obsession.

Anyway, here are all three of the segments. You be the judge: RDA - Hot or not?

IMPOSTER!

2009-01-22T20:09:00.003-05:00

This is not me. I swear. Although I wouldn't put it past me to steal, take hostages, or brandish dangerous weapons. And I would never sport that hideous mohawk. At least not in 2009. The 80's maybe. Just maybe.

This is News in Forks, Washington

2009-01-17T09:53:00.007-05:00

Mike Gurling, Forks Visitor Center office manager, shows where the shiny gas cap once adorned Bella Swan's pickup truck. -- Photo by Paige Dickerson/Peninsula Daily News

It must be a slow news day in Forks, WA when a Twilight theft occurs. Those Twilight fans are not only obsessed (as demonstrated by moi) but apparently thieves as well. And stupid ones at that. Listen ladies, it's a badly-spray painted truck that doesn't run and was donated by some locals and the guy that owns the drive-in. Way to go Twilighters, way to score that ultimate memento from your trip to la-la land.

And what is wrong with the residents of Forks who say they don't know where to get a new cap and are too busy with all the visitors to look for one? Really? How hard is it to make some calls or do some research online? Unless they have chimps working the front desk at the visitor's center.

Or maybe they should just bid on the shiny chrome cap just listed on ebay.

Peace Out Andrew Dub!

2009-01-16T14:41:00.003-05:00

Last night local celeb and uber famous painter Andrew Wyeth died in his Chadds Ford home at the age of 91. He painted "Christina's World" as well as many other super well-known works. He was the son of NC Wyeth and many of their family paintings hang on the walls of the Brandywine River Museum right around the corner. If you have never been there, I recommend a trip, it really is quite a beautiful collection of PA art, especially that of three generations of Wyeths. RIP Andrew.

Hitler Kid Gets Liberated

2009-01-14T18:58:00.002-05:00

This is probably for the best. The authorities haven't given a reason yet for the children's removal from the home. But do we really need one?

APPROVED!

2009-01-13T19:39:00.002-05:00

So it's official Townies, my insurance company has come through and my boob surgery is scheduled for February 10th. I'm stoked. It's supposed to be an out patient procedure with about a week's recovery time. I have a pre-surgery visit with Dr. Kim next week so he can give me all the deets. Word up!

Boob Update

2009-01-07T12:44:00.001-05:00

Good news Townies. I met with Dr. Kim today and I might have approval/ go-ahead from my insurance company as early as tomorrow! Woot! I have to call tomorrow and find out what the dealio is. Once I have approval all I need to do is schedule the surgery. I'll let you know how the call goes tomorrow.

Only Like The Best Christmas Ever

2008-12-24T10:23:00.003-05:00

This is like my dream Christmas: a cabin getaway with about 10 friends, sledding, skiing, snowball fights, dinner parties, booze, tree decorating, 80's bangs, love triangles, and George Michael in total denial.

Merry Christmas Townies!

So, I'm Pretty Sure I'm Gonna Get My Boobs Cut Off

2008-12-23T10:35:00.004-05:00

Howdy Townies. If you are a regular visitor to this blog you might know that I usually share all my secrets no matter how embarassing or weird or offensive. Well this post is no different. You see, for the past, oh, I dunno, 25 years or so, I've had giant cans. I think I had boobs in 3rd grade. Much to the delight of the boys in my class, 4th grade, and up. I hated it. I was teased, grabbed, objectified, you name it. I was always a Tom-girl. I played sports, was a fast runner, I could keep up with the boys. But before you go "boo-hoo, poor Diz, she's got boobs that lots of girls get implants to achieve." I must assure you that mine are not your typical pinup, implant, perkiness. Mine are o'natural: pendulous, stretched, and heavy. I have indents on my shoulders from my giant boulder holders, I have cronic back pain, running/ jogging is out of the question, if I do work out, I have to wear 2 sports bras to WALK on the treadmill. URRG! I've had it!

So what's next. Well, I'm not getting any younger, and I'm sick of never being able to find a bathing suit that can contain and support the girls. I know MANY girls who have had reduction surgery with lots of success. Everyone I spoke to does not regret the surgery one bit. So I did it. I finally made an appointment with a plastic surgeon to see if I was a good candidate for surgery.

I was so nervous as I waited for Dr. Kim to come into the examination room. There I sat topless with a pink paper vest on that opened in the front. I was sweating like crazy. I guess because I had never really shown the girls to anyone I wasn't intimately involved with. And this was a stranger. To my delight Dr. Kim was great, all smiles, and very professional. It was a little awkward when he lifted by breasts one by one to judge their weight and to decide how much tissue he could remove.

