Patton Oswalt

So Netflix just recommended I watch Comedians of Comedy: Live at the Troubador, and I am so glad I did. I needed some funny in my life right now. In any case it renewed my love for Patton Oswalt. This man is super funny. I basically agree with everything he says. And he reminds me of one of my friends a little bit.

Also he was recently in Young Adult, which is a movie I'm a little in love with currently, and United States of Tara which is da bomb. Oddly enough, those are both products of Diablo Cody's genius. Which is probably why I like them.

This bit, Sky Cake, is from one of his stand-ups, and should not be watched if you are overly religious/lack the ability to laugh at religion. That's about it. Okay, well, also this clip of Food For Thought, which as an ex-grocery store slave kind of tickled my fancy. Yeah, and I'd probably let Blaine Capatch tickle any and every fancy. That made no sense. *cough*

Dancing With Myself - Nouvelle Vague

A cover of Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself" by Nouvelle Vague. This is so me. Because I am a total dork.

The Cigarette Duet - Princess Chelsea

This song makes me want a cigarette. Princess Chelsea is another band I'm pretty sure Pandora recommended to me. I love this song and feel it does a pretty good job of conveying the problems of relations between a smoker and a non-smoker. What is more important: love or nicotine? The age old question. Many of my friends have given up smoking for loved ones. I guess I just date smokers, kinda fixes that problem. In the event that I fall madly in love with a non-smoker...well, fuck. I suppose I would stop. Maybe.

Jennifer Westfeldt

Jennifer Westfeldt has got to be one of my favorite famous people. I first saw her  in Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place, which aside from being a mouthful, is also the first time I saw Ryan Reynolds in anything. She then went on to co-write/produce/star in Kissing Jessica Stein, one of my all-time favorite movies about two straight girl being in a lesbian relationship. Then just recently I watched Ira & Abby, a super cute movie in which she also starred/wrote/produced. A couple months ago, to yet again be thrilled by her awesomeness I rented Friends With Kids and found it to be beyond my expectations. And guess what? She wrote/produced/directed/starred in that one as well. Lady may not be as famous as Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston...but she is far above them in my book.

Also, she's been in a relationship with Jon Hamm (aka. Fucking DON DRAPER) since 1997. This woman is my idol.

John Dies at the End - David Wong

John Dies at the End is a personal favorite of mine and has been since I  first read it online one incredibly boring winter (possibly in 2007?). I hate reading books via any digital device, but I persevered for this story. I could not stop. No matter how much eyestrain resulted, IT WAS WORTH IT. Not everybody will love this book, I'm not saying that. What I'm saying is that if you are a worthwhile human being, you will. It is one huge mindfuck dick joke that still manages to be brilliant. And a little creepy.

The best part is that it became available in print. Buy it. It's no longer available to read on a shitty white on black website. I own it, there's no shame in buying a book. David Wong aka. Jason Pargin, Senior Editor of Cracked.com wrote it, so obviously it's funny. Funny is good for you.

Anyway, double awesome is the fact that it's now a movie! I am pants-shittingly excited to see it.

Here's the trailer:

And the fun doesn't stop there, no siree bub! The sequel This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It is out October 2!!! So I guess what I'm saying here is that I'm basically just buying new underwear a lot b/c of all the shitting. Join me in the fun.

Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead

Okay, easily one of the most popular songs I've ever posted, but still an incredibly awesome song. This song came on Pandora yesterday and instantly struck a chord with me. I know I've heard it before, as with most Radiohead songs (b/c they are wildly popular AND awesome) but I've never really listened to the lyrics. Mostly I would have to say because Thom Yorke sings the thing almost unintelligibly, but that's besides the point. My point being that the lyrics said almost exactly what I was feeling at the time, and that's always a pretty miraculous event to me. One of my favorite things, you could say.

I think a comment on Songmeanings.net really summed my own interpretation of the song best: "Trying to make that person happy by being fake. It wears you out. Somehow though you keep hanging on for a long time because he or she tastes and looks like the real thing....you think if this relationship ends you might blow through the ceiling; you can't help the feelings you still have for the person...but the relationship wears you out and you are living on borrowed time as you know in the long run it could never work...it's fake and plastic."
Read more at http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/573/#wEBIijgv5rIwLzAL.99

Which is mostly why I turn so many guys down that ask me out. What they see isn't necessarily what is the real thing. They see a side of me that is appealing, but it's not the whole thing. It's not the real thing. And it wears me out. It even inspired me to write a poem...that must be forgiven for not being as great as Fake Plastic Trees. I am no Thom Yorke:(

*If I could be who you wanted all the time*