"i just don't know how kelly ripa does it"

this interview is with scarlett johansson (is she or isn't she engaged to ryan reynolds? i kind of miss him with alanis), but i ended up focusing my attention on kelly ripa. look at those guns! she manages to be scary thin and yet super jacked. i didn't even know that was possible. doesn't she look kind of hungry? her husband seems sort of like a himbo, but hey, they make it work.

that 30 rock quote reminds me that i had a very random celeb sighting today: jack donaughy's assistant was walking around my 'hood. i kind of wish i'd said something, but he passed by too quickly. btw - 30 rock is coming back in april! yesssss!

great moments in occupational irony

i had lunch yesterday with my friend's brother who is in the new york fire academy. his tales of hazing, tears and 4am 5-mile runs made us look at him in awe and, in turn, shamed us. we paperpushers are such whiny wusses.

he was told that he should not bring any valuables with him when he's permanently placed in a fire station (fire company? who knows) because, get this, the other firefighters will set your shit on fire as a part of your initiation. huh? then he told us that sometimes the other firefighters will attempt to test your mettle by setting YOU on fire.