Celebrity Death Pool 2012

Hola Bitches and welcome to 2012. How was your New Year’s Weekend? That’s great! Really? Wow! Dude was hung like a donkey! Well, I’m glad you’re happy. Oh mine? It was … nice. We had an excellent New Year’s Eve Party on I’m With Stupid Saturday night. It was lots of fun and games and all that. Then, I called into Dr. Mike’s and Warrior Kat’s show and we brought in the New Year in style. So, the Jayman had some excitement of his own this weekend. Oh yeah!

Anyway, as is tradition here on the IWS Blog, on the first post of the New Year, I publish my Celebrity Death Pool. This is the list of celebrities and pseudo-celebrities who I believe will kick the bucket in 2012. Now, I’m not saying I WANT these people to die. I’m just saying I think they WILL.

2012 Celebrity Death Prediction:

We’ll start with the people I put on the list every year because they are either very old or have a very high risk lifestyle:

- Abe Vigoda

- Wilford Brimely

- Keith Richards

- Betty White

- Ernest Borgnine

- Betty White

- Larry King

- Lindsay Lohan

- Leif Garrett

- Jim Cantore

Next we’ll list some people who have been very sick and are probably not going to make it:

- Aretha Franklin

- Etta James

- Larry Hagman

- Muhammad Ali

- Michael Douglas

- Nancy Reagan

- Margaret Thatcher

- Joe Paterno

- Zsa Zsa Gabor

- Robin Gibb

Of course, we’re about due for another former president to pass away. I think I’ll go with George H. W. Bush. I know his being the oldest makes this an obvious pick, but it’s really just a personal preference guess.

The only group left would be people who are young and/or healthy and don’t seem likely to die. These are the hardest ones to predict. (see: Phoenix, River and Ledger, Heath) So, they may seem like a stretch, but just remember anything is possible.

- Jennifer Aniston: Freak hairstyling accident.

- Dakota Fanning: She’s right in the drug experimenting accident age range.

- Nicolas Cage: Crazy people die crazy.

- Pitbull: There has to be a rapper on the list, right?

- Ralphie May: Many comedians live fast and die young.

- Lady Ga Ga: It just wouldn’t be her style not to.

- Andy Samberg: Young comedian AND SNL cast member? He’s toast.

- Heather Graham: The Brittany Murphy category

- Robert Pattinson: The Heath Ledger category

- Brandon Marshall: Gotta have an athlete on the list too.

Okay, so that about covers it. There’s my prediction for who is mostly like to die in 2012. Of course, I hope none of them do.

Jayman
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In other news, as I mentioned earlier, we held a very special New Year’s Eve Party on I’m With Stupid. It was pretty much non-stop fun and jocularity. We came up with some great predictions for 2012, took calls and just reveled in the fun and excitement of the New Year.

So, give it a listen and relive that great night over and over again with us. 

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Matt Said, Jay Said XIX: New Year's Resolutions

Matt giải quyết, Jay giải quyết, You thủ dâm. And, you we all do it in Vietnamese.

So we’re gonna do a something a little different for this week’s edition of Matt Said, Jay Said kids. Instead of bits and pieces of hilarious conversations between Matt-Man and Jayman, we’re simply going to post our New Year’s Resolutions. Some of them may not be all that serious.

Matt-Man:

1. I will practice better bathroom etiquette.  I will clean the sink after I shave, and pee in the toilet rather than merely near the toilet.

2. I am going to seriously focus on making money from my writing, our website, and our radio show.

3. To meet the ends of the previous resolution, I am going to become a better writer and radio co-host.

4. Instead of making fun of Norwegians, I will merely ignore them.

5. I am going to put away 10 dollars a week as is Schmoop, so by Christmas of 2012 we have $1,000.00 on hand to more than pay for Christmas and have a nice year end bonus for us.

6. I am going to eat healthier.  Twice a week I will replace my typical dinner of a greasy double cheeseburger and fries with CHICKEN nuggets AND A taco SALAD.

7. I vow to kick Sean Hannity in the vagina on national TV.

8. I used to help with the cleaning of the Bagwine digs, and haven’t been doing that.  I will make sure I start doing that again.

