Idol-itry

Holy mother of god, I'm hooked on American Idol.

Somebody shoot me.

However, there was a bright spot in this black hole of television (that is currently sucking me in) - Sherman Pore, age 64. Yes, he's too old; yes, he'd never advance to the next level; but, yes, he can sing and we all love him. His started his quest to be on Idol because his wife was in the cancer ward and he wanted something to help keep her mind off her illness. She died two days before he auditioned.

I'm all teary now.

And why oh why does Ryan Seacrest have his own star on the walk of fame?!?

I *Heart* These Tees

Holy crap!












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I'm So Much Cooler Now.

Yes that's right. It has happened. I have actually become cooler.

This is why -








I now own these records.

Now I just need a record player...

It's Been Real, and it's Been Fun...But...

I'm taking Sam off my blog. I mean, he can read it (you can read it, sweetie), but he will no longer be able to post. Not that he ever has.... or would....

I wonder how long it's gonna take for him to notice.

I'm thinking 4 weeks.

The Great American Siren Song

I hate Sam's Club. I hate what it represents - the American culture of MORE. You walk in to Sam's and all you can see is big - big carts, big aisles, big shelves. Pallets of coffee creamer; 6lb tubs of cookie dough; 10 packs of toothbrushes - who needs these things?!

And yet, in all my repulsion and disgust, I am drawn. I too am seduced into the fluorescent lighting by the siren's call for a 24 case of Frappacino. In this den of gluttony I am convinced that I, too, need 64 rolls of Charmin and a bag of 32 frozen Teriyaki chicken breasts.

The Sam's Club siren laughs as she pulls me, her newly snared prey, deeper into her nest of greed, gluttony, and MORE. As I start grabbing buckets and tubes off the shelves I don't even justify it to myself anymore - I use these, so I'll use them up. It's okay if I buy surplus because I use these. Ah, and there she has me. Because I use these products there is no doubt I should get them because eventually I'll use them.

As I lug my purchases through the over filled, over sized lot full of oversized people in their oversized cars I start to regain a sense of myself. I redden slightly at the items I've bought knowing I should have been stronger. Damn the siren call of Sam's Club. Damn them all. Next time I'll be stronger. Next time I'll resist.

Suspense in a Box

Television is simultaneously ruling and ruining my life. I blame my current lack of blogging on TV. More specifically, on a little show I like to call 24. Sam and I are now fully engulfed in the 24 phenomenon. However, before you start posting comments like "OMG! Can U BELIEVE what soandso did?!? Who saw THAT coming?!?" No, I cannot believe it and I didn't see it coming because we are still on the second season of the show. (But don't worry, we're DVRing the current season so we don't have to wait for it on DVD.) This show is the most suspensful, emotional rollercoaster - I can't believe that I (and millions of other TV faithfuls) subject ourselves to this insane torture each week! I don't see how people can stand to watch it live (not on DVD) - I can barely stand the 28 seconds it takes me to queue up the disk to the next episode, let alone the whole week most people wait in between shows. Crazy. Simply crazy.


Pick a number, Jack.
Any number...

All Growd Up

I bought my own car insurance policy today.

I'm officially an adult.

I feel so old.

I'm So Freakin' Bored

Sam's back on evenings. This blows. All I've been doing lately is coming home from work, turning the TV on, and staying on the computer all night. Woo hoo... the exciting life of a 24-year-old.

And even now... I know I should get off the couch and do some laundry. But no, I'm still here.

4 days down... 4 months to go.

Burn Baby Burn

We had the traditional Chesnut family [Christmas] tree burning tonight. It was glorious. Hopefully I'll have pictures/video (maybe) up soon.

Oh, man. Seriously... the best burning yet in my humble opinion.

Got to hang with some of the extended fam too. Oh man... too many kids make me tired. Sam and I retreated for a while to watch some 24 on the 'ol laptop. Gotta say that I do play favorites with my younger cousins. Hate it, but it happens. My newly teenaged cousin Abby has gone goth and I love it. I think it's great. Everyone else is concerned and dismayed, but I love it. She's really cute and somehow the gothiness just makes her cuter. You go girly - do your thang differently.

Let the Races Begin!

