1) "It would be like giving a monkey the keys to an amusement park"--heard on That 70's Show
2) "he'll have wild monkey sex five times and then be done with her"--How I Met Your Mother
I was sewing while these shows were on and wrote them down, but I forgot to post 'em!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
linky linky
I was just about to get in bed and read, but before turning off my computer, I checked out a blog i like called fourfour.
This particular post interested me because i grew up in Dallas, and was a kid when this was made. My friend and i went into Neiman Marcus once and tried on fancy party dresses we could never afford. And it was in the mid-80's, so everything was u.g.l.y. enough to gag you with a spoon. Anyway. I linked to the filmmaker's website and encountered this! It was made in 1974 and now i really want to see it.

This particular post interested me because i grew up in Dallas, and was a kid when this was made. My friend and i went into Neiman Marcus once and tried on fancy party dresses we could never afford. And it was in the mid-80's, so everything was u.g.l.y. enough to gag you with a spoon. Anyway. I linked to the filmmaker's website and encountered this! It was made in 1974 and now i really want to see it.

the final frontier


I enjoy watching shows and videos about space. There is a YouTube channel called SpaceRip with many many excellent space videos.
I found it a few months ago and stayed up very late one night bingeing on videos about space. Its been a little while since I checked it out, so i went on YouTube to see what was new. And look who is there, hanging out on a menu filled with videos about SPACE.
and then there's Maude! who is certainly not a monkey.

Right between The Tyra Show and Cops on the tv box there is a new station called "Antenna TV" which features mostly sitcoms from the 70's and 80's. (Why, Good Times came on just this second!)
Maude and Walter are arguing about women's roles, etc, (remember, it was basically the premise of the whole show). She expounds upon the drudgery of waking up early and getting gussied up and slathering on makeup just to go to the kitchen and make breakfast for her husband. Then she exclaims: "Walter, if that's your idea of a fulfilled life, then I'll be a monkey's uncle!" Then they got into bed.
"Including a villainous, space-age monkey!"

Today a friend posted a link to this movie trailer, so now i'm posting it for you. Don't forget your popcorn and pot cookies, kids! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFZ2X6hrk6o
Sunday, January 9, 2011
who knew?!?!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
friggin' babies today!

As I mentioned, I went to a baby shower today. Because I am so BROKE (only for another month, thank gawd), I ended up not buying anything, but I am going to make some dinners for the new parents when they really need it in a few weeks. SOUP! But just now i was thinking about another preggo friend and went on the FB to send her a message and see if she had posted any info and/or giant belly pics. Instead, I found a monkey.
baby humans, never not cute
Just doing a little google search for baby shower gifts. I know, there's almost a guarantee of a monkey sighting when it comes to babies. I just wanted to try to come up with something for my friend other than onesies. ooh, maybe a onesie with a monkey on it. I don't know if i'll be able to find one, though... NOT.Friday, January 7, 2011
this blog would not be possible without Seth MacFarlane
During The Family Guy earlier, Chris referred to the evil monkey living in his closet. It wasn't the episode where the monkey comes out of Chris' closet, it was one where Lois runs for mayor. anyway. And it was earlier, so i forgot about it. I was sewing and didn't want to get up.
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071018214123/familyguy/images/2/2e/Evil_Monkey.gif
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071018214123/familyguy/images/2/2e/Evil_Monkey.gif
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
The Fisher King


St. Ives used to make this fabulous face mask that apparently they don't make anymore. It is the best stuff ever, and not just because it is the same color as Bedtime Bear. In the film The Fisher King, Jeff Bridges' character takes a bath (Dude prelude?) with this blue mask all over his face. I did a google image search hoping to find a picture of this scene. No luck with that, however, this image came up about 4 pages in, fancy plates with monkeys on 'em. Thanks, Susan Fisher King! Now if you'll just let me know where I can find some of that blue face mask.
radio spot
just now, a KPOJ 620am ad for Norman Goldman show, with this sound bite:
"They stuck a monkey wrench in every machine."
referring to republicans, obvs.
"They stuck a monkey wrench in every machine."
referring to republicans, obvs.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
oops! this is from last night, i swear

