Okay so I might have to retract or modify something I once said...
I believe the 2nd most beautiful woman WHO HAS HAD PLASTIC SURGERY is Holly Madison...EEK!...it's been all over the web this weekend, i've seen so many "before" shots I'm pretty horrified.
What i CAN say is that her plastic surgeon is an effing genius.
Monday, February 26, 2007
BEST snl intro ever!
I don't think I've laughed so hard at an SNL intro in my life...this was brilliant.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Movie Review: Saw 3
Let's recap the first Saw movies...
Saw: FABULOUS. Effing brilliant. NO ONE saw that ending coming. Absolutely wonderful.
Saw 2: So-so....it was entertaining, but my beef was that no one "won" the game...so that irked me. But hands-down, the "needle room" is the creepiest effing thing ever. I still get all curled up and grossed out when I think of it.
And now...onto the 3rd one.
I purposely held out until it was on DVD before watching it...I don't like watching horror movies in the theater (takes away from the creepiness).
((watching the Red Carpet stuff as I type this...OMG I can't stand Gwyneth, but she looks absolutely gorgeous, that dress is the perfect shade of blush))
This 3rd movie does the usual stuff...Jigsaw wanting to play a game, people being all confused but having to figure stuff out within a few minutes...
The good stuff:
The people who makes these movies really have a f*cked up mind. I give them alot of credit for trying to come up with super bizarre ways for people to torture themselves. The last "torture" was a dude in a vice...his bone breaks out of his skin, effing nasty stuff.
((Beyonce's dress is the usual stuff she always wears...Hands down, my favorite dress is Rachel Weisz's gown...i'm trying to remember where I saw it elsewhere, I know another celeb wore it))
The bad stuff:
Well...there's only so often I can take those bizarre choppy film editing methods. And Jigsaw's constant relentless "here's your problem, you spend so much time doing blah blah blah you fail to see that blah blah blah so just like you like being around the dead you are dead inside blah blah this is your game blah blah blah". Enough! Shut up! Someone kill the guy already!
((Helen Mirren looks crazy fabulous...if I look like her when I'm old, all the botox will have paid off. Cate Blanchett missed the mark with her dress and hair))
So final conclusion...if you feel the "need" to watch these movies because you've already invested yourself in the first 2, then yeah it's worth watching. But if you're looking to be freaked out...forget it. Not worth the 2 hours. What's interesting is that they're making Saw 4, I guess covering more of Jigsaw's background or something like that.
Time to watch more of the Red Carpet...Nicole Kidman is so boring, even her ugly bow on her dress is boring....
Saw: FABULOUS. Effing brilliant. NO ONE saw that ending coming. Absolutely wonderful.
Saw 2: So-so....it was entertaining, but my beef was that no one "won" the game...so that irked me. But hands-down, the "needle room" is the creepiest effing thing ever. I still get all curled up and grossed out when I think of it.
And now...onto the 3rd one.
I purposely held out until it was on DVD before watching it...I don't like watching horror movies in the theater (takes away from the creepiness).
((watching the Red Carpet stuff as I type this...OMG I can't stand Gwyneth, but she looks absolutely gorgeous, that dress is the perfect shade of blush))
This 3rd movie does the usual stuff...Jigsaw wanting to play a game, people being all confused but having to figure stuff out within a few minutes...
The good stuff:
The people who makes these movies really have a f*cked up mind. I give them alot of credit for trying to come up with super bizarre ways for people to torture themselves. The last "torture" was a dude in a vice...his bone breaks out of his skin, effing nasty stuff.
((Beyonce's dress is the usual stuff she always wears...Hands down, my favorite dress is Rachel Weisz's gown...i'm trying to remember where I saw it elsewhere, I know another celeb wore it))
The bad stuff:
Well...there's only so often I can take those bizarre choppy film editing methods. And Jigsaw's constant relentless "here's your problem, you spend so much time doing blah blah blah you fail to see that blah blah blah so just like you like being around the dead you are dead inside blah blah this is your game blah blah blah". Enough! Shut up! Someone kill the guy already!
((Helen Mirren looks crazy fabulous...if I look like her when I'm old, all the botox will have paid off. Cate Blanchett missed the mark with her dress and hair))
So final conclusion...if you feel the "need" to watch these movies because you've already invested yourself in the first 2, then yeah it's worth watching. But if you're looking to be freaked out...forget it. Not worth the 2 hours. What's interesting is that they're making Saw 4, I guess covering more of Jigsaw's background or something like that.
Time to watch more of the Red Carpet...Nicole Kidman is so boring, even her ugly bow on her dress is boring....
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Of bunnies and viagra
I dig "The Girls Next Door". Not just becuase it's another cheesy CelebReality show, but because I actually find Hef and the history of Playboy to be quite fascinating. I like learning about how "firsts" of any industry are created. I mean, you gotta have ALOT of balls to say "Listen, let's be real. Dudes like naked women. Dudes like photos of naked women. So...how can I make money off of this?"
I also think his main GF Holly Madison is the most gorgeous female on the planet, second only to Aishwarya Rai.
So when I came across this summary of a book written by an ex-Playmate, I had to paste it here...and I'm definitely gonna read the book. This bellearama Liverjournal chick can't spell worth crap, but it's a fabulous summary:
Inside the PlayBoy Mansion
Whelp, I read a book about “behind the scenes at the Playboy mansion”, which was written by one of his ex girlfriends, Izabella St. James, who was one of the seven girlfriends. She was there when Holly & Bridget came, and describes how it downsized to three, includes the incentives Hef gives the girls, the duties of the girls and sex with Hef. I wrote a pretty detailed summary behind the cut & separated it into categories, ENJOY!
Incentives of being a Girlfriend
When an event such as the Grammy’s is coming up, Hef will give them $2000 for an outfit, hair and whatever else. Later, the amount went down to $1000 and for some girls, none.
Every Friday morning the girls get $1000 for the week. You have about an hour to get this money, and if you’re out of town or sleep in too late, you won’t get your money for the week & no, you can’t ask for an advance if you know you won’t be at the mansion that day, no excuse – including family emergency. You need to go to Hef’s room between about 8-9 in the morning, and ask for your money. This is usually the time that Hef will tell you what you can do better or change.
For your birthday, girls usually ask for plastic surgery because Hef never hesitates to say yes. Girls usually ask for the thing they want the most first, incase they’re not around for a second birthday. Breasts & nose jobs are the most common thing, then theirs things like liposuction and veneers.
Hef use to buy the girls brand new cars, however that got dramatic. One girlfriend got an Escalade and then drove it down to her other BF’s house in the middle of the night, trying not to get caught, but she did, so Hef stopped buying the girls cars flat out and brand new. Now, he’ll buy them used cars with the agreement that when they leave the mansion, they take over payments for the car & insurance.
Hef is also very generous with animals; he will let the girls buy whatever pets they want and he’ll pay them back for it.
If you want to go out of town, you have to ask for permission and he doesn't always grant it. Family emergencies don't really matter to him either, but if you cry you will most likely get your way.
Duties of a Girlfriend
Sex is not one of them; Hef tells the girls that if they don’t want to have sex or “join in” on the fun, they don’t have too. But he encourages them to be in the bedroom when the sexing is going on.
The girls must attend events with Hef, Movie night, Fun in the Sun Sundays, Parties at the mansion (they can each invite 5 people), Club nights (2-3 a week) & misc. other things. This gives the girls the day to them selves, but their nights are filled by Hef, pretty much.
Behind Being a Girlfriend
The girlfriends have a curfew of 9pm, no exceptions. The girls have to be in, every night, by 9pm. Many of the girlfriends also have boyfriends on the side (Bridget is said to have a husband) that Hef knows about, but doesn’t allow them to see or talk to, it’s not talked about much. Most of the GF's also have apartments somewhere else that they go to during the day. One ex-GF had a daughter that Hef would allow to spend one night at her apt with her daughter a week, but she also had a husband at her apartment.
Sexxx with Hef
Sex is usually on Club nights; the girls and Hef go out to clubs, they scout other girls or invite other girls to go with them. When they leave the club, they’re all pretty drunk. In the limo, the main girlfriend would give Hef head while other girls kiss on him or each other. By the time they get to the house, everyone is rearing and ready to go. All the girls plus the girls they scouted at the club, would return to Hef's room where he would pop some Viagra’s and rubs himself down in baby oil. There’s usually toys laid out that the main GF laid out before they left, or they can go to the bookshelf that all the toy are kept on, which is in the room. The main GF usually gives him head until he gets hard, and other girls will ride him – no condoms, nada. A lot of girls get yeast infections from having sex with Hef because of the baby oil he rubs himself with. He never tells girls to fuck him nor do they have too; some of his GF’s never fucked him. He lets the girls fool around with each other instead, or they can just watch. He encourages girls to be naked but a lot of the girls will instead claim they’re on their period and keep their panties on. So anyhow, after the main GF girls Hef head to get him rock hard, and chicks fuck him, the main GF sucks him some more (after random girls sexed him up without condoms) to get him hard and then Hef gets up and fucks her, and she fucks him. This is the only girl he moves for or puts effort in for.
Letter of Troof: Bridget
The writer of this book really didn’t like Bridget & she admitted that. Bridget is rumored to be married to some guy in Lodi, California. She grew up in a trailer and has always wanted to become a centerfold. Bridget cries all the time because this is the way to get to Hef – crying. He can’t take crying. Bridget would start crying and say someone was being mean to her, and that GF would get in trouble while Bridget would then do a 180 and be happy and all smiles again.
