RAVE: RobinHoodFund.com, please vote!

Yesterday I found a great website- robinhoodfund.com. You can enter a wish and, depending on how many people view your wish, you could have it granted. I entered a wish of "Paying off my student loans" under the name Mags (see previous entries of "Rant: Evil Student Loans" etc.). If you are bored at work/school/home today and would like to vote, please go to robinhood.com. I will post a direct link once it is up for voting. i think you might have to register for your vote/view to count, but it is quick and painless, requiring minimal details.

It only takes a few seconds and hey, it might actually work. At any rate, I really appreciate anyone who can take the time. Voting on my wish starts at noon today MST and lasts for the weeks.

DCTXn thanks you in her ever-continuing fight against The Man.

RANT: Petey Wheatstraw is NOT Dolemite

I was very excited this weekend because Netflix had finally sent a movie I have been eagerly awaiting to see- Dolemite, a classic blaxploitation cult film from 1975, starring and co-written by Rudy Ray Moore. Keep in mind I have never seen the movie, just heard about it. I was halfway through the movie before my husband says, "This cannot be Dolemite. They have not even mentioned Dolemite. And who is this Petey Wheatstraw character?"

Instead of sending us Dolemite, the Netflix people sent us Petey Wheatstraw (1977). I can understand the mistake- both starring Rudy Ray Moore, both blaxploitation, and Petey Wheatstraw (I learn from the DVD extras) is part of the "Dolemite Collection". Other movies that are part of the Dolemite Collection also include The Human Tornado and Disco Godfather. The Human Tornado apparently involves a Hamburger Pimp who kicks his own ass twice a day, so that's definately made it into my "must see" list.

While Petey Wheatstraw was very amusing, politically incorrect, great 70s costumes (lots of piping!) and an infectious theme song, I was more than a little disappointed that we didn't actually get Dolemite. But maybe this was fate's way of exposing me to the greater Dolemite collection.

"Petey Wheatstraw.... Petey Wheatstraw... the devil's son-in-law"

RANT: End of Passions

NBC, the wonderful network that has brought us such gems as "The Office," "My Name is Earl," and "Days of Our Lives" is bringing their popular daytime series "Passions" to an end this summer. While there may be many people out there who deny being a Passions fan, I am not one of them. I am not ashamed!

Passions started running when I was in college, and it was the first soap opera that I could actually get into such as: characters under the age of 50 who weren't rich socialities, people who actually worked at jobs (and didn't just talk about them), different races and ethnicities, and multi/mixed-racial couples.

Like a good soap opera, many of the same story lines that intrigued me during my college days are still in play: will Ethan and Teresa ever get together (also known as: can a Latina from the wrong side of the tracks teach a rich boy a thing or two about love? ) ; will the Crane empire come crashing down around their feet; will Kay and Miguel ever realize their love, or will that goodie two shoes Charity show up and ruin everything (again!)?

Farewell, Passions- maybe your ending is a sign of the times that the Passion-generation needs to also put aside childish things, like Timmy dolls, and grow up.

RAVE: Golden Globes

I know it's late and everyone is done talking about the Golden Globes, but I have to say I really enjoyed them. Fav moments: when America Ferrera won for best actress in a series in Ugly Betty; Hugh Laurie (as always) for best actor in House. How I love that man and his British sense of humor. *sigh*

My Best Dressed props goes to Tina Fey for her adoreable cocktail-length dress. I hate it when people wear things that look like ball gowns to these award shows- like Jennifer Love Hewitt. Ugh! It looked like something left over from some hideous princess prom sale gone awry.

As bad as JLH's dress was, the Worst Dressed goes to Cameron Diaz. WTF. I literally gasped and sat straight up off the couch when I saw her on stage wearing this monstrosity in white tulle and shame.

RANT: Dress Like a Man!

I have a *very special* rant today: men's clothing. Well, one piece of clothing in particular. Let me just put it this way: if you are a heterosexual male and you are NOT living in a) alaska or b) some other arctic climate, you SHOULD NOT be wearing a fur-lined hooded coat. OK? Got it? Women can wear it, gay men can wear it. If you are trying to date someone I know, don't wear it. Because then people will point at you and snicker behind your back. They might even make fun of you in their blog. You never know.

RAVE: Peep's Choice Awards

OK, not quite "as it happens," but I have to say: Halle Berry just won People's Choice Award for Female Action Hero and she looks SMOKING HOT. Seriously, she has a super hero bod and the mini skirt length gold dress she is wearing looks amazing. Who else looked awesome, you say? Vanessa Williams. What's the lesson here, people: "mixed race" people are obviously the most good looking, combining the best of what everyone has to offer. That's my story and I am sticking to it.

I am also glad to see that Hayden, who plays The Cheerleader on Heroes, is wearing a gorgeous AND age-appropriate dress that she looks quite glam in. Go girl.

Patrick Dempsy as McDreamy? Looked McDelicious getting his award for best male in TV drama. That's right. I said it. McDelicious.

What the hell is Kojo doing on TV anymore? Kojo should be banned from TV. He has no place on the airwaves, especially in high-def. You heard me.

Congrats Heroes on best new drama. SO deserved. I can't wait for it's return next week!

RANT: Rooney in DC, 1/10/07

I have just discovered that my arch-nemesis and general bain of my existence, Andy Rooney, will be in DC at Politics and Prose tomorrow night for a book signing. While generally weirded out that he will be but a few miles from where I work and live, I am strangely curious about what the crowd there will look like. Aptly enough, the book he wrote that he is signing is called Out of My Mind. Well, that's about right.

Part of me just wants to go to stand in line and ask, "Mr. Rooney, I am a big fan of yours. Please tell me how you get paid so much to talk about nothing for so little time every week?" I might get thrown out, but it would be worth it just for the memories. Of course, if Rooney and I were in the same place at the same time, the universe might collapse on itself due to the improbability of these two dynamic yet opposite forces coexisting in the same shared space.

So if the world suddenly comes to an end tomorrow night at 7, you'll know why. Don't blame me, blame Rooney who is, apparently, Out of [His] Mind.

RANT: RIP Cowboys

I cannot believe that the Cowboys just lost it 20-21 to the Seahawks.
That's all.

RANT: Fox Cancels "The O.C."

We all knew that this day would come, but that doesn't make it any easier. Fox, in its infinate wisdom, has officially cancelled the O.C. Supposedly they will finish out this season in February, with the finale "they have always had planned" which will be "fun" and "emotionally fulfilling". If you can believe Fox, that is.

RANT: Whitney Houston Underwear Sale

I have to quote my friend Lady D here and say "what the hell are we going to do about Whitney Houston? Are we really just going to let her do this to herself? She's a national treasure!"

I thought she was doing better after finally dumping Bobby Brown (it's her perogative, after all), but now it looks like she's gone to Tori Spelling route of having to sell off her personal belongings to make the rent. According to popsugar.com, Whitney is going to sell off a huge amount of her "personal effects," including her Dolche & Gabbana sequined bras.

In case you've forgotten, here are some pics of Whitney:
crack days v. better days.