This is just too much.

I'm officially quitting the Jesse James scandal.  Gross bitches who are willing to do someone else's husband are one thing, but the complete disrespect Jesse James obviously has for women, animals, and humanity are where I draw the line.

The number of lawsuits he has settled against women who have worked for him tells me he doesn't care how uncomfortable he makes women and will not learn.

The stories that came out today (check out TMZ and Perez if you want the full stories) about his cruelty toward animals and his possible white supremacist leanings may or may not be true, but I've been following gossip and blind items long enough to know that where there's smoke there is usually fire.  I do hope these stories are untrue, but I doubt it based on the people he has chosen to be around. 

Also, he wears overalls.  OVERALLS. 

STELLAAAAAAAA!!!

Let me start by saying that I love fashion.  Love it.  I also love my child.  I even love dressing up my child.  See?  It all comes full circle, right?

Now that we've established some things that I love, let's move on to something I don't.  Buying expensive clothes for children.  Stella McCartney has launched her summer line for the Gap, and it's only a huge disappointment unless you are looking to show your kids how NOT to value a dollar by purchasing them a $60.00 shirt that they could grow out of before the summer is even over.  Don't get me wrong, the clothes are beautiful.  But why does a kid need a pair of $42.00 jean "roll up" shorts?  I can do that:  jeans + scissors = jean roll up shorts. (Ew, I sound like my mom.)

There you go.  Hell, I'll even add to the "value" by putting a hole or two in 'em and maybe even a paint splatter - lah-di-dah, I know.  Jesus Christ, we're still in an economic nightmare in this country, and your good old American jean store thinks you should be forking over $18.00 for a TANK TOP.  A fucking TANK TOP.  A plain one at that.  It doesn't even do anything like feed your kids or teach them to read.  It's a motherfucking tank top.

So your toddler gets used to the high life - don't hate, this is how she toddles, in her sixty dollar skinny jeans and forty dollar espadrilles.  She's looking gooooood, and since you dressed your dolly up so nice you just KNOW people think you're the best mom evah.  Time flies.  And before you know it she's a tween who is - GASP! - demanding fancy clothes, purses, concert tickets, etc. and you're wondering how on earth this little shit got such a sense of entitlement!  She got it from you, alright?  She got it from watching you. 

Does anyone else remember a couple of years ago when the Gap started in with all of the retro cuts?  First it was the Audrey Hepburn cigarette pant, then the vintage denim cuts and washes?  The Gap had gone too far from the simplicity that made it a household name and they were struggling.  Bringing back those clothes we all missed was the right thing to do, but now I'm wondering if we're headed back to the dark side.   Or do they think that  making just the kids clothing outrageous is the way to go?  I don't know, I'm no businessista, but I do know that you can find pretty much anything my kid wears at Target, Old Navy, and even.........dun dun DUUUUN!!!!  Wal Mart.  And I don't even get pissed when she spills OR grows.   Someday she'll be old enough to earn her own money and she can buy all of the brand name tags she wants.  Until then....

Target - $4.99

Wal Mart - THREE! for $9.00

Target - $7.99

And that's not all, here are some more cute clothes from Target and Wal Mart but I'm too lazy to price them all for you.  You've got a computer, go to Target or Walmart your self!

I know, these clothes aren't as mature as the Stella line, but I guess I'm that kind of mom who doesn't mind my kid dressing and acting like, well...a kid.

Blind Item

From Blindgossip:

One big star on the set of this film is spending as little time with their co-star as possible. You see, Star 1 is a control freak, while Star 2 has really poor hygiene. When not wearing clothes directly provided by wardrobe, Star 2 positively reeks. He does buy clothes, but he tends to wear them – without washing them – until they are completely soiled or ripe or ruined. Then he throws them away, buys a new set, and repeats the cycle. No wonder Star 1 practically runs the other way when they see him coming.

Angelina Jolie is the control freak, Johnny Depp is the stinky poo.  This one just makes me giggle. 

Well That Didn't Take Long

I just posted the blind item about Jesse James and looky what I see today on Perez:

We're not surprised!
Another homewrecker, Melissa Smith, has come out to give deets on her two-year relationship with Jesse James - and did we mention he was married to Sandra at the time?!
Melissa is a stripper who heard from Jesse on MySpace in September of 2006. He saw a photo of her posing in front of a car at the West Coast Choppers party and contacted her.
"I got a message from this guy saying, 'Nice car…that’s my godfather’s.' After a few exchanges, he introduced himself as Jesse James and gave me his e-mail address with the name Vanilla Gorilla,” claims the stripper.
clASSy.
Soon after the initial contact, the ho traveled to California and came down to the shop. Jesse promised her a ride in one of his cars, but they never made it out of the office.
After the two made small talk about artwork on his walls, “I said, ‘Well, I guess I should get going,’ and he said, ‘You don’t have to,’ and moved his chair closer to me and started rubbing my leg. We ended up having sex on his couch," Melissa continued.
Sandra deserves so much better!

