The Daily Sabs

the other night randall and i crossed the curse of the golden flower off of our nextflix queue. i thought it was gorgeous, although super chinese. it was mostly just a high-end big-budget version of the soundstage chinese soap operas my mom would watch as a kid. but like i said it was gorgeous. i was particularly struck by gong li's makeup. the shiny gold smattered lips were amazing! it's also been a while since i played dressup makeuptime, and well i was inspired.

i tried to recreate the whole look, and not to toot my own horn, i thought it looked pretty cool. but then i tried taking pictures of it, and remembered oh right. for photos you need a shit-ton of makeup and good lighting. i don't have the lighting (seriously the lighting in my house makes it like a dim yellow cave), but i did have more makeup, so i slathered it on. this ruined the look a bit, and the lips came out cakey. i smoothed it out with some gloss, but then it was too smooth so more gold came out and then cake, and well down the rabbit hole i went. the eyes came out okay, but well i don't have nearly as much space between eyelid and eyebrow. so i also kept slathering on the color. i should've just gotten better lighting the first time.

and for reference, gong li, who is a bajillion times more gorgeous than i will ever be:

this evening the gang traversed across the city to see a live rendition of an episode of it's always sunny in philadelphia. it was pretty friggin' fantastic. i wasn't sure what i was going to do for today's sabs, for a while i thought i might take a picture with one of the many green men, but decided it wasn't that fun. it wasn't like it was the real green man, just a fan.

However during the show i remembered that the nightman's "cat eyes" were actually his eyelids painted and well, once i realized that, i knew what today's photo had to be.

i know it's the day man who is the master of karate and friendship for everyone, but i can't help but feel like i am a karate and friendship master right now.

oh and just in case you wanted to know, here's a bonus pic of what i look like with my eyes open.

pps. here's some bonus philadelphia for you, because that shit is funny, and this essentially the finale of tonight's show.

the sf skies are still gray, but we're going to live the american dream and keep on doing what we do. impromptu bbq at 3! happy fourth of july everyone!

ps. this was my fave holiday as a child. it probably has something to do with a military childhood upbringing and parades involving guns and peacekeepers and baton twirling and hot dogs and potato salad and tons of money wasted on fireworks, particularly sparklers.

after work, molly, dk, kjell, and i went to check out a new bar near our office. it's called rickhouse (named after the warehouses where whiskey barrels are aged) and it's from the folks behind bourbon and branch. it was also packed, and had a 28 page menu that included a table of contents. i had a delicious drink that was mixed up by a bartender in an old-timey outfit. in fact all the staff were in old-timey outfits: ties, vests, button up shirts, pomaded hair, and moustaches. molly remarked that the bouncer might want to wear a different outfit. i had to agree. it's hard to take him as a person of power. me however, i'm sure i look like a pillar of authority.

so say, what'you havin'?

ps. julie - sorry if you showed up and we were already gone, we tried to order a second drink but it was taking far too long to get any of the old-timey bartender's attention so we left.

like the rest of the world, i was surprised to hear that michael jackson has passed away. mostly because i thought he'd live forever in a hyperbaric chamber of some sort, or become part robot or something amazing like that. so to hear that he's passed away just seems unreal. i mean after all, he didn't seem like a mere mortal.

and now you may not believe it (although i don't see why not), but the Thriller album is one of my faves and is actually one of my oldest possessions. my grandparents (or parents, or both, i can't remember who), gave it to me for my 5th birthday. and i listened the shit out of that record. my best friend davita and i used to play it non-stop on my dumb 7" (but somehow it fit a 12") child's record player. in fact the vinyl is so worn that certain tracks (mostly billie jean, pyt, and thriller) will barely play, and there are crazy scratches from where we'd listen to one song, and then drag the needle back to the beginning to start it again. i am also pretty sure we had choreographed moves for most of the songs, and i know we did the thriller dance over and over.

needless to say, we were HUGE fans. in fact, we actually watched the Moonwalker movie (even though it makes no sense) more than once -- and that was when we were old enough to know better. i am pretty sure i tried to hide this fact from the world, but here it is now: i have seen moonwalker, repeatedly.

and while the world has definitely lost a huge pop icon -- seriously how many more pop icons of this caliber are there? do you even think we'll see new celebrities of this size? -- i don't know if we'll really feel it. i mean, have any of you listened to anything since then? we'd probably just tear him apart and say that he'll never be as good as he used to be. so maybe it's for the best. let's just hope the guy can finally get some peace.

so mj, i have no idea who will now dance on the floor in the round, but thanks for all those great tunes.

ps. for the record, annie told me that thriller makeup would be in poor taste, but i don't know how to listen to good advice. it's not meant to be.

for some reason i became totally addicted to bowie's life on mars this morning. however i don't own any bowie, let alone this particular track. this is not because of my poor taste, but because of the "if your roommate owns this then you can save your money" phenomenon. why i haven't remedied it in all these years probably stems from the "i can just google it when i need to hear it" phenomenon. because of these two things, and the new-found addiction, the music video for life on mars (which i found on youtube, but stupidly can't embed here - thanks record labels) has been playing all morning. i'd say i was driving randall crazy, but he's escaped into his DS so that he can fully ignore me.

while watching the video, i thought it would be fun to recreate bowie's eyemakeup. i'm not sure why, (1) what do i know about makeup and (2) do i even own any makeup? --- the answer to 2 is apparently yes and the answer to 1 is not much. but, since the makeup was still out from last night's wolf getup, i figured why not. and while i don't have the huge dilated pupil like bowie, i do have a freckle in mine, and that's gotta be worth something.

ps. can't waits to see the jujubee later!

pps. since i can't embed the video, i have included the inspirational still.

ppps. i was hoping this could be my new karaoke jam, but i can't quite make it to mars.

folks, it's time to go dancing.
and a singing.
oh yes, there will be singing.

anneh and i went on a san francisco adventure today and somehow ended up on the other side of the bridge (i apparently am not good and paying attention). on the way there i taught anneh the hold your breath in a tunnel superstition. rumor has it that if you hold your breath during the entire tunnel, and then make a wish, it'll come true.

wish me luck on mine.

ps. i think we look a fun in this photo. wouldn't you want to be friends with us? better yet, wouldn't you book our band based solely on this photo?

a while ago my gal Bella hooked me up with a vial of Buxom Lips lip gloss. I thought it was sort of weird, and it made my lips tingle. in fact, the first time i used it i swear i was drooling everywhere. however that was months ago. now i am fully addicted like a crack fiend. i apply this shit about a thousand times a day, and freaking love the cake-smell and tingly feeling. i am pretty sure it's not good for me, but i'm going to just pretend that it's okay.

oh and can someone tell me what is up with my bangs today? they look like a creature has taken a bite out of them!

as a sidenote - we're getting ready for a trip out of town for a friend's wedding and i won't have access to a computer and who knows if the blackberry will work.

as another sidenote - be sure to check out the new spreadmaker! choose the "Spread" tab when making a new post. there are more revisions coming, but we're pretty excited but where it's at now.