Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[NotFromHere]

Ok, so I heard this on the radio last night while I was driving home and my first thought was hmm, that had to be fake. Could it be real?

Eminem gives $450,000 gift to fan
Rapper reportedly hands necklace
to shocked girl at concert in England
LONDON, June 25 — Eminem stunned tens of thousands of people attending a concert in England by giving a necklace estimated at $450,000 to one of his fans.
“I’M GOING to give this to the sexiest woman I see,” Eminem said from the stage of the concert attended by 65,000 fans in Milton Keynes city on Monday night, according to the British Broadcasting Corp.
He then leaned over the stage into the crowd and gave his jewelry to a stunned girl standing at the front of the audience, the BBC said.
Spokesmen for Eminem in New York and Los Angeles were not able to confirm the gift. And officials traveling with the 30-year-old rapper in Britain during his Anger Management Tour were not immediately available Tuesday.
“It looked like a huge diamond-encrusted crucifix,” said a nearby member of the audience, Toby Friedner. “The girl he gave it to was blond, pretty, wearing glasses and 18 to 20,” he was quoted as saying.
“She was obviously shocked,” Friedner said.


here is your cite

[bilmore]

This entry from someone who apparently slept through the eighties and never heard of most of those people:

1. John Prine - John Prine
2. Zep - I
3. Ry Cooder - Into the Purple Valley
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Greatest Hits 3-cd set
5. Jimmy Buffett - You Had To Be There

Unless, of course, it's a family trip, in which case I'm stuck with the soundtrack to The Lion King, Brittney Spears, Eminem, Shania Twain, and Will Smith.

Obviously, I'm trying to avoid family trips for a while.

[tax_hottie]

Hello everyone! Long time, no see.

I'm a bridesmaid for one of my best friends. The wedding is in DC, but I live out west. I was able to go to her bachelorette party a few months ago, but I couldn't make it to the bridal shower. I did however, send a shower gift from the registry, which automatically gets delivered to her own address (in NY), not the shower hostess's address (in DC). The gift didn't arrive until a few days after the bridal shower. The bride-to-be emailed me the following Monday to tell me she didn't receive a card from me. Is that rude or should I have made sure she received the gift at the shower?

This is not the first time she's exhibited signs of Bridezilla behavior. When I flew out to NY for her bachelorette party, she practically prohibited me from spending any time with my other friends in NYC. She said "I'm the one getting married and it's not my job to accommodate your social life." I flew across the country for a few short days and she expects me to devote every mintue to her? I mean really. It's so selfish. Am I right or am I right?

If I ever become one of those brides, shoot me.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by tax_hottie
Bridezilla story

Fuck her. This is one of the reasons I absolutely refuse to have any friends, especially women. The other reason, of course, being that when your "friend" isn't behaving like a total fucking tool he/she wants/needs something from you (money, time, advice, a slap in the face, etc.). I feel crabby today. :devil:

[NotFromHere]

Ok, here's an article that I thought would be appropriate discussion fodder. There are a few really good insights in this article...
Sexless marriages: When couples stop coupling
The theory sounds like a veiled slap against feminism: Two-career couples are just too tired to have sex.

The condition known as DINS — dual-income, no-sex — is said to afflict people whose job demands leave them too harried or too sapped for physical intimacy. The catchy acronym usually elicits knowing twitters from listeners and is ammunition for traditionalists who favor stay-at-home mothers.

It is also a myth.

DINS "is a cocktail-party phenomenon. The data show that it's not true," said Janet Hyde, a University of Wisconsin psychologist who co-wrote two research papers that debunked any correlation between hours worked by husbands or wives and diminished frequency of sex.

Here's a great insight..." People who don't have sex are unhappier"
And another...Fatigue was the strongest predictor of diminished sexual desire in women, Hyde found. And women who are homemakers reported feeling just as tired as women who worked full time.

