"Top This" Quickie

Jason Lee - star of "My Name Is Earl" is going to have another baby

with his girlfriend.

Jason Lee has a son with his ex so this will be baby #2.

Wonder what he'll name this one?

His 4 yr old son is named Pilot Inspektor

Miley Who?? Whocares... that's who

Miley what's her name is showing her back in a photo taken by the amazing Annie Liebovitz! SO?!?!?!


This fabric (sheet) she's wearing is more than she'll be wearing this summer while she's out and about shopping....








I'm actually way more creeped out by this photo of her and her dad - eeeewwwww!






I know that I didn't come up with this but I have to say I agree: It's clearly Disney (her bread $ butter) that is freaking out so she's totally back pedaling as fast as she can to make things right. She's not on Girls Gone Wild or looking skanky... So what's the big deal?!

Don't forget it was Brooke Shields that told us that "nothing comes between her and her Cavlins."

Portland Trip....

It was a weekend of Books, Fabulous Food & Belly Dance....

My mini-vaca was great fun! Luckily the weather just knew I wasn't happy with the idea of 53 degree highs so they accommodated my desires and warmed up a bit.

Davina and I flew Thursday afternoon on a full but problem free flight out of San Jose on Southwest's new and improved on boarding number system. This so called New & Improved boarding number system may prevent some from getting in line ages before the plane arrives but now, instead, everyone is concerned that they are in the right order... I say whatever...

Anyhoo, we arrived on time found our luggage on the carousel and headed to the car rentals. After a little conversation I was doing a mini 2 minute belly dance for our customer service rep and our Economy car was upgraded to a Subaru Outback (what a nice car & even better surprise!) And then we were off to my sister Sara's house, she was letting us stay there that night, we had a fantastic feast of a dinner before turning in... big local/tourist day ahead!

FRIDAY - After a lazy wake up and a late breakfast/lunch we headed downtown -in the cool outback - and went to Powells. If you've never been Powell's Books is a huge multi floor, full city block of a book store. Each section is a color and it's kinda fun to get separated and try to find the rest of your group....
Sara sold some books, Davina found stuff she wanted and I found two recorded books that I wanted (gotta love Portland's no tax!).

We did some other window shopping in the area which was nice, found a great sale at one shop, and then decided it was time for dinner and there was Jake's Famous Crawfish. Sara had heard of Jake's but hadn't ever been there... So we went. It was 'old school' with white linens and dark mahogany wood and the food was delish! I practically licked the sauce off the plate after I ate all of the salmon and halibut saute with wild mushrooms in a sherry cream sauce - YUM!!! Then we each did the dangerous thing of ordering dessert - I ordered the Trio: which was three ramekins of berry cobbler w/ ice cream, chocolate pot d'creme and creme brule. It was fantastic but just put me over the top full!

After taking Sara back home Davina and I headed to Hillsboro where the Belly Dance Festival was and where we would be staying for the rest of the weekend with Kathi, who we were there to help vend at her booth. We went to the hotel got our room info and made our way to the elevator which was right next to the hot tub ~ said hot tub was full, and I mean FULL, of male high school water polo players. Davina and I couldn't help but feast our eyes with the young-man-hot-water-buffet while we waited for the elevator. Once in the privacy of the elevator we both just looked at one another and exclaimed "OMG!!!" practically in unison.

SATURDAY - up early to get the booth set up at the Belly Dance Event we made a quick trip for groceries. At the County Fair Complex the Belly Dance Festival is in a main building and in an attached building area there was a 'Husband's Nightmare Bazaar' - basically it was bazaar with vintage home-ware, carved wood animals, homemade soap, and

loads of other crap.... not anything at all Belly Dance but they had an Italian Ice vendor so we made a quick trip to get some!

On Saturday Sara drove out to see me dance, which was great fun ~ I haven't watched the DVD yet to see how it looks... hopefully it's good, it felt pretty good. Sara, who hadn't seen me dance in quite a while liked it and when a sister likes it that's good - because friends may soften a bad review but a sibling is the first to tell you if you suck.

The festival somehow got WAY off schedule and instead of ending at 9pm it ended at 11.30pm! We did not stay to the bitter end and escaped to go rest our feet and backs from a day of standing on cement floors and then went to dinner.

