I am Utterly Obsessed with HBO's New Series Big Love But Was Unable to Seamlessly Weave That Into This Mess of an Entry
March 24, 2006
amalah: my readers wanted me to pass this article on to you.
jason: heh. funny.
jason: wait, why did people want me to read that?
amalah: *realizes he doesn't know she posted the story about leaving noah in the car that time*
amalah: um. no reason. crazy internet people, is all.
Also does not read this site. Will one day send me a cease & desist order regarding the Non-Stop Discussion of His Bodily Functions.
Is anyone out there brave enough to use the iPod shuffle mode in their car when they have passengers? Because I am not.
When I'm alone, the playlist is bound to be some kind of awesome Davie Bowie/Modest Mouse/Ben Folds combination, but I'm positive that if a friend or coworker is in the car it'll be all William Shatner/Iron Maiden/Chumbawamba* and there's just NO EXPLAINING THAT. It's like having Tivo -- you can no longer claim to have just STUMBLED on Flavor of Love or Jerry Springer because there was nothing else on. Bad music does not just leap onto your iPod, even when you're drunk on iTunes. You still make the choice that you would like to pay 99 cents for some Britney Spears, and it's a choice that sobers up the best of us.
The only thing I think I could get away with was claiming I'd accidentally taken Jason's iPod instead. Whoops! That husband of mine! With his crappy music! I'm telling the Internet! He'll never know!
*This is not to say that I actually have any of these artists on my iPod. Not at all.
**Okay, I will cop to the William Shatner. William Shatner is on my iPod and I enjoy him immensely and even non-ironically. This does not mean I am a nerd.
***What does make me a nerd is the fact that I ENJOY STAYING HOME ON FRIDAY NIGHTS TO WATCH BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. THERE. I SAID IT.
****That felt good to admit, actually. Am glad we had this chat.
*****Although if anyone asks, Jason is the one who set up the Tivo season pass and therefore, it's his fault.
Is not a human/Cylon hybrid, at least not as far as we can tell.
STUPID THINGS I HAVE DONE RECENTLY:
1. Took sip of beverage through a straw right as the elevator stopped on my floor with a not-so-gentle jolt, sent straw piercing through the soft flesh of the roof of my mouth, made loud gagging sound in front of four people I do not know.
2. Missed the deadline for applying to be on season 10 of the Amazing Race. Fuckity.
3. Bought a box of Girl Scout cookies before 10 am, consumed 3/4 of said box before 11 am.
Yes, I know this looks just like the other picture I posted but COME ON. There are also about 47 others in this series, so honestly, so I'd count yourselves lucky that I'm stopping with two.
THE FOLLOWING PHOTO ESSAY CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
I came home yesterday to a rather horrific scene.
The trail of polyester stuffing began in the foyer. I immediately realized that somewhere in the house, a toy was suffering. Was I too late?
The floors are always pretty dusty, but even I knew this was excessive.
The carnage continued. My hopes sank.
OH THE HUMANITY!
That's Puppy. Max's Puppy. Max has had Puppy all his life, and likes to carry him around by the neck while Max sings him a song, which used to be the most preciousest thing you'd ever seen until you saw every picture of Noah ever taken.
Puppy used to look like this. Now Puppy has no neck, eyeballs or innards.
Ceiba swore she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and had nothing to do with the massacre.
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as the perfect crime.
Okay! Three! I will stop at three. But see his outfit? How he looks like a little jailbird? So it fits in with the whole Crime & Punishment theme I had going there? Like...Noah went to...jail? Like...ha...ha? Stuffed animal murder is funny? No?
Fine. Frack you then.
I'm with you on the Big Love issue. I can't get enough, and OnDemand Cable has episode 3! Before it airs! I'm in heaven.
Posted by: Jamie | March 24, 2006 at 11:42 AM
My tiny dog has lots of beloved toys that look just like Puppy does now. It's his way of showing them that he cares. Also that he's evile.
Posted by: Jess | March 24, 2006 at 11:42 AM
Not like you don't already know this, but Noah might be the cutest child EVER.
...definitely digging Big Love too. Behind an episode and a half though. Praise On Demand (leaves all kinds of extra room on TiVo for shows whose names I refuse to reveal).
