Music is good

Okay...please listen to Silversun Pickups newest (now not so new) album "Swoon". SO good. I've seen them live twice now and they do NOT dissapoint. And becuase I thrive on being the last one to the party, I'm getting a real kick out of The Flaming Lips all of a sudden, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt 1" is now my theme song. Love it. Great mix of Wayne Coyne's Oklahomoa country-twang voice mixed with outter space, techno-ish sound effects.

I'm in a Texas State of Mind

Okay...so I don't have much going on. Just annoyed by all the crazy, bad drivers in Greenwich lately. How's a girl gonna get excited about driving to the gym when I gotta deal with soccer moms texting their kids in the back seat, driving 20 mph in the left lane?

However, I am excited because this weekend Jimbo, Paisley, and I will be in Texas for Stin's good-old CountryTime wedding. Is it bad that I'm as excited about eating Whataburger, Sonic, and Freebirds, too? Don't think so. So in the spirit of things here's a collection of what I'm feeling right now. =) Okay, not feeling the rattlesnake, but that's a BIG snake!!!

Um...I don't think so Sherri Shepherd!

Okay...According to the article below, Sherri Shepherd claims she's a size 6 with these measurements: 40-33-37! Um, I don't think so biotch!!! I'm a size 6 (sometimes a size 4, thank you very much Ann Taylor Loft and Old Navy!) and my deminsions are no where close to that. I'm definately not saying she's fat. No, she's a beautiful, curvy, mature woman, but she is NOT a size 6!!! Sherri....be proud of your curves and don't cheat them!!! I'd rather be a curvy size 10 then a stick-figure size 6 anyway. =)

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20296452,00.html

Bloodsucker Fan I Am NOT!!!

Okay...I know I'm not the popular vote or opinion on this one...but I just don't understand the appeal to this Robert Pattison (Pattinson? Paddington? Paddington Bear? Eh?). I don't think he's attractive and quite honestly reminds me of Kate Moss's ex Pete Doherty who is not exactly considered "a catch" (unless by "catch" you are referring to an STD). Please see the side-by-side pics for comparison: RP on the left, PD on the right, just in case you cannot tell the diff! *tsk, tsk*

At this risk of sounding like Andy Rooney from 60 minutes I'm going to start an old-person rant here and say that I think these young, up-and-coming stars we're "crushing" on are really overrated. I mean you have all those Gossip Girl peeps, 1/2 a dozen or so Miley Montana Disney stars, and now the Vampire movies with apparently a bunch 'o' blood-sucking hotties. I just don't see it. Give me a Clooney, Jackman, or heck, even a Sheen over Efron/Crawford/Jonas anyday!

Granted I have not seen any of the movies or read the books (there are books, right?) for the Twilight series. So maybe you have to see it to bite into it? Ah! Maybe that's it. Maybe it truly is love at first bite. ;)

Rosebud Salve ROCKS my world!

Okay...so if you have dry patches (I do with my insanely dry skin) or get those little red bumps after a pimple, OR have a coming-of-age pimple...the BEST thing in the world is Rosebud Salve. They come in little old-school tins and in different flavours (I like the original and strawberry flavours). I keep it at work and dab it on a suspect area during the day. I cannot make any promises for you personally, but I can tell you that within 8 hours it significantly decreases any bumps, rough patches, pimples, little scabbies, etc. I doubt this is good for moderate to severe acne...only for the occassional pop-up.

Also great for eye brows to give definition and a little shine to look a little more "polished".

Oh yeah, and it's great lip balm as well, since that's what it's meant for.

I think you can only get it at Sephora and it is a whopping $8 per tin, but they do last for about a year or more, so it's worth it. "You're worth it", as goes Revlon. Honestly though if I could only use one beauty product for the rest of my life it would be this.

And, for the record, no I didn't just slap this on one day thinking, "hmm...wonder what this would do to my zit?" It does state on the tin that it's used for blemishes, and thought I'd try it.

Green Day

Hi everyone. I'm blogging. Yeah. Probably won't have much to say and will only talk about things that are fresh on my mind. So, here goes, my first blog...

Okay...so went to a Green Day concert on Tuesday last week. My ears are still ringing and to quote my mom, "it was so damn loud". In fact, I woke up more than once that night because I thought I heard the fire alarm. Turns out it was merely the Billy-Joe Armstrong-induced sound-burn in my eardrums. Ugh. What a waste. I'm too old for this stuff.

Speaking of age...Jim, Shawn, and I were the oldest there by 10 years, with a few exceptions:
1) the band and crew themselves.
2) a washed up Soccer dad, hammered off double-fisting Cape Cods, who was taking pictures of the audience - - causing near blindness from his flash every 30 seconds. This guy needs to work in LA for TMZ and not for an unappreciative crowd in the Mezzanine level at MSG. I mean, we all know he was taking pics to prove he was there and "still cool" to his fellow washed-up soccer dad coworkers the next day around the water cooler. "Yeah, no, I was totally there, dude, and it was a bitchin time. I have the pics of the bitchin audience to prove it! See? That's even me standing next to Billy Joe and his microphone. What? That's not Billy Joe? Oh, yeah...will you look at that. It is just an usher with a flashlight..."
3) all the 30-something moms and dads bringing their 12 year-olds (all sporting Zeppelin and Greatful Dead tees...the kids, not the parents) to "their first concert".

Wasn't the greatest concert ever. Actually, it sucked. I didn't like it. You wanna know why? They didn't play "Longview". HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GONNA BE GREEN DAY AND NOT PLAY LONGVIEW AT YOUR CONCERT!?!? Can I get a "WTF!?!?" Thank you and good night. You've been a great audience.