Letter of Troof: Holly
When Holly arrived at the mansion, she moved into the room closest to Hef and made no friends with the girls, she only cared for Hef. At the time, Hef had another main GF. When that main GF peaced out, Holly moved into Hef’s room – not because he asked her, but because no one else cared to be his main bitch. A lot of girls didn’t feel Hef was ready to have a new main GF so soon, and they felt Hef felt the same way but Hef didn’t want to be mean to Holly. The day Holly became main GF, it was war. Holly would bad mouth all the girls to Hef or say how the girls didn’t need the $2000 for outfits for events, therefore reducing the amount to $1000 without telling them first, some girls also would get no money if Holly could convince Hef that they were ungrateful. Holly also hated club nights; the nights use to be 2-3 times a week, now it’s 2-3 times a month. Holly also started turning into Hef in a way; she studied him very thoroughly even before she entered the mansion, one of her ex-BF’s said. She chose psychology major like Hef, she took cartooning classes to learn to draw and learned about old movies that Hef enjoyed – she seemed to want to become Hef. She also tries to have them match; if she wears a red dress, he wears a red tie. She also refuses to sit next to any of the girls; she must be alone on one side of Hef while the other two are on the other side – Bridget then Kendra (Holly and Bridget are close). Holly was an outcast in the house until Bridget came in, then she took Bridget under her wing. Holly also learned what it was that Hef adored about ex girlfriends and applied them to herself – she got her nose done like one of his ex-GF’s (Barbi Benton), dyed and cut her hair in a Marilyn Monroe way & wore 40’s era clothes everywhere until Hef asked her what is she doing? Holly is the ring leader, and wants to marry and have kids with Hef however Hef has said he wants neither of those. She also made up the names, puffin and muffin for them, to show everyone how “perfect” they are or whatever. She also hates it when ex-GF's visit the mansion & hates the decoration of Barbi Benton he has at the mansion -- she was the girl who found the Mansion he purchased that became the Playboy Mansion & the nose hers is modeled after.
Hef’s family
His wife & son live next door to the Playboy mansion, so he can see them as often as possible. However, he on average sees his son about once a week.
Tidbits
It seemed to the author that the girls who were his GF’s had something to make him look good. The author was an excellent student and a lawyer, so she was “the smart” one and now Kendra is the sporty one. When Hef goes out, ANYWHERE, he has his kitchen send lamb chops ahead and a detailed explanation on how to prepare them. He never orders off a menu or anything; he always sends food from the mansion over.
From Seven, to Three
When Holly and Bridget joined the group, it became 7. & their usually was a division of 3 vs. 4. the 3 consisted of Holly, Bridget and someone else (forgot) who were the “innocent good girls” while the other four where cast as “misbehaving bad girls” who were more outspoken and didn’t care to be on Hef’s dick all day long unlike the other three. Eventually, the drama between the two groups defending themselves to Hef was too much for Hef. One night, Bridget claimed one of the girls were mean to her at the club and began crying. Hef was so upset he yelled at the other girl who then yelled back, in the middle of a club, and he then broke up with her. Holly always had to be on one side of Hef, and Bridget on the other. If another girl took Bridget’s spot next to Hef, she would cry & if it happened to Holly, the event or whatever they are at would end. Example; if it happened at the Grammy’s they’d turn around and go home. Anyways, Holly eventually doesn’t want any other girl besides her, for Hef. So the drama in the group of seven got winded down to 2, and then Kendra was added to make 3. Another incident was when the author was getting a new car; she wanted a used escalade, but Holly said no because that’s the car she wants, so she had to settle on a Tahoe. When Holly got her car, it turned out to be a Porche Cheyanne – she only claimed to want the escalade to upset the other girl.
The Mansion
A lot of the girlfriends in the past became intimate with the help, such as the butlers and shit and would get caught and eventually the butler would get fired and the girl would get thrown out. Thus, a new rule was installed that the girlfriends are not allowed to go into the butler’s quarters. The dogs enjoy relieving themselves on the curtains or the carpet. Usually Holly’s dogs go during the night so Hef usually cleans it up from throughout the bedroom when he wakes up. When the author moved in, the carpets and curtains were filthy because the dogs poop and pee everywhere, but before the taping of The Girls Net door, Hef got the hallway floors replaced & curtains. Some of the bedrooms for the girls were originally made for two girls so when there were seven girls, some girls shared rooms. The closest your room was to Hef, the more serious you were about Hef.
Why Girlfriends Can't be Playmates
In the past, when a girlfriend becomes a Playmate, she breaks up with Hef and peaces out. Which means that most the girls never cared for Hef and just wanted to become Playmates. So now, if you're a GF, you ain't a Playmate
I Just Remembered This Crap
For Christmas, Hef would give the girl $500 to spend on each girl and him. Some girls would make agreements to only spend $100 on eachother and save the other $400. Holly found out and snitched, so the girls had to start providing reciepts to get reimbursed. Also, Hef doesn't pick out gifts, Holly or the main GF does. Usually stuff on clearance at the PlayBoy store or random things like soap, ceramic ducks and frogs, a custom tissue box cover or something. Hef gets them a necklace the first Christmas, after that he has no participation in the gift department.
Bridget has had her eyes done, several times, to help her look younger.
Source: me & the book BunnyTales
Just effing brilliant. Great tabloid fodder!
I also think his main GF Holly Madison is the most gorgeous female on the planet, second only to Aishwarya Rai.
So when I came across this summary of a book written by an ex-Playmate, I had to paste it here...and I'm definitely gonna read the book. This bellearama Liverjournal chick can't spell worth crap, but it's a fabulous summary:
Inside the PlayBoy Mansion
Whelp, I read a book about “behind the scenes at the Playboy mansion”, which was written by one of his ex girlfriends, Izabella St. James, who was one of the seven girlfriends. She was there when Holly & Bridget came, and describes how it downsized to three, includes the incentives Hef gives the girls, the duties of the girls and sex with Hef. I wrote a pretty detailed summary behind the cut & separated it into categories, ENJOY!
Incentives of being a Girlfriend
When an event such as the Grammy’s is coming up, Hef will give them $2000 for an outfit, hair and whatever else. Later, the amount went down to $1000 and for some girls, none.
Every Friday morning the girls get $1000 for the week. You have about an hour to get this money, and if you’re out of town or sleep in too late, you won’t get your money for the week & no, you can’t ask for an advance if you know you won’t be at the mansion that day, no excuse – including family emergency. You need to go to Hef’s room between about 8-9 in the morning, and ask for your money. This is usually the time that Hef will tell you what you can do better or change.
For your birthday, girls usually ask for plastic surgery because Hef never hesitates to say yes. Girls usually ask for the thing they want the most first, incase they’re not around for a second birthday. Breasts & nose jobs are the most common thing, then theirs things like liposuction and veneers.
Hef use to buy the girls brand new cars, however that got dramatic. One girlfriend got an Escalade and then drove it down to her other BF’s house in the middle of the night, trying not to get caught, but she did, so Hef stopped buying the girls cars flat out and brand new. Now, he’ll buy them used cars with the agreement that when they leave the mansion, they take over payments for the car & insurance.
Hef is also very generous with animals; he will let the girls buy whatever pets they want and he’ll pay them back for it.
If you want to go out of town, you have to ask for permission and he doesn't always grant it. Family emergencies don't really matter to him either, but if you cry you will most likely get your way.
Duties of a Girlfriend
Sex is not one of them; Hef tells the girls that if they don’t want to have sex or “join in” on the fun, they don’t have too. But he encourages them to be in the bedroom when the sexing is going on.
The girls must attend events with Hef, Movie night, Fun in the Sun Sundays, Parties at the mansion (they can each invite 5 people), Club nights (2-3 a week) & misc. other things. This gives the girls the day to them selves, but their nights are filled by Hef, pretty much.
Behind Being a Girlfriend
The girlfriends have a curfew of 9pm, no exceptions. The girls have to be in, every night, by 9pm. Many of the girlfriends also have boyfriends on the side (Bridget is said to have a husband) that Hef knows about, but doesn’t allow them to see or talk to, it’s not talked about much. Most of the GF's also have apartments somewhere else that they go to during the day. One ex-GF had a daughter that Hef would allow to spend one night at her apt with her daughter a week, but she also had a husband at her apartment.
Sexxx with Hef
Sex is usually on Club nights; the girls and Hef go out to clubs, they scout other girls or invite other girls to go with them. When they leave the club, they’re all pretty drunk. In the limo, the main girlfriend would give Hef head while other girls kiss on him or each other. By the time they get to the house, everyone is rearing and ready to go. All the girls plus the girls they scouted at the club, would return to Hef's room where he would pop some Viagra’s and rubs himself down in baby oil. There’s usually toys laid out that the main GF laid out before they left, or they can go to the bookshelf that all the toy are kept on, which is in the room. The main GF usually gives him head until he gets hard, and other girls will ride him – no condoms, nada. A lot of girls get yeast infections from having sex with Hef because of the baby oil he rubs himself with. He never tells girls to fuck him nor do they have too; some of his GF’s never fucked him. He lets the girls fool around with each other instead, or they can just watch. He encourages girls to be naked but a lot of the girls will instead claim they’re on their period and keep their panties on. So anyhow, after the main GF girls Hef head to get him rock hard, and chicks fuck him, the main GF sucks him some more (after random girls sexed him up without condoms) to get him hard and then Hef gets up and fucks her, and she fucks him. This is the only girl he moves for or puts effort in for.
