Soppho

xkcd always has something brilliant to say on the matter.

Y Chromosome pulls a light colored strand from his shirt.

Me: Your other girlfriend’s hair, I presume?

Y Chrome: It’s not hair. I think it’s a fiber.

Me: Riiiiight. I believe you. What’s her name?

Y Chrome: Polly-Esther Rayon.

Me: A southern woman, hm? I should have known.

When I first heard Ida Maria’s “I like you so much better when you’re naked,” I predicted it was going to catch on like some sort of burning bush (pun sort of maybe intended?). But then Lady Gaga hit and, really, who the hell can compete with dresses made out of Muppets and hair bows composed of actual hair? I know I can’t, try as I might (For the record, razor sunglasses are not a good substitute for contact lenses. My corneas do the work so you don’t have to.). Still, this song is catchy, quirky, and the video reminds me of a slightly dirtier version of the opening to Saved by the Bell, which I definitely never watched every Saturday morning when they played two episodes back-to-back, nuh-uh, no way, no sir, not me.

While we were watching t.v. last night, a commercial featuring Laura Bush came on.

Me: Oh, come on now, Laura. I can clearly see your eyes moving back and forth as you’re reading from the teleprompter.

Y Chrome: Isn’t she a literacy advocate? Isn’t that what she’s pushing—reading to your children? She’s reading!  It’s not “recite from memory to your children.”

Me: <blink>

Y Chrome: Anyway, we don’t know that she’s actually reading. She could just be shifty-eyed. She knows first-hand what happens when you don’t read to your children.

Me: <blink>

Y Chrome: …

Me: It’s like talking to myself, only with less swearing.

Maybe this is why his grandmother doesn’t want him dating a Yankee.

This is The Watson Twins’ excellent cover of The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven,”  with the added bonus that this video was made at Charlottesville’s very best radio station, WNRN.

And if I haven’t succeeded in appealing to your musical tastes…LOOK, TWINS!!