I always believed Nicole Kidman’s greatest acting role was appearing in public as the devoted wife of Tom Cruise. Mind you, I though her fawning over him was excessive at times as their bitter divorce later proved.
My town just got a Jared jewelry store. It is, unsurprisingly, next door to the David's Bridal. I would prefer that any potential gift-givers visiting that shopping center for me veer slightly to the left and obtain an iPhone or a Target gift card.
And yes, the commercials are totally designed to guilt-trip men. I was trying to communicate to my boyfriend that while I wouldn't mind jewelry for Christmas, by that I don't mean any item of jewelry that comes with a (TM) after the name or is sold by a chain store. So I sent him a link to my Etsy favorites instead. I am totally hoping that he bought me either the wacky owl pendant or the necklace with smiling silver teacups.
I remember my dad watching The Real World circa 1997 and saying it was the future of television. We used to watch so much of that crap together: The Apprentice, like 4 seasons of Survivor, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Amazing Race (which is actually the best of the bunch, for sure).
Thanks Cheesus we have moved on to Lost and Mad Men.
Fucking O-mg Town!! Even when I was 9 or 10, I knew they were the poor man(with questionable taste in popular culture)'s N*SYNC. I my friends making fun of ''Liquid Dreams'' and knowing it was ''nasty'', but not know why.
No Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie? Seriously? "The Simple Life" led the way for the Kardashians, Hogans, Lamases...am I forgetting anyone? Also, it was a big trend setter because it was a show that Fox started in the summer, a time usually known for reruns. Can you imagine that NBC's "It's New to You" for their summer reruns tagline would work now? Nope. Both of these women are the queens of reality TV of the aughts, IMHO. And I can't believe that I have a humble opinion about this.
@agirlnamedstewart: The Simple Life is the greatest thing either of them have ever done, and it was GREAT. I had that shit on dvd, and I don't have a lot of dvds. I especially loved when they were fighting so they filmed their parts seperately, and Nicole was really skinny [ :( ] and really really stylish [ :) ].
ok I have never seen Jersey Shore but I'm loving that photo of snooki because she looks like a combo hooker/sicilian mafia widow circa 1920 and I dig that in a woman you know?
You know how you have a sweater that you love, love, love and you only wear it out on a date with that cute boy and then you two go to an Italian restaurant for dinner and you get a bit of sauce on it, but you don't make a big deal out of it because you want to be that cool girl, kinda casual, you know, so you just start wearing it to work with a pin to hide the sauce stain, and then things are going really well so you wear it a lot as your "good luck charm" but then it gets a little pilly, but it's still warm, so you try that trick with a razor to get the pills off, but you've shaved off a bit too much around the cuffs and the elbows and things start to not go so well, and you spend the weekend wearing it on the couch, crying and eating Cheez-Its and it gets a little gross, so you put it in the wash and the color greys just a bit so you just start to wear it to the coffee shop and when you are out getting groceries and then one day you catch a glimpse of yourself in a reflective surface and think; "THIS IS MY CUTE SWEATER, WHY DO I LOOK LIKE A HOMELESS PERSON!?"
That's how I feel about reality tv. You start out with "The Real World:New York" and end up watching "Rock of Love 6: The Herp Bus." Also, why is everyone orange?
@prismatism is Team Bella and everyone else: First of all, hortense, thanks for promoting my comment. I feel a little left out on the Left Coast because by the time I can write anything, it's too late for COTD. I've also just missed the criteria for being starred twice (back when it was based on followers,) so I get the sad face. Boo.
I was actually worried that I was going to get disemvowled or somesuch because of my stream-of-consciousness-ness. I'm glad y'all enjoyed it. My life is that sweater right now...
@John Wayne Is Big Leggy: The worst part of that show was that when they brought the contestants' families onstage after the Big Mirror Reveal that was the climax of every episode. If the contestant had small children, they would often weep copiously and turn away from the Mommy they now barely recognized.
What's going on with that blurred out thing that one of the O Town guys is holding? Is it a bottle of alcohol? A vibrator? (I guess the latter only because it's blurred out like it's something inappropriate.)
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And yes, the commercials are totally designed to guilt-trip men. I was trying to communicate to my boyfriend that while I wouldn't mind jewelry for Christmas, by that I don't mean any item of jewelry that comes with a (TM) after the name or is sold by a chain store. So I sent him a link to my Etsy favorites instead. I am totally hoping that he bought me either the wacky owl pendant or the necklace with smiling silver teacups.
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That's how I feel about reality tv. You start out with "The Real World:New York" and end up watching "Rock of Love 6: The Herp Bus." Also, why is everyone orange?
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I was actually worried that I was going to get disemvowled or somesuch because of my stream-of-consciousness-ness. I'm glad y'all enjoyed it. My life is that sweater right now...
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