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Breaking Joe Francis update!

By on July 3, 2008 in lists

I just got an email from my high school friend Trevor (of the doublequarce, nince, dince) and he read this and says:

I don’t remember him at all. According to Wikipedia, he was born in
1973 making him older than us. Also according to wikipedia:

Francis grew up in Laguna Beach, California, USA.[3] […]

Francis attended and was expelled from Our Lady Queen of Angels
Catholic School among others.[2] He graduated from the University of
Southern California in 1995 with a degree in Business Administration.
He also completed USC’s Entrepreneur Program.[4]

This makes me doubt the veracity of your memory. In any case, say hi
to your parents!

Now apparently Joe was only in our Spanish class (which had a mix of grades and also I was advanced in Spanish) for a little while and then he transferred to Laguna so it’s possible everyone’s right. I think probably I just wasn’t in that particular Spanish class.

Note: I kind of can’t believe I’m spending this much time figuring this out when a) I really don’t care b) I have other things I should be doing and c) there are other more interesting people that went to that high school if I’m really going to waste time talking about high school d) I mean, I should take a shower, that’s how much there are other things I should be doing e) the guy who wrote You, Me and Dupree went to CDM I just found out f) also, Lars from Metallica g) and McG who produced The OC and a bunch of other stuff h) do you think it’s weird that I still have to say the alphabet in my head sometimes to figure out what comes next? i) you do? thanks for the support! j) maybe I should just have a rule like I always take a shower right when I get up k) except that doesn’t factor in going to the gym l) freelancing makes you weird! m) Swingtown is on tonight. I’m pretty excited n) but not as excited as I’d be if it were Sunday and Next Food Network Star was on! o) it’s my favorite.

Guess I have no choice but to do Jello shots and put on calypso music. (That’s how you summon Joe Francis.)

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Girls Gone Senile

By on July 1, 2008 in Uncategorized

You know when you’re trying really hard to remember something and you know it’s in there somewhere but you just can’t retrieve it? You do? Well I don’t, because I have a perfect memory and excellent skin.

Except apparently I went to high school with Joe Francis! I mean, I remember lifting my shirt up all the time, but I don’t remember any cameras. I just remember the principal seeming displeased.

But I saw a high school friend today and we were reminiscing about Spanish class and right there, plopped into the middle of the trip down memory lane was a story about Joe Francis being kinda douchy (okay fine—way more than kinda, I’m just being diplomatic) and getting picked on by the other kids who, admittedly, were nasty little shits, except he kind of brought it on himself so much that you didn’t even feel a tad sorry for him. Not a tad!

What’s more, apparently he looked just like he does now and went by the same name, which rules out the idea that the reason I can’t remember this is because he was a 250 pound kid who had thick glasses and went by JoJo Francesco or something.

Clearly I’ve been roofied.

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I don't care who my milk loves

By on July 1, 2008 in gay milk

But how come when the milk is straight they just call it milk but when this is going on


…well, I think you see my point. Look, I don’t care who my milk loves. It came from a cow and it’s beautiful.

Also, there is no such thing as half-and-half.

But really, this comes from Un-American English, a blog which charts “what the rest of the world means when English comes out of their mouths.” I don’t know who writes it, though I have a suspicion.

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I kind of love radio

By on June 30, 2008 in Diana Falzone, John DeVore, radio

I mean, not that I would ever give up being on TV–it wouldn’t be fair to keep the light that is my achingly beautiful face under a bushel–but it’s good to know that if I ever get mauled by a bear or even just suffer really bad acne, I would be pretty content to while away the hours on the airwaves as I did tonight on DeVore & Diana on Maxim Sirius Radio. Well, I whiled away one hour, but it was a special hour. For you, I mean.


I told Diana Falzone‘s cohost John DeVore that I’m in love with the “Five Signs” lists he wrote for Stuff magazine. They still crack me up like nothing else. Well, maybe not like nothing else, but I think they’re hilarious.

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Catch me on Sirius radio tonight

By on June 30, 2008 in Uncategorized

I’ll be on the DeVore & Diana show on Maxim Sirius Radio (channel 108) tonight in the 9pm hour. What’s that you say? You don’t have Sirius? (I briefly debated posting a picture right here of forgotten Australian comedian R. U. Sirious to indicate my state of incredulity but decided against it.) You can sign up for a three day trial.

Wait a minute. I just did some research on R.U. Sirious and that’s not who I mean. R.U. did a bunch of stuff including apparently edited Axcess magazine which I used to write for. I mean Yahoo Serious! For a second I thought I’d invented this carrot toppy person out of thin air which would be both impressive and alarming. But he exists. Look, here he is playing violin in a bucket!


Anyway, tune in tonight. And check out Diana Falzone’s cool viral video, linked to by Comedy Central.

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next time, try flattery

By on June 29, 2008 in Uncategorized

As a rule I don’t really believe in re-posting emails I get however every now and then one arrives in my inbox that is so charming it demands public airing.

UPDATE: I took the email down. I didn’t feel right about posting an email someone had taken the time to send me, even if had some sparkling backhanded gems in it.

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Uh-oh, I have the puns

By on June 29, 2008 in if I drew cartoons

If I drew cartoons for The New Yorker, not only would I do these, but I would draw one of a hunk of chedder telling an obscene joke and the caption would be “Blue Cheese.” I can’t decide whether it should be a very animated wheel of cheese or if it should be a hunk of cheese dressed up like Andrew Dice Clay standing on a stage in front of a brick wall doing dirty standup. As if the cheese is working blue.

I guess I’ll leave that up to the cartoonists.

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