Communist Cow Got a New Hat!

So I was at the mall today sitting in the shoe section of Nordstrom while my mom browsed, trying to connect to the 1-800 number on the back of my mall gift card so I could check the balance. After three attempts of punching in the super long card number, a computerized woman's voice graced me with the great news of $6.71. Disappointing. I thought I had a lot more that that. So while my sister was browsing the Webkinz aisle in Hallmark, I saw this cute black Webkinz hat. I did what any hat-loving stuffed cow owner would do with $6.71...I bought him a hat.

He's a little self-conscious about this hat. He thinks it makes his ears look big. I assured him that he looks very dignified. I mean, this hat actually fits him! Before this, he only had two other hats that fit: the one I made for him and the blue sock. It's officially called the Webkinz Big Funky Hat, which reminded me of "Wizards of Waverly Place." I feel a video coming on.



I posted something in February saying I don't like this show, but it's growing on me. I kind of like "Hannah Montana" now, too. Weird how I like more kids stuff as I get older when it should be the other way around. "Wizards of Waverly Place" is actually a cute show. My sister and I seriously do the funky hat dance. Love it.

"Mind-blowingly Inappropriate"

Woah how long has it been since I posted anything on my Communist Cow? I have to make up for that. More Communist Cow pictures to come soon!

I was flipping channels last night and I found this show (I guess it's a show) called I love the 80's: 3-D. This particular one was about 1989. Really cool especially since I like 80's stuff.

I took this picture in Los Angeles, specifically, West Hollywood, California. I thought it so cute it warranted a picture. I love the color scheme and the little blue Volkswagon delivery car. I wasn't totally sure what it was, but the website says it's "your supermarket that delivers!"

I'm dissappointed that I didn't take a picture of the "Gossip Girl" billboards in LA! You know, the ones with Serena and Nate that say "OMFG." Actually, there are some with Chuck and Blair that say the same thing. That whole metro area highway is lined with these GG ads. I meant to get a picture. Wah. I'm just going to borrow one from Flickr, I have to illustrate my point somehow. (This picture was made and uploaded by "tonythisismusic" and I got it from Flickr.)

Those are the ones I saw, but there are more that I like even better. Click on the link. I love how they took the critics' negative comments and used them to promote it instead. There's this big controversy about the ads right now--evidently, the Parent's Television Council is armed with pitchforks and torches. I think that's half the show's attraction.

Seriously, though, when I first heard about "Gossip Girl" I was like "I have too much self-respect to watch that." My friend talked me into it, and it's claimed a weekly spot on my TiVo. So addictive.

This is such a cliche but oh my god this summer went so fast. I have three weeks left until school. Gah. I'm alread planning my Halloween costume and game for my neighborhood block party. I think I'm getting ahead of myself. In other news, just got back from a four-day journalism seminar (it was really newspaper camp, but I think the first one sounds more sophisticated).

So excited for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. Coincidentally, I'm reading the second Sisterhood book right now. The movie isn't based off of it though. Video time!



"Greek girls do not lose their pants!" Hahaha can't wait.

More about me than you wanted to know

I realize that nobody cares about any of this, and posting it is really narcissistic, but it's my blog and I'll write what I want to! Mwahahaha!

EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT RING?
Oh, sure. Several times.

LONGEST RELATIONSHIP?
I’ve had a carton of milk in my refrigerator for quite some time now.

LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED?
A sweatshirt from my grandpa

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT?
Er…Wednesday? It’s been a bad week, weather-wise, so I haven’t been able to go outside. It’s been hot and humid every morning and rainy in the afternoon.

FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Their “stage presence;” it's hard to explain exactly what I mean by that.

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Hahaha not telling.

FIRST FRIEND YOU'D CALL IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY:
Lisa

FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT:
Chick-Fil-A

BIGGEST LIE YOU HAVE EVER HEARD:
The world will end on 6/6/06

BEST KISSER:
What’s that supposed to mean?

LAST TIME YOU CRIED?:
Not sure, but it couldn't have been too long ago. I eject stress in the form of tears.

MOST DISLIKED FOODS:
Veal, lamb, mushrooms, prosciutto, pretzels

THING YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
I’m not “society brainwashed;” I have my own opinions on things.

THING YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
I have the social skills of a baked potato.

FAVORITE MOVIE?
The Breakfast Club

LAST KISS?
My friend’s dog the other day. ^________^

LAST MOVIE RENTED:
Juno

ONE THING YOU NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT:
2 things, equally important: Watch and chapstick

DO YOU SMOKE?
Habitually. That’s why my face is so distorted and how my lung collapsed the first time. Nothing could be more satisfying than breathing a cloud of black tar in to my nice clean lungs.

