i wish my birthday was February 29th

But if that was so I'd have been a month premature. So let the countdown to March 28 begin.

27.

I'm freaking out about being 27 but I still have a month so I won't dedicate this blog post to complaining about the onset of my elderly years.

Instead I'll dedicate it to this cute little video that fills my heart with love and hope every time I watch it.



I don't know if this has been happening to anyone else lately but I'm REALLY ADDICTED TO BRAVO. I'm pretty much watching something on Bravo every night that I'm home. I'm obsessed with Jillian from Project Runway. A part of me wants to BE Patti Stanger from Millionaire Matchmaker. And I was SO HAPPY that Jacki got voted off Make Me A Supermodel. The look on her face was priceless when she got the boot. Bravo has the 10-11pm hour locked up for me and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

I hate having the same thoughts as Perez

ME


HIM


Note the dates.


Over it.

I had a great weekend

Saturday night my roommate, my boyfriend and myself watched the first new episode of Saturday Night Live from Amy Poehler's dressing room.

And it was awesome.

I don't have a lot of great pics because I felt really weird taking out my camera but please know that if I could have had a pic with Mike Huckabee, it would be my new facebook. I did say hello to him and he said hello back. I'm sure he was thinking, "The black is too close--burning my retina--burning my retina!!" In total there were 3 black people at the party.

Here are the two pics I did take.

Please note my new awesome hair.

(That's Kristyn's friend Jill, NOT Sarah Jessica Parker)

I thought the show itself was pretty hilarious. My favorite was the Annuale commercial and Amy Poehler's one-legged bitch contestant on the Rock Of Love spoof. Also I totally respect Tina Fey for coming out and being all for Hillary Clinton. I'm still all about Obama but I'm glad she came out for HC. Also I did beg to differ with this random friend of WIll Arnett who while we were all watching, proclaimed that this season's cast is the best ever. Ever? I guess he forgot that Mike Myers, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Gilda Radner, and the rest of the amazing people who have starred on the show through the years. I mean I love Will Forte but I was OBSESSED with Dana Carvey.

I didn't get to meet Carrie Underwood which was the biggest disappointment of the night. We were watching her perform for a bit from the writer's room and I was the only person in the room wanting to pay attention.

One highlight of the night was when we were leaving. A few paparazzi were stationed outside of the afterparty and as we walked out one of them said, "Hey it's Julia--oh wait, no it's not." Once again my roommate was mistaken for Miss Julia Stiles. Once the two of us were in a bar and got a mystery round bought for us by the guy who totally thought Kristyn was Julia Stiles.

The afterparty was actually kind of lame--lots of people sitting around being famous and important and rich. And no open bar. But it was nice to look up to find myself standing beside King Leonidis from 300 and Terry Bernadino from Reno 911.

In case you were wondering--I fell asleep during the Oscars. I remember Tilda Swinton winning and then it was Best Actor. I was in a comfy chair. And I love a montage as much as the next person but the Academy took it a little too far last night. The pics and clips of famous people with a John Williams score in the background before every award get old after the first few times.

Also if you haven't seen Gary Busey be hilarious on the red carpet, you need to. I wish more celebrities would just be insane just for laughs.

Hi Bindi!

I have so much stuff to do today but I had to let you know that--

Bindi Irwin CRACKS ME UP

But wait--there's more:

My favorite quote about Bindi Irwin is from Jezebel.com where she's described as "that wonderfully Dark Crystal Muppet-esque daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin"

I love fan tributes.

Especially ones about Dakota Fanning







PS: More substantial posts to follow--i.e. those in which I don't just re-post pics and ridick videos, I'm talking posts that I actually write. I've been in a bit of a writing funk lately but life is looking up and everything's coming up roses which just goes to show that even when things are shitty they will get better.


Coming soon.

Fun fact

My full name is Brandy Glennese Crawford.

My mom wanted to name me Brandy Nicole but my aunt Gretchen vetoed because that name was "too white." Glennese also happens to be Aunt Gretchen's middle name.

Mom told me this around 2nd or 3rd grade and I remember being a little irrationally upset at the change. I'd always wanted an "i" in my name because I was ALL ABOUT dotting my i's with hearts. Just like Stacey McGill in the Babysitters Club.