Posted by: Neena | March 24, 2006 at 11:43 AM
oh GOD.
i have seen many a massacre such as this at my house. and also? i know that kitty sing-song you are referring to. my kitty has a crinkly-noise heart that he carries around in his mouth singing to. aw.
my GOD ceiba! what has become of you?!?
Posted by: Sarcomical | March 24, 2006 at 11:43 AM
Is it me or is Noah's hair suddenly growing much more quickly? Love it! Um, yeah, my husband doesn't read my blog either, but it could be because I offended him (and his family) in my first post. Jason is missin' out!
Posted by: HollowSquirrel | March 24, 2006 at 11:44 AM
We came home to multiple houseplants knocked down and soil scattered all over the place.
The actions of the cat responsible for said mess freaked out the rabbits, who then destroyed the inside of their cage. Which doesn't sound so bad, except their cage is ginormous.
I guess I should be glad none of my pets have stuffed animals to be murdered, though.
Posted by: Amytoo | March 24, 2006 at 11:44 AM
P.S. Driving to dinner last night with my iPod on shuffle and Boys II Men comes on. So embarrassing! I feel your pain.
P.P.S. WILLIAM SHATNER?? And to think I had so much respect and admiration for you!
Posted by: Neena | March 24, 2006 at 11:45 AM
I love the bit of fur sticking out of Ceiba's mouth. Too funny. I have not yet gotten to watch Big Love because we are on a "budget" (also known as torture) and do not have HBO at the moment. I am totally having it reinstated when I get pregnant though. I told my husband that I will be less moody if I have constant entertainment. He fell for it.
All that was to say that I'm going to have to wait for Big Love Season 1 DVD to see the series and will be far behind the current coolness curve by that time.
Posted by: Jessie | March 24, 2006 at 11:45 AM
The piece of fuzz on the side of Ceiba's mouth is priceless!!
Posted by: emma | March 24, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Everyone thinks I'm weird anyway, so Shuffle it is. And I love you for the William Shatner. Did you draw a chalk outline around Puppy's body??
Posted by: Bozoette Mary | March 24, 2006 at 11:47 AM
OMG! You love Flava of Love too? Dont you want to know where the hell they found the "women" the biggest whores ever... and how did they tell them "dont worry your Mom and Grandma will never see it, go ahead wear that headband as a skirt, flav' will luv it" Whats up with New York, she thinks Flav is attractive becuse she NEVER OPENS her eyes... I must stop. Could go on all day.
Love that there is stuffing in Ceibas mouth in that lost shot! Poor Max, I hope he dosen't miss him to terribly.
Posted by: Christina | March 24, 2006 at 11:48 AM
I would like to clarify that it's the William Shatner album "Has Been" that was produced by Ben Folds and actaully has cool people like Aimee Mann and Lemon Jelly on it.
So...um...I'm actually a super-cool hipster type and watch the Sci-Fi channel while wearing a beret and smoking clove cigarettes while my biting commentary brings the house down.
Posted by: Amalah | March 24, 2006 at 11:49 AM
The picture of Ceiba is too funny! The look is typical dog that can't understand why you are blaming her... but alas the "inards" are dripping from her mouth... heeheee haha!
Posted by: katbliss | March 24, 2006 at 11:50 AM
I don't have an iPod yet (...I know), but I do have some VERY embarrassing iTunes on my laptop. Let's just say that while hilarious, some of Prince's B-sides are not fit for public consumption.
As always, I love the pictures of Noah.
Posted by: mirabel | March 24, 2006 at 11:51 AM
When I I tried to return to work after reading this post, the Law & Order theme music kept playing in my head. I'm pretty sure my co-workers think I'm crazy!!
Posted by: emma | March 24, 2006 at 11:52 AM
I think that first picture of Noah looks like he's blowing kisses to the Internet.
Posted by: Amy, too | March 24, 2006 at 11:56 AM
Heh. My husband doesn't read my blog, either. Well, he sometimes does, but he always forgets the address. I'm always kind of in fear that some day, I will run into someone I know online, and they will berate Josh for something his family said to me, and he will be freaked out (understandably so, too).
