I know it’s not the most original question, but I got some really good responses. Add yours if you haven’t already…

Me: A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley (this song makes me feel like a badass.)

Andy: My theme music is “I Am a Resurrection” by the Stone Roses. It plays anytime I walk with a Mancunian swagger to remind me that I’m not Ian Brown circa 1990, world-beating egoist and saviour of Indie. I’m just some weirdo singing along to his mp3 player on a busy street!

India: theme from “To Kill a Mockingbird”

Patrick: Fools Gold by The Stone Roses

Abbie: Babies by Pulp. Beautiful especially the opening bars, talk about putting a spring in your step!

Andra: A-team–It just pops in every time

Amy: Theme from The Beverly Hillbillies.

Julie: sunny neopop ( a real ipod genre)

Adam: Frank Sinatra - That’s Life.

Steve: Apart from beltching that I believe already is my theme tune I’d like to say the Tom Waits song Heart Attack and Vine but the Screaming Jay Hawkins version as it sounds even filthier and more drunken the the original…that or just an over the top cock rock style thunder clap!

Dad: Sgt. Pepper

Mom: theme from Gone With The Wind

Nick K: Today: The Time Warner call center’s hold music. Its timeless and romantic, it makes me think of sailing.

Chrissy: Big Bad Voodo Daddy (Refrain: “So I’m think-ing about — my — next — drink, you and me and the bottle makes three tonight!”)

Tom: this week it’s “fat bottom girls” by Queen

Kimberly: Brick House (the Commodores)

Caitlin: Right now it is “I Feel Pretty.”

Stacy: Tapestry Record, by Carole King

Rachel N: Simply Irresistible by Robert Palmer

Jesse: my theme music is the cacaphonous snarling of dogs, horns, sirens, and airplanes passing by, it is the cry of babies born with no future, the silent wail of the morally destitute passing to the cubicle farms in office blocks - all combined, sampled, and synthed into the beat and melody of Flock of Seagulls’ ‘I Ran So Far Away’

We went to the movies this afternoon to see ‘For Your Consideration’ (new Chris Guest movie. I didn’t love it), but it was the previews that really got me. I’m not saying I don’t like previews. How else am I supposed to know what movies I want to see? But seriously, do we really need another cheesy-ass chick flick about finding love in the most unexpected places? Ugh, gag me.

• First there’s ‘Because I Said So.’ Diane Keaton (who incidentally has amazing legs judging by a 1/2 naked locker room scene in the preview) plays Mom to the mom from Gilmore Girls, the chick from Coyote Ugly, and Mandy Moore. Guess what? They’re all beautiful, incredibly dysfunctional, and neurotic. Keaton butts into their lives because she can’t deal with her own, and meets a guy in the process. How many times have you seen that movie? (and how many times has Keaton made it?)

• Another aggravating contender: ‘The Holiday,’ with Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. They both easily fit the mandatory Hollywood character description of beautiful, incredibly dysfunctional, and neurotic. My favorite line (don’t read if you haven’t seen the preview) is said during an email exchange between Winslet and Diaz. Diaz writes: “Are there any men in your town?” to which Winslet replies: “NONE.” Okay, none. Great …uh, except she forgets to mention that her brother is Jude F*ING Law! The script is so full of humorous blunders I want to kill myself.

After the preview, my mom leans over and says, “It’s nice to see Jack Black as a leading man.” Sure, that’s great. But he’s a guy. Guys don’t always have to be hot (hello “Beauty & the Geek” and NBC’s “Average Joe”). But when’s the last time you saw an average-to-chubby-or-ugly leading lady? … And no, squinty-eyed-”I gained 20 lbs for this role”-Zellweger in Brigit Jones doesn’t count. Neither does Charleze Theron in Monster.

Okay. Rant complete.

I’m happy to announce that my absolute favorite show, Veronica Mars, has been picked up for a full season.

For those of you who aren’t already obsessed, you should rent/Netflix seasons 1 & 2 immediately. The dialogue is so snappy you’ll be rolling with laughter. Damn, I would give anything to be a writer on that show. Ugh! Season 3 isn’t quite as great, but it’s still pretty f*ing engaging. Plus Veronica is such a cutie (though her fashion sense is somewhat lacking). If you’re not hooked after a few episodes I’ll buy you a drink (or hit you over the head–i haven’t decided yet).

Zach Galifianakis. We saw him at this benefit last week and I was in tears. (happy, funny tears).

Diet Coke.

Little black dresses. (I had to seriously restrain myself at Bloomingdales today.)

Wikipedia. Is there anything they don’t know?!

