On The Road Again

So, a lot has happened since I blogged last. I am no longer grounded for life. I was finally offered a job at a big cable network in December of 2006 and I moved back to LA. I found an apartment and Amber is my roommate our friendship is cool again. But the biggest and most awesome thing is that I can wear black fingernail polish with abandon now:)

Ch-Ch-Changes

To begin: I guess I was wrong about Dr. Will winning BB7 since Janelle evicted him in a fit of girl powah. Men should be very afraid when women congregate over a bottle of vino. It's dangerous what fermented grapes will do to women. Erica and Janelle found out about operation double date and summarily booted Dr. McDreamy. Now with Boogie and Erica left in the house I am throwing my virtual vote towards Erica. Sure she became overly emotional at points, and she became caught up in a showmance with Boogie, but I also think Erica has been playing this game at Dr. McDreamy levels from the start. She has really only been tainted once and that was when she had Danielle evicted otherwise she has hidden behind the powerful gates of Chill Town. Erica is slippery when wet and she spent a lot of time in the hot tub this summer, oh and let's not forget about the orgy showers between her, Boogie, Dreamy, and Janelle. Erica was right when she auf'd Chicken George or was it James... She is the only FLOATER in the house.

The psa for this blog is: beware of the nail polish that you choose because if you choose unwisely your parents will think that you have suddenly become a follower of satan aka marily manson. I was watching the mtv vmas last Thursday and I noticed all of the cool black tallons of some of my favorite fashionistas: jlo, jessica, fergie (just to name a few). I thought the black polish look was glam on those divas and addly reminiscent of the 1920s, so I decided to give myself a bit of that glam. I fished out some black nail polish that I had bought for Halloween a coupl of years back. I painted my nails, and since then I have not heard the end of it. First from my mother: Oh my gosh are your fingernails black! not the reaction I was hoping for, so I demured and made up a story about them being dark purple. It only got worse this weekend when I had to babysit my niece and nephew. My ever perceptive eight year-old niece also noticed my chosen nail polish color and demanded that I prove to her that it was in fact deep purple and not black polish and my sister was surprised at my nails too. They all think I've gone to the dark side. So, my peeps when you are in your room thinking of making a fashion statement grab the buff pink nail polish instead.

And now for the true purpose of this blog: Ch-Ch-Changes. I was propmpted to write this blog after a very strange week in my life and also a comical RollingStone Magazine article about my favorite musician John Mayer. So, I knew the article would be good when the cover read "John Mayer: Rock's Hot Soul Man." Finally, I thought JM would get a little recognition for his soulfulness rather than his poppy factor highlighted by his biggest hits "Your Body Is A Wonderland" and "Daughters". Boy was I surprised when the piece opened up with JM taking a hit off a pot vaporizer. OK, I thought, this article is going to be different. The article was different - touching on new aspects of JM like his forays into the stand-up arena and the fact that he moved to the left coast. A pretty good read because a lot of it I identified with as a 27 year-old. You know it's that time when you drink a glass of wine to enjoy it and not to get shit-faced drunk. I went to this JM message board after reading the article and some of the natives were getting restless. A lot of the fans were not comfortable with the side of JM revealed in the article. A couple of years ago JM was what some would call a straight edger. He said himself that he didn't drink or do drugs, so I think to a lot of fans to blatantly vaporize pot in front of an interviewer was a huge blow to his previous image. I get what they are saying and initially I also thought what a dumb ass for lighting up in front of the interviewer. But, as the week progressed I just thought so what? People change.

People change. Now, this resonates with me because I am currently dealing with that very situation in my very own life. My best friend is changing right before my eyes; morphing into this person that I am not sure that I am entirely comfortable with yet. At first I was pretty stressed out about it. I'm going through my own issues with living at home again and I kinda need my friends more than ever right now and it's hard when you feel one of your closest friends is abandoning you to hang out with the "cooler kids." Of course my first reaction was anger and resentment. But I realize that any anger that I have is just out of me feeling hurt. See, this is what happens when you don't have a serious boyfriend when you are 27; you form complicated relationships and codependencies with your bffs. Sex and The City never taught us this lesson. It was a hard week for me thinking about what had changed between us. I still don't know what has changed, but I know I'm not feeling like the victim anymore. I kinda let myself become a victim in the whole situation, but I've dusted myself off now and I'm ready to throw my attention towards neglected friends and mostly to myself:)

Why Dr. McDreamy Should Win BB7

I know, I know; I am supposed to write psa blogs about why living with your parents after you are a fully cooked baked potato is wrong. Well, consider the fact that I abbreviate and blog about the CBS summer reality series Big Brother a warning to all those recent grads out there contemplating the move back home...

