Flashback Friday: more 90s shows

Because there’s never enough time to talk about 90s shows. This week’s theme is “Teenage Girl Protagonists” with a healthy dose of “Where are they now?” thrown in.

I know I posted about Joey Lawrence in one of these before, but I had to give a shout out to Blossom’s star, Mayim Bialik. Did you know that she’s almost finished with her Ph.d in Neuroscience at UCLA? Holy shit Blossom!

But you can’t talk about 90s shows with teenage girl protagonists without recognizing this show:

And what is Melissa Joan Hart doing now? Is she also pursuing some intense degree? No, she’s starring in shitty ABC Family original movies like this one.

I thought about bringing up Alex Mack, but I’d rather mention one of the few shows on TV to feature an Asian American as the main protagonist:

Oh, Shelby Woo, we hardly knew you. After the show ended, lead actress Irene Ng went on to study at Harvard and then went on to be a banker at Merrill Lynch (ouch). I wonder how that worked out for her…

Horoscope Fail

From my astrology.com daily horoscope:

Dear Pisces,
Here is your horoscope for Thursday, January 29: Buy something big — or at least nice — for yourself, even if it means adding a bit of debt. You deserve it and should be able to handle it without owing too much to the banks for too long.

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Hmm.

Dear astrology.com,

I don’t appreciate your transparent attempts to get me to stimulate the economy by buying your “Free” Psychic Reading.

Score!

Yesterday I finally got the melodica I’ve been wanting for months now (which provided me with hours on fun once I got home). AND I wandered into a record shop down the street from the musical instrument store and they had The Queen is Dead by the Smiths on vinyl, in really good condition.

Thanks universe!

Learn Your Rules

Whether you’re a fan of The Office or not, this is fucking hilarious:

God, I love Rainn Wilson.

Monday Minor Annoyances

Wow, it’s been a long time since I last posted. I’ve been a slacker, I know. But 2009 is going alright so far. Working on a couple of new songs that I’m feeling pretty good about. Applying to grad school. Looking for love in all the wrong places.

I had thought about doing a Sunday Bitter Sunday yesterday, but I couldn’t focus on one thing. So today I bring you Monday Minor Annoyances.

1. Problematic web design choice

Since I’m applying to library school, I was perusing the American Library Association’s website and I stumbled across the job list section.

Just look at who the employee is and who the employer is in that photo. Way to reinforce shitty power dynamics. Also, the lecherous expressions on the “employers” faces really creep me out. I can hear them saying: “Well, you want a job now do ya, young woman of color? That depends on what you’re willing to do…” Gross.

2. stupid euphemisms

I was looking through the w4w ads on craigslist (uh huh, that’s right. There’s no shame in my game) and I kept seeing all these bullshit euphemisms posted by people who don’t want to date a fat woman. If I have to read “must be fit” or “must be height-weight proportional” one more time… I know that people have their own personal preferences, but the euphemisms just strike me as very disingenuous. Why don’t you just say “no fat chicks” and we can all stop pretending that you’re not a jackass.

3. the word “webinar”

I get all these emails at work from this company called Skillpath that does all these dumb trainings. And more and more, they’ve been using the word “webinar”. No, it is not a fucking “webinar”. It is an online seminar. “Webinar” isn’t cute or fun, it’s a terrible word. Seriously. It’s usage needs to be stopped.

4. variations on the word vacation

Staycation. Playcation. Gaycation.

No.

No no no no no no.

5. The name Todd

Don’t name your child Todd. Although there are (of course) exceptions, if you name your child Todd, you are basically saying “I am doing everything in my power to make sure you grow up to be a huge douchebag.” Todd Palin’s parents knew what they were doing.

And last but not least:

6. DC comics

So apparently Batman is “dead” or something. I suppose it’s the DC way (“What should we do now? Oh, let’s kill that character that everyone likes!”). But they love ridiculous resurrections almost much as they love senseless death, so I doubt B is gonna stay dead for long (plus they’re not stupid enough to permanently kill one of their flagship characters).

But still, it’s really fucking annoying.