Monday, November 30, 2009

watch: us pole dancing championships

I never thought I'd say this, but this video is making me extremely jealous of strippers, and makes me want my own in my bedroom pronto.

Apparently the US Pole Dancing Championships happened last week, and the ladies brought their best moves.



I know I said before that pole dancing in the Olympics would be absolutely ridiculous and absurd, but I think I take that back.

Do you see what they're doing?! [Well, of course you do... And hopefully the fellas kept it in their pants.] They're so strong, yet they have perfectly normal bodies! How do they get so lucky?!

I have so many questions! Who coaches them? Do they practice for ___ hours a week? Is this their job? Were they gymnasts? How bad does it hurt their thighs?!

If there are any pole dancers out there, let me know! I want to know things! I want to learn things!

love,
elizabethany

christmas gift ideas: part two

Now that Thanksgiving has passed, along with Black Friday, it's time to really start cracking down on this whole gift-buying thing. After all, there are only 26 days until Christmas!!!!

As you should know, I'm here to help. It's time for part two of my completely random, but totally rad gift ideas.


The Happy Man Bottle Stopper
My mom would probably say this is "crass, disgusting, terribly inappropriate," but I say it's absolutely hilarious and perfect for any household. Plus, you can get the Happy Man in corkscrew or bottle opener if you'd like to have a whole set!


The Borat Mankini
You may think this is rather disgusting for your man, but I think it'll make everyone jealous they don't have one for themselves.




The Shot Carver
I have the molds to make ice-shots, and while it was pretty fun to make them for about two parties, I had to admit one thing: They were way too cold, melted too fast, and were too sloppy and wet. That's why I'm switching to this... Carve a shot glass into fruit, or anything your imagination leads you to.


Tetris Ice Cube Tray
Anything Tetris= Fun, duh. I know I said shaped ice cubes were wet and sloppy before, but just imagine the fun you could have with these!




The Glitter Gun
Maybe this is more for a New Years celebration [and I'm sure McFadden's would love it if I brought a couple dozen of these things], but it's awesome for any occasion, especially if it's not at your house. Fill this gun up with glitter, pull the trigger, and BAM! A cloud of glitter comes out for everyone to enjoy.


DIY Straws
Remember when those hard, shaped straws were all the rage?! You'd watch your drink go up, around, down, and into your mouth! Now it's path is in YOUR control! Take these straws, build them up into anything you'd like, long or short, and drink your drink! It could be the start of a great tournament or drinking game.


That's all for this post! 6 super sensational and stupendous gift ideas for this holiday season!

love,
elizabethany

watch: kids do the darnedest things

I have two videos of incredible kids that I must share.

First up- This is supposed to be a show put on by the guy awkwardly dancing in stilts, who decides to swing some random boy between his legs.

You may think something hilarious is going to happen like the stilts break, the boy falls, etc... False. Watch after the boy is put down. The show's star is no longer Mr. Stilts.



How jealous are you of his moves?! I'm 20 years older than him and can't move like that! [Maybe it's the color of my skin that hurts my ability, but I'd like to think I can overcome that!]

I also still can't figure out how kids learn this stuff! They must be watching inappropriate videos that national TV would never allow these days. I mean, look! He's got the face down and everything!

But... If they didn't watch such videos, we wouldn't be able to watch these videos... Which is why I 100% support such acts.


Next up: Another little kid who clearly watches TV meant for an older audience, and makes sure to take close notes.

She's only 2 years old, but she knows the words to "You Belong With Me," completely a capella, and how to act out Taylor Swift's VMA performance.



She starts out being the cutest little thing I've ever seen, then she's like a miniature Miley Cyrus, stripping her clothes at a VERY young age!

The thing is.... I'm okay with her doing it! She's so freakin' precious and knows all the words and loves being the center of attention!


Basically... These two kids are exactly how I want my kids to be. If that means having 2 year-olds study the VMAs, I'm okay with that.

love,
elizabethany

nifty website: make a dare

I saw people playing the "Truth or Dare" iPhone app the other night and immediately wanted to bring back the old middle-school-party tradition. Who says you're ever too old for such a game?!

Well, apparently I'm not the only one who thinks there's no such thing as being too cool for a double-dog-dare. There's a whole website devoted to daring people to do things, and completing the dare! [Because let's face it... No one likes it when you pick "truth" anyway.]

It's makeadare.com, and I've been going through this thing for hours now.


It's good for everyone! You can be creative and come up with the dares to post, you can be brave and complete the dares on video, or you can be a big p-word like me and just watch everyone do their thing.

Some of the good ones I saw:
  • Play the lying down game. [Take pictures of yourself lying down in weird places.]
  • Do a Buddy the Elf Santa scream. [Video]
  • Flush your head down the toilet. [Video]
There's seriously a million and one different categories, types, whatever of dares you can do/challenge. Pain, food, humiliation, and physical are the main ones, but can you imagine the possibilities?!

I'm going to surf through some more, but I want to complete one no matter what within the next week... Or maybe I'll wait 'til Mikey P gets home so we can visit Santa in awkward sweaters and both do Buddy screams. Then we could earn some streetcred. [That's how they measure your coolness... In streetcred. My current score: 0. Yikes.]