Posted by: Megan | March 24, 2006 at 11:56 AM
Ahhh, Ceiba. You're caught with stuffing in your mouth. Don't lie, you were jealous of Max's Puppy. You wanted to be Max's Puppy. And so you destroyed Max's Puppy. There, there. To quote Chicago (because, oh yes, I was watching it on Bravo last night), "It was a murder, but not a crime."
*sigh*
Posted by: The Muse | March 24, 2006 at 11:58 AM
I confess to watching every second of Flavor of Love, though I will include the disclaimer that the only reason we got started with it is because by some bizarre coincidence, my in-laws took our family to the same resort in Puerto Vallarta where the show was shooting AT THE SAME TIME. So we unwittingly got some behind-the-scenes observations and naturally, had to Tivo the whole series to put it all in context.
You have to have heard my lily-white Midwestern mother-in-law trying to explain to us who the star of the show was to really appreciate the humor. "He's some kind of rapping star, a black man who wears a very big clock around his neck all the time ..."
Priceless.
Posted by: LiliVonSchtup | March 24, 2006 at 11:59 AM
I have stated MANY a time that little boys were put on God's green earth to wear horizontal stripes. They just ARE. Monkey is 6 and I still make him wear stripes. It's the law.
Posted by: Mir | March 24, 2006 at 11:59 AM
I have the solution to the shuffle problem. I came up wih it because 63% of the stuff on my iPod is stuff I don't want anyone to know I hav on there. I created a Smart Playlist called Everything, and I specified that I don't want it to play anything in the Country genre, or anything where the Artist contains Phil Collins, the Backstreet Boys, or Celine Dion. I can put it on and everyone thinks I'm on shuffle, and I can save the real shuffle for when I'm wearing headphones.
Posted by: Megan | March 24, 2006 at 11:59 AM
OH! Is this the MYHUSBANDDOESN'TREADMYBLOG post? Cuz I totally wanna get in on that...
I could be slagging him off left and right or confessing to the wild affair I am having with the neighbor's yard man and he'd never know... hmmm, an opportunity perhaps?
Like the many before me, I love your blog and your son is just adorable!
Posted by: Kristin | March 24, 2006 at 11:59 AM
So, at what point did Noah become brunette (and copiously so)? because I am pretty sure that happened overnight, or you got a better flash or finally replaced all those burned-out overhead lights or something.
Also, I *may* still own one of those Taco Bell stuffed puppies that talks (and looks a lot the deceased puppy in your crime scene montage). I'm just saying, you know, in case Max starts mourning.
Posted by: Sadie | March 24, 2006 at 12:00 PM
You should replace Puppy with this guy: http://www.wonderfullywacky.com/cahonesdog.htm
You'd never have to worry about stuffed animal carnage again.
Posted by: Shano | March 24, 2006 at 12:00 PM
My dog chewed up a hot pink boa six months ago (lets just say it was part of a halloween costume...), I still to this day find little pink feathers every freakin' where. He did the deed in our living room and I found a feather in our master bathroom last week, the two furthest distances in our apartment.
Posted by: jenn | March 24, 2006 at 12:03 PM
You're just lucky that Puppy wasn't a Beany Baby. There's a lesson I won't have to learn twice.
And I'm totally down with the BG too. Because I rawk like that. You know. Like a total nerd.
Posted by: Amanda | March 24, 2006 at 12:07 PM
So how do we feel about the BSG season finale?
I was mad for three days. I swore up and down I was never watching that show again. Also, never trusting the TV.
I've recently come to believe that I can allow myself to watched the first couple of episodes of the next season. I'll give it a chance. Provisionally. I'll just have to maintain healthy boundaries this time.
Posted by: mapletree7 | March 24, 2006 at 12:10 PM
Thank you for bringing up drunk ITunesing! To me it's the new drunk dialing but everyone just looks at me funny when I say that.
Not that I bought John Cougar Mellencamp last time I was drunk. Not at all.
Posted by: Liz | March 24, 2006 at 12:12 PM
I thought I was the only one who took pictures of stuffed animal murder. My dog likes to rip apart toys, but generally only the ones that my roommate's dog really, really, really likes. She's an evil bitch, but like mother, like dog-daughter.