He concluded that I was a good candidate and that the surgery would most likely "change my life." I'm sold! Then he explained the surgery (which let me tell you, is a little graphic. Google it if you want to know how it's done), showed me before and after pics of other ladies (and gents believe it or not) who had the surgery. I couldn't believe the size of some of the boobs in this book. I mean down to yer knees boobs! It was crazy. I felt small compared to some of these ladies. But the after results were stunning and I left the office convinced that I could go through with it.

In order to have the surgery covered by your insurance company (because some companies will consider the surgery cosmetic and not medically necessary), you need to meet certain requirements like breast size, health issues, shoulder indents etc. and have a supporting letter from your primary doctor before you can schedule the surgery. Dr. Kim didn't think I'd have any problems getting covered. He sent his letter, my nudie picture (he took from my neck down - I'm sure the mailroom at IBX had a good laugh at those) and my primary docs letter to the insurance company. Now I had to wait (up to 6 weeks) to hear if it would be covered.

I waited 3 weeks and I got a letter. I opened it with delight only to find that the surgery was denied. Now I don't know if you ever saw that Michael Moore movie about the US Healthcare system, but he makes it pretty clear that insurance companies make a habit of refusing surgeries just to save money. This letter was very generic and said nothing about why I did not qualify. I was pissed! Did they not even read the letters? See the giant boobs in the picture?

So I spoke with Dr. Kim's nurse today who couldn't be nicer. She actually spoke to the insurance company and they told her the denial had to do with the amount of tissue that was going to be removed. I'm confident that this can be rectified. And now I wait to hear whether I need to come back in for another consult with Dr. Kim, or if a phone consult will do. Then another round of submissions and another few weeks of waiting.

So I'll keep you all posted on what happens next. I'm trying not to get too excited just in case I get a big fat "NO" again, but I just can't help but think about the relief, the comfort and the mental and physical weight that will be lifted once I have the surgery.

Wish me luck.

Poor Kid

2008-12-17T09:39:00.005-05:00

Wow, I'm kinda speechless on this one "Cake Request for 3-Year-Old Hitler Namesake Denied".

Yikes, look at what they named his sisters!!!! Is this for real????

And I don't believe that the parents are :

1. Not racist
2. That naive
3. Voted for Obama
4. Making a profound cultural statement
5. Named his kid Hitler because "no one else in the world would have that name"

I say, good job Shop Rite, I applaud you. Let Wal-Mart do your dirty work.

New Morrissey Album Art

2008-12-10T12:31:00.006-05:00

The artwork for Morrissey's new ablbum Years of Refusal has just been released. The album is set to come out Feb 16th.

I love me some Morrissey, but I'm not sure what the point of this image is. That baby is cute as all get out. Maybe it's his secret surrogate spawn.

What do you think?

Drunk History

2008-12-08T20:06:00.004-05:00

Have you guys seen these? Maybe I'm a little behind the times, but this shiz is funny. Beeps and I watched them all the other day with tears streaming down our faces. This guy Derek Waters interviews his friends about historical events while they are extremely intoxicated and then sets the audio to live action with real stars like Michael Cera and Jack Black. Hilarity ensues. There's like 5 of them so be sure to check them all out on Funny or Die. Here are episodes one and two.

See more Michael Cera videos at Funny or Die

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

Epic Jedi Battle Exposes True Identity of Dr. Zibbs!

2008-12-07T19:24:00.006-05:00

At last! We finally met. Dizzle, Zibbs, Beeps, Smoochies, Pumpkin Eater and newest member Swedish Chef. It was like that scene in Star Wars The Phantom Menace, when they bring Anakin in front of the Jedi council, except during our meeting a giant light saber fight broke out. I managed to get a few blurry pics of the action. Among them is the infamous Dr. Zibbs. Let me tell you folks, he's a formidable opponent. In addition to looking quite stunning in a purple wig, he and Swedish Chef managed to disrupt the balance of the galaxy when they forced Mercury from its orbit where my dog, thinking it was a ball, ate it.

This all happened after a fab night watching MPW at the Note. Zibbs threatened to show, I snapped my fingers, and whallah! He appeared. We ended up hitting it off and after the show a giant group of us headed back to The Falls at Franklin Pointe (the name of our palatial estate) and had a good ole' time. Zibbs did a great job summing up the night. So be sure to check out That Blue Yak for all the deets.

Now on to the pics:

The battle begins!

Who is that????

FIGHT!!

Time out, where's Mercury?

Found it. Dang, it's chewed.
Now you asked for it!

AHHH!
It's on!

I shall have my revenge!

