Indie Band Names... their pet???!


man with guitar and dog
Originally uploaded by steve_latimer
This is a spin on my usual polls about the best indie band name. Now it's the best indie band pet name!
What is the best name that an indie band member would name their pet? (These could also be the names of race-horses I suppose...)
Galaxy
Peter Gabriel
Vibrant Fur
Charlie Brown's Christmas
Death Cab For Kitty
Doghouse Resident
The Fido Experiment
George Mason


This was entirely inspired by a weird Google search that brought someone to my blog. They searched for "Indie pet names," and I couldn't figure out what they were looking for exactly. Hope they found it! I can't really sleep, hence the poll in the wee hours of Christmas morning.

College Football Conference and BCS Woes...

So, during the current bowl-season, the Mountain West Conference has made a pretty good showing. They really do seem like they've always got a few very successful teams each season. This season they ended with three ranked teams. I was thinking... sure people say they don't have the depth they need to be considered a BCS conference, but what if they re-organized and grabbed a few winners from the surrounding conferences like the WAC. (Yes, Boise State is the obvious grab.) Also, it might not hurt to dump some schools that don't contribute in any great way to Football or Basketball. So, supposing they did this... What should the new and improved conference be called?

What should the conference name be?
Keep the name the same.
The Big Fat Mountain West Conference
The Freakin' Big West
BCS AT LAST Conference
Not-so-mid-major-anymore Conference
Whining Leads To Success Conference
The Intermountain Kicktrash Conference
Conference of the Likes of Elizabeth Lambert

Obnoxious favorite things!

Which of Maria's "My Favorite Things" is your least favorite?
Raindrops on Roses
Whiskers on Kittens
Bright Copper Kettles
Warm Woolen Mittens
Brown Paper Packages Tied up with Strings
Cream Colored Ponies
Crisp Apple Streudles
Doorbells
Sleigh Bells
Schnitzel with Noodles
Wild Geese that Fly with the Moon on their Wings
Girls in White Dresses with Blue Satin Sashes
Snowflakes that Stay on my Nose and Eyelashes
Silver White Winters that Melt into Springs


Maria's favorite things are not really that great. Many of them really stink actually.

Yet Another Battle of the Indie Band Names


Random Friend Selecter
Originally uploaded by Éamonn

Which is the best indie band name idea?
Run Cookies Off
Lite Trike
Elouise Hawking
The Faux Foes
Pine Cream Cone
Yelling at the Neighbor's Dog, Dandy




Wow! I'm proud of the indie band featured in the photo above: Random Friend Selecter! Good job guys! Although, it should be selector... oh well. Anyway, pick the new best indie band name idea!

The culprit for the Swine Flu


Marzipan Pig
Originally uploaded by dahliascakes
What is the name of the pig who bears the blame for the Swine Flu? (Despite evidence that the Swine Flu didn't actually jump from pigs.)
Theodore
Gussie
Leonard
Darryl
Gail
Cedrick
Cletus
Karl
Rhonda

Ugh!


Jonas Brothers Group Shot
Originally uploaded by J.L.Wright

If you HAD to hang out with a teen celebrity, which would you be able to handle the easiest?
A Jonas Brother
Miley
Lindsay Lohan
Demi Lovato (I honestly don't know who this is, I've just heard of her.)
David Archuletta
Melanie Oudin


Reality Madness...


Survivor
Originally uploaded by badbwoy4lyf

If you were to win a reality tv show, which of these would it most likely be?
Survivor
The Biggest Loser
America's Next Top Model
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Fear Factor
I Survived A Japanese Game Show
The Apprentice




I personally would want to go on The Amazing Race. That would be incredible.

This sheep exemplifies all of these!

Which term would you rather be called?
Distinguished
Regal
Ritzy
Classy
August
Imposing
Resplendent
Stately

Body-Double

The reason Alec Baldwin's character, "The Generallisimo," is pictured is because while watching that episode of 30 Rock, I wondered who played his body-double. Hence this photo.
Which actor or actress could you most likely be the body-double for?
Charlize Theron
Yul Brynner
Bette Midler
Shirley Temple
Roseanne Barr
Shia Labeouf
Jennifer Garner
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Elmo

Sick? Fun? Huh?


Virus
Originally uploaded by John Schwegel
Which fun-sounding disease would you rather have?
Whirling Disease
Whooping cough
Scurvy
Australian tick typhus
All of them sound fun to me!

Anchovies?


Punk Duck
Originally uploaded by Freddie jr
What's the difference between a duck?
Size
Cheese danishes
Penguin
1


This is a joke my dad used to always tell. The punchline was people's reaction to the question.

Fightin' Zombie Presidents...


