Oh, Yes They Did! Post-Election Edition 11/5/08

Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight on this most historic of days. Here is the playlist in case you missed it:

1. Yes We Can - Will.I.Am
2. The Times They Are A Changing - Bob Dylan
3. Mister President - Amnesty
4. Burning for You - Blue Oyster Cult (for Bonnie)
5. Funky President - James Brown

Today was, of course, a special day for the ladies of OYTD. The B-Man was officially elected as the next President of the United States! Words cannot express how emotional and exciting this victory was not only for for us but for millions of Americans and people all over the world. We started off the show talking about where we were when we heard the news. Valeria was helping with news coverage for WEBN news so she was inundated with information the whole night. Even when she found out he won she wasn't emotional. It eventually hit her later in the evening and the tears came. Candace watched election coverage at home - flipping channels back and forth to see the electoral vote count. Her sister called to reassure her that he'd win but until CNN says its true - it ain't true! The instant CNN flashed on the screen that Obama won this chick cried like a little baby - for a long long time. Needless to say it was emotional for both the ladies of OYTD. Candace voted absentee and though Valeria is not eligible to vote yet she was doing her part all along spreading the word of the B-man; canvassing, working at phone banks and telling people about him (check our blog about volunteering.) So we'd just like to say thanks, America. You made a great choice!
Side note: According to their facebook profile pictures, as of November 5th 2008, a lot of my friends look exactly like Barack Obama! Interesting. Also, last night Cullen Jones' status message read "Cullen Jones bet it all on black." So did we, Cullen. So did we. The Obamas better invite Cullen over to the White House in 2009!

We had a very special guest on the show tonight. Mr. Jeff Penfield of Emerson's station WERS joined us for a segment we decided to call "A Male Perspective"

Objective: To gain insight into the male perspective on the perceived attractiveness of dudes we like
Procedure: Show Jeff pictures of said dudes and ask him who he thinks is hot, or hotter (depending on how many dudes)
Subjects: Jonas Brothers, Phlochte and Mark Ronson

First we showed Jeff a picture of the Jonas brothers and asked him to tell us which Jonas brother he thought was the most attractive. He took a while looking at the picture, I suspect because he was trying to decipher their ages so as not to come off as a pedophile. He said Nick looked too young (of course I have to disagree there) and eventually chose Kevin Jonas. We were both shocked and dismayed by this. He picked what most people would say is the ugliest of the 3 brothers. Even I, a fan of Nicholas Jonas can admit that Joe is simply beautiful! What are you thinking picking Kevin?! He liked the sideburns. I don't get it...

Next up was a clothed Michael Phelps - we were judging faces in this first round. Jeff was not too kind when judging our dear Phelpsicle. He said that Michael looked like Eli Manning and "kind of dumb." I'm not sure what it is is about Michael's face that exudes a lack of intelligence but I'm going to go ahead and say that it's that same thing that makes us girls say he's dorky and adorable (and the fact that Jeff is jealous!) He also didn't like his ears very much. Ouch, Jeff. That hit us right where it hurts. Next victim - a clothed Ryan Lochte. Apparently Lochte "looks even dumber" than Michael! Jeff said that he had a look on his face that suggested he was perhaps a bit cocky and thought he was special but was, in fact, "special ed." Now his opinion may have been skewed because Jeff was previously shown the "World According to Lochte" clip so perhaps his thoughts on Lochte's intelligence were influenced in some way... blame NBC not me. Oh yeah, and pretty sure Jeff is jealous! Just a side note, trying to find a picture of Ryan Lochte's face in my collection o' pictures made me feel particularly shallow because I realized that most of my pictures were well...not of his face.

Now in comparing Lochte and Phelps, Jeff revealed what most of us had already suspected - Lochte was, in Jeff's opinion, the more attractive man. Again, he was not feeling Phelpsicle's ears. If given the choice to hang out with one of the guys, our friend would rather chill with Phelps because he seemed like he could "hold a conversation." See Michael! You're good at lots of things! Swimming, eating... getting random dudes to say that they'd hang out with you if forced to choose between you and Lochte. Lots of things.

Now to the good stuff. We wanted to put Jeff - a straight male - in the most awkward position as possible. So of course, I made him compare their bodies. And what other picture to use than one from Men's Health Journal. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that this photo shoot was sponsored by Johnson and Johnson cause they look just about HOSED down with baby oil in some of those pictures. Anyway we showed him this picture and though he was visibly uncomfortable, he agreed to judge their bodies. Again, Lochte won out for having a better physique. Jeff didn't like Phelps' lanky frame (even though I do!) because he thought it looked awkward and that he'd be awkward at doing "things" (what "things" he would not say. What do you think he was talking about? I know what I was thinking!) Jeff thought Lochte's 6 pack (8 pack to be exact) was impressive. Want proof that men and women look at different things? Ask who had better thighs. When we asked Jeff this, he said he couldn't tell a difference. Oh Jeff, you silly silly boy. There is a world of difference!

