Random Thought Day:

My favorite gremlin in Gremlins 2 is the vegetable gremlin. “But Matt!” you say, “The brain gremlin is smart, the electric gremlin has a cool power, the bat gremlin can fly! The vegetable gremlin does…pretty much nothing…” But that’s exactly why he’s the coolest, friends. He’s covered in vegetables, hanging out in a salad bar scaring people; he’s in, his hip, he’s “with it.” Perhaps he’s not as flashy as other gremlins, but he’s got style. He serves no purpose, but that’s why I love him. Too bad he’s only featured in the movie for probably less than 30 seconds.

I say, I say, the most underrated cartoon character in my opinion is Foghorn Leghorn. Sure, he’s no Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck, but really, who is?

Don’t you hate when the soap in the shower gets too thin and you always drop it and you can’t get enough soap off it and it breaks all apart? Sigh… I once saw an invention where you drop all the thin, used soaps into a container and when you have enough in there, you’d mash them all together by turning this crank and thusly form one big soap. Why isn’t that being mass-marketed? It’s a great idea! I know I’d buy one. And so would all the other grateful soap users of America!

My mom saw the Christina Aguilera video for “Beautiful” and was horrified that it showed a man dressing up in women’s clothing and two men kissing. I said, "mom, the only thing horrifying about that video is Christina Aguilera." Ba-dum-bum!

The best Christmas song is the David Bowie/Bing Crosby rendition of Little Drummer Boy.

I had a dream the other night where Alec Baldwin sent me an email. I was so excited!! (in the dream of course, because I was talking to a celebrity, not that I had had a dream about Alec Baldwin)

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Take The Nerd Test. According to it I need to: "Take a stab at ''de-nerding'' yourself. I'm not sure what that entails, but you'll be glad you did." I guess I'm sort of a half-way nerd, which is half-way to where I thought I would be. You decide in which direction.

I wrapped some Christmas presents today, and I am the worst wrapper ever (no, actually, that title goes to Missy Elliott, who I've deemed the worst rapper this year. Get it? "Wrapper" and "rapper"--it's a play on words!... ...sigh... that was bad, I know). I'm just so horrible, I just want it over with quickly so I hastily wrap it up: my corners aren't tight, the paper is loose, I need a lot of tape...man I'm just bad at it. But it's not the gift wrapping that counts, it's not even the gift itself, it's the love behind it. Right? For sure. Happy Yuletide!

You know, the only time you ever see commercials for the Chia Pet and the Clapper is around the holiday season. This must be the high selling time for these people. I think that by this time, anyone that has ever wanted the Clapper has already tried one. It's not really that great, I know because I got one..about 10 years ago. And the Chia Pet? I have one of those too--also not that great. Pretty lame actually. What is the fascination with spreading gunk all over a clay sheep and then watching it grow? It's just not that exciting. I suppose it's kind of like a Christmas rite of passage, at one time in your gift giving/receiving you MUST have given/received a Clapper or Chia Pet. And if you haven't, then you're really missing out on the whole mediocrity of it all. What's wrong with you?