Our Favor!tes of 2010: Leslie Simon
We had so much love for our favorite things of 2010, we just can’t stop posting them. More to come this week, but for now please enjoy the 2010 stylings of Leslie Simon.
Favor!te Film: Greenberg
Favor!te Album: The Age Of Adz by Sufjan Stevens
Favor!te Book: If You Have To Cry, Go Outside by Kelly Cutrone
Favor!te Designer: Rebecca Minkoff
Favor!te TV show: Parenthood
Favor!te Blog/Website: The Frisky
Favor!te Twitterer: Conan O’Brien and me (because I’m completely self-centered like that!)
Favor!te You Tube Video: This is my most recent YouTube obsession:
Favor!te Internet Meme: Sad Keanu
What are you most excited about for 2011? I’m most excited for the release of my third book, Geek Girls Unite: Why Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks And Other Misfits Will Inherit The Earth,which is expected to hit bookshelves in fall 2011. Follow all my uncensored geekitude on twitter. 
Who do you most want to smooch on New Year’s Eve?I’ll take Nicholas Hoult for $500, Alex.
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Leslie Simon is author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes—From Punk to Indie and Everything In Between .
We’re With Coco!
Apparently there’s some pivotal event happening today that could shape our country’s future for decades to come. Something having to do with the employment status of some guy from Massachusetts. The country is certainly divided, and the stakes are high.
That’s right, Conan O’Brien is reportedly set to take a big chunk of change and vacate his slot as the Tonight Show host, allowing Jay Leno to resume hosting duties. It looks like it may be too late to change this outcome, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t showing their love for the Pale Force.
I’m With Coco, the brainchild of artist Mike Mitchell, is still going strong with almost 400,000 Facebook fans and Conan rallies across the country (grab the inspiring poster art here and show your solidarity on your Facebook profile). This weekend, hundreds of Los Angelenos crowded the NBC lot in the rain for an I’m With Coco event (a stunning achievement, considering their aversion to inclement weather). Coco himself made an appearance, running through the streets leading his band of merry revelers, giving a rooftop speech reminiscent of Eva Peron, and even ordering free pizza for his loyal subjects. You can read a recap on the Tonight Show blog, and watch a video of the proceedings:
Then when you’ve dried your tears, revisit a a simpler time, 2004 to be exact, when Jay Leno knew that he’d be washed up by 2009 with this video from the Funny or Die archives.
Oh, and I guess there’s some Senate seat up for grabs today too. Not sure what that’s all about.
