Contrary to popular belief, I'm not at al that "hep". Do people still say "hep"? See! So very very uncool.
But beyond my lack of the grasp of modern vernacular, the thing that really lowers my cool kid points is my celebrity crush. Or crushes.
I am coming out of the closet now and say that I am a sucker for NPR radio personalities and contributors. You can have your Brad Pitt and your Ryan Reynolds. I'll take the clever wit of Peter Segal over some Hollywood pretty boy anyday.
Boy Bands? Pshaw! My boy band would consist of Adam Felber, David Brown, Luke Burbank and in the Justin Timberlake role, Ira Glass and I will spend my days writing "Stephanie + Ira = Tru Luv 4 EVAH!" on the inside of my "This American Life" Trapper Keeper.
I admitted to volivershagnasty my love for Mr Glass. Last night, at his house, I mentioned "hey! You have Showtime. You know, "This American Life" is on at 10:30.
His response?
"You just want to watch it because that guy you masturabte to is on it"
So?
And you know, there have been people I've seen or read in other mediums but I didn't get butterflies for them until they were on NPR. Mo Rocca on The Daily Show? Awesome. Mo Rocca on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me? HAWT! It's like NPR is this magical machine that turns the ordinary into the extraordinary.
I want Sarah Vowell to be my best friend and we'd sleep over at eachother's house and paint eachother's fingernails. And later, we'd eat Twinkies and dance around to the "Weekend Edition" theme song like it was a Brittney Spears tune. It would be like Degrassi High except far more bookish and far far less Canadian.
And in my perfect world, I will marry Steve Inskeep and, together, we WILL consider all things.
But beyond my lack of the grasp of modern vernacular, the thing that really lowers my cool kid points is my celebrity crush. Or crushes.
I am coming out of the closet now and say that I am a sucker for NPR radio personalities and contributors. You can have your Brad Pitt and your Ryan Reynolds. I'll take the clever wit of Peter Segal over some Hollywood pretty boy anyday.
Boy Bands? Pshaw! My boy band would consist of Adam Felber, David Brown, Luke Burbank and in the Justin Timberlake role, Ira Glass and I will spend my days writing "Stephanie + Ira = Tru Luv 4 EVAH!" on the inside of my "This American Life" Trapper Keeper.
I admitted to volivershagnasty my love for Mr Glass. Last night, at his house, I mentioned "hey! You have Showtime. You know, "This American Life" is on at 10:30.
His response?
"You just want to watch it because that guy you masturabte to is on it"
So?
And you know, there have been people I've seen or read in other mediums but I didn't get butterflies for them until they were on NPR. Mo Rocca on The Daily Show? Awesome. Mo Rocca on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me? HAWT! It's like NPR is this magical machine that turns the ordinary into the extraordinary.
I want Sarah Vowell to be my best friend and we'd sleep over at eachother's house and paint eachother's fingernails. And later, we'd eat Twinkies and dance around to the "Weekend Edition" theme song like it was a Brittney Spears tune. It would be like Degrassi High except far more bookish and far far less Canadian.
And in my perfect world, I will marry Steve Inskeep and, together, we WILL consider all things.
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toothpickmoe and i went to the live This American Life show at UCLA a couple weeks ago and came in our pants. There we saw John Hodgeman, my BFF, LYLAS Sarah Vowell and Dan Savage. AND of course, my Ira. Mr. Glass brings new meaning to words like sheepish and awkward, but his wit and .....oh god, he's just so wonderful.......
i love you all the more for loving my radio family. (ira told an hilarious story about going to an OKGO gig with peter!)