I'm in Love...

...with Cody Simpson, the young YouTube Aussie sensation! Justin Biebers is great, but nothing compared to Simpson! Not only is he multi-talented-he not only sings and dances, he plays the guitar! He is blond-I've got a thing for blond and blue-eyed hunks. (JB is taken anyways.)

I LOVE CODY SIMPSON! 

don't you just wanna run your hands thru that mane of blond hair? And those lips-so kissable! He also got the sexist voice on earth!
Maybe I'm way too old for him but there's no limit in love! Sky's the limit!

All's fair in love and war

All's fair in love and war-what a contemptible lie! Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A

Do you gals think love is worth fighting for?  (Or have I been watching too much soap operas?) Love... Ah... young love, I love how young love is so inspiring. Love... so worth it thru Heaven and Hell and back but as they say, love triumphs all evil.

Soap operas, I realize, has so many love triangles.The soap opera I specially am watching is Passions. Love triangle between rich tycoon Ivy Crane and her ex-lover, Chief Sam Bennet and her amnesiac wife mild-mannered Grace Bennet, and chauvinistic pig and rich tycoon Julian Crane and ex-lover, ex-whore Eve Russell now doctor and her husband Coach T.C. Russell who has a vendetta against the Cranes. All will break loose when he finds out about her sordid past; Julian Crance ended his tennis career, which caused his father to die of heart failure. Sheridan Crane and Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald-the only thing standing between their relationship is her father Alistair and brother Julian, master manipulators.
On the teen front, there's Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, who has been in love with Ethan Crane since girlhood but Ethan's set to marry Gwen Hotchkiss, the girl he loves since their boarding school days. ;/
How romantic. Their families have pre-arranged their marriage since childhood. Said Hotchkiss-Crane would make a good alliance. Sound like a business merger, right? What kind of love is that?
Love w/ Theresa seems more real than love with Gwen, more real, less pre-determined, you can pre-arranged love. You can't control your emotions, you gotta let it run.
And then there's Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald and Charity Standish and Kay Bennet. Miguel and Kay has been best pals, buddies since playing softball together till Charity came to town. Miguel has only eyes for Charity after she came to town. Kay has done everything in her power to keep them apart. Then her mom, Faith Standish, Grace's twin and Kay's aunt died in a fire, so the Bennet gave Charity a home. Charity has these promonition powers that can read the past, present and future. A witch lives next door to the Bennets who spies on them all the time. Now she's trying to get Charity, sweet Charity over to the dark side. Whenever she wears a pendant that Tabitha (the witch) gave her (the pendant has demonic powers) she becomes Evil Charity like Chucky. After she takes the pendant off, however, she forgets what evil misdeeds she's been doing.
And then there's Chad Harris, who may or may not be (but may possibly be Eve Russell's illegimate son with Julian Crane) Eve said that her baby died, but when he was injuried once, only her blood match Coincidence? I think not. Chad Harris got the hots for Whitney Russell the avid tennis player, who is taking up her father's dream. But Whit refuses to admit her feelings to him and he to her although the way they act to each other- you would think they are lovers. Simone Russell, her baby sister, likes Chad too. But Chad doesn't return his affections for her; he only has eyes for Whitney.

These fellow citizens may lived in Harmony, but their lives are far from being harmonious.

Plus in soap opera land, why, oh, why does think so s-l-o-w for things to happen? I mean, c'mon, the rich are smart-doctors and lawyers and businesspeople and takes 10 episodes for Ethan to tell Theresa he's calling off the wedding? It 3 episodes for Eve to come up with an excuse to save Sheridan and Luis' relationship when Sheridan told her she killed Luis father at a tender age.

Wonder that's why ppl stop watching soaps in favor of daytime games and tv talk show (Jerry Springer)

When Ethan chooses Theresa; all hell is gonna break loose between the Hotchkiss and Crane families. Not to mention the Lopez-Fitzgerald clan! Get ready for an HUGE explosion!! OMG!!!

You wanna know who I admire the most in Passions? Theresa-she believes in love. She is so bold as to go to Ethan, the rich heir to admit her feelings for him. She is not afraid of her feeling. She is gutsy to want to made Ethan her one true love of her life. How romantic What a gal.

I'll keep you gals posted!!

Harry Potter

Do you believe in magic?

If so, check it out!

This is a cool series-if you don't mind the nightmares (like I've been having!)-I wish I was a witch.

Never mind, I'm not gonna revue it since it's still so popular. I'm just gonna say that it has a satisfying ending. All good things must come to an end (even though it was an emotional ending).

Harry Potter is my hero

Definitions: Muggles: people with no magical power

                    Blood traitors witches/wizards who mixed with Muggles

                    Mudblood offensive term for Muggles

                    Pureblood both parents have magical powers

                    Half breed

                    Halfblood    

                    Squibs  people born in wizarding family without any powers whatsoever                    





Pyeongchang, South Korea has been named to host the 2018 Winter Olympics

Finally we've crossed the barrier! South Korea,  for the first time ever, is hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics! It will be the 1st Winter Olympics for 'em, having hosted the '88 Summer Olympics in Seoul (duh, the capital) They beat out France and Germany. Will Korean Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na be at this particualr event? It remains to be seen!

