Now, if you know me, you know that I do not dig Mariah Carey. I think she's a diva, and not in the good way. I have also been alive and alert long enough to know that there's some baby mama drama shit goin' down between Mariah and Eminem in which he claims they had a relationship and she claims they did not. Their childish attacks (which could also just be brilliant PR, I suppose) are frequently featured in the news and in their songs.
So naturally, I was not surprised when I read an article/interview that she gave to Le 6-9 on Wednesday that went a little like this:
Le 6-9: So it’s not the question with Eminem?
Mariah: I don’t even know who that is. I wrote the song and I’m very happy with it. And I’m happy with my new album. So I don’t know if somebody wants to write their little songs. I haven’t heard them on the radio, I don’t know what’s going on with that. They don’t seem to play them here in America. I’m not sure so I don’t know.
Le 6-9: Eminem is a rapper if you don’t know him.
Mariah: Well, I have certain favorite rappers like Jay-Z, Kanye, I take it back
old school, we can go on for hours.
(http://www.youheardthatnew.com/?p=7295)
OK, so she's basically claiming that she doesn't know who Eminem ( "that" or "them") is and that she hasn't heard "them" on the radio and that they don't play "them" in America. Hmmm. Well either she's delusional or retarded. Probably both. She looks like an imbecile, since just seven years ago she was on Larry King talking about talking to him on the phone and hanging out with him. http://top40.about.com/od/mariahcare1/tp/mariahcareyeminem.htm (Oh, and p.s....sure Mariah. Jay-Z and Kanye are so totally "old school." DELUSIONAL! )
So yeah... how does that go again? Me thinks thou doth protest too much? Is that it? Because yeah, I mean, by making statements that she doesn't know who Eminem is shows she's an idiot and only seems to further the fued and the drama. Whatever. I can't wait until he releases the photos and audio and whatever else he has. He seems to be a ticking timb bomb in that respect and I'll just clap my hands and open my eyes wide and say "goody!!!" until then. She can have 100s of lawyers on standby waiting for this to happen, but it'll still leak, and Perez and PITNB and Dlisted and Gawker and Defamer will all have it for minutes before its taken down and little "obsessed" Eminem will be vindicated (provided, of course, it's all true... which it sure seems to be!)
Celebrities are such interesting creatures. :-)
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Breakin' Free
After spending the past two days reviewing the various FAILs on failblog.org, I decided to pop on over to CNN.com to see what was going on in the news. It turns out that there's yet ANOTHER story of ANOTHER escaped inmate. Yeah. Seriously. Just in the past few days alone, we had:
1) Robert Maday- the Chicagoland career offender was being transported by police when he escaped, which led to a two-day manhunt (and lockdowns of area schools). He was fortunately apprehended later, but only after he hijacked some cars and robbed a bank! http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-escaped-prisoner-18-sep18,0,3482719.story
2) On Friday, in Washington, legally insane killer Phillip Paul was able to elude law enforcement when he escaped during -- get ready for this -- an outing to the county fair! YES! He's a convicted, legally insane murderer and was on a fun little trip to a fair!!!! I'm ashamed of one of my former home states. And guess what? He's still missing! http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/19/washington.escaped.killer/index.html?iref=newssearch
3) And then this morning we have the lovely and talented Joshua Barnes, age 21, who was serving a 35 year sentence for a hodge-podge of offenses, missing from a Texas jail after he broke through a wall and used bedsheets to propel down the side of a seven-story building. ?!? And no one saw or heard this? WTF?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/20/texas.prisoner.escape/
I mean, at the end of the day, I'm very supportive and appreciative of those who work in law enforcement, and generally have respect for what they do. On the other hand, I can't help but wonder how stuff like this happens. Clearly these people received training in how to transport prisoners. There have to be policies and procedures. So.... what happened? The only explanation is that someone didn't follow policies or procedures, or was lax in carrying out their duties such that a "mistake" happened. Now, I don't know what happened in these three situations, but it brings to mind a concern of mine, which is that a lot of people get too comfortable at their jobs which makes it easy to be lazy and/or disregard standard practices, which results in costly mistakes for the employer (and others, as well). Let me digress for a minute.