I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU
Originally uploaded by venicewow
If all the presidents of the United States, past and present/dead or alive, got in a big fight... who would win?
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Calvin Coolidge
Ronald Reagan
FDR
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
James Garfield
George Washington
Gerald Ford
Warren Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Martin Van Buren
Other
Please Specify:

Choose Your Own Adventure Series: Poll The Third


dungeon guard
Originally uploaded by nuovostrada
Amidst your whirlwind tour of Europe, you decide to see an ancient dungeon that hasn't been publicized very much, but sounds really interesting to you. As you approach the doorway to the dungeon you get a chill of excitement. You're greeted by a heavy-set blond guy who opens the heavy wooden doors that thud with a thunderous clamor as he opens the way for you to enter. You look closely at this man and hesitate. But then that voice in the back of your mind says, "Don't chicken out, this is the kind of experience that leads to the very best stories." So you proceed into the dark staircase that descends to the dungeon. Your hefty guide follows behind. He points to the right and you continue toward a doorway of some kind that has a faint light beyond it. You enter a room full of fascinating artifacts and all sorts of old stuff! "Wow!" you exclaim.
Suddenly the doorway you just walked through is slammed shut and the hefty blond man begins speaking in a surprisingly high-pitch voice: "You can't leave! You must first pass... A TEST!" He then let out a weird bellowing laugh. You shrink into a nearby chair.
He continues, "You must do one of the following things before you can leave. You could," he gestures to a television that you hadn't noticed before, "watch 18 hours of 'The View!'" He lets out another disturbing laugh. "You could eat a steak, that has a 50% chance of killing you with food poisoning!" he points to the old table to your left that does indeed hold a platter with a steak. "You could search for the hidden passage to... the sewer pipes! You can call my cousin, Sven, who doesn't speak any English and hope he can help you out of here." He chuckles, "Or you could try and fight your way out, but I have other guards that are hidden. Your last option is to enter to local hot dog eating contest that has been won for the last 12 years by Kobayashi!" He pauses for a while with a big grin and folds his huge arms. "What will it be?"
So, what do you choose?
Eat the steak.
Make the phone call to Sven.
Search for the passageway to the sewer.
Watch "The View" for 18 hours.
Enter the hot dog eating contest in hopes that you can win.
Go all Jason Bourne and kick some serious trash out of your captor, only to be shot moments later by a guard.

Choose Your Own Adventure Series: Poll The Second

You and your good pal Gloria are out on the town and bored out of your skulls. Gloria spots a tent with a blazing neon sign that reads: "Lady Quailhollow, Fortune Teller." You laugh and joke that you two should go try it. Gloria is serious and says, "Let's do it!" Your smile quickly fades and you're scared. You've had an odd fear of creepy old ladies since you were 8 and that creepy old lady started barking at you. You step back and say, "Uh... no, maybe we should go bowling." Gloria grabs your arm and pulls you toward the tent. You keep trying to fight her on the point, but Gloria gets you into the tent which has an eerie green glow about it. Then she appears, Lady Quailhollow.

Lady Quailhollow gestures for you and Gloria to take a seat. Then, to your surprise, she holds out her hand toward Gloria and says, "Is this your first time having your fortune told, Gloria?" Gloria says, "WOW! How did you know my name?" Lady Quailhollow shrugs and replies, "Your friend just said it." Gloria laughs and hands the creepy lady her palm, "Yes, it is my first time." Lady Quailhollow takes Gloria's hand and closes her eyes and lets out a long heaving sigh. She then opens her eyes and says, "You're about to become more wealthy. Did you recently purchase an item of clothing?" Gloria nods. Lady Quailhollow continues, "Check your pockets. There's treasure there for you." Gloria hesitates, and then checks the pockets of her jacket. She pauses and pulls a $100 bill out of her jacket pocket and shouts, "Woot! That's SO awesome!" Gloria then turns to you and says, "Your turn! You try it!"

Surprising yourself you give your palm to Lady Quailhollow. She flinches violently as she takes your hand. Her face takes on a menacing look, she then stares you in the eye and says, "Your fortune is very dark indeed." ...
So, what do you choose to do?
Ask her to keep going, but to just give it to you straight.
Ask her to just sugar coat it.
Announce your suspicion that Lady Quailhollow slipped the $100 bill into Gloria's pocket, and slap Lady Quailhollow.
Kiss Lady Quailhollow, and bid her farewell.
Think to yourself, "Lady Quailhollow actually resembles a quail." Stand and leave the tent.
Giggle.