Score one for Team Far East!

World Largest Burger At Alameda County Fair!

Hurrah! We are have now established that we have the largest burger in all of California, in all of West Coast, in all the world! Cool, ain't it? Top that Canada (which previous record was at 595 lbs)! That's one for the record book! As a matter of fact, the peeps from the Guinness Book of Records were there to give the Alameda burger as the world's largest.
But they didn't made the burger to be in the world records: it was all for a worthy cause, dig it (literally!)? Individual pieces were sold at 99₵ while proceeds went to Alameda County Food Bank.
If you're curious or are counting calories, here are the nutritional facts:
1,375,000 calories = feed 1 person for almost 2 years
Trimmings: 110 lb bun
                  20  lbs onion
                   12 lbs pickles
                    30 lbs lettuce
 http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/category/watch-listen/video-on-demand/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6015002

Beauty Pageants

Who cares if it's Miss USA 60th anniversary?!

They only look what's on the outside, not what's on the inside. Sure they have Q&A at the end, but they're just a buncha airheads that they can't even give a deep, thought-provoking answer.

Some of the ladies in the beauty pageants start strutting their stuff when they are toddlers. (Haven't you seen TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras-Look at the babies on their official site) If you must blame someone, you should blame the parents for putting them in front of the spotlight at such a yong age. The babies don't know what their getting into. Parents should let their kids be kids; they're way too young to be in beauty pageants. Remember what happened to JonBenet Ramsey?!



Hef's Wedding Canceled!

What a loss!

What a terrible, horrible loss!

Oh well, I'll bet a lot of those Playboy Playmates are after his money anyways-goldiggers a bunch of 'em!

Hef's wedding to Crystal Harris has been canceled. She wants a bigger weekly allowance and a career in the music industry. She released a song, Club Queen, on iTunes. Well, I guess she wants more freedom, which is understandable.In next July edition of Playboy that's comin' to the newsstands near ya, a sticker over his former bride 'Runaway Bride In This Issue.' You win some, you lose some.
Now ladies, he's available, he's on the market again. He's officially, a single man again.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think it's finally time to gossip about Arnold  'the extramarital affair' jerk Shwarzenegger what with the other woman and his love child being revealed.



Mildred Patricia Baena & son Joseph

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Compared his supposed love child, do you see any resemblances?  His supposed mistress is beautiful in her own way, but nothing compared to Maria Shriver, his soon-to-be ex-wife.

I don't think Mildred Baena had an affair with Arnold Schwarzegger at all; it just another ploy to drum up publicity. He may be a playboy, but no way, no how could he have fathered another child with another woman! He does have some pride. Give the man some credit. Give him some slack, paps!

S.E. Hinton

S.E. Hinton's novels are so 70s! Her characters are all so tuff. Made me wanna be like 'em. Or better yet, make me wanna write characters like 'em! When I was lil, after reading Outsiders, which I read/watch about 10x (I much prefer the book to the movie, but those up-and-coming actors in that movie are today's stars, unbeknownst to us all) I just recently found out that she wrote Outsiders when she was just 16! Yes, S.E. Hinton is a girl! But I digress... I wanted to act all tuff and stuff like the gangs portrayed in her novels. Now, I wanna write about gangs. Sure, I tried my hand at writing tough girl gangs, but to no avail.I tried this time around but still I haven't succeed cos I guess I don't have a tough bone in my body. Why are all Hinton's characters boys-I mean, she being a girl she should at least have some tough chicks-well, the girlfriends of the main characters doesn't count; they're just supporting characters. I'm talking about main characters, man!
Tex was kinda mushy, no fighting,  just a coupla of kids just struggling to make ends  meet w/o a parent around. .When their dad did showed up, he wasn't a great parent to Tex (turns out their father is not Tex's but his older brother, Mason, which means they're half-brothers. But Tex is in love (or maybe just crushing on?) his best friend's sister (his only sister) They live in the country and go  in the city now and then.
Anyway, all of Hinton's novels were made into movies. Because her novels show how tough life can be even if you least expects it to be. You gotta roll with the punches.

Lord of the Files (63)