OMG. I'm a crazy dog lady. Gah.
Posted by: Boozie | March 24, 2006 at 12:12 PM
That look from Ceiba with the stuffing hanging out of the corner of her mouth is so darn funny. And to your questioning the multiplicity of the baby photos I say, BRING IT! Love that kid. He is too cute.
Posted by: kelli | March 24, 2006 at 12:14 PM
Hell, I have P.Diddy on my iPod. AND Beyonce. AND Chopin.
Oh, wait.
Anyhow, Shatner's "Mr. Tambourine Man" is also dear to my heart.
Posted by: Meg | March 24, 2006 at 12:14 PM
All I have to say is that I LOVE that you are posting like every day!
Posted by: Lauren | March 24, 2006 at 12:15 PM
our dog used to get into the cupboards and pull down every single box and devour everything inside those boxes within seconds. i would then have to clean up the resulting "mess", which was really quite nasty.
needless to say, that dog has since been given away.
Posted by: crystal | March 24, 2006 at 12:16 PM
An untimely comment because I am behind on everything--I just read 3/21's "Both Sides Now" I had a morning like that, and your enrty made me teary. Granted I am over-tired, but thanks for writing that.
Posted by: fellowmom | March 24, 2006 at 12:17 PM
I am posting mid-way through reading your post to say that my husband and I heart heart heart Battlestar Galactica and are sad the season just ended, cos now, what will we do with our Friday nights? Also, that Jamie Bamber (Apollo) is so crazy freakin' hot, and his real-life British accent is even hotter.
The end.
Posted by: scoutsadie | March 24, 2006 at 12:22 PM
I have that problem with GS cookies too. I once ate a whole box and then called my boyfriend to show off. He wasnt impressed.
Big Love plays with my emotions. I am totally into too.
Posted by: alexa | March 24, 2006 at 12:26 PM
Oh that crime scene is so funny! I bust out laughing while drinking from my Nalgene with a straw, and yes, hit the top of my mouth. Karma's a bitch.
Posted by: MappyB | March 24, 2006 at 12:27 PM
Oh man, I was afraid that a beloved stuffed animal of Noah's was the victim. That was always my mom's worst nightmare, beacuse she knew I would be heartbroken and horrified. Not that I'm not heartbroken and horrified for Max. And Puppy.
Oh, and about the iPod shuffle in the car? YES. Aand I just made a mix chock full 'o indie goodness, and there's also a Britney song that I put in on purpose.
Lastly, I never know when my boyfriend reads my blog and when he doesn't. It's dangerous.
Posted by: LCA | March 24, 2006 at 12:28 PM
Okay, I read the rest now. Poor Puppy. I wonder if Max would notice if you re-stuffed him.
All was funny, as usual. As is the word "talkiity" itself. But I was sad to get through all that talking and find no actually comments about "Big Love." We don't have HBO and don't want it, but I have a morbid curiousity about all things LDS (though I know the LDS Church doesn't (openly) support polygamy or this show), so I'm dying to see it. Though I dislike that Chloe woman very much, and Go Fug Yourself has only made that worse.
...I think I might be high right now... I took a new type of allergy pill and, while I'm not feeling itchy, etc., I am feeling hyped up and very...talkity!
But I will end this now because really, no one else cares, and this is your talkity blog, not mine.
That is all! (Except "have a good weekend!")
Posted by: scoutsadie | March 24, 2006 at 12:29 PM
I do the same thing -- take 50 pictures in a series (darn digital cameras). Then, I compulsively have to print them all. And put them in a photo album. Because they are all so cute!
Posted by: abogada | March 24, 2006 at 12:30 PM
P.S. Kobol is Kolob (planet Mormons believe is where God-the-Heavenly-Father lives) with two letters reversed. And there are some other LDS-related things in Battlestar Galactica. Which is another reason I miss it so much -- it fed my morbid fascination with LDS.
Oh my god -- sorry. I really am quitting now.
Posted by: scoutsadie | March 24, 2006 at 12:33 PM
Every time my mother calls me and is pissed for some ransom reason my first instinct is FUCK! She found my blog! And then I remember that she has to call me when she wants to play freecell because she forgot where it was. And I breathe a little easier.
