(Love you, B. But come on. The man wrote me a song.)

I give you, from Rahul over at I Wear T-Shirts…Sometimes, the greatest musical performance of all time.

Lyrics:

What does lilu dream of,
when she writes a pretty funny tweet
Does she think of Dj Pauly
or a You Tube reference thats sweet

Don’t you worry all you twitter peeps
She’s going to write you something witty even if it comes to in her sleep
the she’s gonna go and hashtag it up
and then we’re gonna retweet and make it lots of fun

if she’s not the next MTV TJ

Then we’ll go and get drunk!

Thanks, Rahul. I’m at work right now and I totally just lizzed myself.

WORTH IT.

Mama said share.

Want to spread the word about supporting your local animal shelter? Click here to tweet this post!

Have you seen the hashtag #savethefurbabies on Twitter lately?? AWESOME. Because it’s something I created to encourage support for our local animal shelters, whether you adopt, foster, volunteer, or even just donate a few bucks.

When MTV announced that our second challenge was to:

What inspires you and why? Answer using any form of media available to you. Examples include text, images, sound, or video.

Create a new hashtag on Twitter related to something you are passionate about. Use your influence to circulate your hashtag as many times and as broadly as possible.

I knew EXACTLY what I wanted to do. And I’m sure none of you are surprised a bit. (Sidebar: Have you voted for @livitluvit for MTV’s TJ yet?? Do it here in just a few clicks!)

B and I rescued our own furbabies, Murray and Axe Murderer (sidebar: don’t ever tell your boyfriend he can have uncensored naming of a pet), from the unbelievably awesome Homeward Trails about a year ago. Though B was hesitant (and allergic) at first, he now openly admits it’s the best idea I’ve ever had. (And I catch him singing to them on the regular. Hopefully he doesn’t read this…)

I spent Friday busy on the Tweet, asking you to share pictures of your own rescues and their stories, tagging them with the hashtag, which led to it being the top trending topic on Twicsy… which meant we could see ALL the #savethefurbabies pictures right here:

http://twicsy.com/tag/savethefurbabies

Melt melt melt.

And, more importantly, we also tweeted about HOW to help support our local shelters, like the Washington Humane Society:

ADOPT

VOLUNTEER & FOSTER

GIVE

(If you can’t donate $$$, they need plenty of other things, like linens, food, litter, etc. More info in the vlog below.)

Yesterday morning, I headed over to the Washington Humane Society to have a chat with Jess Townsend, the WHS Adoption Manager. We walked around taking pictures as I explained what I was trying to do, and she filled me in on ways people could help, told me the animals’ stories (a few of the kitties there were rescues from the hoarder’s house in VA), and laughing at how ridiculous the ladies on “Say Yes to the Dress” are. (What? Reality TV is forever intertwined in my life. I can’t help it.)

Here’s some pictures of the gorgeous creatures I got to see:

Afterwards, we did an interview so Jess (the expert!) could personally tell you guys how you can help. Check it out!

Check out adoption info at 0:49

Donation info at 0:52

Sponsor a specific pet info at 1:25

Come play with the animals! Volunteer info at 1:57

Fostering info at 2:47

Spay, neuter and shots info at 3:17

***ESPECIALLY*** Senior cat event!!! info at 4:05

For any of you keeping a tally of how many times I said “That’s awesome,” don’t worry, I’ve already shot myself. Also, eff you.

Finally, I MUST give a shout out to the Washington Humane Society’s photographer, Sora DeVore- all of the absolutely unreal pictures on the WHS website are done by her, and she donates her time to do them. Sora, you are an angel. A very, VERY talented angel. Look at these!

So, where are your furbabies from?? Leave a link to the shelter in the comments or tweet it at me and I’ll post it here!

Washington Human Society (follow them on Twitter! @Wash_Humane)

Homeward Trails (DC, VA, MD)

PetFinder (finds a pet at a shelter near you!)

Humane Society of Utah

Cape Anne Animal Aid (Massachusetts- raising $$$ to build a new shelter!)

