WTF Wednesday...Damn You Apple!

So I'm a marketing person's wet dream. I basically feel like I need every new product that comes out! It ranges from snacks to shoes to electronics, if it's new I want it! My newest craving is the iPad, I am so mad at Apple for their clever ad campaign that I'm convinced was made especially so I would go crazy lusting over this new gadget. When it was first introduced I was confused as to what the iPad was, I thought it was a really big phone. When I found out what it was I thought it seemed pointless and way to expensive.
Well that was until this commercial which uses colorful adjectives to make me drool: thin, beautiful and magical. They called it a revolution and I love to be ahead of the trends. It's like they knew some of my favorite things and have worked them into the commercial just to tempt me! They used both Winnie the Pooh and Edward Kennedy's memoir True Compass (I love the Kennedy's) and it's working...I'm tempted! The worst part is that it still seems slightly pointless and way too expensive only now I don't care, I just want to own it! Damn you Apple!

WTF Wednesday...The Grossness of Celebrity

I don't know what the tipping point was but the obsession over the celebrity has reached a level of grossness that I don't want to be a part of. I have always been a fan of pop culture but celebrity culture has become too wrapped up in pop culture. I sit at a desk all day long and it's hard not to follow the world of celebrities. But I've had enough!

The term celebrity has also taken on a new and disgusting definition. People used to become famous for being talented (actor, singer, athlete) or sometimes being a politician, or the wife or child of a politician led to fame (the Kennedy's). With that fame came some kind of responsibility to try and behave in a certain way, not that olden timey day celebrities were perfect but they were held to higher standards then the "celebrities" of today. These days it seems almost anyone can become famous and for doing almost anything, look at the Kardashians. They are everywhere, but why? Has the whole family has become famous because of Kim Kardashian's ass and sex tape, really? Now they have a reality show, a line of clothes, a line of weight loss products and probably a whole bunch of other stuff. It's weird!

Back in the 60s John F Kennedy was forever cheating on his wife and the press didn't cover it. Even more unbelievable is that even though Franklin Roosevelt was basically paralyzed from polio he was never photographed in a wheelchair. That just would not happen today. We've seen what happens in today's world...can anyone say impeachment hearing? Today JFKs mistresses would be all over the media! There would be new stories and photo spreads, they would become "famous." I imagine FDRs handicap would have made it impossible for him to become Pres but if he was elected he would be photographed, ridiculed and the Rush Limbaugh's of the world would talk shit about if it made him a better/worse leader.


Today we are bombarded with celebrity bullshit all day every day. There are gossip blogs that spend their days talking smack about celebrities - perez hilton has gone so far as to call certain celebries babies ugly. These websites often use painful experiences that people have (drug addiction, infidelity) and make money off of it. It is disgusting and it makes me feel really bad for famous people. Paparazzi follows celebrities around, often creating dangerous situations, just for a picture of Jessica Alba going grocery shopping. It seems so intrusive...

But wait! Because at the same time these gossip blogs are spreading rumors the celebrities themselves are over sharing their lives on Facebook and twitter. It's so weird! I can find out what Puff Daddy, Ashton Kutcher and Nicole Richie are doing every second of every day. There is a milkshake shop in Hollywood that got all this "press" and all these celebrities to create milkshakes; there's a Miley Cyrus shake and a Pamela Anderson vegan shake. Well this shop is actually owned by a member of the paparazzi. Yuck.

Well I say enough is enough! Let's live our own lives. Let's want to look up to people for creating positive change in the world not for creating a reality show or sex tape. The only way that these people will cease to exist is if we stop going to the websites or buying the mags! Oprah has a no texting while driving campaign well I want to start a no celebrity gossip blogs while working campaign...who's with me!

WTF Wednesday(ish)

This has been a week where I wanted to scream "what the fuck" at the world.
Here's why:
This week, after watching an episode of MTV's Diary (shame face) I learned that I am actually older than this little douche bag's mother, which means I could be the mother of a teenage kid like this:

The very thought makes me want to vom a little. Justin Bieber is his name and if I was his mother I would tell him that his hair looks so ridic and then when he didn't change it I would just shave it off in his sleep and send him to military camp. He got "famous" when Usher discovered his youtube videos. What the fuck!? Now his mom is simply part of his entourage and unable to curb his super disrespectful behavior.

I am completely baffled by why we are still hearing so much about Tiger Woods and now Jesse James. I'm sick of hearing that Tiger's mistress claim he's cheap and not romantic. What the fuck did they expect?? Flowers and diamonds? I think that stuff is saved for the wife ladies.

This is one of the classy ladies in a spread for Vanity Fair. Shame on you Vanity Fair! What the fuck is wrong with you? Why would you give these ladies any publicity at all??

And then we find out that Jesse James is entering rehab. WTF? Who cares! Do they have a douche bag rehab? If so, I hope that's where he is!

His classy lady has a tattoo on her forehead that says "pray for us sinners." I cannot even begin to explain how many things are wrong with that!

WTF Wednesday

What the F**k is up with Miley Cyrus? I don't understand why she seems to be Hollywood's newest "it" girl and why people think so highly of her! To me she seems like a mean girl who is slightly skanky and has bad posture; she is NOT someone who I would want my young daughter, sister, cousin, friend etc looking up to and/or emulating in ANY way!

i mean seriously people, she's like 16! how inappropriate can you be?!

i would like to say that she's just posing funny but let's get real she just has horrible posture!