MPW at The Note - Be There or Face the Wrath of JDizzle

2008-12-01T12:15:00.004-05:00

Howdy Townies,

This Friday is not only Old Fashioned Xmas in Dub-C but legendary entertainers Missing Palmer West will be playing at The Note. They are opening for The Shackeltons and Cheers Elephant so get there early (10ish). Tickets at $6 advance and $8 at the door.

See you there.

Tokin Twilighter

2008-11-26T09:34:00.010-05:00

Tisk, tisk miss Stewart. You should know better. You're a big star now, Twilight's Bella Swan for Christ sake, and a role model to little girls all over the world. Whether you like it or not, your behavior will have an influence on some impressionalble ladies.

Look, I'm no saint, but get smart, if yer gonna toke up, and you're a celeb, restrict your smoking to the INSIDE of your house. This isn't Amsterdam.

Sheesh.

Who knows, maybe she thought all the paps were stalking RPattz and she wouldn't get caught.

Thanks to the TMZ for this photo. Follow the link to see all the pics. Those rats are everywhere.

MacGyver Moments

2008-11-25T12:45:00.002-05:00

Kudos to Gemlindog for putting together such a kick-ass compilation!

Bear Season

2008-11-24T21:05:00.005-05:00

My parents are in the Poconos right now where it's bear season. Yes, people shoot and eat bear meat. Anyway, Mom sent this pic to Smoochies and she sent it to me with the message "Happy Thanksgiving." Poor little ittle beary poo.

I imagine his last few moments went something like this:

Bear to self: "Man that was a fun summer. Met some new ladies, had a couple cubs, raided a crap-load of bird feeders. Man, those old ladies know how to feed some birds. The blueberries were so plump and juicy this year as well. I'm still pickin seeds out of my incisors. And the road-kill, don't even get me started. I had my fill of dead possum and raccoon. Yummy! And this never happens to me: I found the most kick-ass den to hibernate in. It's under this huge fallen tree and it's got a nice dry leafy floor, and the entrance faces south so those north winds won't bother me a bit. Just one more day and I'm settling down for the winter. It's been a great year.... I'm one lucky bear.

Hey what's that smell? Weird, kinda like a mixture of Marlboros, beef jerky and Budweiser. Hey look some humans have crossed paths with me. I'll stand up and say hello..... Howdy neighbor, fancy seeing you he..... oh wait, crap what the hell is .... "

Happy Thanksgiving.

Twilight Twice

2008-11-22T15:56:00.010-05:00

Hi Townies, Unless you've been in Gitmo for the last several years, then you know about Twilight. You may also know about my somewhat alarming obsession with the book series. I'll bet you can also imagine my anticipation for the movie which opened yesterday to some pretty staggering box office numbers. Luckily for me, my new part-time gig has me footloose and fancy free every Friday. So I decided to go see the film by myself on Friday figuring the tweeners would all be in school and I could catch the film without the lines and Pattinson-induced involuntary high-pitched screaming. (I also caught the film again on Saturday with Smoochies and Beeps)

The movie theater was pretty empty when I arrived for the 10:45 am showing. Perfect. I was giddy in my seat just waiting for the movie to start. Wondering how it would open and how the Cullens would be introduced. I usually love seeing previews before the movie, but in this case, every new preview they showed made me long for the fast-forwarding power of the remote.

SPOILERS AHEAD - so if you haven't seen the movie or read the book. Stop now.

Ok. Let me first start by saying that I had low expectations going in. Most book-to-movie translations end up being disappointing and never live up to the book. This was the case with Twilight. I knew it would be hard to take a 300+ book and turn it into a 2 hour movie. But there were only two things they needed to to do to make it work: capture Edward's overwhelming desire to eat Bella and make us believe in their blossoming, forbidden relationship. And the movie failed at both. Edward, no matter how ridiculously good-looking Rob is, was unable to convince me that he was being torn apart inside. But to his credit, you can only brood so much without having good lines in which to sell your audience. And I'm not blaming Stephenie here. Those lines i.e. "And the lion fell in love with the lamb... ", "Hold on spider monkey" etc. translate ok in the book, sweet almost, but just didn't work in the film. In addition, the writers and production company, must have believed that in order to keep audiences interested (those who possibly didn't read the book) that they needed to make James the star and climax of the film. Yes, I understand that you need some action to keep the boys interested, but the book is about family, sacrifice, and impossible love. Not running from other vamps. I would have loved it sooooo much more if the first book was split into two films. One of their relationship, and another about the other vamp clans.