And I like this one...As for the popular DINS theory, Hyde's research found no link between how many hours a woman worked and how often she had sex. In fact, Hyde discovered that career-motivated women had intercourse more often than any other group of women.

Your cite here

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by tax_hottie
Hello everyone! Long time, no see.

I'm a bridesmaid for one of my best friends. The wedding is in DC, but I live out west. I was able to go to her bachelorette party a few months ago, but I couldn't make it to the bridal shower. I did however, send a shower gift from the registry, which automatically gets delivered to her own address (in NY), not the shower hostess's address (in DC). The gift didn't arrive until a few days after the bridal shower. The bride-to-be emailed me the following Monday to tell me she didn't receive a card from me. Is that rude or should I have made sure she received the gift at the shower?

This is not the first time she's exhibited signs of Bridezilla behavior. When I flew out to NY for her bachelorette party, she practically prohibited me from spending any time with my other friends in NYC. She said "I'm the one getting married and it's not my job to accommodate your social life." I flew across the country for a few short days and she expects me to devote every mintue to her? I mean really. It's so selfish. Am I right or am I right?

If I ever become one of those brides, shoot me.

Tax hottie, firstly, clearly from your avatar it is evident that you're other socks are PLF, Hello Kitty and Leagleaze. Secondly, your friend is a psycho hose beast and you need to lay some boundaries--and by boundaries I mean tell her to fuck off. Thirdly, DC is a conservative city, so don't moon the wedding guests--they won't think it is as funny as it really is.

Personally, I prefer sweet and sexy Melissa to trashy Lisa

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/6448866

(spree: Fox's Lisa Guerrero replaces Melissa Stark on MNF sidelines)

[evenodds]

That is absolutely awful behavior. Since these Bridezillas are just as obnoxious in other aspects of their lives, it's very easy to identify and avoid them -- unless they are old school chums who never exhibited bad behavior until they graduated and started having money for the first time. (Or maybe that is just my friend. Yikes did she change.)

I always tell my friend that I am coming in a day or two later than I actually am, so I can do what I want and then show up for required activities.

Even(now you know why I am only there for 36 hours)Odds

Originally posted by baltassoc
I'll give this a try.

I saw Timbuk3 (Future's so bright, I've got wear shades) at Rice University in Houston. Some guy doing a physics experiment blew out the electrical supply for the entire campus in the middle of their set, and they scrambled around in their van to pull out a couple of non-electric guitars and finished acoustic, which I thought was nice of them.

I saw the Skate Nigs in Austin and personally witnessed their bassist stage dive into the crowd and beat the hell out of some guy who groped the band's dancing groupie. I was surprised to see a video about year later on MTV -- as part of a Beavis and Butthead show, of all things (B&B liked).

I am most impressed by the Barenaked Ladies at the birthday party. That's way cool.

-balt(my band in college got it's first -- and only -- gig when Hootie and the Blowfish bailed on a campus party to play Letterman after their first single hit the charts)assoc

THis may be the only time you made me or will make me laugh. That Timbuk3 thing was prieceless

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by tax_hottie
Hello everyone! Long time, no see.

I'm a bridesmaid for one of my best friends. The wedding is in DC, but I live out west. I was able to go to her bachelorette party a few months ago, but I couldn't make it to the bridal shower. I did however, send a shower gift from the registry, which automatically gets delivered to her own address (in NY), not the shower hostess's address (in DC). The gift didn't arrive until a few days after the bridal shower. The bride-to-be emailed me the following Monday to tell me she didn't receive a card from me. Is that rude or should I have made sure she received the gift at the shower?

Definitely bridezilla. But blame it on the registry, which must have forgotten to include your card with the gift.

A propos of inappropriate wedding-related antics, Dear Abby got to answer about the appropriate response to the following "invitation"

"Dear Family: I am asking for your cooperation and understanding. My wedding will be very costly, and this has caused me to make some unpleasant decisions.

