8.29.2008

ethel!??



yes. lillian is napping and after the hope on a rope i kind of got hooked . . .

or this one?

hope on a rope




it's purple to symbolize the fact that we aren't red or blue, but both!

i think it'd be a good gift for dad, a purple, vegan, obama soap on a rope!

8.28.2008

OMG happy birthday, bob!

bob. i am the worst sister, ever. today started out auspiciously vis a vis (sp!?? i am not french inclined) your birthday wishes. somehow i even managed to facebook happy birthday you before stella reminded me to call you (the first time--taking into account the time change this is impressive!). then it all went to hell. i intended to call, i really did. i was going to phone you at approximately 5pm my time in order to call you sufficiently after work and dinner yet before bedtime to be able to tell you in person.

in fact, i actually spoke to stella about my brilliant plan only 45 minutes from its intended execution.

then 5 came and went and so did 6 and 7 and now it's ruined!

i am very sorry.

and your post is funny. cyber fans can't shout, silly!

BOB RATED: BEST GERMAN POSTING ETHIC by blog readership

Yes,

With his third-person posts Bob has, (on his birthday we might add) become the most favored blogger by readers of this blog. One reader commented "i really don't care for premature dolls or baby monkeys, that isn't relevent to ME. I feel like bobs posts display an uncanny insight into the human condition" Another reader shouted in passing "Bob rocks!!!!"
OMG We're Blogging! Wants to wish our favorite member Bob a very happy Birthday!!! We love you BOB!!

PS. YOUR THE BEST!!!!

a post: where monkey cuddles leads to a dark, dark place

ok, so i went to price check monkey cuddles, my new obsession and the name of my next band. I found it retailing for $35 at irresistables.com, a website with all kinds of wackadoodle tacky crap for sale. Navigating around I stumbled upon this possibly the most disturbing line of "dolls" ever.

Look! Fresh from the uterus I offer you Reborn Doll Kits, Inc.
Wow! how, um, slightly unformed! but, these are a little too "done" for my taste do you have something in the way of a disturbingly premature newborn infant doll?
That's more like it. Now if I could just get a hold of those disembodied creepy claw like hands ...but, perhaps new born human children bore you to tears! Thank goodness Reborn Doll Kits, Inc. has taken consumers like you into consideration!!

8.27.2008

ag fair

i'd just like to say that your ag fair stinks. those water bumper cars look SOOOO boring and i think winning a goldfish is abusive to animals. how can you "win" a living creature? why don't we just go back to slavery, MoCountians!?? why don't you throw a ring around a coke bottle to see if you can win ME? win me into a lifetime of bondage, why don't you!?

rabbits are boring, too.

it all stinks and i don't miss it a bit.

8.26.2008

a tiny "baby" who will win your heart!



. . . am i the only one who finds these "cute" figurines in the coupon section frightening? i had to scan this in!

cad, is THIS the movie you're talking about?


Thank geebus for youtube.

8.25.2008

if randomness is the theme, i'm in!

ok, so i'm shamelessly directing everyone to my blog to watch "am i normal?" which i think is extremely important for everyone to watch because it's the best movie ever. joe-- if you're out there, did you have to watch this in mrs. stembel's class, too? i think it might even have been on a film reel rather than a VHS. dunno if they'd already retired the reels by the time you came along.

anyway, i think it's a great conversation point/ hilarious diversion and it forms a part of what's going on in my world.

amen to the request for joe's apartment pix. i've been dying to see what it looks like! can we take stalker-ish cell phone photos of strange and funny things we encounter in the world? that would be fun . . . i think i'll start doing it . . .

omg. denver protesters HATE freedom!


The Denver protesters, former AP art students who have taken it upon themselves to spend the week a)not showering and b)recreating the chicago convention riots of 1968 which eventually got nixon elected and we all know how well that went, refuse to talk to Fox News! They are also wearing "masks" so this might get a little out of control.

your parents sooooo pissed right now.

The Whole Point is No Point


Ok, first and foremost, all new kitty pics (and other sundry kestell photos) can be found on my flickr stream here.

As to theme, there is no theme, that's the point. This is supposed to be a place for binge drinking posts, political posts, random "c'mon let's post" posts, everything pretty much. The idea is that we share our interests, curiosities, dalliances and whims with each other someplace that we can point anyone who may be interested. i.e. "you haven't heard of cardi-oke?!?! I posted it on the blog- check it out!" I guess the entire purpose of inviting you guys to pitch in was that I have the best conversations with my siblings and I am trying to create a space where we can continue that convo even when we're spread out all over the country. For example, I have NO idea what is cracking Joe up right now, what his apartment looks like, what the weirdest/coolest/smelliest person on the subway this morning looked/smelled like and i WANT to know those things. Its way easier to miss a person not knowing those things. So use this as your random space to share the random stuff you want us all to see/hear/respond to. Meanwhile, I'll keep up the political chatter illustrated with LOL cats.

8.23.2008

tew few posts!

we have all been slackers, lately!

i'll bear the bulk of the burden for the lack of posts up here, lately, as this constitutes my first, EVER, but this is simply unacceptible. C'mon Kestells! Where has that German work ethic gone?

I think it would help if we were to come up with some sort of a theme for the blog. Bob likes to write about binge drinking, Stel about politics, and me about whatever it is this post is about.

if we come up with some sort of a theme i think it would be good. or a purpose? is the purpose of this to keep in touch and share goofy stuff? i'm just lost and i want to write on here but i don't know what to write about and don't want my writing to be odd and out of place (as this likely is;). anyway, come on guys, lets have a posting brawl and duke it out as to the validity of this post, if for no other reason.

that at least will get stuff going?

stel, where are the new baby pix!?

8.14.2008

Ernest Borgnine Rocks Your World


thanks, dunk!

How To Buy A New Car


BoingBoing clip from Ignite Seattle offers muy valuable advice. enjoy.

8.11.2008

Desired: R2D2 Projection Alarm Clock


Sometimes I thank god that I am a woman, simply because its not nearly as creepy to be a single girl with a Star Wars fetish. Nothing about my life currently screams 'I live in my mom's basement' but that will be corrected as soon as these lil' beauties come stateside. It tells time by either projecting red digits on your the wall of your lonely, empty studio apartment, or through the digital readout on his cute belly. IwantitIwantitIwantitIwantit, pleeeeeeeeeeease. Wesco is releasing them in Britan in October, they will retail at about $35, that's like 18 pounds for the anglophiles amongst us. link

8.06.2008

oh Canada!


Jon Lajoie is a funny man filled with hilarity. NSFW w/ out headphones.

War on Richard Cohen Continues

at Wonkette
This is beginning to look like a wonks mirror site, but hey- when it they're right, they're right, people.