SUNDAY - wasn't quite as early a morning and Davina, who went down for the Breakfast Express earlier than we did, called to let us know that the water polo team was down stairs in case we wanted to partake in the young male testosterone fest... so we headed down for yogurt and tea.

The rest of the Belly Dance Festival was nice, I made time for henna and got to see a few dancers but mostly I worked at Kathi's booth. Davina and I had a 7pm-ish flight so we had to leave before the end so we helped partially breakdown before we left.

The drive to the airport, return of the rental car and flight were all uneventful. Once back home Davina and I wanted to get a late dinner and headed to a Denny's only to find that there were about 5 police cars in the parking lot which was odd... and as I walked up one police officer told me that the Denny's was closed (I really thought he was joking) but it turns out that the place had just been robbed and police were dusting for prints and the Denny's was closed until further notice so Davina and I each went our own ways home where I had a couple pieces of cold meat for dinner... not nearly quite as yummie as the amazing foods I ate over the weekend. That's okay it was a great trip!

Confused & Curious

So what is going on with the world? I mean really, Def Leopard is going to be on Dancing with the Stars!?!?!?!!!

So I'm really curious what they will be rockin' and what kind of dancing will ensue during the song... Maybe there'll be a little Rock of Ages. I really would love to see what they'd do with
Gunter glieben glauchen globen
Alright
I got something to say
Yeah, it's better to burn out
Yeah, than fade away
All right
Ow
Gonna start a fireC'mon!

Now for the Confused part:
Since I'm on the TV topic what the heck is going on with Reality TV? Okay I get it - Tila has another season of "Shot at Crabs".... But now there is Farmer Wants a Wife um... really?!?

And then I find out that this show is only new to the USA! Yes, this show is already a hit overseas! Not that we (the US) is entirely unique in our shows (see The Office, Coupling, Pop Idol, etc...) but now the newest import is the Bachelor but with Hay and Cows.

Think I'm gonna pass.....

Break A Zill!

Break A Zill is also known as: "Break a Leg" & "Good Luck".

So wish me some good luck! This afternoon I'm off to Portland, OR for a mini-vaca' with Davina.

The 3 day weekend get away includes a visit with my sister and a Belly Dance Festival. Friday Davina, Sara & I will hit downtown Portland with the #1 Goal being a visit to Powell's Books. If you've never been to Powell's Books it's an amazing book store that is HUGE ~ not "Louvre huge" but BIG! Not sure what else we are going to do for the day but it'll be fun I'm sure. Although I hear it's going to be cold and rainy.... :o(

Then Sat & Sun is the Belly Dance Festival & I'm dancing at 2pm. Should be fun! I just have to make sure not to buy stuff - not only don't I have room for more things but I honestly don't need any costuming right now.... So I must be strong - NO shopping for me!

Photo above is from the Rakkasah Belly Dance Festival in March 2008 - thanks Sarah of Wicked Smileys

Girl Can't Walk!

Can't stand up straight... and in fact acts so awkward she doesn't look like she wants to be there... I watched the whole show anticipating her to be sent home (back to America).
And then it was Judging time and Whitney and Lauren were in the bottom two..... and Lauren was sent home. She got far, geesh she got to Rome

Favorite part of the show: Ms J's Hell To The No sign

2nd Fav: Mr. J telling Whitney that she needs to watch her "Bitcherina" self.

Dinner with the Girls...

and one bottle of wine all to myself. (hic-up)

That was a lot of fun! Thanks Mol, Jules & Dodge!! & Jules thanks much for driving ~ I couldn't have driven myself.

It was a really GREAT evening with good food ~ the *stew* was quite Yumie!

And special for Mol: you made me laugh & laugh & laugh with your story ~ so here's a little "Shocker!, Shocker!, Shocker!" for you (sorry this joke is just WAY too hard to explain.....).

It’s being called “The Great Matzo Shortage of 2008”

Yes, here in the Bay Area many grocery stores have run out of their Passover supplies, specifically Matzo which is an essential staple for Passover. I, being allergic to wheat and only eating Gluten free crackers, etc, I wasn’t purchasing matzo to eat this week anyway.