Two other facts contributed to my chagrin at my middle name that could have been:

1. I always wanted to be one of the kids who went by their middle names and often wished that I had a cooler one. Glennese was just not cutting it when I was 8.
2. I was crazy about the name Nicki--Two of my Barbies were Nickis and one of my Cabbage Patch kids. And lots of people on TV had the name Nicki and I loved the sound of it.
   

Related?

I'm totally on board the American Idol train and I couldn't help but notice that finalist Danny Noriega looks remarkably like Jessica Alba.

Best Lines of The Grammys

"The Grammys can kiss my ass!"
--Britney Spears


"And to my Blake incarcerated!"
--Amy Winehouse

I think everyone should add "And to my Blake incarcerated!" to every acceptance speech.

Also (completely unrelated) have you ever noticed the resemblance?

People like who they like.

One day in high school my friends and I were sitting around talking about which actors and actresses we thought were hot. My friend Donovan was obsessed with Sarah Michelle Gellar. I was head over heels for Leonardo DiCaprio and David Duchovny. Another friend loved Gwen Stefani and another was really into Brad Pitt.

Then we got to my friend Chris who was usually very quiet and reserved and he says, "You know who I really like? Madeleine Stowe."

I'm flipping through the channels right now and happened upon a Madeleine Stowe movie. Which made me think of Chris and his crush.

And if you're wondering:


That's Madeleine Stowe. If you can't quite place where you know her from (no she's NOT from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves) satisfy your curiosity here.

I was on the fence so I took a few quizzes

85% Mike Gravel
84% Dennis Kucinich
80% John Edwards
79% Barack Obama
77% Chris Dodd
76% Hillary Clinton
73% Joe Biden
68% Bill Richardson
38% Rudy Giuliani
25% John McCain
21% Ron Paul
18% Mike Huckabee
18% Tom Tancredo
17% Mitt Romney
8% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

I took 3 other quizzes and in each one my man is Mike Gravel or Dennis Kucinich. Unfortunately they are both out now. Barack came in a constant 3rd (except for this quiz above) and Hilary and I apparently want different things so.........

BRANDY FOR BARACK!!!

PS: This was possibly the best question from all of the quizzes I took:

What would be your ideal candidate's position on SLAVERY REPARATIONS?

Please tell me this is not an issue that's on the table. I mean, I'm all for getting my 40 acres and my mule but universal health care is a few notches higher on my list of things I want our new president to work on.

GO VOTE

It matters.

If you live in New York or one of these states, get your butt over to the polls because your vote DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I'm heading to Brooklyn after work because I am a dumbass and only sent in my change of address form in last week. But really--if you're registered GO VOTE!!!!

Personally I'm still on the fence. Hillary is hard for me to love, but Barack's lack of experience worries me. I like him as a representation of our country-- mixed racial heritage, working his way through the American dream--Barack Obama, from the outside at least, is what America is all about. Hillary is a cold ice queen and I don't think we would get along if we were peers. But this election is about what these two individuals will do for our country, not about how they'd act towards me if they knew me personally.

So we'll see what happens--GO VOTE!!!!

GO GIANTS!!!

Last night was one of the best football games I've watched in a while.

This is coming from a girl who spent every Friday of high school in the stands with her piccolo having no idea what was going on down on the field.

A New Favorite Person Of Mine

Judy Greer is all around awesome. And I'm a little ashamed that I've thought she was awesome for a few years now but I only learned her name a few minutes ago. It was one of those things I had been meaning to IMDB. I knew her only as "that girl from Jawbreaker" and more recently as "Kitty from Arrested Development." But today I was sitting around with a couple of friends watching What Women Want and it was universally decided that once again That Girl From Jawbreaker is awesome.

And finally I remembered to give her a Google.

I'm into Sarah Silverman now

Usually she annoys me. She struck me as a pretty girl who says "pussy" and "cunt" and makes rape jokes. I can take it or leave it. Usually I leave it.

But then she comes up with this brilliantness and convinces Matt Damon to join her.

This is one of the most hilarious things I've seen in a while.