"When you read someone's future, they must think of a question. They must hold it in their mind. The cards are read in sequence; each card leads to the next. We move from terror and loss to unexpected good fortune. And out of darkness, hope is born."
So I finally watched the third season of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew, and this is what I learned: Lil Mama is awesome. Lil Mama is the rap artist who sings that song Lip Gloss and she's one of the judges on ABDC.
Lil Mama is also the bee's knees of personal style in both appearance and attitude. She earned her spot on ABDC with the choreography for her music videos, but she always reminds us that she's a lyricist first: her remarks as a judge are often way too poetic for MTV.
As for her fashion sense, sometimes she's classy and sometimes she's sassy--well, she's always sassy--but she's always herself. I can't decide which outfit I like best!
SASSY: Some of this glam streetwear has got to be custom-made.
CLASSY: Her back-up career plan was to be a flight attendant?
SASSY: Lil Mama is the only person to make me like this Betsey Johnson dress, and HER NAILS MATCH HER OUTFIT.
CLASSY: I lied. I by far like this one the best.
SASSY OR CLASSY? Channeling the mad hatter.
Lil' Mama is my new role model, and guess what--she's only 19! The realization that I have role models who are younger than me makes me feel hella-old. Speaking of which, my 25th birthday is in just a couple weeks, which makes me feel a SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF A CENTURY old. But enough about me.
On Lil Mama's Web site, she calls herself "the voice of the young people" (also the title of her latest album). Granted, that's a bit reminiscent of Kanye West's arrogance, but hey, she's a confident woman! My suggestion for the NYC native's personal slogan is "Lil Mama: Bringing Harlem to Hollywood since 2007." Maybe that will be her next album.
Okay, we all make mistakes:
But if you take away the pacifier, even this marshmallow-esque onesie is totally fun and acceptable because Lil Mama works it. Check out those rhinestone sneaks! Girl does what she wants.
And check out how chic she looks in her new(ish) video featuring last season's ABDC finalist Fanny Pak:
This photo (NOT the one below) of James Franco studying in the Columbia University library has been all over the celebrity gossip sites today. It shows Franco sitting in front of his lap top underlining pages of a book, concentrating hard on his studies.
I think Franco looks suspiciously unaware of the camera right in front of him. Taking pictures in a library is weird--even a celebrity would notice. Perhaps he purposely posed as a diligent student to save face after this photo from last month:
I can't say I blame him--we've all been there. But doesn't everyone else in this photo look suspiciously interested in the lecture? I hope he wasn't snoring.
I recently re-watched the classic 80s dance flick Girls Just Want to Have Fun starring a teenage Sarah Jessica Parker. The teenybopper film just happens to be one of my all-time favorite movies, primarily because it contains the best montage EVER. It even includes a Pepsi product placement courtesy of Shannen Doherty. Poor quality clip below.
"People always say how you should be yourself, like yourself is this definite thing, like a toaster or something, like you can know what it is even. But every so often, I'll have, like, a moment where just being myself in my life right where I am is, like, enough."
The only Passover tradition I continue to keep is watching The Ten Commandments on TV every year. Well, that and leaving a Bud Light out for Elijah. ABC will be playing the 1956 film this Saturday, and goy am I excited. What's your favorite plague? Mine is frogs.
In case you've never seen Charlton Heston rocking the (rap artist) Joaquin Phoenix look, here's a preview you don't want to pass over:
After a looong debate yesterday involving a lot of bar graphs, the House passed the President's 2010 budget, adjusted after committee to $3.55 trillion in total spending. Even with all Republicans and 20 Democrats voting against it, the resolution passed by 37 votes (233 to 196, to be exact). The Senate's version also passed (55 to 43).
Yes, this budget boasts a huge number in front of that dollar sign, and I'm cool with it. (No worries, Barack--you and I are still good.) What I'm not cool with is that it's almost 2010. Seriously?!? I mean, remember those days when you couldn't wait to sing "We're gonna party like it's 1999" on New Years, basking in Prince's never-more-appropriate lyrics? The new millennium seemed so far away, so momentous and mysterious all at the same time. We thought Y2K would be the undoing of our strong economy, not bad loans and even worse legislation. Hell, we thought bodysuits were just a trend that worked well with baggy jeans but surely had no place in the 21st century.
The comforting thing in all this is that--27 years after the "1999" hit--Prince is still churning out albums regularly and even just won another Grammy in 2007. That, of course, we all could have predicted.
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