The Odd Couple

Well, once again I've surprised myself. During a late night (Ok, it was only 10 p.m. but that's late for me. Shut it.) television spree I ran across an episode of MTV's Pimp My Ride. For those of you who may not be familiar with this highly educational show, it's basically a make-over show for your car. All in all, a fairly boring, dare I say stupid show, save for one thing....the host. The host is a rapper named Xzibit, whom I had never heard of before MTV brought us together like two ships passing in the night. This, in itself, isn't shocking because I wouldn't consider myself at all knowledgeable or even a fan of rap music...unless you count that time in college when I owned all of Master P's cd's...but that is not to be repeated unless you're looking for a serious beat-down. Anyway, it turns out that Xzibit, even with his unfortunately misspelled name, is a freaking laugh riot! No joke. He has a highly developed sarcastic wit that instantly melted my heart and earned him a place in my best friend hall o' fame. He's seriously funny. And believe me when I say this because I come from a family where sarcasm and a finely honed sense of comedic timing are a prerequisite. I suggest you give it a chance and if you can make it past the overall cheesiness of the show, I'm sure that you too will soon have a special place in your heart for Xzibit. I mean just look at that first picture and you can see that even though he might be some "hard" rapper "from da hood", he would totally fit in at your family's Sunday dinner and the fast paced rounds of Balderdash and Trivial Pursuit that follow. By the by, if any of you (assuming that there is anyone out there reading besides my sisters.. and Jennifer, of course.) have ever watched this show I am seriously interested in hearing your opinion.