Our country is allegedly still in the throes of a nasty recession wherein jobs are being discarded left and right and good employees are finding themselves jobless and unable to replace their former jobs. There are people (like one of my sisters and friends, for example) who send out probably on average 50 resumes per week to all types of employers, and even look for jobs in other parts of the country. They're so eager to return to work and just be back in the game that they're lowering their standards and forgetting about advanced training and degrees and promising would-be-employers that no, they're not overqualified, and just give them a chance.
Compare this to those employees (not all, just some) who have become complacent in their duties to the point where laziness and lack of attention lead to mistakes. Look around your workplace. I'm sure you'll recognize these people. So I ask, why do employers keep these people on? Is it out of loyalty? Because it's easier to NOT fire someone? Because it's cheaper to NOT have to hire someone new and train them? In the end, aren't people who fail to comply with standard policies and practices the ones that cause the problems which bring about costly mistakes? So why not get them "off the bus" and bring aboard new talent, eager for the job, the paycheck, the return to normalcy.
I know, I got off topic a bit there, but after hanging out with various peeps over the past few weeks and hearing drama about all sorts of random things happening at various workplaces, I can't help but wonder about it. Then, reading these stories about the escapees kind of triggered those thoughts again. Who knows. I try to be a "rule follower" but we all slip from time to time. I guess I would just have thought that the transportation of highly dangerous criminal offenders would be something that involves standard protocol, tested over time to avoid careless errors like those that may have happened here. I guess we'll see. In the meantime, I'm thankful for our law enforcement for their efforts to locate and apprehend these criminals and to hep restore safety and security to those communities.
1) Robert Maday- the Chicagoland career offender was being transported by police when he escaped, which led to a two-day manhunt (and lockdowns of area schools). He was fortunately apprehended later, but only after he hijacked some cars and robbed a bank! http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-escaped-prisoner-18-sep18,0,3482719.story
2) On Friday, in Washington, legally insane killer Phillip Paul was able to elude law enforcement when he escaped during -- get ready for this -- an outing to the county fair! YES! He's a convicted, legally insane murderer and was on a fun little trip to a fair!!!! I'm ashamed of one of my former home states. And guess what? He's still missing! http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/19/washington.escaped.killer/index.html?iref=newssearch
3) And then this morning we have the lovely and talented Joshua Barnes, age 21, who was serving a 35 year sentence for a hodge-podge of offenses, missing from a Texas jail after he broke through a wall and used bedsheets to propel down the side of a seven-story building. ?!? And no one saw or heard this? WTF?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/20/texas.prisoner.escape/
I mean, at the end of the day, I'm very supportive and appreciative of those who work in law enforcement, and generally have respect for what they do. On the other hand, I can't help but wonder how stuff like this happens. Clearly these people received training in how to transport prisoners. There have to be policies and procedures. So.... what happened? The only explanation is that someone didn't follow policies or procedures, or was lax in carrying out their duties such that a "mistake" happened. Now, I don't know what happened in these three situations, but it brings to mind a concern of mine, which is that a lot of people get too comfortable at their jobs which makes it easy to be lazy and/or disregard standard practices, which results in costly mistakes for the employer (and others, as well). Let me digress for a minute.
Our country is allegedly still in the throes of a nasty recession wherein jobs are being discarded left and right and good employees are finding themselves jobless and unable to replace their former jobs. There are people (like one of my sisters and friends, for example) who send out probably on average 50 resumes per week to all types of employers, and even look for jobs in other parts of the country. They're so eager to return to work and just be back in the game that they're lowering their standards and forgetting about advanced training and degrees and promising would-be-employers that no, they're not overqualified, and just give them a chance.