From the rollicking mid-80's comedy Date Night starring Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger! If you ever need to know just how fucked-up things were in the 80's, just check out this flick! In this picture there is jealous lover John Laroquette, pre-Night Court, giving chase. He crashes into a storefront because a monkey suddenly appears and jumps on his head while he's driving! I know, right! It's so great that the filmmakers got this right, because this happens to me all the time.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
i am back.
Monday, June 1, 2009
FIRST ON FOX!
IT IS SOOOOOOO BACK ON, ALL FOUR OF YOU!!!.
Over the past couple of months the monkey sightings have not slowed one bit, but my motivation certainly has. Tonight, however, a special opportunity on the Ten O Clock news was JUST TOO PERFECT TO PASS UP!!!
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The Talkin' Head began to read the story: At a coin-op catch-your-own-prize-with-a-little-funky-crane-machine in probably Gresham or Crack-O-My-Ass, some unfortunate tot pulled out a plush toy with a HYPODERMIC NEEDLE inside of it. As the head read, I got my camera phone ready, because I really just absolutely KNEW the plush would be a monkey.
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Not just any monkey: Curious George! Oh my.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
mea culpa
i am sorry all three of you. i just have not had the motivation to keep up with the monkeys this week. it's not that I haven't seen them, including twice today, once in a subway commercial, and once in something else I forgot, but it was about 10 minutes earlier. it's just that i'm overwhelmed by life right now.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
on the mend
to make up for the past few days...
First, my friend on her facebook page,


Then, a song I heard on my favorite internet radio http://eastvillageradio.com/index.php. I wouldn't have noticed it by looking at the playlist, but the dj just announced the songs he was playing, and what albums they were from, so, take that tuesday and wednesday!!
First, my friend on her facebook page,


Then, a song I heard on my favorite internet radio http://eastvillageradio.com/index.php. I wouldn't have noticed it by looking at the playlist, but the dj just announced the songs he was playing, and what albums they were from, so, take that tuesday and wednesday!!
what the?
It has been such a slow week! I am wondering if this grand experiment might be doomed to failure?!
NOT!
This morning on KPOJ, Thom Hartmann was on a rant about mood-altering drugs, prozac and wellbutrin-type stuff, and he went off on a tangent starting with "...and don't forget the monkey
study the Swiss did" or something like that. Apparently, in this study, the scientists removed some monkeys from a group that were perceived to be depressed due to their demeanor and eating habits. Eventually the rest of the group was wiped out because, as it turns out, these particular monkeys were hanging out on the perimeter of the group and apparently though they were "sad" or something, they also were the ones to give first warning of approaching predators-- like cheetahs! Since these monkeys were removed, or medicated I think with drugs like prozac, they were unable to warn the others in the group of the impending danger, and so they ALL got eaten. Hartmann drew an analogy between these monkeys and what we may be missing about our current society, that so-called "depressed" people or sad people are just more acutely aware of how fucked up things are, of the Impending Danger that exists because all of capitalist western society is headed for the dang cliff!
Now, go have a nice day y'all.
NOT!
This morning on KPOJ, Thom Hartmann was on a rant about mood-altering drugs, prozac and wellbutrin-type stuff, and he went off on a tangent starting with "...and don't forget the monkey
study the Swiss did" or something like that. Apparently, in this study, the scientists removed some monkeys from a group that were perceived to be depressed due to their demeanor and eating habits. Eventually the rest of the group was wiped out because, as it turns out, these particular monkeys were hanging out on the perimeter of the group and apparently though they were "sad" or something, they also were the ones to give first warning of approaching predators-- like cheetahs! Since these monkeys were removed, or medicated I think with drugs like prozac, they were unable to warn the others in the group of the impending danger, and so they ALL got eaten. Hartmann drew an analogy between these monkeys and what we may be missing about our current society, that so-called "depressed" people or sad people are just more acutely aware of how fucked up things are, of the Impending Danger that exists because all of capitalist western society is headed for the dang cliff!
Now, go have a nice day y'all.
Monday, March 9, 2009
ketchup.
I SO did not plan for the days to get away from me, because I HAVE been writing down all my "sightings" and even taking some pictures, but I have been busting ass making art all weekend! and so, I am behind. Today had this, at the very least:

These are from the tee-vee on saturday, which I had on while working: "...you're livin' every guy's DREAM! ...it's not my dream. My dream is always the same...A monkey gives me the finger, and then flaps his lips at me..."--Kelso on That 70's Show "I dropped out of high school, so now I gotta dance in front 'a you guys like a monkey!"--Duane Johnson aka The Rock in a skit on SNL.
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and this is from last night, I think, Sunday on PBS, a show about captive research monkeys being released into sanctuaries, where some of them get to go OUTSIDE and CLIMB TREES for the FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES, AND SOME OF THEM ARE OVER 30 YEARS OLD. I cried.

