September 20th, 2007

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Sep 07

Halloween Costume Idea

I think I’m going to be Perez Hilton for Halloween. Not definite, but it sounds like fun. Coming up with the idea is the easy part. Then, there’s the logistics*:

  • Hair – Is this the excuse I need to bleach my hair and then dye it some garish color? I don’t want to have to cured of it the next day (i.e. get a buzz).
  • Eyes – He has blue eyes, I have brown. I’m not going to wear contacts.
  • Clothes – The key is to dress egregiously and unaplogetically bad. The trick is to put together a fashion casualty ensemble that screams Perez!
  • Affect – A big smile and a bitchy attitude is all I need to make the transformation complete.
  • Blog – Pink blog theme and a parody of his logo will help my blog be in costume as well during the week Halloween falls on.

Those are the basics. If any of you have any helpful suggesstions, please send them my way.

*I know there isn’t subject/verb agreement here, so sue me!

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Sep 07

Well, I Never Knew…

It’s always interesting to find out who blogrolls you. A few days ago, I clicked on the Technorati links to my page, and I discovered some links. Most of them don’t surprise me – Chris, Brian, Murphy, Danny, Fredo, Joshua Minton, and Ted. However, I find out that a Stan Goldsmith has me on his blogroll along with a fellow MFA classmate and a professor from my alma mater.

I’m sure I may have met him when I was in “the program.” I am a loss to know where or when I could have met him. It can’t be a coincidence he has three other links related to the school I went to.

However, I can’t complain when someone else has me on their blogroll. I’m always glad to for that, and I’m always happy to return the favor.

Stan’s site is interesting. He takes news entries from the Middle Eastern media (mostly Al Jezeera) and translates them from Arabic to English. Check it out, especially if you want to check his translation work.

Thanks, Stan. I’ll have to stop by more often. Drop a note here sometimes.

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Sep 07

Radiohead: No Surprises

Bjork has nothing on Thom Yorke of Radiohead when it comes to weirdness. Here’s the classic “No Suprises” from 10 years ago. Brilliant song. Video, however, is a bit disturbing.

No alarms and no surprises, please.

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Sep 07

He Needs A Warhol Award

Chris Crocker is the most talked about person on YouTube, thanks to the news. I even pulled a Chris Crocker in one of my classes when I cried and pleaded with them to staple their papers together when they turn in their assignments (I nearly lost some pages). They got my bad joke. They saw the vid.

Of course, everyone can’t take their eyes off Chris Crocker as there are myriads of parodies and responses.

Here, Seth Green urges people to leave Chris Crocker alone. I love how he fixes his eyeliner during pauses.

Chris Crocker‘s response to Fox News is very articulate with some trenchantly witty moments. Kudos to him for calling out Fox darling Ann Coulter for having an Adam’s Apple!

I’d love to see him kick Coulter’s ass. I don’t think she’d even stand a chance against him in a verbal sparring match.

Here’s a response to Chris Crocker’s response to Fox News. File under cute but dumb.

Take it like a man? Is this joker with the cell phone mike capable of taking it like a man? Sorry, bad joke.

There needs to some kind of Warhol award for Chris Crocker. What would it look like anyway? A soup can? Andy’s head with big silver hair? A banana? It should be fun, something Warholian for sure.

Update:
Here’s Perez Hilton’s take on the (in)famous Chris Crocker vid.