I’ve heard the theory is that because this year Easter was in March the grocery stores displayed their Kosher Passover foods at that same time – presuming that the two holidays were occurring consecutively, which is not the case….

Costco didn’t carry matzo this year in their famous gargantuan quantities (As a single gal I could never buy matzo at Costco because just I couldn’t eat 10 boxes of matzo in 8 days!). Even Trader Joe’s which has become a great source for alternative foods (including lots of gluten free products for folks like me as well as Kosher, Vegan, etc) took a pass this year for the Jews ~ they weren’t carrying Matzo nationwide in all their stores. Really now, what kind of message does this send?

Seriously though, it’s really weird this Matzo shortage. Can’t remember a shortage like this before. I don’t think it was planned or anything so I’m not taking it personally ~ especially since I’m personally not affected (with not eating wheat and all) ~ but the idea of kids not being able to have a peanut butter and marshmallow fluff matzo sandwich is just depressing! That was my childhood favorite during Passover!

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

The TV commercials were very funny, the billboards and signs on the buses (I'm SO over you Sarah Marshall) were great... And while I'm fed up with the 'From the Makers of Knocked Up", I'm so NOT over Jason Segel!!!!


Yes, the summer movies have officially started. And for starters Sarah Marshall was fantastically funny and great fun! So the movie may have been brought to you but the what-ch-ma-callit but Jason Segel wrote it and stars in it in all his glory (really!). Don't want to give anything away but Jason's penis has a story line in the movie...

So, yes I recommend this film if you feel like laughing a lot and really enjoying yourself! There are a few cruchie parts especially with Jonah Hill (Superbad and Knocked Up) but it's such great fun.

And remember the Summer Movie season has only just started... here are the movies that I'm putting on my Must See list....

• Indiana Jones - The Crystal Skull
• Iron Man
• Speed Racer
• Wanted
• Wall-E
• X-Files
• Dark Knight

So, what's on your Must See list?

Really Big Surprise

This week I got the surprise of all surprises! Thanks to Facebook, which I check occasionally to keep in touch with a few people, my bestfriend from high school found me and sent me an email!

In the 80's Judy was my bestest of friends in high school. I went to my first concert with Judy (Depeche Mode 4/3/85 Oakland, CA), we used to go out dancing practically every weekend, we had lots of sushi dinners and went to SF to go hang out by day and by night we went to a particularly cool bar that didn't check ID.... ah those were the days!

We went to SF State University together, but like normal people we grew apart. We were on really different paths ~ there wasn't a fight or anything (that I can remember) but it was a clear division between us at that time and it wasn't a great happy thing. So that was it, we went our separate ways.

So this week, about 15 years later, I get an email from a name I don't totally recognize but the subject line has my high school nickname (no I'm not telling the nickname) so I opened it immediately! I was stunned! Judy just joined Facebook because a friend of hers invited her and she found me.

After all this time and you might think it'd be akward, since our friendship ended as it had, but I just wanted to know what she was doing, where she was, etc. She's married now (hence my not recognizing her name), has a baby, & lives in the East Bay. We have sent quite a few lengthly emails trying to fill in the blanks and there is still SO much to cover. I can't wait to get to see her in person to really catch up.

Guess I finally found a good reason not to have gotten married, huh? Otherwise, she'd never have found me...

Paris Hilton BFF search HOT or NOT???

You may or may not know this already but the search has started. Yes Paris Hilton, the Hilton-heir diva herself, is clearly much to busy to find her own new BFF so MTV is going to help her out! However, the line up of potential BFFs seems to be short.

Shorter than the line at the neighborhood Starbucks according to this quote:
…the scene outside Nikki Midtown earlier this week didn't exactly resemble the thousands of hopefuls you'd see lined up for a shot of American Idol or So You Think You Can Dance. Actually, it didn't even resemble a half-price latte sale at your local Starbucks.“There were less than 40 people there," one audition insider tells OK!.

Maybe it’s just meant to be… this way Joey (aka M.M.’s O.G.B.F.) really has a chance at becoming Paris’ new BFF! Now, now… we don't doubt O.G.B.F. will win in the end ~ I mean with that winning smile, day-glow orange skin color and fierce wardrobe and personality. Who wouldn’t want him as your very own BFF?!?!

