Things That I Love Right Now

In no apparent order:

1) Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns).


This book is hilarious. It's short, a quick read, but it's non-stop laughs. I am 100% without a doubt sure that MK and I would be the best of friends were we ever to meet in real life. You know, at some point during my rise to fame. She writes in the exact same tone that I would write my own memoirs in. She makes tons of pop-culture references. Aside from the fact that she is Indian and went to Dartmouth and is super successful, we could be the same person, with the same life stories. It was great to read my own memoir without the hassle of writing it all down. As a side note, I also recommend following her on twitter, @mindykaling.

2) Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Red DahliaBurt's Bees is one of those brands that is all trendy, and has cute packaging, and I always have the highest expectations, but the products themselves always fall short. Their tinted lip balm, however, has proven to be an exception. I typically am not a huge fan of Burt's Bees lip balm, because it's like rubbing a candle across your lips. Their peppermint-y lip balm is WAY to peppermint-y, and the pomegranate lip balm doesn't taste like pomegranate, but it does taste gross and weird. This tinted lip balm, however, goes on smooth as silk. It doesn't really have a discernible taste, but that's not really important unless it tastes awful. I love the red dahlia color, it's exactly the lip shade I was looking for this season. My only complaint is that I wish it had a leeeeettle more color. My first test application was a little underwhelming, but since I typically slather on lip balm like it's spackle, the color comes across after a few coats.

3) Happy Endings


This show is not brand new, per se. It was a mid-season replacement last year. But it is so fucking great, the thought of every single person that I love not watching it is unacceptable. This show...is so ridonkulously funny. Every episode. Every character. Seriously. Normally, there is at least one character that I dislike on any sitcom. I always find myself bored or annoyed during that character's scenes. But that is not the case on this show. I love everyone. I have tried to dislike different characters. Instinct told me to hate Alex, because she broke Dave's heart in the pilot, but also because she's played by Elisha Cuthbert, who was a real bitch as Jack Bauer's daughter on 24, and a real slut in The Girl Next Door (I think, I've never actually seen the movie.) But I just couldn't do it. I love her, she's great. And of course Max and Penny are my favorite characters, because they're everyone's favorite characters. Of course I have a big gay crush on Max. Well, I guess it's not a big gay crush, because he is a guy and I am a gal. I have a big crush on Big Gay Max, how about that? He's basically my perfect man, except for the whole liking guys thing. Story of my life. Well, except for the guy I love being gay thing. More so the guy I like not liking me thing. But that's a different story for a different day. WATCH THIS SHOW! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WATCH IT! WEDNESDAYS AT 9:30 ON ABC!

4) Curves

I know, I know, I'm an old lady. It's awful. But listen, it's the only gym in Camden. The only gym for miiiiiiiiles around! And it's quick, just a half an hour: in, out, wham bam thank you ma'am. It's it's a lot more....my speed. When I have gone to normal gyms in the past, they just kind of throw you to the wolves and let you do your own thing. And even though I know how to use the machines, I like someone to tell me just what each machine is working, and to point my toes when doing this, and hold this position here, etc. And I don't have to worry about how many reps to do, or how much weight to use, because you get 30 seconds on each machine, and the resistance automatically adjusts depending on your speed/strength/ability.

It's also been good, because the last few months I have been a miserable life-hating slob, and starting Nov. 1st, I've been getting up bright and early, going to Curves, and starting my day off on an accomplish-y note. So who cares if it's just me and the old ladies. Hopefully I'll be the super slim and sexy in a short while, and then I'll be able to hang out with young people again.

5) Damian McGinty on Glee


You, this never happens. I never like anything or anyone popular, and if I eventually come around to it, it's like months or years after it's actually become popular. Usually, by then, the popularity has faded. Anyway, newcomer Damian McGinty's debut on Glee is another case entirely. Once upon a time, I fell in love with a little Irish singing group called Celtic Thunder. Not my finest hour, I'll admit, but I am a sucker for musical foreigners with unintelligible accents. When I heard that Wee Little Damian McGinty, who, as a teeny tiny Gerber-baby-looking 14 year old, sang Puppy Love as part of the Celtic Thunder Show, was going to be on something called the Glee Project, trying to get on Glee, I knew I would have to watch. I expected him to make it to, like, episode 2, before everyone would realize that he is impossible to understand, a terrible dancer, and sounds weird when he tries to sing current popular music. Well imagine my surprise when Wee Damian emerged victorious. And now he's playing Rory O'McFlannigan, or something like that, basically the most blatant Irish stereotype, short of actually being a midget in a leprachaun suit. He wears green in every episode. He has fought for U2's honor. He has a pompadour, which is not really anything to do with Ireland, but is pretty inexplicable all the same. He is just as unintelligible as he's always been. But I am just so...tickled everytime he is onscreen! It brings me a sick kind of joy. I'm proud of him. I'm happy for his success. I wonder if other, non-biased people are fans of his as well.

Did you notice that with each item, I wrote a longer and longer commentary? I wonder if that would have changed, had I put them in a different order initially. Huh. I guess we'll never know.