Poshdeluxe

i want to let you know right now that today’s post will not be nearly as intellectual and fascinating as the comments yesterday’s post generated. you guys are so SMART and THOUGHTFUL! i love you!!

today i’m going to talk about this new thing apple launched recently for the iphone– the app store.

the app store has basically elevated sadie, a beloved member of the deluxe family, to another level. i mean, i already knew she was awesome, but now she’s, like, NOT FROM THIS PLANET AWESOME. she’s like, the christian bale of phones. the “you’ve got mail” of apple devices. it’s like how, you might consider warrant a fun hair metal band, but then you watch the video for “heaven” and realize that the lead singer is actually an angelic being.

now that the app store exists, sadie is like that guy. except with less hair.

here’s how it works: the apps basically transform sadie into different things. she’s like mystique!! but not evil!!

there’s this button that i press that takes me to the store on sadie’s screen, and then i can look at all of the applications. lots of them are free, and so far i haven’t paid for any yet.

here’s what i have so far (you guys, this is AMAZING!!!):

light saber: sadie is a light saber!!!!!!!! and you can swish her through the air and make light saber sounds!

scribble: sadie is an etch a sketch!!!! you can draw on the screen with yr finger and then turn it over and shake to erase!

shazam: sadie is suddenly a musical genius!! she can hear a song and then tell you who sings it and the name!!! I AM NOT KIDDING!

my lite: sadie is a flashlight! and this crazy technicolor flashing thing i can wave at dance parties!!

magic 8 ball: sadie can tell my fortune!! she knows the future!

bubble wrap: sadie is suddenly covered in bubble wrap, which, as previously discussed, I LOVE TO POP.

rotary dialer: sadie is an old fashioned phone! except… i don’t know anyone’s number, so… yeah.

anyway, i find all of this HIGHLY amusing, esp. when i’m on the bus. in fact, if we hang out soon, i will undoubtedly end up trying to fight you with my light saber. just ask henri, my parents, erica…

of course, i have some ideas for even MORE incredible apps, in case apple is interested.

espresso finder: sadie tells me the nearest location of espresso, and she filters out gas stations and mcdonald’s.

mac ‘n’ cheese locater: much like the espresso finder, sadie directs me to the nearest purveyor of mac ‘n’ cheese business.

squee: sadie immediately provides me with a squee, whether in the form of a cute puppy video, a baby picture or a three year old explaining harry potter.

name that: sadie gives the title of a movie, song or book that i am desperately trying to remember. i will give her the info i know (”there’s a girl who works in a kitchen, and a guy who’s a dogwalker…”) and then she’ll give me the answer so i can sleep at night!

white noise: sadie emits white noise to drown out annoying people around me, like the girl who always talks REALLY LOUD on her cell while riding the bus and says things like, “he’s so retarded, he can’t even get UNRETARDED,” which is actually a pretty great quote.

marauder’s map: like the enchanted map in harry potter, sadie shows me where all of my friends are! and not just, like, “houston, texas” but actual dots of matt and meredith inside of warren’s downtown!

umbrella: sadie is an umbrella!!!! ok, i know this is a stretch, but MAN, it would be great.

i’ll let you know when apple gets back to me on this.

in the meantime, what kind of app suggestions do you guys have?

LINKS

THE NEW HARRY POTTER TRAILER COMES OUT TONIGHT!!! and you can see a preview of the young voldemort here, who happens to be ralph fiennes’ nephew, which makes sense. cos the ability to look like evil incarnate is probably genetic.

josh duty has discovered the BEST THING EVER TO EXIST, and it’s called food party. and it features puppets and food and just… just watch it. it is AMAZING. this is so what i’m doing for my 30th birthday.

sisterhood of the traveling pants 2 premiered last night, and everyone looked fabulous and i am SO JEALOUS COS I WANT TO HANG OUT WITH THEM!!!!

vulture has a mini-review of the new r. kelly album, and it is predictably awesome and ridiculous.

dude. you guys. every single bennigan’s in the country is now closed. immediately. that is CRAZY. i mean, i can’t remember the last time i went to bennigan’s, but it’s, like, an american institution! what’s next, chili’s? this country is going to hell in a handbasket.

check out the new chromeo video!