Tell the DJ to turn it loud

Would. WOULD! Would. Would. Vom.

I am THE biggest sucker for boy bands/anything boy band related/pop group reunion tours, so obviously going to the New Kids On The Block reunion tour last night was one of the defining moments of my life. OBVIOUSLY. It could not have been better/more fun (unless it had ended with Jonathan Knight falling in love with me -- or they kicked ugly monkey face Danny out of the group)! And since I have been watching their song with Ne-Yo, "Single", on repeat for the last 2 hours at work, I figured I should share the wealth. Plus, the video is filmed inside Jet, the club I have been to many times at the Mirage in Las Vegas, so I am pretty sure them + me = Kindred spirits. ENJOY! And you can thank me later.

Pride

I know that I am not the only person who couldn't hold back the tears last night during the election coverage... Our country is finally proving to the ENTIRE world that we are not stupid people that thinks the universe revolves solely around us. I was reading many German, Swiss, and UK news sites today... it is phenomenal how excited even THEY are about what we accomplished. I am so proud of this country and the amount of people that got out to vote yesterday! We truly are a huge part of history and that is just incredible.
However, on a less cheery note, it really saddens me how many closet racists there are in this country -- especially the people in our generation! People who care more about Barack Obama's middle name over his policies and the state that our country is currently in. Or others only care about money, and the funny part about it is that a ton of the people I have seen complaining about that will be getting a tax break under the Democrats? It is 2008, ignorance is not cool? Along with that, Proposition 8 passing in California was a complete shock and really upsets me. Amazing couples (Ellen and Portia, PERFECT, for starters) are going to have this great union taken away from them because of pointless homophobia. With all of the progress we made yesterday as a nation, some people just continue to amaze me... put at least we are taking great steps in the right direction! :)

GO VOTE!

No matter who you are voting for, you HAVE to go out and vote today.
But remember, we want an American President who is for THE people, not just THEIR people.

And look! It appears even this idiot is voting Democrat...

They really need to get her a babysitter.

Pull another rabbit out of your hat

Since Cirque du Soleil's are ALWAYS amazing and Criss Angel's show, Mindfreak (while I am not a sUpErFaN), is always pretty crazy, we decided to go to the last night of the 'rehearsal' of this show in Las Vegas. I was really interested to see how the two worked together and NEVER would I ever have expected to be so incredibly disappointed by either a Cirque du Soleil or something Criss Angel (ok, minus the theme song for his show). But this show literally put me to sleep at least 7 times, and I was not the only one (I believe the man sitting on the other side of Lauren was napping too). Probably the only redeeming factor was that they served 32oz mixed drinks -- HUGE! Anyway, why did this show suck soo badly? First of all, I would say a good 85% of it was absolutely nothing. Him yapping about something dumb or some mimes doing weirdo mime things. Next, the "story" was not only stupid but it made NO sense. Besides that, the only "magic" he really did was "disappear" and "reappear" somewhere else... along with changing clothes really fast but due to flaws in their operation I am convinced that was done either with lights or some Criss Angel look-a-likes. And besides the Criss Angel bummmmout, there was literally NO Cirque du Soleil aspect to the production at all. When I (or anyone else) thinks of Cirque du Soleil I think of acrobats, contortionists, crazy round stage set ups (this was a standard theater stage)... and all that Believe had was a few elaborate costumes and flexible dancers. Basically, we would have been better off seeing any other Cirque du Soleil again (I would've been fine with seeing The Beatles' Love one for the third time) or some Criss Angel street magic. I feel bad for Luxor for signing this crap for a five year contract. Do nottt see!

Oh and one more thing... if I EVER have to see Criss Angel's boobs again I am going to gauge my eyes out.

Edit: This is a "response" Criss Angel had to all of the negative criticism as well as a bunch of people complaining who hated it just as much/more than me. I really don't understand how he thinks the only thing people have been complaining about is the fact that you can see the wires on the backs of the Cirque performers...

It's that time again...

Off to Sin City tomorrow. Couldn't come at a better time except I have approximately one thousand things to do before my flight tomorrow/I am going to be on the plane during the delayed continuance of the Phillies game (gah!). Friends, family, Criss Angel (lolz), gambling, shopping, spas, excessive amounts of drinking, the Grand Canyon?, oh and how could I forget...

HALLLLOWEEEEEINERRRR in Vegas V2.0! Can't wait to see a million Palin and Joker costumes (still mad there will be no Lauren Pilla as Heath Ledger as the Joker, but whatever).
Everyone be saaafe, have fun, don't have a lame cat costume, and most of all, eat as many of these as humanly possible.


And because I crack myself up oh so very much, you all should be aware that Greg Dobbs IS the new black:


Cole 'the Kitten' Hamels, Bane Victorino/Meerkat Victorino, Teddy Bear Howard, Jason 'Dragon' Werth and Pat Burrell as Ron Jeremy coming soon... LETS GO PHILLIES!

I know that the Obama 'HOPE' poster has been replicated everyyywhere, but I stole this one -- THE BEST ONE -- from my friend, Amanda:


And while we're on the subject of the most perfect and polite man in the entire world, somebody REALLY needs to get me this (for my birthday?!):

The Tim Gunn bobblehead would look so lovely next to my Sigmund 'Siggy' Freud action figure. And he EVEN says 'make it work' and 'carry on'! So it is extra easy for someone to gift this to me, you can buy it at the Official Bravo TV Store for only $24.95! Plleeeeeease?!

Nuggets of Wisdom

I looove Chelsea Handler. She is the only present day female comedian I do not want to punch in the stomach each and every time they open their mouth (any guess who I am referring to?). Oh, wait, I obviously love Ellen too... Anyway, Chuy is pretty incredible in this PSA as well:


OH and I couldn't find this video on YouTube but if you want to see Emile Hirsch doing what he does best (which is being incredibly attractive)/telling you to vote, then go here.