Nerd City

According to Forbes (by way of my msn homepage… I will not be reading Forbes until they change their format to include a “Stars.. they’re just like us!” section) Washington, DC is the fittest city in the country for the third year in a row.  

I’m so glad to see DC getting some press that doesn’t involve it hosting the most boring season of Real World ever (which is saying a lot considering that snoozer London season when all the “drama” surrounded someone’s TOUNGE getting BITTEN off), or ya know, the whole politics thing.  

But I digress. What is important here is that DC is finally getting some well-deserved accolades to turn around our "nerd city" reputation. I mean, we can't help it that for 5 months of every year we are overrun with fanny-pack wielding tourists. And its not OUR fault that our entire public perception is based on aging senators and women wearing unfortunate, ill-fitting power suits (im looking at you, Hil).  

And maybe we do have some nerdy quirks: Sure...FAR too many people on the metro are wearing their blackberrys strapped to the outside of their belt-loops. And ok, I guess there are people dressed in “olde thyme” garb riding mules and giving canal tours outside of my office on a daily basis. And yes, it's true that the "Real Housewives of DC" is not airing because the footage was too boring (even with those whacky Salahis in the mix).  And I MIGHT have been asked more than once at a bar what political party affiliation I am.  

But what is really important here is that we WON something. We beat New York in SOMETHING. And we have a hot mayor (suck on that Michael Bloomberg).   

So bravo, DC. You may just be slowly creeping away from that pesky “Hollywood for ugly people” name, after all.

Lohan's done it again

People.com is reporting that there is a warrant out for Lindsay Lohan’s arrest. Apparently, she failed to show up to her court date, due to the fact that she lost her passport and is stuck at the Cannes film festival. There are so many things disturbing about this report:

1. A ‘tearful’ Michael Lohan was seen in court nodding in agreement with the judge’s decision. This means that Michael Lohan is now the voice of reason in the Lohan family. In unrelated news, Al Roker just reported that hell has indeed frozen over.

2. Isn’t Cannes typically reserved for legitimate actors in real movies? The last real movie Lohan was in was the Parent Trap circa 1998.

3. Lindsay’s bail will be set at $100,000. Maybe in real-people money that is a lot, but in Lohan-money that is the tip you leave after your weekly trip to Les Deux.

4. There are also unsubstantiated reports that while in Cannes, Lindsay has been spotted “canoodling” with Amanda Seyfried’s boyfriend. Lohan,Cady Heron would NEVER do that to Karen or any of the other plastics! I know you stole Aaron Samuels from Regina George, but Regina deserved it! We thought we knew you, Lohan.

All anyone can hope for now is Lohan’s safe return to LA, where she will undoubtedly be apprehended by the authorities at the airport…hopefully with cameras rolling, pushed live to tmz.com so our generation can have its’ very own “white ford bronco chase”.