Knitting. (Knitty City was recommended to me by a friend at work, though I usually go to The Yarn Co. for my supplies.)

After 23 years, the best video store ever, The Movie Place, is going out of business. I learned this one evening when I went to–you guessed it–rent a movie. (I stupidly chose the new Lindsey Lohan flick, but I won’t waste the keystrokes writing about that.) I ambled toward the counter with my DVD, where the cute checkout guy (going through a bizarre 70’s mustache phase) helped the old man in front of me. I waited patiently, watching reruns of Arrested Development on the TV screen behind me, when suddenly something Mustache Guy said caught my attention: “Yeah, we’re closing for good on November 30th.” He shrugged, then scanned the old man’s copy of Desperately Seeking Susan.

I was flabbergasted. How could my favorite video store be going out of business? And on the heels of the local Blockbuster’s demise, no less. I’ve also heard rumors of the uptown branch of Kim’s closing its doors, as well as Tower Records on 66th and Broadway. What is the world coming to? My first thought: Netflix. Now, I love Netflix as much as the next guy, but it has its time and place. When you’re out with friends, discussing politics and skinny jeans, and suddenly Evil Dead II comes up, you can’t wait three frigging days for it to arrive on Netflix–you have to get it NOW!

But I was wrong. It’s not Netflix or Amazon. At least not in the case of the beloved Movie Place at 105 and Broadway. According to the letter on their website, it’s greedy, money grubbing landlords. Half the building’s been evicted and who knows what will happen to the rest. All over the city, quaint, quirky, longstanding businesses are closing their doors after years and years, because they can’t afford to keep them open. And what’s going to replace it? Well, the 99 cent store on Broadway and 104 just became a McDonalds. My favorite chinese restaurant on 97th is a Bank of America. The Clearview Cinema at 107–one of the first movie theaters I ever went to–is also a Bank of America. Even our local Starbucks is being replaced with a bank! Who knew Starbucks could be bumped off?

What’s my point with all this… Well, mostly I’m just sad. Who the fuck wants to get off the subway after a long day and hang out in the bank? In a couple years, that might just be your only option.

Borat. Okay, I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’m dying to.

Tofutti Cuties. (only 120 calories!) Take a quiz to find out what your favorite flavor is!

Anything by Lola Brown on Calamity News.

Nail polish colors.

Unicorns …just kidding. I can’t think of a fifth right now.

 

Allmusic — bands, albums, bios. I practically live on this site.

Peep Show — amazing British sitcom introduced to us by Simon Hemmings.

My bed — on a homemade 5-foot high platform. I’m like the princess and the pea and I love it!

Active Endeavors — addictive shopping website.

Pineapple.

I luv to take polls. Call it inspirational, call it procrastination, call it whatever you want.

So… Who’s your favorite villain? Personally, I’d have to go with Bob from Twin Peaks, because that guy scares the s**t out of me and he’s a spirit, which means he can be a villain without even existing. How cool is that? But I also have to throw in Cruella DeVille, because that would have been one sweet ass puppy-coat if she ever got to make it.
I sent the poll to my friends around the globe, and here are some of the answers I got (minus George W. Bush, who was on almost EVERYBODY’s list!!)…

ANDY O: Darth Vader. He rocks and his suit is preposterously shiny. He can kill cockney generals by squeezing his fingers together from across the galaxy… and it’s all just because he’s so ugly!

PATRICK: Nice Guy Eddie

ANDY N: Christopher Walken as Max Zorin in the Bond movie “A View to a Kill”.

MAGGIE: Principal Ed Rooney from Ferris Beuler’s Day Off. Or Angel when he was bad on Buffy.

DAD: Major Strasser in Casablanca. Or Fagin in Oliver Twist.

PACO: Tim Roth in Rob Roy.

ALEX H: Gary Oldman in The Professional. Or R. Kelly.

INDIA: All those birds in The Birds.

GABE: Magneto from X-Men, Humbert Humbert from Lolita. And Condoleeza Rice.

JULIE C: Gargamel.

JULIE F: Jack in The Shining. Or Heather #1, Heathers.

LEXI: The log lady from Twin Peaks.

STEVE: Hannibal Lector! (plus, he added a fun quiz)

ERIK: i like those pencil-thin-mustachioed guys, hooked nose and chin, big black hat and cape, who were always tying innocent virgins to railroad tracks.

KRIS: Bluto, or the Ice Queen.

KIMBERLY: Cruella DeVille

AMY: Caleb from the last season of Buffy.

LUKE: Axl Rose.

PAUL: Iago.

Who’s your FAVORITE VILLAIN?