Wonder how many more there are?  I love blind items so much.  TMZ also has an interesting story today...

TMZ has learned ... a former high level, female executive with West Coast Choppers settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Jesse James and West Coast Choppers for more than $700,000 in 2007, while he was married to Sandra Bullock ... according to documents.

The woman claimed between 2006 - 2007, Jesse James repeatedly made sexual advances, which allegedly included sexual acts.

The woman kept several suggestive emails from Jesse. In one email in 2007, which is included in the file, Jesse wrote to the woman, "Need anything before I split?" She responded, "Some Tums." Jesse replied, "I have some special fluid that you can drink and it makes it all better ...."

And, she claims after an oral encounter with Jesse, she kept a telltale Clintonesque T-shirt.

The woman quit in 2007 and hired Gloria Allred's law firm to represent her. No lawsuit was ever filed, but on September 27, 2007, the matter settled for $725,000.

What a pig!!  I bet he's Tiger Woods' new favorite person though...

The Rodeo.

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is a ripoff.  I was supposed to go last night to see Justin Beiber but God decided she loves me after all and I've been sick.  My ex did take our daughter and my niece and his report told me it's a good thing I didn't go.   

Parking was 20 dollars for a space in the mud at the old Astroworld site.  Add to that food, a ride or two, and a game (I actually don't even think they played any games) and he spent  $140.00 - and that's NOT including the tickets, and he didn't buy any t-shirts or other crap - just food, drinks, rides and maybe games.  You would think that for so much money the rides would be in working order.  Nope.  A bunch of people got trapped at the top of a roller coaster when the chain broke mid-ride.  This is one of my worst nightmares, and usually only presents itself in the random parking lot carnie-ville.  For an organization making about a million dollars a DAY from this event, you would think they would have the resources to maintain their fairway equipment. 

Next year I'm going to blast JB from my stereo while heading over to the Northwest Mall parking lot, slap a carnie five, and head on over to the tilt-a-whirl.  And my kid will have just as much fun as she did last night.   

(Jesse James) Blind (not really though) Item

Via BlindGossip:

This story is going to sound very familiar: A supposedly really nice famous guy cheats on his beautiful and classy and loyal wife. People are appalled – nay, shocked! – that he could do such a thing. Just wait, though, because this story is going to get much better (or much worse, depending on how you look at it). This wasn’t the first time this happened to this television reality guy. Expect more girls to come crawling out of the woodwork within the next few of days. And, just like in the case of that famous athlete, they will be the exact opposite of his wife. For example, there’s definitely more than one porn star in the mix. Don’t feel too sorry for his actress wife, though. She knew exactly what she was getting when she married him. She was not exactly blind-sided by the news. She just never thought he would embarrass her so publicly. Oh, and it won’t matter how many times he apologizes. He’s a dead man. 

On a side note, I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with Jesse's ex-wife Janine's speed.  She's wasted no time getting court papers filed to change the custody agreement (I say agreement, but really she has NO custody or visitation) now that Jesse's been tigered.   Jesse's so-called porn free home is coming into question and she's biting while she can!  Way to add some drama to the drama, bitch!  It's pretty fucking sad that Sandra's being married to Jesse and creating the stable home she did was such a factor in Jesse winning the custody fight.  All of the hard work he and Sandra put into that court battle so that Janine couldn't hurt their daughter anymore, and now there's actually a chance that house of cards could fall just because Jesse couldn't keep it in his pants.  Sad when grownups don't consider the big picture their actions paint.   

For more info on this story including a pic of the 1st ex-Mrs. James go to TMZ.

In The Works....

A very special website that allows free bitching to all.  Stay tuned for more details, bitches.

Oh Sweet Jesus.

No.  Nononononononononononononononononononono.

First they're going to screw up one of my FAVORITE movies by remaking it.

Remember this?

Well I do and I sure as hell don't want JLo fucking it all up for me.

According to Perez that's exactly what is in the works. 

Abandoned Place: Centralia, PA

This abandoned town has it all: fire! death! scandal!!
 

The prevailing theory goes like this.  In 1962, in an attempt to clean up the town's landfill, firefighters set it on fire and let it burn.  Because this site was next to an abandoned coal mine pit, the fire quickly spread to the coal and ignited it.  The fire still burns today. 

