Big fat oops!

So here's a funny story. I was just sitting around, minding my own business, when I get a new email at my gmail account. It said something like "I was just killing time playing with email, and I managed to put us all into a group! So reply and let me know you got it!"

This was from someone I don't know. My gmail address was addressed to someone named Charlene. So, being the good citizen I am, I replied to the sender (not the whole group), and said, "Hi, I'm not Charlene... so you should probably remove my email from your group." So she replied to me (and the whole group) saying, "Everyone, we need to try to get Charlene's email address, because I think we have the wrong one." To which Charlene replied, "Here it is."

So the totally retarded thing about this was that I replied to all these people, the actual Charlene included, saying that I don't really want to participate in their groups, even though they're probably swell folks, and to remove me please.

They commented that a nice gentleman doesn't want to be on their list and to get me off of there.

I looked back at the first post and noticed that there were two Charlenes. One was my address. One was something else. I think they had the right one all along. Question is, how did mine end up in there???

I think I'm going to start writing more.

The Real World comes to Berkeley!

So, this blog entry on sfgate.com announces a casting call for The Real World, MTV's awful reality show that basically defined the reality show genre. What strikes me as odd here is what the casting coordinator, Tony Miros, says about who should audition. Here are quotes from this fellow:

• "You know the type of person -- maybe you have a friend like this -- who just doesn't know how to shut up"


• "I'm not going to lie to you, we live in a world where good looks help you to get ahead"


• "But mainly, it's the personality that counts, the type of person they are."

So they want hot people, with good personalities... and then:

• "It's all about getting people that are unique and different."
  

So basically, they want hot people, who are unique and different (oxymoron number one), with good personalities (number two) between the ages of 18-24 (and number three). I don't think these people exist. Why not just cast for bitches with nice asses and boobs and man-whores with good arms and chests with no life to speak of and no good stories to tell? Why not just cast Marina bitches? That's what they want, isn't it?

And if you think I'm upset because I'm not going to be cast for the role, I'm a few years too old. They don't want grandpas on MTV, except Kurt Loder.