Do you have a good dare? Post it on the website, or even leave it here! I'd love to complete personalized ones!

Have fun wasting time on this website. You're welcome.

love,
elizabethany

watch etv: father/daughter dance inspired by hitch

I am so pumped about this elizabethany EXCLUSIVE!!

My friends' family is hilarious. There are four sisters, all equally as fun and crazy, and their mom and lieutenant dad. [Their mom happens to be the amazing photographer that did my photoshoot this weekend... Thanks!]

One of the sisters got married a couple weeks ago, and they decided to let me share a quick clip from the wedding... One that is sure to entertain everyone.

Lauren and her dad started dancing to "It Won't Be Like This For Long" by Darius Rucker. Then, true to viral video form, the music changed...



Hil-air-ee-us. It's almost like the dance from Hitch, but revamped into something better! And Daddy Zook can shake it!!!

I heart this family, and I still heart this idea. I still want to do something of the sort at my wedding, even if I'm old and wrinkly and such viral videos aren't cool by then.

love,
elizabethany

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GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS!!! Wow, I hope you're in as good of a mood as I am after the long holiday weekend! It's back to work for the week, which means time for lots of fun things to share! The holiday certainly leaves me with quite the Hangover.

That's all for today's Hangover! Enjoy!

love,
elizabethany

Friday, November 27, 2009

nfl cheat sheet: week 12

It’s Thanksgiving people! Hope your ready to stuff your faces and watch the Lions!

Yep, the Lions are still playing on Turkey Day. Why you ask, who knows! Someone start a petition to get them off my TV screen on thanksgiving, thanks. Anyways, this week should definitely be full of close games and fun football. Maybe even a preview of this years Super Bowl? By the way, the first three games here are on Thursday.

To cheat off of Mikey P's picks for this week, click here!! He went 12-4 last week, so you should be able to count on him. [If not, don't worry... I'll beat him up for all of us. I'm countin' on him big time.]

vince young and the high five

After kneeling down for a final time Monday night, Vince Young walked off the field as any player would. But he added a little zing to his exit.

As he turned around to head off the field, he crossed paths with one of the referees and simply put up his hand giving the sign for a high five.

Now if I was a ref, I’m pretty sure it’s not a good thing to high five a player so I’d have to turn down Vince on the offer. But noooo, not this zebra! He held his hand high and proud as he clapped palms with Young.

To read more about what happened after the high-five from Mikey P, click here!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

watch: the real world: DC trailer!

OMG OMG OMG The time is coming so soon! I did a Real World DC update yesterday, and now the trailer has debuted and is online!

Check out the trailer for Season 23 of MTV's The Real World... From right here in Washington, DC.



Oh. My. Goodness, I am SO PUMPED!

A lot of people are complaining because there doesn't seem to be a lot of drama in the trailer, which means the season is going to be boring. I disagree.

First of all, we've told you drama that happened that's sure to be included in the season. Second, this season IS going to be focused on change and being in a place where they can be involved in the community, but it's still The Real World. There will be plenty of storyline to watch.

Andrew is going to be hilarious! I knew he was funny, but I don't think I really knew the extent of it until he was gone, and that's a shame. This season could end up revolving around him!

The website is up, too! They have all of their cast photos up and Photoshopped to the max.








Ty is so Photoshopped it's unbelievable. It's like they were trying to turn him white, but instead made him look like a corpse! For the people who don't know- He's way hotter in real life than in these pictures. You'll see.

To the roomies--> I can't even imagine the emotions you're experiencing now. If I'M excited, you've got to be out of this world ecstatic. I'd totally be nervous, too.

AH! It's just going to be so fun seeing everything we saw unfold on TV, and seeing everything that we didn't see happen inside the house! 5 weeks from today, friends!

love,
elizabethany

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Good morning and Happy Wednesday! It's about to be a great, LONG weekend!! Let's get there ASAP.

That's all for now! Enjoy your morning!

love,
elizabethany

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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WAHOO for Tuesday! Time to get some new songs! LOTS of videos today! [Thanks to The Hype Factor!]


Toni Braxton ft. Trey Songz--> So Yesterday



I. Love. It. Maybe I love it because I love that it's Toni Braxton AND Trey Songz, but it's a really pretty song. It reminds me of the old stuff. The good stuff. Ah. Obsessed. And so what if Trey's voice is higher than Toni's?!


Janet Jackson--> Make Me



Love this too! It's very genuine of Janet, don't ya think?! Greatness.


Jennifer Paige ft. Nick Carter--> Beautiful Lie



Hmmm... I can't decide how I feel about this song. It's not bad, but it's not living up to the past couple I just posted, for obvious reasons. It feels like a day of comebacks though, doesn't it?!

Chris Brown--> Crawl



Diggin' this video, big time! It just works. He definitely made sure to squeeze in that dance number, too.


Michael Buble--> Haven't Met You Yet



Michael Buble is good. He's refreshing. I enjoy, in a chill kind of way.


Shakira ft. Kid Cudi--> Did It Again



Ohh I can totally get down to this! I enjoy! Is it bad I wish Britney would have done it, though?!