There were also a couple of moments that I was dying to see translated in the film. The first was the meadow scene. This was a big moment for me in the book. Bella and Edward spend the day together. A date. This was the moment Edward opens up and reveals his true self to Bella. The moment he shows her a special place, exposes his feelings, kisses her, and sparkles. Instead in the movie, he shows his skin in a fit of frustration and anger. The meadow is almost an after-thought and not a place and time they share. I did like the way they showed his skin, but I could have really done without the sparkly-fairy-twinkling sounds. It was too cutesy. The man-sparkles speak for themselves folks.

I also wanted more to the prom scene, the extended prom remix would have been nice. I missed Alice in this moment. In the book you fall in love with Alice and her perky need to dress and spoil Bella. I wanted the prom surprise in the book, I wanted to see Alice fussing over Bella and Edward revelling in his secret. The joke being that Bella thinks he's taking her to change her instead they end up at the prom. In the film, again, the prom has lost its magic.

I also wanted more Cullen. I loved Alice in the book and I think she had 2 lines in the film. Jasper was almost comic relief, Emmitt was pretty true, and Rosalie came off nasty and crass. Carlise and Esme were pretty spot-on. Overall, the Cullens were more wall paper than active participants in the story. Again, victims of the film's time-constraints.

Kristen did a nice job with what she had. Other than the bad acting in the hospital bed (Cathrine, why did you choose that take? Her pleading with Edward was amateur and unconvincing. ) she gave a nice performance. In some cases though, I wanted to see why Edward wanted her, what was so special about her? What was it that was so irresistible? And Bella came off as cranky and no fun. I get that she's new and a bit disappointed with her new surroundings, but her friends were so welcoming and she just (and to use a Stephenie-favorite) glowered.

Now on to the CG. In some cases it was pretty cool: Edward climbing the tree, the baseball, the sparkles, the fight scene, etc. But in other cases it was pretty bad. Bella looked almost awkward and goofy riding Edward's back and the stunt doubles were obvious.

Okay, enough trash talk. There were some things I really liked. Rob, for one, was just total eye-candy. The washed-out film captured the feeling of gloomy Forks, and sweeping camera shots were fun. I liked Charlie and the baseball scene, I enjoyed Bella's goofy, immature friends (even though other reviews say they were annoying) it was almost nice to have some contrast to Bella's almost constant dower-state.

Overall, let's say I hadn't read the book, I'd give Twilight 2.5 stars out of 5. But having read and loved the books, I give the film 3 stars. For what the film lacked in story and feeling, I was able to fill in the blanks with the Twilight high I carry around with me daily. I'm just glad they made the film. And I look forward to New Moon and the rest of the books. Maybe they'll take my advice and slow it down a bit. Don't be afraid to break the books up into several films or even a TV series. There is so much more to the stories than killer vampires. And if you need my help Stephenie, Cathrine, Rob, just let me know. I have off on Fridays.

Bring Me Flowers

2008-11-20T13:29:00.002-05:00

Just saw these delish pics of Brandon Flowers on Perez. Can't wait till the new Killers album comes out.

Yummy.

Local Blogger Decides at the Last Minute to Not Stalk Robert Pattinson at the King of Prussia Mall

2008-11-13T10:02:00.006-05:00

It was last week when I first found out Rob Pattz/ Edward Cullen was going to be at the Hot Topic store in KOP. And yes, I considered, although very breifly, about going. I mean I only work a few miles from the mall and I'm a huge Twilight fan.

Then I heard the news about the tweeners rioting in San Francisco and other malls around the country, just to get a glimpse. Then I remembered that I'm 35 and should probably just stay home and drown my sorrows in a bottle of Jameson, because I'm old enough to buy buy booze and those girls are not. And although seeing Rob would give me pleasure, it would only be fleeting and my good friend Jameson would be around much longer. And even when ole' Jamie is gone, it's just a quick trip to the state store where I won't have to pitch a tent in the rain, 24 hours in advance to get my fix.

So yes, I still love Rob Patz, and can't wait till the movie opens next Friday; I'll just be good an drunk when I get there.

MPW at Johnny Brenda's

2008-11-10T10:09:00.003-05:00

Heads-up all you Townies, Missing Palmer West is having another fun and booze-filled show this Friday at Johnny Brenda's in Philly. Should be a fab show. They will be sharing the stage with Bitter Bitter Weeks and The Swimmers. Show starts at 9:30 pm. Tix are 8 bucks at the door.

Hope to see you there.

I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

2008-11-05T09:40:00.004-05:00

First the Phils, now Obama, and then in just a couple weeks Twilight opens. Can it get any better than this? It's too much goodness for one person to handle. I'm not used to all this winning.

Congrats to Obama, I'm sooooo thrilled! Finally, Finally, Finally. President Obama. Or as Chase Utley would say,

"President Barack Fucking Obama!"