This is one violent movie. Words cannot express how violent it is. I can't wrap my head around the violence in this movie.
Here we go: premise of this movie is that two groups' of boys from two different schools plane crashed. They ended up stranded on an island. They thought they saw a beast. They wanted to kill it, but to no avail. They ended up-now here's the horrendous part-killing their own. There's also a fat boy who wore glasses. The other group took his glasses to start a fire. They ended up killing Piggy, the fat boy by pushing a boulder in his direction; poor guy didn't even see it coming cos he didn't have his glases on. And he was washed out to shore. Maybe even drowned? Now only the level-headed guy was left. They were after like banshees... until they came face-to-face w/ their rescuers. Hallejah!
My opinion of the movie: I would say outstanding except it wasn't. Well it started fine when Jack with the help of Piggy use teamwork to keep the boys in line.
Then it kinda sorta fell apart when they went on the hunt for the 'beast.' It went crazy beyond crazy. It was out of control. Simon and Jack and Piggy didn't believe there was a 'beast.' When Ralph took over things got out of whack! Ralph turned all the boys into barbarians. Their actions were barbaric, killing anything that moved like Simon who was taking a look at the 'beast.' I realised that they have to take care of themselves, but it's unbelivable how things turned out. In Piggy's case, Ralph never treated Jack and friends nicely. He slapped Piggy on the face, breaking his glasses; he can only see out of one eye. He called him all sorts of names-not nice names too. Piggy was killed by his tribe. I mean, boys can be boys, but this is reducing themselves to murderous little boys. Sad to say, rescue came way, way too late.
Which boy do I like? Well, Ralph for one, but I didn't like how he always bullied Piggy. Ralph was so bold so courageous.... and so deadly. What I didn't like about Ralph is that he denied killing Simon. Even though he said he didn't kill Simon, he wanted to go on and 'kill the beast.'
But you also can't help but like Jack, who's so level-headed. He knew that there's no such thing as the
'beast.' And there's nothing he can do to stop the mayhem that Ralph has created. Even though he was elected as chief in the beginning, no one would listen to him now with Ralph as the new leader of the 'hunters.' And Ralph hated how Jack always sided with Piggy. Ralph's tribe always hunted for food while Jack was given the food by Ralph's cronies.
Lord of the Files is a totally barbaric story about boys who would stop at nothing to attain their mission, which is to 'kill the beast,' their enemy whether it be the strange thing on the island or Jack.
I highly don't recommend this movie.

Runaways

I'm so mad over the Runaways!

Watchin' their movie starring Kirsten Stewart & Dakota Fanning had something to do with it....
But listening to their music online made me a true fan of the Runaways. I wish I was a fan of 'em back when they were popular, then I could've collected all those mememorbilia/souvenirs of theirs. I wish I was a group, then I could've known them up-close n' personal.

IMHO, they were true teen punk rockers They were the prob'ly the 1st girl punk girl punk group. You go, girls!

Rock n' Roll, girls! Rock Long Rock Hard.

They prob'ly started the grrrl riot! Way to go, girls!

Body Image Obssession

What is it with our culture about body image?! If we don't look a certain way, we get criticize for it.
If we're too fat, we're obsese or overweight. Or if we're too thin, we're considered bulimic or anorexic; EATING DIORDER ALERT!

What w/ Sara Rue losing 50 lbs thru Jenny Craig and Alison Sweeney losing 30 lbs.-and many more celebs losing wt left and right-I know it's healthy and all that but people think it's unhealthy too thin or too fat. What will become of us? Yeah, sure, Sara Rue snagged herself a man as she was losing all those wt and is planning a May wedding and Ali is no longer bingeing on sweets so there's a plus side to it.

But we still think of body image as being the end-all and be-all, so if we let loose or, fall of the wagon so to speak, once in a while it's not like we'll die, slight exaggeration. I guess people lose weight for health reasons. But if they just want to lose wt to impress people, it so ain't alright cos they'll turned bulimic or anorexic. If they're fat, they should maintain their wt to reasonable wt. And if they are already healthy, they should eat fruits and veggies and exercises as often as they can.

Zsa Zsa Gabor Hospitalized w/ Pneumonia

Zsa Zsa Gabor, 94, hospitalized w/ pneumonia. She's at this age where she's suffering from a whole buncha aliments. Poor dear. I hope she survives. (I'm surprised she's even alive!) I hope she pulls thru!

She feels with Elizabeth Taylor's death, a whole era has ended... And in a way, it has. She feels her death is impending, that any minute she'll croak. Kinda bleak, dontcha think?



Update: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Named Their Fraternal Twins! Ooh La La!

Mariah "Mimi' Carey and Nick Cannon have finally named their fraternal twins! Baby girl, Monroe Cannon, who weighed in at 5 lbs 3 oz, and baby boy Moroccan Scott Cannon, who weighed 5 lbs 6 oz. Monroe Cannon wasn't given a middle name cos mama Mariah doesn't have one-she was named after Marilyn Monroe, being a big fan of her (she has her white piano). Moroccan Scott Cannon's first name was inspired by papa Nick's proposal (Nick asked Mariah to marry him in the Moroccan Room on the top tier on Mariah's apt in NYC.) Moroccan's middle name is papa Nick's middle name and maiden name of Nick's grandmother.

Will the kids be under the glare of the paparazzi? Or will they be allowed to lead normal lives?

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Have Twins

Yesterday Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have fratenal twins-a girl and a boy. The girl came 1st, followed by her brother. Well the happy couple hadn't named their babies yet but they are happy. Who wouldn't be?!
The twins were born on their parents' 3rd anniversary. What a great way to spend their anniversary! For years to come, they'll be celebrating both their anniversary and the birth of their babies! What a happy occasion!

