A literary inter-web supplement to the fabulousity that is Oh, Yes They Did! on WECB. We'll keep you updated on our latest celebrity obsessions, what rich and drug-addicted musicians we are listening to, interesting youtubes we're watching, and hopefully with some time we'll post a video blog of your hosts - Candace and Valeria.
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Hey y'all! I know it took us crazy long to come up with a new poll idea but we've finally got a new one up. I was inspired by the mixed reaction to the idea of Barack Obama buying up all that air time for his 30 minute special. Now that it's actually aired I'd like to know what you thought of it. Good? Bad? Did you skip it altogether and watch Pushing Daisies instead? That Ned is quite the cutie... Let us know!
BALLIN!
Oh,and don't forget to vote in the Presidential election this Tuesday, November 4th, if you're registered. We like to talk about Obama a lot on our show but, no matter who you're supporting in this election, you should exercise your right to vote. So many people around the world don't have a choice in who their leaders are so don't take it for granted. Plus those voting booth lever things seem like a lot of fun to play with!
P.S. We just put up our blipBack in the sidebar. You can use it to leave us video comments if you have a webcam or a camera phone. Camera phone messages can be sent to us at OhYesTheyDid@blipback.com
Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight! Lots of great messages from you guys - we love that! Here is the playlist from tonight in case you missed it:
1. Maria - Blondie 2. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen 3. Surrender - Cheap Trick 4. I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits 5. Starman - David Bowie 6. Don't Bring Me Down - ELO 7. See You At the Lights - 1990s 8. Children of the Revolution - T. Rex 9. Time - The Rumble Strips
We'd love to know what you think of our music selections. What you love/hate, what you want to hear more/less of. E-mail us at OhYesWECB@gmail.com and let us know!
Well tonight was, as always, fun filled and full of sass (precisely 50% less sass because our lady Valeria couldn't make it to the show and Candace was flying solo for the evening.) The first topic of discussion was a story put out by Page 6 of the New York Post claiming that Michael Phelps was paid a hefty 100,000 buckaroos to swim laps at some cougar's pool party. Now when I imagine this I think of a woman with really big hair, leathery, tanning bed skin and a botoxed face - but that's just me. Anyway considering the price tag, Candace thought that while, yes, this was a pretty ridiculous sum of money to pay Michael Phelps to do what he does anyway, it was a pretty sweet deal on the part of Michael Phelps because he's getting paid to do what he does anyway! If someone offered me $100,000 to drink Diet Coke and fall asleep in moving vehicles I'd sure as hell take it. Others were more critical. Michael K of D listed said "If you're going to pay that bitch 100 grand to do a few strokes he'd better do it naked and on top of you." Can't really argue with that...Whether or not this whole pool party story ts true, we can't be too sure. It was, after all, published in the New York Post and for those of you who don't know this is a "newspaper" written at a third grade reading level and chock full of spelling errors. If it is true, props to that lady because I don't know anyone who wouldn't want to have Michael Phelps as their poolboy.
Can you believe it's Halloween already? Wasn't it just August? Well around here on OTYD we like to keep the Olympic spirit alive. Apparently one of our listeners is dressing up like our man Reezy for Halloween! Sounds like a lot of fun. Just don't get drunk and do the backstroke on the dance floor. I'll bet Michael Phelps will be a popular Halloween costume this year because a) he's one of the most famous people in the universe right now and b) the costume would cost just about nothing because you'd be practically naked. We're in a recession, people! Make those costumes at home! For any of us who watch The Office we know how easy it is to make Olympic Medals out of yogurt lids so that's a start. Speaking of finances, supposedly our Olympic peeps are not getting as many endorsement deals as expected because nobody has any dough. I guess that sucks, but Phelps doesn't seem to have a problem. Nobody can get a damn job and he's all over the place. He's got an endorsement deal with everybody. He's kind of like that kid on Halloween that hits up all the good houses first, gets all the good candy and all that's left for the other kids are the bags of pennies. Michael has all the candy and everyone else has pennies! Share the candy, Michael. You don't need all those Snickers. I'm sure Cullen Jones would like a delicious candy treat, too.
Getting back to the Reezy train, Candace did another theatrical reading from Ryan Lochte's blog. This entry was especially amusing because it contains the sentence "i know i know i am a dummy." His words, not mine. It also had plenty of "jeahs." Candace was complimented on her delivery of the phrase and felt compelled to share how it's really done, Reezy style. In this video, Lochte wins the perseverance award from the Golden Goggles. After giving what I'm sure is an unintentionally funny speech, he lets out a "JEAH!" with a passion and fervor rarely seen. Lochte makes his way to the stage at 2:00
Breaking news was revealed on today's show. Candace may have a gigantic crush on Cullen Jones. After some serious discussion about the swimmer on monday's show (and subsequent facebook stalking) her heart has grown fond of the boy from New Jersey - and being from New Jersey just makes him cuter. Not to take anything away from how significant his accomplishments are but he is a cutie pie! He has the most squeezable cheeks I have ever seen and unlike Reezy and Phelps, he has style. That's right! I know it's shocking that someone on the USMOST can dress well but he actually does. As my friend Ted would say, Cullen is splashin - no pun intended.
With the election only 6 days away there was no way a chance to talk about Obama could be passed up. Tonight Obama will broadcast a 30 minute "informercial" of sorts on several major networks including NBC, FOX, Univision and CBS. Now I don't know what the content of this thing will be but if it's anyting like a real infomercial, Candace is down. She revealed on the show that she absolutely loves infomercials - and she wasn't being ironic. She searched for "paid programming" on her channel guide at night. Her favorites include infomercials for knives, the Magic Bullet, The Showtime Rotisserie and all those music compilations. Maybe Obama will do a little "set it and forget it" action.
