Another one for the Garden State!

Remember "Chandeleeeahhhs"??!!

Few things are more astonishing or more laughable than a nice thick Jersey accent.

Ok, NOW I want an iPhone

Because before, nothing had sold me. ;)

Ever since two of my silly guy friends made their own "I Am T-Pain" song, I've been really wanting an iPhone.

So imagine my obsession with the following:

"I have a cheekache from smiling"

I watched this gem of a movie the other night with my sis. From the hot pink and other neon 80s outfits to vintage SJP dancing around (even though the camera was ever so strategically zoomed out for the more complex moves), it completed my life in a way I knew not possible.

Here are a few choice quotes that, along with the title of this post, explain why this movie is EPIC.


(On deciding an outfit):
"Decisions are the worst!"


"I knew this was going to be cool, I just knew it!"


(Helen Hunt, responding to SJP's quizzical look as she changes on the school bus, reversing her Catholic school uniform skirt from plaid to black)
"Velcro: Next to the Walkman and Tab, it's the best invention of the 20th century."


"No fraternizing! Stay away from him, he's a boy!!!" -Nun


"You're taking a fashion risk, I like that." -one of the 'producers' at the 'DanceTV open call,' to SJP, who was wearing her schoolgirl uniform. (I strongly believe this is where the beginning of the SATC inspiration came.)

Click here for a trailer...DO NOT miss the pommel horse-ing nun at 1:22 :)

On going cold turkey

Quitting Facebook gives you more time to devote to more relevant issues, like a fetish for good-looking Jewish boys.

Case in point: the engagement of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.


Scandal and shady business dealings aside, don't they make such a pretty pair?

Since Mormonism is basically Judaism + Christ (you know, to encapsulate how world wars, financial crises, and moral downfall over the last few millenia can be explained)...I want to see if I can somehow rig this for myself.

It's really all about relevancy these days...xo

Guess who else yankee doodled with us?!

Spotted: stars flocking to small New England towns thinking they would escape the paparazzi.

Jimmy Fallon

Yeah...it looked like it had been a Late Night for him...

Justin Long and Drew Barrymore...

(They're totally ON.)

Riding home, the sisters could not stop singing "Way back into love" from the movie Music & Lyrics.

"Poor Little J"

Spotted: Upper East Siders losing their NY 'cool' factor, getting starstruck.

Gossip Girl (my guilty pleasure) regularly films outside my 13-year-old UES Cousin J's school...nbd.

Chace Crawford...named by People magazine as this year's hottest bachelor.

"Yes, he is quite attractive" -J

"I was too embarrassed to have him sign my water bottle!" -J, as she showed me this pic on her Blackberry (yes, she has one).

Will Ferrell in red (always representing the Trojans!). Yankees Game.

Remember his Rose Bowl Skit with McConaughey?? FIGHT ON.







AND...I'm a fan of the writing on SATC (and the glamour), so naturally I find the rumor of SJP moving to Park Slope unbelievable.
Carrie Bradshaw is supposed to be an eternal Manhattan-ite!
(The townhouse looked familiar because I remember coming across it as I was poring through this luxury blog last summer at my internship.)

Rockin' Twitter

Okay, I know Rockin Robin was a Bobby Day original...BUT the Jackson 5 did perform it...




I say this because since his passing, MJ has rocked 15% of Twitter content...(the Iran election controversy barely approached 5%)

....tweedleeedeedeedee....tweet....tweet...tweet, tweet

Sandy or Jennie?

I have been very blessed to have spent a lot of time with many of my (many) cousins throughout my life, on both US coasts. A fun thing about my time at BYU has been periodically running into some of them (2nd and 3rd cousins too) on campus and getting to know them better.

That being said, I cannot go another advertisement of The Proposal movie without remembering how much of a spitting image my cousin Jennie is of Sandra Bullock.

When I pointed this out to my aunt in a preview for it (before Angels & Demons- if you have not seen it, go now) last month, she almost screamed in the theater. hehe.

Plus, I think J and Sandy have similar humor styles and they're both ranchers.

As Nancy Pelosi for Halloween. Cousins think alike. (I was a Sarah Palin in pink).

I'm really jealous she and my sis AC get to go to university together. They have a lot of fun.

Then:

Now:

I'm sad I won't be able to see her this summer. She's in Hawaii doing environmental research for her major studies.

Yeah, "research."

How convenient ;)

Coco vs. Michelle?

Michelle Obama hit the American Ballet Theater Gala last weekend...