Danielle Steel's Mirror Image

This is my second Danielle Steel novel I've read so far. The 1st one was not so good; this one, however, is terrific! I've also read her memoir about her son. :(
Anyway, without further ado, I present to you-Mirror Image!
This novel takes place during the turn of the century (20th century). When horses are being abandoned for cars and there were rich people everywhere you turn (Astors, Rockefellers, etcera). It was just after the Titanic sank
Identical twins Olivia 'Ollie' and Victoria Henderson were living the high life. Whenever one's in pain, the other knows it. Since their mother died giving birth to 'em-Victoria thought she killed their mother since she came out eleven minutes later than Olivia-Olivia had been taking care of their father and the house while Victoria had been out acting wild, joining the sufragettes. Victoria also stole their father's car once.
A new lawyer, Charles Dawson, had started working for their father. After hearing his story, Olivia became quite smitten with him. His wife died on the Titanic while his son Geoffrey was put on a lifeboat; it left the kid very traumatized. Charles had to take care of him.
Soon there was business to attend to in New York, where they have a place. They invited everyone and anybody. Victoria became smitten with Toby Whitticomb, a guy with rep for using and abusing women. Although Olivia and their father was discussing it before the party, Victoria paid no heed.
Victoria bought everything Whitticomb said: that he was in a loveless marriage, and that he was gonna leave his wife (an Astor, yeah right) and that they're on the verge of divorce, etcera. They even bunked up in a country house. Victoria, how gullible are you?, lost her virginity to Whitticomb. For 2 months, they shacked up in the country house until her father's lawyer, Charles Dawson, heard Whitticomb bragged about his latest conquest: that the Victoria was the one who seduced him and all those lies kept on coming. At that time, Whitticomb's wife was pregnant with their 4th child. So Victoria confronted him and boy! was he cruel to her. Right after that time, she fell off her horse and miscarried her baby (yes, the baby with Whitticomb). Olivia knew Victoria was in trouble cos she felt her pain like knife stabbing at her. Victoria was hemorrhaging twice. Maybe she had twins?  so bad she had to be taken to the hospital. After she came back from the hospital, their father made arrangements for her to get married to Charles Dawson to regain  her self-respect, to save her rep and her fam's rep.
Before they got married, they met Geoffrey, Charles' son, whom Olivia got really close to. No one, including their own father couldn't tell the twins apart except Bertie, the woman who was like a surrogate mother to the twins  Now with Geoffrey in their lives, he could also tell the twins apart. Olivia even shown him how to tell the twins apart: a freckle on their palm of their hand.
Charles and Victoria's marriage was a loveless one. Whenever Charles tried to get close to her, she wouldn't accept him b/c she didn't love him. She would shake Finally he gave up. They fought day after day using words. Victoria wanted to go to all those suffragettes' meetings while Charles wanted Victoria to stay and run the house and take care of Geoffrey. She wasn't the domestic type; it was up more Olivia's speed, that's why Victoria always ended up asking for her sister's help.
Victoria couldn't take being trapped in this so-called marriage anymore. So she decided to jump ship, so to speak. It was right after WWI. She wanted to be part of the war. She had been going to meetings about the war. Ever since she left Europe (cos she and Charles were there for their honeymoon), she wanted to take part in the war effort.  She decided to switch places with Olivia.  Her plan was pretend that Olivia had taken off California while she goes off to Europe to help in the trenches or whatever. 'Victoria' (in fact it was gonna be Olivia) was gonna stay with Charles and Geoffrey while 'Olivia' (in fact is was gonna be Victoria) was gonna go to Europe.
So Victoria (under the guise of Olivia) set sail on the Lusitania (big mistake-it's gonna be torpedo by the Germans Anyway things at home are going well until the Lusitania got torpedo. Olivia felt Victoria drowning cos Victoria was drowning. (But this is fiction, so Victoria survived.) She felt well enough to send a telegram to Olivia. Olivia was so overjoyed that she surprised Charles who can't tell one twin from another so he thought that Victoria was in his bed, not Olivia-WRONG-that they made love that very night.
Meanwhile in Europe, Victoria finally found out where she was needed. At first it was a lil overwhelming. But she ended up finding a new love, Edouard, along with a few new friends. Life behind the scenes was grueling. Helping out the dying and wounded was hardwork. Sometimes endlessly long. But she managed to tough it out. Edouard and Victoria were joined at the hip. She drove his cars.  She also slept with him.
Unbeknownst to each other, the twins were pregnant at the same time. They even gave birth at the same timee. Victoria gave birth to a darling baby boy  whom she named Olivier. and Olivia named her identical twins Elizabeth and Victoria. Life was good until...
Victoria got injured by a sniper while Edouard got killed.  Olivia and Charles came down to see her. They told him that they switched places. He was furious. But in the end, he forgave Victoria. He let her rest in peace. Olivia saw her sister one last time before she died. Riding on the cruise on the way home, Charles and Olivia got married.
With Victoria's death, Olivia felt a part of her missing.

My criticism on the book? Well I kinda like it, esp. the part where have twin ESP, knowing when one's in trouble or whatever. Do twins really have ESP?! Remains to be seen. Wish I had a twin. Twins are never alone. They always have each other through thick n' thin; they stick by each other no matter what.
And I also like the fact it takes place pre-WWI and during WWI-love history!

