Don't Miss Me Too Much

Dear Readers,

I know I have not been as diligent with posting as I normally am. This is because I am extremely busy tidying up loose ends and gearing up for my upcoming camping trip. I apologize to all three of you, who never even comment anymore, for my lack of attention.

Unfortunately, there will be no Grey's or Six Degrees recap this week.

Expect no posts until the week of the 29th, but I am expecting YOU to come back and read up on my camping adventures. And comment.

Sincerely,
me

No Tag, No Dodgeball, No Fun

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.

I personally never found tag or dodgeball or any other "strenuous" activity any fun, but I would hope that adults would be wise enough to allow their children to play so-called chase games without thinking about a future law suit. The thing is, allowing all these frivolous suits to affect all aspects in which we live only results in a society that has no sense of personal responsibility. Your kid plays ball and falls? Instead of brushing him off you see dollar signs and sue the school? That's bullshix. You order and buy a cup of hot coffee, burn your tongue then sue the provider because the coffee was actually hot. You put a paper plate in the toaster oven, your house blows up, you sue Oster for not warning you in advance. You're just a friggin' idiot! There's a little theory out there called Survival Of The Fittest. Those who do not have common sense and become severly injured due to their lack of brain power barely deserve to live, much less make money off of it!!!

In Response

B-Diddy commented earlier:

diddy on relationships said...

You my dear should think about becoming
a psychotherapist. People of the world could use relationship experts like yourself. Lectures and Workshops...just sleep on it.

In all honestly, I've often thought of this myself. I really enjoy analyzing my friends' relationships and sharing my thoughts. BUT I also worry that if I see the same people over and over again for the same problems I just might become frustrated. With my friends, I have an affection and caring for them that goes beyond their problems and that's what keeps me from becoming irritated. With patients wouldn't I just have a more professional attitude towards them and therefore be thinking something along the lines of, "Dude, you're paying me to give you advice, why don't you ever take it?!"

Allen has expressed similar concerns over my dream of being a therapist. I think he thinks that something like this would eventually happen:

Dr. Jen: So, how are you doing today?
Patient: Er...I know you told me that I deserve to be in a more healthy relationship, but...
Dr. Jen: Are those fresh bruises?
Patient: Bob really loves me! He's so sorry, he even bought me flowers and a new fancy concealer.
Dr. Jen: I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! YOU DUMB BITCH - YOU DESERVE TO GET YOUR ASS BEAT!

That wouldn't be good right? I better stay with my day job. But if you need advice, please feel free to think of me as your own personal Dear Abby.

What About Brian - What About The Wedding...

Yesterday's episode got me to thinking about how the world of cheating is so bizarre. If you ask someone who has never cheated if they think they would ever cheat, the answer is always a resounding NO. But obviously there are plenty of male and female cheaters out in the world and at some point I'm sure they also believed they would never do such a thing. It all just gets so complicated.

There are the degrees of cheating:
1. The Affair
2. The One-night Stand
3. The Kiss, But No Sex
4. The Just-A-Kiss
5. The Flirting

Then there are levels of intention:
A. Totally planned (I've reserved a hotel room/I come over to your apt in the middle of the night)
B. Oops, it just happened (I've may have been thinking about it, but didn't plan on acting on it)
C. Drunken mistake

Then the excuses:
i. I'm in love with someone else
ii. I want out of this relationship but I'm a coward so I'll just cheat on you
iii. You weren't paying enough attention to me
iv. You cheated on me so it's payback time
v. I'm just a f-ed up person

These bizzles are not happy together

It's a good thing Marjorie didn't marry Adam, right? She's at stage 3Ai, which is absolutely not a good place to be at the night before you're supposed to get married. The thing is, Adam's a total asshole so you don't sympathize with him at all even though he's really the victim here. Plus, he kind of betrayed Brian in the first place when he put the moves on Marjorie even though Brian had already expressed his interest. So really, Brian has always been the victim and he shouldn't feel bad about being in love with Marjorie.

Catfight

The folks at x17 are a little pissed that people are "stealing" their images. I can understand why they don't want people grabbing their images (I admit, I do it myself) and making money off of it, but little bloggers like me definitely don't hurt their bottom line. If anything, we drive more traffic to their site. I only found x17 because I kept seeing their images on other blogs. Of course, if I were charging $5000.00 per ad/ per week I would do the right thing and just pay for the rights.