It wasn't until 1972 that officials realized the scope of the fire and began to take action.  In 1981 a teenage boy fell to his death when the fire pit caused the ground beneath his feet to collapse. 

In 1984 congress allocated relocation funds and most of the residents took the money and ran but some stayed.  Then in 1992 the state claimed eminent domain and tried to demolish what was left of the town.  Here's where the scandal comes in.

Some residents believe that the fire is extinguishable, and that the eminent domain claim was a ploy to secure and not have to share the mineral rights.  From wikipedia because I'm lazy:

Several current and former Centralia residents believe the state's eminent domain claim was a ploy to gain the mineral rights to the anthracite coal beneath the borough. Residents estimate its value to be in the billions of dollars, although the exact amount of coal is not known. In a nearby municipality, the government was successful in extinguishing a similar mine fire using methods like those proposed for and used in Centralia.

Inneresting.  Here are some pics of the place:

This first one shows a rowhouse that hasn't been demolished using buttresses to keep it standing because the building that used to hold it up is no longer there:

 

Just a note, when I post things like this I don't get too deep into the topic here because a) I'm lazy. and b) I hope that if something I write about here sparks your interest you'll go on a leeeeearning adventuuuuure. 

Blinds

I know all of my reader has been waiting since Wednesday so here are my favorite blinds of the week:

From Buzzfoto:

This (ditzy) movie A-List actress smoked so much pot in her honey wagon on the set of one of her films that the company that rented the trailer had to rip all the carpet out and repaper the walls. They demanded that the studio collect the money from the actress, but the studio is nervous about pissing her off because for some inextricable reason she still brings seats into the theaters, so they put the responsibility back on the rental company. They say it’s up to the rental company to collect the money and now the jilted business is threatening to out the actress’ little habit. Not Charlize Theron.

 My guess is Kate Hudson or Cameron Diaz

This once B/C actress once had a promising future and was rocketing to the top. Now, she is throwing her life away every chance she gets. Her self-destructive habits might have gotten her attention in the past, also endangering the lives of others, but now she’s putting on a whole show of a mess for random people to see. Not only is she dragging those around her into substance abuse, she’s also been driving under the influence, stealing from friends, and having others pick up her messes. Most recently we hear she’s been fond of Chatroulette, which normally wouldn’t be a big deal because she’s been dressing up and disguising herself. Except that once her identity is discovered, she’ll be in big trouble. You’ll know her by the illegal activities she is doing online for everyone to see, and she’s almost always completely high when she does them. It won’t be long until the world hears about her little secret life. Not Mischa Barton.

This could only be Lindsay Lohan, and also the only thing I've read that's actually made me want to try Chatroulette.

From CDAN:

This about to hit A list television actress on a fairly new hit network show shocked all of her fellow cast and the crew after she was handed a cup of coffee by a production assistant. After the production assistant had walked away, she had a sip, turned around and said, "that f**king n***er can't even make a cup of coffee. They should fire him." You could have heard a pin drop.

I have no guess for this one but would love to know who this ugly on the inside bitch is.

This stunning B list movie actress has been in rehab before. Recently she was in rehab again. It didn't last long though. Two days into her most recent stint she was kicked out when she was caught smoking meth with another patient. She has since moved on to another rehab facility where she is a few days short of completing her 30 days.

My guess is Eva Mendes

Jesse James: Whaaaat a dummy

So all of these allegations are unfounded and untrue, yet you feel the need to acknowledge them and apologize for them publicly.  You're not that smart, are you Jesse...?

But we know that Jesse James has a history of making bad decisions, especially when it comes to women. 

Jesse's first wife is Karla James.  They were married from 1991 until 2002.  I can't find very much info on her, so let's focus on something I find interesting here.  They were married for 11 years - that's a long time.  That's an especially long time when you consider they had to deal with his then career of touring with rock stars as a bodyguard, nursing him back to health after a serious injury and starting a business.  Just one of those would be stressful to any marriage but they made it through all of that.  In 2001 Jesse made his television debut on a Discovery Channel program Motorcycle Mania, which we all know allowed him to jump off into hosting his own shows.  Funny how his marriage only made it a year after he started to become famous.  I wonder how long he was cheating on Karla with wife #2 - a dooooozy if I may say so - before she had enough?

