my wallet is losing more weight than i am

[dianora2]

Whassup. Had a pretty good time at Lunacon this weekend. Got to see some peeps, attended a wonderful memorial celebration for dochyel (Lunacon last year was the last time I saw him alive, so that was a little rough), and wasn't too traumatized by the breakfast buffet this morning. I also spent way too much money on jewelry. OMG. I spotted this pair of earrings on Saturday, and just thought they were so adorable, and kept thinking about them, but they were a little over a hundred dollars and seemed so frivolous. So this morning I was back there and had picked out a pair of amethyst studs that I wanted and a pair of oxidized topaz studs to go with a pendant I already owned, cheaper and more practical purchases. But I had to try on the frivolous earrings and kept looking at them and finally the artist said that if I bought all three pairs, she wouldn't charge me any tax, and, well, I succumbed. Aaargh. But they are so cute and look nice with my hair!







They're iolite and....blue topaz maybe? I thought it was another "ite" but they sure look like blue topaz. I never listen when they tell me these things, I am too distracted by the pretty. Now I just need to figure out where the heck I can wear these, since I'm determined not to only wear them once a year or whatever.

Anyway. I'm not allowed to buy clothes for a little while. Unless it matches my earrings. ;)

Came home and watched Rock of Love and Scott Baio. I'm in a position on RoL of thinking Ambre seems like a pretty decent person, which makes me wonder if I should not be rooting for her. Megan is painful to watch because I just always think of how nice she was on Beauty & the Geek and how that was clearly all an act. (And Flav would never stand for one of his women having been on such a high-profile reality show!) That was pretty wild at the end with Kristy Joe, though. I think Bret really, really liked her, which was crazy, because I don't get it, although to be fair, despite her being insane Kristy Joe still seemed to have more of an actual personality than any of the other girls. Anyway, it was wild to see him so thrown for a loop. But crazy girl needed to go. As for Scott, can we talk about the fact that he named his daughter Bailey Baio? That is cruel and unusual, right there. Anyway, I really enjoyed this finale, thought it was very sweet and I loved seeing the Daddies with their babies and all the stuff with the centerpieces was hilarious. Not surprised that they set up another potential season at the end, you knew that had to be coming. Scott Baio is 47...and Married With Children? Sounds good to me.

Since Scott Baio and My Fair Brady are both wrapped up, I'm glad Celebrity Fit Club is back. I wasn't going to watch this season, but: DUNKLEMAN. OMG. Dalton Ross must be so excited. DUNKLEMAN! And Erin Moran! And Willie Aames! How can I miss this? And I'm currently trying to decide about I Know My Kid's a Star, it has train wreck potential.

Speaking of train wrecks, I watched another episode of Gone Country tonight and Bobby Brown got drunk and started talking to his shoes, which were on the seat beside him. "Come on, shoes. Come on! Let's go! Come on, shoes!" Then, later, he got a cheesesteak sandwich and started talking to that as well. "You are the greatest sandwich ever. Do you know that? You are the greatest sandwich." My favorite part was the other stars being surprised by his behavior. They clearly never watched Being Bobby Brown.

NYT has a long and comprehensive article about how the Supreme Court came to favor corporate interests, which was interesting (and depressing) reading.

Oooh, a documentary about Jay McCarroll!! That is VERY EXCITING. intopolitics, it is playing at the Philadelphia Film Festival, you should go. *g*

ohnotheydidnt has some shirtless Hugh Jackman. Holy crap. Arms alert!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY paleologa! Sorry we didn't get to spend more time together this weekend.

Comments

[soaked-in-stars.livejournal.com]

Oooh, the earrings are lovely. Good splurge!

And I totally agree about Rock of Love - the more I watch the more I like Ambre and want her to get away from that load of crazy. Megan is HORRIBLE and I couldn't believe it when purple_elefants told me she wasn't a heinous bitch on Beauty & the Geek. I laugh every time I see Daisy too, as I just think she looks ridiculous. Have her lips gotten bigger since she got there?!

