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My buddy was on a flight out of Atlanta the other day with Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag. Obviously, being in the presence of such self-important people, my friend had to get a couple photographs. Spencer was a little finicky about having his picture taken so my buddy had to snap this shot of him on his way to the bathroom. Fortunately, though, Heidi was kind enough to sit down for this great photo-op on the right.
There are lots of things I miss about high school and college, but this ain’t one of ‘em.
The two-a-day practices in the 100 degree heat. The 2 mile runs in under 12 mins (that no one— outside of the team brown nose— ever made). The pretending like we really wanted to be there when all we wanted was to be home watching Saved By The Bell and eating Bagel Bites.
Loved the sport. Hated the preseasons.
I just drove by the 2009 High Point University soccer team training today and all I could think about was how happy I was to be heading home to the couch.
In a related story, my Bagel Bites will be ready in 5 minutes.
… anyone other than me wonder why these dudes, The Verve Pipe, were such massive duds?
Armed with a super affecting sound, they released one of the catchiest, most angsty ballads of the 90s, and then…
nothing.
They weren’t lying when they said they were merely freshmen. Freshmen with all the potential in the world who decided to drop out rather than graduate.
I’m still bummed about it.
… many of you weighed in on my post about your inevitable crushes on Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez. And, just as I imagined, I was right: almost all of you were pitter-patter over homeboy and his PF Flyers.
So, I’m now taking it one step further.
Here’s my new premise: If you had a crush on Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, then you also had a crush on these two mini-studs, here:
(1) Junior Floyd from Little Giants (every girl was obsessed with this cat. Admit it: you were so into him you didn’t want Icebox to have him because you wanted him for yourself), and
(2) Jonathan Taylor Thomas (long before girls panted over “JT”, they panted for “JTT”. This kid was such a little rockstar that very few people even remember his Tool Time character’s name: Randy Taylor).
So here’s my new question, ladies of the late 80s/early 90s… Who was the most crush worthy character of your formitive years:
1) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez
2) Junior Floyd
3) Randy Taylor
My money is still on Benny The Jet, but I got a hunch this one could go in any direction…
…. on which one of these is the most pointless activity in the world:
(1) Curling, wherein a group of numnuts frantically brush an ice rink in hopes of stopping a puck in a specific area, or
(2) Synchronized swimming, wherein, well, …I honestly dont even know what happens. Something about an interpretive dance being conducted underwater.
Both of these are Olympic Sports. And I can’t decide which one is more ridiculous. Might you weigh in?
… a model eating it on the runway while news anchors double over in laughter? (See post: “This” from 8/20)
A: a model falling off the runway into a swimming pool.
Prepare to laugh. Hard.
… Little Debbie brownies still beat the hell out of Creme Brulee or Chocolate Souffle any day of the week.
We’ve all seen the Youtube clip of this Scottish woman, Susan Boyle, bringing down the house with her rendition of I Dreamed A Dream on Britain’s Got Talent. Her everywoman story became such a sensation that— virtually overnight— Boyle was everywhere we looked. And now it appears they are going to make a movie about her life.
So then, who have they tapped to play Boyle?
Robin Williams.
I swear I’m not making this up. For some reason, studio execs apparently think that hiring an actual woman to play Boyle is such a bad idea that they’ve instead decided to bring in Euphagenia Doubtfire.
Now, this is a slap in the face.
I don’t care what Boyle might say about it to reporters: this is a bummer. And not something one is just “okay” with.
From what I gather, the whole premise of the movie is to chronicle Boyle’s triumphant rise and highlight the difficult things she has had to overcome in her life.
Oh really? Such as having Patch Adams portray her in a movie even though Meryl Streep was interested in the role?
My heart goes out to you, Boyle. You deserve better.