On the subject of Obama, one of the links in our blog is to the community "Obama Daily." This community uploads new photos of Obama... daily (get it?) Anyway, while surfing around this afternoon Candace discovered "Obama on the Road!" a collection of photos resembling Travelocity's "Roaming Gnome" in which an Obama action figure travels across California and takes pictures at interesting locations. The pictures are cute and sometimes, oddly touching. Check out the collection here. Breaking News: Candace has a crush on TI and now he's going to jail. Why didn't anyone tell her about this? Also, why didn't anyone tell her that he has 6 children? That's a lot of kids! Now normally, I have pretty good judgment when it comes to men and I would say hey, that dude with 6 kids whose going to jail for possession of firearms... probably not for me. But TI is just so charming in interviews! In his interview with Tyra Banks he revealed that he has two 7 year old children that are NOT twins. "How is this possible?" you might ask. Well according to TI one child was born in March and one was born in June. Tyra responded by calling him a "playa playa" he quickly corrected her by saying he was simply "single single." Oh TI... I'll be your baby Mama.
Finally I'd like to address a serious problem. On ONTD_O someone posted this picture of MP that garnered some reactions that I was not pleased with. Ladies, PLEASE get a hold of yourselves! I know it's Michael Phelps but are you so blinded by your love that you cannot see how laughable this picture is?! I saw various comments claiming how "sexy" this picture was and how they were "drooling" over it. Um... are we looking at the same picture?! This straight up cheesy. It looks like a reject from a romance novel cover shoot. He has his pants unzipped, a crisp white button down (with cuffs so over sized it looks like he borrowed the shirt from his father) and a fan blasting it open and away from his chest. This may be the most un-sexy thing I have ever seen in my natural born life. This is the definition of "trying too hard." And why is he smiling at me? WHY?! Is he pleased with himself? Because he shouldn't be. I am horrified and embarrassed for him. I don't want to see any more pictures like this. You're better than this, Michael Fred!
Also, Candace announced that the ladies of OYTD are planning on attending Gold Medal Mel's birthday party and are super psyched about it! They're also planning on pulling a mission impossible and sneaking into the Golden Goggles - but this is far less likely to happen because a) Candace is afraid of authority and b) well.. doing that just sounds scary.
Shout out to Kevin and Khellie of "It's Your ECB" for having me on as their special guest today. Check out their show Wednesdays from 2-4pm. They have a guest DJ on every week!
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Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight! Shout out to Bonnie who IMed us! Here is the playlist for tonight's show in case you missed it:
1. Read My Mind - The Killers (In honor of Candace's concert/stalking experience) 2. I've Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison 3. Randy Scouse Git - The Monkees 4. A Well Respected Man - The Kinks 5. Hounds of Love - The Futureheads
Ah, another lovely evening over at WECB. Candace told a personal anecdote of her concert experience from this past weekend (a rare treat on OYTD) She went to NYC this weekend to see her favorite band The Killers with some of her pals. They waited in line for over 7 hours just to see the boys - this is what we call dedication, people! But their wait did not go unrewarded as they did get to meet the band after the show. They waited outside a stage door of sorts and took pictures with 3 of the 4 band members as they left the venue. Candace gave Ronnie (the drummer and her favorite band member) a special t shirt as a gift to which he responses with "I'm gonna fuckin' where this. And when you see me wear it you're gonna be be like 'I fuckin' made that!'" Now... she didn't make the shirt but we think Ronnie might have had a few drinks before exiting the venue. Time will only tell if he does but it was awesome to say the least.
What would an episode of OYTD be without some talk of the USMOST? This time we got a little serious. We wondered why Cullen Jones hasn't gotten the props he so rightfully deserves. He is, of course, the second African American man to win a gold medal in swimming (and just the 3rd African American to make the US Olympic swim team!) I mean, we all know that Michael Phelps throws a big shadow but come on, that's an important accomplishment and people need to be talking to about it. It seems like Mr. Jones got screwed out some serious attention. Maybe he would have gotten some more press coverage if he had won an individual gold... or if he wasn't the slowest leg of that relay, or if they hadn't almost lost before Lezak killed at the end "keeping Michael Phelps' dream of 8 golds alive" but come on people! Cullen Jones will be in the history books! Sure Michael Phelps will be too, but there's a different kind of significance that Cullen Jones has and we just think that people need to pay more attention to that. I mean look at that swim team... one of these things is not like the others and it's Cullen Jones. He's bringing diversity to a sport that has little to none. Apparently, less than 2% of all registered swimmers in the US are minorities! We have to give it up to Cullen for doing his part to bring diversity to swimming. He established "The Cullen Jones Diversity Tour" this year and according to the website the program works to teach kids about "learning to swim, drowning prevention, swim team access, swimming as an alternate choice for athletic activities and excellence, health benefits of swimming, social environments that will foster friendships for a lifetime in swimming, increase self esteem and many other topics." Considering minorities are 4 times more likely to drown, we think this is pretty important. Hopefully now that Nike is out swimming he'll land a deal with Speedo. They could both definitely benefit from that partnership and we think we all need to see a little more of Cullen around here. Luckily, Johnson & Johnson recognized Cullen's marketability and used him in an adorable commercial. Some other Olympians were used too but... we don't really care about them. Check out Cullen's commercial as a part of their "Thanks, Mom" campaign.
