This sh*t is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A!

I saw Gwen Stefani in concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre last night! It was awesome! Of course, it would have been more awesome had I been able to get better seats, but oh well.

Gwen performing "Wind It Up", her homage to The Sound of Music's "Lonely Goatherd". Yes, unfortunately, I was *that* far away :(




Near the end of her set, she got carried by two bodyguards (or whatever you call them) from the stage to the section I was sitting at (yay!), and then she performed "Cool" right there!

It was a good show overall, but while I like Gwen's music, I love No Doubt even more. She said that her next album was going to be a No Doubt album. Definitely something to look forward to!

Nail clipping on public transit--why???

I was sitting on a Caltrain on my way home from work yesterday, reading a book and minding my own business, when I heard a sound behind me that shattered my peace--the sound of fingernails being clipped in public.

People clipping their fingernails on public transit is my number one pet peeve. Why?

1. The incessant "clip-clip" is so annoying.
2. Fingernail clippings go flying everywhere, no matter how careful you are.
3. Lots of germs and dirt reside under fingernails--I do not want to be sitting in your germs and dirt.

In short, it is disgusting and downright inconsiderate. Apparently, some people don't seem to realize this. What is it about a train or bus ride that compels them to pull out their clippers and start giving themselves a public transit manicure?

It took all of my will power yesterday to not whirl around in my seat and tell the woman behind me to STOP. But perhaps I should have, I would have been doing the public a favor.

"You've got two empty halves of coconut, and you're banging them together!"

Recently, while perusing various articles on Wikipedia (otherwise known as my #1 source of procrastination), I decided to read up on "Shrek the Third". I had already seen the film, but I wasn't really satisfied with it. While reading the entry, I came upon an article about how Eric Idle (of Monty Python fame) was considering suing the makers of Shrek because of the coconut gag the third film had borrowed from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".

For those of you who have seen "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", you know what I mean. For those of you who haven't, well, it's a damn shame you haven't seen the film (go see it!).

"Shrek the Third" starts out with Prince Charming, who appears to be riding through a forest, when in fact, he is just galloping on a hobby horse at a dinner show. A stagehand is using coconuts to make clip cloppity noises. And that, apparently, was enough for Idle (who voices the character Merlin) to storm out of the "Shrek the Third" premiere.

Idle claimed that he was considering suing the makers of Shrek because he was unaware the coconut gag would appear in the film. He was angry that they had "stolen" their joke.

This is ridiculous. The Shrek films are ALL about parody. All three films have had multiple gags/jokes/parodies lifted from pop culture and the media. The parodies are what make the films (well, at least the first 2) so entertaining. Even when told that the gag was put in as a "mark of admiration", Idle lashes out, “Do you think if I stole your wallet that’d be homage to your money?"

And what exactly was "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"? It was a PARODY of the King Arthur legend, for Christ's sake.

What a hypocrite. I've lost respect for Eric Idle.