Letter of Troof: Bridget
The writer of this book really didn’t like Bridget & she admitted that. Bridget is rumored to be married to some guy in Lodi, California. She grew up in a trailer and has always wanted to become a centerfold. Bridget cries all the time because this is the way to get to Hef – crying. He can’t take crying. Bridget would start crying and say someone was being mean to her, and that GF would get in trouble while Bridget would then do a 180 and be happy and all smiles again.
Letter of Troof: Holly
When Holly arrived at the mansion, she moved into the room closest to Hef and made no friends with the girls, she only cared for Hef. At the time, Hef had another main GF. When that main GF peaced out, Holly moved into Hef’s room – not because he asked her, but because no one else cared to be his main bitch. A lot of girls didn’t feel Hef was ready to have a new main GF so soon, and they felt Hef felt the same way but Hef didn’t want to be mean to Holly. The day Holly became main GF, it was war. Holly would bad mouth all the girls to Hef or say how the girls didn’t need the $2000 for outfits for events, therefore reducing the amount to $1000 without telling them first, some girls also would get no money if Holly could convince Hef that they were ungrateful. Holly also hated club nights; the nights use to be 2-3 times a week, now it’s 2-3 times a month. Holly also started turning into Hef in a way; she studied him very thoroughly even before she entered the mansion, one of her ex-BF’s said. She chose psychology major like Hef, she took cartooning classes to learn to draw and learned about old movies that Hef enjoyed – she seemed to want to become Hef. She also tries to have them match; if she wears a red dress, he wears a red tie. She also refuses to sit next to any of the girls; she must be alone on one side of Hef while the other two are on the other side – Bridget then Kendra (Holly and Bridget are close). Holly was an outcast in the house until Bridget came in, then she took Bridget under her wing. Holly also learned what it was that Hef adored about ex girlfriends and applied them to herself – she got her nose done like one of his ex-GF’s (Barbi Benton), dyed and cut her hair in a Marilyn Monroe way & wore 40’s era clothes everywhere until Hef asked her what is she doing? Holly is the ring leader, and wants to marry and have kids with Hef however Hef has said he wants neither of those. She also made up the names, puffin and muffin for them, to show everyone how “perfect” they are or whatever. She also hates it when ex-GF's visit the mansion & hates the decoration of Barbi Benton he has at the mansion -- she was the girl who found the Mansion he purchased that became the Playboy Mansion & the nose hers is modeled after.
Hef’s family
His wife & son live next door to the Playboy mansion, so he can see them as often as possible. However, he on average sees his son about once a week.
Tidbits
It seemed to the author that the girls who were his GF’s had something to make him look good. The author was an excellent student and a lawyer, so she was “the smart” one and now Kendra is the sporty one. When Hef goes out, ANYWHERE, he has his kitchen send lamb chops ahead and a detailed explanation on how to prepare them. He never orders off a menu or anything; he always sends food from the mansion over.
From Seven, to Three
When Holly and Bridget joined the group, it became 7. & their usually was a division of 3 vs. 4. the 3 consisted of Holly, Bridget and someone else (forgot) who were the “innocent good girls” while the other four where cast as “misbehaving bad girls” who were more outspoken and didn’t care to be on Hef’s dick all day long unlike the other three. Eventually, the drama between the two groups defending themselves to Hef was too much for Hef. One night, Bridget claimed one of the girls were mean to her at the club and began crying. Hef was so upset he yelled at the other girl who then yelled back, in the middle of a club, and he then broke up with her. Holly always had to be on one side of Hef, and Bridget on the other. If another girl took Bridget’s spot next to Hef, she would cry & if it happened to Holly, the event or whatever they are at would end. Example; if it happened at the Grammy’s they’d turn around and go home. Anyways, Holly eventually doesn’t want any other girl besides her, for Hef. So the drama in the group of seven got winded down to 2, and then Kendra was added to make 3. Another incident was when the author was getting a new car; she wanted a used escalade, but Holly said no because that’s the car she wants, so she had to settle on a Tahoe. When Holly got her car, it turned out to be a Porche Cheyanne – she only claimed to want the escalade to upset the other girl.
The Mansion
A lot of the girlfriends in the past became intimate with the help, such as the butlers and shit and would get caught and eventually the butler would get fired and the girl would get thrown out. Thus, a new rule was installed that the girlfriends are not allowed to go into the butler’s quarters. The dogs enjoy relieving themselves on the curtains or the carpet. Usually Holly’s dogs go during the night so Hef usually cleans it up from throughout the bedroom when he wakes up. When the author moved in, the carpets and curtains were filthy because the dogs poop and pee everywhere, but before the taping of The Girls Net door, Hef got the hallway floors replaced & curtains. Some of the bedrooms for the girls were originally made for two girls so when there were seven girls, some girls shared rooms. The closest your room was to Hef, the more serious you were about Hef.
Why Girlfriends Can't be Playmates
In the past, when a girlfriend becomes a Playmate, she breaks up with Hef and peaces out. Which means that most the girls never cared for Hef and just wanted to become Playmates. So now, if you're a GF, you ain't a Playmate
I Just Remembered This Crap
For Christmas, Hef would give the girl $500 to spend on each girl and him. Some girls would make agreements to only spend $100 on eachother and save the other $400. Holly found out and snitched, so the girls had to start providing reciepts to get reimbursed. Also, Hef doesn't pick out gifts, Holly or the main GF does. Usually stuff on clearance at the PlayBoy store or random things like soap, ceramic ducks and frogs, a custom tissue box cover or something. Hef gets them a necklace the first Christmas, after that he has no participation in the gift department.
Bridget has had her eyes done, several times, to help her look younger.
Source: me & the book BunnyTales
Just effing brilliant. Great tabloid fodder!
Monday, February 19, 2007
Conspiracy theories...
I LOVE IT...as was discussed tonight, the true culprit behind Anna Nicole Smith's death was NASA....the whole bad press with the astronaut caused them to take drastic measures.
And as a friend in Toronto suggested: Daniel is Dannielynn's baby daddy.
Somewhere in there I think NASA paid Brit Brit to shave her head...there's no other logical reason for it.
In other high profile news, Marmalade's latest medical results are showing that her bladder infection is gone for now but instead of having the usual crystals that most animals get, she's got some calcium oxylate (which results when you acidify the urine TOO much), so she's on a different diet now...poor Stash, he gets all the leftover food that Marmalade can no longer have...right now he's eating her old low-carb food, and soon he's going to be eating her Urinary S/O food....poor guy!
I'm so whipped by my cats, it's insane.
And as a friend in Toronto suggested: Daniel is Dannielynn's baby daddy.
Somewhere in there I think NASA paid Brit Brit to shave her head...there's no other logical reason for it.
In other high profile news, Marmalade's latest medical results are showing that her bladder infection is gone for now but instead of having the usual crystals that most animals get, she's got some calcium oxylate (which results when you acidify the urine TOO much), so she's on a different diet now...poor Stash, he gets all the leftover food that Marmalade can no longer have...right now he's eating her old low-carb food, and soon he's going to be eating her Urinary S/O food....poor guy!
I'm so whipped by my cats, it's insane.
Yeah, I want Cheesey Poofs!
No, I have not watched Desperate Housewives so don't ask me anything about it...I'm 3 episodes behind. I'm 1 episode behind in Real World, The Hills, and The OC...and I"m 2 episodes behind in I Love New York. I also haven't watched a single episode of the Sarah Silverman Program but I've recorded all of them.
It was great seeing Marlene, Steve, and Laura this weekend...geezus I keep forgetting how flippin' gorgeous Laura's engagement ring is. The band alternates diamonds and sapphires...absolutely stunning.
In other news, poor Eleanor is already scratched. Grumble. It's just the tire cover but that sucker isn't cheap to replace or re-paint...from the looks of it, i'ts like some big truck scraped by me. I get really annoyed with the parking lots in Orange County...it's like the government expects people to drive environmentally-friendly Prius cars when they know full well everyone drives SUVs or big trucks on massive wheels...Seriously annoyed with my car, now it looks "not new"...my baby!
That being said, our neighbor is paying us $600 for the damage done to Kraig's car (the deductible plus costs for the rental). He claims he doesnt' remember hitting the car but our other neighbor saw him do it and they told him to say something, so he was pretty much like "FINE but i still don't think i did it"...whatever. I'm just happy to get our cash back.
Last night I went to my first hockey game in years. I went to one when I was in San Jose, but previous to that they were all Sens games in Ottawa. I forgot how much fun they are! Frickin' beats watching football any day. What's funny is that now they hire teenage girls in skimpy outfits to clear the ice (unless Anaheim was always like that but i'm guessing that's new from the past 10 years)...i guess you have to get fans' attentions in any way you can.
It also made me really miss skating. Which is bizarre, because even though I took lessons as a kid, I can't skate to save my soul. Well, i can skate...i just can't STOP. But i kinda miss getting all bundled up and heading over to the rink that's behind my parents' house. Yeah i say that now but i'm sure if i actually had to do it I'd be like "wtf...it's COLD...can't they make ice when it's warm outside?"....
(Well they do at the Spectrum but the ice is half melted and it's like $20 an hour so eff that).
I gotta do a movie review on LIttle Miss Sunshine I believe. I'll get around to it when I stop being lazy.
