Rihanna said that the reason she found the strength to leave Chris Brown was that she recognized that she was a role model and that she might save someone else’s life if they followed her example.
so she recognizes that she has influence… and then she says this (via people.com):
“They were for my boyfriend at the time,” Rihanna, 21, said, adding, “if you don’t send your boyfriend naked pictures, then I feel bad for him.”
now we know what the dog does all day…
i’m starting to get concerned that there isnt enough food… there will be anywhere from 3 to 13 people in our apartment on thursday. (though i’d guess there will be 6 for dinner… possibly more for apps or dessert) aside from only having 8 chairs and 8 of each type of wine glass, i’m worried about the food…
the plan:
aside from the real turkey & the brussels sprouts, this is the basic meal that i made for 4 people last year… i’m not making the dishes bigger - i’d rather add more variety instead… I’m contemplating adding braised cippolini onions to the mix… is there anything else i’m forgetting???
I’m starting to think i’m the only person in the world who doesnt like bourbon… why do i keep seeing bourbon all over the place? a year ago, i didnt know anyone remotely close to my age who drank bourbon but now i fear i’ve been left behind.
am i that lame or am i just that old?
Daily Lovely - Initial Ring, $12
This is a perfect gift for the lady in your life that leaves you scratching your head during the gift giving season. The script is fabulous and so is the price, and with the influence of moniker wearing fashionistas (Lauren Conrad, Carrie Bradshaw, etc) this is a sure to please gift for every gal. I’d even get her two - one for her first name and one for her last - to be worn together, obviously.
ok… i’ve learned to embrace leggings and boots… (and really, all i want to do is throw away my whole wardrobe and wear big, black cardiganish sweaters with black leggings and funky boots - so i’ve REALLY embraced it) but do i really have to learn to re-embrace yellow gold initial rings too????? say it isnt so!
though will seem awfully intelligent of me having hung on to my bigass K for all of these years if they truly have made that much of a comeback… however, it will also justify my packrattedness and really, the only person who benefits from that is manhattan mini-storage…
my mom just emailed this to me…i think she is trying to tell me something.
I just got a call from a woman from the State of New York. Seems the people who used to do my taxes didn’t bother to respond to her several phone calls and letters regarding the filing fee for an old LLC of mine. Which they were supposed to have dissolved a few years ago. And never did.
So, in addition to the $2,500 filing fee, with penalties and interest I owe $4,000+.
Awesome.
Anyway, the woman was actually nice about it and mentioned that she’d called me as a last ditch effort to avoid having to put a lien on my bank accounts. Which was cool of her. We worked it out and everything is now settled.
But still. To not respond?
Nice.
I think I just learned a hard lesson about not doing business with your friends. It’s better to keep the two separate. Sure, you should be friendly with people you do business with and those relationships with can develop into friendships, but I don’t think it can work the other way around.
so, that totally sucks but i have to disagree with your hard lesson… I think the lesson is to have better friends. As someone who used to do taxes, I cannot imagine any scenario where i would have let that happen to one of my family or friends…
What I Wore Down the Aisle: On a lot of my newest favorite sites (all wedding, of course), they have things divided by ‘Real Weddings’, ‘DIY Weddings’ and ‘Budget Weddings’.
1. Aren’t all weddings real? Or is this just a way to say they aren’t models?
2. I guess they aren’t mutually exclusive, but when I think DIY, I also think budget. Or maybe when I think budget, I think DIY.
3. Even though I’m on one (who isn’t!?) I hate the word budget.
I’m fairly certain that the word ‘budget’ was invented to make people planning weddings feel badly about themselves… dont worry, you become immune to it fairly quickly…
Also, i’ll assume you already have this site bookmarked but if not, anyone planning a wedding should visit kvetch.indiebride.com. It is a great resource for ideas, projects, vendor reviews, etc. without budget judgement.
An open letter to Stephen Colbert from Miracle Whip, as seen in this morning’s amNewYork:
Dear Mr. Colbert,
Recently on your show, you tapped into a sore spot in our nation’s psyche: the eternal struggle between mayonnaise and Miracle Whip. And surprisingly, for a man of your impeccable intellect, you’ve chosen the wrong side. A side doomed to a painful, drawn-out, utter and complete defeat. Like the Plantagenets in the Hundred Years’ War. Or whichever on was the cat in “Tom and Jerry.”