SLEEP WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES?
…is that a serious question?

WHO SLEEPS WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT?:
My stuffed animals? I plan to stay a kid as long as I can get away with it.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE?
They couldn’t catch me. My RipStick moves too fast for their gas-powered four-doors.

DO YOU LIKE COFFEE?:
I can't drink too much of it for different reasons, and I don't like it with milk/cream in it. It makes me feel grown up. but I still like chocolate milk better. Again, I’m clinging to my childhood.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY?:
Of course not.

NUMBER OF PILLOWS?:
Where? In a pillow factory? In a Pottery Barn catalogue? I sleep with two if that’s what you mean.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?:
Black T-shirt and orange shorts. It’s Halloween in May!

CAN YOU SWIM?
It’s kind of a prerequisite here. I’ve been able to swim by myself since I was 2.

DO YOU LIKE MAPS?
Do you like calculators?

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED ABOUT SOMETHING STUPID?
My biology teacher said something that wasn’t funny-funny, but it was sarcastic and out of character for him, so I laughed.

WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING?
6:00 AM.

DO YOU THINK PIRATES ARE COOL OR OVERRATED?:
So overrated, it's not funny.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND??
Sleeping over my friend’s house, going to a graduation party, and having a Memorial Day party.

ARE YOU ON A LAPTOP?:
Nope, I’m on a toaster oven. (PC actually.)

ARE YOU SMILING?:
Yeah cause I’m talking to my friend on the phone, and she just said something funny.

IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
That’s a loaded question.

DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?
Maybe.

ARE YOU IN LOVE?:
Yeah, with Double Stuf Oreos.

Is this the end? Okay.

Funny Prank Call

Called "the Greatest Prank Call Ever," and it's pretty funny,

Miley Cyrus Memoir

I heard about this last week. Evidently, Miley Cyrus signed a seven-figure deal to publish a book about her life. Seven figures, is, what, like a million dollars?!? She's younger than me--it can't be a very long book. I think the video says it all.

We watched Romeo and Juliet, the one with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, today in English. It was more like a farce than an interpretation which made it incredibly entertaining and funny. Yeah, it was a funny tragedy. I need to put my comments somewhere, so here are 10 things that bothered me about R and J.

1. Speaking "Shakespearian" in modern-day California? It doesn't fit. They should have adapted the dialogue as well.
2. Capulet was portrayed as a do-as-I-say-or-else father instead of just one who wanted the best for his daughter.
3. The clothes were goofy.
4. The Friar Lawrence mail thing. I mean, just hours before Juliet wakes up, he decides to write Romeo another letter.
5. Friar Lawrence didn't show up in the tomb after Romeo died like he did in the play.
6. When Romeo goes to her room on their wedding night after the fight with Tybalt, Juliet takes off his shirt, sees the huge gashes in his side and arm, and doesn't ask what happened. She doesn't even look concerned. She knew Romeo killed Tybalt but she didn't know anything else about the fight. You'd think she'd want an explanation as to why her husband was bleeding, but instead, she's just like "okay, let's do this."
7. Juliet watches Romeo die and doesn't do anything, then she looks confused for a minute before she realizes he's dead.
8. Romeo doesn't notice that supposedly dead Juliet is awake and moving her hand toward his face. Uh, he was hugging her when she woke up and he didn't notice.
9. Romeo barely drinks the poison. He just kind of drops it and, what, does it splash into his mouth or something?
10. The ending doesn't show their parents "burying their strife" like the prologue promises. It just shows them putting R and J, who are definitely dead, in an ambulance. I don't think a hospital has any magical reviving potions, so what's an ambulance going to do?

This movie messed up a lot of stuff, but made the death story of R and J really funny, so I liked it. Mercutio as a drag queen was brilliant and for some reason everyone kept tripping over random objects and knocking things over, which was funny, too.

Here's the "balcony scene" or "the pool scene" in the movie. Romeo follows Juliet around the patio 3 inches away from her as she says her "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" speech and she doesn't notice. Then when he talks, she screams and pulls them both into the pool.



Then when the security guard came out, he didn't find it suspicious that Juliet was swimming in the pool by herself in the middle of the night in her party dress. Uh huh. The person who posted this on You Tube called it "touchingly romantic," but I thought it was funny, the first half at least. The making out in the pool thing was cute though.