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[lirazel]

My uncharacteristic-and-entirely-platonic obsession with Russell Brand hasn't taken over my lj in quite the same way it has my facebook profile.  Still, I've been laughing a lot today (and also shaking my head and saying, "WHO BEHAVES THIS WAY?"), and it's all because of him, so I'm doing the sharing thing.

Now, I don't like P. Diddy or Diddy or whatever he's calling himself today, but the idea that he and Russell Brand are "obvious chums" and should have TV show where they fight crime and at the end of each episode that "maybe we ain't so different" fills me with glee.  This clip of his interview with Jay Leno is hilarious (and also short).

Not so short is his Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross, but I love it.  I think the main reason I love him so much is his vocabulary.  Which is a stupid reason to adore someone, but it's true nonetheless.  I wish everyone spoke this way, seriously.

Also, I read My Booky Wook a few weeks ago, and he's a really good writer.  Most celeb memoirs are painful to read even if the subject matter is interesting (what do I know?  I don't read those unless they're written by Carrie Fisher, who is also hilarious), but his book solidified my desire to hang out with him all the time and give him Feminism 101 lectures and tell him when he's crossed the line and talk about Foucault and Helen Mirren and old British TV shows and laugh.

Comments

[serendipily.livejournal.com]

... Who?

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Only the greatest person ever. To youtube with you!

[serendipily.livejournal.com]

*sniffs*

*is banished*

without fame, this hair is mental illness

[eldritchowl.livejournal.com]

he said it in a much more hip-hop way, but I was able to ascertain, using my mind, what he meant.

I am filled with a bizarre happiness knowing that this man is out there somewhere in the world, saying things like that and doing what he does.

Re: without fame, this hair is mental illness

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I know! And I'm filled with happiness that someone else on my flist thinks he's that awesome. I think everyone else is just kind of humoring me.

Re: without fame, this hair is mental illness

[eldritchowl.livejournal.com]

Psh, you are educating the masses to the wonders of this awesome man. :P

I love how he has this way of really rattling situations, being outrageously out there while but also being really intelligent and literate. And he's always owned up to the insane things he does and the parts of him that clash with the world, which is so rare.

Re: without fame, this hair is mental illness

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I like to think I'm spreading the joy that is Brand, but we'll see. ;)

He totally crosses the line sometimes, and I just have to *facepalm* because he's obviously just being offensive for the sake of being offensive. But he's so smart and literate and has such a wonderful vocabulary, and I think he finds everyone around him genuinely interesting, and that makes up for it.

And he's always owned up to the insane things he does and the parts of him that clash with the world, which is so rare. Exactly. My favorite part of the NPR interview was when she kept asking, "So why did you do such-and-such." And say, "Well, love, I was a drug addict. I was addicted to heroin. That's what you do."

Fabulous.

Also, that icon is perfect for a discussion of the many talents of Russel Brand, Esq.