Blast from the Past: Third Eye Blind

Before we get started, let's just enter this into the record books as what happens when I blog after spending a desperate hour on an online dating site, drinking two glasses of merlot, and deciding it was a good idea to put my fake glasses on and pretend that Im indie. Trust me, merlot and email don't mix, so I am proofreading this entry very carefully.

Blast from the Past: Third Eye Blind!

Remember circa 1997 when you were in circa middle school and this was a band that you could listen to which was mainstream accessible but you still felt like you had a lil rock street cred? That's what 3eb is to me. They broke when I was in 7th grade and I totes copped that shit, meaning their self-titled debut album. Okay, so did a lot of people, but I actually listened to the whole thing and not just "Semi Charmed Life". To this day I can still sing a majority of the album from memory including the sped-up extra-extended bridge in the aforementioned song. Cudos to me. Memories I have of this album include everyone thinking they were so cool and indie for listening to "Jumper", and also "Graduate" playing in The Real World: Seattle while they were white water rafting or something like that. Actually, pretty much 90% of this album made it into that season of The Real World in some form or another. It was just kinda the defining sound of that time. 3eb's second album Blue was also pretty kick A.

Years later, 3eb would play a free show at my college's University Weekend. Everybody went and relished in how much they used to love this band, yet most people only knew two songs. My friend Alex would stare at me in amazement as I sang along with most of the concert, and I would explain that's just how I rolled back in the day. And then another four years later in 2009 I would randomly decide to constantly spin their entire catalogue on my ipod and love every minute of it. With bands from the same era like No Doubt and Sugar Ray reuniting I guess it just feels so gooood. Plus, I never realized it but I guess Stephan Jenkins is kind of a hottie. Yah, I'd tap that....but probably get The Herp in the process.

Blast From The Past: Alley Cats Strike

Remember back in middle school when Disney Channel original movies were the coolest things ever? No? That was just me? Oops. Well they were really frickin cool movies, and they usually had a really cute boy for tweeners to drool over. And one of my favorite movies was definitely "Alley Cats Strike" circa the year 2000. So Imagine my excitement when the Disney Channel took a break from "Zack and Cody Go On a Cruise" (or whatever that shit's called these days) and aired "Alley Cats Strike" this weekend...at 3 in the morning. This movie tells the story of a hot, popular jock joining the middle school bowling team, whose captain is your typical dorky-and-brooding-yet-still-really-sexy-vintage-loving kid. Shocker, everyone becomes friends and they win the bowling championship and thus save the school. Oscar worthy stuff, right? Kyle Schmid stars as sexy misunderstood bowling kid, and obvi I had the biggest crush on him back in the day. This movie was the perfect ending to my night on Saturday when coming home drunk at 3:30am after partying and smooching a new boy *insert swoon*. I got to live out my nostalgia while indulging in some gourmet Easy-Mac in the dark. Good times.

The next day curiosity got the better of me. What ever happened to the talented teen stars of "Alley Cats Strike"? Did their acting careers continue to prosper? So I Googled Kyle Schmid. Acting career? Not so much. Still sexy in a Zac Efron type of way? Ooooh yes...

Blast From The Past: American Pie

This movie sooo made me smile to start my week when I watched it on Sunday. (And YES I did more with my weekend than watch teen movies...kinda)

American Pie!

I personally believe that "American Pie" is so much more than your perverted typical guy comedy or cheesy teen movie. Sure, they spend a good portion of the movie talking about getting laid, seeing boobs, and the finer points of masturbation, but I've always thought this series of movies has something that most of its kind lack: heart. Underneath the surface, this movie is really about friendship. The four main characters make a pact to get laid by the time they graduate, but what the pact really symbolizes is working together, and helping each other to achieve a common goal. These guys put bromance on the map when Brody Jenner was still in braces. Forget about masturbating with pies and flutes, "American Pie" is actually about true friendship and young love.

Btw, fun game: If you had to bang one of the American Pie guys, who would it be? I'd so be all about Kevin. No, scratch that, I'd want to date Kevin, but he actually looked like he was pretty bad in bed. I'll go with Finch. I bet he gives good Tongue Tornado.

Blast From The Past: Tickle Me Elmo

To get you through the work week leading up to Thanksgiving and my fav holiday evs, Black Friday...

Tickle Me Elmo!

Do you remember when this guy was the hottest item ever on Black Friday and all through holiday shopping season? I wanted one soooo bad (fyi, I was like 13...don't judge), but my little cousin got one instead because her mom camped outside Toys R Us for the night and mine didn't. Biotch. But she was just a baby and had no idea how A-List Elmo really was, so I got to play with hers all during Christmas Day while she napped and made poopie diapers. Now that I'm older I realize all kinds of other things that could have been going on with Tickle Me Elmo...dirty dirty things...but it's a kids toy! C'mon people, get yo minds out of the gutter. All I know is that Tickle Me Elmo is the coolest, and he's def my bff.

Blast from the Past: Sponge Monkeys

It's the Monday Blast from the Past, because you need something fun to get through your week! Lord knows I do this week...

Today we pay remembrance to:
The Sponge Monkeys!

You may remember the Sponge Monkeys from circa 2003 in one of Quizno's first major add campaigns. As I sat in a Quizno's yesterday enjoying a tasty chicken carbonara sub, I thought about how much character the Sponge Monkeys gave this restaurant establishment, and how America reacted to these delightful little creatures. Many thought they were ugly, disgusting, and annoying, but I feel that they were just misunderstood. When in my freshman year of college I downloaded a Sponge Monkeys screen saver to my dorm room computer that even included sound and singing, my roommate went off the deep end and threatened permanent damage to the computer. But I know she secretly liked the Sponge Monkeys. I mean, who couldn't! I know I want my food being peddled to me by deformed singing rodents that one would swat with a broom or try to poison if found in a kitchen. Don't you?

For more Sponge Monkey goodness, youtube clips of them singing about such topics as toasted subs, coupons and the moon!