Big news y'all! For those of you who are loyal to Ryan Lochte and are in the Facebook group Jeahmaica you may be pleased to know that that "His Majesty the King" Ryan Lochte may actually be Ryan Lochte. Just the other day we found out that Cullen Jones became friends with His Majesty the King proving (maybe) that this particular Ryan Lochte is not an impostor! That's right y'all, Ryan Lochte is actually in Jeahmaica reigning over all of you. All hail his Majesty!
Speaking of Ryan Lochte, we did yet another theatrical reading of his blog. This particular entry is one of my personal favorites because it mentions Mr. Jones and uses the phrase "BALLIN!" when speaking of his wardrobe. FYI while reading his blogs I stumbled upon an old entry in which he spells the word "weekend," w-e-e-k-a-n-d. Think about that for a second. I'm sure Ryan was a very special child considering in his famous story about "falling into swimming" he seems very proud of the fact that when slipping on ice, he didn't cry but laughed and splashed around in the water. Now I'm all for babies having a good temperament but it takes a very very special child to laugh when they're about to fall into an icy death.
Being that the election is so very close, we couldn't miss the opportunity to talk about our man Barack Obama. Valeria and Candace revealed that they like to have facebook wars in which they post videos of Barack Obama on eachother's walls. Not really a war per se but Barack always wins for being the most awesome/attractive/inspirational. In a recent video Valeria posted, Barack tells us about the last time he cried and it is nothing short of amazing.
First throwin' down for Michelle and now crying for bb Malia? I love you Barack!
We also talked about our man Michael Phelps who happens to be in a new commercial for Guitar Hero. Now lord knows the sight of Phelps in a dress shirt, pantless and smiling is enough to cause our ovaries to explode but has anyone noticed that a lot of these swimmers seem to be extremely awkward on dry land? I mean I know they spend a lot of time in the pool but good God! Supposedly Reezy tried to impress some girls by showing them his backstroke on the dancefloor. Really? On the dancefloor? I don't even understand how that would come up in conversation. Well I suppose if showing someone your Escalade could result in getting a BJ maybe he thought showing off his backstroke would get him a little somethin' somethin' but whose to say.
One of our girls IMed us and asked what we thought about Reezy's chest - did he or did he not wax it? Valeria seemed pretty sure that he did seeing as how he never as the stubble that would result from shaving. Candace remained unsure -is he just naturally hairless? She wasn't sure. We don't mind a little body hair here and there. For instance, when Phelpsicle isn't in serious racing mode he has a bit of hair and nobody's complaining cause boy is still lookin' fine. Plus he doesn't have much so he keeps it under wraps. Just enough for to be sexy not enough to be Sasquatch. Speaking of hair, we also talked about how we prefer the hair on their actual scalps. We both agreed that Reezy with short hair is magically delicious while Reezy with curly hair needs to be tamed a little. His $500 haircut was tasty but when left to his own devices it can get out of control (we have photographic evidence.) As for Phelps, Valeria feels that when it comes to Mikey, the less hair the better. Candace was torn - there's so many looks to choose from! Right now, his little one-inch tuft of hair he's rockin' is very endearing, especially when parted to the side. But for some strange reason she seems to enjoy when he has a Beatle-esque mop top. Can't really explain why; the heart wants what it wants.
In other news, Gold Medal Mel announced that GoldMedalMel.com would be launching soon. We're psyched!
P to the S we are trying to sneak into the Golden Goggles. And by sneak, I mean get press passes.
The ladies (and few gents) over at ONTD_Olympics never really cease to inspire these posts.
The other day in one of our infamous "off topic" posts, someone posed the question "which songs remind you of the Olympics?" Now usually for me, I make pretty strong associations between songs and events and sometimes with people. Usually what happens is this "event" of sorts will be going on and I'll just happen to be listening to a specific song on heavy rotation at the same time, thus the two become linked. This time, however, the song I associate most closely with the games was one that I had in my song library for a pretty long time and didn't make that connection until after the Olympics were actually over.
Allow me to explain. In preparation for our first show of "Oh, Yes They Did!" I wanted to, of course, discuss the games (being that the USMOST was basically my 24/7 for 8 days of the games and countless days following, it just seemed appropriate) but I also wanted to dedicate a song to the boys. Honestly, I thought all of the songs that NBC had chosen for the Olympics pretty much all sucked so... I definitely wouldn't be using any of those. Plus, I wanted to be a little more original and choose something of my own. We could, of course, go the comedic route (which we later did) and choose a song by Lil Wayne or Young Jeezy - two well known favorites of Phlochte - but for this show I wanted to play something that was a bit more serious. I mean we love to poke fun at our swimmer boys but all joking aside, watching them this summer made us all incredibly proud and even a bit emotional at times (not gonna lie, I totally cried when Phelps won his 8th gold medal) Though I could have lived without NBC playing Peter Gabriel's "Your Eyes" during a Phelpsian montage, I think the majority of us felt and knew that we were witnessing something pretty special. Hey, they make you wait four years - it better be special!
In my ongoing search to find the perfect song I looked to my own music library and low and behold - I found it. The song was sweet, a little sad and all about my favorite Olympic sport: Swimming. It was the first song we played on the show and I was very honored to learn that a listener was inspired to download it after hearing us play it. Even though it might make you a little sad and nostalgic for those two weeks in August I think it'll bring back some great memories too. For those of you who didn't hear it on the show, here is "The Swimming Song" by Loudon Wainwright III
Oh, and for those of you who are wondering. Loudon is Rufus' dad.
