Olbermann's take on "Joe the Plumber"

Oh Olbermann . . . you make me smile.

Who thought Hip Hop on Dancing with the Stars was a Good Idea?

OMG! I can't believe what my eyes have seen!! Too much!

I can't believe that the producers of Dancing with the Stars thought that a Hip Hop routine was a good idea!!! I am in complete shock right now. First of all, I am so irritated that Cloris Leachman was still on the show! She should have either been the first, second or third to leave the show! Definitely before Toni Braxton. I would have rather seen more of Kim Kardashian or Rocco!! i love Rocco!

But now . . . this God-forsaken hip hop routine.

The best part of this dance was actually not the dancing . . . it was the beat boxing that Cody did in the beginning. I almost didn't even notice that Corky Ballas (who is freakin' 47) did a spin on his back!! I actually had to rewind my TiVo to catch it because I was distracted by Cloris Leachman sneering at the camera (i think that was supposed to be her hardcore hip hop snarl). I am so embarrassed for Maurice, because about 2 eight counts in to the group portion of the dance, he's off beat and can't seem to get it together after that. He's standing right in front and he's doing his own choreography! So sad. Poor, poor Susan Lucci. I don't even know what she's doing. FOR OUT LOUD CRYING!! THE WOMAN IS OVER 60!! WTH! Lance's mouth is opened the WHOLE time! oh Lance. and Warren, what are you doing with your wrists?! yikes! Cody did alright, he did a good job hiding in the background. He tossed Julianne pretty high in the air and he managed not to kick anybody in the head.

Unfortunately even the stars looked uncomfortable on this one. there were points where Julianne, Lacy, Cheryl and Kim kinda seemed like "fly girls" and few glimpses of soul in Derek and Tony, but all in all . . . not impressed.



I really feel for poor SHOTYME. don't feel bad, it was a loaded challenge man, teaching Hip Hop Choreography to amateurs and then to have it displayed on national television.

POP TART Commercials -- a little morbid!

so this morning i am doing Ari's hair. whenever i say Ari, get your hair stuff, for some reason to her that means, turn on the TV. So i'm taming her mane and she's watching Fairly OddParents . . . commercial comes on . . .

WHAT THE HECK IS UP WITH THESE POP TART COMMERCIALS??
i know you've seen them. the ones that say "CRAZY GOOD!"
the one i saw this morning has the little poptarts going Christmas Caroling. They are going door to door and each time they get to a new house, one or two poptarts are missing because the homeowners are EATING THEM! so by the time the lone little poptart gets to the last house, he's trembling as he's singing because he knows he's next, BECAUSE ALL OF HIS OTHER FRIENDS HAVE BEEN EATEN!!! so the lady invites him into her house to get warm, and she winks at the viewers as if to say, "YES. I'M DECEIVING THIS POOR, LITTLE, TALKING POPTART INTO THINKING I WANT TO HELP WHEN REALLY I AM ABOUT TO EAT HIM!"

it's pure madness and it really bothers me.

I couldn't find the one i saw on TV this morning, but here are some of the sadistic commercials they keep showing.

i'm sorry

ok- i was talking to Lee the other day and he told me that i never say that "i'm sorry." so this got me to thinking . . . i was like i know i say i'm sorry . . . and he was like "nope, you never do."

do i really not apologize?what do i have to apologize for? i mean i'm pretty nice to people, if i bump into someone i say "excuse me" or if i call someone by the wrong name, i always apologize. so what is he talking about??!!

so now i am extra, super self conscious that i don't say "i'm sorry" i don't want to be one of THOSE ppl who are too prideful and never apologize. sooo . . . i gathered some information to make me a better aplogizer. i have decided to share it:

A proper apology should always include the following:

		a detailed account of the situation
		acknowledgement of the hurt or damage done
		taking responsibility for the situation
		recognition of your role in the event
		a statement of regret
		asking for forgiveness
		a promise that it won't happen again
		a form of restitution whenever possible

that sure is a lot of stuff, but i am dedicated to apologizing and doing it correctly. i will even teach it to my offspring. i will no longer tell Devyn to say he's sorry to his sister when practices karate on her. His apologies will now sound like this:

Ari, I kicked you in the stomach. I know that it hurt you when I kicked you in the stomach. I take responsibility for kicking you in the stomach. I recognize that you were just innocently standing there when I chose all on my own to kick you in the stomach. I regret that mommy saw me kick you in the stomach. Please forgive me for kicking you in the stomach. I promise that mommy will never see me kick you in the stomach again. Would you like to kick me in the stomach?

=)

myspace made me mad

MYSPACE MADE ME MAD!

so, i was sent this awesome picture a little while back and i tried to upload it to my myspace pictures . . . well, i actually did post it.

then i got this message from myspace that said that i had uploaded an inappropriate picture and that myspace had deleted it. they sent me all this information about their terms and blah blah blah . . . so i guess i violated some rule.

Here's my thing, if you have a myspace page or if you've spent more than 10 minutes perusing through myspace profiles, then you've come across at least one or 2 million perverted images of half naked females flaunting their rears and fronts for all to see. if you have a myspace page with no security settings then you've reasons several dozen requests from online prostitutes and porn pages . . . but then i upload this image and myspace deletes it within in minutes of my uploading it.

you look at it and you tell me if it was inappropriate?!?




Just incase you can't red the caption:
"A Powerful and Prophetic thought rendered by Robert Kennedy 40 years ago: He gave a speech to the 'Voice of America' all around the world and despite what was going on in the country, particularly in Alabama, Bobby Kennedy said this is 1968: 'Things are moving so fast in race relations a Negro could be president in 40 years. There's no question about it, in the next 40 years. There's no question about it, in the next 40 years a Negro can achieve the same position that my brother has. Prejudice exists and probably will continue to, but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to accept the status quo.' "

blog virgin

ok-so i've got the myspace, the facebook, but i really don't blog.

since i'm trying to get back into writing, i have decided that a blog would be a good place to flex my writing muscles.

this blog will be about whatever i feel like writing about. no particular, focused topic, just the general stuff that goes through my head.

i'm a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a mentor, a teacher and just me . . . so we'll see where this goes.

-aiko