9.15.2009

WTF West?!


My god did you guys see what Kanye West did to Taylor Swift at the VMA's?? He interrupted her acceptance speech to say that Beyonce's video was more deserving of the award! What an a$$! Taylor totally deserved her moment this was her first moon man award and he totally ruined it for her!



Personally, I like Kanye Wests' music but I can not stand his ego! This isn't the first time he has had an outburst like this...when's he going to learn to sit down and shut up during a show and if he has an opinion either blog about it later or keep it to yourself!

After being booed off stage and recieving all-round criticism for his behavior West has been running around town apologizing for his outburst----whatever! How much you want a bet someone bigger then him made him!?

Luckily Beyonce graciously gave up her time to say her "thanks" when she won her own award and called Taylor up on stage to have her moment :) I thought that was sweet!



And here's a link to Taylor's response about the whole thing...

Patrick Swayze Died!! :o :(


ooo myyy god :(.......... Swayze died at the age of 57 after a brave battle with cancer. My heart goes out to his family and fans.

He will truly be missed! A wonderful actor and dancer--how can we forget him? I know I wont! Dirty Dancing was one of my all time favorite movies and I loved his character and his iconic leap from the stage at the end of the movie always made me smile (that and the arm thing at the beginning of the dance :P)......ooo ooo and the lift! :)

Here's a link to the final dance from Dirty Dancing..."Time of my life"


May you rest in peace Patrick.....You will be missed.


UPDATE: Gender Controversy

I don't know how this story ended up being something I followed--but now that the story has concluded I had to share once more!

The update on the South African runner: after she underwent gender testing, she AND the rest of the world found out she was a hermaphrodite. Physically she appears to be a woman, however does not have female reproductive organs and has receded male "parts" that explains the high levels of testosterone.

I still think this whole thing could have been handled better! I'm just in shock and I feel bad for her--having to find out news like this in front of the whole world. I'm not sure what's going to happen to her athletic career--I believe she will continue for now, but it's possible the sports committee might feel she has an 'advantage' over the other female runners! Personally I say the committee should get out from looking under her skirt and let her get back to running! Unfair advantage? Physically she is a woman--just has high levels of testosterone---are they going to test everyone's hormones before they can race?? What's next, your legs are too long--you have an unfair advantage? Ugh this committee is so tasteless and disrespectful and probably emotionally scarred this young girl. a$$holes!

9.13.2009

In L-O-V-E!!


Sooo here I am listening to my ipod (that my friend updated for me) and on came this song! I think its old but I still love it and wanted to share :) The original is of course really good too!

9.09.2009

UPDATE: Gender Controversy



Remember when I posted about that South African runner whose gender was being questioned? Apparently she looked to manly for a female athlete, so she was requested to prove her gender... Now I'm not quiet sure if any formal tests were done---but it seems like her publicist thought that dressing her up for the cover of a magazine would silence critics.


I think this is sooo sad! What a horrible situation! I mean imagine having to prove to the whole world that you're a girl?? WTF?!

I think she looks good on the cover--but its obviously forced....Imagine the first cover you get was to prove to everyone your a girl? :S

9.08.2009

Guess who teamed up?!


That's right guys LADY GAGA + MICHAEL BOLTON (yes he's still around) team up in the song "Murder My Heart"---written by Lady Gaga.

9.06.2009

Holy Quran in Flash


This is pretty cool! If youre like me, you try to take this month to observe Islam more closely and try to broaden your education and understanding of our religion...so for those of you interested... I was just online surfing some blogs I like to read and 4th Ring Road posted awhile ago about this website for the Holy Quran in Flash! You can choose which language you want (although I think there's only 3), turn the pages, skip chapters, it tells you how to pronounce things and so on...and it looks like a real book too!---I'm still playing around with it but I think it's really cool, check it out!

9.03.2009

GOOD GIRL GO BAD



I love this mostly cause Blair (Leighton Meester) is in it! She's my fav on the show Gossip Girl! And she can sing! :o


click on the pic to go to the video

p.s. this post originally had a link to youtube-but they took the video off

Look-y what S got me :)

I was at AlRaya Mall with my sister, S, when she surprised me with this b-e-a-utiful 2 GB US memory key necklace from Swarovski!