And P to the S, Cullen Jones will forever be my hero for being a proud member of the facebook group "That's What Those Frenchies Get;" a group dedicated to the fact that the USMOST destroyed the French in the 4x100 freestyle relay after Alain Bernard started talkin' some trash.
Thanks for everyone who listened in tonight. Here are the songs from this evening's playlist:
1. And She Was - Talking Heads 2. A-Punk - Vampire Weekend 3. What You Wanted (Sorry) - The Red Romance 4. Sweet Talkin' Woman - ELO 5. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey - The Beatles
Well tonight was a special edition of OTYD. Valeria couldn't make it, but we had a very special guest! Sarah McTeague, Candace's former radio partner and Phelps lover co-hosted the show. Sarah, at first, was very modest about her love for Michael Phelps - saying she liked his eyes, his dog, Herman, and the fact that he was... well Michael Phelps. But as Candace probed a bit more Sarah revealed what we had always suspected: she does, in fact, have a pulse and loves that swimmer body of his. Of course, we have to blame NBC for this. Not only did they produce multiple profiles of Phelpsicle - talking about his daily life, training schedule and eating habits - they profiled his body. Now you have to wonder what they were thinking when they decided to emphasize the fact that the man has "dinner plate" sized hands and gigantic feet. What are the ladies supposed to think when we hear something like that?! I have a feeling they didn't have any women in the editing booth when they were cutting this. Or maybe they only had women... who knows.
The ladies also discussed the new LZR Racer that the swimmers wore in beijing. Sure it's the fastest suit in the world, whatever % less drag and all that but what we were interested in is the fast that it flattens those boys out like crazy! I mean they are straight up looking like Ken dolls in those things. We worry about the potential for reproduction in the future. When the LZR was unveiled at Speedo's big fancy event, Golden boy Michael Phelps took center stage and stood with his arms and lets spread out Vitruvian Man style (even though we all know he's not by any means perfectly proportioned.) Now maybe it was the lights, maybe it was the fact that this suit is insanely thin and even tighter but there was a clear outline of certain.... areas. Perhaps some people were happy to see what the normal Speedo (barely) hides but I'd like to leave something to the imagination. Funnily enough, some genius out there in this world uploaded this picture to photobucket and did a little Perez Hilton style editing. Using their fantastic MS Paint skills they circled his junk, drew an arrow pointing to it and wrote "YEAH!" in big letters. If this wasn't funny enough, it was taken down by photobucket due to violation of service terms. Awesome.
It's no secret that Ryan is a master of the English language, as evidence by his blog on SwimRoom.com. He's even creating words of his own. As an homage to his literary skills, we premiered a segment on tonight's show called "An English Lesson from Ryan Lochte." The word of the day was "Rig"
Rig noun rig·ging, rig modenoun:
chiefly athletic
to hurt
to die (in practice)
to have a bad practice
Practices and dry land are killing me. We can say Ryan was in rig mode.
For those of you who have tuned into the show before you will know that we like to air theatrical readings of Lochte's blog because the content of his writings are sheer genius - so much so that we read them to theme tune of Masterpiece theater. This English lesson comes courtesy of this blog entry.
Now, knowing that Sarah is such a big Phelps Phan, Candace wondered how she might feel about trying a little Lochte Love. During the break Sarah was shown a few pictures of the Daytona wonder. Sarah concluded that Lochte, in all his glory, reminded her of the Greek God Adonis - a pretty good observation I would say. We concluded that he may look like Adonis but still talks like Spicoli - not sure where that leaves him. Like we said, sometimes the boys are beautiful but there's just not much going on upstairs. Light's off in the attic, y'all!
What do you guys think?
Sarah is a very fashionable lady so I had to ask what she thought of Phelp's fashion sense. His recent unveiling of a velour hoodie, paired with white track pants accent by his favorite flip flops was definitely not his greatest fashion moment. I do realize that having the torso of a man as tall as Shaq might pose some problems when shopping for clothes but there is NEVER an excuse to wear velour. EVER. Luckily, on today's TRL appearance phelps decided not only to wear shoes but to wear clothes that fully covered his lengthy frame and they were actually nice! Imagine our surprise when we saw him in jeans, a button down and a very stylish gray sweater. Lookin' good Michael Fred! Even though the shirt looks like it's made for what Sarah calls a "normal sized man," it looks like it's doing the trick. Seeing Phelpsicle look so cute on today's show made Candace feel guilty, y'all! She started out the Olympics as a Phelps girl; willing to sacrifice her body (and uterus) to give him all the swimmer babies he could ever want. But slowly after the games ended her heart was captured by none other than skittle-loving, slow talking Ryan Lochte. Sigh.. I guess this is what Phlochte is for.
Given the fact that TRL is a complete crap show, they put him through what they call "the Wringer" where they ask "tough" questions. And by tough I mean completely idiotic. MP was a good sport and extremely gracious during his time on the show so everyone out there so says he's a D-bag needs to back off! Live it up, Michael Fred!
Did y'all know that Candace went to TRL once? She sure did. Candace revealed that her friend knows someone who works at TRL and they both got to attend a taping when the Jonas Brothers were guest hosts. Now, you are all aware that Candace is a borderline pedophile because she loves Nick Jonas but what started out as an exciting OMGTHEJONASBROTHERS moment turned out to be a pretty bad experience. Once it became clear that she was just about the person in attendance over the age of 16 and the only one not wearing a tank top, flip flops with her skin spray tanned orange - the mood dropped. Plus TRL is mad boring to tape. But the Jonas Brothers are very cute in person!