Aaron Carter ft. Flo Rida--> Dance With Me



Another name we haven't heard from in a while, and another Carter brother! He's gotta make some money for all the back taxes he owes! Flo Rida makes any song good... I don't care what you say, it's true.


Adam Lambert--> Whataya Want From Me



Here we go.. Someone new. He's totally been American Idolized, don't ya think?! Maybe he likes this music, but it's not what I saw him creating.


Country Music:

Clay Walker--> She Won't Be Lonely Long
Meh, it's okay. Typical, really.

Steve Helms Band--> Between You and Me
I like this song, I think. It's slow, but it's pretty.

Darius Rucker--> Candy Cane Christmas
I'm anti-Christmas-music-before-Thanksgiving, but it's Darius Rucker, so anything is allowed.

Love and Theft--> Dancing In Circles
I heart these people. This isn't as great as "Runaway" in my mind, but I do like it. The violin adds a nice touch.

Zac Brown Band--> Highway 20 Ride
Must be a slow song d

watch: banned peta commercial

We all know by now that America lets very little controversy air on national television. It's not just sexual controversy, though... It's anything that may lead to a heated argument, pretty much.

NBC is banning this PETA ad on Thanksgiving Day:



That is one angry little girl. She said what was on her mind, eh!? At least she likes rainbows.

I'm pretty sure it would make me laugh if I was watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, waiting for Santa's appearance, and saw this rant. It'd totally be a "WTF" moment, but I don't see why it can't air!

I think it's terrible what happens to animals... But it's just how this ecosystem works. Sorry! If you don't want to hurt animals, don't. I'm going to remain stuffed after dinner thanks to that turkey, though.

As for America, the FCC, NBC, whoever... Lighten up, will ya?!

love,
elizabethany

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It's been a little while since I've given a real update on the world of MTV's The Real World: Washington, DC and well, I feel bad about it.

First of all- It's thanks to RWDC that I've gotten so many of you "new" readers to this site, and I couldn't be more appreciative. So.. Thank you! Thanks for checking it out an coming back for more! You da best!

Second- Tonight marks the airing of the first commercial for the season!!!! According to Ashley, it's a 2-minute long commercial happening right after tonight's "The City!" So, set your alarms, DVRs, whatever you have to remind you to watch tonight at 11:00!

Finally- A catch up. It's been over a month since the roomies moved out of DC [Can you believe it?!] and they're all settled back into their homes across the nation. [As far as I can tell, anyway.]

Andrew and Josh are still happily in relationships, the girls and Mike are enjoying life back at home, Josh is still practicing with his band Wicked Liquid, and Ty is successfully hiding from me and the world. [Again, as far as I can tell for myself...] And oh yeah... Erika's hair isn't red anymore. [I totally loved it red, for the record. She pulled it off well!]






Also- it came to my attention that Andrew used to draw cartoons for his school's paper, The Rocky Mountain Collegian! They're absolutely hilarious and totally controversial, just the way we like them!




There are SO many of these, and I wish I could share them all.. But instead, click here, read them, and all of the hate letters his newspaper got for publishing them. [THAT'S how you know you're good, don't forget!]

We did get some videos of inside the house. [By we, I of course mean the Internet. Production continued to hate me, so no... I never made it in. Totally lame.] Here they are, from a variety of people:


From Vox Populi
[I love that Ty says Twitter made it better... Ya damn right! ;) And their answers for the camera/production crew- Probably a little scripted... I think they had some involvement... We hear that may have been extra involvement, if ya get what I'm sayin'.]




NBC 4


Washington Post

There's this article from the Georgetown Voice that talks about them being here, us bloggers, and the hate that Executive Producer Jim Johnston has for us. [I really just wish I could sit and talk to him like I have in my dreams a couple times... I'd explain everything!]


Other than that, my extra episodes, and waiting for tonight's commercial, we're now just looking forward to December 30th- the premiere date! Mark your calendars because Metromix and I will be at Blackfinn for a viewing party for all you RWDC fans! It's going to be a GREAT time, and I want to see all of you there, so make sure you RSVP!!

Countdown: 37 days!!! [I can't even imagine how excited the roommates are considering my excitement!]

love,
elizabethany

nifty?: the c string

Forget the G-string, ladies and gents! It's time to move on to bigger and better things in the '10s! [Is that how we'll say it?! Or teens?!]

I guess by bigger, I actually mean smaller.

It's called the C-string and it's the new form of underwear. It just somehow conforms to your area and stays there. No panty lines, no going commando... Something in between.




I really thought underwear couldn't get any smaller than the tiny G-strings you see on strippers. My imagination isn't good enough, apparently. This is crazy.

It really just looks like a patch of weird forest down there at first glance... Or maybe an awkward tattoo.

Imagine a guy taking off your clothes. He's looking for the strings.. Doesn't feel them. "She's commando!" he thinks excitedly. Suddenly, there's a contraption in between her legs.

Can you imagine the confusion?!

It's a great idea, and I will certainly give it some props, and it has tons of designs, but I can not imagine wearing this, especially as a bikini as it suggests on the website. Holy moly, skanks.

love,
elizabethany