Hiatus Thoughts

In case you haven’t noticed the old blog hasn’t been updated much this week and that’s due to my unofficial spring hiatus, Much like The Daily Show or The Colbert Report, every so often I need some time to recharge my pop culture batteries. Unlike John and Stephen though, my need stems from partying too hard over Memorial Day weekend, work being crazy, and a trip to New York. So while I won’t be completely absent, I won’t be full time blogging again until June 11th when I’m back from the Big Apple. In the meantime here are five random thoughts to tide you over:

1. Thank god for Lindsay Lohan. Between the leather seat fiasco and the latest lip synching mess I thought Britney was going to be America’s favorite punching bag again but thanks to her love of substances liquid and powdery Lindsay has stolen back the spotlight in spectacular fashion. Meanwhile Brit has written her most honest letter to date and despite small bumps still seems on track to complete the inevitable comeback.

2. I think I left them off my brief summer TV preview but don’t forget that Rob & Big are back on MTV. What should be yet another boring reality show about a pseudo celeb has actually turned into one of MTV’s best. Whether it’s teaching their dog how to skate, or purchasing a mini horse as a companion pet for the dog the show is constantly funny and both stars (3 if you include Meaty the dog) are all super endearing.

3. By now I’m sure many of you have heard Rhianna’s new tune Umbrella that features Jay Z. Talk about an impulse buy. I read about the track a few months ago in a couple of articles and when I found it on iTunes I took a quick preview and downloaded it. Now I’m stuck with a rather annoying song and I’m not sure if it’s going to have the ability, like say her previous track “SOS”, to turn it around after listening to it nonstop. Seriously the girl just sings syllables for half the track.

4. While I appreciate good team basketball I’ve got to say the NBA is dead to me right now. Sure the Spurs and Pistons are great fundamental teams but as they head towards their inevitable I am uninterested and bored. This isn’t anything new either, the NBA has bored me for quite some time and while Phoenix and this year’s Golden State team were fun to watch they are truly anomalies in a sport that once captured my attention and my pocket book.

5. Not that my voice matters but I’m declaring the MySpace revolution dead. Sure it’s a great place to find bands and what not, but you can find all that by Google. I don’t know maybe it’s the responsibility of updating a page every so often or maybe it’s the fact that the longer I’m on there the more spam and bogus friend invites I get in my regular email. Either way, I’m calling it quits despite the fact that it’s put me in touch with some people from my past that I’m very thankful to have rediscovered and has allowed me search vice versa. Plus I’ve got to give it props because it’s truly the birthplace of this blog. Goodbye MySpace and thank you for all that you’ve given and taught me.

So that’s it. Have a great first weekend in June y’all! I’m sure I’ll pop in next week some time with tales from my first Buffy Sing A Long event (aka first that’s not in my or a friends living room). That’s right the folks from New York that put these on monthly are stopping in the Minne-apple this weekend and I’ll be there belting out every single line. They’re on tour all summer so visit BuffySings.com to see if they’re heading to a city near you.