It's the end of May (actually, it's June 1st) and I wanna do something different. Here is my top 10 CNNI moments of May 2009
10) Opel deal saves Berlin's GM division -- yay
09) Trying out a coconut -- Andy Saputra 1, Arwa Damon 0 (BackStory)
08) Tweetathons from Rosemary Church, Kristie Lu Stout, Richard Quest, Errol Barnett, folks from BackStory, and so on.
07) Matthew Chance's a 'chance' encounter.
06) Undercover rep in Myanmar easily recognizable (thank you mute button)
05) 2 million displaced in Pakistan (very sad)
04) Susan Boyle's almost-triumphant run on Britain's Got Talent
03) Isha Sesay, Mark McKay, and Guillermo Arduino trying their hands at spelling
02) Barcelona wins Champions League (and Alex Thomas wins the bet over Pedro Pinto)
And the number one CNNI moment of May 2009:
01) Arwa Damon's grasshopper eating moment (and the liquor that comes with it)
These are my top 10 moments of CNNI this month. What's your top 10?
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Conversations You Will Never Hear From Ordinary People
Constituent #1: Did anyone watch BackStory last night?
Me: I think she did.
Constituent #2: Yes, I did. We all did, actually, and I loved the grasshopper taste test.
Me: Really? I dare you to try out that scorpion/snake juice.
Constituent #2: What? No.
Constituent #1: I would try it.
Me: I'm not going to.
Constituent #2: And you dared me to? C'mon, Dez, a snake/scorpion drink mix? Where can we find that in the US?
Me: It's not in the US. Seems to me like Laos is creepier than I thought, but I digress.
Constituent #1: You said it to every country you can think of. Indonesia's creepy. India's creepy. Malaysia's creepy. Iraq...
Me: Shut up, bonehead. I'm trying to look at Tru TV's schedule for today.
Constituent #2: Oh, look at that. 6 hours of Forensic Files, 3 hours of Speeders, one hour of World's Dumbest, an hour of police chases, 2 hours of Forensic Files...
Me: Alright. First off, I only watch Speeders on Thursdays, and I love World's Dumbest, okay, because it is so funny to watch.
Constituent #1: Yeah, especially after seeing almost every episode of the show. It's like that one guy here that tried to rob a convienient store with a palm frong.
Constituent #2: (holding a palm frong on her head) 50 dollar! Gimme 50 dollar!
Me: It's 50 dollars. Plural.
Constituent #2: Yeah, I knew that.
Constituent #1: Actually, it's Drivers 9.
Me: And you know what that means... Helio is back.
Constituent #2: Helio? Isn't that a Virgin Mobile phone?
Me: Yes. And a phone doesn't comment on people driving, kay?
Constituent #1: Is that the one that has the "Valiant and Doofus" segment?
Me: I thought that was on Criminals 12. I was waiting for that, and instead, I got the "what happens next" segment. Which is really cool.
Constituent #2: I'm afraid we'll have to rename it from Saturday's rant to Commentary for the rest of us.
Me: I'm not even typing today's rant yet, but I guess this will take place.
Constituent #1: Commentary for the rest of us? I propose a weeklong "WTF" series.
Me: Man, both of you are high on sugar this morning.
Constituent #2: What? I haven't got my soda yet.
Me: And I'm okay without it.
Constituent #1: No, let's name this one "Conversations you will never hear from ordinary people"
Me: Hello?
Constituent #2: Dez, I think you lost.
Me: Lost what? I'm still not drinking that scorpion/snake juice stuff.
Constituent #1: Alright, let's get out of here before people say something.
Me: I think she did.
Constituent #2: Yes, I did. We all did, actually, and I loved the grasshopper taste test.
Me: Really? I dare you to try out that scorpion/snake juice.
Constituent #2: What? No.
Constituent #1: I would try it.
Me: I'm not going to.
Constituent #2: And you dared me to? C'mon, Dez, a snake/scorpion drink mix? Where can we find that in the US?
Me: It's not in the US. Seems to me like Laos is creepier than I thought, but I digress.
Constituent #1: You said it to every country you can think of. Indonesia's creepy. India's creepy. Malaysia's creepy. Iraq...
Me: Shut up, bonehead. I'm trying to look at Tru TV's schedule for today.
Constituent #2: Oh, look at that. 6 hours of Forensic Files, 3 hours of Speeders, one hour of World's Dumbest, an hour of police chases, 2 hours of Forensic Files...
Me: Alright. First off, I only watch Speeders on Thursdays, and I love World's Dumbest, okay, because it is so funny to watch.