San Francisco SPCA

Rocket Dog Rescue (San Fran Bay area)

Western Border Collie Rescue (Colorado)

Kitty Haven Cats (Washington State)

Last Chance Animal Rescue Inc. (DC, VA, MD)

Greenville Humane Society (South Carolina)

Coastal Pet Rescue (Savannah, GA)

Greyhounds Only, Inc. (Illinois/Wisconsin)

Fairfax County Animal Shelter (Virginia)

Capital Area Humane Society (Ohio)

Isabella County Animal Shelter (Missouri)

Rescue Me Pet Foundation (Los Angeles)

Virginia Beach SPCA

Berkeley East Bay Humane Society

New England Society for Abandoned Animals

Beagle Rescue, Education, and Welfare

Pet Rescue by Judy (Orlando area) 

Southern Pines Animal Shelter (Mississippi)

Greyhound Welfare (Mid-Atlantic and New England)

Animal Rescue League of Western PA

Animal Friends (Pittsburgh area)

Helping Hands Humane Society of Topeka, KS

City Dogs Rescue (DC area)

Animal Haven (Kansas)

Forever Friends Animal League of Kansas City

Animal Welfare League of Arlington (Virginia)

Orange County Animal Shelter (Chapel Hill, NC)

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P.S. Totally off topic, make sure you check out my brand new Jersey Shore tumblr, “I Wish I Was Orange” ! Oh, shame… it tastes so good.







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Mama said share.

Okay! So, MTV challenged us to show who we are, in any format we liked. Of course, being me, I had to get a little different with this.

I decided to take this challenge to the streets!!!… and let the good people of DC show you who I am, a la vlog.

That’s right, I went up to perfect strangers, and made them interview ME.

(Because it’s all about me, obviously. What?)

Actually, it is all about me… making an ass out of myself. With total strangers.

It’s LiLu, in a nutshell, baby. Much like this.

Enjoy!!! It may not be the fanciest, but it’s gotta be the ballsiest… (it’s a word!)

Mama said share.

As a woman in a somewhat functional relationship, there are times when *gasp* girlfriends come to ME for dating advice.

Sometimes they even do it sober.

(I know, right?!)

Anyhoo, while it may seem that I am old and married and perpetually on our couch curled up in my pj’s having fart-off contests with B, there was a time- not so long ago, even- when I too was a single gal fighting my way through the “scene”.

When I think about my dating history, well… let’s just say there’s a lot to learn from. While most of the guys I dated were, I believe, good guys at heart, they were lacking in a myriad of different ways when it came to true partner material. Not so long ago I considered what my Dealbreakers for Friendship have evolved to be, over many years of befriending the good, the bad and the ugly. What would that list look like if I were to create it for a relationship? When would I tell a girlfriend to cut and run, based on my own experiences?

*Keep in mind these are meant to be for that first year or so, when you’re deciding whether this hot tamale really has the legs to make it… not after you’ve been together for five years and are hitched with munchkins. That is wayyyy out of my league.

Thank the baby Jeebus Amen.*

And so. My “red flags” that would (now) send me running for the hills, were I to be thrust (TWSS) back into The Game We Call Dating…

Get TFO (The Fuck Out) If…

You like his family and friends more than him.

Alone time with him stresses you out.

If he admits your ass looks fat in that.

You go on vacation for the first time… and it is a huge, enormous, fail. (If you can’t make it through a long weekend of traveling… you can’t make it at all.)

He puts the TP on so it comes out the bottom instead of over the top. (No explanation necessary.)

You have ever been truly frightened that he would do something to purposefully harm you, physically or otherwise.

If he spends more time primping than you, and by extension…

You and your friends joke-about-but-secretly-truly-worry that he might be gay.

You go a week without sex… and don’t notice. (Remember, this is for new-ish couples only. If you’ve got a couple of toddlers, from what I hear, once a week would be porn style.)

If you can’t let your inner dork/freak fly when you’re alone.

If he avoids meeting the people you love most.

If he believes you when you say you don’t want anything for your birthday.

If he doesn’t make you laugh. Like, all the time and stuff.

If you think, deep down, that he would probably bone your best friend, given the right circumstances.

If you feel like you pay for more than he does. (Disclaimer: unless you make a significant amount more than him.) (Disclaimer not valid if he’s unemployed- and we’re talking real trailer park trash unemployed, not “the economy is flushed” unemployed.)

If he lets you down instead of building you up, a la Mr. Astley.

And, finally…

If you’re unhappy more often than you’re happy.

This is obviously just one chick’s perspective. Unfortunately I’ve never been a dude, so I can’t speak for them, but I’m pretty sure the main two are “stops giving beejays” and “keep talking”, yes?

P.S. The gorgeous and unbelievably adorable Ben Boudreau of No Ordinary Rollercoaster has made me my very own personalized vlog in response to my question to him:

“Is it possible for you to *not* melt men’s- and Kelly Clarkson’s- hearts worldwide with those big puppy dog eyes?”

It may or may not involve the word “schnookums”…

LOVE. IN THE FACE.

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