More fun with Meez

Seriously. Most unproductive day. Ever.

In preparation for our Bermuda cruise (yes, that's a parrot on my shoulder):



And... me as a pirate, hanging with Johnny Depp:



Check out my attitude, lol. And doesn't Johnny look like a cardboard cutout? It's even more obvious when it's animated, and I move around like an epileptic person swinging a cardboard cutout.

Funnest thing EVER!

I've spent way too much time today playing with Meez.com, where you can create a cute little animated version of yourself. Here's me, at work:



I'm not totally convinced it looks like me, but I definitely own that shirt, which is kind of weird/cool/random. So then, in honor of our road trip this weekend to see James Marsters, I did a little Spike:



I was disappointed they didn't have a leather duster, but if you look really closely, he has teeny little fangs! Hehe. And how cool is the big-ass sword? I just wish you could make them interact, so little Laura and little Spike could... *ahem* anyway... try it! It's fun! And if you make yourself (or someone else), post it in the comments.

Fun with Summer Movies

It's been oddly slow in work this week... you'd think we'd be busy, what with the budget in the works and all. But, alas, I have little to do. I'm actually getting bored of the internet (imagine that!), so feel free to suggest things to entertain me (just remember, I'm at work, so nothing with sound or that looks conspicuously not worklike).

I did find this awesome article on "Narcissistic Blog Disorder and Other Conditions of Online Kookery," and I think I diagnosed myself with at least two of those.

Now, as the title promises - Fun with Summer Movies! I was reading descriptions of the million and one crappy movies coming out this summer, and I found some of the premises to be, well, ridiculous. So, I decided to play a game. Three of these taglines are for actual movies premiering this summer. One of them I made up with the help of the TV Pitch Generator I mentioned a few posts back. See if you can guess which one.

1. In the afterlife, a suicide victim and his friend set out on a road trip to find his ex-girlfriend, who also killed herself.
2. A young woman afflicted by a family curse that endows her with a pig snout until she finds true love runs away from her wealthy family in search of adventure.
3. A therapist with a heart of gold finds herself falling in love with a patient, a gang leader who's an alcoholic.
4. The unluckiest sports coach ever comes out of retirement to try and help guide a pathetic college football team to victory.

Some random insanity to brighten your day

Ever go to an art exhibit and think, "I could've done that. Why isn't MY fingerpainting in a museum?" Well, this fun feature allows you to test your discerning artist's eye - was it painted by a professional artist... or a seven-year-old?

And apparently, the cool new sport is extreme ironing. Yep, you read that right. Check out the website... there's an interactive game. I got hugged by an overfriendly bear, chased by a grandmother, and splattered myself on a rock after a misjudged launch from a trampoline. I don't think I scored any points.

Also, in real life news, I am wicked excited that a. I just used the word wicked, and b. Kelly decided to forgo practicality and is using her car fund to go on a trip with me! Who needs a car anyway, really? We're all about the shotgun vacation... we're going in July, so we have 4-6 weeks to plan and book our trip. My mother is way too excited about playing travel agent. I think she's doing that "living vicariously" thing she did when I studied abroad. Except she just came back from an Alaska cruise, so it's not like she's all vacation deprived or anything.

I'm a little behind...

...on my posting. For some reason, I've been saving up all these fun things, and then never actually posting them.

First of all, in case you didn't see it in the comments on my other post, here's Megan's tampon bowling website! I scored 156, which, incidentally, is way better than I've ever done in an actual game.

Jericho is definitely getting 7 more episodes! You can read the official announcement here. Love this: "P.S. Please stop sending us nuts." But apparently, they're gonna end it on another cliffhanger. I think they ARE nuts.

Also, more Black Donnellys! SEVEN unaired episodes! The only question is... do I GET HDNet? Is that a real channel?

And, if you're bored with the actual TV shows that are being greenlighted these days... come up with you're own! Here are my favorite TV show pitches:

• An illegal immigrant with narcolepsy accidentally kills a sheepherder who talks to animals. Stars Stephen Root and Michael Richards. Genre: Sci-Fi
• A nobel prize winner who is secretly a werewolf must save the world with the help of a manchild who eats inanimate objects. Stars Karim Abdul Jabbar and Angela Landsbury. Genre: Action
• A cop with turrets syndrome accidentally kills a hot dog vendor who is the embodiment of Satan. Stars Jeff Goldblum and David Paymer. Genre: Action

So... is anybody else excited about the James Marsters concert?? (Kelly and Becky, I'm talking to you!) We still need to work out the transportation nonsense... but squee! Two weeks!

I remember now!

Oh, right. I have a blog. Perhaps if I blind you with David Boreanaz's socks, you'll forget how long it's been since my last update.

No? Okay, then. How about this? Read it and tell me it's not the funniest thing ever.

And on the subject of tasers, we'll get to see our favorite taser-totin' gal in the FBI... for six minutes, at least. The trailer that was made to pitch the "Veronica in the FBI" season 4 will be included on the season 3 DVD extras. In other VM news, a collection of essays on the show is being published, for those academic minded fans. I wonder if VM will end up being as written-about as Buffy... seriously, for a show with such a silly name, there's an awful lot of scholarly work about it.

There is good news for one canceled show this year. Jericho is apparently not as canceled as everyone thought, thanks to a NUTS campaign (don't even ask). They're in negotiations to bring the show back for 8 episodes mid-season, not as a wrap-up, but with the hope of continuing the series. You know what'd be ironic? If it ended the 8th episode on a cliffhanger, and then got canceled again. Fortunately, it's not on Fox.

Remember that new show, Moonlight? The one about the vampire detective? The one who falls in love with the mortal woman? The one who wears the black billowy coat of pain and skulks in the shadows, looking down on Los Angeles from his rooftop perch? Okay, so I don't know if it's actually set in Los Angeles, but you get my point. Well, it just got even MORE Angely, because David Greenwalt, Joss' partner in crime and Angel exec producer, is now the showrunner/exec producer for Moonlight. I'm kind of interested now... in a morbid kind of way.