Mr. Colbert, we found your attacks a little harsh, occasionally funny, and at times, wholly inaccurate (for the record, our target is 18-35, not 34). But unlike most advertisers who are so mayo, who would back down at the slightest whiff of controversy, and pull their advertising from not just your show but from your entire network and all its sister entities – we intend to do the opposite.
On Thursday, November 12, we will dominate the airspace on your show. With every commercial break, your viewers will be exposed to hardcore Miracle Whip attitude and revelry. You will see our legion of (as you call them) “mayonay-sayers” snarfing sandwiches topped with our one-of-a-kind flavor in a very cool and totally hip way. They will be in your face and massively dope. It goes without saying, they WILL NOT TONE IT DOWN. And you will begin to see the soft, bland white walls of the mayo empire begin to collapse under the weight of its own whipped-egg pretentiousness.
Think about it, Mr. Colbert. In a sense, we will own you.
We’re on a mission. We’re taking no prisoners.
We’re raising Hell, man.
THE BOLD MARKETING TEAM AT MIRACLE WHIP
I don’t like mayonnaise or miracle whip, but this is amazing.
do you think it hurt demi when the chopped out a square chunk of her thigh?
also, who, exactly, thought that DEMI MOORE was too fat and needed photoshopping????
Action Park was a waterpark/motor themed park open from 1978 to 1996 in Vernon Township, New Jersey, on the property of the former Vernon Valley / Great Gorge ski area, today Mountain Creek. Its popularity went hand in hand with a reputation for poorly-designed, unsafe rides; inattentive, under-aged, underpaid and sometimes under-the-influence employees; equally intoxicated and under-prepared visitors—and the poor safety record that followed from this perfect storm of circumstances. (via Ed)
There’s a hilarious section of volume two of Weird New Jersey devoted to this theme park. It’s well worth reading. I never went there as a kid, but I remember seeing the TV commercials.
Action Park was an awesome adventure in ‘who’s coming home the most injured?’
None of these happened the same day, but my recollection of action park is…
I sprained my tailbone, my sister hit her head on a slide and couldnt breathe for the rest of the tunnel, my dad fell out of his tube into the rapids and landed on the grating (the day after he did it, someone else did the same thing and died!) and my best friend ended up with a roadrash from the alpine slide. We also had our clothes & towels stolen out of a locker.
yet it was totally the most fun place ever!
22% of new yorkers cant read… so lets confuse them even more…
Have you ever looked at a person and known there was a connection there? Your heart skips a beat,
Well… way-back-when in 2004 I had that spark with a boy I worked with. I swear he felt it too. We became fast friends, but nothing ever happened… I was convinced it was because he thought I was too fat; he liked me, but simply thought I was too fat for him to pursue anything further than friends.
Well… lo and behold I received a message from said boy who “stumbled across my profile recently and just wanted to let [me] know, [i] look great” umm whhhhaaattt the effff? and then it continued to awkwardly ask me out.
Again, ummm whhhhhhaaaat?
I find myself in a predicament… do I go on a date with someone who thinks I’m only good enough for him now that I’ve lost weight? Or tell him to peace out, because if I wasn’t good enough for him when I was a fatty, he’s not good enough for me now that I’m a partial-fatty?The obvious choice is to move on, but let’s be honest here… we all do it. I’ve even done it… so I don’t really want to hold it against him.
Sigh, oh the joys of being
fatchubby lady.
100% tell him to forget it. because it will always be in the back of your mind.
I’ve gone up and down more times than i can possibly count and, as a result, have always pretty much hated the people i met when i looked my best because i always secretly suspected that they would not have liked me when i wasnt my best. probably because, early on, one of them actually came out and said it - that he hadnt been interested in me prior because i was heavier back then… and i dont need that.
in a weird, twisted way, i’m happy that i got engaged when i was pretty close to my worst, weight-wise… because i never worry why he wants to be with me or if he’d be the kind of guy who’d break up with me if i got fat after having kids or something…
