Dear Mr. Mix-A-Lot,

When I was young, MTV wouldn't play your saucy, ass-laden video. Now, as anyone who knows me knows, I have an affinity for booty songs. Dirty, nasty, sing-songy booty songs.

I sing 'em at work. I sing 'em when I shower. I sing them with every bit of joy and mirth my tuneless, keyless voice will produce. Even friends know these songs by heart and will join in.

Why are you bastardizing my bliss?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm6d2oy8GRk&feature=player_embedded

Krista doesn't really allow me to go to Philly unless its a completely neccesary stop on a bus or train.

For as much as I like grime-grime-grime, I don't like over priced grime. Hence the reason she won't let us go.

Should we have a hankerin' for some Cheesesteak, this is where we'll go. I have to admit, Ritas takes care of my fix for italian/water ice. I discovered my joy of over-the-counter flavored ice in Harrisburg, but Mom used to buy Luigi's for the freezer.

Anyway, lets get cheesesteaks!



http://frozentropics.blogspot.com/2009/04/philadelphia-water-ice-reopens.html

I've got to go get a copy from the library. Has anyone read about it? OUT Magazine used a portion of it to "out" Matt Drudge (you know, of the drudge report).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416542051?ie=UTF8&tag=crspoli-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1416542051

Getting back to work on "the plan," this is totally my boyfriend; he may not know it yet, but I'm fairly certain we're soul mates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgDb9JUQd5o&feature=player_embedded

Delightful.

So, for now the plan is:

a) Meet Man
b) Fall in Love
c) Drive to VT, IA, or MA and get hitched
d) Come back to DC

I gotta get to work.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040702200.html

A healthy dose of surrealism:

Dolly Parton performs with Minnie, Daisey, and Snow White for a rendition of 9 to 5 that includes Daisey Duck bicycle kicking from her desk.

Dolly Non-Sequitur!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQgYx9cqzyY&feature=player_embedded

Here's a little ferocity for your morning:

I defy anyone to be that fucking flawless in a purple jumpsuit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plvBR02wDs&feature=player_embedded

This 1986 Interview with Dolly Parton from 60 Minutes... ahhh... How I love Dolly Rebecca Parton.

"If this is trash, then I guess I'm trash."

"I've got a brain under this wig and a heart under these boobs."

As a child? The snow and cold, cracks in the walls, cracks in the floor ...the snow would come through the floor boards. "...little snow dirfts like lines of coke in the floor."

Amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dGbLtlwEA4

Seeing as how I'm not jewish nor that I grew up in I grow up in a jewish neighborhood, passover food is always an unfamiliar and exciting delight.

Like a somewhat less-desserty, thicker than (yet not as solid as) croissant pudding, Kugel is my favorite seasonal, nonsecularly secular treat.

Not sure about Kugel? Ask wiki! Better yet: Ask the counter lady at whole foods!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugel

Your people are amazing. 🙂

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iHUp4BkOCwXHCaN3c1RyYj61fYTQD97B1TH80

I've had my eye on Clocky since '04-ish. Mark and I loved her. I'm thinking about the Sonic Boom.

http://www.esquire.com/features/the-digital-man/alarm-clocks-0408

A fly on the wall while I'm home alone would find me madder than a hatter.

That said, the service industry lends itself to a few unique perspectives in regards to human behavior. That is, bullshit better left at home.

Leave your gum in your mouth. Wrap it nicely when you're done. Throw it in the proper recipetical. Do *NOT* stick it under a chair/table, as this makes you an ass.

Just like rearranging the sugar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMUcq4htakE&feature=player_embedded

There are very, very few sugary things that Fatty doesn't love. Peeps function in the same realm as Cadbury products, Recee's Peanut Butter Eggs, and Snicker's Nutcrackers-- I'm only allowed to eat them once a year.

Oh, the Peep. Shiny, glistening, glittery sugar! Delightful in my mouth, magic in the microwave. Much like baby giraffes and golden retrievers, I find you precious in your newborn form!

With this winning expose into Peeps, I'm reminded that that Chicago Tribune is going out of business, yes?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/peeps/sns-peep-factory-pg-002,0,6308948.photo

I fear for the future of my favorite alternative rag.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/03/31/washington-city-paper-parent-co-wins-bankruptcy-ruling/

I've been thinking of you this morning. I found a delicious-seeming Hot Toddy Pudding Cake recipe that seemed like magic.

Then I found these adorable little cheese-and-carrot bento delights.

They seemed very, very Amy.

http://justbento.com/handbook/bento-decoration-techniques/carrot-and-cheese-stars-flowers-hearts

Please make this for me.

k thx bye.

(or we should get Amy to help... shes such a good little baker!)

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apartmenttherapy/thekitchn/~3/ZPRiONA_0Dw/look-hot-toddy-pudding-cake-at-gourmet-080641

Who wants to go see the Nats on Opening Day?

I wouldn't mind a little Obama-proximity, a new hat, and an excuse to enjoy a frosty cold adult beverage and a Hebrew National with kraut.

....mmmm....

http://dcist.com/2009/03/not_even_obama_can_sell_nats_ticket.php

Thanks, Towleroad, for the best headline of my morning.

I'm from a part of the country where joining the military is a very real opportunity for those who don't wish to be farmhands or make less than 30k a year for the rest of their lives.

Louis Sheldon and Andrea Lafferty make some absurd statements in their arguments to keep the mo's out of the mil. I like that they also are concerned about about Drag Queens joining, and (in the same breath) imply that they're the same as transgender folk. All I can think of is the Eddie Izzard bit about Drag Queen Paratroopers.

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2009/03/and-theyll-replace-guns-with-dildosaahhh-fear-aaaaaaaaaah.html