Really, American Idol!?! You thought it was a good idea to put a 47-year-old Paula Abdul on stage to lip-synch her way through a song that is really just a good ol' days version of Lady Gaga's Just Dance? Really!?!
I almost laughed out loud when she threw in a few old Laker girl cheerleading moves and some I totally recognize from the 1995 VHS workout tape "Get Up and Dance" led by Ms. Abdul herself. Not that I still do the entire 48 minute tape in a pathetic attempt to attain the body of a woman who is sadly 20 years my senior. I just wish I could rock her leg warmers.
I'm also pretty sure I saw Benji Schwimmer in the backup dancers. I can totally see him as a huge Abdul fan! What do you think? I say Prez of the fan club.
Continuing with American Idol...really!?! you thought we hadn't heard "I'm Just a Girl" from No Doubt enough times in the 90's. Really!?! It was released when I was 13 years old and I didn't think the bright bra under the white tank was cool then (I was too busy thinking that grunge flannel was cool). I mean, the song was good as an opening theme to Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion, but it's 2009. Even Romy is over it.
Next topic. Best Buy.
Really!?! Really, Best Buy!?! You have between 8 and 3 guys working the digital cameras/ camcorders counter (depending how many are on break eating their tetris-shaped fruit snacks or scamming on girls in the ipod section) and not one of them can tell us which camera will work with iMovie? Really!?! It's not like this is some obscure video editing software unknown to the greater geek world. It starts with an i, you work at Best Buy, you should probably be familiar with it. You SELL Macs, for Pete's sake (or more accurately, for Steve Wozniak's sake. He needs some credibility after that Dancing with the Stars sweat-fest).
Really!?! You can't help us? Put in a call (on the bluetooth you should be wearing in your ear) to your homeboy on the geek squad and get somebody to help us out here. We are here to BUY... a camera... that costs a lot of money...and we want it to work with imovie. Earn your keep. Really!?! BTW, we ended up bringing a camera home to see if it worked and after 2 days, several calls to Mac, and an mpg2 converter purchased online, we now can easily edit the exactly none movies we have recorded so far. I'm thinking the baby will provide a much-needed subject for future movies because our beagle doesn't do much more than sleep and stretch unless prompted with her half-a-rubber-shoe that we have hidden and refuse to touch.
Moving on. Iowa Legislature.
Really!?! Really, state of Iowa majority party? You thought it was a good idea to bond $870 million dollars to be paid over the next 26 years AFTER appropriating $650 in stimulus money? My unborn child will be 4 years into the working world before they pay this bad boy off (plus the $774 million in interest). You're welcome, future generation. Hope you like the roads that we're going to build now so that by the time they are paid for, they'll need to be redone. Don't worry, I'm sure it's what the majority of Iowans wanted. Wait, what's that? The Des Moines Register poll found that 71% of Iowans disapprove of this spending spree? Really!?! Maybe they've heard of the revolutionary concept "pay as you go". Better known as "Don't buy stuff you don't have the money for."
I think the entire legislature should reconvene for a special session led by Dave Ramsey. Might learn a thing or two and realize that the Republicans trying to stand up for the taxpayers aren't being partisan, they're being practical. Just a side note, but maybe the negotiations would have ended up with a more coherent result if one of the chief negotiators attempting to iron out the differences between House and Senate Democrats, Sen. Bill Dotzler (D), hadn't had 8 Red Bulls and 2 cups of coffee. It's hard to imagine that these guys don't bat an eye over spending such a ridiculous amount of money until you find out that Democratic Sen. Tom Courtney admits to spending $200 a year on Peanut M&Ms. Really.
1 comment:
the ironic thing about lip-syncing is that popular media outlets do it all the time, but it never seems to fool anyone
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