YES YES YES!! This is all sorts of amazing. Beth Ditto, solo star and lead singer of the hawt band The Gossip, is going to create her own set of MAC cosmetics due out in June. She will definitely, positively not disappoint, I just know it.
I absolutely love MAC cosmetics. Their products are really, very nice. Much more shimmery and glittery than your average makeup line, which I find is important especially when it comes to painting beautiful eyes, wherever they may be.
PS. I love how vibrant MAC makeup colors are. And again, as if I can ever get it out of my mind, this makeup reminds me of the Capitol’s style in the Hunger Games. Fangirl time finished. For now.
Remember, our dearest February 14th doesn’t have to just be about love. It can be about remembering the Canadian Asbestos Strike, the birth of Anna Howard Shaw, or the first diesel-powered submarine.
Or, you could simply be thankful this is (or isn’t) waiting for you at home after work. (Only if he had a good cabernet sauvignon)
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Or maybe you’re super in love and this is going to be your heart all night long.
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Or maybe you’re fresh out of a crummy relationship, and you’d rather pull one of these.
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Or maybe you’ll be sharing these with a “friend”.
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Or maybe you’ll simply curl up on the couch and remember that, more than anyone, the Hoff still loves you.
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No matter what your status is on Valentine’s day, just know that it’s a day to celebrate all kinds of love. Even if it’s your undying love for David Hasselhoff circa his Baywatch years, or wearing a single pair of fundies.
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Valentine’s Day dos for everyone:
Do Watch: 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, Downton Abbey, The Walking Dead, Clueless, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Night of the Living Dead
Do Eat: Thai, Italian, French
Do Drink: Red wine, but beware of wine lips
Do for Dessert: Chocolate or whatever is best on the menu (or in the freezer)
Do Sing and Dance: Yeah, you heard me. Have fun. It’s simply a delight!
Valentine’s Day don’ts for everyone:
Don’t Watch: A documentary on civil war or Sophie’s Choice
Don’t Eat: Indian, hamburgers, chicken
Don’t Drink: too much. It’s a Tuesday… and possibly a date!
Don’t for Dessert: I’m drawing a blank.
Don’t Sing and Dance: If your dance moves have gotten you dumped before, start the place on fire and GTFO. And for the love of God, if you must dance, don’t do the sprinkler or any awful straight man dance like that. Nobody thinks it’s spontaneous and carefree. Nobody.
“I was never really a fan of her music. Yet, I’m sad for her, and I am sad that yet another person didn’t have a beautiful and graceful final curve to their life arc. I’m sad that the world still looks at addiction and other mental illnesses as stigmas. I’m sad every time I read or hear someone state “fuck them” when they see a person falling hard. I then get angry, because everyone who says “fuck them” is creating a barrier between those in need of help and the resources they desperately need. “Fuck them” prevents people from admitting they can’t fix their life on their own. “Fuck them” is what causes governments to cut funding to mental health facilities and programs. “Fuck them” is what causes families to be afraid to seek help in the community, or to give up after the first few backs have been turned.”
Why did Chris Brown perform twice at the 54th Grammys? Who the fuck listens to Chris Brown in the first place? I remember he had one good song in 2006 that me and my friends would get high-school drunk to on rum and cokes. After he beat the shit out of Rihanna, it was pretty much a no-go for me. And hopefully for a lot of people, because rage like that is unacceptable in humanity, point blank.
There’s a delicate line between redemption, forgiveness and the music biz forcing Chris Brown in our faces when I’m pretty sure nobody cares too much about him or his music. Maybe the faceless music biz execs sell Chris Brown to kids because they have their parents money and teeny, little brains that can’t grasp the gravity domestic abuse.
The Evidence
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For so many people, just hearing his name conjures up the picture of her beaten face from his rage. -20
Then he threw a chair through a window at an appearance on Good Morning America in 2011. Someone’s got a bit of a tantrum streak! -5
Ok, he can dance. +1
I have a hard time declaring things like “he should never work in that town again!” because forgiveness is a good thing. However, forgiveness is a lot better when people actually prove themselves to be deserving of it. 0
He never really seemed to feel all that sorry for beating Rihanna, at least not publicly. I remember it as him being worried about her beat up face ruining his career. -13
The Score
-38
The lowest score to date on the 20poorandfabulous fence. Yikes! Chris Brown, maybe you should take a year off and go volunteer in 3rd world country somewhere. Then maybe people will like you again. Maybe.
Derek E. Miller kinda looks like a younger Marky Mark crossed with Marty McFly. 80s/90s hawtness to the max. And she's like the alt girl with good style and a good heart. Photo via GQ
Sleigh Bells is one of the few bands that legitimately makes me feel cool when I listen to it. Drive around listening to “Tell ‘Em“, and tell me you don’t feel the same.
They have a new album coming out, called Reign of Terror is expected for a February 21 release date. The first single off their new album, “Comeback Kid” is so so so good. Like, ice cream melody over some kick-ass guitar good. It definitely sets up the tone for the new album and adds even more anticipation!
On the new album and Sleigh Bells sound, singer Alexis Krauss had this to say:
For a while, Derek felt he had to prove something. Now he can play his Jackson and love Slayer and at the same time love Cyndi Lauper. That’s something that’s really important to us: No guilty pleasures. There’s no genre of music that you can’t listen to and find something good. I have this conversation with my parents all the time. They’re both New Yorkers, born and bred, and my dad is a musician, and they have this elitist attitude about music. When we were making Reign of Terror, I might say that we were writing a song that was like def leppard mixed with George Michael. And my mom would be like, “Def Leppard? Nobody who’s cool listens to that band.” And I’d have to explain to her that times have changed; you can go back to music that was maybe considered corny or inauthentic and embrace elements of it.
Awesome. Melding pop, rock, metal and whatever sounds good. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the album.
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