It was great seeing Marlene, Steve, and Laura this weekend...geezus I keep forgetting how flippin' gorgeous Laura's engagement ring is. The band alternates diamonds and sapphires...absolutely stunning.
In other news, poor Eleanor is already scratched. Grumble. It's just the tire cover but that sucker isn't cheap to replace or re-paint...from the looks of it, i'ts like some big truck scraped by me. I get really annoyed with the parking lots in Orange County...it's like the government expects people to drive environmentally-friendly Prius cars when they know full well everyone drives SUVs or big trucks on massive wheels...Seriously annoyed with my car, now it looks "not new"...my baby!
That being said, our neighbor is paying us $600 for the damage done to Kraig's car (the deductible plus costs for the rental). He claims he doesnt' remember hitting the car but our other neighbor saw him do it and they told him to say something, so he was pretty much like "FINE but i still don't think i did it"...whatever. I'm just happy to get our cash back.
Last night I went to my first hockey game in years. I went to one when I was in San Jose, but previous to that they were all Sens games in Ottawa. I forgot how much fun they are! Frickin' beats watching football any day. What's funny is that now they hire teenage girls in skimpy outfits to clear the ice (unless Anaheim was always like that but i'm guessing that's new from the past 10 years)...i guess you have to get fans' attentions in any way you can.
It also made me really miss skating. Which is bizarre, because even though I took lessons as a kid, I can't skate to save my soul. Well, i can skate...i just can't STOP. But i kinda miss getting all bundled up and heading over to the rink that's behind my parents' house. Yeah i say that now but i'm sure if i actually had to do it I'd be like "wtf...it's COLD...can't they make ice when it's warm outside?"....
(Well they do at the Spectrum but the ice is half melted and it's like $20 an hour so eff that).
I gotta do a movie review on LIttle Miss Sunshine I believe. I'll get around to it when I stop being lazy.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
No time to blog....
Real quick thoughts:
1. Holy CRAPPPPP Brit Brit shaved her head. Girl is NUTS. I'm guessing she was sick of all the ANS new out there that was taking away her publicity. She's insane. Seriously. Insane.
2. I've decided to publish my own Ghoul Pool for 2007, even though i'm already 1.5 months down. So far the list is gonna include Britney, Elizabeth Taylor, Queen Elizabeth, and a few others...
3. My "goal" for this month was all that ebaying, but since there's only so much I can do (and i can't photograph stuff after work when it's dark), that might become a 2-3 month project.
4. I still can't get over how Britney just shaved her head like that. ANS' death didn't shock me. THIS frickin' shocks me.
5. Posh Spice (Victoria Beckham) was at Disneyland this week. I wonder if she was there when Marlene was there.
6. Kraig got me tix to see Wicked at Pantages theater on May 22 as a Vday/anniversary gift.
7. Okay gotta go shower and stuff. Maybe next month's goal will be to blog more, geezus I used to do it daily. I think my brain has just shut down for awhile or something.
1. Holy CRAPPPPP Brit Brit shaved her head. Girl is NUTS. I'm guessing she was sick of all the ANS new out there that was taking away her publicity. She's insane. Seriously. Insane.
2. I've decided to publish my own Ghoul Pool for 2007, even though i'm already 1.5 months down. So far the list is gonna include Britney, Elizabeth Taylor, Queen Elizabeth, and a few others...
3. My "goal" for this month was all that ebaying, but since there's only so much I can do (and i can't photograph stuff after work when it's dark), that might become a 2-3 month project.
4. I still can't get over how Britney just shaved her head like that. ANS' death didn't shock me. THIS frickin' shocks me.
5. Posh Spice (Victoria Beckham) was at Disneyland this week. I wonder if she was there when Marlene was there.
6. Kraig got me tix to see Wicked at Pantages theater on May 22 as a Vday/anniversary gift.
7. Okay gotta go shower and stuff. Maybe next month's goal will be to blog more, geezus I used to do it daily. I think my brain has just shut down for awhile or something.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
You can thank me later....
In case you need a reason to salivate, look no further.
Hold a towel under your chin to catch the drool
Hold a towel under your chin to catch the drool
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Movie Review: "Because I said so"
Because I said so YAHOO MOVIE PAGE
Let me preface this by saying: I'm okay with contrived movies as long as it's not hiding behind being contrived and still has great moments in it. Like The Wedding Singer. Boy meets girl. Girl is engaged to prick. Girl falls for Boy. When Girl goes to get Boy, she thinks he's not available. When Boy goes to find Girl, he finds out she's off to get married. Hilarity ensues and good times were had by all.
Sadly, this movie is not like that. AT ALL.
Diane Keaton is a meddlesome mother who wants to find a nice guy for her quirky-yet-adorably-cute-yet-sooo-annoying-and-clumsy daughter Mandy Moore. Now right there this movie would be believable if the daughter couldn't stand being around her mother. But Mandy Moore and her 2 sisters are so close with their mom they actually pick up the phone when they're having sex with dudes and what not. WTF.
Are you having sex right now missy? Oh okay. Just don't do that dorky laugh. You know the one.
There's a scene where Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore share a touching moment where Mom tells Daughter that she's never had an orgasm because their prick of a father didn't have time to uhhh look out for her needs. And Mandy feels sooo sad for her mom and suddenly has a moment of realization that she understands where her mom is coming from.
Time for some bonding. Daughter, tell your MOmmy what an orgasm feels like.
Uhh...no. I don't know about any of you, but i really don't CARE if my mom ever had an orgasm. In fact, I think we'd all like to believe that our moms followed through with Immaculate Conception. The #1 way to survive in life is to develop the attitude that parents NEVER have sex. EVERRRRR.
And then there's the guys in the movie. The struggling single father guitar guy vs. the successful but boring architect. We're supposed to all love the single father, right? Ummm...no. I'd be like "WTF you have a kid?! Why didn't you tell me? And where's the baby mama? And I can't sleep with you when your kid and your DAD all live under the same roof, that's just creepy"...whereas we're supposed to think the Architect is a jerk because he flipped on Mandy Moore for breaking his grandmother's antique candleholder...effing right, i'd be pissed too. And he apologized later and gave her another family antique. HELL YEAH.
Somewhere in the middle of the movie for no apparent reason there's a music montage of Mandy Moore and Diane Keaton rearranging furniture. That's the biggest waste of 6 minutes that I'll never get back (along with the rest of the movie). What was the point of that? To show how scatterbrained they are? Trust me, you drilled that into the audience every SECOND.
There's another scene where Diane Keaton is stalking her daughter on a date in her car and she uses her car's navigation system...now this actress was great when she freaked out in First Wives Club. Not so great in this movie. She just yells and rants at the GPS and starts kicking the GPS while driving. WHO DOES THAT?! It was just irritating, if you're too stupid by now to figure out how your GPS works, don't use it.
Oh, plus her computer froze up when she accidentally landed on a porn site. Let's go through the flaws with this...odds are, if you're computer's freezing up, you're not going to still get streaming video coming in perfectly. Secondly, she runs to the phone to call Gateway's tech support (nice plug for them) instead of...just turning off the computer? Unplugging it? Thirdly, she got on the phone with the help IMMEDIATELY. (once again, nice plug). What, no automated machine system? No waiting on hold for half an hour? She called and within seconds got someone?! I can't even get that when I call for pizza.
I know it seems like i'm nitpicking at little details, but it's these inconsistencies and randomness and unbelievable moments that made this movie brutal. Who discusses with their mom and sisters, in a shoe store, who holds the record for the most orgasms during a given night of sex?!
Needless to say, this movie could have been really cute and funny. It turned out to be boring, unfunny, and a complete waste of time. Dont even bother renting it. And if someone gives it to you on DVD as a gift, assume they're just regifting it.
Another fabulous movie moment: the girls all singing together at the end when they're all so very, very happy. Happy enough to sing. Which is clearly them lip syncing. I'm guessing Mandy Moore is the only one who's lip syncing to the sound of her own voice.
Let me preface this by saying: I'm okay with contrived movies as long as it's not hiding behind being contrived and still has great moments in it. Like The Wedding Singer. Boy meets girl. Girl is engaged to prick. Girl falls for Boy. When Girl goes to get Boy, she thinks he's not available. When Boy goes to find Girl, he finds out she's off to get married. Hilarity ensues and good times were had by all.
Sadly, this movie is not like that. AT ALL.
Diane Keaton is a meddlesome mother who wants to find a nice guy for her quirky-yet-adorably-cute-yet-sooo-annoying-and-clumsy daughter Mandy Moore. Now right there this movie would be believable if the daughter couldn't stand being around her mother. But Mandy Moore and her 2 sisters are so close with their mom they actually pick up the phone when they're having sex with dudes and what not. WTF.
Are you having sex right now missy? Oh okay. Just don't do that dorky laugh. You know the one.
There's a scene where Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore share a touching moment where Mom tells Daughter that she's never had an orgasm because their prick of a father didn't have time to uhhh look out for her needs. And Mandy feels sooo sad for her mom and suddenly has a moment of realization that she understands where her mom is coming from.
Time for some bonding. Daughter, tell your MOmmy what an orgasm feels like.
Uhh...no. I don't know about any of you, but i really don't CARE if my mom ever had an orgasm. In fact, I think we'd all like to believe that our moms followed through with Immaculate Conception. The #1 way to survive in life is to develop the attitude that parents NEVER have sex. EVERRRRR.
