cat circus job opening!

Samantha Martin and the Acro-Cats are looking for a tour assistant to travel cross-country with a troupe of trained cats (plus a groundhog, a chicken and a few rats) as they purr-form at venues in cities across the United States. (via)

FYI

@2PzNaPpod that's a great suggestion! Passing it along to our art team. Thanks :)

— Bitmoji (@BitmojiApp) June 10, 2015

in the words of drake.

thanks a lot for forgetting our bearthdie

well, we waited and waited for someone to wish us a happy 5 years old 2Pz day, but no one did. actually, we totally didn't notice either. but on march 9th, we turned 5. it feels like its been so much longer. you're invited to celebrate with us by revisiting the first day of 2Pz. you're welcome for everything!!

never forget

that joel and i made you an xmas spotify playlist last year, featuring such timeless classics as kitties singing "rockin' around the christmas tree".



meow.

mystery solved : 30 rocky top edition

boy, oh boy, do i have an article for you. a query that has been pestering me for years came to an exciting conclusion during this morning's commute. let me begin at the beginning.

on november 15, 2007, i was watching 30 rock. you probably remember. it was the episode guest starring edie falco as a democratic congresswoman from vermont, with whom jack has a tryst. in one of my favorite scenes in all of 30 rock history, the two are conversing at a party, and the following dialogue ensues:

ALEC BALDWIN [to bartender]: I'll have a white rum with diet ginger ale and a splash of lime.
EDIE FALCO: Wow. I never would have pegged you for a University of Tennessee sorority girl.
[EDIE FALCO exits]
BARTENDER: Sir, here's your "Nancy Drew."
ALEC BALDWIN [looking offended]: For men it's called a "Hardy Boy."

LOL, right?

i've always been curious about how this honor came to be bestowed upon my prestigious alma mater, and i assumed i would never ever ever know.

then, i was watching last week's 30 rock episode, in which jack and liz travel to his mother's home in florida after her death. there, they learn that the woman believed to be her housekeeper is actually her live-in lesbian lover. spoiler alert retroactive.

while attempting to confirm their suspicions, the woman drops the following line on her way to heat up a pot of blue gatorade for them:

"I DVRed a documentary about the woman who designed all of Pat Summitt's blazers."

LOL, right?

anyway, i texted fellow 30 rock aficionado thomas wilhelm that i thought there must be a UT alum involved in the writing over there. this was no coincidence.

speaking of coincidences (!!), you may remember yesterday when i alerted you to the latest episode of alec baldwin's podcast in which he interviews lena dunham. i listened to it on the subway last night, and they mentioned a guest from a couple episodes ago, paula pell.

she is a writer on SNL, and lena had some very complimentary things to say about her. i still had that episode on my phone, so this morning, i gave it a listen. alec reminded us that she was mentioned in tina fey's book, during a story about how tina once fought to keep this kotex classic sketch, written by pell, in an episode. they also played the audio from her tylenol BM sketch, in which alec appeared while hosting.

in the midst of their conversation, which was pretty entertaining, alec asks paula where she went to college. first of all, what are the odds that he asks that question. second of all, THE ANSWER WAS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.

i followed up with a little more research at my desk when i got to work and confirmed that she has done some writin' for 30 rock.

THE END YOU'RE WELCOME GO VOLS.

(follow @perlapell on twitter)

thanksgiving is OVER.

why not listen to the christmas playlist joel and i made for you last year, out of nothing but the unbridled goodness that lives not-so-deep within our hearts?

it will be growing as the holiday season progresses (the playlist, not the goodness), so you might as well subscribe.

you're welcome, president obama.

oh, you're welcome.

wall of complimentz

rachel: it's a 2pz chrome crasher morning

you're all welcome.

my new favorite art piece.

i saw it at the brooklyn museum this weekend. it's called:

"The Reprimand. Ah! You Naughty Fawn, You Have Been Eating the Flowers Again." (1852) by arthur fitzwilliam tait

and it is my new phone background. it's hard to see in this image, but the naughty fawn has a ribbon leash and and a couple of rose petals in his mouth!

happy birthday again, starla.

ANIMAL BOMB!!!!!!!!!!111111

and one last secret one for john's eyes only.

a special treat for you.

billy? it's susan.

i was going through my trunk of souvenirs, and i found this doll. the doll we used to play with before the war. before you went inSANE.

you were sittin' on that quilt, that, at one time had kept us warm. and the quilt was so worn, billy, and it smelled like moth balls, which, brought back all those memories of the time we spent in the attic.

LOCKED. UP.

with muffin. and you told us that mother was wrong and we were right. didn't you, muffin? and i took care of you. and billy.

(sigh)

but billy was much more trouble than you, wasn't he, muffin? especially when he got to be bigger than susan. and made her do things she did NOT...wanna do. things that made her sick.

and mother pretended she didn't know, but she did.

(siiiiggghhh)

well, who's lyin' in a bed, in an insane asylum, plugged into a life support system. and who's wearin' fine jewels, and expensive clothes. and whose husband....accidentally died, just recently, and left me all. his. money?

oh, this is a....there's a plug here that hooks into, where he's breathin' and stuff. um...let me just take it back.

and whose husband just accidentally died, and left her all his money?

(plug pull)

AND WHO'S ON TOP, AND WHO'S ON BOTTOM NOW, HUH? WHO'S ON TOP, AND WHO'S ON BOTTOM NOW?!?!

well, i'll see you in hell, billy. but at least I'M gonna have some fun, before I get there.



scene.

aNiMaL bOmB!!

YOU'RE WELCOME!

UPDATE : i just discovered that it's really entertaining to watch this while listening to this song. try it out!

it's 1990 wednesday!

tell me what your favorite 1990 hit was, and i'll post the video for all to enjoy. 

aNiMaL bOmB!!

in which every other one's a 2sie 2zday.

omf.

that lady gaga post reminded me of...

which reminded me of...

aNiMaLbOmB!!!

YOU'RE WELCOME!