By the way, our boy Michael Fred was voted 3rd most influential male according to AskMen.com. First our blog, now Askmen.com. Seems like Michael Fred is getting pretty comfortable with 3rd place.
P to the S, the infamous escalade makes a cameo in this video at 4:41 (right after Lochte rocks his tiny red Speedo at 4:17)
We need ideas for the next poll, guys! Let us know what we should do.
What a night! Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight to "Oh, Yes They Did!" Here are the songs from tonight's playlist:
1. Most Likely You'll Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine - Bob Dylan (Mark Ronson Remix) 2. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet 3. Womanizer - Britney Spears (by request) 4. Pumpkin Soup - Kate Nash
So it was another fun filled night for the ladies of "Oh, Yes They Did!" At the top of the show we were extremely excited to announce that none other than side-breathing Gold medalist Melvin Stewart tuned into our show last week and read our blog. That's right kids, Gold Medal Mel listened to our show! Not only that - we got a wall post in our Facebook group! Needless to say the ladies of OYTD freaked out for a considerable amount of time because, come on, who doesn't love GMM?!
As the show progressed we, of course, talked about our boy Reezy and our lovely friends over at ONTD_Olympics. One of the ladies over at the LJ community was lucky enough to meet our favorite skittle-loving swimmer over the weekend and let me tell you, boy was looking FINE in that parking lot photoshoot. And needless to say, he acted exactly how we suspected (can you say fist-pump?) In related LJ news Candace got a little something off her chest and reminded all the Debbie Downers out there that they need to just stop drinking the haterade and let her comment in peace!
We also did a very special theatrical reading of Ryan Lochte's blog accompanied by the theme music of Masterpiece Theater - because if Reezy is considered anything, it's a literary genius.
In addition we discussed the fact that, thanks to the video below, we discovered that certain... behaviors must run in the Lochte family. In the video, parents of Speedo sponsored athletes are asked to describe their kids and based on those descriptions, we (the viewers) are supposed to guess who they are. Most of the parents give us basic descriptions: how many Olympics they've been to, what strokes they swim. Sure, Papa Lochte does all that but he goes above and beyond when describing his boy - he very excitedly reveals to us that Ryan LOVES candy. And Mountain Dew. Why am I not surprised....? BTW Papa Lochte comes on at around 1:30
We also talked about Golden Boy Michael Phelps. Now we love Michael Fred as much as the next... Michael Fred lover but we have a bone to pick with him. He has been slutting it up with all the other swimmers and his pageant "girlfriend." I think it's pretty clear to all of us with eyes that Ryan completes his OTP so he really needs to get it together or else Ryan is going to find someone else to share his Skittle with. Someone else whose name starts with lil and ends with Wayne.
On the topic of Phelps' pageant girlfriend - apparently when they attended the Bowlmor party in NYC she was very upset by the fact that people were taking pictures of her. The ladies of OYTD were unamused by miss Nicole's reaction. First of all, nobody is taking pictures of you so relax. Second of all, if either one of us were dating MP we would have a professional photographer and lighting crew there to document every makeout session we had with Aquaman to make everyone who was mean to us in High School jealous. It's ok to brag, Nicole. Your boyfriend's face is on boxes of crackers and cereal - live it up.
Now, we all know Reezy and Phelpsicle are great swimmers -yeah yeah great - but one of the reasons we love watching them swim is the fact that they wear tiny Speedos (we love Speedos yes we do. We love Speedos. How bout you?) Candace is quite partial to Reezy's child sized red Speedo that he used to rock back in the day. Valeria likes his multicolored Flipturn Speedo because it accentuates the goods. Now, being the skeptic she is, Candace felt that it accentuated his junk because of its gaudy print. They always tell fat people not to wear bold prints because it makes them look fatter so... prints on your..ahem... personal areas...could have the same effect don't you think? Phelpsicle apparently wants to reproduce someday because his aren't near as tight as Reezy's but with those thighs... we're not complaining.
In general, we think the boys need some fashion tips. With bodies like that there is no reason on god's green earth why they should be hiding their hotness under baggy clothes and ugly hoodies that should die in a fire (ya'll know which one I'm talking about!) We enjoy the tailored look on our lovely swimmer boys - clothes that hug them in all the right areas. Ryan, as Valeria so lovingly refers, is a barrel chest. And though that sounds like a negative comment - it's not. It simply means he's got a muscular delicious chest that should not be hidden away from our loving gazes! We're big fans of the suit he wore when he hung out with Jay Z. BALLIN!
Embarrassingly enough, Candace and Valeria admitted that they enjoyed the Jonas Brothers' new music video for their song Lovebug. It reminds us of when people actually cared about how their music videos looked and spent a legitimate amount of time making them. Plus.. that 16 year old is mighty cute. Whatever! It's not illegal if you don't touch! The song is very summery and sweet (not that we're into the Jonas brothers or anything....) Check out the video below:
Thanks to our poll, Michael Phelps finally tasted the bitterness of defeat. For the first time in the life he didn't come in first place. Second? Nope. He came in 3rd place. That's right 3rd place. Reezy reigned supreme as your favorite Olympic swimmer (shocking!!!) and Phlochte came in second. That's right, Michael! How does it feel? How does it feel to win 8 gold medals, prove yourself as the best athlete in the world, have millions of adoring fans all over the globe and then lose in a poll voted on by a whopping 52 people on a blog run by 2 college students? STINGS DON'T IT?! We'll see how long those endorsement deals last now, Mikey! Eat all the Frosted Flakes you can now cause Tony the Tiger doesn't think you're so Grrrreat anymore!
