I can't sleep.

And I am very excited about tonight.

Only 21 hours to go...

Fill in the blank...

Dear Michelley:

You make me __________.
You should _________.
Someday I will ________.
You = __________.
If I saw you now I'd ____________.
I would build a _________ just for you.
I would get your name tattooed on my ____________.
If I could sing you any song it would be ___________.
We could drink ____________ under the stars.
My love for you is like that of ______________.

Love,
_________________

(P.S. _____________________.)


REPOST THIS WITH DEAR ______ (YOUR NAME) AND HAVE PEOPLE MESSAGE YOU FILLING IN THE BLANK<33

 As a caveat, I am not an Oprah basher, I dont watch her show and sure, I get pissed when I go to buy a book and it has the Oprah Book club Pick sticker on it (which I promptly remove). But, it has little to do with her, and more to do with the lame-asses that only read stories that some bitch tells them to. I mean, come on

Anyway, with that out of the way - I was perusing through tv channels last night looking for something mundane that I would not pay too much attention to so I could finish my homework and I came across the Larry king Show. They mentioned the book A Million Little Pieces by James Frey and his grueling guest spot on Oprah earlier that day. I watched in horror and amazement as she practically ripped this guy to shreds. It just seems so, um, inane I guess. Seriously!

I cannot comprehend why Oprah felt compelled to rebuke James Frey on national television with such veracity and outright disgust. I certainly understand that she was embarrassed and disappointed, but a little blurb at the beginning of the show stating she regretted defending him on the Larry King show two weeks ago and apologizing to her viewers for recommending the book (even though she was not aware of the discrepancies) would have sufficed. It would have been the more practical solution. I fail to see why it was necessary to lynch the poor man on her show in front of her millions of followers/viewers. She was clearly upset and not handling it with any form of tact or diplomacy; she essentially ganged up on him with experts and insinuated some crazy shit that I do not know how she could have possibly extrapolated from the facts. Essentially she brutally humiliated this man to save face. James Frey had already publicly acknowledged fabricating parts of the novel and been under attack on Larry King.

In all of this I have to wonder, did this stem from some sort of publicity stunt to sell more books? I know if I did not already have the book, I would have run out to buy it and see what all the controversy is about. Honestly, this supposedly came from the Smoking Gun wanting to post a mug shot of him because they thought it was be amusing given that fact that he claimed to have been arrested 12 or 13 times. When they did not readily find anything, they researched it further. That sounds a tad suspicious to me. Perhaps his publicist knew all along, and when sales started slowing down leaked the story and created the media frenzy we are currently experiencing. Hell, maybe Oprah is in on it too and what we witnessed yesterday was all a shame so she could get cut in on all the profits. ;) Sure, I am joking, but I have to wonder about the wisdom of her being pissed that she helped this guy make so much money by duping her viewers into buying the book, and then turned around and gave him even more publicity. We all know that negative publicity often creates greater results.

I know the man embellished, or to use a less euphemistic term lied. But the truth of the matter is, his book is still good. I just started reading it this weekend, but it is great so far. The book was already a bestseller before Oprah got her hands on it. Why is it that simply because parts of it were fabricated, the book loses all of its intrinsic value?
On Larry King last night, they had a literary critic on and he defended Frey by stating it was touted as a memoir and memoirs are subjective accounts of events. Obviously the author went way beyond slightly embellishing or fabricating a bit here and there, but it is not like it said in big ass bold letters on the front of the book THIS ENTIRE FUCKING BOOK IS ABSOLUTELY, UNEQUIVOCALLY FACTUAL AND THE HONEST TO GOD TRUTH. Maybe I am nave, but Autobiography to me represents a more fact based account of ones life while Memoir implies a more embellished account.

I do understand people being offended, but outraged?

Am I the only one that thinks this whole thing is ludicrous?

While I feel for the poor guy and think this whole thing is ridiculous and going way too far, that does not mean I wont laugh at all the hilarity being created at his expense. I thought this was great.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44479

There are numerous “get to know you” meme thingees circulating at the moment. I feel that musical taste is a great indicator of someone’s personality, state of mind, compatibility potential, etc. This morning on 94.9 the dj put his iPod on shuffle and played it on the air. It got me thinking about music as a gauge of what people really are like. I turned my iPod to shuffle this morning and was amazed at just how diverse and eclectic my musical taste is.