Since we are on the topic of young Hollywood vixens WTF is the fuss with the Twilight kids?? Is it just me or do they just seem slightly unattractive and probably not very talented?

i don't think i can get over how weird the plot of these movies are. vampires that can be in daylight but only if it's foggy. that just doesn't even make any sense to me!

i don't care what kind of six pack this kid has, he isn't all that dreamy to me. he's just looks like a kid! but i know plenty of 30 somethings who love him! weird!

i just really don't find these two attractive. they are always just a little too disheveled for my taste. i sort of get robby's brooding english thing but i don't understand why kristen stewart seems so pissy all the time. maybe she's not naturally bubbly (i can sympathize for getting crap for that) but she seems annoyed to be doing interviews and things for movies she's getting paid to promote. like i get it, i often don't want to be at work but once i get to my job i gotta suck it up and be pleasant!

WTF Weds: Happy (?) St Patricks Day

Now I'm Irish so I guess I should think that St Patrick's Day is great but I actually don't understand it. When I was 19 I celebrated St Patty's Day by drinking from kegs of Green beer, either Bud Light or Natty Light (classy). However I haven't "celebrated" since then. I was invited to spend the day at the Hoboken St Patrick's Day recently and boy was it an experience, it's not a good sign when someone celebrates a major drinking holiday a week early! The drinking starts at 9am and the messiness starts around 9:45! I went because I'm trying to be more adventurous and so even though I am not a big fan of crowds or drunk young dudes I thought, what the hell?

I think my experience was tame in comparison to some of the other people I observed, but this was about as much St Patrick's Day celebrating as I can handle...in my life time! There are so many things I found wrong with a celebration that starts out by seeing young dudes puking in the streets and ends with cops and firefighter partying in their uniforms with what I can only assume are underage chicks. However what is right is catching the mayhem on photo and judging it later!

this was the scene at the train station. it was right around this time i began to rethink desire for adventure!

it's not very often i'm surrounded by such a lack of diversity. i believe my girls and i brought the flava and color to this party!

i was completely unaware of the dress code that included A LOT of uggs, 4 leaf clover tights and of course....

what st. patty's party would be complete without some sort of slutty leprechaun outfit?

my outfit included a hand dyed a tee shirt, my new fave olive green leather bag and to jazz it up...green nail polish. that's about as spirited as i get!

i think it's very random that the police/fire department came to serenade the crowd with their bagpipe band...

but not nearly as random as them staying to party with the crowd after!

the whole thing seemed super weird to me. i guess that's how they roll over in Jerz...?

i spent most of the day filled with judgment but i did manage to also have fun, i really enjoyed my group of friends and at the same time made some new ones!

It's Hard Out There For a Pimp

Let's face it, dating is hard! Dare I say that dating in New York is harder than most places? Recently while on a let's-meet-for-a-drink-situation-to-see-if-can-actually-stand-you thing I was told that the dating pool in New York was 60% women, 40% men. Thanks buddy, as though I needed to be reminded of that little fun fact at that particular moment! However the young fellow was speaking the truth, men have their pick of so many fantastic, successful, beautiful women and these same women seem like they are fighting for the 10 nice, emotionally available, relatively attractive/successful straight and actually single guys that are left! I want to believe that this theory was just a result of having an overly cynical possibly hormone charged day. I know single ladies out there like to complain about how there's a total shortage of good men in NYC and that the men they do meet are either not interested in a relationship or already married but I mean, it can't possibly be that bad out there can it!?
Well apparently it can be that bad out there! Apparently women will settle for just about anything...even a d-bag looking thief with a huge coke problem! I think it's absolutely crazy that this guy can find a partner not once but twice! Who cares if he's a felon, at least he's ready for a relationship? How sad...
In a city where living in a different borough can be a deal breaker for people; how is getting busted for stealing almost 20 million not a deal breaker?

WTF Wednesday

Here's some things that are confusing me this week...

the other day i was on the bus and some man behind me was clipping his nails! wtf! it is so wrong to clip your nails, put on/take off nail polish or do any other sort of personal hygiene situation while on public transportation. i am baffled that people don't just automatically know this! do they think they are alone on the bus/subway? do they not know how totally gross it is? i have a fear that a flying nail is going to hit me and then i would vom all over the bus.

ok so wtf is up with this dog? this confuses me because i don't know if i should laugh or be sad for the dog. he's wearing jeans and a tank top and is sitting behind a boom box. why would you dress your dog like that? and if you were going to dress your dog like why wouldn't you go even further and put a hat out to collect some money? wtf.

jay-z didn't participate in the remake of "we are the world" and when asked why he said it was because he didn't feel that anyone should remake the song...and then he compared it to "thriller." wtf jay-z, "thriller"? "we are the world" is an ok song with a great message, it's not nearly as good as "thriller"! i agree that the song probably shouldn't have been remade, it's weird to hear rap and auto tune but the message behind the song is a good message. but let's be real jigga, you just wanted to do your own song so you could be the center of attention.

ok so this tattoo seriously says will eat pussy. wtf! is that something that this guy really needs to advertise? does this tattoo help him meet the ladies? i don't know, but if he hasn't found that special someone he should date the woman with the dick sucka tattoo from last week. can anyone say M.F.E.O??

WTF Wednesday

Here's some things I'm confused about today.

wtf is wrong with people!? why did this chick get this tattoo??? there are no word for the level of crazy this chick is on. her boo probably loved it though!

wtf is up with male figure skating!? it is so weird! i don't remember it being quite this weird in the 80s-90s.

wtf is up with this guy? seriously america, this is who you chose to be your idol? wtf is wrong with you?

we all know i have a special kind of hate for beyonce but seriously wtf is up with wearing leather pants on an airplane? she looks like a middle age sad wanna be biker "babe."