But, trust me, you can’t afford him so don’t even think about it!

Skank of Love (finale)

No Daisy didn't win.(yes this vacuous looking blondie is Daisy)

Ambre is who Brett chose.....
**Just making sure everyone is keeping up with the results**

Pish-Posh

So I was reading about how Posh's clothing line is being pulled from store's like Fred Segal's and Kitson... Oh boo - hoo... & all of a sudden I stop and stare.

Maybe you'll see the similarity I saw.

Did you notice it? Well, maybe it's just me....

Kelly is the BEST!

So if you haven't been introduced... This is KellyI really love this betch! She's fantastic and has GREAT shoe style. REALLY!

To see Kelly in her full glory check this out, you'll completely see why she's my favorite person in the whole wide world!

Shoes! OMG!

Kisses

So I just looked at this web-article-thingie all about Celebrity Kisses caught on Camera. The title caught my eye along with the idea of looking at the ‘it’s meant for just the two of them intimacy’ fly on the wall-ness of it all….. Well, at least that’s what I thought…

It started off good – Angelina & Brad – HOT! Then there was Will & Jada Smith, which was nice enough. And then after a few it was Drew Barrymore and Justin Long and then Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck which is all good. All of these are stolen kisses which are pretty sweet and then there is a shot of Tom Cruise & Katie Holms which makes me pause.

This special celebrity kiss is Tom kissing Katie on her left hand with her staring down at him with a quirky smile (don’t forget how short he is compaired to her). It’s just so odd! So I click the more link to see the rest of the info along side the photo and see that all these pics have a Passion Rating and the rating for Tom & Katie is Cornball. Whew, at least it’s not just me!

So I scroll along and see quite a few nice kiss photos. But then get to image #17 and it’s Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt so I have to check out the Passion Rating and its: Faker than a $3 bill. Hahahahahahaha!

Only four more pics to go… Drum roll please… the last picture is of ......

John Travolta kissing a very shocked Kirk Douglas. Why?!???!! What did I do to deserve this torture?!

Absinthe ~ Craze

Prohibition is Over

While I’ve never tried it myself, Absinthe has been one of the most popular-underground drinks of choice. I remember being invited to an Underground Absinthe party but for some reason I didn’t go *I think I found a boy to hang with instead…*. Well now the drink has reached above ground because it’s now no longer illegal to make, sell and drink.

I’m all for the enjoyment of Absinthe, however “Mansinthe” has also hit the market and I’m not sure how I feel about it. According to the write up I read “The official Marilyn Manson Absinthe” is award winning – gold medal even! (see info here)

Is this what the world really needs?? Mason flavoured Absinthe?

Skank of Love

I can't believe that I've let myself get hooked....but I have.

Bret Michaels, the now bandanna wearing (is he going bald?) dude that wore more lip gloss during the 80's than I ever did (ever), is again trying to find a true skank . Oops, I mean True Love... again.

Yep, after watching the Bachelor back in the day (and cutting myself free from it after the first Bachelorette), and the original Paradise Hotel (gosh that was really great crap!). I also watched Flavor of Love 1 & 2 and then I Love New York (just 1 - can't stomach NY to watch #2) because these shows qualified as the best Train Wreck on TV. I was really trying to stay away from Skank of Love II but I got hooked, and now the finale is going to happen.

So who are you voting for? Daisy -

the tatoo'd huge fake boobs and lips bimbo - I mean blonde?

Or Ambre? (pronounced "Amber")

Ambre is my choice if you care to know... for me she's the least skanky of them all and seems to be fairly real - for TV that is.

But who knows what the Poison Front-Man will do.... The last chick he picked to be his True Skank decided not to stick with him and she was pretty cute ~ maybe he's just too broken (ya think?)

Idol Gives Back

So while I was crushed that ANTM was a recap I decided not to sit and watch American Idol Gives Back in real time so I recorded it.... Damn DVR stoped recording right at the end time but Mariah's performance was cut off so I had to wait to get to a YouTube friendly computer (aka not my computer at work) to see it... Just finished watching and she was good - wow she's skinny and Randy Jackson was showing off his skills!

