If Alex Won't Make a Post About Baby Mountain, I Will

The blog seems to have fallen on hard times recently. Alex has been busy with college, and for some reason I've been cooking complicated meals for just myself after I get off work every night. But enough of that. As the sign in the hallway at my office says, "No Excuses."
Last weekend H. and I went to OU for the premiere of Baby Mountain's third episode. 'Epi,' if you will (I won't). Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, we ate at O'Betty's, where we had delicious hot dogs (or soy dogs) and enjoyed the sexy scenery.

I promise I'm not turning this into my photo blog.
As you've no doubt seen on Facebook, Alex recently posted the Baby Mountain intro. As a girl that loves intros, I can honestly say it's one of the best I've ever seen. The only way it could be better is if it had an unnecessarily long montage of Balki coming to America or maybe Peter Scolari playing various sports in short shorts.

Baby Mountain Intro from Baby Mountain on Vimeo.

I am so, so proud beyond words of my little bro. He's doing such amazing, funny work and he never settles for less than his best. Oops, sorry, I think my grandma took hold of my keyboard and wrote that last part.
I am just fine with turning this into a Baby Mountain fan site. I can't wait for everyone to see the rest of this episode's sketches! My favorite involves an original song. It also let me know why Alex asked the question, "How do I make convincing afterbirth?" a few months ago.

Getting Real

I love Pete Yorn. There, I said it.
My BFF bought me his debut CD when we were, like, 16, and I kind of fell in love with it. It is definitely yuppie music, but I am not afraid of being a yuppie. Pete Yorn and Ben Kweller are coming to town next month, in what would be an epic double header for high-school-me. Actually, it's pretty exciting for now-me, too.
This was his first single (probably...I'm not going to look this up), and I used to hear it a lot on an MTV2 compilation Papa Winfrey bought and played in the car. You know how Papa Winfrey is...all about underground music and that Celtic Women CD.
Laugh all you want, but this is a solid song.

Summer Tunes

You guys, I can't wait for summer. All I can think about is sewing sundresses and then wearing those sundresses. These are songs I listened to a lot last summer, and they're getting me excited for warm weather. The Jenny and Johnny video for Big Wave is really excellent, and really creepy (in a Lost Highway sort of way)!

Valentine's Week!

In honor of Valentine's Week, I'm going to be posting about Things I Love. Alex is welcome to do the same. You could argue that is what we do on the blog all the time anyway, and you would be right. But let's get down to business.
I love documentaries, because I am a nerd and a voyeur. Nothing in the world is more interesting to me than how other people live their lives, and since other people will not let me in their homes to observe them, I'm forced to rely on documentaries. One of the best and strangest I've seen in awhile is I Think We're Alone Now.
I first learned about this fine film on Fourfour, which is (obviously) the best website. Rich does the best job of explaining the movie's allure, so I'm not really going to try to explain it too much here. Just know that it's about two people, Jeff and Kelly, who are obsessed with 80's pop sensation (and 2011 Syfy movie sensation) Tiffany. Even though her name is said repeatedly and her image is almost constantly on screen, this movie is not about Tiffany. Rich says it best:
This movie serves as an alternative to that shunning: it is the chance for these people to say their piece, to tell their stories without being interrupted by absence. Besides (and this, I think, is something that always stands): people are funny, period. Through nature, nurture and both working together, everyone's got their shit that makes them behave the way they do, and that behavior is, more times than not, amusing. You can enjoy it with a sense of endearment, not malice.
This movie was funny and heartbreaking. Even though there's the initial "Isn't this wacky?" angle, you'll really end up feeling Kelly and Jeff's loneliness and pain. And, really, is being obsessed with Tiffany really all that different from being obsessed with anything else?

Reviews of TV Shows I've Only Watched Parts Of

Skins (US) (about 30 minutes):
Like Degrassi, with more butts. I don't know what it is about this show that feels so Canadian, but even before I knew it was filmed in Canada, I was all, "Is this CANADA?" in disgust. Nothing against Canada, but I do not like being fooled! This show looks like Degrassi Junior High, but I LIKE Degrassi Junior High. Teenagers do a lot of drugs and have a lot of sex, but I am only interested in watching one of those things.

This Season of American Idol (about 30 minutes):
Steven Tyler is a gem, like some sort of wise, charitable Muppet.

The Woman with Giant Legs (about 30 minutes):
Alex and I watched this last weekend. This lady had giant legs and was deciding whether to amputate them. Given that the next show on was called Losing One of My Giant Legs, I think we know what she decided. This was really compelling, and she seemed really nice!

Holly's World (about 15 minutes):
I love Holly Madison, I don't care what you say. The part that I saw was all about how she was turning 32 and that was too old and then her gay best friend made out with some girl she hated and Holly was all, "Whaaaaaaaaat? :/" Then she found out Hugh Hefner was getting remarried and she was all, "Whaaaaaaat? :("

Kim and Kourtney Take New York (about 10 minutes):
Kourtney, I know everyone tells you this, but your boyfriend is such an asshole and also he looks like a murderer.

Sex and the City (probably about ten episodes over the course of my life):
What is the point of being married to Kyle Maclachlan if you can't even have sex with him?

NewVillager

Kerry and I saw this band when we went and saw Sunset Rubdown. That show was really weird, but I really enjoyed NewVillager. I feel like Kerry probably doesn't remember them that well (she was half asleep), but I've been listening to their song Rich Doors for a while. Apparently they have an album coming out soon, which I'm excited about! They seem like they deserve to get popular. They don't have a ton of music online right now, but this is a newer song of theirs which I really enjoy.

Hipsters

Wow. What is the deal? I don't know if any of you are still in college (just kidding, I know you're not still in college), but people love talking about hipsters like it's the year 2000. Seriously. They can't get enough of it. Talk about missing the boat. Jesus Christ. It's become that go-to joke that everyone one who isn't clever makes. The type of thing that is supposed to get a laugh just because you used the word.

That being said, I actually kind of liked this. Good job somebody.