Compare this to those employees (not all, just some) who have become complacent in their duties to the point where laziness and lack of attention lead to mistakes. Look around your workplace. I'm sure you'll recognize these people. So I ask, why do employers keep these people on? Is it out of loyalty? Because it's easier to NOT fire someone? Because it's cheaper to NOT have to hire someone new and train them? In the end, aren't people who fail to comply with standard policies and practices the ones that cause the problems which bring about costly mistakes? So why not get them "off the bus" and bring aboard new talent, eager for the job, the paycheck, the return to normalcy.
I know, I got off topic a bit there, but after hanging out with various peeps over the past few weeks and hearing drama about all sorts of random things happening at various workplaces, I can't help but wonder about it. Then, reading these stories about the escapees kind of triggered those thoughts again. Who knows. I try to be a "rule follower" but we all slip from time to time. I guess I would just have thought that the transportation of highly dangerous criminal offenders would be something that involves standard protocol, tested over time to avoid careless errors like those that may have happened here. I guess we'll see. In the meantime, I'm thankful for our law enforcement for their efforts to locate and apprehend these criminals and to hep restore safety and security to those communities.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Toodles, NIN; Hello, PJs!
So the week of NIN has ended :-( Every night was more amazing than the one before, with 3 hour + long sets. I only ended up in the "pit" one night, and that was fine by me. Hey, I'm an old lady, what can I say? Mel and I cried a bit at the end. It was hard not to. Frankly, I started crying when Trent played The Frail. It always gets me. I'm sure the copious quantities of beer didn't help with the emotional rollercoaster, but...? We met some fun people at the venues and are bummed that this good thing has come to an end. Can't wait to see what Trent, Robin, Ilan, and Justin have for us in the future - whether collectively or individually. (P.S. LOVE the video making the rounds which shows Justin reaching out and gently touching Robin's chin! So endearing!)
I'm still sick, unfortunately, but thankfully was able to stay at home and do a whole lot of nothing today. I haven't even changed out of my pajamas! Glorious. I watched the remaining episodes of Season One of Hung, followed by Little Children (holy JESUS Patrick Wilson is hot!!!), and then watched some Hoarders, which has become my new guilty pleasure. I did feel quite vomitous at times, but I'm still going to watch. It kind of makes me feel better about my sad little life ;-)
I also watched the first episode of Vampire Diaries. Not sure what to think just yet. It's pretty good, but unfortunately, has a lot of similarities to the Twilight franchise which makes me wonder "Do I need to follow two separate but similar vampire stories?" The lead girl "Elena" looks like Posh, Alyssa Milano, and Tracey Ullman had a baby together, and the vampire (Stephan) looks a lot like Mark Paul Gosselar to me. I guess we'll have to see. I'm willing to give it a shot. Also looking forward to Community with Joel McHale!
I'm currently wondering why someone is drilling in a nearby apartment, and this is not the first night I've heard these sounds. I hope no one's being dismembered. Hey, I live in a grotty apartment in the middle of Hollywood with the most bizarre group of fellow tenants imagineable. Anything's possible.
I'm still sick, unfortunately, but thankfully was able to stay at home and do a whole lot of nothing today. I haven't even changed out of my pajamas! Glorious. I watched the remaining episodes of Season One of Hung, followed by Little Children (holy JESUS Patrick Wilson is hot!!!), and then watched some Hoarders, which has become my new guilty pleasure. I did feel quite vomitous at times, but I'm still going to watch. It kind of makes me feel better about my sad little life ;-)
I also watched the first episode of Vampire Diaries. Not sure what to think just yet. It's pretty good, but unfortunately, has a lot of similarities to the Twilight franchise which makes me wonder "Do I need to follow two separate but similar vampire stories?" The lead girl "Elena" looks like Posh, Alyssa Milano, and Tracey Ullman had a baby together, and the vampire (Stephan) looks a lot like Mark Paul Gosselar to me. I guess we'll have to see. I'm willing to give it a shot. Also looking forward to Community with Joel McHale!