And then there's the guys in the movie. The struggling single father guitar guy vs. the successful but boring architect. We're supposed to all love the single father, right? Ummm...no. I'd be like "WTF you have a kid?! Why didn't you tell me? And where's the baby mama? And I can't sleep with you when your kid and your DAD all live under the same roof, that's just creepy"...whereas we're supposed to think the Architect is a jerk because he flipped on Mandy Moore for breaking his grandmother's antique candleholder...effing right, i'd be pissed too. And he apologized later and gave her another family antique. HELL YEAH.
Somewhere in the middle of the movie for no apparent reason there's a music montage of Mandy Moore and Diane Keaton rearranging furniture. That's the biggest waste of 6 minutes that I'll never get back (along with the rest of the movie). What was the point of that? To show how scatterbrained they are? Trust me, you drilled that into the audience every SECOND.
There's another scene where Diane Keaton is stalking her daughter on a date in her car and she uses her car's navigation system...now this actress was great when she freaked out in First Wives Club. Not so great in this movie. She just yells and rants at the GPS and starts kicking the GPS while driving. WHO DOES THAT?! It was just irritating, if you're too stupid by now to figure out how your GPS works, don't use it.
Oh, plus her computer froze up when she accidentally landed on a porn site. Let's go through the flaws with this...odds are, if you're computer's freezing up, you're not going to still get streaming video coming in perfectly. Secondly, she runs to the phone to call Gateway's tech support (nice plug for them) instead of...just turning off the computer? Unplugging it? Thirdly, she got on the phone with the help IMMEDIATELY. (once again, nice plug). What, no automated machine system? No waiting on hold for half an hour? She called and within seconds got someone?! I can't even get that when I call for pizza.
I know it seems like i'm nitpicking at little details, but it's these inconsistencies and randomness and unbelievable moments that made this movie brutal. Who discusses with their mom and sisters, in a shoe store, who holds the record for the most orgasms during a given night of sex?!
Needless to say, this movie could have been really cute and funny. It turned out to be boring, unfunny, and a complete waste of time. Dont even bother renting it. And if someone gives it to you on DVD as a gift, assume they're just regifting it.
Another fabulous movie moment: the girls all singing together at the end when they're all so very, very happy. Happy enough to sing. Which is clearly them lip syncing. I'm guessing Mandy Moore is the only one who's lip syncing to the sound of her own voice.
Letter to the editor
Sabina, there's this great beverage called coffee, it's hot but usually the maker of coffee puts on the cup, "Caution Content Hot." but it's ok, put a little milk some sweetener or sugar, stir and consume. :)
Ugh, coffee is NASTYYYY. I can't stand it. Unless it's in tiramisu. Otherwise, I really don't like the stuff.
As for hockey...i don't even know when ottawa is playing, it's actual WORK for me to find out anything about hockey. grumble.
Ugh, coffee is NASTYYYY. I can't stand it. Unless it's in tiramisu. Otherwise, I really don't like the stuff.
As for hockey...i don't even know when ottawa is playing, it's actual WORK for me to find out anything about hockey. grumble.
"Like my booodddyyyyy???"
I guess I should comment on the Anna Nicole Smith thing, even though there's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said SOMEWHERE in the press.
In fact, people were shocked that I didn't email them like crazy when the news came out. Well firstly, I received like 20 emails so I assumed everyone else did as well. Secondly...I'm sort of letting the initial shock wear off before coming to some sort of opinion.
Well, that's sorta not true. I wasn't really shocked per se. She was a train wreck. It's amazing it didn't happen earlier. I guess I'm more amazed how in the past year so much has happened so fast, and it went big time downhill.
Now let's get to the nitty gritty: why what who how huh?!
I really don't know if anyone who didn't see her reality show is allowed to cast an opinion on Howard and their relationship, 'cause that dude seriously put up with ALOT of crap. I mean, ALOT. In fact, I"m not even 100% sure why he stuck around. His personality was so dry, and imagine if you graduated from Berkeley with a law degree and your claim to fame was telling Bobby Trendy his decor is cheap and having pasta eating championships with Anna Nicole.
So...do I think he poisoned her? No. Why would he do it so soon? Because of the baby daddy situation? Let's say it turned out the other dude was the dad...Howard was allegedly set to marry Anna Nicole legitimately later this month, so he would have been living in the lap of luxury anyway (well, assuming she got to keep the old dude's dough). Plus, seriously, it wouldn't take rocket science to have people think that he did it, especially since the prescriptions were under his name.
If anything, I think her lesbian assistant did it, but we haven't heard anything about her since the reality show ended so who knows. That chick was jonesin' baaaad for Anna Nicole, and maybe she was pissed that she couldn't have her? "If i can't have her, no one can!"...but that's a stretch and that assistant was dumb as a doornail (she got anna nicole tattooed on her...hey, i like my boss, but there's no WAY i'm tattooing her on my body!)...
As much as people want to make it out to be, I basically think that Anna's been self-medicating for years, and the combination just took it's toll...especially if she upped her meds as a result of post partum depression along with the pain of losing Daniel. It's pretty sad and lacking in scandal, but I think that's just all there is to it. Her body and brain just completely shut down as a result of her lifestyle.
In fact, people were shocked that I didn't email them like crazy when the news came out. Well firstly, I received like 20 emails so I assumed everyone else did as well. Secondly...I'm sort of letting the initial shock wear off before coming to some sort of opinion.
Well, that's sorta not true. I wasn't really shocked per se. She was a train wreck. It's amazing it didn't happen earlier. I guess I'm more amazed how in the past year so much has happened so fast, and it went big time downhill.
Now let's get to the nitty gritty: why what who how huh?!
I really don't know if anyone who didn't see her reality show is allowed to cast an opinion on Howard and their relationship, 'cause that dude seriously put up with ALOT of crap. I mean, ALOT. In fact, I"m not even 100% sure why he stuck around. His personality was so dry, and imagine if you graduated from Berkeley with a law degree and your claim to fame was telling Bobby Trendy his decor is cheap and having pasta eating championships with Anna Nicole.
So...do I think he poisoned her? No. Why would he do it so soon? Because of the baby daddy situation? Let's say it turned out the other dude was the dad...Howard was allegedly set to marry Anna Nicole legitimately later this month, so he would have been living in the lap of luxury anyway (well, assuming she got to keep the old dude's dough). Plus, seriously, it wouldn't take rocket science to have people think that he did it, especially since the prescriptions were under his name.
If anything, I think her lesbian assistant did it, but we haven't heard anything about her since the reality show ended so who knows. That chick was jonesin' baaaad for Anna Nicole, and maybe she was pissed that she couldn't have her? "If i can't have her, no one can!"...but that's a stretch and that assistant was dumb as a doornail (she got anna nicole tattooed on her...hey, i like my boss, but there's no WAY i'm tattooing her on my body!)...
As much as people want to make it out to be, I basically think that Anna's been self-medicating for years, and the combination just took it's toll...especially if she upped her meds as a result of post partum depression along with the pain of losing Daniel. It's pretty sad and lacking in scandal, but I think that's just all there is to it. Her body and brain just completely shut down as a result of her lifestyle.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Kickass site
I can't stop surfing through this site for art...i want something to put in the newly-done bathroom above the towel bar...blah. Haven't had a single interesting thought otherwise worth noting in the blog. Unless you want me to gripe about caffeine withdrawals (not pretty. In 3 work days I consumed one of those fridge packs only during work hours ...that doesn't even round out the stuff I drank at home).
In other news, I finally heard from my friend Natalie (she and I were pretty much the only two chicks in our university's Computer Science program), she was MIA for awhile...I haven't seen her since her wedding and before that was YEARS ago...she and her Finnish husband bought a duplex in Montreal...anyway she mentioned that she went to Berlin for World Cup Soccer last year...it just cracks me up. She lives in Europe for a few years and gets hooked onsoccer, I move to the US and I'm stuck dealing with football...I'm actually going to my first hockey game (LA vs. Anaheim) in 2 weeks which is so odd...I went to a Sharks game once in San Jose...but other than that, I've been hockey-deprived for 7 years. And to be honest, I don't think I even remember all the rules and terms. Okay maybe "icing". That's it. I'm a disgrace to my country of origin.
Time to take a power nap and then get my ass to the gym...if Carrie can train for a frickin' marathon, I can start going to the gym again. WTF.
Oh real quick: Kinda disappointed that the flying Patrelli brother is Claire's father on Heroes...I assumed it was him but figured that was too obvious (the man's a whore, of course he's got offspring all across the globe)...and I don't think Claire's adopted dad ("Mr. Bennet") is Linderman because Linderman lives in Las Vegas where Bennet lives in Texas.
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In other news, I finally heard from my friend Natalie (she and I were pretty much the only two chicks in our university's Computer Science program), she was MIA for awhile...I haven't seen her since her wedding and before that was YEARS ago...she and her Finnish husband bought a duplex in Montreal...anyway she mentioned that she went to Berlin for World Cup Soccer last year...it just cracks me up. She lives in Europe for a few years and gets hooked onsoccer, I move to the US and I'm stuck dealing with football...I'm actually going to my first hockey game (LA vs. Anaheim) in 2 weeks which is so odd...I went to a Sharks game once in San Jose...but other than that, I've been hockey-deprived for 7 years. And to be honest, I don't think I even remember all the rules and terms. Okay maybe "icing". That's it. I'm a disgrace to my country of origin.
