If you haven't looked at Britney Spear's website in a while, it's worth a click. I'm not quite sure if she is genuinely issuing a mea culpa or if her antics last week were just a (non) product placement opportunity. In any case, girlfriend grosses me out and a dumb note on her website isn't going to explain it away.
Elsewhere on the internets is this hi-LAR-ious SNL news item about the pop star I love to hate.
I was happy to finally find this video on YouTube -- I actually own it on DVD myself, but since I have a slow home connection this is the only way I can share it with you all.
This cover of Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey!" was the #1 hit of the summer the year I was in Japan. I remember I'd be walking around and I'd hear "Hey Mickey!" playing, and it would take me a second to realize there was something...different...about it. Like...it's in Japanese.
Of course, if you're watching the video the major difference is immediately apparent. But I'll let you discover that for yourselves.
Here's a link to a collection of photos of kids getting their picture taken with Santa... and the kids are in various states of horror. That Santa is one scary mofo!
Scary Santas
I've been looking for a way to feel more cultured while I slyly look at gossip rags and trashy celebrity websites, which most rational people will agree is an almost impossible thing to do. Well, I've finally found the answer to my conundrum. Here it is in all its shining glory: Gallery of the Absurd. I'm sure most of you already know about it (especially if you've been looking at gossip websites any time recently). Truly the best image thus far is the newest one: "The Three Disgraces." But all the images are fabulous (and of great likeness to their subjects).
Feast, my fellow librarian gossip-addicts, for you will be sated.
Well our dear HERO returned to the small screen last night, and all I can say is WHAT?
1. The librarian is clearly more of an archivist, with his display of intense passion, intelligence, and game.
2. King Solomon's Mines is a worthless story...saving the world from time traveling Ninja's now that is a story worth telling!
3. A librarian destroy a book? Not bloody likely...but an Archivist...Burn Baby Burn!!
Check out like.com, a search engine that searches for things by shape. It may have uses beyond shopping; I don't know yet, as I haven't played with this much, but like.com now seems essential to my continued happiness.
I'm sure you all remember Bonnie Tyler's 1983 worldwide hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart", or at least the 1994 Nicki French remake. What you may not remember is the original music video. Actually, I should say "what you may not have seen", because this is the sort of thing that sticks in your mind.
Not quite as good as "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper", but definitely memorable -- if only for the chillingly literal interpretation of the line "turn around bright eyes".
Oh yes, and the video also appears to be set at the Neverland School for the Sexual Exploitation of Boys.
And there's a brief scene with ninjas (!) about 1:15 minutes in.