In other news, lil Wayne is having a baby.
DON'T TELL RYAN!!!!!
Obviously lil Wayne has not been affected by the current Economic situation
Something very sad has been brought to my attention. Speedos all across the world are being abused!
I was watching that godawful show "Life on Mars" last night - why I did this, I really can't explain - this is the show about the cop who gets hit by a car and lands up in 1973 and can't figure out how to get back to 2008. Now if movie memory serves, I would think all he needs to do is get hit by a car AGAIN but anyway... I digress.
So I'm watching this horrendous TV show and all of the sudden I see a man running through the park trying to evade the cops - wearing a speedo. HOLD. THE. PHONE. My brain could not properly process this... I'm watching network television... I see a Speedo... where is my beloved USMOST?
The main problem I had with this is that after the Olympics my brain had mad the connection of "Speedo = beautiful man inside said Speedo." Thanks to Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and the other cuties of the USMOST I had forgotten that uglies frequently try their hand at Speedo-wearing. This man was NOT beautiful, nor was he in any shape to be wearing the spandex wonder.
Why must people do this?! The Speedo already has a bad reputation thanks to the fat, hairy old men who insist on wearing them - a stereotype the Olympic Swim team's abs have worked tirelessly to break. So again I ask WHY must the Speedo be abused by those who simply should not be wearing them?! I almost ripped my own eyes out when I realized Harvey Keitel was wearing a pair. That's right. HARVEY KEITEL. Oh hi, Harvey. Are you competing today? Is that why you're wearing them? Oh you're not? You're just trying to frighten the life out of me? Thought so.
I worry just a tad about how popular these things could possibly be. We all know that Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps do ads for Speedo (aside from being walking well.. swimming billboards.) Actually, they do a lot. And some of the ladies like Natalie Coughlin and Katie Hoff do too. I hope the whole "if I get these I'll look like them!" idea behind advertising doesn't work because in this case... you won't! And if you're thinking "Hey! I'm just like Michael Phelps. I eat 10,000 calories a day" you need to pump the breaks and completely rethink this decision. Sure you'll be wearing the same swimsuit as them but, hate to break it to you, paying 30 bucks for it does not equal 4,000 laps or 5 hours of swimming time a day. They look the way they do for a reason and it's not the Speedo! Sure they look damn good in a pair but that's because they work out like animals so they can wear something that's skin tight and hella low - seriously ya'll I thought NBC was gonna have to blur out the goods or cut to commercial cause I was almost certain MP's junk was gonna make it to air any second during the Olympics. But anyway, these guys don't have to worry about lovehandles like the rest of us. The things are tight, bb and you're beer belly just ain't cuttin' it. Just because you have the means to buy a speedo, doesn't mean you should. I highly doubt that on your Long Island vacation you'll be doing any hardcore racing, so leave the Speedos at home. Hey, I'm sure Michael and Reezy don't wear those things to beach (although if I were ever lucky enough to be on the same beach as them I pray they would.) Leave it to the pros, kids!
In closing, I would just like to remind the men of this world that the wearing of the Speedo is a delicate art form and these men are artists! Once you've seen a Da Vinci, you simply cannot settle for a paint-by-number version of the Mona Lisa, ok?
Is there a reason why they're all greased up? Not that I mind. Also is there a reason why Reezy's speedos always look like he borrowed them from a little boy? Seriously they always look mad small on him! Again, NOT complaining because that's pretty much the greatest thing I've ever seen. I'm going to blaim it on his ghetto booty. That's a lot of ass to fit in a small suit.
On a lighter and lovelier note, right now Speedo has a really cute campaign going on called "Stop the Clock" that features none other than golden boy Michael Phelps (as well as some other swimmers like Stephanie Rice and Katie Hoff.) I guess the idea of it is "Hey! Our athletes aren't swimming machines! They have fun too!" and what do they do to have fun? Swim some more. But this time they're on a beach so I suppose that implies leisure. Yeah that makes sense. Personally, if I were stuck in a pool for hours and hours on end the last thing I would want to do on my vacation is swim. You would not find me anywhere near a pool. No hot tub, no beach. Water would be reserved for showers only - and I'm sure just the sound of the water coming down would freak me out. You'd find me in the hotel bar. I would just get absolutely wasted - no water products anywhere near me, just alcohol! Alcohol and candy. But again, I digress.
Unfortunately there's so sign of Reezy in the campaign but the pictures of Phelpsicle are so precious that you might not even care. Check out some pictures and video at speedo80.com. And thank the lord they are selling swim trunks. Your stomach still may never look anything like Phelps' but those trunks he's rockin' are much more forgiving on normal folks.
Since Phlochte seems to be a popular topic as of late, I thought it seemed appropriate. I'm also a big fan of macros and shameless self promotion. What do you guys think?
If any of you make/find any great Phelps or Reezy macros please post them in the comment section because I absolutely love them.
I think my love of Macros really started with the discovery of lolcats. I can't explain why I love them so much (I really don't like cats at all) but something about those darn lolcats is so ridiculous that it could make even the most cold, cavernous ice-box-where-your-heart-should-be bastard bowl over with laughter. I have to say, though, that some people REALLY drop the ball with lolcats. Some people just aren't funny and not all cats are lolcat worthy! Just because you have a cat and access to a computer doesn't mean you can or should make a lolcat - just saying.
I'm also quite partial to the Obama macros that have been popping up lately. There's a great one of him watching Hillary clinton on TV, and the one below is one that Valeria and I reference all the time.
