Can you believe TRL has been on the air for 10 years?! I know! I didn’t know that show was on anymore, either. I think the last time I watched I had just gotten home from (high) school and called in my vote (for Christina Aguilera, duh!) to 1-800-VOTE-MTV. And I don’t think I even had a cell phone yet!

Well, TRL is still on…but not for long. MTV execs have decided to give in to the low ratings and close the doors on Total Request Live this November. The final show will be a major spectacle with tons of popstars, bands and former hosts coming back for the big goodbye. (Maybe they will play a full song for once? One can only hope!)

TRL was over for me when Carson Daly left and all those weird/random/unknown hosts started comin’ in (and then Carson got all rexy on us). But I guess other people sorta liked the randoms, so in honor of the end of the TRL era, I put together a little gallery of some of the bigger TRL hosts. Read More »

Like nails scratching a chalkboard, I cannot stand PDA. Some call me cold. Some call me heartless. I call myself considerate of humankind.A peck on the cheek here and there, fine. You like each other. You’re having a lot of sex. I get it. But Lapdog Syndrome seems to be the STD plaguing my peers even more so than syphilis.

You know the symptoms: the girlfriend becomes a lifeless, glassy - eyed rag doll on the overprotective boyfriend’s lap. It’s more precious than erotic, but equally gag - inducing. It’s almost as bad as the patented crotch - grab. Read More »

I’m not a big fan of photography. Let’s just say I’m not very photogenic and don’t have much time to practice my skinny poses. In about 80% of photos taken of me, I bear a strange resemblance to Weird Al Yankovic. Thus, anytime someone pulls out a digital camera, I bolt.

Perhaps Lindsay Lohan and Vanessa Minillo should take a cue from me. While they may be more photo - friendly than I am, posing sexily with weapons ain’t gonna do anything for anyone. Were they planning to frame those pictures and hang them on their walls as cherished memories?

In general, I question the need to document everything with a camera. Come on. Do you really need a picture of all that alcohol you bought? Do you really want your parents finding a picture of you smoking pot or passed out in an alley in a clown costume in your iPhotos?

It may have been funny at the time, but let your memory capture the moment instead of your Nikon. Read More »