Be it faux-hawks, dancing, or the city of Florence, the cast members of "Jersey Shore" love to declare everything their "best thing". Here are some of MY Best Things.
How Jennifer Hudson was able to keep her composure last night while singing "I Will Always Love You" on the Grammys, I will never know. If you missed the moving tribute performance click on this link, which will take you to an LA Times article with the video embedded.
Honestly, I don't have much to add to the conversation, just that Whitney's music was so formative to my childhood/adolescence that I remember exactly where I was when I first heard "I Will Always Love You." And of course I, like so many girls my age, also spent an embarrassingly significant amount of time dancing around my room to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "How Will I Know", and other Whitney hits while holding a hairbrush like a microphone.
I'm kind of all over the place today so I apologize in advance...
Everyone's been posting Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement address. If you haven't already watched it, you should. It's inspiring. And sad. But also happy. Here:
If, like me, you're now curious about the Whole Earth Catalog he mentioned, here's their site.
Our family's first computer was an old school Macintosh that my dad built himself. It took actually-floppy floppy disks. My current MacBook Pro and iPod have traveled the world with me. 33% of YOU, the readers of this blog, are viewing this on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad.
We'll miss you Steve.
Completely unrelated, and because I think we could all use some joy, check out this crazy awesome (but maybe a little creepy) new Florence + The Machine Video:
Also, in addition to it being my BFF Lisa's bday, yesterday was also Kate Winslet AND Guy Pearce's birthdays! Both! On the same day! Why is this a thing? Because they're our prize Emmy winners, duh. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the both of you <3
I realize this song has been out for, like, 9 months already so I'm not providing any new fodder. But isn't it the case with most songs that they end up getting completely overplayed and then lose their luster? Maybe it's because I no longer commute via car and therefore haven't been listening to the radio very much, but, for me at least, that has not been the case at all with "Someone Like You". I just can't get enough. The combination of Adele's amazing voice with those lyrics - OMG THOSE LYRICS - gets me Every Single Time. I mean how often does a pop ballad come along that actually makes you feel like your heart-breaking, soul-crushing breakup from 6 years ago is happening all over again? Her performance at the VMAs nearly brought me to tears. OK, I *might* have been about to get my period, but I digress. Check it out for yourself:
As Bill Lamb wrote, "Romantic pain has rarely been so utterly beautiful."
As Susan Sarandon once said, "The history of women in popular music can, pretty much, be divided into before and after Madonna." The Material Girl turns 53 today - HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADONNA!
