fashion police woman: tourist edition

i could spend all my time taking pics of and writing posts about the fashion faux pas regularly committed by tourists: the tube socks pulled up to the mid-calf; the huge fanny packs (which seem to be worn in the front, so "fanny pack" is a misnomer); an FBI/CIA/Witness Protection Program sweatshirt; the bright orange DC Ducks day-pass chest stickers long after their tour ended, etc. i have thus far kept my mouth shut, but this was just one i couldn't resist.

on first glance, there's not a lot negative about the image. but on further inspection...wow.

ok, #1: this dude has one hand that's out of commission, but with with his free hand, he's carrying the ginormous, heavy bag that the girlfriend decided needed to be schlepped around town. so, that bothered me. but that's not really a fashion faux pas; that's more of an example of a total bitch being lazy and making her boyfriend look like a wuss. (maybe the weight of the purse was hurting her cankles?)

#2: as i passed by the lovely couple (slow, slow walkers-- another total tourist thing), i noticed that the girl had on pantyhose. i know you can't see 'em, but trust me! oh, and this is the kicker: i never would have noticed that she had on pantyhose if it werent for the run all the way up the side of her left leg. i can't think anything to say after that. sorry...

my excuse for being out of touch...

i've been MIA b/c i've been helping gary, host of the gary pigg talk show, with his blog. check it out. i'll be back soon, i swear.

xoxox,
MPL

been a long time....

as usual, i've started a bunch of posts and never finished them. i'm too long-winded (shocker) and they just get away from me. another reason is that i have been helping my gary pigg with his new blog, the gary pigg talk show. check it out!

EXACTLY!!!

i am so pissed that i didn't write this....

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Suck it, Beyonce

Etta James fucking ROCKS. she slammed beyonce for singing HER song at the inauguration; etta even went as far as to say "i can't stand beyonce." woot, there it is!

the diva has spoken

come to think of it, why didn't etta sing the song herself inauguration night?? if she were dead, then bubblebutt could fill in, but what a bitch-slap for etta not to have been asked.

then again, i think i heard etta say something about that not being her president, so maybe she needs a smack in the skull, but i still LOVE what she said about SASHA FIERCE. ah...it's the little things in life.

btw, i wonder what etta was TRULY thinking at the premiere of cadillac records?? ("gimme some of that grey goose and get this bitch off me!"?)

me likey...

...the state farm commercial with the young girl (maybe 7 yrs) who asks her dad to borrow the car so she can go to the movies with her friends "kathy and dylan..." "yes, dad; dylan." love it!!




unless you're ridiculously clueless, you know within the first 5 seconds of this spot that the well-spoken, cute, young lass we see asking for the car keys is merely representing how her father still sees his now adolescent daughter who (yikes) has her license.

regardless of the cliches and obviousness of the ad, me likey. well done...

still in bed together...

ah, bravo and nbc, it's the affair to remember. although you make a super-cute couple, and i like that you cover so beautifully for one another (i.e., i can see repeats of NBC shows on Bravo), the cross-marketing is getting ridiculous. and don't even start me on the product placement.

just as reported in summertime lovers, the networks are once again hot and heavy this season. both the biggest loser and top chef had super bowl challenges this week. funny, because the super bowl was no where near happening when these episodes were filmed; top chef-testants are wearing shorts and t's as they run around nyc, so we know it ain't anytime recently. oh....wait a second. hmmmm... the super bowl is on NBC, right? and the super bowl is THIS sunday, right?! aw, how cute is that? nbc and bravo are such a supportive couple!

so, there's THAT -- the blatant plug for the networks' other shows -- but are they for reals with the product placement???? it's enough that they go over the top about the Glad products, and the Kenmore kitchen, and the Quaker oats, and the Domino sugar, etc, but tom callicio can't be proud of the forced use of DIET DR. PEPPER in a challenge. i love me some DDP, but i don't COOK with it. i don't cook with Velveeta or SPAM, either! are they trying to find the next TOP CHEF, or the next racheal ray?? [excuse me while i vomit] or maybe just the next advertiser. sigh.

biggest loser: each week is now TWO hours. not only b/c they can't find a good show to fill the 9 - 10 spot on tuesdays, but b/c they fluff the shows up with so much damn product placement that they need an extra hour! all that time Bob or Jillian spends going over how to make a healthy meal, it is only for the purposes of product placement. they never used to do this and, although the tips are helpful, the networks need not add another 60 minutes-worth of this show. 24 hour fitness; gatorade; glad; jell-o; fiber one; kraft; etc. I GET IT!!!! oh, and the "celebrity chef," curtis stone? i am aware that he has a show on TLC, but the history of this love affair has made me very paranoid about the alterior motives involved here. is curty getting a show on Bravo? or, is bravo owned by TLC/discovery? no.... so, is this an innocent relationship, or is there something sordid going on with mr. stone and nbc/bravo?

i'm shocked that the various versions of real housewives doesn't place products yet. it can be like the truman show. all of a sudden, in the midst of one of their cat fights, one of them can turn her huge plastic head to the camera and hold up a box of Glad products. or her BlackBerry. oooo, or her Valium!! maybe nbc and bravo are having an affair with Roche labs. tsk; nbc and bravo are such swingers, i swear!!

baby food pudding

i was talking to Sissy #2 about what i made for dinner. my random concoction was so delicious that i just wrote the recipe down lest i forget an important step/component. anyway, the main ingredient is butternut squash.

Sissy said "yum" and i reminded her of how she ate bottles of baby food squash mixed with plain yogurt until she was FIFTEEN! she said "that's so embarrassing," so i said "not really. i remember buying baby food pudding in junior high school." Sissy said "why was that any better than regular pudding?"

i was stumped for a minute. was it price that took me to the baby food aisle? no...hmm. AH! it's just that packaged puddings existed only in powder form when i was in junior high school. there were no unrefrigerated, ready-to-eat, perfect servings in plastic cups hanging from the wall in aisle 5 (maybe that's why we didn't have so many fat kids back then), so buying a jar of baby pudding was the only way to get a quick fix at lunchtime.

oh, unless you ate at the cafeteria and got your pud'n on there, but only nerds ate at school. (regardless, always remember to be nice to your lunch ladies.)