My husband sometimes reads mine byt not often. Maybe once a month or so.
And I, too, have Big Love for Big Love...
Posted by: PaintingChef | March 24, 2006 at 12:35 PM
I used to have issues about public shuffle usage as well, but have since had to suck it up, because, well, it's my car and my ipod, and dammit I will listen to my music. Although it does seem that Big & Rich's 'Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy' never seems to get played unless there is at least one other person in the car who will make fun of me for it.
And the Stuffed Toy That Is No More? Poor Max. He always seems to get the shit end of the stick. No wonder Ceiba ended up getting her eyes scratched (I may have sort of been reading the archives for hours on end while bored at work. Thanks for the entertainment).
Posted by: alana | March 24, 2006 at 12:37 PM
The ONLY good thing about Battlestar Whatever in my book? The word Fracking. Eek that show is scary. Oh wait? It's over until October and I won't be tortured until then :) Sorry Amy!
Posted by: Mabel | March 24, 2006 at 12:39 PM
Okay, this is because mapletree7 asked.
The BG finale felt kind of tacked-on... like, the first few seasons spanned the nine months after the war, and then bam, it's a year later? I still feel sorta jet lagged. And I hate Gaius. And I don't like that Kara and Apollo didn't end up together, and I didn't like her long hair (though she is my hetero woman crush...she rocks the universe). But hell, yeah, I can't wait for next season!
Okay. I won't feel bad if you delete this nonsense, Amy. I must be stopped.
Posted by: scoutsadie | March 24, 2006 at 12:42 PM
The hair! He is getting so much hair so fast. He is going to have to start tuning into Wednesday Advice Smackdown (**cough**) to get the latest product info.
Posted by: Jess | March 24, 2006 at 12:49 PM
Scoutsadie - how do you NOT make fun of FRACKING???
Posted by: Mabel | March 24, 2006 at 12:51 PM
I adore Big Love. So much so that I am complete nerd and have to write a post about it every Monday. Okay it's only been the two Mondays it was on, but still, so far 100% blogging about television on Monday. I think Bert should take another wife, because it seems like - according to the show- we will all have sex more often. And being first wife, I get to boss people around. Maybe make them go to the grocery store and do laundry! Woo hoo! The heady power.
Did you catch "the making of big love" on HBO ? Just more to satisfy my newly burgeoning addiction.
Posted by: Lisa V | March 24, 2006 at 12:53 PM
There is something more diabolical here...what is it Ceiba is trying to tell Max?
Posted by: wordnerd | March 24, 2006 at 12:54 PM
My mother has taken to "repairing" the small fluffly animals our dog victimizes with a little needle and thread. Every time I go home there is a new mutant in the collection. Last time I noticed the duck that was beakless at Christmas (very creepy) is now sadly without a head.
Posted by: Joanna | March 24, 2006 at 12:57 PM
HA! LOVED the picture with puppy's stuffing hanging out of Ceiba's mouth!
I admit, I Tivo'd every episode of Flavor of Love...is that so wrong? I was even cheering on the girl who won...oh know, I think I do have a problem now that I see it in black and white.
Posted by: Me | March 24, 2006 at 01:01 PM
William Shatner??? Seriously? I'm laughing at you! But in a good way, like "How cute is this girl whose blog I read and she has William Shatner on her iPod shuffle?" hehehe
I saw Big Love when I was out of town last week. Looks pretty good, I think.
Posted by: Just Linda | March 24, 2006 at 01:10 PM
I was in Play It Again Sports a couple of days ago where 3 big, jockish guys work and one was putting a cage on my hockey helmet while songs played through the entire SPORTS store from one of their iPods.
One of the (big, jock) guys had to come over to switch said iPod to the next song because it had started playing Step By Step by New Kids on the Block throughout the store.
We had ourselves quite the chuckle at his expense.
Posted by: Tory | March 24, 2006 at 01:16 PM
Did anyone else here that the woman who won Flava of Love has said on the Tom Joyner show that she hasn't returned any of Flava's phone calls since the show and only agreed to the whole thing because she wanted to get her name out there? She's said she pretty much doesn't want anything to do with him, and won't be talking to him now that people know who she is.