Bottom line - if the picture is good (some pictures are begging to be made into macros) and you're actually clever, macro it up! On the other hand, If you think you're clever but nobody ever seems to get your jokes.. maybe macros aren't for you. Or if you only make lolcats because you just happen to own 40 cats... maybe rethink it. I'm sure your 40 cats think you're funny but the rest of us really don't.
You can try your hand at macros on roflbot where you can upload a picture and add text or, if you're a pro, let the site pick a random picture for you and come up with something clever on the spot.
Kind of off but still on topic, I think my mom has a crush on Ryan Lochte. Yup, I said it.
Do I love a sale? Almost as much as I love men in speedos. Almost. So as you may know I am currently obsessed with these vintage style Oympic t shirts by Altru Apparel. "How did you find them, Candace?" you might ask. Well, I was on a little vacation with my sister the weekend after the Olympics had ended, in Asbury Park, NJ. We were walking around the boardwalk and stopped into the this little clothing shop called Style Rocket. This is where I saw the shirts and I HAD to have them. Luckily (or sadly) since the Olympics were over they were on sale.
I discovered last night that they're finally on sale on the Style Rocket website! I literally checked this website every night - I want to snatch as many of these bad boys for myself as I can.
Seriously guys these shirts are awesome. They come in all different designs - each design features a different "Olympiad" and hosting city. I suggest you do a little research before buying certain styles because there are shirts that feature years that were somewhat controversial like 1968 in Mexico and the 1972 Olympics in Munich (which ironically was where Mark Spitz won 7 golds). But other than that these shirts are awesome and they've dropped from the pricey $37 price tag to $26 (not bad and shipping is free!). They're super comfortable and they just look bad ass (as evidence by the picture of Valeria and myself 2 entries down). The shirts come in both men and women's sizes but the sizes are limited since they're on sale. Check them out at http://www.stylerocket.com/
If you have the extra money, Altru Apparel's website has more styles in more colors. At this site they're $34 as opposed to the non-sale $37 Style Rocket had them up for, but they've got styles that feature more locations and some more colors too. Check out their website
I can't make any promises but...y'all know Reezy appreciates some high fashion... That suit is pretty swaggerific. And you know he has more where that came from.White on black with a splash of red? Mad style.
Tonight we had another fabulous installment of "Oh Yes They Did!" on WECB. The theme for tonight's show was America. Here's the playlist in case you missed it:
1. Lil' Wayne - Got Money (Dedicated to Reezy) 2. 20th Century Boy - T. Rex 3. If You're Out There - John Legend 4. American Boy - Estelle 5. American Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Where to start? We talked about a plethora of topics! For starters as you all know Valeria and Candace enjoy FB stalking Olympic swimmers. This week marked a milestone - Cullen Jones accepted Candace's friend request! Woot woot! This (almost) makes up for the fact that Ricky Berens made his profile super private and deleted all of us in the process (boo!) We forgive, Ricky, but we never forget.
We also talked about our favorite supercouple - Phlochte. The thought crossed our minds, however, that perhaps there is another occupying the heart of Mr. Ryan Lochte. Considering his insane fanboy behavior, grill wearing and incessant namedropping, could it be none other than Lil Wayne that Ryan loves the most? What do you guys think? Could Phlochte be threatened by a potential "Lil Reezy" super coupling? You decide. Or maybe they could just be a triple. Lil Wayne could be the chocolate fudge on their double scoop sundae.
Since tonight is the last presidential debate we talked about our favorite politician Mr. Barack Obama. There is this AMAZING video of Obama basically throwing down for his woman when the GOP is trying to talk smack about her. It's kind of sexy... not gonna lie about it.
Check out this picture. He's a good looking man! Just throwing it out there. Is it wrong to be attracted to a Presidential candidate? I guess not since JFK was gettin' with lots of chicks! Valeria and Candace are hoping that Obama will bring it in the debate tonight.
We also talked about how he's adorable because he actually knows who the Jonas Brothers are. His daughter, Malia, is a big fan and backstage at the DNC he talked about a bet he had going with her that she would FREAK OUT if she met Nick (who also happens to be Candace's favorite - gross.)
At the Democratic National Convention Michelle said she had a "surprise" for the girls. Malia very excitedly responded with "JONAS BROTHERS?!" alas it was not.... it was her father via satellite. Just as good some would say. The girls did, however, get to meet the famous brothers when their mother was interviewed on Ellen a few weeks later. Wonder who won that $5 bet Barack and Malia had going...
After talking about Obama we wondered about the political affiliation of our favorite swimmer boys. Candace and Valeria think (and hope) that Phelps is a democrat - even though we're not sure how being from Baltimore might influence his personal opinions. We found out that Reezy isn't even registered to vote. Can't say we were very surprised. We assumed that he had made plans to register but was too busy picking up his whip from the shop with its brand new "JEAH 7" license plate to do it. Oh well. Maybe in 2012. Maybe he could put his talents to good use and do some artwork for the Obama campaign. You know.. some of that "artists for Obama" type stuff. I hear his drawings are out of this world.
We were also told by a listener that if we really wanted to get a laugh we should look up his driving violations. We'll definitely have to look into that and report back.
On a personal note, Candace revealed she had a dream about Reezy. Apparently they were dating and she was the worst, most non-supportive girlfriend on the planet. He broke a world record, called her and she wasn't feelin' it. Needless to say our bb Reezy was PISSED. He went on a rant about how she was the first person he called and she didn't even care. Which leads us to wonder a) why was she such a bitch? and b) why wasn't she at the actual event? SKETCHY! Michael is obviously a much better girlfriend. Just goes to a show, us girls can't compete with Phlochte.
