Ego boost of the day.

Brains!
Originally uploaded by swarthbore.

You are smarter than Cameron Diaz.

In a recent New York Times interview meant to promote her new MTV show "Trippin'" Cameron Diaz puts on her activist hat. The obvious contempt that the writer of said article has for her is, well, fucking great if you ask me.

Observe:

"There was no chance of frontin,' " Ms. Diaz said, meaning that protective masks had to come down. She noted how often she and her guests allowed themselves to look ridiculous, uncoordinated and unwashed. "All the pimples!" she squealed. "Hello, hello, pimples."

Another choice bit:

"Ms. Diaz also asserts that only outside the big cities can she dramatize the larger concepts that unite all cultures and all creatures. In every episode, she dwells on excrement, both for laughs and for edification."

I really highly recommend reading the entire thing. It's wonderful.

Also, stereogum has the Ted Leo cover of "Since You've Been Gone" up. Can't tell whether I think it's alright or whether I should, I dunno, hit him with a rolled up newspaper and rub his nose in it.

Aw, I could never do that to Ted Leo. Who am I kidding...