...looking a little Star Trek-y...

(to go along with that latest Spock photo illustration of her husband)

Photos: Style.com

far right, Dr. Jill Biden

far left, Caroline Kennedy- my dad's high school dance partner at one point in time. hah!

But as I, myself, have two ginger sisters...
("Ginga!" as they have recently nicknamed themselves)

...I really liked Coco Rocha's dress.

...and below is her AFTER the gala! Hah!

Photo: Coco's blog


Who wore it best?!

:)

Like a reptile...

...burned for the very first time!

(PS: along the lines of the title, I discovered this yesterday and totally agree with the Madonna entry)...

GOOD NEWS:
I'm finally peeling!

Finally, a whole week after my first burn of the summer season.

A whole week since I was far too excited about the sun and neglected the SPF.

A whole week since Rindz and I proceeded to hang out at the pool with other friends and the entire pre-National championship BYU Rugby team, who were 'team bonding' before their big win last Saturday vs. Berkeley.

I'm chuckling to report that the team bonding also involved earnestly thumbing through our girlie fashion magazines with us...
(I really should have brought a camera)

i.e.
"Hey, pass me the Beyonce Vogue"
"This dress is interesting"
"Dude, come here, look at this picture"
"Ooh, I like this perfume sample" ....etc....

Boys will be boys, I guess! Who knew?!

Photo: BYU Rugby blog

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an exoskeleton to shed...

Preen Dress Update

Follow up to this post...where I lust after the Preen Power bandage cocktail dress.

Amy...okay I haven't found a knockoff yet...don't worry, it WILL happen and we will go dancing in them one day...

in the meantime... here are some celebs I found wearing it!

Agyness Deyn

Gwyneth

PS: Have you seen the new Vogue! It's marvelous! Every IT model of the 20th and 21st century is in it.
Happy Saturday to all!

Vintage Fergie

Before a little roundtrip sojourn to SLC the other day, I kind of liked that BOOM BOOM POW Black Eyed Peas song.

But, thanks to radio playing it (no joke) SEVEN TIMES, it's completely wrecked for me.

However, an even greater thanks goes out to YouTube, as I dug up some vintage Fergie for your entertainment...




Here's more Fergalicious:

Straight Up- covering Paula Abdul! Woot!

A very young Fergie singing Go For It...complete with 80s white foggy video editing. Inspiring. Moving.

Time after Time- Loving her top of the head ponytail (aka 'high pony' as was known for me growing up) and pink scrunchie.

Jailhouse Rock- simply rad dancing.

Sarah, Sarah, go away!

Call me a flaming liberal, but I cannot stand Sarah Palin.

She is a good person, yes.

But please, GOP, for goodness sakes, go do some serious PR damage control and bury this woman out of the limelight because she is only making you look like chauvinistic pigs who have managed to reverse notions of what an intellectually capable, Beltway-astute woman represents.

If Alaskans were dense enough to elect her, then fine, keep her there...in the land where one can barbarically shoot rifles from a helicopters, Todd can run his snowmobiling business, and one has the God-given right to keep an eye on those pesky Russians.

My mom's Alaska-native college roommate said this over our families ritual Christmas Eve dinner this past year: "I know what it's like up there, and as such, I've worked very hard to keep myself out."

I am seriously embarrassed and a little angry at Palin in the following.
She's doing me, and other fellow women, a huge disservice.

Too bad everything she says is unfortunately... comical. And the fact that another fellow woman has reduced her to that is plain unfortunate.




To the writers of SNL: Do your thing...

See original Washington Post article here.

Susan Boyle on Larry King

We sought Britney

It was HOT!
The sets, the costumes, the montages, the transitional videos!!!

I was expecting a lot more explosive dancing from her, and although on second look, she did have better dancing than PCD (I concede, Brook :))...she did lipsynch the entire thing.

But it's perfectly fine: my 6th grade dreams were realized, and that's all that matters.


And little did I realize, even though I was sitting right next to her, Tara twittered the whole thing!!



So here are some exclusive clips, courtesy of the one and only Free Swag Queen herself!

PCD (Nicole Scherzinger has PIPES):

Jai Ho- AMAZING- you can hear me yelling it at the end of it...




Buttons



To keep people entertained while they set up for Britney, they had a lot of 'circus performers'....perform! (And carneys ran around the stage too)



AND THEN BRITNEY!