Constituent #1: Yeah, especially after seeing almost every episode of the show. It's like that one guy here that tried to rob a convienient store with a palm frong.
Constituent #2: (holding a palm frong on her head) 50 dollar! Gimme 50 dollar!
Me: It's 50 dollars. Plural.
Constituent #2: Yeah, I knew that.
Constituent #1: Actually, it's Drivers 9.
Me: And you know what that means... Helio is back.
Constituent #2: Helio? Isn't that a Virgin Mobile phone?
Me: Yes. And a phone doesn't comment on people driving, kay?
Constituent #1: Is that the one that has the "Valiant and Doofus" segment?
Me: I thought that was on Criminals 12. I was waiting for that, and instead, I got the "what happens next" segment. Which is really cool.
Constituent #2: I'm afraid we'll have to rename it from Saturday's rant to Commentary for the rest of us.
Me: I'm not even typing today's rant yet, but I guess this will take place.
Constituent #1: Commentary for the rest of us? I propose a weeklong "WTF" series.
Me: Man, both of you are high on sugar this morning.
Constituent #2: What? I haven't got my soda yet.
Me: And I'm okay without it.
Constituent #1: No, let's name this one "Conversations you will never hear from ordinary people"
Me: Hello?
Constituent #2: Dez, I think you lost.
Me: Lost what? I'm still not drinking that scorpion/snake juice stuff.
Constituent #1: Alright, let's get out of here before people say something.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Friday's rant(s) -- May 8, 2009
I got a couple of constituents who tell me that 140 is a magic number... well, I actually told myself. So, one of them said that I got 413 tweets (as of now), 263 friends, 145 followers, yadda, yadda, yadda. Um, yeah, did I not mention that it would've been 269 if it wasn't for several slowpokes. Not naming names.
Alright, all three of us (me actually) are fans of CNN International's 5pm EDT show BackStory (awesomest effing show ever), but one of my constituents (me actually) watched today's show, and it's all because one of the CNNers (Arwa Damon, who is part of my so-called faves list, and so is Christiane Amanpour, Nic Robertson, among others, but specifically Arwa Damon) taped a BackStory that included eating a grasshopper. I actually don't eat anything alive (is it dead?), but after we saw it, did we lose our appetites? No.
Actually, I would never eat anything alive (it's dead right?) because I'm too scared like that, but given all that she has done at CNN, a personal message to Arwa, I'm placing bets that she is definitely 1000% woman enough to not say "I ain't eating nothing alive (dead) after this." Note to self: Stops at 100. Shut up.
Moving on, on a more serious note, Bob Jordan (WFTV ND. I live in Central Florida BTW), said there will be a story on some guy in the area who starved himself just because DCF was too lazy to help out with his problems. Look, people, I understand that more people are losing out on their jobs and other "American Dream" elements these days, and because of that, we do need folks like DCF (or CPS in the other 49 states) to help out. But given the fact that more and more people sign up for food stamps, it's an overboard, and there is a good reason folks like DCF (or CPS in the 49 other states) are overworked, but we still need their assistance.
Finally, a tidbits (well, not really) -- Go Magic (beat the Celtics)
Find me at http://twitter.com/dezbee2008
Alright, all three of us (me actually) are fans of CNN International's 5pm EDT show BackStory (awesomest effing show ever), but one of my constituents (me actually) watched today's show, and it's all because one of the CNNers (Arwa Damon, who is part of my so-called faves list, and so is Christiane Amanpour, Nic Robertson, among others, but specifically Arwa Damon) taped a BackStory that included eating a grasshopper. I actually don't eat anything alive (is it dead?), but after we saw it, did we lose our appetites? No.
Actually, I would never eat anything alive (it's dead right?) because I'm too scared like that, but given all that she has done at CNN, a personal message to Arwa, I'm placing bets that she is definitely 1000% woman enough to not say "I ain't eating nothing alive (dead) after this." Note to self: Stops at 100. Shut up.
Moving on, on a more serious note, Bob Jordan (WFTV ND. I live in Central Florida BTW), said there will be a story on some guy in the area who starved himself just because DCF was too lazy to help out with his problems. Look, people, I understand that more people are losing out on their jobs and other "American Dream" elements these days, and because of that, we do need folks like DCF (or CPS in the other 49 states) to help out. But given the fact that more and more people sign up for food stamps, it's an overboard, and there is a good reason folks like DCF (or CPS in the 49 other states) are overworked, but we still need their assistance.
Finally, a tidbits (well, not really) -- Go Magic (beat the Celtics)
Find me at http://twitter.com/dezbee2008
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