Alternadiva of the year:
Janelle Monae
Katie White (of the Ting Tings)
Katy Perry
Santogold
Kate Nash

Dance Diva of the year:
Madonna
Lady Gaga
Diva Avari
Kylie Minogue

Best TV Diva:
Ana Ortiz as Hilda on Ugly Betty
Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater on Ugly Betty
Selma Blair as Kim on Kath & Kim
Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey on Grey's Anatomy
Christine ( Read more... )

So I'm thinking about having my own awards ceremony in which I honor divas. Here are some category options:

Best album
Alternadiva of the year
Dance diva of the year
Best TV diva
Best film diva
Mature diva of the year
Best new diva
Diva of the year
Best rock diva
Diva anthem of the year

any other suggestions?

How is it possible that on a day of such amazing progress for our country that the liberal state of California can be so hateful as to constitutionally ban gay marriage in a state in which it already exists? How can Californians show their hateful faces on such a day, when we, as a country, have voted correctly for the first time this century? How ( Read more... )

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 I saw Wall*E yesterday and I LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVED it!! It was breathtakingly beautiful. The textures on Earth contrasted amazingly with the slickness in the spaceship, and the plot was so nuanced, yet clear enough for almost anyone to understand. Wall*E is truly the best Disney/Pixar movie so far. Even during the beginning of the end credits when ( Read more... )

artofmanliness.com has issued a list of 100 must-read books. This is the essential man's library. Here's the list:
http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/

I have read the following:
The Great Gatsby
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Republic (sort of)
The Grapes of Wrath
Brave New World
The Odyssey
Walden (sort of)
Lord of ( Read more... )

In no particular order:

Syesha Mercado, "Yesterday'
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4uuL9aV1DcA
And pretty much all of her other performances, too

Carly Smithson, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DOmLwNOnKxU
wow...the video doesn't match up with the sound

Carly Smithson, "Here You Come Again"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=66BaZHYP6Ps

Amanda ( Read more... )

So TIME magazine put out that list of the 100 greatest novels written in the English language. I've read a few. Here are the ones I've read ( Read more... )

Today was epic. Like, not even kidding.

I was texting my good friend Carrie about a concert we were going to tonight and then I ran into her at Virgin Megastore.

After that I went to the Strand, which is a huge-mongous bookstore for those of you who aren't familiar. At the strand I saw a service dog. My first thought was, "What blind person would ( Read more... )

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