Yes, it is STILL Chanukah...SONGS

Seeing as I had to listen to Christmas songs in every car, store, and even at Chinese food restaurants on Christmas Eve where all of the customers were visibly Jewish...  I feel that it is appropriate to mention that your holiday is now over and Chanukah is still going strong!  So now I will share some of the songs of mah peeps...

Adam Sandler's Hanukah song, yes there is more than one part and no I did not post them all...too lazy:

Embarrassing or awesome...you decide...baby, I light it:

Chanukah +Taio Cruz = this glorious work of Jewish art:

Jon Stewart teaches Colbert about Chanukah:

and finally South Park's It's Hard to be a Jew on Christmas, you all just don't understand:

And here is a long list of famous Jews: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/stars-david-a-listers-chanukah-gallery-1.8186


And as an added bonus a song not about Chanukah but about being Jewish...just a warning it is kind of uncomfortable..

Chanukah is that special time of year between Christmas and Misgiving when all the bestest holiday shows are on TV. - Angelica, Rugrats Chanukah

Websites to Not Get you into the Holiday Spirit

To help you get in the holiday spirit (or maybe stir you away from it) I want to wish you a happy Dec 22nd or National Date Nut Bread Day!
Because obviously this is the best carb holiday all year round and is celebrated according to this list of strange/mostly worthless holidays.   It is also Chanukah...but who pays any attention to that!?

And now for some more awkward holidayness:

Here are two sites with weird gifts and now for some of my favorites:
About.com's Weird Holiday Gift Guide was actually pretty tame
except for the best thing ever:
for all the small chested ladies out there who like a good drink!

and for the king of all geeks, the geekiest throne of all:
who doesn't want to sit on Captain Kirk's chair..(ME)

From marieclaire.com's list of weird holiday gifts:
Obviously they ALSO had the best gift ever...the wine lover's sports bra!!
But on a more original note: a cat in a can!
and yes I totally know someone who could've used this gem to help her get through college ; )

And from Huffington Post's Canada (who lives in Canada? ..besides the bieb) gifts that were actually given, my favorite is the bedazzled toilet brush for the girl who has everything...bedazzled!



And now that we are really in the Christmas holiday spirit, here are some freakish holiday pictures that obviously have nothing to do with my holiday but everything to do with that other holiday that everyone else celebrates:

buzzfeed.com gives a top 20 list of extremely uncomfortable holiday pics:
Including these magic numbers:

Too much nudity:


WAY TOO MUCH NUDITY:


TOO MANY FREAKIN ANIMALS!!!!



San Francisco's Chronicle's SFgate.com has some repeats but adds to the awkward glory:

Totally normal:


Santa forgot to watch out for the reindeer's hooves...or maybe his drug dealer?


And again WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE NUDITY:





Happy Chanukah and have a merry whatever that other holiday is!







Tommy: I don't get it. We've looked everywhere.
Phil: It's hard to find the meanie of Chanukah.
-A Rugrats Chanukah 

Playing with Fire ...and Google

Oh the weird things we do as a family...

A few family gatherings ago we tried a trick that we heard about where you can relight a candle without touching the light of the match to the wick.  (The video below shows and explains how it works..) Basically we did this a ton of times and also repeated it this past Thanksgiving..

Later my cousin showed us a different kind of trick...

This one involved my sister's laptop and the search engine Google:
You may have seen some or all of these before but I thought they were super cool.
Try them first and then scroll down to see what they do (it is more fun if you do not know what to expect)
Sometimes they are a little testy so when you type it and it doesn't work at first, run the mouse over the drop down selections and "I'm Feeling Lucky" will appear, click that and it should work.

1.Go to Google and search "do a barrel roll"
2.This time type "Google Gravity" (this one worked best for me only after selecting "I'm Feeling Lucky")
3.Now try "askew" (this one should work right away)

Those were the ones my cousin showed me but here is a website that has a few more that are fun/super geeky.  Including typing "chuck norris" and selecting "I'm Feeling Lucky":

SPOILER ALERT
1.The text on the screen rolls around!
2.Did you see all the pieces fall? Now did you play with them? Go back and do this one again because you can actually throw around the pieces that have fallen down!
3.Took me a second to notice this one but look again and it is tilted!


ENJOY!




I did mostly good things, except light things on fire. - Mark Hoppus

Old/New Music Tuesday: A Cappella REMIX

Because FINALLY my favorite group won the sing-off

Because how did the Backbeats not win...

