It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time: The Tragic Rise and Fall of the Buckwheat Boyz

Do you remember the at-first-hilarious-then quickly-annoying internet phenomenon known as the Dancing Banana? Well, I do. This turn-of-the-millennium meme is just what it sounds like: a Banana dancing to a song called "Peanut Butter and Jelly Time." The song was written by a group called Buckwheat Boyz, who also had a hit called "Ice Cream and Cake" which is about, you guessed it: the right-wing media's attempt to revolutionize cross-media content. Just kidding. It's about ice cream and cake.

Here, in its original, typo-riddled, bright pink glory is the biography of Buckwheat Boyz from their MySpace page. I've corrected spelling/grammar errors and added little annotations where appropriate in black .

The Buckwheat Boyz, (no comma needed) are a musical experiment founded by two friends,(no comma needed) in 1997 from Tampa FL., (comma should be a colon) Marcus Bowens, (no comma needed) and Jermain Fuller. The Buckwheat Boyz (yes, the band's name is even misspelled) added two more members to the tandom. On Keyboards-J.J. O'Neal, and Drums-Dougy Williams. (fragment) The Buckwheat Boyz were signed by Koch Records, (no comma needed) and began recording their first (removed 'full length record,') and only full length record. The self titled record brought us the smash hit's (no apostrophe needed) "Peanut Butter and Jelly Time",(no comma needed) (although the song always presents the line "Peanut butter jelly time," the title includes a mystery "and") and "Ice Cream and Cake" (which played in a Baskin Robbins commercial according to Wikipedia). In 1999 the Buckwheat Boyz went on they're (their) first world tour. Opening for Lil' Romeo, (no comma needed) and Nas. (fragment) The band was signed by Koch for 3 records, though the unfortunate death of founding member and vocalist Jermain Fuller left the group in shambles. The Buckwheat Boyz eventually split up, (no comma needed) late in 2001. Never entering the studio for their second record. (fragment) After the split up of the band, Marcus the co-founder or Buckwheat Boyz found God, turning into one of Gumbo, Alabama's most respected gosspil (gospel) artists. Dougy Williams turned his pain inward, (no comma needed) and took it out upon himself. His lust for women and drugs grew threating (threatening) to his health, and on Nov. 14, 2003 was admitted to a shelter for drug offenders. J.J. O'Neal persued (pursued) his dream for music stardom, (no comma needed) and found his way on stage. J.J. is now headlining his local theater's rendition of "CATS".

My favorite part is the last sentence.

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10:16 AM Posted by Ruthie 0 comments
This Is Why You're Fat is back up!!! :)

Father's Day Cards

I made a bunch of Father's Day cards. Only sold two, but I suppose these can be sent to a guy at any time of the year.

Since ties are the stereotypical Father's Day gift, I thought it would be fun to immortalize them on cards. The cards are blank inside and come with envelopes.

Ways to Annoy a Facebook friend

11:26 AM Posted by Ruthie 0 comments
1. Copy every new status update they make and paste it into your status update. When they ask about it, tell them you don't like it that they are stealing your words.

2. Comment on every single picture they post-- even ones with people/places/events you have nothing to do with.

3. "Like" every action they take on Facebook-- and comment, if possible.

4. Spam their wall with inane emoticons.

5. Write things on their wall in other languages. If possible, make the message something about daring them to use Babelfish.

6. Post a sentence on their wall one letter at a time.

7. Spam them with ugly free gifts.

8. Send them a ton of Farmville, Castle Age, and Mafia Wars invites. If they ignore them, post to their wall whining about why they won't help you gain more experience points.

9. Try to become friends with every person they are friends with.

10. Edit your profile to include the exact same interests as your friend. Again, if they ask, tell them to stop copying you.

11. Send them invites to Facebook events that won't actually happen.

12. Every time you can see that they are online, chat with them. Use as much txt speak and bad grammar as possible.

13. Put their stuff up for sale on the Marketplace.

Bamboo cards

I made a pair of bamboo cards from chopstick wrappers. At first I was trying to use up my green scraps, but then it turned into using any green paper I had.
A close-up of the paper.
I always try to add some detail to the inside, in lieu of writing a silly statement. I want my customers to be able to write their own statements in my cards.

Bottle caps and necklaces

12:11 PM Posted by Ruthie 0 comments
I finally made some necklaces with my handy new drill!
Here is the pile of bottle caps I'm working with. If anyone has a request for a particular bottle cap, let me know!!