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For Spring Awakening fans like me, this video/mash up is heaven. I recently saw Emma Hunton in Next to Normal here in LA and she killed it. Matt Doyle, I've only seen in video clips and as Eric's ex-bf on Gossip Girl. So the two of these brilliant voice put together is a match made in musical heaven. AND they covered one of the best 90s songs - King of Anything. Listen up!

This Actually Happened

I originally found this gem via Jesse Tyler Ferguson's (you may know him as Mitchell on Modern Family) twitter, where he said "@jessetyler Ok. This is one of the funniest chestnuts I have found on the world wide web." He's a funny guy, so why not? I am so glad I clicked on that link. If you watch one thing on my blog, make it this video.

Things I find amusing, hilarious, and nonsensical in this video include (but are not limited to):

A) The freeze frame on YouTube with the poor kid covering his face & the title "Help me! I've glued a hat to my head"

B) the intro song at the beginning, 'evacuate the dance floor' in which the only context i have is the dance central game for the kinect.
C) the slow movement to this screen shot

D) His boyfriend thinking how he got himself into this relationship

E) the doctor taking this really seriously

E. 1) aside: a similar incident happened on grey's anatomy, except it was 2 stupid teenagers who glued their hands together. the solution was warm water with soap and a little acetone. they should have consulted dr. bailey for this.

F) the random mention of 'barbra streisand' at 1:35

G) the bf taking a pic of his idiot boyfriend soaking his head in a tub of soap & sending it to his mom

H) i just love how nice this kid is after the doctor telling him he can only cut the top of the hat off, and leaving the rim...he knows he made a stupid decision and is already making light of it.

I) the doctor's sketch in his chart

J) 'i just really don't want to lose my hair'

I WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH HIMMMMM

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Never Looking at ATM Vestibules The Same Way Again

I saw my latest obsession, Donald Glover, live tweeting this the other night and could not believe it was actually happening. But it did. I he documented it. Along with some other creepy guy.

And now someone turned it into a gif. BRILLIANT.





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Vegan Challenge 2K11: The End

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Well readers, if you've been following, you last saw that I ended my Vegan kick the other day, after 2 weeks of no meat, no dairy, and no eggs. Like I said in the beginning, my main goal was just to make it to the 2 week mark, and if I decided to go any further then that would be awesome. But obviously, I didn't make it all 40 days of Lent. But that's quite alright with me.

I must say, I didn't think it was that hard until about a week and a half in. That night we went out for crepes - or rather when I watched my friends eat crepes - was the first time I felt weak, like I couldn't do it anymore. Just give in and eat a damn crepe. But I managed to carry on til that 14 day mark. And I must say I'm proud and impressed with myself.

What have I learned from this exercise? Well, first off, I don't know how real Vegans can do it. There is a lot of food out there that may seem like it doesn't have ingredients like dairy in it, but it does. Giving up the meat wasn't the hard part for me. It was the cheese, milk, cheese, etc. Not to say that Vegans can't eat anything, because there's actually plenty of good replacement foods out there that is just as good as the real stuff. It's just hard for a carnivore and dairy eating person like me to give all that up completely.

Another thing I learned from this challenge is that I can actually cook some decent items that are not only Vegan, but healthy. Hell, I learned I actually don't mind cooking as much. The best part about this is that I actually feel like I'll continue to eat healthy items like the rice cakes, almond milk, and fruit smoothies on a more regular basis. I'm even thinking about incorporating 'Meatless Mondays', just like Oprah did. It's exactly how it sounds.

My advice for anyone out there considering to try out Veganism or even Vegetarianism for a bit is to not completely give up your favorite foods for the foods you can eat but hate. Like I've mentioned before, I thought it would be an easy transition for me because I like a lot of fruits and vegetables, tofu, nuts, potatoes etc. that a Vegan can eat. Although it seems like I did this overnight, it's actually a gradual process. Those beef strips and gluten pancakes didn't make an appearance until halfway through the challenge. Ease into your new diet change with foods you like and enjoy eating. Then you can try out those chickenless nuggets (which BTW, are actually DELICIOUS).

In saying that, you can't be a picky eater to try this new lifestyle change out. If you don't like trying new foods that you're not familiar with, don't do it. If you're going to change your eating habits, you're going to have to open your mind to new things, or else you'll never get through it.

Well, I guess that's it everyone! Thanks for reading and caring about the 2 weeks I went certifiably insane. It was a good time. Who knows, maybe I'll try it again some day...too bad Oprah's show won't be along much longer to tell me what to do.

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Vegan Challenge 2K11: LOVE CHEESE

well folks, here it is. I decided to break the veganism at my favorite restaurant, aroma cafe. with all the delicious choices available, I went with an item that had basically everything I haven't been able to eat. meat? check. eggs? check. CHEESE? check. let me tell you, this is one of the best meals I've had in my life. Breakfast Enchiladas with chicken and spinach, topped with cheese and red sauce, and a side of eggs and black beans. oh not to mention the vanilla latte I'm having with real milk.

to make everything 10 times better, I'm sitting outside & the sun is currently shining, and I'm listening to Adele on repeat. life. is. good.

Vegan Challenge 2K11: Social Food Life Ruined

Another thing that's difficult about being Vegan is going out to eat. I have OBVIOUSLY never had this problem before, but eating at restaurants or deciding where to eat with friends suddenly became more of a deal than ever before. If going to a new place, I usually do some research to see what items I could eat, but now I find myself looking at the menu to see if there is even anything for me to eat there! My friends have become concerned as to whether the place we pick to eat has anything I can eat. Sometimes, we even forgo going to places (read: Yogurtland) all together. It's a pain in the arse.

Ejemplo 1: The Great Crepe Adventure. Caitlin and Jennie, and I planned an outing to Little Tokyo to a cute little crepe place a month ago, reminiscent of our time in Europe eating crepes. So the day came, and it just so happened to land during my Vegan Challenge. Ugh. I thought it would be easy to just get the items inside sans crepe, but alas I couldn't. I had to watch them eat these delicious crepes:

.... and I had to just sit there and drink a frozen mango freeze item. It was great, but still. I could have been eating nutella and bananas in a warm blanket of crepe made out of eggs and butter. But, again I did this to myself.

It was that night, for the first time since starting these shenanigans, that I had a craving for the food I've been banned from. I wanted every single crepe there, covered in cheese and ice cream (savory and sweet, respectively). I wanted to go to any number of the restaurants in Little Tokyo and eat rolls and rolls of sushi, fried pork dumplings, and chicken and beef made in any way possible.

That's when I decided I would make good on my promise to do this for at least two weeks and give the jig up at the 14 day mark. I even started making a list of all the foods I wanted as soon as this thing ends. I also decided I'm not sharing that list on here because it's getting a little too embarrassing. But it is probably the best list I've ever made in my life. Just sayin.

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