I hate INXS

I am so pissed. First, I thought Daphna's performance was the strongest. But eliminating both Heather and Daphna was a cheap trick. Bright side? Heather can get on with her own music and forget INXS's shit. Hope she gets in her RV and comes to Ohio!

A Porsche sedan?

What we knew is officially true: the Porsche Panamera will be a reality.

Porsche doing a four-door seems a little weird to me. I wonder if Porsche’s going to lose its individuality by expanding its offerings. First an SUV and now a sedan. Those are words that just shouldn’t be associated with Porsche — or at least that’s my first instinct. The car looks pretty cool, though. I’m looking forward to seeing this in person. It’s pricey, though. Not for your average sedan buyer. But it sure is pretty.

Keep up to date on new developments: AutoBlog, Dance with Shadows, InsideLine (which also has spy video on the new 911), and the Autobahn.

Sexual harassment in my dreams

Last night, I dreamed about one of the higher-ups in my company (one of my favorites, actually). He was blatantly hitting on me in front of many people. I didn't want to embarrass him, so I tried using body language to convey that I didn't want him touching me. It wasn't working. I was with someone, a girl from work, I think, and she was laughing at my terrible discomfort.

I was seriously freaked out when I woke up. I was sexually harassed in my dream, and it was really, truly terrifying. I was afraid that my not responding would cost me my job or my status. In fact, it felt like it was going to segue into assault. I'm glad I woke up.

My little recap

Kind of a rough week. The song choices are interesting (read: weird and not suitable to find out whether someone really could front INXS), and I know that the contestants aren’t choosing what they choose (you know what I mean). But still. What are they thinking?

Best Performance: MiG, followed by Jordis
Worst Performance: JD, followed by my girl Heather

Jordis, “Gimme Some Lovin’”
A completely different performance for Jordis, and she ROCKED it.

Suzie, “Superstition”
A risky number, plus a harmonica. I didn’t care for her standing in one position, and she was kind of weak in some spots. Overall, a good performance, though. But I can’t shake the fact that she looks like Debbie Gibson.

Jessica, “Because the Night”
Again, the beginning sucked, but probably one of her better performance. And she’s clothed! But I don’t know why she used birds as her breasts. I still want the skank to go home. She’s boring.

MiG, “Lola”
Apparently this is self-arranged (copying JD, of course – brownnosers, unite!). I dig it. I’m not really sure what the judges were talking about with the control. But whatever. I like him a lot.

Brandon, “Tempted”
I really like his singing style. His stage presence is a bit boring. His eyes are shut, like, all the time. It’s a bit creepy. LOOK at the audience.

Ty, “Everybody Hurts”
God, his voice is so clear. Love it.

Heather, “If It Makes You Happy”
Weird choice for my favorite girl. The verses were rough, the chorus was good. The verses are too low. I don’t have a good vibe about this, and that upsets me. I will be voting a lot, that’s for sure.

JD, “We Are the Champions”
Terrible beginning. Missed some notes. He has weird facial expressions. Not happy with this. And when he tried to get the crowd into it, it seemed like he just didn’t want to sing the words.

Deanna, “Give a Little Bit”
Kind of anti-climatic. Better than last week, but I was waiting for something.

Daphna, “Rock the Casbah”
She’s surprisingly consistent; I don’t really think she “murdered” the song. But why was she wearing a prom dress?

Tara, “Suffragette City”
Her most interesting performance. I don’t hate her tonight. She seemed to be looking up a lot at first.

Marty, “Lithium”
He doesn’t sound suicidal. He kind of looks like a peppier Kurt. The “yeah” parts were awesome. Pretty good, and everyone was into it.

The frog is dead

So The WB killed the frog, but is this really any better? Yeah, I'm so much more attracted to the network now. They're stupid. Try not having stupid shows -- like that damn Fran show and KILL Seventh Heaven -- and employ interesting marketing techniques for shows that cross ages (like Gilmore). Oh, and ditch Smallville. You all made that lame a long time ago.

And I'm inclined to agree with The Globe and Mail: this cosmetic surgery doesn't work. None of the new shows look any good. It's scary when One Tree Hill looks like the second-best show on the network -- and Charmed is #3. Oh, so time for Charmed to be nixed. I really don't want to see Alyssa Milano as a 50-year-old in pasties.

But The WB has Gilmore, one of the best shows on TV, period. Therefore, I will watch. But I won't watch that Melanie Griffith show.

Whatever happened to Jessica Hahn?

Jessica Hahn is on Larry King Live right now. She was complaining about being considered a "cartoon character." Um, try not dressing like one. Seriously, I'm looking at her right now and she's disgusting. The overdone hair and makeup. And stop the surgery, please.

She says she was a virgin in 1980 when that whole thing went down with Jim Bakker. I wonder whether that's true. I certainly have no reason to not believe her. He allegedly told her that "when you help the shepherd, you help the sheep." And apparently Tammy Faye was having an affair at the time and she was brought to FL to "help" Jim. Eww. Supposedly, she was drugged before she had sex with Jim Bakker. She's 46 now, and she was 21 when all that went down. She says that after sex with Jim, the guy who "set up" the episode took her, too. Bakker says that didn't happen and called Jessica a "professional."

And now she's a "musician." Whatever. She got screwed over, but she certainly didn't handle herself well. It's so disgusting. She's an f-ed up person, that's for sure. I guess she "grew up" in the church. Meaning, she was brainwashed, I'd say.

