Song For A Day - Rapture Riders

I was in search of some Doors video to share because...

1. Today I got back in touch with my best friend from high school... a girl who sat in front of me in freshman English reading No One Here Gets Out Alive. My curiosity about said book sparked a friendship that would endure loads of sixties music, going goth and a reasonable amount of alcohol (vodka and Diet Slice, anyone?). So, I'm excited about that... it's been 16 years since we last talked.

And 2. Something needs to erase the bad taste that New Moon left behind in the wake of molasses pacing and distant acting. Please God, get Kristen Stewart off the marijuana so some life can return to those eyes of hers. As an internet friend who shall remain nameless for his sake said, "They are black holes from which none can escape!"

Anyway, Jim Morrison will always be sexier than Edward Cullen. To be fair to R-Patz, it's gotta be tough on a guy when he as to utter a line like, "You give me everything by breathing!"

Enjoy this Blondie/Doors mashup. I did.

(Also, in case you missed it... yesterday I wrote about MMJ on American Dad and our good timez experience. Show co-creator Mike Barker even did my LP Questionnaire.)

Whoa, Nelly! Gossip Girl + Asians (Apparently) = RACISM

I'm sitting here watching Hillary Clinton's Senate Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of State, and I thought what better time to write about race relations on Gossip Girl?

Racialicious made a deal about Chuck visiting an opium den and possibly an Asian massage parlor and THEY WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. I don't know. I find it hard to muster any outrage. I mean, he's Chuck Bass... and he was in Thailand. I kind of figured, where the hell else would he go?

However... I do have to complain about Nelly Yuki. Racialicious was annoyed that the old Asian character (who apparently left the show to go back to Brown University and study neuroscience - why aren't they making a deal about that being stereotypically Asian?) wore headbands because somehow that was stereotyping us. Err... does the writer watch the show? Did they look at Blair much during season one? Queen B made headbands famous on the Upper East Side, dahlings... and we're surprised her loyal minions did the same?

So, back to Nelly... I am not bummed that she is Asian and nerdy. I am bummed that she wears tragically ugly glasses and has no backbone.

I don't mean to knock Racialicious because I think they do good work, and I follow the blog. However, I think if we get to a point where we start getting up in arms over every little thing then we won't have any credibility when the real slights happen. I'm sure you can make an argument for marginalization on TV contributing to marginalization in real life, but seriously... if we're thinking that deeply about Gossip Girl, I think we have other issues. Also, on that show money is the class divider, not race.

Anyway, how about that Rufus/Lily twist last night?!

ps. I read yesterday that Vanessa Hudgens auditioned for the role of Leah Clearwater in New Moon. I would like to officially start the protest on that one. Oops, someone already has!

(photo found at i luv gossip girl forever. yes, it's true)