goo blobs!
um, what? apparently things are getting even farther removed from whatever you learned in biology.
also a bad week to be an iranian voter, but that's all fallen by the wayside since reports were confirmed that michael jackson has died. to this day, one of my absolute favorite things to do is listen to the thriller record with those huge headphones and just zone everything else out. i think it's very easy to remember mj for his recent legal and financial trouble, but when you look back at some of the videos.... that guy can perform.
first off, you know my life is busy when i haven't read people.com or ew.com or any of my blogs all week at all. there really should be a someecard that says, "thank you for quitting so i now have the opportunity to do the job of two people for the same pay!" well, at least i get a fancy office out of the deal, right...?
did anyone else catch this wonderful article in the nytimes today? it starts off talking about kids in westchester, ny doing chores and you think "oh boo hoo, rich kids have to do chores." but they are doing chores to raise money for a program called chores mean more. they are paid money (by their parents - some pay as much as $1 per chore - ooooh!) to do chores around the house. the money is then sent to their sister schools in Kenya so kids there can have storybooks and writing supplies. also - Jewish 7th graders wrote rhymes to help african kids learn to read and write stories inspired by Jewish prayers. one student set up a laptop at her bat mitzvah last month for guests to tell their own stories, and created table centerpieces from markers, pencils, crayons, chalk and scissors that will be donated to the african schools. “stories can be written by anyone, no matter your race, religion, gender, wealth or where in the world you live,” she said.
...stories. if you know me, you know i'd never so much as steal a pencil. ok, maybe i'd steal a pencil. but nothing bigger than that. anywho, two of my favorite stories are recently back in the news. 
i started my day with this story.
you knew she had to be back sooner or later. and if a girl can be mean to my tim gunn, there's no telling who else she'll bitch out at. apparently kenley collins (project runway season 5 insaneo-headband-wearing-daughter-of-a-tugboat-captain designer) was arrested last night in brooklyn for bringing out the crazy on her ex-fiance. apparently she attacked him with multiple weapons including a... cat? thanks tmz, for your always stellar reporting.
just came across this article on cnn.com about google's new latitude program. in case you are not familiar (as i was not), latitude will allow cell phone users to share their precise location with friends. it's like google maps, but with a little picture of your head walking down broadway as you go. while i can think of the pluses to this service (as the article mentions - using latitude to find out whether your boyfriend has already arrived at the resturant and if not, how far away he is - not that i ever will have this issue) but it mostly creeps me out. yes, you have to be signed up for latitude before someone can track you, but the concept still feels weird and stalkery. one cool thing, though, is that google still lets you lie to people about where you are. you can block specific people, or manually set a specific location. (then what the hell is the point, you may ask. i'm not totally sure.)
according to cnn.com, people.com, and US Magazine (to name just a few), mandy moore and ryan adams are engaged. um, i didn't even know they were dating! that's probably because neither of them are on my radar... i mean, come ON. he comes out with a new record every four seconds. he writes 10 new songs before breakfast. every day, i'm sure. that's annoying. and she was in license to wed and a walk to remember. then again, she was also in saved!, which i love. i cannot imagine them together at all, and am therefore blindsided. though apparently a mazal tov is in order.... why does ryan adams have a Hebrew Coca-Cola shirt?! [p.s. - as always, i must give a shout out to j for her vague contribution to this post. she is usually my #1 go-to lady for celeb gossip, but either she was just very busy at work, or completely shocked by this news as well. anyhow, thanks j!!]
how cute! it's kind of like a high school reunion. i wonder what obama and old timey bush are having a laugh about.
first off, it looks like caylee anthony is really dead. i don't know if you've also been following the case, but this kind of thing is another one of the various things i'm interested in. so, caylee anthony is 3 years old, and has been missing since june. her mom, 22 year old casey anthony, was recently charged with murder, and is being held in the orange county jail. not only did searches for cloroform come up on the mom's computer, but a neighbor told police she had asked to borrow a shovel, and police dogs smelled human decomposition in the trunk of her car. sounds guilty to me...
and, he does it again. read tom friedman's new article on the auto industry bailout, and what it should be contingent upon.
