Weekend Update SNL funny

POEHLER-"A 37-year old woman who is seven months pregnant by a 15-year old boy said this week that she preferred older men, but the teenager aggresively wooed her. Hey, who wouldn't succumb to that? Am i right, Tina?

FEY-"You know it. 15-year old boys are so charming with their oily skin and their unflossed teeth..."

POEHLER-"Their hairless bodies reeking of day-old sweat and Doritos..."

FEY-"Their aggressive, saliva-filled french kisses..."

POEHLER-"Their dirty fingers and their chapped lips..."

FEY-"And of course, their sexy, sexy skid-marked underpants..."

POEHLER-"Irresistable, absolutely irresistable, i get it."

going to texas?

ryan and i have decided to journey west to texas, u.s. of a. there are many things that concern me about being in texas:
1. george w. bush
2. kids who dress like cowboys
3. big cows with horns
4. illegal border crossings
5. singers with names like billy joe shaver, jimmie dale gilmore, and jerry jeff walker

if anyone has any advice about texas-please contribute. we'll be in dallas and austin. maybe even san antonio for a day. we're all ears...

trifecta

well, i'm recovering from the most awful stomach illness i've had in years. ryan deemed it the "trifecta" of all stomach viruses. use your imagination. thank god for MLK holiday. and for all that MLK did for civil rights, of course. nothing of interest has really been happening yet this year. except that stupid brangalina thing. please, who cares if they're beautiful, exotic, rich, famous, caring...mr. pitt still left his wife for another woman. why do we praise that?

with a side of banjo, please

i was sitting around yesterday (after a lovely 3 hour nap) and decided that i needed to get back to the blog thing. so, over the past year i've been listening to some pretty inventive music. especially when it comes to adding a bit of banjo. this music isn't particularly bluegrass, although some might seem a bit americana. some indie. just cool banjo. these are my top three:

1. the be good tanyas...canadian, eh. three ladies. one banjo. some fiddle. beautiful voices.

2. sufjan stevens...this is a new find for me. very exciting! he's from minnesota (or somewhere in the midwest). i just bought "seven swans". the lyrics sound pretty jesusy and the album is pretty low-key, but his other stuff is a little more experimental.

3. iron and wine (sam beam)...he adds some banjo occasionally. very mellow with a bold finish. i just wanted to say "finish" b/c ryan and i recently watched "sideways" with some friends. pretty decent movie if you're a wine dork.

please feel free to add to my banjo band list...this list is for good use of banjo outside the bluegrass genre.