5th grader interviews joe biden

damon weaver asks joe biden about the duties of the vice president. the voice over is amazing. the end is the best. this kid is MY homeboy.

mud flaps, you say? hells yeah, ring it up!

mom: guess what we did today

kara: ?

mom: well, dad went in to help load some of jessy's things to move down to peoria this morning at 9

mom: i was going to go in to help load the u-haul after i took grandma for her hair do

mom: but dad was done before i even took …

DHS is out of control

apparently now the border of the US, and therefore the area wherein random (and otherwise illegal) searches are allowed to be conducted, now extends 100 miles inland all around the perimeter of the US. This means roughly 2/3 of the population of the US is subject to …

the best and worst relationship, ever

check out kelly in this new video - mindy's blogosphere!

chinatown

Meghan, Maria, Elaine and I had dim sum in Chinatown then walked around the arcades and plazas. We got coconut bread and boba smoothies and saw a dragonfruit plant.

knott's scary farm

...wasn't that scary. but it WAS a lot of fun. we (kristina, pat, andrew, morgan, meli, stefan) rode rollercoasters and other rides (ghost rider: best rollercoaster EVER; riptide: not so much fun, since meli lost her phone into the pool below during one of its crazy …

...starring nathan fillion

let me preface this entry: believe me when i say i am having a hard time staying calm and not running around the block in exultation. i love nathan fillion. in a completely sexual and borderline creepy way. i freely admit this. i love him. LOVE HIM. ok.

first off,

would be funnier if not so horribly horribly true

via buzzfeed

favorite food songs

AMAZING

i know a famous movie star

i would like everyone to know there is only one reason i gave my money to 'an american carol's opening weekend box office, and it's that morgan was in it, and it marked his feature film debut. we took up a whole row in the theatre and every time he appeared on screen we …

purple eyeshadow and false eyelashes

today i work up early (6am) to meet arden, her mom and friends at the nordstrom fall makeup trend show. it. was. fabulous. we got lots of samples and tons of expensive things were raffled off (arden's mom won a whole set of dior skin care products - the biggest-sized …

earth from above

i can't wait to see this exhibit when it comes to LA! gorgeous photographs of amazing (or mundane) places. i won't repost the photos because they're best appreciated huge as in the linked article. my favorites? 2 (cauliflower? no...), 14, 18, 28 (want to take a …

the ultimate in travel utensils

ordered some thai from the vegetarian place that's sort of expensive, but WHATEVS the papaya salad is amazing and what do i find in the bottom of the bag? a little packet of napkin and utensils - but this is not a normal packet. this is not a napkin and a knife and …

eric's theory of the disintegration of the US

finally, eric's theory, accompanied by a handy visual aid.