Sweet Valley Confidential

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

Caveat: this is a sort of review

There were lots of flashbacks points of views, y' know how everybody sees everything from their perspective. and misrepresentations of characters, that is the characters were all mixed up. For example, Bruce Patman and the twins were not in the same class and Amy Sutton, who was MIA in Sweet Valley Confidential, was Elizabeth's one of Elizabeth best friends in elementary school-her other best friend was Julie Porter (besides Jessica, her younger twin sister by 4 minutes, not Enid Rollins; Enid was Elizabeth's best friend in high school.  Although Winston wasn't a complete ladies' man during his school days, he was an all-around nice guy. What happened to him? Did all that money really went to his head? Did having all that money turned him into a total douchebag? As Sweet Valley Confidential didn't covered, he did have his share of GFs during his school days: remember Maria Santelli in Sweet Valley High and Denise Waters in Sweet Valley University. Even though it's fiction, some of the stuff that happened in Sweet Valley  Confidential is unbelievable. How come it takes when you're almost 30 to find out if you're gay (in Steven Wakefield's case)? People mostly find out if they're gay when they're in their teens. Jessica stealing another girl's guy I can believe, especially Todd cos she had her eye on him since the 1st book of the Sweet Valley High series. One person who's MIA is Amy Sutton, Elizabeth's best friend in elementary school and one of Jessica's best friend along with Lila Fowler in high school. Jocks exceed my expectations since I didn't know that Todd can write; he's more the action type than the word type, meaning he uses actions to express himself rather than use words. Typical jock. But a writer? No way. Maybe I'm just stereotyping. I might've think that Elizabeth got Todd that job at the newspaper office covering sports.

Real Estate Market Downsizing

A lil piece of pop culture is being put on market. :(

Sad but true.

The Beverly Hills 90210 pad is being put on market for $9 mill!  Why isn't it a historic landmark? Maybe b/c it's only used as a prop for a TV show and wasn't a period piece. Maybe they should change the rules. How about that? 

I wonder who'll buy it for $9 mill. Some rich sap. I wonder who can afford to buy it in this economy. I wonder how long it'll be on the market. We'll just have to wait n' see, won't we?!

Let's Have Fun!

Our girl Brit-Brit is back!

She's in tip-top form! And she's back in the game! Lemme paraphrase her latest song, let's have fun as the world ends! Let's not worry about the next apocalytic happenin', let's just enjoy what we have together!

I so love Brit-Brit! Forget what I said about her being a vapid airhead or that I've a love-hate relationshhip w/ her-I always admired her and wanted to be like her and realize I couldn't so I guess I was sorta kinda jealous of her (as with every single Young Hollywood celeb like Paris & Nicky Hilton, Jessica & Ashlee Simpson, Nicole Richie, need I say more?) I so wanted to be like Brit-Brit. How can she carry off an outfit like she usually wears and still look stunning?  I specially like how she's dancing w/ all those eye candy. Terrifc, isn't it?! All in good form! Good times! Good times!



Sweet Valley Confidential

In a few short hours, Sweet Valley Confidential will be released to the world!
I can't hardly wait to get it so that I could read it! I read some spoilers-surprises lie in wait!
SVC should be a fun read for the newbies and the people who have been waiting in anticipation.

RIP Pop Culture Icon Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)

Pop culture icon Elizabeth Taylor has passed away early this morning at the ripe old age of 79. She left an indelible mark on all of us (that is, the people who knew her) She was part of Old Hollywood. She was the classiest of all of them. Watching clips of her movies, I get a sense that she's an awesome actress in her own right. She out-class Young Hollywood.  My main goal now is to watch every last one of her movies. The entire world-and those who only know her personal, private life that she had married 7 times, twice to Richard 'Dick' Burton and only knew her from her many illnesses she battled- girl's a true fighrer thru n' thru-mourns for her death, not only cos she was a film screen queen but she was a true humanitarian.

As news of Elizabeth Taylor's death come in, I have this ominous feeling of death. If the legendary Elizabeth Taylor can died, what would happened to the rest of us? I wish I was immortal. In a way, Elizabeth Taylor has been immortalized through her acting and humanitarian work. But me, what do I have to be immortalized for when I died? What kind of legacy can I leave behid?



Rock of Ages

Cooltastic!
So wish I was going! (Due to my lo funds, I won't be going. Sorry!)
Premise: 80s hair bands played to 80s music
You know, guys, how much I loooooove 80s music! If, by any chance you can score me some tickets, I would greatly appreciate it. I would like totally be in debt to you like forever!

Thanks!

Backstreet Boys & New Kids on the Block concert

It's not 2 separate concerts; it's 1 concert. The New Kids and Backstreet Boys (minus 1) is doing a concert TOGETHER! Can you believe it?!
The New Kids are like old men now and Backstreet Boys- who cares about 'em anymore?  They're so like totally washed-out. So I'll bet they won't sell-out their tour. 
People would rather Charlie Sheen than these two old men bands, but there are old geysers bands like the Rolling Stones, what's left of the Grateful Dead, what's left of the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
But the New Kids and Backstreet Boys fans are married with families of their own. Let's not even talk about their fans, let's talk about the 'boy' bands, they are married and have their own families. How would it look to their lil ones to have their daddies dancing around the stage, singing old songs that nobody cares for.
The new fans-what new fans?-don't even care for them, so why bother even having a joint concert?

