Jenn Martinelli Blogging in Boston

Dear person who sent me the below email: I find it hilarious that you expect me to believe that you have successfully invited the COOs of these other companies to this alleged event, and yet you are so misinformed that you believe I am the COO of anything other than my own crappy life. You must take me for a very stupid person.

Sunday afternoon I gave myself a haircut. For those of you that don't know, I rarely actually get a professional haircut because I have a hard time justifying the cost. If I had the money to get a regular haircut every month or so in my budget, OK, maybe I would do that. But whenever I do get a haircut I know it's probably the only professional cut I'll get for months so then it just seems silly. Why bother? Just cut it myself.

Anyway. I cut it myself all the time.

Sunday I cut it and afterwards took a shower and let it dry curly.

Later in the afternoon Rob informed me that my hair looked "too curly" and I looked "like a weirdo" and I should not wear it that way. I said, "Well, I hate to tell you but my hair is curly so any time I don't straighten it, it will look like this." He replied, "Well, straighten it then."

Back in old-y times, when I had my hair straightened for the first time ever, he informed me that it looked like a wig, I looked like "a mannequin or something" and that I should never do that again.

Oh, how far we've come?

At least with Rob you never have to worry that he is holding back.

AT-AT day afternoon from Patrick Boivin on Vimeo.

Here is something completely hilarious.

First of all, this video, by a Best Buy employee, which apparently got him fired:

It's funny for many reasons, but unfortunately, even if the customer in the video is an idiot, the guy is also kind of a total douche. Rob made a response, which is the best thing ever. Please watch:

Yes, he stayed up all night to make that, but it was worth it.

Rob showed me this the other day on Gizmodo. Notice the guy who looks completely out of place? So weird! Click on the photo for the original item at Gizmodo.

Rob just announced he's turning into Knuckles. For reference, please observe this episode of the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.

OK, this isn't me, so sorry to disappoint if you thought it was. But once you watch it you will no longer be disappointed.

You're welcome.

So at Smith, there was an a capella fest or jam or something every fall, which was super popular, and the Tufts Beelzebubs would always perform. Of course, the jam only REALLY got good when Crapapella started performing there. But I digress. In any case, Rob is a student at Tufts and got this email today, which I find hilarious:

Dear Tufts Students,

Finals are winding down and we have an extra reason to celebrate!

The Beelzebubs have made it to the final three of NBC’s Sing Off. We are very proud of how far they have come. On Monday night, December 21st, our own Tufts Bubs could be crowned the national champion a cappella group in the nation, on NBC at 8 PM. The judges narrowed the field from the original eight groups to the final three. The selection of the champion is by popular vote. We can all participate in making this become a reality. If the Bubs win, they will win $100,000 and a recording contract with Sony records – quite an accomplishment for the Bubs and for Tufts.

EACH OF US CAN VOTE UP TO TEN TIMES BY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS.

TEXT: “1” to 33088 (10 votes)

CALL: 1-877-674-6401 (10 votes)

ONLINE: at http://www.nbc.com/sing-off/vote/register.shtml (10 votes per e-mail)

By the way, you can check out the Bubs’ performances in the competition so far on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/viewplaylist?p=82B81BCA7D7DF094 or on NBC.com

Good luck finishing up, have great holidays and a terrific winter break.

GO BUBS!

Thanks,

Tufts Programming Board

Oh how far you've come, Beelzebubs!

OK so I really can't believe that I haven't told this tale before but I can't find it after a few searches through my archives so since I used the term recently I thought I would tell the story.

In college my overly co-dependent insane group of friends was hanging out one day when one of us (not me) told a story about how a friend of hers from back home had gone out at night and gotten completely black-out drunk, only to awaken in a stranger's bed having obviously slept with him, and remembering nothing. As "punishment" for this, she decided to literally shit on his chest (he was still asleep/passed out) and sneak out. This is completely horrifying to me on so many levels and we were all in agreement that we didn't see why the other party deserved this punishment when another friend piped up with a strangely related tale.

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