I'm currently wondering why someone is drilling in a nearby apartment, and this is not the first night I've heard these sounds. I hope no one's being dismembered. Hey, I live in a grotty apartment in the middle of Hollywood with the most bizarre group of fellow tenants imagineable. Anything's possible.
Monday, September 7, 2009
I'm constantly thinking "Gosh, I need to blog more" because I really love to write. The problem is, I always figure I don't have anything funny enough to write about so I just don't write. I've decided to put an end to that, however. I've stumbled across many a blog which consist solely of the author's musings about daily life, and that's enough for me to do it, too. Because hey, at the end of the day, it's not like I have 100s of followers or anything, so I'm really just writing for me. So here goes!
This week has been super fun. It started with the end of my busiest month of the year so far, which was not so fun, but then I had my birthday and NIN shows to look forward to. Melissa flew over from Vegas for night one of the NIN festivities, and we headed to the Palladium to see a totally rad show. We screamed our lungs out (off?) and think it may have been the best NIN show we've ever been to. Trent was clearly sick and you could hear it, but that didn't make it any less enjoyable to us (probably less enjoyable for him, as his throat probably shredded to pieces with every note). I tried to tweet the setlist but I'm an idiot and never know the true and correct names for the instrumental tunes. Rumor has it Jared Leto, Adrienne Curry, Katy Perry, and Steve Perry were all there. They were on the special balcony across from us. We were in the poor people balcony, but I'm not complaining . We were ten feet from a minimally-frequented bar with super nice bartenders and also had our own cocktail waitress. Sweet. :-) No encore though. Bummer. We were wasted and had some BK and then assed out for a few hours.
Next on the agenda was my birthday, which was spent entirely in Court for a Mandatory Settlement Conference / Final Status Conference and ex parte hearing. What a frickin' day. Thankfully, a resolution favorable to all was reached around the 3 o'clock hour, which meant we had time for a quick drink to celebrate. By the time I got home, though, I was frickin' beat! I had to put the kibosh on any birthday plans because I just needed to sleep and hydrate and rally for the next NIN show.
And rally I did.... I chilled out for a few days, got my car fixed (thank you, nice AAA man!), watched "He's Just Not That Into You" and fell in love with Bradley Cooper, and then headed over to the Echoplex for NIN last night. Frickin' amazing! I can never decide which show is the best. They're truly all great. The whole place is a pit, and apparently fits about 700 people. I, at the ripe ol' age of not-21 was not really happy about having to touch other sweaty people for three hours. Thankfully, however, ALL of the peeps who were around me were super respectful and I had nothing to worry about. No B.O., no bad breath, no unnecessary touching (though Carrie has a different opinion about that, particularly after that guy tried to pick her up and then, after she looked at him like, "Um, what the hell are you doing?" he said "Oh, I thought you were my girlfriend." which was quite funny because the dude was standing next to us all frickin' night and there was no girlfriend to speak of nearby. So yeah.) I was literally jumping up and down in my steel-toed boots and was DRENCHED by the end of the night. I did not go to the gym yesterday, but am confident I worked off a few hundred calories in screaming, head bobbing, fist punching, and jumping.
We did get to see Robin for a minute when we entered the venue, and I was starstruck and couldn't think of anything clever to say, even though Melissa and I have thought about what we'd say to TR if we had two seconds and have even rehearsed it so that we won't sound like idiots, but for whatever reason, I drew a complete blank last night and couldn't think of anything to say.
We also saw two other dudes wearing our "Eraser" shirt and neither of us have ever seen anyone else with the shirts. We're so proud of them. They're the first shirt we ever got at our first NIN concert at Shoreline Amphitheater.