I'll admit it: i'm addicted to BB7. I really had no choice after america voted in Kaysar (grade A sensitive hottie), and the CBS executives put Dr. Will (grade A sinister hottie) back in the house. I will also admit that I am not just a casual watcher who tunes in only on Thusdays to watch the eviction. Oh no. I tune in three nights a week, and I go on cbs.com to read "The Revenge of The house guest" blogs. I would get the 24/7 feed, but budget does not permit this. I even talk strategy with my friends. We have conversations in which we refer to these strangers as if they were our old high school/college friends. We have deep meaningful conversations about the product or lack there of in Will's hair.

I was hooked again from the start. Dr. Will is my favorite BB contestant of all time, and I've tuned in for every season. The fact that Will and Mike Boogie were unleashed on the public again just sealed the deal for me. Kaysar, Janelle, Howie, and James were all back from BB6. Marcellas and Danielle were back from BB3. Jase, Diane, and Nakomis were back from BB5. Erica and Allison were back from BB4 (this could only have been improved by putting Jun the winner of BB4 back in the house also). Oh, and Chicken George was back in the hizee from BB1 (My least favorite player; I don't like earnest people). This was a combustable mix of people. What with the upstanding (yet oh so hot) Kaysar in the same house as the intelligent but devious (yet equally hot) Dr. Will. I knew it was going down. I also assumed that the level of athleticism would be at an all time high with James, Jase, and pilates instructor Erica all thrown in. And let's not forget about Janelle. I love her and I hate her, but mostly I respect her. She wins every competition, but she lacks the devious nature of a true winner. See, that is why I love BB7. The people running the house (Boogie & Will) don't win competions, but they sure know how to manipulate the masses.

It has been said by other bloggers that this season of BB lacks the spice promised by putting past contestants back in the house. I disagree. This season is like revenge of the nerds. It's all about brains not brawn. Sure Boogie and Will are perceived as the cool kids who run Chilltown like Amanda Sheer Demme ran Teddy's and The Tropicana Bar, but understand that Will is a medical doctor and Boogie is a deft business man who has invested in some of the most profitable hot spots in L.A.. Translation these guys are smart, wise, and expert manipulators. Operation Double Date is genius. And who do we find in the final four: Dr. Will, Janelle, Boogie, and Erica. It is telling that arguably the most physical player (Jase) was evicted really early on. The fact that Dr. Will came into the BB7 house as the only previous winner and he is still there poised to win again gives him my vote. And, if I compound this with the fact that he has not won any competitions it is just mind boggling. He is a snake charmer. McDreamy has been singlehandedly responsible for 98% of the evictions that have gone down this season. I'm gonna say Allison did herself in; she started playing the game just a little too quickly. But Will and Boogie have run this house from the start. First they started by attacking floaters, then they let the BB6 alliance implode, next was the Legion of Doom fiasco (sorry James), and now with their contingency plan Operation Double Date working out so well (bye-bye Erica and Janelle).

To be fair Boogie has been with McDreamy the whole time. They have been plotting together, and Will has said that he is playing this for Mike Boogie, but Boogie is not on Will's level as evidenced by Howie's reaction to being voted out. The genuis of Will is that he gets away with lying to your face and the person getting evicted just takes it like a winner. These people see it as an honor to get evicted at the hands of Will. Boogie doesn't command that same respect. Howie had a coniption when he was evicted. He and Mike Boogie had a confrontation. James gets done in by his LOD alliance member Dr. Will and he practically thanks him. James tells Julie Chen that he is happy that he went down by the hands of Dr. Will (wtf!) Sorry Boogie I know you've worked hard with Will, but until you are on the level where people thank you for evicting them I've gotta throw my Support towards the one and only Dr. McDreamy aka Will Kirby.

Grounded 4 Life

So what does Grounded 4 Life, or G4L as I like to abbreviate it, refer to...

G4L is the phenomenon of moving back home to live with your parents after you have completed college. I moved back home last year, and I hope to show kids, through psa blogs, who think that it's a great idea to move back home with mommy and daddy that it is a bad bad idea...