Here's my recap of what I liked best of the show (in no particular order):

• So You Think You Can Dance dancers - I love them! (but I was annoyed with the flashing lights that made it difficult to see)


• Jimmy Kimmel's roast of Simon Cowell was fantasticly funny!!!


• Annie Lenox was amazing as always


• Fergie-Ferg w/ John Ledgend was really nice. Then she came back and rocked Barracuda with Heart - after some wierd horse walk onto stage - and it was awkward with Fergie writhing all over the stage while the ladies were just hanging out but the song was good!


• I enjoyed Terri Hatcher and the 'Band from TV' perform - the pre-skit was stupid but the performance was good! I didn't know she could sing...


• Seeing Snoop just reminded me of him at Comic-Con and how M.M. and I rushed around trying to find him free *stuff* to give to some kid at a party he was going to (we didn't find anything good and pretty much gave him a bag of flyers and junk)


• Reese is too cute!


• The banter between Billy Crystal and Miley Cyrus was just cringe worthy. Did anyone else notice the wierd way she kept holding her left arm when she let go of the mic stand? Odd.


• Mary Murphy - um the yelling was unnecessary (really)


• Sarah Silverman was there, right? Clearly un-note-worthy


• The video's by Bono, Daughtry, Forest Whitaker, etc were all very touching


• Ryan Seacrest may be the 'Hardest Working Man' in the entertainment biz but he was trying way too hard to be funny.... not good


• I know they are saying Carrie Underwoods dress was a bad choice but I thought it was very pretty.... oh yeah, she sang nice too.


• Speaking of singing the Idol contestants sang too


• And in the end what made it all worth it....Brad Pitt walked out on stage and got a Standing O. I almost got up from my couch as well to applaude just because he is so amazingly good looking! (Actually I kinda wanted to be the woman that had to mic him/touch him)

Silly I know...

But why do some women get as quite as possible when they are in a toilet stall someone new walks into the public bathroom???

At my office the women's bathroom the doors are all fancy ~ made of wood with Marble-like posts ~ and are really long too long to easily peek under to see which is occupied.

I can't stand trying to guess which door is going to open and which is locked tight with some woman in there being as silent as a mouse! I know it's silly but I try to make my "presence known" by rolling the toilet paper around to make noise so it's not a shock when she tries to open the door but finds it locked. I think it's sort of helpful....letting them know someones in here instead of trying to fool them into thinking they are alone - Come on, who knows what they would do if they thought they were all alone!

I'm sure this is an uncomfortable subject for some but it annoys the hell out of me!

I'm not even going to get started on the ladies that leave the bathroom
without washing their hands....

Where is my TV show

Hey! Where is a new episode of ANTM? Is there a reason we are watching a recap of the previous shows? I don't understand. I wanted to see who was next to go!

It's Wednesday night and I'm without my normal to do...............ACK!

Olympic Torch Drama

After living in SF for 14 years and going to school at SFSU you think I'd be used to all the protests that happen in The City (PS no it's NOT "Frisco") with the shanty town on campus, etc... But the drama that occurred today to insure that the torch made it's way through town without too much disruption was pretty amazing. I listened to updates on the radio through the day - there were protests scheduled for specific locations and times and no torch (Oops!). But how were they to know where to go?

So hints of locations would be leaked and I can just see (in my mind's eye) the rush to get to where everyone thinks the torch route was changed to. All those people in black *it is the official dress code ~ unless you're expecting the other outfit: plaid shirt, jeans and work boots often found in the Castro ~ waiting to shout and wave their signs.

What's really sad are the people in support of the Torch Run that weren't able to see it go by because of all the route changes. :o(


Hmmmm not sure what the feeling should be around all this... pleased that the city protected the torch, overwhelmed by all the protesters, or sad for the folks that didn't get to see it at all because the route kept changing.

Well I took the plunge....

Hello!
I decided to try out the blogging-thing.... Being the type of person that often has an opinion about pop-culture, off beat stuff and whatnot I thought this might be fun.... Guess we'll see.

By the way the blog name comes from my *theory* /partly a joke that "Scrapbooking is the way that Satan comes into your home". I already promised off beat stuff, didn't I?

:o)