Disney City

Some artist took the princesses from classic Disney movies and placed them in Sin City roles. It's a cool concept, and I love artists who think of different ways of making their art interesting and creative. (Via Copyranter)

Justin Timberlake's New Clothing Line

Justin Timberlake and his bff, Trace Ayala, have a new high-end clothing line called William Rast. The name is a combination of the their grandfathers' first names. Aww, how adorable! This clothing line will be selling pricey jeans, and their website has released special trailers, starring J. Tizzle as the fictional character of William Rast (oh my, this reminds me of Garth Brooks as his edgy rock star alter ego Chris Gaines). Hopefully, it won't be anything like that. We can only pray, darlings. We can only pray. (Via Ad Rants)

Today

Today is just one of those blah days where I'm tired, and I can't find anything really cool on the Internet to keep me entertained. I'm exhausted because I didn't get enough sleep last night. I'm so bad about disciplining myself to go to bed when I should. I have a lot more packing to do before the big day on Saturday. Oh, and get this shit, before I'm able to get a parking permit for our new neighborhood, I have to peel off the old one and give it back to the city parking clerk. I'm pissed off about it because we are going to be permit-less while we're trying to move, so we're going to have to keep on putting quarters in on Saturday from 8am to probably 3pm or so. I understand why they want the old one back, but I still think it's fucking stupid. Only in the city. I can't wait for the days, when we own our own place, and we have a driveway or our own parking spot. This whole parking permit bullshit is for the birds. It's aggravating.

I'm tired. Somebody get me a bed.
(Image via FFFOUND)

Passion of the Frog

A crucified frog sculpture has been condemned by Pope Benedict XVI because he believes it is blasphemous. The sculpture shows a frog nailed to a cross, holding a beer in one hand and an egg in the other. They have moved the sculpture away from the entrance, but they do not want to remove it from the museum. "According to ANSA, the museum’s curators contend that the work is a self-portrait of the artist 'in a state of profound crisis' and is not an attack on religion." I can't believe this guy used a frog to depict hiimself. That's just weird. Some modern art I grasp, but art like this, goes right over my head. How do people not laugh when they see this thing?! I'm pretty sure J and I would be removed from the museum because we were rolling on the floor, holding our sides, roaring with laughter. (Via MSNBC)

Onwards and Upwards

This is the last week of being in our old apartment. The place is a complete disaster right now. There are boxes everywhere, and it looks like a bomb went off in the place. We are happy to be moving, making a fresh start in a brand new apartment. I'm about 3/4 of the way done packing. I will do some more tonight. We're moving at a good pace, and I think by Friday night, Saturday morning at the latest, we will be all ready to go. It's exciting, and I can't wait to move everything into the new pad. The place is really nice, and I'm looking forward to decorating it. I think we're going to work on one room at a time. The bedroom is first. J has never liked the comforter I had picked out when we first moved to the old apartment. He said it's not made out of a comfortable material, which is funny since it's a "comforter". He said it's not soft enough for his sensitive skin. It will be fun to pick out all new bedding and curtains. We also have some great ideas for pictures we're going to hang. Although moving is a huge pain in the ass, it's worth it in the long run. We hope to be there for a while, so we might as well make it our home.

Raising the Bad

If you have seen the terrible previews on TNT for the new Steven Bochco law drama called Raising the Bar (Get it! It's a play on words because it's about lawyers!), you would've noticed Mark-Paul Gosselaar aka Zack from Saved By the Bell, in long, greasy hair and constantly looking as if he just jumped out of bed and threw on the first wrinkled buttoned-up shirt he saw crumpled on the floor. The show looks god-awful. From the previews, it seems as if they got all their dialogue from "How to Write a Law Drama 101". There's a lot of intense staring, pounding fists, and heated interactions with the characters. Also, MPG looks really out of place and way out of his league. He's not a particularly good actor. He's no Ricky Schroeder, who was actually decent in NYPD Blue. MPG is one notch above Mario Lopez and two above Dustin Diamond. And, I'm sorry, but I cannot take him seriously wearing that hairstyle. The previews looked like an SNL sketch. It made me yearn for the days of Blind Justice, which was a very short-lived show about a NYPD detective who is blinded in the line of duty, but he still continues to do his police work.
Al Norton from Two Tivos to Paradise summed it up best:

I am not sure what would posses anyone to think that Mark Paul Gosselaar is series lead material; Gosselaar isn't just a run of the mill bad actor, he's so bad that Andrew Shue would watch his performance and then call Crispin Glover to say, "wow, that guy is bad." Even putting his ridiculous hairstyle aside (he looks like he is competing in a Dawson Leery look-alike contest), and ignoring that his shirts go from presentable with a tie to unbuttoned and untucked in the blink of an eye, Gosselaar is simply not a good enough actor to be front man for a TV show. He trots out just about every acting cliché in the pilot, from clenching his fists to biting his lower lip to throwing his hands in the air, all in an attempt to convey a passion for his clients and the law that simply isn't felt.