A League of Their Own

 I've never watched this flick before today. Always wanted to. This flick, probably based on real-life events, took place during WWII. While men were at war, women did everything, including work in factories and also, lo and behold, playing baseball. No one would believe they could do it. I mean, they got laugh at at their very 1st game. But they believe in themselve. That's what's most important, believing in yourselves, not even their damn manager, Jimmy Dugan, played by Tom Hanks, believed in them. But they got real guts putting themselves out like that. Real gumption, I called it. Perservance paid off in the end. They got notice when they were in Life by one of the most popular players, Dotty, a real kickass catcher, but her kid sis, Kid,  was competing against her, so they traded Kid to another team. Kid's team won the World Series against Dotty.

Fast forward to present when the girls were the first ladies to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Kid and Dotty-the long-lost sisters were reunited etc and all the ballplayers reunited after many years apart.

At the end of the movie they show the gang aged. The real ladies. not the actors playing the ladies. They went back to their old hannting grounds to PLAY BALL!

Sweet Valley Confidential Countdown

So... 10 years have gone by
What has the decade been like for Liz and Jess Wakefield fiction-wise?
In my version,  Jess would've still be playing the field cause she's now a supermodel or maybe an A-list actress. Liz would be an editor of her own newspaper or maybe Sweet Valley News and be back with Jeffrey French; they're so perfect for each other-if they were back together, he would be her top photographer while she would be the editor-in-chief of the News.  If only... If only it happened that way. But it doesn't :(
Even though they've been thru thick and thin at SVH, Liz and Jess are now estranged Liz has run away again, but this time, she doesn't want to go back. Maybe too many bad memories?
Only time will tell.
All of these questions will be answered (I hope so!) within a little more than 10 days.

All About Sex and Body Image

Oooh la la, this blog entry will be about body image and the most taboo of topics-SEX!
Why is most if not all of American culture so concerned with body image? Huh?
I mean, Hollywood has this image that everyone should be size 0 for females, which causes people to turn to eating disorders, whether it's bulimic or anorexic. They turn to plastic surgery-Botox, liposuction, breast implants & lip enhancement-makes them look fake. Why can't they age naturally? People also want to look perfect-exercising in a gym (IMHO, gyms aren't beneficiary b/c nobody gets fresh air; they just stay inside exercising. Granted they lose calories. But don't exercise machines run on electricity? So I thought we trying to save the planet, not ourselves. If you need exercise and wanna save the planet, go to the great outdoors and take a hike (I mean esercise-wise, not get lost) or  take a walk or go for a jog in the park. In short, you can just commune with nature.
sex, Sex, SEX!!! All the TV shows I watch lately.... and all the 80s and 90s movies had a theme: sex! Kids who watched those movies condone those actions they see on TV and movies b/c the actors/actresses are their 'role models.' Some 'role models.' Isn't a role model supposedly set a good example, not a bad one? Movies from the 80s and 90s show kids not only into sex but also high (on life!) and on drugs. Remember the Ashton Kutcher movie Dude, Where's My Car? and Dazed and Confused among others. Now life imitate art b/c a lot of celebs are totally into drugs w/ no consequences of their actions. They've lot of stoner movies lately. Remember the scandals of Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse? Young Hollywood are the kids' idols, which they shouldn't be b/c they set a bad example. The celebs doing drugs make it okay for our kids to do drugs, get high, act stupid. Acting stupid may include losing your virginity w/o knowing what you're doing because the liquor or drugs are controlling you.
A lot of teen shows (excluding Disney Channel) I watch are about sex:getting laid, getting drunk, getting hung over. Why the focus on teen sex? There is rise in teen pregnancies, as a result of teen sex. In the teen dramedy, Secret Life of American Teenager, at the beginning of the show, one girl is a slut (why is it when a girl sleeps around they're called a slut, whore, or easy or other derogatory names, but when a boy sleeps around it is okay? So much for equality.), another guy got another girl pregnant, but she doesn't even like him; it was only a one-night stand. There's also a Christian girl who is tempted by sex. First it starts with kissing, then it ends up in sex.  The kids are not the only ones w/ problems: the parents have their own problems. which include infidelity and mayhem. (okay, maybe not mayhem but infidelity for sure)
Why is sex besides violence a major theme in the mass media?
Maybe it shows how much one love each other
Or deceive each other (infidelity, not telling the person they're with that they have STDs)
Most people don't do sex for love although I believe it should be reserved for love
Some people do it because of peer pressure
Or because of the need to do it for money (ie.:prostitution)
People should never misuse sex-it's a dangerous weapon
It should only be used in the name of love

Love forever and evermore

Fighter

The Fighter may be a good movie in some people's opinion, but not mine.
This movie helps me remember why I hate boxing. Once upon a time I enjoy watching boxing. Watching this boxing movie helps me remember why I hate boxing-because of the blood, sweat & gore but there is glory.
Maybe it won all those Oscars for the violence (during the boxing scenes) or quite possibly it won 'cuz it had so much profanity. Nowadays,the more profanity you have in your movie, the more likely you'll win an Oscar.
As for the violent boxing scenes, it looks damn real to me-all that blood gushing out his face, but I know for a fact that ain't real. Hollywood can be so realistic sometimes.
The Fighter is based on a true story about two brothers who want to be boxing champs. While the older one's a trainer, the younger one's the champ.


