Forget Gatsby

Were you sci-fi/fantasy geeks out there aware that HBO is making a television series from George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Fire and Ice" books? Well, of course you were. But I just found out and I'm hella excited. I was going to cancel HBO until True Blood started again. But now I'll have to hold off. I highly recommend these books, as they have everything: murder, incest, power struggles, lying, deceit, more murder, dragons, the whole shebang. *Note. Let's not forget Gatsby. I'm still pretty excited about that*

Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

This video is totally ridiculous and I laughed way too hard at it. I'm pretty sure everyone else will think it's just dumb, but I invite you to check it out. http://laughingsquid.com/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on/

Remake

Am I the only person that's super excited for the remake of "The Great Gatsby?" I loved that movie."I've never seen such beautiful shirts..." Oh, Daisy.

Let's Just Tell Everyone The Story

One morning a pharmacy tech came to the desk looking for a nurse. She looked at the assignment board to check the name, accidentally read the doc's name (which was Diamond) and assumed it was the nurse's first name. In what I believed was a totally racist fashion, she asked me, the only black girl on the floor, if I was Diamond and was so-and-so my patient. I was immediately offended that of everyone present, she had to ask me first if I had a ghetto ass name like Diamond (no offense to any Diamonds out there). Apparently this has been found to be hilarious. And Diamond has now become Miss Diamond(s). And the stories made up about her have become more and more ridiculous and ghetto fabulous.

Ballerfest

This post is a little delayed, but everyone should know that Ballerfest was once again a hot and crispy mess. We laughed, we cried (from laughing), we ate (and ate, and ate, and ate again), we drank, we balled. Two peppers and a salt at Club Don's, leaving Joans fifty e-mails, crashing at 9:30, tormenting each other, getting boned by Wheel of Fortune...these are Vegas memories frozen in time, people! And they continue! Acrobatic epic fails, buffets 'til we popped, highly unflattering pics, and sleeping anywhere I could. Can't wait for Ballerfest '11!!

Concerned

Sometimes I'm concerned that I'm a terrible person.

Silkworms: A Book Report For Haters

A silkworm is essentially the caterpillar stage of a certain type of moth. The Bombyx mori, to be precise. Their preferred diet is mulberry leaves. Silkworms are completely domesticated and can no longer survive or be found in the wild. Silk is produced from their salivary glands. The silk is harvested from the cocoons that take them from silkworm to silkmoth. The silkworm will use enzymes to break out of the cocoon, which are obviously damaging to it. Therefore, the cocoons are boiled to both kill the worms and loosen the silk. In some countries the worms are eaten. A cocoon consists of a single fiber that can measure anywhere from 1000 to 3000 feet long. It takes 2000-3000 cocoons to make one pound of silk. In conclusion, suck my balls. And thank you Wikipedia.

Silkworms

I was thinking about silkworms the other day. How do they work exactly? Does a person have a silkworm farm? Do you hunt for silkworms in the wild or buy them from a breeder? How is the silk harvested? How many silkworms do you need to own to actually make a profit? Are there different species of silkworm that produce different grades of silk, or is that part based on how the silk is harvested? What's done to silk to transform it from it's raw state? Is there a way to suspend them in the silk producing stage, or do you just have to accept the fact that eventually you'll have an ass load of moths flying around? Some research is in order.

Hmmm

I always wonder how the adult actors on kid shows feel about their careers. Are you happy on Blue's Clues or The Wiggles? How about one of the Disney or Nickelodeon shows? Do you think of these shows as stepping stones to some great career?I'm not saying these things aren't possible. I'm just curious. And if you say you're satisfied, don't you think that everyone secretly believes you're lying?

Traffic Report

Every morning the guy doing the traffic reports offers people the opportunity to call in if they see any problems. He always phrases it as " If you see a problem, call..." Every time he starts with "If you see a problem," I finish the statement with, "Yo I'll solve it, check out my hook while the deejay revolves it."And then I laugh to myself. If he every actually completed his report with Vanilla Ice lyrics, I'm pretty sure I'd run off the road from laughing so hard.