Posted by: Christina | March 24, 2006 at 01:17 PM
BSG was my secret shame. Then I started having nightmares about evil robots and the end of the world. So BSG and I are taking a little break from each other. Hopefully it won't be a permanent seperation.
Posted by: Hope | March 24, 2006 at 01:24 PM
William Shatner is awesome. I'll admit it on the internet, but no way would I risk it in the CAR in PUBLIC. Horrors.
Posted by: Maggie | March 24, 2006 at 01:30 PM
(clearing throat non-discreetly)
Posted by: Jason | March 24, 2006 at 01:40 PM
I didn't realize it was shameful to watch BSG. I'm a bigger dork than I thought!
Posted by: feffer | March 24, 2006 at 01:44 PM
Jason, you noticed!
Does anyone else find it creepy that they give Margene her own blog? And that actual people respond on it?
Posted by: Ursula | March 24, 2006 at 01:50 PM
Please, Jason's here because co-workers yell at him for never having any baby pictures so he steals them from me.
Posted by: Amalah | March 24, 2006 at 01:56 PM
Maybe it's a good thing you missed the Amaziung Race deadline, with your ultra competitive streak and all. But I think that might make for some mighty fine television. Get on it for season 11, 'kay?
Posted by: Mrs. Why | March 24, 2006 at 02:00 PM
Poor puppy! Once, my cats shredded an entire huge roll of paper towels in the living room. It looked like it had snowed...and wasn't fun to clean up either.
Posted by: Jaime | March 24, 2006 at 02:01 PM
My dog who is a Jack Russell and has alot of the same charateristics as Ceiba which makes me laugh harder when you tell dog stories, has a stuffed animal that is as old as her (6 years) and has been restuffed and sewn back together multiple times..until lately..I am sick of vacuming and then she rips the damn thing apart...so it is only a matter of time before the toy is offically done!
And yes, you have the cutest son!!
Posted by: Lisa | March 24, 2006 at 02:16 PM
I must have missed the post on your dh leaving the baby in the car. I did that at Christmas time when mine was 5 months old. Remembered him about 30 minutes later in Dollar General. I about fainted in the checkout. Thank god it was dark and he was sleeping in the back but I'll never forgive myself for what I did. I always thought How can someone be so stupid but now I can see it's possible if your mind is in another place.
Poor puppy!! And of course Noah is cute as always!!
Posted by: Sabrina | March 24, 2006 at 02:20 PM
Poor Max!! I imagine you will one day spot him carrying Ceiba around by the neck singing a slightly more sinister version of his song.
Noah's pictures are adorable. He gets more and more handsome each day!
Posted by: Starbuck | March 24, 2006 at 02:32 PM
The toys of my little dog last about a week before they become mere scraps of cloth that she then proceeds to shake and slobber over.
The first to go is the squeaker (if it has one). She must think that when it squeaks it is the devil incarnate because everytime she hears a squeaky toy she goes BATSHIT CRAZY!!!
...stupid little dog...
Posted by: sheilah | March 24, 2006 at 02:32 PM
Battlestar Galactica rocks. Especially now that Stargate SG-1 is infected with the virus known as Ben Browder, I am soothed by at least one rocking sci fi show on Friday nights.
And Noah looks about five years old in those pictures.
Posted by: Patchie | March 24, 2006 at 02:35 PM
I have that same outfit for my daughter. ;) The matching hat does not fit her very well. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elfcakes/110883653/)
Maybe Ceiba was jealous of the other mini doglet in the house.
Posted by: erika | March 24, 2006 at 02:42 PM
Three thoughts while reading...
1) this is precisely the reason my dog is in a kennel when i am not home...she can't be trusted.
2) everyone has a little Britney Spears, or even ABBA on their ipod, don't they?
3) Have you seen the episode of CSI in which a man left his baby in the back seat of the car in Las Vegas in the summer and it got cooked to death? Not good at all.
Posted by: liz | March 24, 2006 at 02:44 PM
Okay, so I just wanna know: when are you getting a book deal? 'Cause I would definitely buy it.
