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On tonight's ARIYNBF!

(Sometimes I get so excited about the show I’m like the one on the right but then sometimes I’m really cool like the one on the left.)

Tonight’s the night, you guys! Magic and wonder and mystery and pencils and ducklings and duck calls and Dustin and Jenna Kim Jones

and you and me and Koryn and fan phone calls and so much more. In fact, at various points in the day it literally was more and it also literally was less and people suddenly were going to be showing up and then just as suddenly weren’t going to be showing up and it was a real whirlwind of emotion for yours truly. I mean, it was a real rollercoaster, an e-ticket ride, a hullabaloo, a merry-go-round, a parade, a fair, an affair to remember, an affair to forget, a warm cup of tea, a crab puff, a pork bun, a Helen Reddy, an eraser, a cell phone battery sitting on my desk, clams!

Not to be cliche or anything.

So yeah, join me tonight! And if you aren’t signed up for Joe’s updates, you’re missing out. Here’s what everyone received today:

A message from Joe to all members of A Rosen By Any Other Name on The Activity Pit!

On tonight’s Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend, Alison welcomes special guest comedian and Daily Show staffer Jenna Kim Jones. Dustin and Koryn will also stop by. Plus other stuff. The broadcast begins at 10pm eastern. Click here to watch: http://www.ustream.tv/AlisonRosen

Are you a member of Alison’s new ARIYNBF group on Facebook? If not, you’re missing out because ALL the cool kids are joining. Go there now: http://www.facebook.com/ARIYNBF

And don’t forget about the new Alison Gear (photos, buttons & t-shirts):  http://alisonrosen.com/gear

Alison’s blog: www.alisonrosen.com/blog

Alison on Twitter: http://twitter.com/alisonrosen

“Love is an attachment to another self. Humor is a form of self-detachment — a way of looking at one’s existence, one’s misfortune, or one’s discomfort. If you really love, if you really know how to laugh, the result is the same: you forget yourself.”  – Claude Roy

“I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilized music in the world.” – Peter Ustinov

“There’s nothing like a gleam of humor to reassure you that a fellow human being is ticking inside a strange face” – Eva Hoffman

Visit A Rosen By Any Other Name at:
http://activitypit.ning.com/groups/group/show?id=1981927%3AGroup%3A32692&xg_source=msg_mes_group

And one more thing to add: It’s not too late to buy a shoutout! One person bought TWO!

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Your questions: Is the bartender into me? Should I date someone my bro likes?

So I did a spontaneous show tonight, which I’m calling an ARIYNBF bonus show, and it was really fun! It was probably more true to the actual experience of hanging out with your new best friend than Wednesday’s shows in that it was just you guys and me, talking about stuff.

A couple things came up which I’m still thinking about: Erratech wanted to know how best to ask our a bartender he’s taken a liking to. He claims making “sexy eyes” are her is not working for him. It sounds as if she’s making some indication of being maybe sorta interested but then everyone was pointing out that bartenders are paid to be friendly. Also, to pour drinks. Also, he ate a calamari salad, which has nothing to do with this except I fear calamari and also octopus. What advice would you have given him? Also Leo wanted to know whether he should go for a girl that he and his brother both like. He is 16 and his brother is 15. I told him it might not be worth it to do something that would upset his brother but many of my viewers disagreed. What do you think?I can’t wait to find out what happens in both cases!

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I have some emotions. I'm going to share them.

So I just lost something that I sort of had but sort of never had and I’m going to be vague about what it was however I’m not enjoying these feelings I’m having. Feelings I’d rather enjoy?

Mirth

Frivolity

Macaroni

Fanciness

Pantsyness

NOT antsyness unless it’s the kind associated with being very excited to go to an amusement park

PUPPIES!

Shinyness

Quinine*

Parakeets (or budgies)**

Certain smells

Those are the feelings I enjoy feeling. The rest can take a hike.

*Quinine? That really has no place on a list of emotions.

** Honestly, I prefer cockatiels.

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