So...x17 sent a cease and desist type of e-mail to Perez Hilton and look what the reply was!

Don't threaten me bitch. I'm not scared!
I would have gladly put up a link to your site but you had to get all nasty.

Instead of wanting to have me as a friend or an ally you choose to be
a cunt! CUNT! And I don't wanna work with cunts. And liars. And
unethical people. And that's what you are!

You've tried to fuck me over. And you've only fucked yourself over.

Haha! I can't believe anyone would write such a letter and still call themselves a "professional" blogger. At the same time, x17 didn't post the e-mail initially sent to Perez, so we don't know if that one was just as nasty.

I find it highly ironic that anyone who makes their money by stalking and harassing other people can be so high and mighty. Same goes to Perez - he's a catty little bizzle isn't he?

I'll probably still continue to grab photos...hopefully I won't get a nasty e-mail or be sued.

Vegas Weekend Update

As you can imagine, I am exhausted this Monday morning. We drove back from Vegas last night after a weekend filled with lots of...shrimp. Yes, that's right - shrimp. Most people go to Vegas to party, hitting the hot, trendy clubs and strip joints. Not us. We go to do laundry and eat.

Saturday
Wake up somewhat early so we can do our laundry. Unfortunately, having three loads means that we don't get to eat until around 2pm! When we finally get to the Mirage, we head straight for the buffet. I load up on shrimp cocktail, while Allen salivates over the desserts. We really didn't eat as much as we normally could because we were so starved and ate too fast. With a buffet, the key to getting your money's worth (not that we were paying) is to pace yourself.

For dinner, my dad chose his new favorite - The Oyster Bar. He loves seafood and since it's all free, he forces us to take advantage. It really is quite good. It's not a sit-down restaurant, but literally a bar with only counter seating. I ordered the jumbo shrimp cocktail (more like lobster than shrimp) and shrimp scampi over linguini. Yum!

Dad scored us tickets to the newest Cirque Du Soleil show at the Mirage.

LOVE is the latest Cirque du Soleil production which celebrates the musical legacy of The Beatles. Drawn from the poetry of the lyrics, LOVE explores the content of the songs in a series of scenes inhabited by real and imaginary people. The international cast of 60 channels a raw, youthful energy underscored by aerial performance, extreme sports and urban, freestyle dance.

This show isn't as "cirque-y" as their other shows - fewer tricks and a lot more dancing. Since I love lyrical dance and I love the Beatles, I really enjoyed the show. The stage is really cool, but if you don't have good seats your view will probably be obstructed during parts of the performance.


Sunday
Woke up, finished up our laundry and headed for the Mirage Buffet. This time, we took our time and ate a ton of food. My favorite was the fresh, handmade peach gelato.

On the way home, Allen needed a break from driving so we exit and stop at this little market to stretch our legs. This was the weirdest, most creepy little convenience store I've ever had the displeasure of patronizing. First, you have to cross an old wooden bridge to even get to the front door (there's a murky koi pond out front). As soon as we stepped inside, we heard this super loud screech, "BRRAAAAAAWWWWWK" - there were friggin' birds in there! Everything was really old and they sold very random items along with the everyday staples. Plus this 80 year old gramps was watching Just Like Heaven at the counter. Allen said it was just like a scene out of Deliverance. Super creepy.

Eww

I made a silent promise to cut back on the Lindsey Lohan posts because I really hate giving her any attention at all, even if I am just a lowly blogger. But this photo calls for some attention. Someone please tell me what is going on here:

You may click the title to be taken to the X17 site so you can verify that it is indeed LaLohan and her rotten, hanging cooch.

Spoiler Alert: Grey's Anatomy - Episode 4

Did anyone else find this episode subtly depressing? Like the depression just creeped up on you? It starts out slightly humorous, with Meredith high-as-a-kite and then the episode just goes emotionally downhill from there.

Izzie & Denny
I know, Denny's dead. But he's still part of the story line. So Denny's father comes to visit Izzie and find out exactly what happened to his son. Izzie and Denny Sr. misunderstand each other and Denny Sr. insinuates that Izzie somehow tricked Denny Jr. into proposing. Izzie then accuses Denny Sr. of abandoning his son at the most crucial of times. After they clear that up, Denny Sr. hands Izzie an envelope and says that it's from Denny. He also tells her that the day Denny died, he called his parents' home and left a message for them. He gives her the code so she can hear the message.


She can't do it by herself so she calls George, which is why he has to cancel on Callie, which is why they break up (again). Denny's message is all about how much he loves Izzie and how he wants his parents to meet "his girl" - it's so heartbreaking! And then George looks in the envelope. It's a check, made out to Izzie, for $8.7 million. I think she should start a foundation in Denny's name!

Meredith, Derek , Finn
Derek, being the bastard that he is, decides to bow out of the little love triangle he's in. After speaking with Addison and the Chief, he realizes that Finn is the better man. He decides he wants to be the bigger person and, out of love for Meredith, out of fear that he may hurt her again one day, he walks away.

Meredith, however, is not takingDerek's decision as final. When Finn comes to visit her after her appendectomy, Meredith tells him (somewhat harshly in my opinion) that she's chosen Derek. We'll see what happens next between these two dramatic lovebirds.

George & Callie
As I mentioned earlier, Callie breaks up with George. What is this, the third or fourth time? It's like, damn bitch, he has other friends, one of whom has just lost her fiance! So then she decides to screw around with McSteamy...that's a grody couple if I ever saw one.

Cristina & Burke
Burke's hand is still all jacked up but Derek cleared him for surgery because he was distracted by the whole Meredith, Finn, Addison, McSteamy situation. Burke knows he's not ready for surgery, but no one wants to see it, especially not Cristina. After he scolds her, she helps him and they decide to keep his shakey hand a secret. That's not good, right?

And how cool was it when that guy blew his own face off? Awesome.

VJJ, A Challenge Has Been Issued

Baker Valentyn Shtefano and his bride Viktoriya show off her wedding gown, which Shtefano made out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod in Aug. 27, 2006. The edible dress, made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighing in at 20 pounds (9 kilograms), took the 28-year-old baker two months to make.

America's Next Top Model - Episode 5

AJ is still my favorite model - she consistently produces great photos, but CariDee is growing on me. At first, I thought she was a tad annoying and airhead-ish, but she's been taking good pictures.


For this week'sphoto shoot they were circus freaks. The rocker chic got sent home (yes!) and here's why:

it's not her fault that they gave her "bearded woman" but Megg did not rock the look at all.

Melrose had one of the worst looks to deal with - an old face on a young body - but she made it work! I find her super annoying, but her pictures have improved so she'll probably be sticking around.

*Click to view larger image

The Lake House - Sucks

Ugh...this movie sucked! I am all for suspension of belief and all, but I couldn't get over how dumb and corny this movie was. Also, more importantly, wth happened to Sandy Bullock's hair? It's atrocious! Did anyone watch this movie and actually enjoy it? I had to fast-forward through most of it so I wouldn't pull out all my own hair. I really hated how they were supposed to be writing letters to each other and:
1). They keep reading all their letters aloud as if they were talking to the other person
2). They corresponded lightning-quick even though Sandy's character had to drive all the way out of the city and to the lake just to drop off the dumb note
3). When they're not reading aloud, you hear voice-over (90% of the film)
4). There are so many irrelevant and ambigious scenes that, in the end, you realize were indeed completely pointless.
That's all.

Heiress Seeks Full-Time Chauffeur

Okay, seriously, Paris - STOP DRIVING. This time it was only a routine traffic stop, but still...you can afford a driver. Get one. That way your publicist and all your little people won't have to worry about spinning all the flack that comes your way every time you hit a car or drive drunk.

What About Brian

I LOVE this show! It's about a group of friends, of which Brian is the only singleton left. Everyone else is married or paired up. This includes Brian's best friend, Adam, who asked his long-time girlfriend, Marjorie, to marry him at the end of last season.

The problem? Brian is in love with Marjorie and he can't get on with his life because she keeps stringing him along, giving him hope that there's something more between them. She calls him when she needs help, she has more fun with him than Adam.

So at the very end of last season, Brian came out with his feelings and he and Marjorie kissed. But then they had this huge fight when Marjorie said she was staying with Adam, that their kiss was a mistake. Unbeknownst to B and M, Adam witnessed their fight so he knows there's something going on. End of season.

Brian does the right thing. After their fight and everything that happened, he takes off on a road trip for 6 months. He returns so he can make things right, insisting that he doesn't have feelings for Marjorie anymore. He keeps himself in check, he doesn't try to convince her that she shouldn't marry Adam (she shouldn't), he makes up with Adam -everything's all good. But then Marjorie shows up at his doorstep the night before her wedding. And they kiss...and kiss and kiss.

This is Why I Am The Way I am

My dad called me a billion times this morning, but i didn't hear my phone. So i finally call him back after lunch. Here's our conversation:

Dad: What, have you been sleeping all day?!
ME: I've been at work! It's Monday!
Dad: Isn't it a holiday?
Me: Yes, but I don't get it off so I'm working.

Blah blah...he hangs up, my sister calls my work phone so i'm talking to her about my crazy mother, then my dad calls my cell again so I answer it while i still have my sister on the work line.

Me: Hello?
Dad: When do you get off work?
Me: 5pm
Dad: OH MY GOD...
Me: What?! That's a normal time! What's wrong with you?!
Dad: I wanted to go see the baby today.
Me: Well [my sister]'s not even home right now. I'm on the phone with her.
Dad: Oh? Ask her where she is.
Me to Sis: Where are you?
Sis: At the dr's.
Me to dad: She's at the dr's.
Dad: Ask her when she's coming back.
Me to Sis: When are you going to be home?
Sis: In about an hour or hour and a half.
Me to Dad: In an hour or so.
Dad: Ugh, forget it. I'm not going today.
Me: You're nuts.
Dad: Huh?

Stalkers!

Look who was also at the Killers concert on Saturday:

Too bad the sis and I didn't catch them. I bet at least one of them tried to hump Brandon Flowers. He's pretty cute stomping around on-stage. Friggin pic is so small - it's La Lohan and Jessica Simpson!

Whale Rider Rides Unprotected

People is reporting that Keisha Castle-Hughes, best known as the little actress in Whale Rider, is preggers. She is sixteen. Her baby daddy is nineteen. Just goes to show that money can not buy intelligence (or condoms).

The Weekend Update

Friday
What a night of debauchery! A bunch of us met up at Spam's place and VJJ was kind enough to cook dinner. It was deeeelicious! We were supposed to go to a bar downtown after dinner, but everyone was too intoxicated to drive. Instead, we took a zillion pictures and tried to keep Spam off the floor. Walked down to World Cafe for the $5 mojito bar, but only stayed for one drink. All in all it was a night of great fun!

Saturday

My sister got tickets to the Killer's concert at the Wiltern and her hubby didn't want to go so she invited me instead. The concert was fantastic! The Killers are great live and sang most of the songs from their new album, Sam's Town, and all the good ones from Hot Fuss. Luckily Allen got me the new album as soon as it came out on Tuesdsay and I was able to listen to it every chance I got so I was one of the few concert-goers that actually recognized the new songs. Most people were just nodding their heads, looking like they were slightly bored, but not me! I also picked up a shirt for myself and for Allen, who was so upset that he couldn't come with us.

Sunday
I finally cut my hair!! Unfortunately, I decided against donating to Locks of Love because my hair just wasn't long enough. I really couldn't wait any longer - my scalp was sore from holding all that hair!

I know everyone thinks I'm crazy because I believe in this nutty superstition that, for certain events, you have to pick the right day based on the Chinese zodiac. I know, I know...it sounds stupid, but I'm telling you, the last time I decided not to care and got my hair cut on a lousy day, I ended up with a mullet. Sunday was a great day to get my hair cut so I was determined to do it. The next good day was over a week away. B-Diddy recommended a stylist, but she doesn't work on Sundays, so I had to go somewhere else. I decided to go back to an old salon that i haven't been to in a while. I trusted that the lucky day would save me from an embarrassing cut - and it worked! I love my hair now and it feels so light again! Whooppee!

Spoiler Alert: Grey's Anatomy - Episode 3

So...is McSteamy moving to Seattle? I can't decide if that would be interesting since I don't really care if Addison finds happiness. You know the part where Meredith walks in on Addison, and Addison is in the supply closet bawling her brains out? Zero sympathy.

VJJ thought Meredith was a tad irritating yesterday with all of her gloating about dating two men. I didn't find it as annoying, just because I'm used to Meredith either being all comtemplative and whiney or giddy and gloating. She doesn't really have an in-between stage.

Trouble in O'Callie town. George was a bit of an ass in yesterday's episode. He's so immature sometimes - why can't he ever just SAY what he means instead of Freaking Out. Men - always freaking out. Although I must say, to his credit, that Callie is a big woman to have clinging on to you.

Also, the girl from Little Miss Sunshine was on Grey's yesterday.
Poor little girl. She thinks she's a superhero because she can't feel any pain. No one believes her so she lets them punch her in the stomach and even hit her with a bat. So she's in a lot of medical trouble, but Alex will save the day.

Katrina II Coming Soon To A Town Near You

Bush said he'd disregard a requirement that the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency must have at least five years experience and "demonstrated ability in and knowledge of emergency management and homeland security."

His rationale was that it "rules out a large portion of those persons best qualified by experience and knowledge to fill the office."

America's Next Top Model - Episode 4

Whew! That bizzle Monique got booted off! I was actually surprised that the judges made the right decision considering how much drama she brought to the house/competition. She was "sick" this episode and didn't attend the photoshoot. How lame is that! Last year, Dani was super sick, she was admitted to the hospital and had an IV and everything, but she still trekked through the Thai jungle on an elephant and rocked the photoshoot. I loved how even after Monique got let go she was still acting like she was only concerned with Melrose. Not only that but she insults Tyra and the entire show by saying that the experience was a complete waste of time. Ha! Only because she wasn't open to learning anything new.

Yay! AJ did so well yesterday. She won the challenge and had a great photo. I'm not crazy about her personality so far, but she's still my favorite.

And Megg, the "rocker chic" contestant, is so annoying. She seems like a nice girl and all but she's completely fine with being a stupid cliche. I mean, really, what intelligent person goes around flashing finger-devil horns and roaring, "yeeeah!" The photo below doesn't look so bad, but if you see a close-up of her face, you'll notice her lips have disappeared. That's not a good look.

Story Of My Life

So I've been trying to grow out my hair for Locks Of Love for a few months now. I have to get my hair cut this weekend because my scalp is constantly sore from having all this heavy hair attached to it. Anyway, my hair really isn't so long that I can chop off 10 inches of it and not have really short hair. So I called my mom yesterday to find out which day is good for hair-cutting (she's really superstitious and it's rubbed off on me, okay?). I tell her that I'm a little nervous about getting it cut so short since my face is of the round variety and I believe I'll end up looking like a mushroom. But I'm willing to sacrifice for a kid who has no hair and has to go to school and all that. Here's how that conversation went:

MOM: "Oh, don't worry. You'll look cute! You always look nice."
ME: Aw, thanks Mom. You have to say that though.
MOM: No I don't. Plus, you still have to go on a diet.
ME: ...
MOM: Haha! Me too, I have to go on a diet too!
ME: ...
MOM: You're such a sweet girl, giving your hair away to poor children. You're so sweet.
ME: Uh-huh. A sweet girl who eats too many sweets.

Right Wing Bullshix

I'm sure most my fine readers have already heard about the dirty perv Representative Mark Foley and his sexual harassment of young, male pages. Now Rep. Ray LaHood (R, Illinois) is recommending that the page program be suspended, at least temporarily.

"Some members betray their trust by taking advantage of them. We should not subject young men and women to this kind of activity, this kind of vulnerability," LaHood said in a CNN interview. He said the program should be shut down until problems can be resolved.

Coincidentally, Rep. LaHood is best buddies with Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, who has been accused of trying to cover up the scandal. Democrats are asking that he step down as Speaker.

Activist Richard A. Viguerie called for Hastert to step down. "The fact that they just walked away from this, it sounds like they were trying to protect one of their own members rather than these young boys," Viguerie said on Fox News.

Of course, Republicans are saying that Democrats pushed for the entire scandal to come out in an attempt to sabotage the upcoming elections, where Republicans are fighting to maintain control of the House and Senate. And?? Should all of our elected officials band together and keep a child predator safe from scrutiny? He's not even being charged with anything criminal at this point, he just lost his job as a public representative.

Hastert says he first heard details of the Foley matter last Friday when the story was breaking. The No. 2 House Republican, Rep. John Boehnerof Ohio, and House GOP campaign chair Rep. Tom Reynolds of New York said they had spoken with Hastert about a complaint concerning a former page from Louisiana last spring after being told about it by Rep. Rodney Alexander R-La., who had sponsored the teen.

"Democrats have ... put this thing forward to try to block us," Hastert told Limbaugh.

And guess what? The Christians are out SUPPORTING Hastert, saying that he should keep his position.

[T]he Christian Coalition said it was standing behind Hastert, and Arizona Republican Rep. John Shadegg (news, bio, voting record) circulated a "Dear Colleague" letter in support of Hastert, saying calls for the speaker to resign were "unwarranted and fundamentally unfair."

This is such bullshix. Everyone, even FOX news in the pit of their black heart, knows that the Christian Coalition would be all over the resignation of a Democratic Speaker if it even appeared that there was a cover-up. AND they would probably lobby for criminal charges to be pressed for evidence tampering and obstruction of justice. Two-faced, hypocritical bastards.

Look at who they're all protecting:

"Can I have a good kiss goodnight," Foley was said to have messaged in one. A boy responded with cyber symbols and "kiss."

In another message, Foley invited the teenager to his Capitol Hill town house "for a few drinks" even though he knew the boy was under the legal drinking age. "We may need to drink at my house so we dont get busted," Foley messaged.

But Foley's attorney says there's NO reason to believe that Foley ever had sexual contact with any of the boys, or give them alcohol. Yup, no reason at all to believe that.

I hate them. Slightly amused at how transparent Republicans are; they pick and choose their morals based on the benefits.

It Gets Worse

Look at what poor Mischa has to resort to in order to get attention:


She's wearing a shirt that says "Drop Knowledge Not Bombs" paired with some sort of stomach vest/skirt thing. And ankle boots. The fashion people say that they elongate the leg and make you seem taller, but I don't really get it. Doesn't it just look like your legs got cut off above the ankle? Unless you're wearing pants or tights (which I abhor) or something? I'm not a fan of the ankle boot - dress/skirt combo.

Weekend Update

Saturday
Basically stayed home and bummed around ALL DAY. Ventured out to Target at some point, but that was all of the outside world that I saw that day. Allen picked out a cute t-shirt for me so I'll wear that later this week. I love it!

The rest of the day we spent watching DVDs:
She's The Man - Because B-diddy found this movie so amusing, she convinced me to rent it and I took the time to watch it on Saturday. Eh...it was funny because I remember B impersonating Amanda Bynes (impersonating her brother). There were some parts that made me laugh, but mostly because they were just so stupid. I guess it's her Napoleon Dynamite. You uuuuuugggly! We done!
Unknown White Male - This documentary is about some English dude living in New York. He wakes up one morning on the subway and he can not remember anything. He doesn't remember what his name is, where he lives, what he's doing, nada. So he turns himself into the police and all he has is his backpack. They find a phone number written on a piece of scrap paper inside one of his books and that number is his only hope at finding out who he is. That's the interesting part of the documentary. Once he finds out his identity the documentary goes downhill b/c it's comprised of home videos and the guy who is making the film is one of the amnesia guy's old friend from England and he is a crap movie-maker.

The Proposition - Bloody, violent film set in the early days of British occupation of Australia. It's not really worth watching.

Sunday
Went to lunch with my mother and brother where they told me that, as a child, I used to love to ride those stupid things outside the supermarket or whatnot. You know, those little coin-operated rockets or horses. I guess I would plead with my father to give me quarters so I could ride and then I'd have to ride them like 3 times before entering the store and at least once after exiting. Weird huh? I don't even remember liking those things and actually, when I see children on them now, I think "Geez, what a friggin' waste of money. Dumb, sucker parents." I also found out that my love of cotton candy dates back to my days as a wee child.

That is not me in the above photo. It's some random grown man.

After lunch we went to the LA County Fair to witness VaJayJay's last ballet recital of the year. We had a few hours to kill before her performance so we visited all the animals. There were little piglets everywhere! They smell like shix but are awfully cute. Can you imagine having 6-8 boobs? Ick. I refrained from eating most of the disgusting fair food (deep-fried snickers bar, anyone?) but I did cave and consume one of those giant pickles that have been sitting in a jar forever. Yum.

The Recital
VJJ was definitely, by far, the best dancer on the stage. I am sorry to say that there were some people who should not perform in public. In particular, there is one couple who really just can not dance. Their tango (I think that's what it was supposed to be) was horrendous. I thought the poor woman was going to give herself whiplash. And you know, this may be mean and horrible, but I really don't want to see obese people belly dance. I just don't. I agree that society has set the bar too high for women to be super skinny etc. But I also don't see why we should then go to the opposite extreme and say that fat people should be proud. They shouldn't! And I'm not talking chubby people (like myself) I'm talking 100 lbs. overweight - it's dangerous and shouldn't be celebrated.

OMG - this entry has gone on too long. Thanks for reading!