Time to take a power nap and then get my ass to the gym...if Carrie can train for a frickin' marathon, I can start going to the gym again. WTF.
Oh real quick: Kinda disappointed that the flying Patrelli brother is Claire's father on Heroes...I assumed it was him but figured that was too obvious (the man's a whore, of course he's got offspring all across the globe)...and I don't think Claire's adopted dad ("Mr. Bennet") is Linderman because Linderman lives in Las Vegas where Bennet lives in Texas.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Officer, is it illegal for Jewish people to eat Christmas snow?
Yes, yes, I've been horribly backlogged on the reviews and griping. I hear ya.
What About Brian
Mondays are a hard day for me with TV 'cause it's all about Heroes, and after that I have no desire to watch anything else...so I've finally caught up on like 4 weeks' worth of this show.
I swear, it's so effing brilliant it blows my mind. I never thought that Marjorie would be jonesin' for Adam. And i actually didn't think he would break up with Heather the Stripper Wife. The issue of Baby Carrie being deaf? Sooooo sad and pulls at your heartstrings...i was almost bawling along with teh characters.
Bold and the Beautiful
I'm not going to recap anything but wtf, Lorenzo Lamas (sp) as Hector for a potential Daytime Emmy nomination?! The dude can't act his way out of a paper bag! How hard is it to play a blind person? For Lorenzo, very.
Heroes
So here's my big question that no one seems to be able to answer. When we last left off, Hiro realized that Linderman had the real sword. He goes to Heroin Artsy Guy's place per the comic book. He sees that Politican Guy Who Can Fly, they talk about Linderman.
Then this episode suddenly we see Hiro int he parking lot with his buddy and people chasing after him. WTF?!
I like how Claire's biological mother is played by the Sex Addict With AIDS from Nip/Tuck.
The Office
How brilliant was this past week's episode? "I want your man meat Michael!" or
Stripper: "I would get so fat if I worked here" (eating candy)
Pam: "really? I lose my appetite"
It's very clear that Dwight has grown on all of us. If he ended up staying at Staples, I would have rather seen THAT show.
Desperate Housewives
Okay i gotta be honest, I haven't watched Sunday's episode. Susan is really getting on my nerves and Bree is starting to act a little too nutty. And i can't figure out how Gabby can survive without employement.
Viactive Multi-Vitamin Flavor Glides
I absolutely detest taking vitamins. I used to take the Flintstones ones when i was a kid and I take the chocolate calcium chews and that's pretty much my 30 year vitamin history. Okay no wait, I was also on prescription strength iron pills back in University.
So i tried these Flavor Glides...this stuff ain't cheap (almost $8 for 50 from Target), but it's got the works (including iron and calcium)...it's effing FABULOUS. They're huge but they're coated and they taste like berries so you don't get that bizarre nasty aftertaste. Product of the Year!
Goal of the Month: February
So as I said before, I'm not doing NY resolutions...i'm doing attainable "goals". Last month was to overhaul the Master Bath. Which I did. I'm a not-so-lean-mean-home-improvement-machine. I have a few other things to do but I'm constrained by cash, not laziness.
This month's goal: sell ALL the crap i keep sayingi 'm going to sell on Ebay. this is BOATLOAD of work, because it's hard ot keep track of auctions AND it requires some capital up front. But i have soooo much crap that needs to be cleared out and since I need cash to finish up the bathroom, this is the most logical monthly goal.
Speaking of money...
Carrie brought to my attention that the fees for citizenship applications is gonna jump big time, so that means this weekend i HAVE to complete my paperwork and file. I kind of wanted to hold out...partially because it impacts my ability to travel and partially 'cause I don't feel like spending the money to be a US citizen.
Well add to that that this past weekend someone smashed into Kraig's car and drove off. Kiss $500 deductible goodbye. If i ever found out who did it, I'm gonna beat them with a rusty crowbar.
Okay, that's all I had to babble about for the time being!
What About Brian
Mondays are a hard day for me with TV 'cause it's all about Heroes, and after that I have no desire to watch anything else...so I've finally caught up on like 4 weeks' worth of this show.
I swear, it's so effing brilliant it blows my mind. I never thought that Marjorie would be jonesin' for Adam. And i actually didn't think he would break up with Heather the Stripper Wife. The issue of Baby Carrie being deaf? Sooooo sad and pulls at your heartstrings...i was almost bawling along with teh characters.
Bold and the Beautiful
I'm not going to recap anything but wtf, Lorenzo Lamas (sp) as Hector for a potential Daytime Emmy nomination?! The dude can't act his way out of a paper bag! How hard is it to play a blind person? For Lorenzo, very.
Heroes
So here's my big question that no one seems to be able to answer. When we last left off, Hiro realized that Linderman had the real sword. He goes to Heroin Artsy Guy's place per the comic book. He sees that Politican Guy Who Can Fly, they talk about Linderman.
Then this episode suddenly we see Hiro int he parking lot with his buddy and people chasing after him. WTF?!
I like how Claire's biological mother is played by the Sex Addict With AIDS from Nip/Tuck.
The Office
How brilliant was this past week's episode? "I want your man meat Michael!" or
Stripper: "I would get so fat if I worked here" (eating candy)
Pam: "really? I lose my appetite"
It's very clear that Dwight has grown on all of us. If he ended up staying at Staples, I would have rather seen THAT show.
Desperate Housewives
Okay i gotta be honest, I haven't watched Sunday's episode. Susan is really getting on my nerves and Bree is starting to act a little too nutty. And i can't figure out how Gabby can survive without employement.
Viactive Multi-Vitamin Flavor Glides
I absolutely detest taking vitamins. I used to take the Flintstones ones when i was a kid and I take the chocolate calcium chews and that's pretty much my 30 year vitamin history. Okay no wait, I was also on prescription strength iron pills back in University.
So i tried these Flavor Glides...this stuff ain't cheap (almost $8 for 50 from Target), but it's got the works (including iron and calcium)...it's effing FABULOUS. They're huge but they're coated and they taste like berries so you don't get that bizarre nasty aftertaste. Product of the Year!
Goal of the Month: February
So as I said before, I'm not doing NY resolutions...i'm doing attainable "goals". Last month was to overhaul the Master Bath. Which I did. I'm a not-so-lean-mean-home-improvement-machine. I have a few other things to do but I'm constrained by cash, not laziness.
This month's goal: sell ALL the crap i keep sayingi 'm going to sell on Ebay. this is BOATLOAD of work, because it's hard ot keep track of auctions AND it requires some capital up front. But i have soooo much crap that needs to be cleared out and since I need cash to finish up the bathroom, this is the most logical monthly goal.
Speaking of money...
Carrie brought to my attention that the fees for citizenship applications is gonna jump big time, so that means this weekend i HAVE to complete my paperwork and file. I kind of wanted to hold out...partially because it impacts my ability to travel and partially 'cause I don't feel like spending the money to be a US citizen.
Well add to that that this past weekend someone smashed into Kraig's car and drove off. Kiss $500 deductible goodbye. If i ever found out who did it, I'm gonna beat them with a rusty crowbar.
Okay, that's all I had to babble about for the time being!
Saturday, January 27, 2007
BEST commercial
I think this is the most brilliant commercial:
Very, very well done. If i were a dude, I'd douse myself in Axe too.
In other news, the diet Pepsi situation has reached critical levels. I need a ton of energy last week so at one point I drank EIGHT cans of the stuff by the end of the work day.
And now it's Saturday...and it's noon...and I'm EXHAUSTED...so I'm debating: do I spend the weekend sleeping it off and finally getting over this addiction...OR...do I drink the stuff this weekend, accomplish everything I want to, and then ummm NEXT weekend i'll sleep it off?
Yep, I'm an addict. And the bottle in my fridge is calling my name.
On the topic of the stranger, I did a random informal poll to see how many people heard of this, and so far it seems guys are 50/50 on whether they've heard of...THE STRANGER. Although I give credit to one person who suggested that to fight the effect of the hand "waking up" when a guy uhhh does his thing, just sit on your OTHER hand and alternate as necessary. Nasty, but logical.
Kah Toe Mahhh Tayyy!
Very, very well done. If i were a dude, I'd douse myself in Axe too.
In other news, the diet Pepsi situation has reached critical levels. I need a ton of energy last week so at one point I drank EIGHT cans of the stuff by the end of the work day.
And now it's Saturday...and it's noon...and I'm EXHAUSTED...so I'm debating: do I spend the weekend sleeping it off and finally getting over this addiction...OR...do I drink the stuff this weekend, accomplish everything I want to, and then ummm NEXT weekend i'll sleep it off?
Yep, I'm an addict. And the bottle in my fridge is calling my name.
On the topic of the stranger, I did a random informal poll to see how many people heard of this, and so far it seems guys are 50/50 on whether they've heard of...THE STRANGER. Although I give credit to one person who suggested that to fight the effect of the hand "waking up" when a guy uhhh does his thing, just sit on your OTHER hand and alternate as necessary. Nasty, but logical.
Kah Toe Mahhh Tayyy!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Citizenship
So I have a goal to finally get my citizenship before next year so I can vote.
I love this guy! And i'm sick of being scared of...getting sick if unemployed!....
In other news, the bathroom is almost all done...just need to install the cabinet, replace the shower door, and do some touch up painting. FINALLY! Gone are the 80s from my bathroom!
I love this guy! And i'm sick of being scared of...getting sick if unemployed!....
