Ted Allen (of Top Chef and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fame) gave Too Much Free Time a shout-out on his blog! Check it out. I’m so tickled!

I was on the treadmill today, watching Flavor of Love 3 — shut up, I know, it’s awful, and if I hear Flav go “wooooooooooowwwww” one more time, I swear to the lord jesus and baby jesus, I am going to go on a spree — and I saw a commercial for gum. It’s selling gum as a “five calorie snack.” A “snack” that’s great for dieting. GUM IS NOT A FUCKING SNACK, YOU FUCKING FUCKERS.

On Saturday I had a conversation with Charlie and the geekboy about my love for Wes Anderson, spurred on by re-watching The Darjeeling Limited last week, and repeated viewings of The Royal Tenenbaums on cable over the past month. About his visuals and his music and how his films are just so saturated with beauty. How sometimes a single scene can squeeze your heart until you almost can’t breathe (Richie Tenenbaum’s shaving scene, the funeral in Darjeeling). Searching around on YouTube, I found these. Read the rest of this entry »

This weekend, Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history.

So, the NYC Comic-Con was pretty fun. It had its problems (Saturday’s panels were ridiculously crowded and woefully unorganized) but we did enjoy ourselves and saw a lot of stuff and bought a lot of crap and all that. We grabbed some extra swag and once I get everything organized, I’ll be giving it away here on freakgirl.com. The geekboy’s recap is here.

A few photos after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »