Guilty Pleasures

I am just loving Celebrity Apprentice. Jesse James, Joan Rivers, Dennis Rodman---some of the cast. I love Jesse James one liners. Talk about perfect entertainment. You may want to put it on your Tivo list. I am just a touch embarassed to admit I like this show, but hey, it's all about mindless TV after a busy day with kids. What are you watching?

Night Rider is back!

I just had to laugh---of all the programs to reproduce, I don't think Night Rider is the one I would choose. I am more frightened that my husband wanted me to TIVO it. But I guess he has to put up with Nancy Grace unleashing the lawyers (and an occasional Lifetime movie; such as Coco Chanel's life story, but you will have to read Brandon's blog for that story)---so I guess we are even! Anything good I should be TIVOing this season?

Pregnancy Pact?

TIME Magazine article

What is our world coming to? If you want to be disturbed, please look at the article above.

Apparently 17 girls, ages sixteen and younger, are pregnant as a result of a pregnancy pact. Apparently in their quest to keep their pregnancy pact, one of the girls hooked up with a homeless 24 year old man! I mean, hey, I am all for people keeping their word, but isn't this taking a promise a little too far? And who decides pregnancy at 15, is a fun promise to make? What ever happened to toilet-papering someone's yard or other less consequential teen pranks?

What is surprising, is this did not occur in a polygamist community. This did not occur in Texas, Arizona, or Utah. This occurred in Massachussetts. Apparently, many of the girls continued to take pregnancy tests and "try" to get pregnant until the results came out positive as they had hoped. The girls were ecstatic upon hearing the positive results. One girl couldn't help but exclaim "Sweet" upon hearing the news she was pregnant!

All this on the heels of the birth of Jamie Lynn Spears' daughter, Maddie Briann, yesterday. Heaven help us!!! What is the world coming to?

My daughter Maddie, officially will not be growing up in the real world. My husband and I are going to invest in building a tower in the backyard to keep her in. We will keep her hair short to make sure that she doesn't escape as a clever Rapunzel once did! Maybe that way we can keep her from making crazy pacts with other crazy teenagers.

STD's and Eliot Spitzer

Just thought you would all want to know:
25% of all teenage girls between the ages of 14-19 have an STD.
This is in the same report where only 50% of teenage girls claim to be sexually active.
So, according to this report, if your teen daughter is sexually active, she has a 50%chance of having an STD.
What can we do to change this?????
I guess continue to support missionaries to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and hopefully have more people abiding by the principles of God!

On a similar note:
Glenn Beck, on his radio show, does an advertisement for ProFlowers. Yesterday's flower special was the:

I am not seeing hookers "dozen rose special"
What better way to say I love you than to send your special someone the
"I am not seeing hookers" dozen rose special!!! Every woman would be proud to show off her special roses!!!

Thanks Eliot Spitzer (the governor of NY who was just caught seeing high-priced call girls), for making the every day man look fabulous!!!

I have to give them points for creativity in advertising! Go ProFlowers!

A Great People-Watching Moment!

While in Vegas, upon returning from the women's room, Brandon told me we had to walk fast to catch up to "quite the sight." I couldn't imagine what sight could be that exciting! From this backwards point, I couldn't tell how great this "sight" would be. Note, the pants have embroidered dogs on them! That is the first hint of the amusement to come!!!


Brandon was right! He did not dissapoint! What a sight! This is one Vegas happening that could not stay in Vegas! Yes, he is pushing a stroller! That is a white poodle in the stroller!


What a sight! I am grateful he was too busy smoking his pipe to notice me taking obnoxcious pictures, and luckily, right then, his elevator door closed, saving me from possible repurcussions! You gotta' wonder what was in that pipe!!!

Where better to do people watching than Las Vegas??? Well, I was evil enough to take pictures. I know, that is a new bad, even for me. But it was so killer funny. I could not resist!
How many times have you happened upon this sight? Probably one fewer time than myself, which is why I had to indulge in taking pictures of the sight! I know, so self-sacrificing, I did this all for you!!!

You know the commercial:

Two nights at the Bellagio $
Two tickets to Mama Mia $
Buffet at the Paris $

Getting the opportunity to see this older man in embroidered dog pants, pushing his poodle in a stroller while smoking a pipe? PRICELESS!

I just hope and pray that someone is not using their blog to post amusing pictures of me somewhere!!! Hopefully, what goes around does not come around this time!


Other great people-watching moments: Watching drunk people dance after 1am, as they listen to young people sing to the music. We couldn't stop laughing watching one really old man dancing as girls were singing. There were several couples who reminded me of "stake dances"----they were dancing ballroom style to "rap music". We laughed our guts out.

What has the world come to!

The tabloids all had it wrong! Britney's not pregnant, it is her 16 year old, little sister, Jamie Lynn (who is on Nickelodeon)who is pregnant. I just love the role-models we have these days for the kids of today! Ironically, Britney and Jamie Lynn's Mom had just written a book on Parenting, that is on hold indefinately. Can you believe it? It was tops on my Christmas list!!! Now, no matter how good I am, I cannot get what I want from Santa for Christmas! Shucky Darn! Ya'll, it's just not fair! (Hopefully by now, you are aware of my use of sarcasm!)

Part 2---After thinking about it, I realize that I am being extremely judgemental---in this day and age, being 16 years old, and having a strong TV career, many girls would have had an abortion! So, I am proud of her for taking responsibility for her choices and having the baby. I apologize for my earlier harsh comments! It was more of a reflection on their Mom writing a Parenting book, than on Jamie Lynn!

Madison J. & Dylan James

They may not be Sean Preston and Jayden James (Britney Spear's children), but this picture of them reminded me of the picture of Britney's children, holding hands in the backseat of Mama Britney's car. So, I had to laugh at my Madison and Dylan holding hands in the back of our car! I also loved seeing Dylan asleep, sitting up! Madison just loves that little Dylan. He is just so scrumptious

Save Paris? Are you kidding around?

I do enjoy my pop culture gossip----but, things have gotten quite ridiculous lately; as "poor" Paris Hilton has been sent to jail (starting in June) for a probation violation--her 2nd time! Anyway, she is asking her Governor for a pardon. The ultimate of selfishness and self-absorption. Yes, she was lucky enough to get probation for a DUI; and then got caught driving twice with her license suspended. Most people would be in trouble with a lost license; but Paris certainly could have hired a chauffeur. She didn't even have to get a three year probation; but she refused to do community service and take an alcohol education class. However, we must feel sorry for Paris and "free Paris" as she reported that her "publicist" (the same one John Lennon had---poor guy---what a downward spiral; imagine working with the likes of John Lennon and then end up on the payroll of Paris Hilton. That is a great tragedy of a story in and of itself!)had told her she could drive. I know that when I have millions of dollars; I often get caught taking legal advice from my publicist. Don't you hate when that happens? She actually stated this as her excuse in court; and clearly made her publicist try to take the blame for her; which he did. She then fired him for a day before rehiring him; since clearly he did her so wrong! Poor Paris! The first time she was caught while driving with license suspended, the cops made her sign a notice that she was not allowed to drive; but within a month she was caught again. She said she hadn't read what she signed. I just feel so bad for her. NOT! Anyway, I just hope that despite her appeals for help; and actual legal appeals, I am hoping she does end up in jail on June 5th. Another example of how reality is more difficult to believe than fiction at times! Needless to say, I will not be purchasing a "Save Paris" T-shirt!

Slamming on Jolie!

Just as I have been reflecting on my Freshman year of college and the various directions my friends and I have taken, and taking inventory on life; today I got an email showing yet another direction taken from a friend from my freshman year. For all of you who knew me Freshman year; you probably remember Nathan Kuemmerle; who was a close friend. Well, now we know he has really made it. He is now a psychiatrist in West Hollywood and today he forwarded me the link to an article in "The National Enquirer" where he is quoted as an "expert". I have to give him credit; his statement is about a quarter length of the article. I am just dying to know how he got this great hookup! This just makes my heart sing---now his quote can be part of our "People" discussion book club. My friends and I don't have the time for a book club; so we decompress through our discussions of the "trash". It is a great way to live vicariously as a housewife and Mom! So, now Nathan has helped with our weekly discussion. I clearly need to know more about this "Pax" situation. Here is the article where Dr. Nathan Kuemmerle is quoted in the National Enquirer. I guess you can't read it from my post, so you may have to just buy yourself a copy of the National Enquirer this week!

What hope do we have?

I can't believe it. It's true. Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston are splitting up. A dysfunctional relationship with lots of loyalty. My world is being rocked. Now, I don't know what to think or where to turn. My world is falling apart. Also, can you believe what happened to Anna Nicole's son Daniel? Dying in her hospital room just 3 days after Anna had a baby girl? Wow. I don't know what is more disturbing; her having a baby girl, or the mysterious death of her son. Can you believe Brittney Spears just had her 2nd boy? Unbelievable. Oops, she did it again. Anyway, it has been an amazing week in celeb gossip; so I can't wait to see the headline on next week's People magazine. Wow. After reading all these headlines, life isn't so bad, we can all make it through. Thank goodness for our normal, boring lives. ( I cannot be responsible for the flow of my thoughts at 2am.)

Fabulous and it's back

Thank goodness for Tivo, Prison Break, and Wentworth Miller. They are back; thankfully. Gotta' love it.