The Jerk

So Steve Martin apparently JUST got married. Intrigued to see if IMDB had caught on and updated it's profile of him, I looked. And it hadn't. But then I read some of his quotes. And they're HILARIOUS. So here is part of my post devoted to he who is Steve Martin:

"It's very hard being one of the most beautiful people. Having this kind of beauty is actually a burden. Sometimes I go to a party and not one of the other 49 most beautiful people is there. That makes me feel very solitary and alone, because it means I am the most beautiful person in the room. If I'm going to a party where I know there will be 'less-beautiful people,' I try to 'dress down' in order to hide my beauty. But this seems to have a counter-effect of actually making me more beautiful. I guess me and dungarees are a pretty potent combination. I try not to lord my beauty over others. This is very hard. I try not to mention that I am one of the most beautiful people, but somehow it always comes out. I will usually only bring it up when I'm asked to do a task, like open a garage door. People seem to enjoy my beauty and are genuinely happy for me, because after I mention it they always say, 'How nice for you.'" -- From People Magazine, 20 May 2003, in which Martin was listed as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People.

"There's a big difference between the National Book Awards and the Academy Awards. At the Academy Awards you can feel the greed and envy and ego. Whereas the National Book Awards are in New York."

"I believe that sex is the most beautiful, natural, and wholesome thing that money can buy."

(While hosting The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001) (TV)) "And now, I'm pleased to introduce the star of the film 'Gladiator,' and a man I like to call a close, personal friend, but he told me not to..."

"I wrote a novel this year called 'Shop Girl,' and several producers came to me and wanted to turn it into a movie. And I said, "If you think you're going to take this book and change it around, and Hollywoodize it and change the ending... that's going to cost you."

"All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work."

How is he not everyone's favorite? Oh that's right. Because he was in a string of crap movies like Bringing Down the House. At least we have movies like the Three Amigos (which he did his own lasso work for! How cool is that?), Parent Hood (my favorite of his), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Whew!

So this is just me. But I think my Dad resembles a cross between Steve Martin and Kiefer Sutherland. With just a TOUCH of Randy Newman thrown in. Here we go:

So I need to get a better picture of my Dad. The best ones are probably actually the ones where he photoshopped his face onto famous people. There's a great expression on his face where you get where I took the resemblances from. Anyway. Life is good. Shawn's back. Life is REAL good.

Music that cares

After a brief hiatus from writing for my infamously beneficial blogspot (replete with advantages), I have been yelled at, assaulted (and it was not always welcomed!), defamed, slandered, and even blasphemed as methods to encourage me to continue! I KNOW! Anyway, that was dumb. I'm sorry. Life has been good lately. Except Shawn ditched me to go with his family to Nauvoo. The thoughtlessness. It's been a nice two weeks since the last time I wrote. Some happenings, occurrences, situations and events:
1. My coworker had her baby. Named her Aria. 6 lbs 13 oz. Just like Kyle. Sometime around now (my mind has gone blank as to the actual date. Sorry Amber!) My BF since I was in kindergarten (well, technically we reached BF status in the second grade, but never mind) had a baby as well. Named her Kate. 6 lbs, 13 oz. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? They both look like their mums. It's really cute. Anyway, with my coworker Krista gone, that means I'm officially screwed. I've already had to ask her who a package was for, and where a stupid ordering sheet was via an E-mail. Something that will probably be a daily occurrence for the next several months, especially since I'm now the official financial secretary, and not just the financial secretary in training. Gross. Although it does give me tingles to have TWO file boxes to my name, and not just one. How very professional and important of me.

2. I've had an incessant ringing in my ears for the past few days. But not just ANY ringing. It sounds just like my cell phone ring, which is not what you would expect. So I constantly (CONSTANTLY!) think someone is trying to call, and am always disappointed to see that no one has. Not only do I not have any friends, but it's rubbed in my face. I think it's about time to change the ring tone. It's like having a bad song stuck in your head, but a billion times worse. ARGH!!! Am I going crazy? Probably. Yes, I am allowed to answer my own rhetorical questions.

3. I watched Care Bears the other day. It's been a long time. Okay, so this is way exciting. CAROLE KING DID THE THEME SONG AND JOHN SEBASTIAN DID THE REST!!!!! Um, WOW. Talk about my two favorite singer/songwriters since I was like twelve! Okay, for those of you not too acquainted with the golden oldies era, Carole King was known for writing: You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman), You've got a Friend, and Where you Lead (the theme to Gilmore Girls, although decades older than the show); John Sebastian was the basic frontman and brains behind THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL! YEAH! Songs of theirs (or just his), include the theme to Welcome Back Kotter, Do you Believe in Magic, Summer in the City, Did you Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind, and Daydream. Yeah. Words cannot describe how much I love these two. No, not like that Shawn. I don't even know what John Sebastian LOOKS LIKE. My favorites for both are probably Home Again for Carole King, and Darling Be Home Soon or Rain on the Roof for John Sebastian. Yeah, those last two are WAY corny, but I just can't help myself. And the Care Bear songs... well I loved the theme, and maybe one of the songs in it is kinda cute, but the rest I think I'd have to be somewhere between the ages of 2-10 to enjoy. Growing up, I think I liked the second Care Bears movie more. I had a HUGE ten yr old crush on the red head in it. Dark Heart was his name. I'm just grateful I got my bad-boy phase out of the way so early and painlessly. Anyway, this was back in the day when you couldn't illegally download movies, you had to wait and tape them off of the TV if you didn't want to fork out the bucks to purchase it. I think Whole Wide World and My Brilliant Career were also on the same tape. Isn't my mom cute? Anyway, I loved LOVED the Canadian accents in the cartoon. I didn't recall THAT growing up. I'm SOE-REE! Gets me every time.

4. Harry Potter came out. Shawn and I read it together (to the disgust of my sister apparently. She said that was SO BYU. Eat bleach--it was either that or shell out 30 bucks to buy my own copy. And I'm not going to own the 7th book and not the preceding six. So yeah. Anyway, thanks Shawn for letting me do that, it was kind of a pain--neck/back/body-positioning-wise, since it's not the most natural thing in the world to read slightly crooked like that so someone else can read with you. I thought it was really sweet anyway). Didn't care much for the last chapter, but all in all I thought it a truly most excellent book. Where does she come up with this stuff? We attended the Harry Potter party, too at BYU. Yeah, um... nothing short of Shawn's little brother competing to win best costume could convince me to go to something like that. He won first prize as Ron wearing his frilly dress robes (lace sewn to a bathrobe done by Annalisa, and a mullet-wig provided by Brady), which came with the book, the audiobook and a journal or something. Yeah. I think it was all worth over a hundred dollars. WHY DIDN'T I DRESS UP? Oh, that's right. Because I'm NOT TEN. OR ELEVEN. ONE OF THOSE. Although, I must admit, dressing up can be fun.

Anyway, I think that's about it. Just working, reading, arting, and pining for Shawniggins now that he's gone. Gets the job done.

The Easter Bunny Hates YOU

This is a lot funnier than it should be. And probably a lot funnier to me than to you. Things just happen that way.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6787989565772063092&q=bad+easter+bunny&hl=en

Enjoy! I only watched about half of it, but I was cracking up the whole time.

Y hug?

This is Shawn taking a picture for me. Isn't it sweet how he make such an effort to look nice for the camera? Aw. Say it with me. Aw.

Three spiders, all the same kind, very large, and all on the walls downstairs=I know what I'll be doing tonight. I hope there's enough space in the vacuum cleaner. And that they'll all kill each other, if they make it through to the bag alive. Faith.