Now of course we have to factor in the fact that Jeff is a boy and he doesn't understand the adorable factor us girls do. That is, when choosing pictures to show him we tried to be as objective as possible - not choosing pictures where they were making particularly "cute" faces that a boy's brain just wouldn't understand ie: Lochte's nose crinkling. A boy just could not appreciate how damn cute that is! Getting back to our study...

Last man up for judgment was Mark Ronson. To our surprise, Jeff was very fond of our boy Mark in his herringbone Jacket and Beatles haircut. He was much kinder to Mr. Ronson than to our swimmer boys. I distinctly remember him using the words "I'm feelin' this" at some point during the Mark Ronson viewing. He was less kind to the New York hipster version of our Mark Ronson. He despised the tousled locks that us ladies love so much. It seems that Jeff was very much into Ronson's mod style - yes to tailored suits, no to messy hair and scarves. Jeff likes a man of style - which could explain why he was so harsh on our swimmer boys cause lord knows they can't dress their way out of a paper bag. The clothes make the man.

On the topic of swimmers, we've gotten some complaints that we haven't been giving enough love to Garrett Weber-Gale. Now you all know that I have been quite bitter toward GWG since Phelpsicle was seen cavorting around with him at the White House when he should have been canoodling with his lover, Ryan Lochte. But I've decided to put that behind me and see what this young man is all about because after all, he is quite cute and was part of that fierce relay teem in Beijing. Unfortunately, I have yet another bone to pick with Mr. Garrett Weber-Gale! I recently viewed a couple of his cooking videos on youtube. I naively thought they'd be funny and interesting to watch but now I feel that he is seriously threatening my womanhood. I like to think that the ownership of ovaries and boobs are responsible for my intuition and god's way of saying that I should have some cooking skills. Call it sexist but I like cooking for people and I'm looking forward to cooking for my future family. Well, I was until I saw these videos. This dude is not joking around! He's serious when it comes to cooking! I could never deal with a dude that cooks better than I do, and definitely not at the degree he does! My little oven stuffer roaster would look like complete crap next to anything he made. He makes dishes I can't even pronounce let alone entertain the idea of attempting to cook. There are wood chips involved in some of them. Wood chips. He might as well punch me in the ovaries and then make a sandwich. He does make sandwiches by the way. With awesome ingredients I wouldn't even think of using. So thanks Garrett Weber-Gale. I'm sure you're super fertile and great at doing laundry, too. Check out this video of him making shrimp etouffee (and feel your ovaries shrink inside of you)

The cool thing about GWG (aside from the fact that he can shrink your ovaries through a computer screen) is that, unlike some of our other swimmer loves, he does seem to care about nutrition. Apparently Michael Phelps has not gotten this memo. I'm pretty sure he drinks a bottle of Crisco with breakfast every morning. But hey, different strokes for different folks. Hey, I said strokes - that's sort of like a swimming joke! Not really. Anyway, we hope once Michael Phelps stops swimming he starts thinking about nutrition like our friend Mr. Weber-Gale because we don't want him to end up like big fat fatty Ian Thorpe. He got fat since he retired! Hey, I'm no bathing beauty but I never was so I can say it. Thorpe was fierce and now he's just a big ol' fatty! As Valeria pointed out, he used to be the Thorpedo and now he's just a flotation device. Watch it Phelps. We know you're on the box but, stay off of those club crackers.

Or guest Jeff informed me that none other than Rap Star and OTL of Ryan Lochte, Lil Wayne currently has a blog on ESPN.com. Of course we absolutely love reading Reezy's blog on the air but he hasn't really written that many - so we're trying to stretch those puppies out. Today, we decided to read some of Weezy's blogs instead (being that lil Wayne is Reezy's favorite rapper and ultimate man crush, we didn't think he'd mind.) The theme music to Masterpiece Theater is reserved only for Lochte's genius writings, so we went for something a little different in a segment we like to call "Weezy's Blogs read to the sounds of Mark Mothersbaugh." During the segment Lil Wayne gave us insight into his first experience at a major league baseball game which, in his opinion, was "nothing short of amazing" and he told us what he thought of Jose Conseco: "I just like to replay the baseball bouncing off his head." Wise words from a wise man.

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