As for me, I much prefer wrestling, I know it's like boxing b/c it's violent, but hand-on-hand combat. It's much more barbaric. It's no holds bar.There's no blood, sweat, or gore like boxing. You can do whatever you damn well pls. thank you very much. I just love it when the ladies, ahem, tomboys take on each other. In wrestling, there are absolutely no rules.
Wrestling may be barbaric, but it beats being injured in boxing. But still you get injured in any sport even wrestling. Wrestling may be barbaric, but at least I don't have to be there to watch it: it's a spectator sport like boxing.

Stay safe in life

Famous Connies

Connie Haines (1921-2008) a song-and-dance girl makes another famous Connie for the older generation...
First there's Connie Francis, Connie Stevens, Connie Chung, Connie Britton and I'll bet there are others
There are quite a few authors named Connie, a coupla w/ hard-core muscular men on their covers. They said you can read a book by its cover. Boy can they!
Didja know that the nickname for people w/ the name Conrad, Constance, Constantine, Conn, Anacani is/was Connie?
Enter:Here's another famous Connie to be reckon w/: Connie Cyndi Chu the world-famous blogger!

The Future is Here: Television will be Obsolete

With all the TV shows now online, who needs TV?
I think in a coupla of years it'll be obsolete. People'll prefer online TV over the real thing. Now they can watch shows they missed and videos (MTV or Vh1 doesn't show videos anymore; they show reality shows more often than not.) People can watch old shows on TV but there's a wider selection online.
So more power to the internet! Thank the internet gods!

Justin Bieber's Pray

JB's latest single's video Pray is so very touching. It shows him visiting the wounded soldiers and the sick children. He gave those soldiers and kids a little hope. As the title of his docu,mentary of his movie goes, Neve Say Never, meaning never give up, never give up trying. Preserverance (like the Giants) is the key. I know a lot of celebs do charity work-use your celebrity status for good not for evil (like Paris Hilton & Lindsay Lohan) Well good for him. Never give up. Never give up hope in this human rat race.

Time Machine

If I could go back in time to any decade, it would be the 80s cuz the 80s rock.
When I get there, I wish time would stay still-stay frozen forever
Those were the happiest days of my life-
Not only did pop culture rock, but we kids were with our (maternal) grandparents-God I miss hanging out with you, Grams
Music-Madonna, Expose, Cover Girls, Stacy Q, Bangles, Michael & Janet Jackson, Joan Jett, Bobby Brown, Pebbles, Mariah Carey, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, Cyndi Lauper, New Edition you name I love it!
TV-A-Team, Mission Impossible, Punky Brewster-Punky Power!, Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers, Airwolf,  Diff'rent Strokes,  Facts of Life, Double Trouble I watched all action shows w/ Grams and all sitcoms by myself

Fall from Grace of La Linds (Lindsay Lohan)

Our girl, Lindsay Lohan, has outdone herself this time. Charged with felony grand theft for stealing a necklace (she said they loaned it to her, can't you believe? Like anyone would ever loan anything to Lindsay), she can go no further. How lo can she go? ( No pun intended.)
And she's just got thru rehab-which help little for her cause. She didn't even try to rid of her bad vibes (clubbing till the wee hours of the morn, taking drugs to get the hi she needed cuz one movie failed after another-I got thing to say to you, girl. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER. and also hanging out w/ the wrong crowd-like this crowd that cause her to steal.)
She used to have such great potential to be a rising star in Hollywood-yup, that place of glitz n' glamour, but it all came crashing down when she became too famous-her ego inflated, got overwhelmed w/ the glamour-she went clubbing-and it went in over her head, couldn't handle to the fame. She used to be Hilary Duff's rival. Whereas Hilary Duff could handle the fame, Lindsay couldn't. :(

Natalie Portman Engaged & Pregant

Life just doesn't any better for NatPort! What a year 2010 has been for our girl! Not only has she won the Golden Globe for Black Swan! (Have y'all heard of it?) Been a long time comin'! She's a wonderful actress (ever since the Star Wars prequels)!

Not only that, she got engaged and is pregnant (Yep, he's the baby daddy) with the choreographer in the Black Swan flick, Benjamin Millepied. They met last year. Quite a year for our girl here! They're gonna have a lil Ben or a lil Natalie soon! What exciting news!

Update: Michael Jackson's death

MJ's doctor is on trial for his death. The charge is manslaughter. Of course, he pleads not guilty.

el Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, administered a dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and other sedatives, then left the pop singer unmonitored.  His doctor ordered 100s of bottles of propofol b4 MJ's death. Investigators said his doctor acted outside the standard of medical care when he administered propofol and failed to provide proper care.  Also, according to MJ's bodyguard, the 'good' (more like 'evil') doc didn't know how to do CPR the morn to his dying patient.

Also, the doctor's medical license was suspended in the areas he practiced which included Houston & Las Vegas. If convicted  he will served up to 4 yrs in jail.