In other news, the bathroom is almost all done...just need to install the cabinet, replace the shower door, and do some touch up painting. FINALLY! Gone are the 80s from my bathroom!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Gooey Chewie
This cracked me up: Star Wars Toys That Never Were (it's old but I've never seen it before)...
I effing hate Costco. At this rate i should seriously go and get my money back (THAT at least you can get a refund on)...
I was told when I joined that I could return the $100 bottle of wine as long as it was still in their inventory. I went today (to a different location, granted) and they were like "no returns or exchanges on liquor, ever"...wtf! I was hoping that getting $100 credit for the wine would offset the stupid $50 membership!
And the more I go, the more I realize they just don't have stuff that I want. Like I'm down with a TON of soup...but there's only so much chicken noodle I can hack. Like make more variety packs! Although they DID do that with Lean Cuisine, and that was a pretty good score. And I'm down with huge jars of peanut butter, but i gotta have the reduced fat stuff...c'mon, is it too much to ask that they carry some of the lighter food options (mayo, etc) as well?
Anyway somehow i bought $69 worth of stuff...well okay I'm a sucker for that jalepeno (sp) artichoke dip...and I bought a huge thing of provolone cheese that in hindsight, i think was MORE expensive than if I had just bought it at Albertsons...
The one thing i DO give them props for...when you buy boneless skinless chicken breasts, they're individually wrapped in 2s...LOVE IT. 'Cause when I buy the big bulk sizes from the grocery store, it's all goopy and messy and trying to individually wrap them so I can put some in the freezer is a pain in my ass. This was a no-brainer to just unwrap and pop in the freezer. That might very well be worth the $50 membership, if I don't have to touch chicken meat before putting it in the freezer.
Time to watch HEROES now!
I effing hate Costco. At this rate i should seriously go and get my money back (THAT at least you can get a refund on)...
I was told when I joined that I could return the $100 bottle of wine as long as it was still in their inventory. I went today (to a different location, granted) and they were like "no returns or exchanges on liquor, ever"...wtf! I was hoping that getting $100 credit for the wine would offset the stupid $50 membership!
And the more I go, the more I realize they just don't have stuff that I want. Like I'm down with a TON of soup...but there's only so much chicken noodle I can hack. Like make more variety packs! Although they DID do that with Lean Cuisine, and that was a pretty good score. And I'm down with huge jars of peanut butter, but i gotta have the reduced fat stuff...c'mon, is it too much to ask that they carry some of the lighter food options (mayo, etc) as well?
Anyway somehow i bought $69 worth of stuff...well okay I'm a sucker for that jalepeno (sp) artichoke dip...and I bought a huge thing of provolone cheese that in hindsight, i think was MORE expensive than if I had just bought it at Albertsons...
The one thing i DO give them props for...when you buy boneless skinless chicken breasts, they're individually wrapped in 2s...LOVE IT. 'Cause when I buy the big bulk sizes from the grocery store, it's all goopy and messy and trying to individually wrap them so I can put some in the freezer is a pain in my ass. This was a no-brainer to just unwrap and pop in the freezer. That might very well be worth the $50 membership, if I don't have to touch chicken meat before putting it in the freezer.
Time to watch HEROES now!
Sunday, January 21, 2007
If The Flintstones has taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement.
Busy busy busy weekend painting. I don't know how the eff some people can do it like it's no big deal. Prepping takes effing forever. Granted this time I went all out and did the "proper" procedures (wash with TSP, prime, mass amounts of blue tape, etc) 'cause this is my bathroom we're talking about and with the crazy moisture that goes on in there, I don't wanna deal with it later. I even used a putty knife to scrape off the crappy paint that was peeling near the shower and sprayed some Knockdown spray stuff in order to get the cottage cheese texture (gonna be honest...that stuff is crap).
So far so good...I just gotta do one more coat tomorrow morning and i'm doooone...My hands are all raw from scrubbing paint off, I'm high on paint fumes, my cuticles are jacked up...but finally FINALLY we're reaching the end of the horribly nasty Eighties Bathroom...tomorrow after I paint I'm going to head to Lowe's to buy the towel bars, on Monday I'm gonna buy the wall cabinet (need to find one of those 20% off coupons from Bed Bath and Beyond, of course when i NEED one i can't find them, even though I've got a trillion around the house), and then...the last step before the end of this month...replace the gold shower door that's biodegrading and harboring so much cruddy bacteria, i could open my own science center.
Anyway, I realize this is all incredibly boring but that's what you get when you lead a boring life...
Although I must say, I had tons of fun last night getting my drink on...and discovered what The Stranger was.
I'm chatting with this semi-jackass and I mentioned how he had gotten the phone number of Miss Typical OC Chick With Long Blond Hair and Big Trout Lips and he was "I don't need that, there's always the Stranger"...
Me: "What's the Stranger?"
Him: "You've never heard of the Stranger?"
Me: "Obviously not"
Him: "It's when you sit on your hand till it gets numb and then you take care of business but since you can't feel your hand it's like a stranger is doing it to you"...
Me: "WTF!"...
Told EVERY female in the bathroom this concept, they were all like "who's the a-hole who told you that? "...so thankfully I'm not the only female who's never heard of it.
You learn a new thing each day.
So far so good...I just gotta do one more coat tomorrow morning and i'm doooone...My hands are all raw from scrubbing paint off, I'm high on paint fumes, my cuticles are jacked up...but finally FINALLY we're reaching the end of the horribly nasty Eighties Bathroom...tomorrow after I paint I'm going to head to Lowe's to buy the towel bars, on Monday I'm gonna buy the wall cabinet (need to find one of those 20% off coupons from Bed Bath and Beyond, of course when i NEED one i can't find them, even though I've got a trillion around the house), and then...the last step before the end of this month...replace the gold shower door that's biodegrading and harboring so much cruddy bacteria, i could open my own science center.
Anyway, I realize this is all incredibly boring but that's what you get when you lead a boring life...
Although I must say, I had tons of fun last night getting my drink on...and discovered what The Stranger was.
I'm chatting with this semi-jackass and I mentioned how he had gotten the phone number of Miss Typical OC Chick With Long Blond Hair and Big Trout Lips and he was "I don't need that, there's always the Stranger"...
Me: "What's the Stranger?"
Him: "You've never heard of the Stranger?"
Me: "Obviously not"
Him: "It's when you sit on your hand till it gets numb and then you take care of business but since you can't feel your hand it's like a stranger is doing it to you"...
Me: "WTF!"...
Told EVERY female in the bathroom this concept, they were all like "who's the a-hole who told you that? "...so thankfully I'm not the only female who's never heard of it.
You learn a new thing each day.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Letter to the editor
Do you wear deodorant?
Anti-antiperspirant actually. Dove.
Yeah i suck, usuallyit takes me awhile to write my blogs so if i start mid-sentence back up again, it usually makes for a jacked up sentence.
As for dippin' dots...it's just WEIRD to me. I'm not down with novelty ice cream like that. I had never even heard of it until I moved to California and saw it at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. I like my ice cream to be one solid chunks, not pebbles of it!
Anti-antiperspirant actually. Dove.
Yeah i suck, usuallyit takes me awhile to write my blogs so if i start mid-sentence back up again, it usually makes for a jacked up sentence.
As for dippin' dots...it's just WEIRD to me. I'm not down with novelty ice cream like that. I had never even heard of it until I moved to California and saw it at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. I like my ice cream to be one solid chunks, not pebbles of it!
Props...
Just a quick props to my friend Katelyn...who bought her own optometry practice! She's a business owner! With a staff! And a building! That's quite possibly one of the most accomplished things I've ever heard of anyone my age doing. I swear, I'm beyond not motivated like that...so she gets the Kickass Chick of 2007 award!
You know you're from Ottawa when....
Yes yes yes must post more, I've got some movie reviews and general life commentary to provide. In the meantime:
I love this! Made me even more homesick. Courtesy of Christine.
You know you're from Ottawa when....
During grade school, you were warned about "The man in the white van."
Yesss! And it seems that's not a typical school urban legend. Basically rumor/news has it that some kids were kidnapped from the man in the white van, so we had to avoid those vans like the plague.
You have at least one "Woohoo!" towel
Is that from a Sens game? 'Cause if so, yes, I still have my towel.
You know that the women on Dalhousie Street, aren't just "friendly."
Ha haaaaa haaaa. That's from all the hookers there. Anytime you want to throw an insult about a chick you just say "Yeah she looked like she should walk on Dalhousie"
The word Vanier strikes fear into your heart, in fact you duck and cover any time you hear it
So Vanier is the ghetto of Ottawa. Kinda like the Riverside of the OC. I dated a guy who lived there for awhile (Kevin, for those in the know) and seriously, SERIOUSLY, that's pretty effing ghetto there. It even SOUNDS ghetto.
You've been to a parade that only consisted of a few emergency vehicles with banners, some people marching, and Kool FM/Hot 89.9 van
Ha ha pretty much...aren't all Ottawa parades like this?
The dreaded Ice Storm combined with the teachers' strike made 1998 the best school year ever
Well sorta. Previous to that was the teacher's strike of '91, and then the "work to rule" in '96...the Ice Storm was when I was in University, and stupid me actually WENT to school on that day...it was brutal. I almost died trying to lug around my schoolbag full of CSI books (CSI = computer, not Crime Scene Investigation!) in a land completely covered in pure ice.