Posted by: Hannah B. | March 24, 2006 at 02:51 PM
Ah! You still watch Flavor of Love? I was right, it is the greatest show ever, is it not? There is no shame in watching that. Seriously.
Speaking of Flavor of Love...
Do you have your tivo set for the "reunion" special in which "New York" is going to continually try to beat the shit out of "Pumpkin" for having hawked a loogie at her face? Because, if you don't have that set up already, you may want to do that now.
Posted by: Y | March 24, 2006 at 02:54 PM
LOVE Big Love! Have you read Under that Banner of Heaven? Totally creeped me out and made me want to know MORE! MORE! about those crazy polygamists.
I had to reset the DVR last night and it erased the last two Battlestar Gallacticas (which we have not yet watched)! FRACK! It is the only show besides The Daily Show my husband and watch together. (If you don't count Seinfeld reruns.)
Posted by: Kirsten | March 24, 2006 at 02:54 PM
Elle (age 3): Mom, what's his name?
Nino: Noah
Elle: Oh! I love Noah!
Nino: Yeah, me too.
Anna Sofia (6 mo.): aaaaaaaah!*
*Translation: BACK OFF, ELLE, HE'S MINE!
:)
Posted by: Ninotchka | March 24, 2006 at 03:15 PM
"Max has had Puppy all his life, and likes to carry him around by the neck while Max sings him a song"
OMG, does every cat do this?! Mr. Minutes (my kittycat) has a stuffed Gund Cocker Spaniel that he drags around and sings to. It's absolutely hilarious.
Posted by: Maeven | March 24, 2006 at 03:17 PM
Perfect entry. Laughing hysterically at my desk on Friday afternoon is a good thing.
Posted by: ktbug | March 24, 2006 at 03:26 PM
My husband reads my blog. Let's just say that it makes for some interesting conversations.
Posted by: Her Bad Mother | March 24, 2006 at 03:28 PM
I think Max is due an upgrade:
http://store.yahoo.com/fatcatinc/doofusdogs.html
You can also find these at places like Petsmart. Best catnip EVER.
Posted by: YetAnotherAmy | March 24, 2006 at 03:36 PM
Hurricane had that same outfit. I always thought he looked like Pugsly Addams in it.
Posted by: Mrs X | March 24, 2006 at 03:39 PM
I read that article this morning and you (or Jason?) were the first thing I thought of!
That's not as scary as it sounds, really.
Posted by: Nette | March 24, 2006 at 03:44 PM
Yes, I am loving Big Love, too. The casting is excellent and the storyline possibilities are endless. They have done a great job of throwing out so many already. Why did each of the wives agree to be in that situation? What do the kids REALLY think? WHAT do the neighbors think? Isn't Roman creepy as hell? Is Margene ever gonna get a freakin' car? Did Bill's mother really poison his father? Why doesn't their backyard have any freakin' grass? Does Veronica Mars know that half of her social group has jumped ship?
I wanna know!
Posted by: Cagey | March 24, 2006 at 03:51 PM
Awe, poor Cieba looks downright sad!
Also on the Big Love bandwagon. It is on right after Sopranos, sooooo, had to check out.
Posted by: Bella | March 24, 2006 at 03:52 PM
Don't let me forget to tell you my Flava Flave story...
Posted by: Heather B. | March 24, 2006 at 03:58 PM
the poor stuffed doggie ---- i hope he didn;t suffer long
As far as your taste in TV -- I think you should all come over some night and hang --- we'll watch some Battlestar Gallactica and then Big Love
I can;t get over the complexity of the plot on Big Love -- the deeply complicated and yes flawed people, the commune, the arsenic poinsoning
it'll be a perfect evening ....
:-)
Posted by: Mama Kelly | March 24, 2006 at 04:02 PM
I'm glad to know I'm not the only nerd in the universe who occasionally finds herself swearing in Battlestar Galact-ese. (Frack!) I've also been known to curse in Farscape-ese (Frell! Yotz! Hezmana!) Now, who's up for Dr. Who??
Posted by: Sarah | March 24, 2006 at 04:03 PM
I have only two words.
BIG LOVE.
