the list of now

Problem:

“Who does Matt Berninger of the National remind me of?”

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Awesomeness + Silliness = My favorite kind of everythingness.

Watch this now.  (and wait for it, it gets better and better!)

h/t to Kally, created by ElBucko.

Ahem.  ((pulls over soapbox))

I know it’s none of my business, but…

1.  No, you don’t.  You are being intrusive and you are aware of it, you just think it’s ok as long as you preface it with the intentional mistruth “I know it’s none of my business, but…”

2.  You are relying on that fact that most people will shrug and assume you meant well.  Secretly, you didn’t mean well.  You meant to pry.  And you know it.

3.  So this phrase is a nosy, pushy, lie.   Because if you did understand that it was simply not your business, you would shut the fuck up and not offer your opinion.

4. Guess what? Your opinion most likely isn’t actually even relevant to whatever it is you are needlessly prying into.  Most times that people select this particular phrase, they are offering an outsider’s view of a situation they don’t fully understand.

In conclusion:

Please don’t be this person.   Please don’t use this phrase as the crutch that allows you to douchebag your way into conversations or issues that have nothing to do with you.

If they wanted your two cents, they would have asked.

This has been a public service announcement from the List of Now.

Today ThinkGeek posted a newsletter with links to a whole amazing bevy of fake products (and dear god, I hope the squeez bacon is actually fake and doesn’t exist in some form somewhere).  Check out this screencap of my favorite three:

Not since Google gave us the ridiculous brilliance of Gmail Paper (a service in which they print your emails out and send them to you in actual folders), have I so enjoyed a geeky effort on April Fools’ Day.

Do yourself a favor and go read all the descriptions, they are absurd and random and smart and I love them.

I ((heart)) ThinkGeek.

p.s.  If those interfacing portal t-shirts did exist, I would so totally buy them and make one of my geeky friends wear them with me.  (I’m talking to you, Hally)  And I would by the buzzword bracelet thingie for Darcy.

I rarely take part in memes.  I particularly don’t love the ones that involve lots of survey questions.  However, I signed up for this one (on the receiving end) and therefore, must now pay it forward.  That’s how it works.

Here’s the deal:

I am going to make some kind of gift.  The first five people that respond to this in comments will get one.  I don’t know what it will be yet, but I am an artsy-craftsy type of girl, so it will be homemade and possibly a little silly or whimsical.

The only rule is that you must repost this in your blog and make something homemade for five people.  (and so on).

It’s a DIY, creativity love-fest all around.

So, have at it.