It’s not that the Japanese can’t pronounce L’s, it’s that we’re spelling Lobby wrong.
Photo taken at the Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hotel.
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A Double Dose Christmas Eve Special!!
While you wait to see if you were naughty or nice this year, spend a little time with me in some very short shorts. Clearly, I’m in the naughty category.
Catch me on a special double dose of MTV Essentials at 8am and 5pm to MTV Live UK time. MTV Essentials is aired for everyone around the world, except my friends in the U.S. and Africa.
May your Christmahanakwanza be very musical!!
How to Survive the Mayan Apocalypse
Today is 12-12-12. It’s kind of a big deal – well, on Facebook- because it’s the last triple date we will experience. And if you believe the doomsday people, that’s because the world is going to END in nine freaking days!
I don’t believe the world is going to end. I already bought really expensive plane tickets to Chicago and Orlando to MC my best friend’s wedding and that investment is not going to go to waste. I will make certain of it.
BUT other people have travel plans to go “survive” the apocalypse. No, I’m not making this up.
According to this HuffPo article, the place to go to survive the Mayan Apocalypse is Bugarach in Southern France. A UFO allegedly made a pit stop there and lodged itself into the mountain. On 12-21-12, people believe the aliens will wake up, pick up a few humans, before “zipping off” to a less destroyed planet. Can you spot the alien?
If living out the apocalypse on bordeaux and fine cheese while everyone else is dying sounds kinda lame to you, there is a second destination! Sirince, Turkey, near the ancient city of Ephesus. I’ve actually been to Ephesus and all that survived of the Temple of Artemis, one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World, is one hodgepodge of a column. 
Literally, it’s one giant column that’s made up of all the remains of what would have been hundreds. Which begs the question, if a column can’t stand the test of time, how will flesh survive the apocalypse?
Well, the Virgin Mary went into exile there after Jesus’ death and ascended to heaven, giving Sirince some good vibes to survive the end of the world. I also went to the Virgin Mary’s house and didn’t feel any especially good vibes, which maybe says that I am doomed.
All doomsday things considered, these are two lovely places to visit. Especially if it’s your last visit on Earth! MUHAHAHAHA. Just kidding, we’re totally going to be fine.
Racing a Ducati thru the Street of Manhattan- Do NOT Try This at Home!
Dodging taxis going 60mph on a Ducati motorcycle, gorging myself at a gorgeous al fresco Italian restaurant, then catching up with my friend from high school at her Forbes-featured dessert place… yep, that’s all in a New York Minute! Check out how I try to gain five pounds (as part of my YouTube travel series +5) in my old hometown of New York City. And serious props to Go Pro- how incredible is that footage from the “motorcycle cam”?
Places visited: Barolo Restaurant NYC for Restaurant Week (only the best holiday in NYC) and Stick & Pop.
The K-Pop Stars You Need To Know
PSY will most likely be headed to One-Hit WonderVille here in the US, even though in Korea dude is ancient, having a serious career for over a decade; but no worries as there is a lot more from where that can from. Literally, there’s 25 million people in Seoul and they churn out pop stars like we churn out reality stars.
Here’s a breakdown of the K-Pop Stars you need to know.
F(X)
I love how every Korean Pop song contains English lyrics. It sounds something like this:
“go zha nee na ga da All Right
go zha de ga doo da blah blah All Night”
… which strangely is also how I sound singing along to FloRida.
But you can tell that the artists don’t really understand what they are saying. I mean, Electric Shock sung seductively using cardiac defibrillators?! You had me at hello.
JANG WOO YOUNG
Despite my best attempts, I can’t seem to get Electric Shock out of my head, but there is someone’s head I would actually like to have. And by head, I mean head of hair. I want to look like Jang Woo Young. I don’t care that he’s a boy; he might just have the greatest colorist that ever lived.
GIRLS’ GENERATION
K-Pop puts a whole new meaning into boy and girl groups. They don’t do 5 boys or girls per group. No, they double that to 10 9. Close enough. This is Girls’ Generation and get ready, because they are trying to break into the US market. I legitimately heard a radio advertisement for them here in Los Angeles, and I may have been the only person that knew who they were. In all honesty, they are not my favorite, BUT these pop-ettes know how to dance.
SUPER JUNIOR
And then there is the yin to the Girls’ Generation’s yang, or is it the reverse? Anyways, Super Junior has 14- yes FOURTEEN- freaking members!!! (10 of which are currently active).
This video for Mr. Simple looks like it was shot on the same sound stage as Girls’ Generation’s The Boys. Hey, with that many mouths to feed, you’ve gotta cut corners somewhere, and thankfully it wasn’t with the hairstylist. Stop it at 1:07 and you’ll know what I’m talking about. Oh, and his ring is fierce, too.
Welcome to K-Pop. Korean Fluency not necessary.
