Crystal Jordan :: Blog

While Jennifer Leeland is on vacation, I hijakced her blog and did evil things with it. Come enjoy her pain and suffering!

Schadenfreude lives!

I love the whole world, Discovery Channel style. This was cute and too funny all at once. Enjoy!

Well, this is one way to sell a Mini-Cooper. Let a dominatrix whip it.

View at your own risk: http://www.mini.ca/DominateWinter

Man, I’m just having too much fun with the playlists lately, but I’ve been bouncing between genres like a speed addict pushing a shiny red button.

On to the classic playlist! Oldies but goodies!

Carry On My Wayward Son — Kansas

Wanted Dead or Alive — Bon Jovi

Don’t Fear the Reaper — Blue Oyster Cult

Fat Bottom Girls — Queen

Bad Moon Rising — Credence Clearwater Revival

Surrender — Cheap Trick

Born Under A Bad Sign — Albert King

Paranoid — Black Sabbath

Burning For You — Blue Oyster Cult

House of the Rising Sun — Animals

Folsom Prison Blues — Johnny Cash

Sweet Home Alabama — Lynyrd Skynyrd

Immigrant Song — Led Zepplin

Bohemian Rhapsody — Queen

Blowin’ In The Wind — Bob Dylan

Fortunate Son — Credence Clearwater Revival

San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) — Scott McKenzie

Okay, so I watch America’s Next Top Model. I admit it. It’s my dirty little secret. But I have to take a moment to say that the token plus-sized model they always have on every season who always gets bumped off for lame-assed reasons…finally WON.

Go Whitney!

And it’s sad they call her plus sized, cuz she’s as big as my thigh, but I’m gonna call this a win for the junk in the trunk girls anyway. :)

So, I was over at Romance Divas today (as per usual) and someone brought up and old 1980s song that I refuse to mention because I don’t want it stuck in your head like it was for me.

But it got me thinking about some of my favorite 80s songs and bands. I decided to torture you with a few choice videos.

First up, Gun n Roses Sweet Child O Mine (hairbands at their finest here, ladies and gents)

Paula Abdul Opposites Attract (the cartoon cat slays me every time)

Am I the only one who enjoys a good 80s flashback? Hee!

One of my students pointed this out to me–a short film directed by Lena Khan. It’s called “A Land Called Paradise” and was the winner from the One Nation Film Contest. I thought it was beautifully done.

Quite the combo, no? I ripped this off of Leah Braemel’s blog, who got it from The Goddess Blogs, a spot where one of my fellow Utah chapter-mates, Nicole Jordan, does her bloggy thang. (Julia London, who originated the post, defines the ‘flying monkey category’ as being: It wasn’t good, it wasn’t bad, it was somewhere in the middle, sort of grotesquely fun.)

Three things I like about me:

1. I have awesome hair. Everyone deserves a vanity, baby, and that’s mine. I slap a lil mousse in it and have the kind of curls my friends pay a bazillion bucks to get. Woot.
2. I’m not afraid to voice an opinion (loudly). Trust me, where I come from, women who speak their minds are not appreciated–especially if they’re arguing with a man. You know I like arguing with men, right? ;)
3. I’m usually a pretty good friend. Not totally made of awesome, but not craptastic either.

Three things that could stand improvement:

1. I’m fat. Yeah, I know. Shocking, right? I should probably do something about it. Maybe. Ugh.
2. A social life that doesn’t include friends/other writers on the phone would be good.
3. I should do laundry more often. And the dishes. And vacuuming. Maybe mopping. Definitely cleaning the bathtub. Okay, that’s more than three. I’m done now.

Three flying monkey things about me:

1. I just did my taxes yesterday. I usually do them like February 1, but writing like mad to meet my first Kensington deadline–well, housework wasn’t the only thing that went by the wayside.
2. I failed grammar and passed calculus (barely). It’s weird that I write now–but, ya know, still suck at grammar.
3. I’ve lived in every time zone in the U.S. and still like the one I was born in best.

So, someone showed me the creepiest video of all time, and of course, I had to share.

I haven’t able to stop watching.

It’s posted over at The Novelty Girls. Go look.

A “who’s hotter” smack down quiz! I thought we’d do something different–and in tribute to my (and the Mad Madam M’s) favorite show, Supernatural.