Dinosaur Wars

The last place on the television that I'd expect to see/hear ANY monkeys at all: an OPB show about the true-life melodrama surrounding two early American paleontologists. They showed a clip of Humphrey Bogart in "Treasure of the Sierra Madre." This is a movie about gold prospecting in the old west, not dinosaurs. Or monkeys. But the clip was to help illustrate that in the early part of the century, early paleontologists on long, arduous digs would apparently ditch their assignments and go dig for gold instead. Smart. But the clip they showed included these words from Bogie: "...you won't monkey around with Fred C. Dobbs."

How I Met Your Monkey

From HIMYM (I see a trend developing): Marshall is sad, but Barney and Ted know that web videos of dudes getting whacked in the nuts will cheer him up. They rattle off a list of things that would be acceptable as projectiles, the list ending with "...hooves, beaks and clenched monkey fists."

Savage Love

From Dan Savage's column in this week's Mercury, which I read earlier while eating lunch. A turkey sandwich made with leftovers from last night!

Last Night...

...my friends Dana and her hubby Gus had delicious turkey dinner with delicious food and delicious guests and this mug was sitting on top of her microwave. I didn't get home until past midnight because i was having such a delicious time, so here it is for you today.

preggo

watching "Cracking the Maya Code" NOVA program on hulu

lazy sunday, part deux

yes, i am still being lazy. I watched the premiere episode of Portlandia and some shows about space on hulu. and sewed a little bit. now i'm checking out more metal history--still learning so much!--and came upon another gem. gemonkey. oh, i also folded laundry.

lazy sunday

I know, it's still saturday, but it is so drizzly and gross and starting to get dark that it feels like a get-back-in-bed kind of day. And I saw this link a bit ago and was in the middle of educating myself on metal music when this playlist came up in the sub-genre of "Stoner Metal."


Now go educate yourselves: http://www.mapofmetal.com/#/home

cracked!

this from a cracked.com article about images that look photoshopped but aren't

i can has lol monkey?

OKAY, i've said it before and its still true: i am a crazy cat lady without a cat. i thought i'd give icanhascheezeburger.com a look-see before turning off my computer. then i clicked on a small image to see it bigger and the page it brought up had a little friend on it. This is the picture i wanted to see bigger:

Aren't they cuuuuuute?!?! you know they are, and no, i'm not going to [cap it]. Goodnight!

THIRTY ROCKS

Jack Donaghy is recalling something to Liz Lemon about his college life: "...I was either (doing something in the something) or I was "sweeping the floor at the Princeton monkey lab."

this time i'm getting up from the sewing table

As you have probably figured out, i watch a lot of regular tv during the day. I'm not working right now, but i AM working on lots of projects, and i like to have re-runs on when i'm sewing, esp. between 4 and 7pm. These shows are like dear old friends. And when work starts up again next month, I'll have to bid them adieu and hope for other, less tele-centric monkeys. Vive la television!

From How I Met Your Mother (which is actually a fantastic show. It fills in the void left by Friends):

Barney: "Didn't you get my message?"
Robin: "No, I blocked your e-mail after the fourth time you tried to send me that video of a monkey sniffing its butt."

Fabric Depot

This is a very strange coin purse made out of a little tiny sock! I guess you could say it's a sock monkey of sorts...

i spaced it yesterday, but there were TWO monkeys

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!

goooooood morning CNN!

run! be freeeeeee!

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.

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

who knew?!?!

i made a facebook post announcing the triumphant return of EverydayMonkey, and this is what I found out! Thanks Chach!

is it still yesterday???

mo babies!
Thanks again HufflepuffPost!

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.

baby animals, never not cute

Thank you, HuffPo.

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

Exit Through the Gift Shop

I know, i know! I hadn't seen it yet! I just started watching it just now!

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.

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.

Thank you Cleveland Show!

i am back.

Farting around on facebook tonight, i came across this image from the b-day celebration of a friend of a friend many times removed. Why in the heck was i poking around? Could it be that I needed to start up this blog again??? You bet your monkey butt I did!