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it's not my goal to use learn about it as a political platform but....



i have to give a thumbs up to john mccain for the desperate and ridiculous attempt to win the hearts of voters. what's up with the music at the end of that ad? the entire ad is centered around this doomsday idea that barack obama is too famous and then during the last 5 seconds the music changes to happy playland music and john mccains face and voice appear on screen endorsing the ad. the whole thing is so creepy.
i never thought i would give a thumbs up to john mccain, but his latest ad has made me change my mind. i love that his campaign thought it was a good idea to compare barack obama to brit brit and paris hilton. as though having people from every walk of life and in several different countries be excited for you is a bad thing! i welcome anything that shines a light on the changes that need to be made in our country.

thumbs down

r kelly is crazy...



thumbs down for r kelly and his craziness. what the hell is wrong with him? i've never been a huge fan or anything, but in the past i sort of understood why people liked him. now, i absolutely cannot understand why/how people are still fans of his. the way women react to him is crazy! it's beyond ridiculous that he was found innocent on those child porn charges not to mention that he's just so slimy and nasty towards women. it doesn't seem possible that the ladies would be down for him.
i think he's literally gone insane. trapped in the closet part one was a little bit out there but i was still able to find the humor in it; trapped in the closet part 2 was just uncomfortable to watch. his lack of shame regarding sex also makes me believe he's a bit nutty; his latest album is filled with sexual content. you'd think he'd lay low for a minute and work on creating a better image for himself. any way you look at it r kelly is horrible and is most deserving of his thumbs down status!!

why are we obsessed with taylor swift?

i am so confused - who is taylor swift and why is everyone in love with her? i decided to wikipeda her to find out.



apparently she's a country music super star. her first album went triple platinum; but to me she just looks like a girl who hasn't been told that the spiral perm is super out dated. the entertainment "news" shows are obsessed with her and apparently so is maxium; she was named number 52 on their sexiest women of '08 list. she's 18 years old with questionable style, how is that hot?! she goes to a christian high school and sold an album exclusively at wal-mart; maybe that's hot...? i don't know, i'm still confused.

the summer of reality

so i decided to have a lazy sunday afternoon and watch the hours of tv that have accumulated on my TIVO. after going through i realized the only shows on the air lately are reality shows. i've accepted that the reality show is the new wave of tv and i love it but it's getting to be a bit ridiculous, it seems like they will give anyone a show. some of these shows i love, some i can tolerate and others i just don't understand.

i could go on and on but here are just a few of the most recent shows to enter the reality craze:

date my ex: jo and slade is the newest summer reality show from bravo. it's the story of jo and slade from real housewives of the oc, they are no longer dating and he is helping her find her next great love. there's only been one episode so maybe i should give it another chance, but i don't understand why this show was made. first of all, the only good thing about jo and slade is that his name is slade smiley (best reality name ever!). other then that they are both whiny and annoying. they were so wrong for each other during the real housewives that's it's hard to imagine how they have even remained friends. everything about this show seems like pathetic attempt to get them back together so they can have yet another spin off show to extend their 15 minutes.

ashley paige: bikini or bust follows bikini designer/grassroots animal rescuer around in her quest to build her business. this is a show i can tolerate; i might even like it if ashley would stop wearing pigtails and acting helpless when it comes to business matters! she's supposed to be trying to make it in the fashion world. people in the fashion world are mean! they aren't going to take some girl in pigtails seriously. it's obvious that she's not totally helpless when it comes to business, she was able to build a brand of high end knit bikinis that celebs seem to enjoy. it would be more interesting and believable to watch her try and get a licencing deal or something. instead we watch her struggle to pay rent. ashley's mother is pretty funny, she's the narrator and her southern accent somehow makes the show more tolerable.

i figured i would hate tori and dean, home sweet hollywood, but i must admit i like it. tori spelling is really quite endearing. she's incredibly insecure, totally ocd and a huge worry wart, but in a cute way. she seems way more down to earth then i thought she'd be. now her poor husband on the other hand is a bit of a mess, he doesn't have many redeemable qualities but it is funny to see how tori is the boss of the household. i do think that dean is being genuine but he's even lower on the d list then kathy griffen and i think it's hard for him. their baby is just adorable so he makes up for dean's shortcomings.

finally we come to pam girl on the loose and while this show isn't even on yet i already can't stand it! i know i might eat my words later, it happens often with these damn reality shows but i really think this time i'll be right. i just don't understand why in the world does e! think we need to see any more of pamela anderson?? what is she possibly going to be doing that will fill up 25 minutes of airtime?? i saw a preview the other day and it looked like tommy lee was going to be on it as well! i feel very strongly that they need to stay away from each other and tv cameras; we've seen too much of them in the past.

thumbs down...

i have to give a big thumbs down to mariah carey. she's gone totally crazy...again. what is she doing with nick cannon!! i considered including him in my thumbs down, but he's probably having a great time and my issues with mariah run deeper then just nick cannon. for example, what's up with the butterflies? she's still trying to market perfume with a butterfly bottle. i thought we were over butterflies. she seems totally stuck in 2000.

let's discuss her and nick...
why are they married? they look so awkward together! it's like they are having trouble even acting like they "love" each other. well not so much nick, he looks stoked; he's having sex with a woman he's had a crush on since grammar school. mariah on the other hand looks a bit freaked out; like she knows she made the wrong choice and doesn't know how to get out of it.

normally i would be super happy for someone who has lost all that weight she has but she looks super strange and uptight. she looks like she is sucking in her stomach so much that she can barely breathe. she also doesn't seem comfortable with her new skinniness. what's the point of being skinny if you can't work it properly? tiny mini dresses, booty shorts and stripper heels is not working it, she's almost 40!

thumbs up....

shark week is back! and in celebration this week's thumbs up is about the week long series on the discovery channel dedicated to sharks. i love that shark week has entered the pop culture vernacular! everyone from nerds to nba athletes can't seem to get enough of it. it seems like such a random thing for people to go crazy over, it's supposed to be educational so it's not always super exciting.

i doubt that people are actually watching the show for it's educational value, but more to see poor unsuspecting swimmers narrowly escape the jaws of a great white. i agree that watching people get attacked by sharks is exciting however, i think it's more exciting to hear best week ever summarize it.

the cult of apple

lately i've been seeing this commercial for this really nice refrigerator made by samsung; it's got french doors and everything (apparently you can fit twice as much stuff in a fridge with french doors). it's about $2500, which seems like a lot of money to pay for a refrigerator made by the same people who made my last phone. now i have the iphone and it got me thinking, what would happen if apple put out a refrigerator? it would be so amazing, i bet people would line up for days in anticipation. it would probably be about $6000, but i wouldn't care i would still buy it! i don't even have space for a fancy fridge in my tiny nyc apartment but i would buy it anyway. there would obviously be a place for your ipod/iphone/apple tv etc; but just imagine how smart it would be - maybe they could figure out a way to go grocery shopping for you. it wouldn't surprise me; steve jobs is the smartest guy ever!

xoxo