Maybe it's just because I'm an absolute child, but I find this hilarious:




Also, an interesting article in the New York Times on Sesame Street now and then. I'm curious...if today's Sesame Street is bubblegum technicolor fluff and the original Sesame Street was inner city grime, what was the Sesame Street of my childhood?

My favorite fun fact from this article? Until 1985, Big Bird was the only character who could see Snuffleupagus, and all the other Sesame Streeters thought he was hallucinating.

Tim Gunn's Guide to Scary

So, two frightening things while watching Tim Gunn's Guide to Style instead of working on my Oscar Wilde paper:

1- Apparently, bras are only supposed to last/be worn for six months. Oops.

2- The woman they are making-over today (Elena) just said "I'm not the typical wife. We're very like kinda fifty-fifty partners." This is an exact quote. Elena is 32 years old, living in New York, with a young son and a job in publishing. What makes her think that this is not how things should be in a typical modern marriage?

Technology Has Ruined Me...

So, I drop by the grocery store on the way home tonight. I walk up to the automatic door, and it does not open. I try again. No dice. I stand there, hoping it will suddenly decide to open for me. Nope. By now there is a line of two behind me. I step back and shrug. "It won't open," I tell them.

In response the guy behind me manually pushes the door open with his own two hands and walks into the store. "I'm hungry," he explains over his shoulder.

The Play's The Thing

Okay, so I didn't post a review on The Farnsworth Invention. It was awesome. I loved seeing Sorkin's wit live. The two leads were very talented. The play was exceptionally moving...it's a new American tragedy. It's the next 'Death of a Salesman.'

Anyway, that's the kind of stuff I've been saying about the play.

I've been seeing a lot of theater lately. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change- don't see this. Ever. Tom Stoppard's Rock 'N' Roll- far too smart for me, but Tom Stoppard stood right behind me, and I saw Nathan Lane. Plus, don't get me wrong, the parts I understood were awesome. And Cyrano de Bergerac with Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner, which was hilarious, very sad, and absolutely beautiful. I've bought the translation we saw, and I kind of want a man to recite it to me someday. Perhaps in the moonlight while I'm on my balcony, much like in the play.

And those are my lightning reviews. I'm out of money now, so it might be awhile before I get to see anything else.