Mandy Listens to Muzak!

Ok, so I am no for realsies music critic. But, I do like music. All kinds of it. After my brief foray into Film Critique (see post below), I felt good, smart, etc., and in the words of Toby, I want to chase that feeling.

So, in the first installment of what I like to call "Mandy Listens to Muzak!" aka "I Don't Just Watch TV," I'll delve into a little music critique! Here weeeeeee goooooo!

Artist: Wyclef Jean
Album: The Carnival

I don't often like an entire album. I'm self-proclaimed totally music A.D.D. Totally. I'll listen to a song and 3/4 of the way through skip to the next. Or i buy an album and listen to three songs on it. But this album is one that I can basically listen to the whole thing! It's awesome! It has this crazy good mixture of upbeat songs, funky songs, moving songs and silly songs. You can hear Lauryn Hill on several of the tracks which is always a bonus with her powerhouse voice. The interludes are funny and they even feature a cover of a BeeGees song! I'm Barry F-in Gibb! How could you not love anything that is Wyclef Jean + Barry Gibb? The answer is that you could not not love it. The Carnival: because Wyclef Jean should not just be known for that Shakira song.

while you were appreciating the full use of your hamstrings

I went and saw a couple of movies last night. I paid for one and double featured the other which is the only way to do it. The first was The Ex which was very hilarious. Jason Bateman, whom I love, plays just a total jerk and Zach Braff plays Zach Braff and Amanda Peet plays...well, someone who doesn't quite fit into this movie. It was pretty funny. I should have seen it second so that I could have left with a good taste in my mouth.

I unfortunately saw Georgia Rule as my second movie. It was terrible. I feel like this was LLo's first opportunity to act in a real movie with a character with some depth, and she blew it. It didn't help that the writing was terrible and obviously the director could salvage anything, but LLo definitely cemented herself as a former child star. She was real cute in The Parent Trap, but simply can not act. Felicity Huffman not only annoys me, but she also overacted her way through the whole thing. And she had painful hair for the last 2/3 of the movie. Next: Jane Fonda. She was acting in a different movie. One that had more Golden Girls in it. And more cats. At the risk of boring you to death with my review here, I won't go into too much more. The movie was bogus. Bottom line.

In addition, my hamstrings are burning. PT killed me. Well, I killed myself, but there is no stretch in the world that is fixing this.

i forgot!

I also finally got my 2007 planner completed. I bought the necessary supplies while up in LA this weekend (visiting Katherine and hoping to see the Weepies) and was finally able to finish it. Of course four solid months will remain blank unless I go back and recreate a pretend schedule.

Yesterday, I finally finished a little project I've been planning for like 7 months. I made my own little paper ladder. Check it out below. (It is a little crooked--I need to work on the stability.)

I also, unfortunately, pranced around my apartment and took pictures of myself. Some were self timers and some were straight up hold the camera out in front of you shots.


I also went to Whole Foods and bought milk in a glass jar. I feel like I'm back in the 50's. I love it.

Tammi said it best:

Sometimes it feels so good to be hated. It's as though I have so much power over someone else to make them really angry with me.

Beautiful.

Anyway, tonight I took a little stroll down memory lane courtesy of FB. Well. Not really my memory lane, but the memory lane of other people that went there. And still go there. Basically, people I was not friends with and who were ugly and or gross. It was an ego boost. Knowing that I'm so much prettier and less annoying and less gross than a lot of those people makes me feel good about myself. I know that's bad. But, it's soo good. Sooo good.

Man, I started reading the book Wicked. I have to say that I can no longer send it on to my 13-year old sister. It is a little dirty. Who knew? Seriously! Those Munchkins have their heads in the gutters. Naughty.

So, oh my god, the person who had the 619 number before me apparently has mad debt. People are trying to collect from her L and R and I am going to freak out if I have to handle one more phone call and try to convince someone that I'm not lying and I'm really not that chick. I'm going to have bug eyes and the vein in my forehead will make a night of it. It's just not cool. For realsies!

So lately, I have been doing an inordinate amount of stalking. Seriously, I've probably googled/facebooked/myspaced you, if I know you. You and people I went to elementary school/ junior high/ high school with. Man, talk about memory lane. It's like...woah, I remember when that kid used to number his math notebook with roman numerals! Look, he's tall and drinks beer! Or, man, that girl turned out ugly! But I guess I was the girl who wore tshirts from places I had been on vacation...so...I guess I shouldn't talk too much smack.

i went to the frickin zoo

and it was awesome. please check out the picatures at my FLICKRRRRRRRRRR account. flaming o's!

poll: oompa loompas vs. munchkins

ok. i have spent a lot of time in thought. well, that's a lie. i don't spend a ton of time in thought. but, i have thought some about this: do i prefer munchkins or oompa loompas? i think oompa loompas have always been at the forefront for me. but, i think that's due to exposure. i have been exposed to oompa loompas more. i've watched charlie and the chocolate factory much more than the wizard of oz. but, due to my new borderline freakish obsession with Wicked, i've put munchkins on the front burner in my wee mind. and, i think i prefer munchkins. they have individual sense of style and personality. and they are cuter. and they are not creepy. and they do not look like they got an overdose at mystic tan. so, my poll: do you prefer munchkins or oompa loompas? and why?


visual reminders above, if you need them. i mean, how cute are those munchkins? love the colors!