Quote of the Day: Chuck Klosterman

I'm currently reading Chuck Klosterman's, senior writer for Spin and pop culture intellectual, "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs". It's a great book, and I had read it once before, but I don't really remember reading it, so it's kinda like I'm reading it for the first time, which sometimes happens to me after I've read a book too fast. I fly through it because I love it so much, but I don't soak any of it in. Does this happen to other people, or am I a total moron?

Klosterman writes about women's obsession with John Cusack, The Sims, Pamela Anderson being this culture's equivalent of Marilyn Monroe, etc. Good stuff, and he's very funny.

This is one of his quotes from NY Mag, back in March:

You used to be able to tell the difference between hipsters and homeless people. Now, it's between hipsters and retards. I mean, either that guy in the corner in orange safety pants holding a protest sign and wearing a top hat is mentally disabled or he is the coolest fucking guy you will ever know."

No truer words have been spoken. Chuck Klosterman is my hero. He's smart, funny, and knows everything there is to know about pop culture.

Colette's Culture Bytes

Jon Hamm aka Don Draper from Mad Men will be hosting Saturday Night Live October 25. I'm jumping for joy right now. He's going to be awesome. I can't wait to see the Mad Men parody. (Via NY Mag)

SNL's "The Looker" (Fred Armisen does a great Penny Marshall impression). I thought it was the best sketch of the night. (Via Hulu)

Two guys pretend to passionately make out in front of Lehman Brothers in NYC and CNN is there. Ok, did anybody else realize that these two guys were from The Howard Stern Show?! It's Richard and Sal the Stockbroker. (Via Best Week Ever)

"The Way": a "god"-awful Christian, really frightening and embarrassing, dance number featured on The Soup. I love "The Mail Nurse" segment. (Via The Soup Blog)

Janet Jackson's new tour is all about S&M, and it's creeping me out. (Via Scandalist)

Hugh Hefner's #1 galpal, Holly Madison, is most likely hooking up with magician/cheeseball extraordinaire, Criss Angel. Apparently, witnesses saw them kissing last weekend in Vegas. She's going to get cut out of Hef's will, fo sho'. (Via Perez Hilton)

Highlights of the Weekend

I Love Money was hilarious as always. The above is a wonderful edit job, showing Rodeo, who is batshit crazy, as the Incredible Hulk. Say what you will about VH1 reality shows, but the editing is usually really funny. (Via VH1 Blog)

The boyf and I saw Tropic Thunder, and we laughed through the whole movie. I have a silly sense of humor, so if you don't like spoofs or satires or politically incorrect subject matter, then you might want to skip this one. Robert Downey Jr. was so good. I was blown away. Tom Cruise has a fantastic cameo. J thought he stole the show. I thought he was good. It's a fun summer movie, and if you want a great comedy to see, then this is the perfect movie. Slate's review of the movie was the best I've read. (Via Slate)

I locked myself out of our coat closet on Saturday night. J had to break the lock with a hammer. Who puts a lock on a frigging closet door!!?? It was a heavy duty one, to boot. We tried everything to unlock it: credit cards, cosmetic scissors, screws, etc. Now, we have to buy a new doorknob and replace it before we move out. Oops!

I got a lot of packing done for the big move, and we donated our stuff to Goodwill. I also bought some new pants for work because lately, my old size isn't fitting as well as it should be WTF!!! I got a great deal at The Express for 2 pairs of pants for the price of one. Yay!

Colette on BitchBuzz: 15 Things I've Learned from Watching Mad Men

This is a fun, little pop culture piece I did about the TV show, Mad Men for the newly launched site, BitchBuzz. So far, the feedback for the new site has been amazing! I'm blown away by the talent and wit of those fabulous ladies!

(Via BitchBuzz)

Pop Culture Bytes

Some Brooklyn design company claims that Pineapple Express is ripping off their shark/kitten t-shirt from 2005. Who gives a shit? They're all bitched up about it, and they're now re-selling it on their site for $25. Stop whining about it, already. You're making bank off it. (Via Slash Film)

America Ferrara and Blake Lively promote their movie, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 on Good Day L.A., and America gets really sick of Blake doing all the talking (about Gossip Girl), and rolls her eyes as if to say: "I wish this bitch would shut the F up, and let me speak for once." (Via Dlisted)

The So You Think You Can Dance finale featured the first pop-off battle, and it was the awesomeness. (Via YouTube)

The opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games was not only expensive; it was really trippy in a cool, laser show kind of way. (Photo Gallery via NY Times)

Tucker Max, the Bro-seph of Bros, is making a movie based on one of his shitty stories (see blatant lies), and it's really bad. Like, think of the worst script written by a total self-glorifying, misogynistic ass-clown, and then take that script smear it with dogshit and then add about 50 more "dudes" and "bros" - you're almost there. (Via Gawker)