Archive for February, 2010
My new smile
This is my new smile. What do you guys think?
Note: If anyone thinks I am genuinely asking you if you like my new smile and also thinks the above photo actually is my new smile you are clearly some kind of newcomer to this blog and to all that is me because anyone who’s been coming to this blog for any amount of time knows my smile is both winning and fetching and can light up a room so much so that it suggests I have a sunny and friendly disposition which is actually far from the truth, seeing as my personality is like that of a potato bug so basically what I’m saying is the above photo is funny because I look like I’m holding in a fart and also, I’m very beautiful and potato bugs have great personalities.
Michael Showalter did the wavey pencil dance on my show
I appreciate his dedication to the sport of wavey pencil dancing.
Any trouble with the above clip? Watch it here.
When I get over this flu I’m going to be better about documenting all the crazed wavey pencil dancers who’ve come through my apartment because it’s impressive. It really is. I mean, I’m impressed.
Care to hear about my personal low?
So anyway yesterday I was back at my local store purchasing artificial sweetener and Sobe lifewater, because I am artificially sweet and wanted to drink something that didn’t taste very good and I gently inquired at the top of my lungs whether they had any game pieces. They did. The cashier handed me a fat stack that was the size of a hunk of chedder or a pretty big scone or a decent sized scoop of ice cream or a hamster. “How many am I supposed to take?” I asked. “All of them. The game is over tomorrow.” Sweet holy Jesus!
Just a fraction of the tickets
So I’ve spent the last I don’t know how long going through these tickets (don’t worry, I have a system) and I still haven’t won anything and I’m pretty sure this is a very poor use of my time, especially since I have a large to do list which includes important things involving important things. That’s squared importance. But if I win something big it’ll be worth it. But, I mean, who win these things? But someone has to!
UPDATE: I didn’t win anything.
More info on Myq Kaplan (and a couple tracks)
Myq is one of my guests tonight on Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend. Here’s more info about him and his upcoming show and album.
Here’s the silly video you were supposed to see last night
Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend campaign from Alison Rosen on Vimeo.
I host a weekly Ustream show where I interview guests and sometimes shoot myself out of a cannon… Please excuse the whore’s share of makeup I’m wearing here as I’d just come from a TV appearance seeing as I’m very important. http://ustream.tv/alisonrosen http://alisonrosen.com
Photos: The future of TV
Last week Dustin showed up to the show dressed as “the future of TV” which is silly because everyone knows that’s what I am. I, meanwhile, was wearing glasses because it’s the only way a hot dish like me can be taken seriously.
Here’s where we had words. Not really but I kind of like this photo because it looks like the kind of photo you’d find in the program of a really crappy musical.
On tonight’s Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend
Please tune in tonight and I’m saying that both to people who make it a regular weekly event to watch and to anyone new who may have stumbled in here by accident and now is caught in a web of Alisonness. Also, as some of you may or may not know, I did an impromptu FANZ ONLY (and by that I mean fans and anyone who happened to see it or hear about it on Twitter) show on Monday night and it was fun. And why do I feel the need to put Z instead of S? It’s ZILLY!
Anyway, tonght we have comedian Myq Kaplan, Dustin, Activity Pit founder Kim Flynn and a cooking demo. RSVP!
And here’s a photo of the puppies Kim’s dog just had!
Apparently you’ll be needing a magnifying glass to see the photo.
And for anyone who listened to Dustin and me discuss his oatmeal fixation on last week’s show, here’s the blog post I mentioned from when we both worked at the same magazine. Unfortunately the photo is no longer there but it was a photo of a box of pop-tarts sitting next to a box of oatmeal.
Thanks Joe!
Joe McDonald sends updates to members of my group at The Activity Pit and they are awesome so I’m reprinting today’s message here.
A message from Joe to all members of A Rosen By Any Other Name on The Activity Pit!
Lots of Alison news today, RosenFans, so pay attention!
Alison’s USTREAM show begins tonight at 10pm eastern time. This week’s guests include comedian Myq Kaplan, Kimberly Flynn (creator of the The Activity Pit) and Dustin Goot. Also: a cooking demo!. Here’s the link: http://www.ustream.tv/AlisonRosen
Alison will be also be appearing on CNET’s The 404 this Friday. The internet broadcast begins at 11am eastern. You can watch by going here: http://cnettv.cnet.com/live You’ll need a computer.
And then on Sunday night Alison will appear on the TV Guide channel’s “25 Biggest TV Blunders.” The show will cover “everything from failed talk shows to bad remakes to stars who turned down hit roles.” You’ll need a TV.
In other news, Alison’s parents have entered the Twitterverse! Doctor and Mrs. Rosen are now posting comments on Twitter, so by all means go to their page and click on the FOLLOW button: http://twitter.com/alisonsparents DO IT NOW!
Alison’s blog: www.alisonrosen.com/blog
Alison on Twitter: http://twitter.com/alisonrosen
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“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” – e e cummings
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