Brad's Stache

Dear Mr. Pitt,

Please please please shave off your 'stache! Or at least once the filming for the movie which requires you to have that awkward splotch of hair on your upper lip is done. Makes you look so much older. :(

Your one true love,
Josephine

* Photo borrowed from dailymail.

Jingle Bells Again?!

I call KOIT 96.5fm my karaoke station. Whenever I feel like singing along to a sappy or cheesy song, I go to that station and I'm bound to either run into Madonna (not so great), Whitney Houston (awesome!), or some artist belting about how love is wonderful or horrible. Most of these songs can be found in karaoke books everywhere! Love it! But starting this weekend, they're going to start playing Christmas songs all day everyday. How horrible is that. I can only take so much of Frosty and Rudolph. Hmph. Oh well. Better get my fill of the cheese before this weekend rolls around. Well, a couple other sappy stations are 94.5 and 101.3, but those aren't "karaoke" enough for me.

And...

I don't think there was anything McCain could have done to win this election. This country is in such bad shape that people want to see change. We need change. And believing a democratic president will bring this much needed change, the majority of Americans voted for Obama. Sorry, McCain. You ran a good race. :)

A Brighter Future

Hallelujah!! Go out and celebrate!! The people of the United States of America have finally opened their eyes and elected a Democratic president. Barack Obama is going to be our 44th president! And he won by a lot of electoral votes! There is hope for us afterall!! After the ridiculous results of the 2004 election, I didn't know what would happen. I'm so glad the people have finally had enough of bad, selfish, and immature decisions. Who would have thought that a black man with the name of Obama (kinda sounds like Osama so-and-so) could be elected president, but wudduya know?! Great things can happen. :)

Come January, a lot of weight will be thrown on President Elect Obama's shoulders. There certainly is a lot to fix! But I truly hope and pray that he and his group of advisors will make the right decisions and rebuild our nation. No more war. No more shaky economy. No more dependence on oil. No more fear. No more global embarrassment and shame. It is a historic and happy night for many Americans, particularly African Americans (except for the horrible racists... haha! Screw you guys!! Suckas!!!!). I hope this is the start of a bright and prosperous future for us. (Our stocks are already going up! Yay!)

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I just finished watching his acceptance speech. Awesome stuff. He stirred hope, optimism, and lifted spirits to all of us watching. I'm so excited for him to start his term and see what changes will be made.

Izzie at the Beach

Izzie took her first little trip to the beach a couple of weekends ago in Santa Monica. This was her first contact with sand.


You can see her apparent displeasure from the texture. :)

The Most Awesome Night EVER!!

OH

MY

GOD.

I have never loved the New Kids more than I do right now!! Went to their concert Friday night at the HP Pavilion, and oh my goodness, I had such an amazing time and so did all of my friends, including a straight male friend who went because his wife made him. AAAHHH!! I don't even know where to begin! Okay, my excitement started to build as I was walking towards the arena along with hundreds of other girls, some sporting their New Kids on the Block t-shirts and buttons. One even wore leggings with black lace trim. Totally early 90's. I've never seen such a huge sea of women. I was telling my friend that this would be a guy's paradise. But then decided that girls would probably think he's either gay or some poor schlep that was forced into going... You could just feel the energy in the air. Smiles and excited chatter everywhere. (I'm listening to New Kids on pandora right now and my heart is racing again!!! Oh my god!!!)

So first to open was Lady Gaga. (When I first saw her name, I thought it said "Lady Caca.") I like her music. Lots of dance stuff. And she has a hot pair of legs. Second opener was Natasha Bedingfield! Her songs have always been hit and miss with me, so I wasn't too excited to see her. I've converted after last night. I love her! My new favorite song is Love Like This. It's so happy! I love it! Her voice is so strong, and I love that she's not cutesy. I hate cutesy girls.

Now for the main headliner - The New Kids on the Block. Wow! Okay, the New Kids have always been my favorite group. I was a huge fan when I was a lot younger, but never had the opportunity to go to a concert. So I was super excited to go to this one. It was surreal to be sitting there in the arena along with more than 15,000 other screaming fans. I couldn't even hear their opening song, Single, because of all the shrieking throughout the stadium. Of course, I contributed. I contributed a lot. As a matter of fact, my voice sounds like I've been screaming non-stop for nearly two hours the previous night. They took us back to our teenage years with the most awesome songs ever like Please Don't Go Girl, I'll be Loving You Forever (my favorite!), Step by Step, Cover Girl, My Favorite Girl, Tonight, and so much more! And they also sang some of their newer songs like their new hit Summertime (which is growing on me), Click Click , etc.

The show was one big highlight for me. One big moment of awesomeness. But if I had to choose a wow moment, it'd be when Jordan wore that shirt... unbuttoned. Hubba hubba hubba. Those wild screams from lustful women... what an earful! I just gotta say... Jordan is one hot fella. And Jonathan is soooo handsome and looks so sweet! And Danny looks great! And Donnie and Joey are awesome too, have aged well, and really took the crowd. Jordan did too. :)

They ended the night wearing Celtics jerseys and singing Hangin' Tough. It was a great and appropriate finale. As the music kept rolling, the five of them ran through the doorway and disappeared... and appeared again as they did a little lap around the stage, clearly having a great time. They ran off the stage again for the last time. I so did not want it to end! I couldn't believe I just saw The New Kids on the Block... in the flesh... What a dream come true!

NKOTB

When I was in my early teens, I was like many other young girls... and some boys. I was madly in love with the New Kids on the Block. Hehehe... especially Jordan Knight. So when my friend asked me if I wanted to go to their October concert, I was like, sure, why not? Since my teen years, I no longer devote most of my time drooling over Jordan and memorizing their lyrics. I sing along with their songs whenever it comes up on my iTunes, but that's about it. Haven't been interested in their latest songs... actually, that song about the summer was not that great...

So anyway, last night changed everything. I saw a VH1 special, I think, about the New Kids. It talked about how they started, why they broke up, and how they all got back together again. OH MY GOSH! Hearing them croon "Please Don't Go Girl" and "I'll Be Loving You" made my heart melt all over again!! I can't believe how quickly the fan in me burst out. I was perched on the couch, slapping my bf excitedly. "Oh my god! Oh my god!" Pretty annoying, I know. :)

These five boys have grown up to be some fine men. My how lovely Joey and Jon looks now. Heehee... Jordan's still cool too. :) I can say that they have truly grown up from boyz II men. Heehee... Can't wait 'til their concert!!! Ten more days!! I gotta go find my pins!!