My Best Friend on CNN

My best friend, Samuel Burke, has worked for CNN for the past year on Amanpour. Currently, he is working on the program Clix on CNN en Español. Please tune in to watch and support him if you get CNN en Español. Here's a sample:

Samuel Hood Burke CLIX CNN en CNN en Español from Samuel Hood Burke on Vimeo.

Tortoise, Too Cute!

You all know how much I love animals (except for cats-domestic ones, yuck. Lions and tigers, okay). One of my favorite things are when animals dress like other animals. Think dog in a bee costume, duck in a panda costume, etc.

A new animal favorite though are these videos of tortoises eating things. Their little mouths, the way they stick their necks out, ahhh they are just so freaking cute.





I only wish they were not spotted. I am very creeped out by random spots. Can't win them all.

Be My Only

I've been really bad about blogging. Lots to update on, but I haven't had a time to compile it all and publish it on here. Will do soon, I hope!

For now, here is my new favorite song by FM Radio, a collaboration project between Schulyer Fisk, whom I loved since seeing her live, and Tim Myers. It's titled "Be My Only" and should be on Schuyler's next album in the fall. I heard it on the episode of Ugly Betty when Hilda married Bobby (side note--I'm really that show ended! I loved it!).

Biology Raps

I saw this posted on facebook awhile ago and it's so funny.

I went to their YouTube site and they have two other videos, one on DNA and another on TAQ (some other DNA bio thing from what I watched). But the one posted above was the best.

Kind of made me wish I was a science person so I would actually understand what they were saying. Or wished my business professors had been this creative...

Speaking of Top Chef

Watch this video from Funny of Die titled, "Top Chef: Hungry Ladies."

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NY Lottery- Such Cute Commercials!

Eeee! So cute! I want to get my dog pajamas too! They have another cute one with bunnies too.

Balloon Boy Raps

This is terrible. The mouth on them!

I Knew Kids Were Like Animals!

Eat Me Daily posted a video from Steve V at Vimeo that was a modern remake of the now classic Stanford psychological experiment from the 60s where kids are put in a room with a marshmallow. They are told they cannot eat it until the researcher comes back and if they wait, they get a second one. It's pretty funny. There is one kid who is so cute. He keeps smelling it and looks so tortured. He also looks like one of my ex coworker when he was little.

Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.

I compare these kids to animals because of this YouTube video I saw about a year ago on this crazy Japanese game show where they stack food on animals. This one is so cute (probably because I love animals more than I like kids)! The little girl who scratches the marshmallow is like the chimpanzee!

Who's Splashing?

The people who owned this house kept finding water all over their pool deck and furniture. They thought the neighborhood kids were sneaking into their pool when they left so they set up a camera to catch them.

So cute.

Cute Wedding Entrance

T sent this to me today. I thought it was really cute and definitely memorable if you were a wedding guest.

Almost as good as TLC's show, "Rock the Reception," where they do a surprised first dance. If I ever get to have a wedding, I want to do something like this, but more choreographed.

Sprite Ad Banned

This Sprite ad was banned in Germany. I'm not surprised. Even I'm a little shocked.

Mature content:


Update: The creator of the ad, Max Isaacson, has confirmed it has never been aired and it was only a spec.

Rap Battle: Harry Potter vs. Lord Voldemort

So funny!
Ps. I did see the movie at midnight and I loved it! Of course, not as good as the book, but a great movie adaption nonetheless.

Tanning Tips

I laid out this weekend in 113 degree weather and got quite toasty from that Phoenix sun. I did not take any of this girl's advice.
It's actually not that funny, but thought it was fitting for what I did this weekend (which is basically nothing--oh except a trip to a lesbian bar for a sorority sister's 21st birthday).

More Crazy Nuts

99 Balloons

Yesterday, I caught the end of an episode of Oprah titled "Remarkable Children." Every story basically made my eyes sting with tears, but were amazing. One of the last stories they did was on a couple named Matt and Ginny Mooney who had a child born with Trisomy-18 also known as Edwards syndrome. Trisomy-18 is a genetic disorder causing an extra 18th chromosome (the rest of us have only two) to develop in his cell. Besides this terrible condition of faulty DNA, Eliot Mooney was also born with an undeveloped lung and a hole in his heart. His chance for survival was very low.

I had actually seen their YouTube video a year or two ago, but seeing it again last night really brought me to tears, full on ugly cry kind of tears. And seeing how strong Matt and Ginny were was inspiring. When Oprah asked them about how they found the will to be so strong and do what they did, the one thing Ginny said that I think will stick with me whenever I'm feeling depressed over something that I think I'm not doing right or anticipating something bad, "I will be sad later."

So if you have a few minutes and some tissues laying around, you can watch their YouTube video, "99 Balloons" below. You can read more about Eliot's story on Matt's blog http://www.ninetynineballoons.com/.

Good Old Hard Work

In the Opinion column of the New York Times last weekend, there was a piece written by Nicholas Kristof about the three groups, Asian-America, Jews, and West Indian blacks, in America who have been unusually successful as far as minorities go.

He basically just points out that these groups are not so much smarter that they are successful but they work harder, put a higher emphasis on education and have a drive to succeed that has lead them to do so well. Bottom line: you don't have to be smart to do well--just work really hard.

Similar thing was said on Anderson Cooper's CNN show two years ago.

Zack Attack!

I was a HUGE Saved by the Bell fan growing up and it is by far still one of my favorite shows of all time. I remember running home from the bus stop to catch the latest episode. I was in love with Zack and I thought Kelly was so pretty. I hated the New Class thing they tried to do back in 1993. That show was terrible. You can't just replace the cast and expect it to have the same cult following.

Last night, Zack Morris (as played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar) made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Seeing him dressed as Zack and his giant cell phone, ahh the memories. I hope they do do a reunion show. That would be amazing! My favorite episode of all time was "Rockumentary" so I was especially excited that he sang a part "Friends Forever," even though it didn't sound as good without the actual Zack Attack band. ;) That episode made me so happy.

In case you missed it:

A Gaythering Storm

Funny or Die has been posting some really funny videos lately, such as Lindsay Lohan's eharmony.com ad. This past Sunday Miss California's controversial answer of her opposing gay marriage resulted in the topic being heavily discussed all over the country. Funnyordie.com just posted this one today. Lance Bass is in it!

A Gaythering Storm from Jane Lynch

Equality for all! Everyone just deserves to be happy.

Miracle Dog

This is an old video clip from the Oprah show about a dog named Faith who had to learn to walk like a human (on two legs) to survive. So different, but cute.

6 Year Old Ping Ponger

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I am concerned about all the balls on the floor. She could roll her ankles!

Also, this is what I imagine my mom to look like when she use to play ping pong back in China. She claims she was really good.