These are from the tee-vee on saturday, which I had on while working: "...you're livin' every guy's DREAM! ...it's not my dream. My dream is always the same...A monkey gives me the finger, and then flaps his lips at me..."--Kelso on That 70's Show "I dropped out of high school, so now I gotta dance in front 'a you guys like a monkey!"--Duane Johnson aka The Rock in a skit on SNL.
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and this is from last night, I think, Sunday on PBS, a show about captive research monkeys being released into sanctuaries, where some of them get to go OUTSIDE and CLIMB TREES for the FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES, AND SOME OF THEM ARE OVER 30 YEARS OLD. I cried.
Friday, March 6, 2009
blame it on the rain
I spent the evening at Carissa's last nite, she fed me cheese and bread and noodles and wine, and for that I am grateful! Then we watched 30 Rock, for which I am also grateful. One of the storylines involved Jack Donaghee watching Harry and the Hendersons, referring back to Harry several times as the "woodland ape." Alas I'd spaced it by the time I got home and didn't post yesterday. .
For Today however, we have this sad news about Peter Tork, the cutest of all the Monkees, IMHO.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
yummy
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
breakfast, lunch, dinner
Well, really it should be: Lunch, Dinner, Midnite Snack.

Lunch: dropped by Paul's this afternoon and this lighter was on the bar. he has a bar. but the monkey lighter is posing on top of the record player cabinet.

Dinner: plopped on the couch (there's that word again) to vegitate while having some delicious noodles. This was on one of the craptacular Entertainment-Magazine-Type Shows, apparently a tangent off of the freaky chimp freak-out story. This guy seems harmless though right? I mean, apparently he likes to go for walks in the snow wearing a trendy puffer jacket in a nice, bright electric-banana-yellow. He's been in snow before, right? It wouldn't freak him out or anything, would it? Um...

Midnite snack: I've been listening to an archive of an excellent show from my favorite online radio station: http://eastvillageradio.com/index.php. The show was Peer Pressure from 2/18/09, it was the shit, so many great songs, including one by the dj's band towards the end of the show. And I linked to the band's myspace page because the song was really fucking good, and tah-dah, there were images of their flyers in the pics. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=14739445. The song was Pasting Leaves. Yay!

Lunch: dropped by Paul's this afternoon and this lighter was on the bar. he has a bar. but the monkey lighter is posing on top of the record player cabinet.

Dinner: plopped on the couch (there's that word again) to vegitate while having some delicious noodles. This was on one of the craptacular Entertainment-Magazine-Type Shows, apparently a tangent off of the freaky chimp freak-out story. This guy seems harmless though right? I mean, apparently he likes to go for walks in the snow wearing a trendy puffer jacket in a nice, bright electric-banana-yellow. He's been in snow before, right? It wouldn't freak him out or anything, would it? Um...

Midnite snack: I've been listening to an archive of an excellent show from my favorite online radio station: http://eastvillageradio.com/index.php. The show was Peer Pressure from 2/18/09, it was the shit, so many great songs, including one by the dj's band towards the end of the show. And I linked to the band's myspace page because the song was really fucking good, and tah-dah, there were images of their flyers in the pics. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=14739445. The song was Pasting Leaves. Yay!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Tie ie ee eim/is on my knee/yes it is
Sunday, March 1, 2009
I couldn't have said it better myself.
"...that's why you never fight a lady monkey."--words uttered by Dale Gribble on King of the Hill, which is on the TV behind me, which is still on after the Simpsons and before Family Guy. Then I'm turning in early (with the crossword, of course) because I actually have an interview tomorrow at a fancy temp agency. hooray!
Note: it was the plan all along to use an image of Dale Gribble, but I google-imaged "lady monkey," you know, for kicks! And, well, despite there being some interesting, though less-relevant-than-I'd-hoped images (including a link to some adorable cats on flickr):
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/364952659_be37bb9424.jpg&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/estudiante/364952659/&usg=___sdbZtJPlF7U_ROT2TWSmHLORcw=&h=333&w=500&sz=106&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=BujYlko3x6NS6M:&tbnh=87&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlady%2Bmonkey%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN, (scroll forward to "balance")
the very first one in line on the results page was so shocking that all I can bring myself to do is make YOU do it: http://images.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=lady%20monkey&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi !

A hoodie with an ape screenprinted on the side of the hood!I want one of these RIGHT NOW! Actually I think I'd want the Obama one, but the ape one is pretty fantastic!
http://www.headhoods.com/home.html
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