Isn't it puuuuuurty :) I love how the memory key part is hidden! Only when you push down on that little crystal at the top does it pop out....very sexy super spy-like ;)

9.02.2009

Susan Atkins, Manson Family member, 40 years later


The Manson Family were a group of sociopaths that terrorized LA in 1969, leaving seven people dead including pregnant actress Sharon Tate.

Susan Atkins, now 61, slowly and brutally stabbed Tate 16 times killing both her and her unborn child. She later gave a detailed description of her crime, showing no remorse.

40 years later, she is still in jail and dying from brain cancer, that has left 85% of her body paralyzed--in fact she only has a few months to live. She has been denied parole 12 times and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has previously opposed Atkins' request for compassionate release (since she's dying).

Sooo why am I blogging about this--most of us know this story. But did you know that this sociopath is MARRIED???? And not only that--she's been married for 21 YEARS to her attorney! MEANING that 20 years AFTER she committed MURDER and being sentenced to life in prison someone thought she would make a good wife!! Someone (her attorney) that knew every explicit detail of her heinous crime! Are you kidding me??
(see the happy couple below)




Oo and the article mentioned that on her WEBSITE--yes this KILLER has a website--she writes that she feels bad about what she did and she will have to live with it every day of her life... *I'm now making a shocked face*


Married?? website?? -----I AM SPEECHLESS! I mean this is just my opinion but I don't think prisoners should have the privileges of internet OR A WEDDING!?

I just cant seem to wrap my head around the fact that THE KILLER IS MARRIED-----am I bitter?? noooooo not at all!

What do you think? Show forgivness? Show mercy? Believe that she really feels 'bad'? That after all these years she can repent? Should she be given parole so she can die in the arms of her husband? Do you think they should allow prisoners to have a website and get married??

I'm dying to hear your thoughts on this!



UPDATE:

Susan Atkins was just denied parole (her 13th attempt). She attended the hearing on a hospital bed due to her condition. The court ruled against her favor and Atkins will continue her sentence--most likely till death. Here are some images of the hearing and of Sharon Tate (RIP).


Parole Hearing:




Sharon Tate (holding up a baby sweater):




* I read the article and got my images from CNN

9.01.2009

uuuummmmm...... :s

soooooo uuuuuuuummm Heidi from the Hills preformed at the Miss Universe contest.....


uuummmm....yaaaaaa....here's the link

(I'm not going to write more on this post--cuz I'm pretty sure we will have the same opinion)





OOO LA LA! zziiiiisss is hoooot ;)

Check out these sexxxxyyy new BMW's my friend forwarded to me!






M's birthday: November 25....and I'll take the second one in Black, charcoal or silver......or red

NUMBER ONE


My new fav song! Give it a listen here!

Let's get cookin': Lime & Garlic Shrimp


Lately I have had this craaaazy urge to cook.... I think it's partly do to the fact that I'm fasting-and when I'm fasting I love surrounding myself with food!...It's weird- I know, but I love watching people eat, I love watching cooking shows, and the smells of all the spices and ingredients when I cook---mmmmmmmmmm! I feel less hungry for some odd reason!

Anywhooo back to the topic at hand---I think I want to start recommending recipes that I come across! So here we go...

Here's one that I saw today.....looks YUUMMMY :) (I love shrimp!)


Ingredients you'll need:

1. 2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
2. 2 tablespoons lime juice
3. 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro, divided
4. 8 cloves garlic, minced, divided
5. 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
6. 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper, divided
7. 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Cooking Directions:


1. Place shrimp in a medium nonreactive bowl and toss with lime juice, 1/4 cup cilantro, half the garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper. Cover and let marinate in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, marinade and remaining garlic; cook until the shrimp are just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; add the remaining 1/4 cup cilantro, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon red pepper. Toss to combine.

Yield: 6 servings



Wow that doesn't take long at all!! And sounds yuuummm--yyyy! I’d recommend a cool lemony-icy drink with it……Try it out, and let us know how it turned out!