I slept for a glorious twelve hours and awoke to a message on Twitter that more NIN tix went on sale. I didn't have tix for the Henry Fonda show, and whaddayaknow? I do now! Can't wait. So we have NIN tomorrow night, and the last show ever on Thursday night. I'm afraid I'm going to cry. I almost did last night during "Hurt." You could hear a pin drop. Not a frickin' sound. Everyone was really into it. Awesome.
Anywho, that's enough for now. I'm hungry and need to get back to Fast Times at Ridgemont High and reading Kevin Smith's tweetfest :-) Toodles!
This week has been super fun. It started with the end of my busiest month of the year so far, which was not so fun, but then I had my birthday and NIN shows to look forward to. Melissa flew over from Vegas for night one of the NIN festivities, and we headed to the Palladium to see a totally rad show. We screamed our lungs out (off?) and think it may have been the best NIN show we've ever been to. Trent was clearly sick and you could hear it, but that didn't make it any less enjoyable to us (probably less enjoyable for him, as his throat probably shredded to pieces with every note). I tried to tweet the setlist but I'm an idiot and never know the true and correct names for the instrumental tunes. Rumor has it Jared Leto, Adrienne Curry, Katy Perry, and Steve Perry were all there. They were on the special balcony across from us. We were in the poor people balcony, but I'm not complaining . We were ten feet from a minimally-frequented bar with super nice bartenders and also had our own cocktail waitress. Sweet. :-) No encore though. Bummer. We were wasted and had some BK and then assed out for a few hours.
Next on the agenda was my birthday, which was spent entirely in Court for a Mandatory Settlement Conference / Final Status Conference and ex parte hearing. What a frickin' day. Thankfully, a resolution favorable to all was reached around the 3 o'clock hour, which meant we had time for a quick drink to celebrate. By the time I got home, though, I was frickin' beat! I had to put the kibosh on any birthday plans because I just needed to sleep and hydrate and rally for the next NIN show.
And rally I did.... I chilled out for a few days, got my car fixed (thank you, nice AAA man!), watched "He's Just Not That Into You" and fell in love with Bradley Cooper, and then headed over to the Echoplex for NIN last night. Frickin' amazing! I can never decide which show is the best. They're truly all great. The whole place is a pit, and apparently fits about 700 people. I, at the ripe ol' age of not-21 was not really happy about having to touch other sweaty people for three hours. Thankfully, however, ALL of the peeps who were around me were super respectful and I had nothing to worry about. No B.O., no bad breath, no unnecessary touching (though Carrie has a different opinion about that, particularly after that guy tried to pick her up and then, after she looked at him like, "Um, what the hell are you doing?" he said "Oh, I thought you were my girlfriend." which was quite funny because the dude was standing next to us all frickin' night and there was no girlfriend to speak of nearby. So yeah.) I was literally jumping up and down in my steel-toed boots and was DRENCHED by the end of the night. I did not go to the gym yesterday, but am confident I worked off a few hundred calories in screaming, head bobbing, fist punching, and jumping.
We did get to see Robin for a minute when we entered the venue, and I was starstruck and couldn't think of anything clever to say, even though Melissa and I have thought about what we'd say to TR if we had two seconds and have even rehearsed it so that we won't sound like idiots, but for whatever reason, I drew a complete blank last night and couldn't think of anything to say.
We also saw two other dudes wearing our "Eraser" shirt and neither of us have ever seen anyone else with the shirts. We're so proud of them. They're the first shirt we ever got at our first NIN concert at Shoreline Amphitheater.
I slept for a glorious twelve hours and awoke to a message on Twitter that more NIN tix went on sale. I didn't have tix for the Henry Fonda show, and whaddayaknow? I do now! Can't wait. So we have NIN tomorrow night, and the last show ever on Thursday night. I'm afraid I'm going to cry. I almost did last night during "Hurt." You could hear a pin drop. Not a frickin' sound. Everyone was really into it. Awesome.
Anywho, that's enough for now. I'm hungry and need to get back to Fast Times at Ridgemont High and reading Kevin Smith's tweetfest :-) Toodles!
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