I'm hooked. (that's 2 more words-sorry)
Posted by: tracey | March 24, 2006 at 04:10 PM
Is it just me, or did anyone else notice that conspicuous piece of Puppy Stuffing hanging out of Cieba's mouth in that picture?!
Posted by: Amy | March 24, 2006 at 04:13 PM
That's so funny. I actually thought of Jason when I read that article, and I was just like "Hey, it happens!" I want some Max pictures, too!
Posted by: NaechsteHaltestelle | March 24, 2006 at 04:35 PM
William Staner's cover of Pulp's Common People has gotten me through many a dark hour.
Seriously, the part where he growls, "Watching ROACHES climb the WALLS!" Still cracks me up. Best song ever.
There Amy, I am out about the Shatner love too, oh and the Big Love love is there as well.
Posted by: Theresa | March 24, 2006 at 05:34 PM
I knew what 'frack' was because I'm FORCED to watch BSG. But seriously? I like it a little. And I love the whole frack nonsense.
Posted by: New Jan Brady | March 24, 2006 at 05:46 PM
the fact that you enjoy william shatner raises you to a new level of coolness in my book.
did you know that wednesday was william shatner's birthday?
Posted by: kate | March 24, 2006 at 05:49 PM
Yeah, mine doesn't read my blog either. He's like, "why should I spend time on the very thing I most want to make fun of in the world?" And I'm like, "good comedy fodder?"
Posted by: mom101 | March 24, 2006 at 05:56 PM
Yeah I have many songs on my (non-iPod) MP3 player that I think are pretty cool at the time I put them on there and then I inwardly cringe when other people are within earshot.
It is quite disturbing how alike Ceiba and Puppy look. It was definitely an act of insane jealousy on Ceiba's part. But how can you be mad when she looks so adorable with that piece of stuffing hanging out of her mouth?
Noah continues to amaze me with his total gorgeousness. I want one (no no no, really bad idea... lol)
Posted by: starrynite | March 24, 2006 at 05:58 PM
I thought I was the only one who secretly looked forward to Battlestar on friday nights. My boyfriend would feel guilty for not taking me anywhere on a friday night and ask what i wanted to do and it was always "i'm fine staying in, i know you have a lot of work to get done" when secretly i didn't want to miss BSG. Glad to know I am not the only person who likes to stay home on a friday to watch it.
Posted by: Leah | March 24, 2006 at 06:26 PM
By the way, I just started reading your blog and I love it. Your baby is adorable and your captions and your entries make me laugh out loud.
Posted by: Leah | March 24, 2006 at 06:29 PM
What the hell is this cat singing business...I wanna see, I wanna SEE!
Also...Max pics would be great...I dunno what it is about cross-eyed kitties, but yours just melts my hard arctic heart! Poor guy lost his baby!
Also, Noah? Seriously cute.
Posted by: Sarawarawoo | March 24, 2006 at 06:52 PM
Ceiba no quiero Taco Bell? Apparently not.
Posted by: warcrygirl | March 24, 2006 at 07:03 PM
I can't believe I just found your blog. I'm so glad you had brunch with Tracey, and I'm so glad she has a blog, and I'm so glad you do, too. Hugs all around! Woo-hoo!
(I'm a little punchy right now. Sorry.)
Posted by: Nichole | March 24, 2006 at 07:32 PM
That look on Ceiba's face just says it all. And Noah is a handsome little jailbird. Wacky Girl had some purple stripedy Hannas that brought out the jailbird in her. She passed them on to her brother, who looked equally incarcerated. Cuteness of convict babies.
Posted by: Wacky Mommy | March 24, 2006 at 08:01 PM
It looks like Ceiba is has his paw on his chest, while incredulously saying "Who me?" Ha!
Posted by: Janna | March 24, 2006 at 08:19 PM
Yeah, I'm all over Big Love, too...what with my sister=in-law (IN ENGLAND) being suckered by the clean-cut young door-to-door mormons who came a'knocking and she just couldn't say no. And now she's a Mormon.
And leaving your baby behind? I'm going to blog about it tonight. My baby is now 36; it ended well and I obviously found her.
Off to write about my idiocy.
Posted by: Lin | March 24, 2006 at 08:38 PM