DAILY DOSE: "I Wanna Watch You Dream Some More"

Hey everybody! Sorry for the late-date post, but I’ve actually been GASP! …running errands at work today. I’ve been out on two different excursions through dahn’than’ today, putting me even further behind on my brief. Which, of course, I kind of want to finish before I leave for DC tomorrow. So, alas, there won’t be time for that Bows & Toes I promised yinz. Now, I was going to write about International Food Runs, being that they’re apparently taking place this week throughout the NorthEast. What’s an Intenational Food Run, for those of you not in the OX-know? Well, you’ll just have to wait until tomorrow or Monday to find out. That is, of course, unless some of you other Red-and-Whiters out there feel like sharing some of your IFR tales. Could be fun- I know Marc’s got a fun little story to tell, and I’m pretty sure Kujo missed a presentation for his! So do share, and I’ll tell you about my magical trip to Philthadelphia with Jerry, where we met Rocky Balboa, ate some cheesesteaks, got stood up by our alumnus, and almost became drug smugglers.

Before I move on- be sure to check up the UPDATED PANTHEON OF BADASSES below. Nice picks from the peanut gallery. And Kujo, thanks for that five-time, five-time, five-time, five-time, FIVE-time posting on midgets and Andre the Giant.

Anywho, I'm gonna go hash out this brief, meanwhile, go listen to today’s Song of the Day, “October Nights” by Yellowcard. Driving guitars and fantastical violins make them one of my favorite bands. Oddly, the only person I can find who likes them too is Merry-Lynne Kupchelitis, who is the LAST person I would expect to be a fan. The Link will take you to my new guilty pleasure, the WB reality crapfest, “The Starlet.” After the Gilmore Girls last night (I live with a fiftysomething aunt, remember!), I was about to work on my paper when the teasers for the show fortold of stripteases and girl-on-girl action. Needless to say, they reached their demographic. Sure, it was an hour of my life I can’t get back, but at least I got to fall in love with contestant Michelynne, who looks like a genetically created hybrid of Winona Ryder and Kiera Knightley, which is ACES in my book. I’ll probably not watch it again, despite the incredible unintentional comedy of Vivica A. Fox as an acting critic/judge. You know, the same Vivica A. Fox known for her groundbreaking roles as “Will Smith’s girlfriend” in Independence Day, and “The Slutty Girl” in comedies like “Two Can Play that Game” and “Soul Food.” Oh, and Faye Dunaway, the other judge (along with a flaming Holywood casting director), both takes her self FAR too seriously, and is borderline insane.

I’ve written way too much about this show at this point. But at least go check out the site, and give a look at some of the contestants and footage. And in the meantime, be good to each other.

-apk