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm having one of those moments where I have to remind myself that my financial situation is not quite what it used to be, so I really can do this once in a while without freaking out. :)

I'm so disillusioned about Megan, because B&tG is one of those shows where you can fool yourself into thinking that the people are there because they really do want to improve themselves and have a great experience, and then Megan goes and blows the illusion right off of it. Although even when she was on that show, it was really her partner who had the impressive transformation, not her so much. But she was so sweet to him! Sigh.

Here's a clip of a challenge that she actually won:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8zUroNiFQhE

And Daisy freaks me out. I have trouble looking directly at her. It's like, not even a real face.

[purple-elefants.livejournal.com]

Wow, I never thought about Bailey's last name being Baio. Yeah, that's rough. I'm definitely on board for season three though.

Erin Moran and Willie Aames on celebrity fit club? I may have to watch that. Danny Bonaduce's show kind of baffles me. Are the parents familiar with him? Do they really want him giving their kids advice? I wouldn't think that's a path we'd encourage, but hey.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

And Dustin Diamond is back, too, and Harvey hates his guts, so it's pretty amusing. You should check it out. And yeah, the Bonaduce show is all kinds of wrong, which is one reason I'm tempted. *g*

[callmesandy.livejournal.com]

Hahahaaaaa, I totally spent $50 on a necklace, two pair of earrings and a leather bracelet this weekend. Because SO PRETTY. Like yours! I know your accessory weakness.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

It just feels so frivolous! But on the other hand I don't have a man to buy me jewelry so I might as well buy some nice pieces for myself. ;)

[corianderstem.livejournal.com]

God, Hugh Jackman is hot. He's just so hot.

HOT.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[paleologa.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the birthday wishes - I LOVE the earrings. I see you had no choice there, really.

And while I didn't see much of you in person this weekend at the con, I have pictures of you and divanoir on my camera, so I can pretend that we hung out, lol. (Have no idea who took them! Weird!)

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Heeeee! We were sitting in the Masquerade line with oracne as she tried to figure out how to use your camera. But then she couldn't figure out how to erase the pictures. *g*

[http://users.livejournal.com/bliss_/]

Those earrings are beautiful! As is Hugh! Dang, those arms are something else.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

The role of Wolverine has been very good to him. *g*

[ratmmjess.livejournal.com]

Nice earrings! Good call on getting those.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm trying to stop feeling anxious about them and just enjoy them. :D

[ratmmjess.livejournal.com]

Remember: it's retail therapy, not consumer remorse. :-)

[chanel19.livejournal.com]

Nice earrings. Nothing wrong with the occasional splurge.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, to repeat what I just said to Clr above, I'm having one of those moments where I have to remind myself that my financial situation is not quite what it used to be, so I really can do this once in a while without freaking out. :)

[chanel19.livejournal.com]

It took me a long time to get over the feeling that the poorhouse was imminent.

[lzbrt.livejournal.com]

Earrings = pretteh!

That Jay movie is screening on a Saturday, which means I could totes go! I'm going to have to further investigate. :)

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Excellent, keep me posted!

[phdelicious.livejournal.com]

The earrings are very pretty. I need to go out and get me some new pairs.

I wasn't really a big fan of Jay's back when he was on PR (didn't really get into the show til the 2nd season), but the documentary seems interesting.

Also, Hugh's arms ... Holy Crap! Even if he is a bit scruffy for my tastes.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

I really don't buy jewelry often, so I need to keep reminding myself of that. :)

And Jay is probably, hmmm, if not my all-time fave (which he might be), then definitely up there. He cracks me up and I think he's so talented, too bad he seems to be blowing it.

[phdelicious.livejournal.com]

I feel like I really should rewatch S1. Bravo reruns the heck outta everything but I've never managed to catch a S1 PR marathon. Though I did see a commercial for TWoP the other day.

[lubbly-bug.livejournal.com]

Absolutely love the earrings. The best thing to have in your wardrobe to go with jewellery like that is a really simple, elegant black dress.