So Jesse gets famous, meets Janine Lindemulder - probably one out of many "perks" of his fame but this one stuck, and she stuck baaaaad.  To make a long story short since you can google this mom of the year yourself she's a drug addicted porn staaaah.  So boy makes it big and gets the chance to play with lots and lots of boobies - life in the fastlane indeed!  Screeeeeeeeech - until they had a kid in 2004.  I guess Jesse decided that parenting, porn, and drugs don't go hand in hand and so he dumped that mess the same year.  She's since been in and out of court and jail - yes, she's a real winner my friends.  Weird how fake tits and drugs don't make someone as good a mother as they are a romp in the hay.   


Anyhoo, in 2005 Jesse finally made a decent choice by marrying Sandra Bullock who stood by her man, fighting with him for custody of his children among the other awesome things she does.  And how does he thank her for this support and partnership?  He hops on myspace and starts an affair with some nasty who is even more vile than wife #2, that's how.  This new ho, Michelle McGee (I am SO NOT using her moniker "Bombshell" to refer to her because she just ain't one) has pretty questionable intentions.  Also, she's ugly as hell and her eyes (also can be used as a portal to hell) scare me.  ALSO she met up with a guy regularly to have sex in a garage.  A GARAGE.  Now I don't care if it's Brad fucking Pitt - if some dude I met on myspace expected me to fuck him in his GARAGE on the regular he would be shit out of luck.  I certainly wouldn't delude myself into believing I was his girlfriend, but maybe things are different in California.  Here in Texas boyfriends don't keep their girlfriends in their garage. 

This girl knew Jesse James was married and she still kept it going.  Don't give me that, "but he told her his marriage was a sham" bullshit either - you don't fuck with a married man - period.  If you do and he only meets you in his garage then guess what - he is trying to hide you from his wife which means his marriage is probably not just a sham.  Oh, hey, besides being a dim bulb she's a white supremecist too!  Nice, reeeeal nice - it's 2010 by the way, we have a black president now and everything.  Being racist is sooooo last century - being anti-gay marriage is so much more trendy, no?  Also, she thought being Jesse's whore would be her way to stardom.  So she took 30 grand from a tabloid to sell her "boyfriend" out.  Why do girls stoop to such degrading, disgusting measures for 15 minutes of fame?   I'll never understand, but then again I have self respect and don't need to go looking for it in A GARAGE or the flash of a paparazzi's camera.

And so Jesse denied the allegations and at the same time apologized to his family for making these mistakes that he just said weren't true....yep, here's a guy obviously used to having his cake and eating it too.  In his garage.

Little Nuggets of NOOO WAAAAY!

Ah, blind items.  I love them so.  You know how you'll be at work and that lady who eats tuna fish at her desk (me) comes up to your cubicle and she's dancing around a little so you think she has to pee?  But then you realize she doesn't actually have to pee, she just has some really good gossip involving the receptionist, the VP, and the boardroom?   You decide that the story is true, no wait... you really aren't sure in your heart of hearts, but then again, you just can't look at the receptionist the same way again after that.

That is what blind items are to me, only "the office" is Hollywood.  I'll post the ones I think are interesting here, not that anyone's reading this, so if you should stumble upon this blog by accident feel free to guess in the comments before you go read some other amateur's crappy writing!

Look for today's blind items later......

It's True!!!

Dan Akroyd really IS going to be grand marshall at this year's Art Car parade! 

confirmed via Channel 11 news

Sonofabitchbastard

I may have to rename this blog.  I'm "growing up".  I'm really growing up.  I was really really annoyed and bitchy a few minutes ago but I fought it with positivity and as soon as the annoying feelings started slipping away I knew I was doomed. 

Dream A Little Dream, Or A Big One. I Don't Really Care.

With all of the Corey buzz this week I'm reminded of that movie "Dream A Little Dream" - this movie intrigued me so as a kid...

I don't know why, really.  Let's exlpore this.

1.  Converse.  I was eleven and this was the first time I really noticed chucks.

2.  Corey Haim's head.  That hair.  That hat.  I swooned.

3.  Meredith Salenger.  I wanted to be her and wear her striped tights SO BAD.

4.  The song.  I really really loved the song. Still do.



5.  Last but certainly not least,Michael Damien's Rock On.  Seriously, you rock on, you.




What a time it was, right?  And just in case you're wondering, I did wear striped tights later on in life.  I actually graduated to much more obnoxious hosiery while in high school.  I'm sure your day is complete now that you know that.

My Favorite Abandoned Place

I love abandoned places.  The intrigue, the mystery, the remnants of souls and life.  Abandoned buildings are okay, in fact there's an abandoned elementary school near my house that I'm dying to explore, but that's for another day...

The Walled City of Kowloon.  The kind of place one would only expect to find in the movies.  It's often described as lawless - simply titillating, no?

