Blogging and Reblogging

I don't read many blogs on a regular basis (aside from Pop Candy, of course). The ones I do follow are mostly vegetarian blogs. I guess I've heard of re-blogging before, but today was the first time I actually looked at a blog (I didn't read much, but it does look to be excessively hate-able) and the blog that re-blogs that blog.

Here is Julia Allison's Nonsociety - where some bratty chick named Julia goes on ski trips and wonders if her ski pants make her look fat and calls people things like "Prom King" and thinks her married friends being totally in love is news.

And here is Reblogging Nonsociety - where they basically rip on Julia and how odious she is.

Do with this information what you will.

This Week in Pop

I've written about Pop Candy before. It is the one blog I read every day (aside from this one).

Every Friday Whitney does a "This Week in Pop" entry where she talks about her favorite TV shows, movies, books, and music of the week. Here's mine:

Best TV show I saw: Mad Men! That finale was the best and the scene where Don and Betty fought after he found out about Henry was the most intense thing I've seen in a long time! I love Jon Hamm. And, JOAN IS BACK. If they could just get Sal to join Sterling Copper Draper Price, I would be a happy woman.

I also enjoyed: South Park. It was about Smurfs and student council and some conservative talk show guy who is, I don't know, Glenn Beck or something.

I wasn't into: Tosh.O. That show is stupid. Some woman was singing a song called "Sittin' on the Toilet" for example. The guy is smarmy, and not in a funny way.

Best movie I saw: The last movie I saw in the theatres was Where the Wild Things Are. It was MESSED UP! Spoiler alert - they rip a guy's freakin' arm off and put a stick in his empty arm hole!!!! AHHHH!!! Nightmares!

I also saw: I didn't see anything else. I still have The Libertine from Netflix. This lady in my film club told me to watch it because Johnny Depp is "unrecognizable" but then she wasn't at the last meeting, which is good because I hadn't watched it yet.

I plan to see: That alien movie with Mila Jovovich - The Fourth Kind, I think it's called. When I went to see Paranormal Activity, the trailer for The Fourth Kind was the scariest thing about that whole experience. (There was also a trailer for that fallen angel movie Legion starring Paul Bettany which looked cool).

Best music I heard: I have been obsessed with two Paul McCartney songs lately - "So Bad" and "Old Siam, Sir". They are both featured in the Paul McCartney 1973-2001 song book for guitar, piano, and voice. Love those two songs!

I'm also listening to: Songs I'm supposed to practice for my last guitar class tomorrow. These include:

• Knocking on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
• Let it Be, Hey Jude, & Daytripper - The Beatles
• Don't Panic - Coldplay
• Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
• Man on the Moon - REM
• Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
• For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
• Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
• Ode to Joy - Beethoven

Best thing I read: Check out my book club post on Jose Saramago's Death with Interruptions.

I'm also reading: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and "Oleanna" the David Mamet play. It's been a long time since I've read a play!

Feel Free to leave your own "Week in Pop" in the comments!

Springfield Punx

Sorry for the late post - it WAS a three-day weekend, after all.

So, it's time for my first blog entry about another blog. Here it is...

Springfield Punx

Springfield Punx is a blog run by the talented Dean who draws Simpsons-style versions of popular characters. Many of them seem to be obscure comic book guys I've never heard of (whoever Angel is, he looks like kind of a lame superhero, but he makes a cool Simpsons type) but there are a lot of cool pop-culture characters.

It reminds me of when I Simpsonized photos of the cast of The Office and got a mention on another favorite blog of mine...

Pop Candy

Pop Candy is run by Whitney Matheson over at USA Today and is the place to go for all things pop culture. It's the only blog that I check on a regular basis.

Here's the post I was mentioned in...

Make a Celebrity 'Simpsons' Character

Oh, the picture at the top is me, Simpsons style!