Perez Hilton opening act



Britney's Entrance



If You Seek Amy



Radar



Music Video Montage...Britney through the years (kinda bittersweet haha)



Boys- One of the most underrated Britney songs...the Co-Ed Remix I've LOVED since high school



Baby One More Time



Anyways, hope y'all enjoy them!

I will echo Britney's closing remarks, "Don't drink and drive!"

Center of the ring

Energy Solutions Arena plus 7 friends =

Britney Spears

CIRCUS

TONIGHT

Oh did I mention PUSSYCAT DOLLS are opening?! Jai HO!

Dear Circus Tour Manager,
Your timing couldn't have been more impeccable scheduling the show on the eve of a Reading Day. How perfect is this going to be?!

Six Word Stories

After many late late nights this week (and last) just being there for my newly broken up roommate (six words: his real girlfriend is/was skiing), yesterday I woke up begrudgingly to go snowboarding yesterday with a new friend.

We both found out later that we secretly didn't want to go, but felt bad as we had made a commitment a few days before.

Words cannot describe how amazing it was to be on the lifts and then lay in the snow, spill our hang-ups about life and commiserate, then get up and careen down the mountain (even though it was sticky spring snow and now I have a goggle tan/burn like aforementioned ski bum ex-fiance).

I swear, get me on a chairlift and I will confess everything.
"Lift confessionals" as I have come to call it. Slightly hilarious.

But I really think I've become a really blunt person since I've moved here, because I can't stand all this non-confrontational tip-toe-ing, and would rather have people be straight with me instead of getting that smile-y "Yer so greaht" facade and then get stabbed in the back later.

Because I am extremely bored all the time here in Provo, and have given up on the constant self-advertising efforts to make friends who you know will then ditch you for a man-friend, and instead channeled that energy in lots and lots of daydreaming.

Get a life, you say? Well, that's mine at the moment so put that in your pipe and smoke it.

(To all those who are still my friends (and you know who you are), you are diamonds in this rough patch of my life.)

To make a blunt segway...ssooooo John Mayer's Six Word Story (read more about it on Kate's blog), via Twitter, is

"My heart didn't come with instructions."

Why is he so brilliant? Really.
I remember in Spain when I was bored on the charter bus, I listened to his albums on repeat all the time, savoring every brilliantly constructed sentence and insight (him and Missy Higgins. Gah! love them!). I was astounded that the amazing voice and beats I had come to love had such deep deep meaning when I really listened to the lyrics.

So is it any coincidence that my six word story is:
"Destined for greatness in due time."

I've had to temporarily dull my hyper-anxious senses because I know I can't do anything about said daydreams until I get out of this gestational period of sheer monotony.
Provo is like a mother's womb, some bask in or never want to leave the comfort, and some just can't wait to get out kicking and screaming.

Guess which one I am.

Octomom: the verdict

So in case you are a martian, this fellow we Americans like to call our Commander-in-Chief killed it on Leno last night.


I think John Mayer says it best (via his tweet):

"As long as the Octomom stays the top national story, I know Obama is doing his job keeping America safe. Think about it until you agree."



Yes, I'm following johncmayer on Twitter.
Hot. I know.
He is brilliant and hilarious and dashing. What else does a girl need?

Dear CWTV

Dear CWTV,

I'm sorry I couldn't make time in my schedule to watch the latest episode of Gossip Girl on Monday...


(Truth be told, I think watching live TV is a waste of time- blatantly avoidable advertising)


...but I would highly appreciate if you would post the latest episode on your Web site....ALREADY!

i.e. Usually, you do it 48 hours after GG has aired...
...but now, if you haven't noticed, it is well into the THIRD DAY.

I have put up with your lack-of-filming shenanigans for upwards of the last two months, and for many reasons (which may or may not include the fact that I'd rather watch Penn and Blake's sickening chemistry on-screen than on People.com), I am on the brink of my seat about to explode with dramatic escapist suspense that only the recession-proof Upper East Side world you convey in your silly drama provides.


Anxious and peeved,
Alex

Twitterpated!

I'm twitterpated with this video of John Stewart raising his old man fist at the Twitter phenomenon.

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My feelings exactly.


AND

Speaking of twitterpation, here's Justin Timberlake imitating John Mayer on Jimmy Fallon.
Hilarious.

Although, I confess... I'm still warming up to JT...

I know, I'm probably the last girl on the planet.

But I've heard from a few former skeptics like me that all it takes is going to one of his concerts and then you pretty much want to have his babies. Yes? No? comments...