"I hope you will see this as a request for a donation and not a charge for you to attend my wedding. I cannot figure out any way other than to ask each guest to contribute to the cost. If anyone is insulted by my request, I am sincerely sorry.

"Your $330 contribution must be received on or before June 30. Only postal money orders will be accepted. Please purchase it only from a U.S. post office. Thank you for your contribution."

These people deserve to have their parents refuse to attend, if for no other reason than to protest how obnoxious they turned out.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Sazerac
Personally, I prefer sweet and sexy Melissa to trashy Lisa

Well, sweet and sexy Melissa wouldn't quite be conveying the same image while 8 mos. pregnant.

[Flinty_McFlint]

My selections for my fellow FB'ers, who need to stay awake while driving:

In no particular order:

1. The Pixies--Doolittle
2. Smashing Pumpkins--Gish
3. Kyuss--Sky Valley
4. Rage against the Machine--Evil Empire
5. Beastie Boys--Check Your Head

I still can't believe the metamorphosis of the Beasties into relatively serious artists. Maybe I just didn't get them from the start.

Enjoy,

Flinty

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by tax_hottie
I'm a bridesmaid for one of my best friends. The wedding is in DC, but I live out west. I was able to go to her bachelorette party a few months ago, but I couldn't make it to the bridal shower. I did however, send a shower gift from the registry, which automatically gets delivered to her own address (in NY), not the shower hostess's address (in DC). The gift didn't arrive until a few days after the bridal shower. The bride-to-be emailed me the following Monday to tell me she didn't receive a card from me. Is that rude or should I have made sure she received the gift at the shower?
If I ever become one of those brides, shoot me.

That's rude. You had no obligation, even as a bridesmaid, to send a gift to a shower you were not attending.

This is not the first time she's exhibited signs of Bridezilla behavior. When I flew out to NY for her bachelorette party, she practically prohibited me from spending any time with my other friends in NYC. She said "I'm the one getting married and it's not my job to accommodate your social life." I flew across the country for a few short days and she expects me to devote every mintue to her? I mean really. It's so selfish. Am I right or am I right?

I feel for you, but did she have activities planned which you could not attend because you had made other plans? Or did she just ask you to be by her side 24/7? If the first, then she has a point, if the latter, then I agree with TF - fuck her. Bad enough you have to wear a bridesmaid dress all night, fly across country to be with this monstrosity (who is one of your best friends? - drop her like a rock).

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by tax_hottie
I'm a bridesmaid for one of my best friends. The wedding is in DC, but I live out west. I was able to go to her bachelorette party a few months ago, but I couldn't make it to the bridal shower. I did however, send a shower gift from the registry, which automatically gets delivered to her own address (in NY), not the shower hostess's address (in DC). The gift didn't arrive until a few days after the bridal shower. The bride-to-be emailed me the following Monday to tell me she didn't receive a card from me. Is that rude or should I have made sure she received the gift at the shower?

This is not the first time she's exhibited signs of Bridezilla behavior. When I flew out to NY for her bachelorette party, she practically prohibited me from spending any time with my other friends in NYC. She said "I'm the one getting married and it's not my job to accommodate your social life." I flew across the country for a few short days and she expects me to devote every mintue to her?

What a bitch! She emails you to whine because she did not get the expected homage on the precise date? She now owes you a thank you note for the present and a groveling apology for her petty hostile email. Second, when your friends fly across country to see you, they are doing you a favor and you do not punish them with selfish rules; you understand that they will take advantage of the chance to see other pals and don't act like fucking Queen Victoria lecturing her court ladies.

If I had pulled any of this shit when I was a bride-to-be, I would have fucking killed *myself*, before anyone else even had a chance to get to me first.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by neighsayer
[Some ancient, yet typically brilliant, post by me.]

And, have you followed my advice by getting into a drawn out, venomous spat with some other poster? No. You are still up to your nicey-nice, goody-goody ways. I don't see why I even bother with this board.