Mad Men: The New Girl Recap

I'm completely addicted to Mad Men lately, even more than usual. I came this close to buying a curve-hugging Calvin Klein black sweater dress yesterday because it looked like something Joan Holloway would wear. If I start smoking and drinking Old-Fashioneds at my desk, then please get me some help!

Ooh, this episode was really good! Don Draper receives a call from Bobbie who is getting trashed on martinis at Sardi's. Because Don has a weakness for women who want to jump his bones, he goes to meet her. She's there in a cocktail dress, drinking and smoking from one of those cool cigarette holders. Oh Bobbie, you're so glamorous, Dahhling! Although, I do find her annoying, I gotta give it to her in the seduction department. She reminds me of Mrs. Robinson from The Graduate.

At Sardi's, Don runs into the love of his life, and no, I'm not talking about his wife, Betty. His lovely ex-paramour Rachel Menken walks by their table with a man who turns out to be her (gasp!) husband. She looks beautiful, and Don looks as if somebody has just punched him in the balls when he sees her. He looks shocked and devastated. Good for Rachel! I'm glad she got married. What was she going to do? Waste her youth on a jackass like Don Draper who was never going to leave his wife?! She was smarter than that. And, telling him to hit the bricks was the best thing she could have possibly done. Needless to say, it is an uncomfortable moment between the two of them, and even Bobbie picks up on something. She makes some comment about how it got "cloudy in here,". Don shrugs it off, and they have dinner and more martinis. She starts asking him what he likes, and Don just sits there like a robot (I do not feel any emotion. Beep. Beep.) You would think that would be a rather easy question, but not for Don.

Talking to him is like pulling teeth. Bobbie tells Don that she has a cottage on the shore in Stonybrook(?), and she wants him to make passionate love to her on the beach. Don can't resist sex, so he agrees. In the car, Bobbie coos how she feels so wonderful right now, and then asks Don how he feels to which he says: "I don't feel a thing." (Beep. Beep. Does not compute. What are fee-lings? Beep.)Bobbie wants to make him feel something, so she starts kissing his ear and neck while he's trying to drive. Smart move, idiot. Don closes his eyes in ecstasy, and then CRASH! Big accident, and their car flips over.

They end up at the police station. The police had found an open bottle of liquor and Don had failed the sobriety test (quelle surprise!). He's ordered to pay $150, which must've been a lot of money back then because Ken Cosgrove gets $300 a week, so that's half his weekly paycheck. Don tries to give the cop $63 and some subway tokens, but the cop is not having it. $150 tonight or Don gets to stay in the drunk tank all night. Don makes a phone call and Peggy appears in the door. She gives him $110 to bail him out, and then she has to drive Don and Bobbie. Don goes home and Bobbie has to stay with Peggy. Lucky Peggy.

Peter and his wife are having difficulty conceiving, so they go to the doctor's, and he asks Peter a lot of questions like: "How old were you when your testicles descended?" Yikes. After some uncomfortable questions and a sperm sample analysis, the Campbells discover that Peter has healthy sperm (of course he does, he fathered a kid!)Trudy becomes upset because she knows it's now her fault why they can't conceive, and Peter is a total insensitive jerkoff in the situation. Way to be sympathetic toward your wife! He ends up yelling at her, when he should be giving her a hug, and telling her it will be alright. She folds and apologizes for making such a big deal out of it. Ugh. I hope Trudy finally realizes what type of guy Peter is, and leaves him. He's so inconsiderate to her.

Joan gets engaged. Roger is jealous. There's a new girl in the office, and she's Don's new secretary, and he could care less, ha. Some guy in Accounts comes out and unzips his fly to the tune of Mozart.(It's random, but very funny.) Ken tries to make a move on the new girl. He's so smooth, ha!

And, at the end, Peggy flashes back to Don visiting her when she had just had the baby, and she was mentally incapacitated. Don tells her to move forward and forget this ever happened. He says: "Move forward and pretend it never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened," - which speaks miles about Don and how he left his past and identity behind him. Now, it is clear why he called Peggy to come bail him out. They both have secrets on each other, and they've been there for the other. They are starting to have an interesting dynamic, and it looks as if Peggy is on her way to becoming Don's equal, whether he likes it or not.