Because how did the Beelzebubs not win...

(Okay actually they may have won...they did the arrangements and backup vocals for The Warblers on Glee.  You can stalk a number of their performances here like I have done (Personal Favorite is Bills, Bills, Bills (Leave me alone I have their cd... )))

SO now back to this season...I started by being OBSESSED (and wanting to be a member of ) Delilah because of this performance...

...unfortunately no performance could compare to this epicness so eventually I moved on...



DRUMROLL PLEASE....to Pentatonix
Obviously only after they did the Britney Spears Medly which changed my life...

and finally my love for them EXPLODED, my toxic love, oh baby baby...

So super congrats to Pentatonix...I would buy your album (even if my bffl thinks the lead looks like an anime character..)  Also check out them doing ET because this was when I found out this song was by Katy Perry, oh and when I started to like it.. and check them out doing Love Lockdown cause it is cool.






I know not everyone will like me, but this is who I am so if you don't like it, TOUGH! - Britney Spears

Turkeygiving

SORRY I FELL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH...

To make up for it I will do a THEMED post, stellar!

In honor of Turkey Day here are some of the results/things I learned when I googled "weird turkey."

Some weird turkey facts from a children's website Kidz World:
-"Turkeys have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys would drop dead"
(Obviously starting off with something super uplifting..)
-"Turkeys can drown if they look up when it is raining"
(Keeping the positive thoughts going...)

Apparently Thanksgiving brings out the geeks and pie...here are my two favorites from Popular Mechanic's article about The Top 17 Wild, Fun Thanksgiving DIY Projects:
-Because making a pie in a 3-D cosehedron shape is completely normal.  And is anyone else wondering how it doesn't fall out?...
 
-It is very important to realize that when making a large pie...there is never enough crust...so in order to solve this problem geeky math was used to create a fractal shape that allows for much more crust:


Don't worry the jocks also make an appearance for Thanksgiving with strange sports as described by Yahoo's Sports page:
-Frozen Turkey Bowling!  For when simply eating turkey is not good enough:

-Also in Indianapolis people like to workout using frozen turkeys.  It may be for charity but it is still totally weird.


And finally for the jewelry lovers, especially fans of Juicy Couture...you can get your Thanksgiving charms at Amazon:
-The turkey dinner charm for the Thanksgiving obsessed and also a pumpkin pie charm for dessert:







"I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way.  I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land." - Jon Stewart

Old [GUILTY PLEASURE] Music Tuesday

I suppose all the music I post tends to be guilty pleasures but these may be some of the worst and some of the most random.  Feel free to judge away but you won't change my mind about my love/embarrassment for these great works of ...foolishness.

Jonas Brothers - SOS: I originally wanted to use Burnin' Up because I may or may not know all of the words but right now I just want to listen to this classic even more.  (It was a camp song...)

Ashlee Simpson - La La: She may not be the most talented singer (remember SNL...) but this and Boyfriend are just super great for girl's night aaand not much more.

Busted - What I Go To School For: You may not have had the pleasure of hearing this one before but I was in love in middle school (thought they were pop punk....thought that pop punk was cool...).  I was SO cool that I even went to their album release party and still have a poster with their autographs on my wall... (ALSO the Jo Bros do a cover of this where every inappropriate part is made, well, boring.)

New Found Glory - My Friends Over You:  Too soon? I thought I would pick a song with a message so here it is:

"I don't know anything about music.  In my line you don't have to." - Elvis Presley

BAD HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

Here's a few links to and examples of other people blogging about horrible Halloween costumes...

Sexy costumes and more sexy costumes at thefrisky.com:
Just a few examples of making REALLY not sexy things sexy:
The construction worker (boobstruction worker?)....
"Sexy" Osama because those two words go so well together..
 Cow ..with bra...normal.


And now for weird costumes that should never be on kids ...everrr at http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/

 Whac-a-mole: just asking for trouble

Roadkill.. the idea is bad enough..
(why are we drawing attention to the crotch region)

 Rubik's cube (and again...THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE RUBIK'S CUBE)


If you are looking for more messed up Halloween costumes..check out ANY costume store website...




Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up. - Charlize Theron

A Website to Help Get You Through Mondays

I recently discovered my love for cake shows: Cake Boss, Ace of Cakes, Cupcake Wars, but not Ultimate Cake Off (that show stresses me out).  And if you even remotely like them you will LOVE this website.

Cake Wrecks is a blog that posts about "when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong."
I have chosen some of my favorite examples from some of their posts:

Two of their more entertaining posts shows serious problems with communication here and here:
This customer was trying to help by spelling out what was wanted on the cake...


There was supposed to be a "Gerber Daisy" on the cake not a baby...


Another post shows what the customer requested versus what they got:
 wanted versus got 

Of the weirdest posts, this one shows disturbing baby shower cakes, this cake was by far the worst:



And finally a cake from the horrible wedding cakes post and divorce cakes post:
 
Climbing a mountain or a turd?               See the feet of the groom peaking out? (think Wizard of Oz)







When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie? - Lisa Loeb

Old Music Tuesday

Just a few more songs you may have forgotten about that are all awesome in their own way...


K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life: Forget how stellar this song is, instead check out the sweet suits, scarves and gloves this duo is rocking.

A*Teens - Upside Down: The ABBA tribute group's first original song and well their last taste of fame, at least it is as 90s awesome as it gets.

Ghetto Supastar - Pras featuring Mya & Ol' Dirty B.:  I may, or may not, have thought this song was called "Get a Superstar" even though it never made sense to me that you would get a superstar and then say that is what you are.  Notice Halle Berry in the video?

Without a song or a dance what are we?- "Thank You For The Music" by ABBA

Old [WOMEN] Music Tuesday

Because I am a woman and think other women make awesome music.
Well, maybe these are not good examples of women making great music....BUT these are songs you've probably forgotten about and I want to remind you of their greatness (horribleness?).


Hoku - Another Dumb Blonde: Think Nickelodeon, year 2000 and there are likely tv shows that come to mind but that was the year the movie Snow Day came out.  This song was in the movie and the music video was used to promote the movie on Nickelodeon.

Willa Ford - I Wanna Be Bad:  I unfortunately couldn't find the explicit video but found the MTV edited version instead, sorry!  This is such a great song that it was even in an Amanda Bynes movie (What a Girl Wants) so you know it HAS to be great.

Hilary Duff - Why Not: I mean why not do a crazy dance.  You might as well because you already look like a fool for listening to Lizzie McGuire.  PS is anyone else weirded out that she is married and pregnant!

No Secrets - That's What Girls Do:  I do not remember this band ever existing and yet I know ALL of the words to this song. They also may be more recognized for their remake of Kids in America.

It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do. - Eliza Dushku

Why Bother Looking Good When You Can Smell...

It may be difficult to feel like a child again, but you can def smell like one...
Demeter Fragrance Library gives you just that.

If you really want to smell like a kid try crayon, glue, play-doh or dirt...





You can also be playful with scents like Jolly Rancher, Swimming Pool, Hello Kitty, or Cotton Candy:


If you want to be a little more adult you can check out the Happy Hour Collection (here are some examples):





Now if you want to smell unique..aka WEIRD then go ahead smell
like clean windows, condensed milk, funeral home or lobster...









I judge people on how they smell, not how they look. - Jennifer Lopez

Is Banksy Brainwashed or Vice Versa

Banksy or Mr. Brainwash

Let us start with Banksy, seeing as he was first.  To start: to be a Banksy-know-it-all it is best to check out his website to see a good sampling of his art and/or creep on his story on wikipedia.



Then you can look at a bizarre film where Banksy joins socialites and other characters for dinner which you can watch on hulu.

Now where they meet....

Banksy clearly sees Mr. Brainwash as a fraud and shows it in the film Exit Through the Gift Shop which starts with the crazy Mr. Brainwash, before he gives himself that name, simply filming street artists for a nonexistent documentary (which is how they meet).  Then he decides to create his own work and Banksy shows us how Mr. Brainwash goes about it all wrong.

NOW (the reason I'm writing this post) you can watch A Day in the Life of Mr. Brainwash (and see his crazy in all of its glory).  Morgan Spurlock's (think Supersize Me) new show on Hulu focuses on one day of interesting people's lives such as Misty Copeland, will.i.am, Girl Talk, and now Mr. Brainwash, check it out here!

And finally to see Mr. Brainwash's "work" (he hires people to do it for him) go see his website here.










Life imitates art far more than art imitates life. - Oscar Wilde