Okay, I've been searching on the 'net for about 20 minutes (that's all my short attention span will allow) to find out who officially has announced their candidacy for President '08. This is who I know: Tom Vilsack (D), Joe Biden (D), Mike Gravel (D), Dennis Kucinich (D), John Cox (R), and Micheal Smith (R) [Anyone know about Sam Brownback, Rudy Giuliani, or John McCain?].

Now we've got one more!! Ta Da! Sen. John Edwards! (And the crowd goes wild...)

Aww... aren't they a cute family...

Truthiness Is The Word

Love it. Check this out.











Truthiness is Webster's Word of the Year!
(At Wikipedia too...)

A Great Loss

Peter Boyle died yesterday.

So sad.

Update This Bee-yatch!

I am deathly afraid of updating. HDTV, DVDs, digital movies, electric cars - all of this I'm okay with. Any kind of computer or software updates - nuh uh. I'm not doin it. I've had too many d'oh! moments with updates that I don't do new versions of any of my software anymore without making sure that I can get back the old version if I want to.

This is why I've yet to switch to the new version of Blogger. It keeps telling me to. It says that I'll love it and everything will be magically delicious.

I don't believe it.

It sounds nice. It sounds fun. I might like it. But what if I hate it? What if I want the old Blogger back? I know I can't go back. I'll be up shit creek without a freakin paddle.

Conundrums conundrums.

I can't decide. What to do?

Be Safe

A Tale of Two Thanksgivings

Mmmm... Thanksgiving. *drool*

So this year I had two Thanksgiving dinners - one at my maternal grandmother's (lunch) and the other at my step-paternal grandmother's (dinner).


The first was the traditional turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, pie, etc. It was good and I was stuffed.



The second was turkey, rolls, fruit salad, fritos, and rotel. It was the perfect after-Thanksgiving-dinner dinner.


I'm not sure which one I liked better.

Alot of People Change the World... I'm Just One of Them

I've been DVR-ing The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. It's so beautiful.

November 14 - Fmr. Sen. John Edwards was the guest on The Daily Show.

Here ya go.



Did you hear him say that if you go to his website (johnedwards.com) you might see some exciting news soon? I did! Could it be? Are my hopes and dreams coming true?

Oh, god I hope so.





"I would be a freakin awesome President."

It's a Wonderful List

I love movies. And I love lists. And when you put them together....

AFI's 100 Years 100 Cheers was on tonight. It's a list of the 100 greatest inspirational movies. I love them all.

From the website:

Tom Hanks and Henry Fonda are the most represented male actors on the ballot with eight inspiring movies each. Sidney Poitier, Gary Cooper and Denzel Washington each have seven movies on the ballot.

Jean Arthur is the most represented female actor on the ballot with four movies.

Frank Capra and Steven Spielberg each have six inspiring movies on the ballot, leading all directors. Capra's films are MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN ('36), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU ('38), MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON ('39), MEET JOHN DOE ('41) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE ('46) and POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES ('61); while Spielberg directed CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND ('77), E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL ('82), THE COLOR PURPLE ('85), SCHINDLER'S LIST ('93), AMISTAD ('97) and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN ('98).

Over one third of the movies on the ballot are movies inspired by real life people and events.

1939 is the most represented year on the ballot, with 12 inspiring movies.

Where's Nemo?

Does anyone else think it's odd that both Captain D's and Long John Silver are now serving some form of lobster bites?

And on a completely unrelated note... we may be out of seafood in less than 50 years.

Rummy is Down! Rummy is Down!

CNN: Rumsfeld quitting as defense secretary
ABC News: Rumsfeld Out as Defense Chief
MSNBC: Bush announces Rumsfeld stepping down
Reuters: Rumsfeld quits

"Screw you guys. I'm outta here."






Oh, man! It just keeps getting better!

In Rand McNally, People Wear Hats On Their Feet and Hamburgers Eat People

It's like I went to bed and the world shifted.

Democrats have regained control of the House...

The Senate is dead even and depends on two states...

Democrats now hold a majority of state leadership positions...

Britney Spears has filed for divorce from KFed...

What's next? Chuck Norris for President?

Hmm....