IMHO, he shouldn't even be tried because he wasn't the one who asked for the pills. Michael Jackson was the one who asked for it. Why can't they just let sleeping dogs lie? Or in this case, the dead rest in peace? Let Michael Jackson rest in peace!!

Lifestyle of Rich and Famous (and Infamous)

I wish...
Wishing upon a star (taken from a song)
I was rich,
          spoiled (to be honest, I'm already that-cause I'm the baby of the fam so I get spoiled a lot
                        plus, I always was a brat to my fam)
          elite
          glam
          fashionista (right now, my wardrode leaves a lot to be desired)
          have everything handed to me-boys, boys, boys-there's eye candy, but how about arm candy?
                                                          bling, bling
                                                          sports cars (ie.; Lamborghini, Ferrari, etc
         I paid people to be at my beck n' call

Live life in the lap of luxury- wining n' dining without a care in the world. Being spoied by the people, mostly men, who are at my every beck and call. Mixing it up with the rich and famous (and sometimes infamous) wearing the latest and sometimes the clothing lines that came straight from the catwalk. No expense is too great or small because when you're rich, you seriously can splurge, splurge all you want! Speaking of splurging, you can live where you want, whether it's in the Hollywood Hills in LA or Fifth Avenue in NYC. Speaking of traveling, being rich means you get to travel to undiscovered unknown lands (exaggeration 'cuz all the lands have been discovered already)
But being rich n' famous has its price: there's no privacy always being criticize for this or that (for choice of boy/girl friends, being too skinny or too fat) being too much or too little of one thing or another. The lifestyle of the rich n' famous isn't all its cracked up to be. The privacy issue is a hairy issue-it's a 'don't even go there' zone. If you're rich and famous (and infamous) you get in-your-face attention from the paps or paparazzi.
Consolation prize: you get money and world-renowned recognition (not to mention to the high-priced mansions!)
Bad side; Paparazzi and no more privacy-when you've become famous you give up your right to privacy

Theodore Dreiser The Titan

Set in the late 1800s, this book is basically about a multi-millionarie who wants to monopolize Chicago thru underhanded scheming. Corruption mayhem ensues! (An interesting factoid: Did you know that Springfield and not Chicago was the capital?) Anyway, all the newspapers turn against this dude, Cowperwood (Have ever heard of such a name before?) are against him cuz not only is he a crookekd politican but he fools around w/ those men's daughters and wives (Can you believe it women weren't even allowed to vote or run for office?) Anyway, Cowperwood and his cronies bribe the politcos like this: if you pass this bill/ ordinance or whatever, you get paid 'under the table.' Somehow the newspapers get wind of this lil info and bang! they're all against him!
As for his private life, he was married while in jail. But another girl, Aileen, visits him often and that's what starts the romance. And then he ends up divorcing the 1st Mrs. Cowperwood in favor of Aileen. But along the way, he finds Aileen not up to his standards, so he decides to play the field, but it stirs the ire of the husbands, fathers, et al, who turns the newspapers against him. (They try to be honest, but is there such a thing as a honest politician? I think not! I think that's an oxymoron.) Still, he forms his own alliances although he is underhanded at it, scheming his way to the top. (You don't get to the top by being nice to people!) Most of his schemes involves bribery-he is rich; he can afford to give away his fortune in order to pass one or another bill or ordinance.
I won't get into detail because the politics way back when were way too complicated (and I don't want to give away the story), but let's just say he is defeated but he did finally find true love in a young woman by the name of Berenice Fleming, whose mother Mrs Carter owned a bachelor quarters in Louisville but Cowperwood made her moved to NY and they lived off his money. He first fell in love with her when he first saw her pix at her mother's in Louisville. When her beaux found out where she came from, they went screaming for the hills! (figuratively). They didn't want anything to do with her. After Cowperwood's public defeat, he looks like a better match for her. At first, she wants to make her own way in the world, understandably. (Women during this period didn't have much standing, not much position except in society.) Cowperwood helps Berenice in society, but after his public disgrace, he looks better and better since he alienate Aileen with his confession of love long gone. Aileen even attempts suicide after this confession. After his fall from grace, Cowperwood and Berenice spend his last years of his life in harmony. I don't know what happen to his enemies or Aileen but as they say: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Sorry for the repetitive in some spots, but I need to get my point across.

The reality of wrestling

My grandma loved wrestling but I stopped watching it cause it was too barbaric for my taste. But I recently took up with it again.
The question is: Is is real or not? People say the wrestling you do at the is real but the kind of wrestling you watch on TV (TNA Impact, WWE) is not real. But how could it be? I think wrestling as entertainment is real cause they get really hurt out there Wrestling as a sport is for wimps (sorry,  Olympic guys)
I prefer the chick wrestlers back in the day-remember Cyndi Lauper & Wendi Malick? Now there are more chick wrestlers-no holds bar! It may be barbaric, but hey, it's just entertainment
But in this violent society, we shouldn't allowed something so violent like wrestling to be our only form of entertainment. There are other ways (thank goodness!) of entertainment but kids (and maybe adults) will emulate these wrestlers like my brother who copied the wrestling technique after watching it on TV