9. I am going to make sure that my son is mentally and emotionally prepared for college when he graduates in 2013.

10. I will jack off less frequently, especially during the dry, winter months.

11. I will love more, hate less, become a better person, and most importantly…

12. I will get the makers of Steel Reserve to become a sponsor of our show.

Jayman:

1. Be more organized and set deadlines for writing blog posts and stuff for the show.

2. Cut back dramatically on the frozen pizzas, chips, soft drinks and alcohol.

3. Develop an impressive, yet not too expensive, daily cocaine habit.

4. Double my Twitter followers, Facebook friends and triple Tumblr followers.

5. Learn to sing, play guitar and/or piano and tap dance.

6. Run a marathon

7. Work harder and maintaining and improving relationships and actually interact more.

8. Do at least one IWS podcast while in the same location as Matt-Man.

9. Master the art of ventriloquism.

10. Get all restraining orders lifted.

11. Work on learning new and different writing styles.

12. Improve the technical aspects of the show by getting rid of the cheap headset and acquiring a good USB condenser mic with a filter and possibly a mixer.

And, speaking of New Year’s Eve, and we were, don’t forget to join us for our big New Year’s Eve Show on I’m With Stupid at 11 pm ET! Or, catch us in the archives. It’s gonna be a blast.

But wait that’s not all! On Wednesday we held a pretty good 2012 strategy session where we talked about some great ideas for this blog and the show coming up in the New Year. If you want a little sneak preview of some of the stuff we’re talking about, then give the show a listen using this handy-dandy player provided by BTR which the new Blogger really fucking posting. But, they can’t stop us!

Anyway, Happy New Year to everyone out there and remember that we love each and every one of you guys. Well, 95% of ya at least. Probably 98%. 

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In 2012 We Can All Do Better

Hola Internet Peoples of the World. And I do mean “THE WORLD!” According to our stat counter this morning, the number of hits this blog gets from the US has fallen below 50% for the first time since we started this thing. That’s pretty significant. I know a lot of you out there laugh dismissively when I talk about our “vast and diverse worldwide audience” but it really is true.

From Canada, the US, Mexico to Brazil to England to the Netherlands to Greece to Israel to Ghana to South Africa to Moscow  to Mumbai to Bangkok to Seoul to Manila to Melbourne we are a part of people’s daily lives all over the globe. And that really feels great. We consider ourselves citizens of the world and I think we have actually achieved that here.

But, it’s that time of the year when it’s time to get all retrospective and think about who and what we are and who and what we can and should be. Is it time to really make some changes? Is it time to move on from some things and take on new challenges? Time to maybe let go of the past? Time to start acting like the person we should be?

And by “we” I mean “me” of course. Well, and “we” in the sense that we could all do better. We certainly could do better as a society. Every day we see stories about levels of poverty rising and number of children who are homeless and stuff like that. We then go into rants about the republicans or the democrats or the government, but deep inside we know that we are actually to blame here. We do our best to ignore people living in horrific conditions and who are struggling, or sad or lonely because we don’t want to be bummed out.

But, how can we talk about us doing better as a society without talking about “me” first. As the late, great Michael Jackson said “it starts with the man in the mirror.” If I’m not willing to make these changes and be a better person, friend, family member, etc, then how can I expect that of you? I can’t!

I did a post a couple of days ago listing some of the people, places and things that I’ve had enough of. It was a pretty popular post even though it resulted in Matt-Man having to work quickly to try and start avoid an international incident. But really, I could have done a post of people, places and things that I HAVEN’T had enough just as easily. And you know what? I would have actually felt better about myself had I written that post instead.

In fact, do we always have to aim low? Do we always have to take the shot just because it’s there? Do we always have to aim for the lowest common denominator? Isn’t it just as easy, and much more fulfilling to go with the more positive response? Or at least mix it up a bit.

And how about taking a couple of minutes every once in a while and letting the people we care about know we’re thinking about them? Is that really too much to ask? Would it really take so much effort to just send someone a quick email or message on Facebook or Twitter asking them how things are going? Or let them know we care about them or that we’re thinking about them?

And how ‘bout this … How ‘bout if we all give OURSELVES a break every once in a while. Accept that we’re going to screw some things up and say the wrong thing and shit like that. Don’t beat ourselves up and get angry at ourselves over it. Just do our best to fix it and move on. You know, maybe if we weren’t punishing ourselves over stuff all the time, we wouldn’t be so angry at everyone else?

Just a few things I’ve been thinking about this last week of 2011. Maybe if I make 2012 about doing better, I’ll find that I won’t make a list of things I’ve had enough of in 2012 because they won’t matter nearly as much as the things that make me feel better about myself and others. I mean, it’s worth a try, right?

Jayman
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