Monday, December 3, 2012

One Hundred Lovely Famous People

Several years ago I got hooked on watching / arguing with one of those "Top 100" lists VH1 likes to televise. It was called something like VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties and I think I agreed with, like, two people they selected. Ever since then, once or twice a year, I make my own list (fifty men and fifty women) to suit my own opinions. So there.
My stipulations are simple: they have to be famous people but my definition of "famous" is relatively loose. Basically "been on television" is good enough, which is how a few people I wouldn't have heard of if I'd never met them ended up on this list (most quite high up, I might add. ... Though that might just be my sense of loyalty kicking in; I think they're more beautiful because I know them).
Anyway, enjoy!
100)  Cecile De France (actress: Haute Tension)
99) George Harrison (musician: The Beatles)
98) Amanda Palmer (musician: The Dresden Dolls)
97) Joel McHale (comedian: The Soup)
96) Helena Bonham Cater (actress: Lady Jane)
95) Danny Kaye (actor: The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty)
94) Keira Knightley (actress: Domino)
93) Demetri Martin (comedian)
92) Lucy Lawless (actess: Xena Warrior Princess)
91) Austin Pendleton (actor: Skidoo)
90) Zoe Bell (stuntwoman: Grindhouse)
89) Harry Nilsson (musician)
88) Judy Garland (actress: Easter Parade)
87) Brendon Small (musician: Dethklok)
86) Pamela Racine (musician: Gogol Bordello)
85) Johnny Depp (actor: Sleepy Hollow)
84) Yo-Landi Vi$$er (musician: Die Antwoord)
83) Fran Kranz (actor: The Cabin In The Woods)
82)Bettie Page (pop culture icon)
81) Joseph Gordon-Levitt (actor: Brick)
80) Charlize Theron (actress: Arrested Development)
79) Colin Mochrie (comedian: Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
78) Christina Ricci (actress: Cursed)
77) Chris Hardwick (comedian)
76) Cia Soro (musician: Whale)
75) Matt Berry (actor: The IT Crowd)
74) Karen Black (actress: House Of 1000 Corpses)
73) Graham Chapman (actor: Monty Python's Flying Circus)
72) Kate Garner (musician: Haysi Fantayzee)
71) John Lennon (musician: The Beatles)
70) Portia DeGeneres (actress: Arrested Development)
69) Rob Zombie (musician: White Zombie)
68) Ellen DeGeneres (comedian)
67) Aldis Hodge (actor: Leverage)
66) Lady Gaga (musician)
65) Brian Molko (musician: Placebo)
64) Joan Jett (musician: Joan Jett And The Black Hearts)
63) Tom Waits (musician)
62) Nina Hagen (musician)
61) Peter Falk (actor: Columbo)
60) Angela Lansbury (actress: The World Of Henry Orient)
59) Nivek Ogre (musician: Skinny Puppy)
58) Marion Cotillard (actress: Inception)
57) Aurelio Voltaire (musician)
56) Asia Argento (actress: The Stendahl Syndrome)
55) Sergey Ryabtsev (musician: Gogol Bordello)
54) Lyn-Z Way (musician: Mindless Self Indulgence)
53) Wayne Brady (comedian: Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
52) Sarah Brightman (actress: Repo! The Genetic Opera)
51) Michael Nesmith (musician: The Monkees)
50) Nigella Lawson (television personality: Nigella Feasts)
49) Dmitry Sholokhov (clothing designer)
48) Catherine Zeta-Jones (actress: The Phantom)
47) Conan O'Brien (comedian: Conan)
46) Natasha Leggero (comedian)
45) Stan Ridgway (musician: Wall Of Voodoo)
44) Katharine Hepburn (actress: Desk Set)
43) Johnny Galecki (actor: I Know What You Did Last Summer)
42) Jamie Lee Curtis (actress: Halloween)
41) Paul F. Tompkins (comedian)
40) Amy Acker (actress: The Cabin In The Woods)
39) Michael Palin (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
38) Naomie Harris (actress: 28 Days Later)
37) Robert Englund (actor: Nightmare Cafe)
36) Drew Barrymore (actress: The Wedding Singer)
35) Tim Roth (actor: Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead)
34) Marisa Tomei (actress: Oscar)
33) Bill Moseley (actor: House Of 1000 Corpses)
32) Katie-Jane Garside (musician: Queen Adreena)
31) Eugene Mirman (comedian)
30) Jodie Foster (actress: Bugsy Malone)
29) Bill Hicks (comedian)
28) Sigourney Weaver (actress: Ghostbusters)
27) Andrew W.K. (musician)
26) Heather Langenkamp (actress: Wes Craven's New Nightmare)
25) Robert Downey Jr. (actor: Soapdish)
24) Sheri Moon-Zombie (actress: House Of 1000 Corpses)
23) Kurt Cobain (musician: Nirvana)
22) Robin Goldwasser (musician: Mono Puff)
21) Charlie Day (actor: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia)
20) Glynis Johns (actress: The Court Jester)
19) Vincent D'Onofrio (actor: Happy Accidents)
18) Lili Taylor (actress: The Impostors)
17) Rob Paulsen (actor: Animaniacs)
16) Dita Von Teese (pop culture icon)
15) John Linnell (musician: They Might Be Giants)
14) Madeline Kahn (actress: Clue)
13) John Flansburgh (musician: They Might Be Giants)
12) Elizabeth Sun (musician: Gogol Bordello)
11) Patrick McGoohan (actor: The Prisoner)
10) Cyd Charisse (actress: Brigadoon)
9) Richard Ayoade (actor: The IT Crowd)
8) Carolyn Jones (actress: The Addams Family)
7) Gary Oldman (actor: Track 29)
6) Alisa Burket (musician: She, Her And I)
5) Mike Phirman (comedian)
4) Becky Blanca (musician: Don Juan Y Los Blancos)
3) Mike Patton (musician: Mr. Bungle)
2) Jennifer Charles (musician: Lovage)
1) Eugene Hutz (musician: Gogol Bordello)

