22 March, 2000
Yes, I know the page still looks like crap; this ain't Soulbath, you know. I'll get to it this weekend.
Cecily, thanks for the BeneFit tip. I'm a fan of nice packaging and cool products, but I think I'm more in the market for a good moisturiser for combination skin, and good foundation. I shall be monitoring this Hissyfit thread about BeneTint. Oh, and I won my gift certificate in a Sephora.com/MP3.com sweepstakes -- and I never win anything. You can imagine my jubilation.
Stee just broke up with his girlfriend of 6 years, and he's in pain. Luckily for us, he can see funny side, and he's sharing it with the world. I've been a long-time fan of Stee, and he rocks. If you've never checked him out, go do it, now.
Want to see how magazine art departments totally airbrush those magazine covers of famous women? Look no further. I never thought I'd read anything in The Sun that didn't make women feel unworthy because of their appearance, so I'll be marking this down in my diary.
I hate the way this page looks. I'll be messing with it after I get some sleep, and hopefully it'll look a lot better; in the meantime, all apologies for how butt-ugly it is.
A few weeks ago, I won a $100 gift certificate for Sephora.com. Being the recovering make-up junkie that I am ('recovering' because I can't afford to spend the kind of money I used to on makeup, especially at UK prices), this made me all kinds of happy. So I stayed up all night researching foundation, concealer and some other stuff I wouldn't mind having, and made a couple of purchases. If you're into such things, please email me with your recommendations for must-have cosmetic items. I'm in search of make-up nirvana, here.
21 March, 2000
I'm very happy to find out that I'm burning a lot more calories than I estimated I was -- thanks to activity calculator, which tells you -- depending on your weight -- how many calories you burn by doing 158 different activities. You just enter how long you sustain the activity, and your weight. I was beating myself up tonight for only doing a 25 minute work-out today, and then I found this. Big yay.
Holy crap, is Halle Berry stupid or what? Seems she has quite a history of hit-and-run accidents, and once -- before she was famous -- asked her boyfriend for a $20,000 loan to cover up a hit and run. According to a private investigator hired to substantiate this, the memo on the cancelled check read 'hit-and-run money'. I don't like to compare my intelligence to that of overpaid, incredibly beautiful actresses, but -- in a pinch -- it does make me feel better.
Hate flying? Sure you do! So does Sars.
I'm a Jackie Come Lately to the whole Gwen bandwagon, but it doesn't diminish how much I love her getting publicity. If I ever want to assess someone's character, I'm going to make them read Gwen, and if they don't laugh out loud, I'm going to poke their eyes out with swizzle sticks. Thanks to Xeney for the link.
20 March, 2000
I know I've fulfilled my funny-cum-nasty-link-about-Olestra quota for this month, but this one is way funnier.
Do you take joy in Microsoft's mishaps? If so, you'll want to read this. Nothing wrong with a bit of schadenfreude, eh?
Well, it's too bad about the Gordon Lightfoot association, but if they're happy...
Being as anti-Hillary as I am, I'll sure be reading this book. My favourite bits:
"It’s as if they don’t have a façade, they’ve become a façade. You sense a depression on his part and an anger on hers. They seem to me trapped, lost in a maze of inauthenticity, looking for the admiration that they think will lead them home... It is perplexing; she is so famous, so celebrated for her accomplishments; she so quickly and eagerly refers to them. And yet when you look at the record, her reputation for accomplishment seems to be just another fiction..."
Right on, sistah.
Who called it? I did, a few days ago. Okay, so I was borrowing information from Ted Casablancas and Matthew Wright, but hey. I'm very happy for Madonna, and for Guy Ritchie's publicist; I'm sure they'll be ecstatic.
19 March, 2000
What your enemy (or loved-one's) computer is crying out for: prank viruses.
My 5 year high school reunion should be taking place this May. Having talked (read: snickered) with Karri about it several times, we don't really think it's going to happen, as most of the people we graduated with still live in the same po-dunk town as they did 5 years ago. If it DID happen, I don't think there's much incentive for me to travel across continents to get there, but if something this funny was on the cards, I'd definitely show up just to observe.
Okay, I admit, I visit the Drudge Report about once a day, because it's the only page that has most of the relevant media links that I need (because why buy newspapers and magazines when you can read them online, right?). And, yes, I do know how to use bookmarks, but not if I don't have to. Anyway, if you know who Matt Drudge is, you have to see this. I don't know how long it's been up, but this is definitely one for my bookmarks.
Ted Casablancas is having an Oscar party. I really like him, but I think I'll pass.
I have a lot more time for Queen Elizabeth II than I do for most of the royals (she's got a lot of integrity, for one), and the news that she knows how to pick her online investments is no surprise to moi. The company she's invested in, getmapping.com, is still in beta stages, but today I was able to spy on people walking across London Bridge. I'll let you know when you're able to see live satellite photos of my backyard...
18 March, 2000
How much am I loving this? Easily the most original site I've seen in eons, with a very 'Aw, neat!' factor. Thanks to jish for the link, cos I ripped it offa him. (And thanks to him for pointing out that I messed up the link to Soulbath -- it's fixed now.)
It's taken me about five listens to really get into it, but now the new Oasis album is blowing me away. Maybe it's because the weather is fairly nice (sunshine!) today, but it strikes me as a very good 'summer album'. Anyway, it's incredible, and I'm sorry I doubted it. Run over to the newly re-designed Oasis official website and register to win an extremely limited edition (one of only 50 that exist) lithograph of the new album's cover art, signed by the band and the artist. If you win, it's mine. Deal?
Is this really necessary? And I've noticed there's no mention of lesbians in this 'How to Be Gay' syllabus.
17 March, 2000
Seriously, Denise Van Outen is becoming a parody of herself; put it all away, already! Ms 'When in doubt, whack 'em out' is marrying Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay (ew) this year -- hopefully that'll get her to stop flashing Prince Charles and the general public for the smallest scintilla of publicity.
Speaking of scum, Pat Buchanan says that 'the party of Ronald Reagan is dead.' Well, I certainly hope so. Suffice it to say that I took that quote out of context, and it has a very different meaning to Mr Buchanan than it does to sane people like myself.
Hillary Clinton was booed by crowds as she marched in NYC's St Patrick's Day parade. I probably don't have to tell you that I'm very happy about that. As if there weren't a multitude of other reasons not to like her, she seems to talk out of both sides of her mouth over gay rights. If she's so gung-ho for them, why was she taking part in a parade that bans their participation? Again, she is scummy.
I love Margie Ingalls, of the formerly fabulous, now-defunct Sassy. Check out this really good piece she wrote, entitled The Theological Significance of Tinky-Winky. It's funny, uncanny and very cool.
Apparently, the Lord Chancellor is set to cut taxes on tampons and sanitary napkins. This is possibly the first sensible thing that New Labour's done since they were elected, and obviously a good thing.
Can I just say that the thought of Natalie Portman fighting in the Israeli army is very amusing to me? It is very amusing to me. Some people are alleging that she's a draft-dodger, as every Israeli citizen (which she is) is supposed to serve in the army; she's supposedly ignored the call to do so. She seems like an okay actress, but not nearly as good as the hype that surrounds her.
A man in Pakistan who's been convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering 100 children has been sentenced to be strangled in front of his victims' parents, and then chopped into 100 pieces and dissolved in a vat of acid. No commentary here -- you decide how you feel about it. I'm not touching this one.