Murder

When was the last time you killed something? (A plant, a blade of grass, a fly, a spider, a lemming...etc.)
Today, I kill often.
Yesterday (I stubbed my toe doing it. Stupid spider.)
A week or so.
Month or so. I like things alive.
A year or so. I'm very careful!
NEVER! If blades of grass screamed we wouldn't mow our lawns!


My toe still hurts.

Choose Your Own Adventure Series: Poll The First


Sunset at Watercolor
Originally uploaded by Laura Travels
You settle into the couch after your long day of work and having just finished a very pleasing dinner. You glance out the window and see that the sun is setting and determine that you should go for a nice sunset stroll. You're at peace with this decision when you hear a faint noise that doesn't sit quite right. You think, "Was that a baby crying?" You stand and move toward where you thought you'd heard the noise. You hear it again, but now you think that it's someone calling out for help. You venture into the bathroom where the noise seems to be coming from and then you hear the voice seemingly creeping up through the pipes say, "HEEEELP!!! I'M STUCK!!!!"
"WHO is that? And where the heck are you?!" you shout into your bathroom sink.
"Oh! I'm so glad you came, I've been in here about 20 minutes calling for you! It's Dave! I'm stuck!" Dave is your semi-obnoxious semi-hilarious friend from next door. Dave then says, "Dude, I was trying to climb through the sewer pipes to give you the scare of a lifetime, but then I took a wrong turn, and well, I'm stuck. I didn't think this through." Dave then starts crying uncontrollably, and shouts for you to help him once more. What a crazy happenstance!
So what do you do?
Call a demolition crew to bust him on outta there!
Call 911, DUH!
Begin frantically flushing tools down the toilet so he can break his way out.
Send your prize gold fish in after him to assess the sitch.
Laugh heartily.
Head out the door for that sunset stroll. Ah...

These fit into songs somehow?


Checker Aerobus
Originally uploaded by dr.Ozda
Which lyric do you like best?
"You're obsessed with finding a new brain, but what you need is a new body."
"Underground like a wild potato. Don't go on the patio."
"Love is supposed to be this bad. Make you cry, stupid-shady sad."
"You'll lose your hair, your teeth, your knife will fall out of its sheath, but you still don't like to leave before the end of the movie."
"We're calling all bed wetters and ambulance chasers, poor pick-pockets, bring 'em in. Come join the youth and beauty brigade."
"Everyone is going fetal, if you feel like a baby seal, then just get down and curl on up, just like a helpless pup."
"Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me, but you won't let those robots eat me."
"There's a ... limousine sitting in front of the bar that never got to drive any movie stars, but the guy in the driver's seat don't care with his weird cologne and his magic hair. It's magic!"
"We have to take the car because the bike is on fire."
"Let's pretend we don't exist. Let's pretend we're in Antarctica."


Rilo Kiley, "Accidental Deth"-- The B52s "Private Idaho" -- Ben Kweller, "Walk On Me" -- Cake, "End of the Movie" -- The Decemberists, "California One, Youth and Beauty Brigade" -- Eels, "Going Fetal" -- The Flaming Lips, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" -- Grandaddy, "Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake" -- Los Campesinos!, "This Is How You Spell, "HAHAHA I Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics" -- Of Montreal, "Wraith Pinned To The Mist And Other Games"

There ya go!

Sheep Pessimism/Optimism Test...


Am I Cute or What?
Originally uploaded by 1890farmer
Do the sheep always make it over the fence when you count sheep?
Yes
No, sometimes they run full speed into the fence.
Yeah, but sometimes they high-center and then struggle their way over.


As opposed to the glass half empty/half full test. The sheep get over or not.

Phone Call of Death!


Phone call 144/365 (Year 2)
Originally uploaded by GeorgieR
If you were forced to be on a phone call with one of these random people for two hours, who would you choose?
Sandy Galloway
Jennifer Cofax
Sage Ramirez
David Vest
Shanquavia Floren
Lester Holmes
Paul O'Connor
John Voight (the dentist, not the actor)


Again, I'm never sure how you would end up in that situation, but it's interesting to me to see who y'all would pick based on their names alone. (Aside from John Voight the actor, I know of no real people with these names, just so you know.) I'm so weird.

Europe's the only one with a place for footwear...

If you were a continent, which continent would you be?
Oceania (Australia and Pacific stuffness)
Africa
Antarctica
North America
South America
Europe
Asia

Stinkiness


Shasta Daisy
Originally uploaded by joeysplanting
Which wonderful odor is your favorite? (In other words, which do you hate least)
Rotting banana peel
Pile of dirty socks
Onion!
Garbage water/sludge
Daisies
2-week old macaroni and cheese on the stove


Yes, I've experienced a roommate leaving mac and cheese on the stove for weeks. It was disGUSting. Also, daisies are nasty.