Be seeing you.
-Sally

Saturday, December 1, 2012

U.S. Presidents

I know little to nothing about history. I'll start with that.
This morning, while I washed my hair, I was thinking about an ad I saw that claimed Andrew Jackson's parrot had a foul mouth.
This ad right here.
Then I was thinking about how I know two songs that list all the United States presidents and yet I still don't really know anything about United States presidents.
So, anyway, now I'm writing a blog where I list the presidents in order, not by name, but by how I see them. I'd like to thank the Wikipedia page that lists all the U.S. presidents in order for being my reference guide because it's not like I have them memorized.

1) President The First President
2) President I'm Distantly Related To Him The First
3) President Declaration Of Independence And Had Sex With A Slave With The Same First Name As Me And Thought A Sloth Was A Lion But I Only Found That Out Recently
4) President "Never Had A Son And He Fought The War Of 1812"
5) President Animaniacs Claimed He Had A Big Nose But I Was Just Looking At A Picture Of Him And I Don't See It
6) President I'm Distantly Related To Him The Second
7) President Badass The First
8) President Bald And Sideburns
9) President Died Really Early
10) President I Think I Had To Do A Report On Him In, Like, Seventh Grade
11) President They Might Be Giants Song
12) President Unless It Was This Guy I Had To Do A Report On
13) President Has A Comic Strip That I Never Read Named After Him
14) President "Young And Fierce Was Franklin Pierce The Man Without A Chin"
15) President The Guy Before Abraham Lincoln
16) Abraham Lincoln
17) President The Guy After Abraham Lincoln
18) President I Think He Was A General Or Something In The Civil War And I'm Pretty Sure He Drank A Lot
19) President Won By One Vote
20) President Hates Mondays
21) President "Fall Down"
22) President Furry Blue Monster
23) President Guy Who Was President Between Grover Cleveland And Grover Cleveland
24) President Furry Blue Monster Again
25) President I Cannot For The Life Of Me Come Up With Anything To Say About And Therefore Is Probably The Most Forgettable President
26) President Badass The Second
27) President Didn't Want To Be President And Would Rather Be Golfing And Got Stuck In The Bathtub So Bought A Bigger One (also President My Favorite President)
28) President Guy I Always Get Confused With Calvin Coolidge For Some Reason
29) President Name Sounds Like A Character In A 1930s Gangster Movie
30) President "You Lose" And Lena Lamont Has More Money Than Him Put Together
31) President Vacuum Cleaner
32) President World War Two
33) President Mindless Self Indulgence Song
34) President Fashionable Wife
35) President Assassination Inspired A Million Conspiracy Theories
36) President Guy After John F. Kennedy
37) President "Just Wrote An Article For Redbook"
38) President Actually Fall Down
39) President Electric Six Song
40) President Has A Library Near My House Who Loved Jelly Beans And Used To Be An Actor And My Mom Hates Him
41) President Hates Broccoli
42) President Saxophone
43) President Stupid
44) President The Guy Who's The President As I'm Writing This Who Will Probably Be Best Known In The Future By Kids Like Me Who Are Bad At History For Being "President Black Guy The First"

Be seeing you.
-Sally