Jeah jeah jeah! Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight to the premier show of "Oh, Yes They Did!" Here is the playlist from tonight's show
1. The Swimming Song - Loudon Wainwright III (Candace dedicated this one to the USMOST) 2. Crackerbox Palace - George Harrison 3. Long Before Rock n Roll - Mando Diao 4. Yeah You - N.E.R.D. 5. Boys and Girls in Love - The Rumble Strips.
Tonight was all about our Olympic obsessions. We talked about Phelps and of course, Reezy. Not only did we talk about Reezy -we had a very special 'JEAH!' sound effect that made it's way into the show and did a special theatrical reading of his blog.
We also played a little snippit of "The World According to Lochte;" that wonderful NBC produced profile that played during the Olympics (which can be found in HQ here.) In addition we played a little bit of Out of the Pool in which Ryan gives us a tour of his lovely home, cribs style (tap tap MAGIC.) Just in case you didn't know, his room is the master bedroom. Watch the amazingness below:
We literally presented some breaking news on the show. Our program director informed us that while in High school her friend was invited by none other than golden boy Michael Phelps to see his Escalade. This trip "escaladed" into her giving him a BJ. She is now a lesbian. NO LIES.
Of course, no Olympic show would be complete without a discussion about the OTP that is Phlochte. Everyone knows that Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are meant to be but the ladies of OYTD were concerned about the fact that Phelps has been slutting it up with some of the other swimmers (as evidence by pictures of him with Erik Vendt and Garrett Weber-Gale at the White House.) Get it together Michael! You can't expect a catch like Ryan to wait around forever! They seem so in love in Olympic Slash... I just don't understand..
sigh... remember the good times?
We also discussed our infatuation with Gossip Girl and Valeria's love for Ed Westwick. GG was filming in New York this week and it just so happened that Candace was home for the holiday weekend. She snuck a peak at Leighton Meester (and some other people we don't really care about) filming some scenes for the show. Just so you know, Leighton Meester is FLAWLESS in person. Girl is fierce.
In other news, Valeria was presented with a very special gift during today's show - a vintage style Olympic t shirt to match Candace's.
okay okay I know we've been blogging it up like crazy people lately but I could not hold onto this goody any longer - in the words of Mac from It's Always Sunny "I am bustin".
During the Olympics I had been searching youtube videos like mad trying to find as many Michael Phelps related videos as possible. It was during this frenzy that I discovered The Philip DeFranco show or 'sXephil.' This guy is an absolute comedic genius. He takes interesting/funny news from the day, summarizes it and provides his own personal commentary on it - with a twisted sense of humor. It's almost always hilarious and often informative (as evidence by the video below.) It's sort of like the Daily Show for people with short attention spans.
You can subscribe to his youtube channel here or watch his videos on PhillyD.tv . New videos are uploaded every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to both sites.
If you tuned into tonight's show, then you'll know that Valeria made a little surprise appearance at the very end, offering some teases about what y'all can expect on Monday night. Well, after the show ended, the two of us headed over to the Deval Patrick Committee Offices over on Court Street (55 Court St. Suite 310 - in case you wanna check it out). We arrived with one objective, and one objective only - to put our money where our mouth is. Basically, we took our love for Obama, and translated it into roughly an hour of volunteering (it's all it takes people!).
But before we get to what happened once we were there, it should be noted that on our way we walked by the storefront of the McCain Victory Boston HQ on Tremont Street (across from the Park Street T Stop and next to McDonald's). Surprisingly, there were a whole bunch of people inside, which was nice to see, as their office is usually empty as hale. So, it's good to see that they're trying to keep up with Obama's campaign.
Sidenote: this is me, Valeria, trying to sound as objective as possible. In reality, I know that McCain doesn't stand a chance.
Let's just start out by saying that the Deval Patrick offices are maaaaaaad nice. Behold their slick combination of campaign memorabilia, bright colors, and art deco.
DUDE - I WANT TO WORK IN THIS OFFICE SO BAD! I WOULD GO TO WORK EVERYDAY IF THIS IS WHAT MY BUILDING LOOKED LIKE
So, because Candace is a bit more shy than Valeria, she did some data entry while Valeria made some calls to New Hampshire voters. But hey, don't knock it y'all! Data entry is important - all the information collected during phone calls needs to go somewhere! Also, where do you think they get all the information to make phone calls with? Huh? Exactly.
sorry that it's blurry - it was taken with a phone
So while Candace did some data entry, Valeria made some phone calls. Most people won't home, or just really didn't want to talk with her. But there were two really great calls. The first one was a 72 year old man who explained that he had voted Democratic all his life, then continued to speak about how he doesn't like to vacation in Costa Rica, because even though they have really good PR for tourism, it's still a third-world country (his words, bbs). But he was very much informed about New Hampshire politics. The second memorable phone call was with a 70ish year old woman, who had just finished battling cancer and just ended her chemotherapy treatment. When asked if she wanted an absentee ballot to vote, she was adamantly responded with a "No." She was going to make it to the polls, so that she could vote for her Obama. Basically, she was adorable. All my prayers and hopes are with her, and I hope her will wins out and helps her beat cancer and that she makes it to the polls around the corner from her home in November.
The night ended with some sweet swag.
Moral of the story? Volunteering = free stuff.
You can find out how to volunteer for Obama right here.
BALLIN!
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