The day's on its way

I watched The Day After Tomorrow this afternoon. I know it wasn't as successful as people thought it should have been, but I think that's partially because we don't like the idea that our massive consumption could lead to our demise, scientifically speaking that is. Many of the religious right think that Armageddon is coming or could come, but they don't want to take responsibility.

It's like when we're kids, and we're told many things -- if we do something bad, we'll get it back. But people don't seem to think of our excessive consumption in that manner. I'm not all high and mighty either. I tend to just use, use, use. I've been driving around all weekend, wasting gasoline, helping pollute the environment, etc. I'm using plastic ware and paper bowls, just throwing them away instead of washing and reusing.

I reuse water bottles. Does that cancel out all of the other stuff I just toss? Probably not. I don't really know much about the environment, and it's probably time I did some research and made some real moves to reduce my consumption and my effect on the environment. (And getting my Stella will help!)

And I LOVED the idea of a scientific Armageddon. That's fabulous. I love scientific reasons for things.

Random thought: I feel like a bitch because I took someone's clothes out of the washer tonight. But I waited 10 minutes, and I needed to use the machine! Really, I'm not a bitch, though. I have every right to use that machine. And when my clothes are done, if there's still stuff in the dryer, then I'm taking that stuff out, too. I'm just that way.

Batman Begins

So I'm in Florida all alone, so I decided to see a movie. Seriously, that's a tricky thing. I wanted to see something that Aaron wouldn't want to see, but he and I have very similar tastes in entertainment. The ideal would have been the Traveling Pants movie since I've read -- and loved -- the books. But that's a little old.

I almost saw the Herbie movie, but I couldn't go there. I saw Batman Begins, and I really enjoyed it. I think Aaron would have liked it as well. Christian Bale is very engaging. Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman were joys, as usual. I like backstory, and this gave me a lot of that. I have no idea whether it was true to the comic book or even to the other movies, but whatever. I don't care.

I really wanted to see Charlie or The Island, but I know those are movies that need to be seen with Aaron.

I wish I could find a theater still playing the Pants, though.

Daylight Savings Time

So I guess they're extending Daylight Savings Time? I'm not sure how I feel about that. Granted, I never remember springing forward, but falling back is easy to remember.

Additionally, I don't buy that it conserves energy. Really, how much difference does it make? I liked living in Arizona where they didn't even have it. MUCH easier.

“In addition to the benefits of energy savings, less crime, fewer traffic fatalities, more recreation time and increased economic activity, daylight saving just brings a smile to everybody’s faces,” said Markey.

Oh, come on.

Looking out for me

So one of the things that bummed me out about coming down here to Florida was that I was going to miss the Holly GoLightly show. Well, my sweet, sweet boyfriend went to the show last night even though he's only heard her in two songs (and one was a collaboration). AND he bought me a CD and a t-shirt. He loves me, he really loves me!

Rock Star

So my girl is still doing well. She really rocks and is totally hot. What a great combination. I can't see her winning, which really isn't a bad thing. The exposure is super-important. I wish she'd write more in her blog. I was a little disappointed this week. The song choices SUCKED. Roxanne? Ugh. And that Hoobastank song? What the hell?!

But you can hear one of her original songs on MySpace. Very cool.

Sunny Florida

So I'm in mostly sunny Florida for this training. It's a long story, but for the past three days, we had a rather touchy-feely training. We had to make "mailbags" for people to put "affirmations" in. I think most of this is kind of lame, but I do like the idea of affirming people. I don't like the name, though. And I don't want to make a big deal about it. But I would like people to know that I appreciate and notice what they do.

Photoshop's f-ed up on my laptop, so I can't edit the photo. Love it for its very rudimentariness. Or something like that.

The place I'm staying is sort of on the bay. I can see water from my window. The view's not great -- mostly other buildings -- but the sky looks pretty cool here.

This photo really needs some tweaking, but oh well. Nifty cloud, huh? And you can almost see the water. Maybe I should take pictures OUTSIDE and not when it's practically dark.

I'm not a photographer. Obviously.

Not sure why, but I loved Rock Star

Did you catch Rock Star tonight? OK, I'm hooked. And Heather is totally my favorite. I bet no one's surprised.


I'm so bad, but as soon as I found out that Dave Navarro was hosting, I wanted to watch. Of course, I totally forgot and missed the first 30 minutes tonight.

I'm glad they gave Suzie -- a kind of trashier Debbie Gibson? -- another shot. I didn't hate her. The guys I saw mostly sucked. The guy who got sent home totally sucked. And exhibited many unappealing tendencies that I won't go into.

The chick who got kicked off is a low-rent porn star, too. Funny. At least she didn't try to hide it. Go, porn, go!

And last, and totally unrelated, why is it that when I'm stressed out I eat? Why the hell can't I lose my appetite and become a feminine little thing?! I'm running more often, but my weight is still creeping up. And no, before anyone tries to appease me, it's not muscle. Trust me.

Klinger totally would have cruised this

This really looks like a scooter from MASH or something. This was seriously very cool. And kind of ugly ... in a cool way, of course.


In non-scooter news, nothing else has really been going on. TV sucks 'cause it's summer and all.

I did see the Star Wars movie, and it left so many questions unanswered that I had to borrow the original trilogy and watch them. I'm not sure what I think. And Ewoks aren't really the way I remember them. In my head, Ewoks


looked very much like Mogwais.


But really, not so much. In fact, Ewoks are cuter. And? They don't turn into Gremlins!!!!


And technically, Ewoks came first (1983) versus Gremlins (1984). But whatever.

The Italian flag! On a scooter!

Another pretty scooter. I love, love, love this one. It's gorgeous!



And the cute little guy who owns the pretty, pretty scooter.