random shit

my brain is a bit addled from running outside in the 100 degree weather a lot lately, so forgive my scattershot thoughts.

(1) is it 100% wrong that since hayden panettiere turned 18 today, she is about to be added to my top five list?  i haven't made up my mind yet if that is too creepy, so prior to her inclusion, my list looks like this (in no particular order):

- charlize theron

- jennifer connelly

- scarlett johansson

- jessica alba

- eliza dushku

if hayden does make her way on the list, she'd bump eliza.  however, i fear her (hayden's) window of hotness is small, which is one of the criteria in being on the list.  one's hotness must be sustainable.  hayden could easily be the next lindsay "cokewhore" lohan or britney "swamp trash" spears if she's not careful.

(2) one thing i'm fucking sick of hearing is regular people talking about when an album is going to "drop".  shut the fuck up, mr. (or mrs., or miss, or even ms.) too-cool-for-school.  unless you're actually in the record business, albums don't "drop", they're released or even "come out".  p diddy, you're not. 

this is actually a smaller symptom of a larger pretentious trend of trying to sound cool by assuming the lingo of a "cool" group or, in this case, an entire industry.  a lot of times you'll hear guys refer to thousand dollar increments of cash as "large" after they watch a mob movie or the sopranos.  e.g. "i just lost five large on the yankee game when a-rod booted that grounder in the 9th".  hey lucky luciano, you're not fooling anyone; you'd probably piss yourself and faint if you watched some guy get his thumbs broken.

(3)  at my place of work, we have business casual dress.  can anyone explain to me how bright blue capri pants and flip flops = business casual?  here's a quick check for you; if you could wear your clothes to a scrapbooking party (event?  gathering?) or not feel overdressed at walmart, it's probably not work appropriate, even using the most flexible definition of business casual.

Comments

[Beth Gore Rasmussen]

A. As always, you're a riot.

B. WTF is your obsession with women and aesthetics? Didn't ANYONE ever tell you that "beauty is only skin deep" or "beauty is in the eye of the beholder?" EIGHTEEN? Are you fucking SERIOUS?! You're like a pedophile in the makings!!! She'll make you're top 5 and you'll make America's top 10 - and that's all I have to say about that!

C. A guy friend of mine told me that he HATES it when girls wear capris that it makes their ankles look like what he calls "cankles" and I haven't worn a pair since!

Just a little useless info to add to your RANDOM SHIT!!! (o=

[Jeff]

First off, I like your top five. I've never given it much thought myself, but I dig your idea of longevity. Megan Fox would probably not make my top five for that very reason.

I almost ranted about the "business casual" bit on my own...It's good to see someone carrying the torch. The guys here seem to be held to a much higher standard than the women for some reason. I've seen some women here who look like they're going to a 4th of damn July celebration or something.

Speaking of albums dropping, I listened to UGK's new album yesterday. I downloaded it because I remember really loving that 'Tell Me Something Good' song back in the day. The new album is actually very good (they've been on every damn rap album since Pimp C was released from prison, so it's no surprise), but it seems like the rap industry is running out of similes. Maybe they should resort to some other literary device like alliteration or onomatopoeia (or some other torturous shit that dictator Mrs. Slater forced upon me in high school). They use the same Mick Jagger/rolling stone bit in two different tracks within the first half of the record. They also mention Dick Cheney at least 50 times.

Sorry, I went on a bit of a rant there...I will probably steal some of this for my own blog, because I'm lazy like that. Oh, and how come I can't format text in the comments here (i.e. italics, bold, links)?

[hannah]

People in the record business don't say "drop" anymore. They say "street." Which is especially funny when it is used in sentences like "Everything will calm down once Fogerty streets."

[emeka]

LMAO @ the buisness casual. Its fucking crazy what some of these fools get away with. Ive even seen managers or directors wear flip flops like theyre goin to the beach. Fucking ridiculous. Good post!