So, those of you with iPods or Winamp that can shuffle songs, write down 10-30 (or whatever) of the songs that pop up and let us all get to know the “real” you. And no cheating!

I will hopefully be out tonight – I wanna see my friends!!!!!!! Especially my Michelley and Chris!!!!

Here are my songs:

Infam ~ Infernal

Bauhaus ~ Ziggy Stardust

The Pogues ~ USA

Sasha ~ Cloud Cuckcoo

Evil Nine ~ For Lovers Not Fighters

Massive Attack ~ Butterfly Caught

DeVision ~ Like the Sun

Ladytron ~ Highrise

Aesop Rock ~ Frijoles

Ellen Alien ~ Magma

The Faint ~ Glass Danse

Conjure One ~ Center of the Sun

Ulrich Schnauss ~ Clear Day

Pzychobitch ~ Breakdown

Goldfrapp ~ Tiptoe

BT ~ The Hip Hop Phenomenon

Die Form ~ Mask of Noise

Swayzack ~ Another Way

Deltron ~ Virus

The Servant ~ Beautiful thing

Fisherspooner ~ Tone Poem

Sex Beat ~ Sex Beat

Antony & the Johnsons ~ What can I Do?

Haujobb ~ Cleaned Vision

Slowdive ~ Sing

Leftfield ~ Africa Shox

Just so he knows that I am payng attention, and because it is funny as hell...

*11 Unspoken rules of Myspace*

1. If you're ugly, stop acting like you don't know it. The captions under you picture that says "top model pose" doesn't convince anyone.


2. To the people who have like 25,098 friends, are you serious? Nobody in this universe has that many friends. You're stupid. Go kill yourself.


3. Don't ever post pictures and say "OMG, I'm so ugly" because if you were, you wouldn't post them.


4. Nobody cares about threats over the internet. Don't try to act hardcore with the keyboard. Fighting online is like racing in the special olympics; even if you win, you're still retarded.


5. Making 20 bulletins a day about how you have new pictures and begging people to comment on them is pathetic. Make the bulletin once if you have to, and those who actually care about you will comment on your pics.


6. If all your pictures look the same, don't post them all. Please put some variety in your pics. Nobody wants to see your face 8 different ways.


7. Who really gives a rat's ass if I don't accept you as a friend? MOVE ON. Don't send me another request or message asking "what's up with you not adding me?" I don't want you as a friend; that's what's up!


8. Little 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who have MySpace and look like sluts, go somewhere else because nobody wants you here.


9. If you have decided to read this, you are a true MySpace Friend. Real friends read their bulletins.


10. I say you go and pass this on and maybe it will finally get through people's brains (if they have them).


11. And if you open a bulletin and it says something like "you will die in 10 days if you dont repost this," IT'S NOT REAL! QUIT BEING A FUCKING BABY!


This is a test to see how many people in your friends list
actually pay attention to you.


Copy and repost in your own bulletin as "11 UNSPOKEN RULES OF MYSPACE"

I missed out on seeing everyone Saturday, pooh! But, my girlie needed me, so we stayed home and got snuggly and watched movies. B certainly had fun, when I spoke to him Sunday afternoon, he was still pretty faded. Luckily I had some free time and got to spend it with him being cuddly and squishy on the couch, which is just what I needed after my insanely stressful week. :)

Is anything going on this weekend? I never know when the clubs are on or off any more. I need to go have a diversion (if my girl is feeling better). I want to see my friends!!!

Back to homework...paper on current consumption trends and price elasticity for Micro-Economics. Bleah!

Deacde tonight at the Zombie Lounge...

Last month, everyone that came out for the opening  night resoundingly praised the club (the music, the venue, the vibe, the cheap drinks and the hot bartenders).  

Decade is unequivocally the best 80's club in San Diego!!!

Sure, presumably some misguided people might think that my raving and excitment is some sort of misguided exploitation given the fact that my best friend and my boyfriend are responsible for Decade. But, I assure you that is not the case. Decade simply kicks ass! Not since Luminal have I been this excited about going out, knowing I will spend most of the night on the dancefloor and catching up with old friends.

Come see what all the buzz is about....

Okay, so I finally got an account, I had absolutely no idea that so many of my friends were on here. Damn! So, um, hi!!!

Now on to business...

Don't forget, DECADE THIS WEEKEND! Be there or miss out, the last one was off the hook, most fun I have had in ages!!! Zombie Lounge January 7th! Fun!

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