Founding Awesome Dudes: An Ode to Alexander Hamilton

September 17, 2013 | Viciously Sweet

Today I’m going to share a little bit about American history. And by that I mean you will learn very little about American History if you continue reading.

It’s actually about one of my latest favorite things.

And much like me, they are a little on the peculiar side. And they keep coming up in such strange ways.

One of them is Alexander Hamilton.

Alexander Hamilton… just chilling like he does on the $10 bill

Yeah, that guy from American money.

And no I’m not like that guy from the milk commercial, I’m not that super into Hamilton.

I mean seriously, there is something so serious about the straight up coolness of Alexander Hamilton. He was a major political figure who was born in the West Indies, and was sadly orphaned at 11. He grew up into a fancy gentleman that steamily created our National Bank system. And if you aren’t already sold on his hot face, and steamy bank system… He also created his own political party… I mean we would never have had the Federalists. And aren’t they fantastic? He was also a political rival of Thomas-All-The-Ladies-Were-Hot-For-Him-Jefferson. He didn’t even give a crap when he was supposed to support another Federalist running for government positions, he wouldn’t support them if he thought they were the worst. And kind of because of this… he was shot in New York in a fight, because he’s cool like that. And true story, he is the hottest guy on American money.

Seriously.

I mean with Ben Franklin and Andrew Jackson as your peers… Hamilton pretty much has this on lock.

My sister says she prefers Grant. But, come on look at Hamilton on that 10 note. He is just asking for you to pay someone a large amount of money in 10s so you can say you are paying them handsomely. Actually, this is a new goal of mine.

And now I know I’m right because there is others who agree with me.

Mindy Kaling, queen of all that she surveys-and-being-a-hot-mess, agrees with me:

So basically I feel vindicated as heck.

And here’s the doodle I have used to commemorate this entire event.

This is some of the things that Mindy and I have in common… we can talk about this for hours.

Did you learn anything?

No?

Sorry, I’m not a real history teacher.

But now you know that Alexander Hamilton is amazing.

And now that you too are super into Hamilton you can get this commemorative bobble-head.

It’s a super great piece to add to any Alexander Hamilton collection. Available via Amazon, and places that sell exquisite things.

♥Lauren

Presidential Ideas and Birthdays

April 14, 2009 | Viciously Sweet

Wouldn’t it be cool if American Idol, had a spinoff called “Historic American Idol,” where contestants voted on the coolest and hottest of our American Heroes. I think If that happened I would say this is my pick for the top 5

#5 Jason Schwartzman, cute as a button musician and actor.

#4 Isabel Canto, famous for involvment with Clay Aiken, as well as her many years manning the most luscious monster truck station wagon.

#3 Rita Hayworth, one of my favorite Actresses… she’s awesome in 742 ways.

#2 Thomas Jefferson, damn right… he’s awesome dawg… and he’s coming up later in this post

#1 Abraham Lincoln… because everyone knows they adore big Lincoln!!! He kicks a lot of butt, and he kicks it hard

I’m sorry Isabel you are not as cool as Abraham Lincoln…

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but my question was what should i eat for dinner???

Okay also today is Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday. I must say he’s one of my favorite presidents because he did a lot of things for this country, and there are boatloads of statues of him in Paris… also who doesn’t love nickles???

♥LAUREN

Jan 8… just getting Bigler

January 8, 2009January 21, 2009 | Viciously Sweet

Today I would like to shine some light onto our friend John Bigler.

He was the third govenor of California.

He is signed into law that Sacramento was to be California’s state capitol.

He contracted Cholera in his hometown of Sacramento.

I believe he may have done other things, as you can see by his portrait it is believed that he likes crinkling paper, and wearing suits. It also appears that he does not like the wall decorations, or crossword puzzles. As you can also see he was not a fan of the bolo tie. It is believed that if he lived in modern times he would probably drive a prius, and his favorite restaurant would be CPK.

I also believe he and Christine would be very good friends (see I don’t always pick on Isabel)