No, there was not actually a wall around it, but the perimeter was so marked it looked like there was.  The history of this city is incredibly interesting, and I highly suggest you look into it here at wikipedia.  I'm not going to get into all of it here, because let's face it, I'm lazy.  After China decided it wanted this city back, about 2,000 squatters fled to Kowloon for Chinese protection, and once they got there it was their city and they weren't going anywhere (well... until 1994 when the city was demolished).  The city became so densly populated that many parts of it never saw sunlight at all.

"The City's dozens of alleyways were often only 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) wide, and had poor lighting and drainage. An informal network of staircases and passageways also formed on upper levels, which was so extensive that one could travel north to south through the entire City without ever touching solid ground. Construction in the City went unregulated, and most of the roughly 350 buildings were built with poor foundations and few or no utilities. Because apartments were so small—about 60% were 23 m² (250 sq ft)—space was maximized with wider upper floors, caged balconies, and rooftop additions. Roofs in the City were full of television antennas, clotheslines, water tanks, and garbage, and could be crossed using a series of ladders"

(source: wikipedia)

  This sunlit alley was a pretty rare thing:

Yep, that was a sunlit alley.  You mean you couldn't tell?

Anyhoo, without any authority governing Kowloon, crime was rampant!  Most of the residents lived there in peace though and tried to improve the living conditions there, and factories and other businesses did pretty well.  Did you ever see Batman Begins?  The narrows was inspired by Kowloon, as have many other books and movies have been.  Really, you should check it out.

As I mentioned before, the city was demolished in 1994.  The area where the city once stood is now a park and historical district.

I Swear This Is Not Me

This is some other devil woman - a kindred spirit if you will - in China.  You can read about her here.

Houston Art Car Weekend

It's coming in May.  I hear talk that Dan Akroyd is going to be the grand marshal of the parade but can't find anything to confirm this.  If you live in the Houston area I highly recommend the Art Car festivities.

My favorite memory of living in the Heights a couple of years ago was living on Heights Blvd and every once in awhile we got an impromptu art car parade, usually the art car people blowing off steam after an event or just having fun.  I could hear the fireball car from several blocks away and would gather up my child and race outside to share and revel in the spontaneous happiness.  The last one of these I got to see was in May of 2008, it was Tom Jones' last ride a few hours after the Annual Art Car Parade.

Corey Haim

Corey Haim was found dead of an overdose this morning. Hollywood really took its time killing this one. Gave him a reality show and another little taste of fame just to put him over the edge. Tsk.

When will the public wake up? When will our little girls stop idolizing this two-faced industry? We glamorize Hollywood and that lifestyle, luring people with fame and riches. Take a closer look. Look at Lindsay Lohan, Amy Winehouse, Tila Tequila. Three very different kinds of careers, three very messed up women. The Hollywood machine takes what it needs to turn people into commodities, how do they even breathe with all of that pressure? That person can't cope with being a good and so they turn to drugs to turn their feelings off and they become that commodity. Eventually their soul can't take it and then the public tunes in to watch them drown. It was no secret Corey Haim had major drug problems - why do you think the coreys got that show? If they had been two regular has-beens nobody would have watched. But we did. We watched to see what crazy shenanigans that drugged up Corey would come up with.

Think about yourself for a moment. Think about all of your secret insecurities and how you would destroy yourself if every bad hair day, every roll of fat or bite of food you took was photographed and analyzed. If millions of dollars were riding on your performance at work and everyone else's hard work came down to you. And inside, you're just a person, scared, annoyed, and flawed like everyone else. But everyone else expects you to be perfect. Add a little teenage angst in there and it's no wonder child actors so often end up on this path.

Remember, people - a talent and a good publicist do not a decent person make.

UPDATE 03/11/2010:

Everyone around Corey is saying he had been clean for a year and a half, but some people say he was on prescription drugs (and there were four prescription medication bottles found around him).  Will our pharmaceutical society never learn that just because some asshole in a white coat who wants to line his pockets writes a prescription, they are still drugs and are STILL DANGEROUS?!  And what's with these celebrities who have years-long documented drug addictions and then when they die suddenly the story flips and it's "No way, you've got it all wrong, it wasn't drugs at all!"  Yeah, okay.  If I spend years and years wearing my body down with drugs and then I die, please tell everyone the cause of death was sunshine and rainbows, wouldja?  Apparently Hollywood thinks you'll swallow anything it squirts at you.   Well, I guess Labor Pains could also prove this point...

I'm Bitchy

This is my first post, so I suppose I should give you some sort of blog overview or something.

Okay, here we go!

When I feel like writing about something, I'm going to write about it. There.

Hm. That was easier than I thought it would be.