You're bilingual... or at least you can parler Franglais
Mais oui je parle Francais...et Franglais.
You eat, sleep and breathe the Super Ex while it's open
I used to for awhile, but it's...dirty.I guess they all are, but that yearly fair really is...dirty.
You've swam in Mooney's Bay and had to shower for 2 hours afterwards to get that filthy, filthy water off of you
I refused to ever swim there. That's effing disgusting. When you need a sign telling you what the water quality is for that day, there's a problem.
You don't flinch when asked if you want to eat a beavertail
Beavertails:Canadians = Churros:Californians. It's the same stuff, different shape.
You've been at the top of the peace tower and thought you were amazingly high just because nothing else is allowed to be taller then it
WTF is the peace tower?
You've seriously considered swimming in the Rideau Canal on one of those 30+ degree summer days
GOD no. I've seen how much algae grows in that thing. And it actually looks like warm murky water.
You remember a time when Patrick Lalime was kinda good
Who the eff is that?
Everyone you know has some sort of story about how Alanis Morissette babysat their cousin's best friend's dog's original owner's son-in-law
Of course! I still have my photos of her from when I got her first album autographed at Place D'Orleans. And she taught Sex-Ed to my friend's 9th grade gym class (Alanis was in OAC/Grade 13 when me and my friend were in 9th grade).
You listened to 101.1 XFm, 93.9 KOOL FM and remember when the New Hot 89.9 was still new
Ha ha haaaa. I remember the DJ on 93.9....The Milkman...
You're pretty sure that the corner of Preston and Somerset is the only place in the world where China and Italy touch each other.
Of course!
You think that 613 is the only area code that exists and HATE having to dial it to call people now
you have to do that now? I hated having to dial the area codes when I moved to California...it's so bizarre to me to have to give out my phone number in 10 digits, not 7.
You think Stittsville is the end of the universe
Well I USED to...now I think Canada overall is at the end of the universe.
You've waited 30 minutes for the OC transpo only to realize it came fucking early? Like, what the fuck is that?
I never realized when it came early...it's more like 40 minutes later at the next rotation, i assumed it was 40 minutes LATE. Mannn I hated taking the OC...but I gotta admit, living somewhere where it's unsafe to take the bus...the OC is a relatively good system in a pinch. Or when you're drunk.
You remember when the Scotiabank Place was still the Corel Centre, or better, Palladium
It's called the Scotiabank Place? Of course I remember it as the Palladium and I was annoyed when they changed it to the Corel Centre...but it changed again!? WTF!
You've partied on Parliament Hill on Canada Day
Duh. Obviously. And to anyone who thinks it's not the biggest party in the universe...yer wrong! If you don't hold hands with your friend, you'll lose them in a snap...it's pure pandamonium. LOVE IT. MISS IT BADLY.
You remember going on field trips to the museum of science and tech. every year of elementary school
Ha ha haaa...of course. Plus that art gallery, I remember we had to stare at that Ring of Fire painting that was a few million dollars in order to understand what it was about (ummm just a big canvas painted red. That's it)..finally I was like "okay I get it. You used $18Mil worth of paint. "
You've travelled and waited for over half an hour just to get into Zak's Diner in the Byward Market
Heck yeah! I love their poutine. When I went with Kraig I took him there to try poutine.
A winter without going skating on the Rideau Canal just doesn't seem right
Sorta. I'm a crappy skater, and skating on the Canal scares me 'cause they cut these huge holes out in order to scope out the thickness of the ice, and I've always been afraid of not paying attention and falling in. It's the world's largest skating rink for anyone who cares :P
You have an irrational hatred for those Toronto Maple Leafs and everything they do, have done and will do
Yep.
You've been to, and therefore fallen asleep at, a lynx game
Never. I hate baseball, especially Ottawa baseball.
You've thought that free 67's tickets were the best thing you could ever possible win, ever.
Uhhh not really. There's a reason they're free.
You can spot Spartacat out of a crowd of 19,000 people
You'd have to be blind to not see that thing!
I love this! Made me even more homesick. Courtesy of Christine.
You know you're from Ottawa when....
During grade school, you were warned about "The man in the white van."
Yesss! And it seems that's not a typical school urban legend. Basically rumor/news has it that some kids were kidnapped from the man in the white van, so we had to avoid those vans like the plague.
You have at least one "Woohoo!" towel
Is that from a Sens game? 'Cause if so, yes, I still have my towel.
You know that the women on Dalhousie Street, aren't just "friendly."
Ha haaaaa haaaa. That's from all the hookers there. Anytime you want to throw an insult about a chick you just say "Yeah she looked like she should walk on Dalhousie"
The word Vanier strikes fear into your heart, in fact you duck and cover any time you hear it
So Vanier is the ghetto of Ottawa. Kinda like the Riverside of the OC. I dated a guy who lived there for awhile (Kevin, for those in the know) and seriously, SERIOUSLY, that's pretty effing ghetto there. It even SOUNDS ghetto.
You've been to a parade that only consisted of a few emergency vehicles with banners, some people marching, and Kool FM/Hot 89.9 van
Ha ha pretty much...aren't all Ottawa parades like this?
The dreaded Ice Storm combined with the teachers' strike made 1998 the best school year ever
Well sorta. Previous to that was the teacher's strike of '91, and then the "work to rule" in '96...the Ice Storm was when I was in University, and stupid me actually WENT to school on that day...it was brutal. I almost died trying to lug around my schoolbag full of CSI books (CSI = computer, not Crime Scene Investigation!) in a land completely covered in pure ice.
You're bilingual... or at least you can parler Franglais
Mais oui je parle Francais...et Franglais.
You eat, sleep and breathe the Super Ex while it's open
I used to for awhile, but it's...dirty.I guess they all are, but that yearly fair really is...dirty.
You've swam in Mooney's Bay and had to shower for 2 hours afterwards to get that filthy, filthy water off of you
I refused to ever swim there. That's effing disgusting. When you need a sign telling you what the water quality is for that day, there's a problem.
You don't flinch when asked if you want to eat a beavertail
Beavertails:Canadians = Churros:Californians. It's the same stuff, different shape.
You've been at the top of the peace tower and thought you were amazingly high just because nothing else is allowed to be taller then it
WTF is the peace tower?
You've seriously considered swimming in the Rideau Canal on one of those 30+ degree summer days
GOD no. I've seen how much algae grows in that thing. And it actually looks like warm murky water.
You remember a time when Patrick Lalime was kinda good
Who the eff is that?
Everyone you know has some sort of story about how Alanis Morissette babysat their cousin's best friend's dog's original owner's son-in-law
Of course! I still have my photos of her from when I got her first album autographed at Place D'Orleans. And she taught Sex-Ed to my friend's 9th grade gym class (Alanis was in OAC/Grade 13 when me and my friend were in 9th grade).
You listened to 101.1 XFm, 93.9 KOOL FM and remember when the New Hot 89.9 was still new
Ha ha haaaa. I remember the DJ on 93.9....The Milkman...
You're pretty sure that the corner of Preston and Somerset is the only place in the world where China and Italy touch each other.
Of course!
You think that 613 is the only area code that exists and HATE having to dial it to call people now
you have to do that now? I hated having to dial the area codes when I moved to California...it's so bizarre to me to have to give out my phone number in 10 digits, not 7.
You think Stittsville is the end of the universe
Well I USED to...now I think Canada overall is at the end of the universe.
You've waited 30 minutes for the OC transpo only to realize it came fucking early? Like, what the fuck is that?
I never realized when it came early...it's more like 40 minutes later at the next rotation, i assumed it was 40 minutes LATE. Mannn I hated taking the OC...but I gotta admit, living somewhere where it's unsafe to take the bus...the OC is a relatively good system in a pinch. Or when you're drunk.
You remember when the Scotiabank Place was still the Corel Centre, or better, Palladium
It's called the Scotiabank Place? Of course I remember it as the Palladium and I was annoyed when they changed it to the Corel Centre...but it changed again!? WTF!
You've partied on Parliament Hill on Canada Day
Duh. Obviously. And to anyone who thinks it's not the biggest party in the universe...yer wrong! If you don't hold hands with your friend, you'll lose them in a snap...it's pure pandamonium. LOVE IT. MISS IT BADLY.
You remember going on field trips to the museum of science and tech. every year of elementary school
Ha ha haaa...of course. Plus that art gallery, I remember we had to stare at that Ring of Fire painting that was a few million dollars in order to understand what it was about (ummm just a big canvas painted red. That's it)..finally I was like "okay I get it. You used $18Mil worth of paint. "
You've travelled and waited for over half an hour just to get into Zak's Diner in the Byward Market
Heck yeah! I love their poutine. When I went with Kraig I took him there to try poutine.
A winter without going skating on the Rideau Canal just doesn't seem right
Sorta. I'm a crappy skater, and skating on the Canal scares me 'cause they cut these huge holes out in order to scope out the thickness of the ice, and I've always been afraid of not paying attention and falling in. It's the world's largest skating rink for anyone who cares :P
You have an irrational hatred for those Toronto Maple Leafs and everything they do, have done and will do
Yep.
You've been to, and therefore fallen asleep at, a lynx game
Never. I hate baseball, especially Ottawa baseball.
You've thought that free 67's tickets were the best thing you could ever possible win, ever.
Uhhh not really. There's a reason they're free.
You can spot Spartacat out of a crowd of 19,000 people
You'd have to be blind to not see that thing!
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