Glad you all liked the last video. It is from Current TV’s Target Women segment, staring Sarah Haskins. Here is my second favorite episode on Wedding Shows:

Check out the rest here.

Hilarious!

The ending is cut off. She says: What else could a woman possibly need?

There are many wonderful artists out there. I discover at least two or three a week. They can be visual, literary, or musical. I especially love the musical one. I am finding new bands all. the. time.

Here are a few I like this week. It’s a pretty representative sample except they are all girls. That part is not on purpose.

Guitar virtuoso Kaki King:

Avant-garde indie musician St Vincent:

My wonderful, weird, Leslie Hall:

Ok! I know Leslie Hall is strange but I love her. She is just my kind of strange. She’s from Iowa. She came to Internet fame with her Gem Sweater Collection. The natural follow up to that? Record a hop-hop album of course. I don’t know why, but I love it. If you agree, here’s the remix.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I woke up to roses on the dining room table. Awesome!

This is Not About Love by Fiona Apple (featuring Zach Galifianakis).

UPDATE: video gone because Sony owns Fiona Apple’s soul.

What does a girl do when there is a writers strike and TV is even stupider than ever? Experience life more, you say? Go to concerts and plays and literary events? Have people over for food and sparkling conversation? No! She watches movies. Lots of movies. Here are some I’ve seen recently and what I think of them:

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead — David-Mamet-wannabe script, annoying clippy editing, overrated on all accounts.

Juno — Entertaining and sweet, despite quirky indie status.

Sweeney Todd — You know how in Kill Bill, the blood spurts ironically from people’s bodies in fight scenes? Blood spurting, not ironic here.

East of Eden — Was James Dean drunk when he made this movie? Why is he lying in a bean field? Oh no, now he is howling like a zombie. Watch out for zombie James Dean!

Broken English — Admirable. Parker Posey rocked, the writing is excellent, and character development/emotions are interesting and fresh. Nice to see an intelligent movie about a woman.

I Am Legend — A satisfying zombie flick. Will Smith is still cool. But the scene with the dog made me cry and cry and cry. And cry. Seriously. I was traumatized.

Sex and Death 101– Could someone explain to me what the hell happened to Winona Ryder?

I’m Not There — Refreshing to see a movie with a non-linear plot. Very enjoyable movie until Richard Gere appears. Then suddenly not a movie about Bob Dylan anymore–is a movie about Richard Gere being a cowboy.

The Waitress — Made me want pie.

I am bummed about Heath Ledger passing away. He was one of the few young actors I liked. To cheer us up, here’s Jerry O’Connell making fun of Tom Cruise.

(Transcript of the original video)

Another favorite from Flight of the Conchords.

Given the quality of most TV shows these days, I’m not sure Hollywood writers deserve more money. Ha ha. Just kidding. Here’s an interesting little video from the very excellent writers of The Office about the writer’s strike. Hey I’m sympathetic. After I cancel TV when we move next week, I will be watching The Office exclusively online, and yes, they deserve a cut of those advertisements that I won’t be clicking on.

My TV viewing for the summer has been limited. It consists of:

Big Love
Top Chef
So You Think You Can Dance
Flight of the Conchords

I never get tired of Flight of the Conchord’s Boom Song. I can watch it over and over again and still laugh. But I also like their rap, which I recommend you watch forthwith:

Update: Kat pointed me to Mel’s video blog. Awesome.

So far I am liking Flight of the Conchords on HBO.

The plot: Two guys from New Zealand are in a band in New York. In between their adventures, they sing songs and imagine they are in music videos.