What's up with the movies lately?  I thought they were making a turn for the better, but I was tricked!  I think they have just gotten better at making trailers that make the movie seem like it's going to be good, but in reality, it's the same crap that's been coming out for the last 10 years.  Here are the last few movies I've seen:

Avatar
Not really sure what all of the fuss is about.  I actually thought this movie was a little bit too long.  It took forever for the story to build up, and it was a bit predictable.  The characters all kind of fit into a neat stereotype and I was not really impressed.  If you can, wait for it to show up on TBS.

Sherlock Holmes
Robert Downey Jr. is truly a gifted actor.  I'm just sad it took him awhile to get his act together after the drugs and stuff.   I can only imagine how much we must have missed out on as an audience.  But thank goodness he's back!  I really enjoyed this film.  And forgive me ladies, I know what a scoundrel Jude Law is, but I still think he's pretty hot, especially in "The Holiday".  Yum! 

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
I admit, this movie isn't really well known and in fact the only reason most people have heard of it is because it's Heath Ledger's last film.  He died during the filming and they had to use various actors to fill in his role (Johnny Depp, Jude Law *yay!*, and Colin Farell).  I think Colin did the best job, surprisingly.  But besides that, the film just kind of sucked.  It was strange in an "Alice in Wonderland" kind of way and to be honest, I'm not really into that kind of thing.  My husband and I have been debated back and forth of the last three weeks if the movie was good, or just weird and bad and we still haven't come to a conclusion.  IMO- when it comes to this film, proceed with caution.

Daybreakers
The ads make the film seem like it will be a different kind of vampire movie.  Not your usual slaying, star crossed lovers type of deal.  It was different from the average vampire flick, but I wouldn't say that's a good thing.  The story line was promising: most of the human population has been transformed into vampires and the human "food" is running low.  But then it kind of doesn't develop too much after that.  Sadly, once again, I was disappointed.

Legion
Once again, this movie seemed like it could be promising.  Slightly different then the average apocolyptic film.  Plus I haven't seen Paul Bettany in anything since "The DaVinci Code" and he was all creepy and albino in that.  However, I was (wait for it.....) disappointed once again!  The problem with this movie was the little dialogue that was in the film had already been shown in all of the previews.  So I already knew what was going to happen, why it was happening and didn't have a hard time figuring out what was going to happen.  Even if you haven't seen the trailers, the movie sucks.

So I still have high hopes for "Wolfman" (even though Benecio Del Toro freaks me out) and of course "SHUTTER ISLAND"!  Hooray!  Leo finally made a ghost movie.  Plus I like all of the other Dennis Lehane novels that have been turned into movies ("Gone Baby Gone" and "Mystic River")  I'll let you know how it turns out.

This is my absolutely favorite American Idol audition of all time! My husband and I still walk around singing "Let My PEO-PLE GOOOOOOO". This guy had it goin on! The low voice! The vibrato! The out-of-date song choice! The earnest attempt! Gotta respect that.

Ok, so the woman who assaulted Leo nearly five years ago has been caught:

First of all, she's ugly!  What was SHE doing at a party with Leo?  If she could get in, then I certainly should be able to get in? 

Secondly, after she assaulted Leo back in 2004, she FLED THE COUNTRY!  She fled the freakin country so she wouldn't get arrested for assault????   Is that the dumbest thing you've ever heard or what?  Apparently, she was arrested in Toronto and extradited back to the US.  The judge ordered she must have no contact with DiCaprio or Rick Salomon, who hosted the party where the assault allegedly took place, in the early morning of June 17, 2005. She also had to hand over her passport and abide by an 11 p.m. curfew.

What an idiot!  At least she didn't scar his beautiful face!

So I was thinking yesterday, I am separated from Taylor Lautner (way too young for me, I know, but I can still admire God's work) and Rob Pattison by THREE FREAKIN DEGREES people! 
How exciting is that?  Here's how it works:

My husband's good friend, and my sorta friend Jimmy LeBlanc worked with Edi Gathegi in "Gone Baby Gone" back in 2007.   

Edi Gathegi of course is Laurent in both "Twilight" and "New Moon".  Which means: THREE DEGREES.  Not that I could ever use this to my advantage, Jimmy hasn't been in any other movies, nor does he have any others on the horizon, unfortunately. 

But I guess it also means I'm separated from a lot of other stars by three degrees:
Brad Pitt
Steve Carell
Ben Stiller
Shia LaBeouf
Angelina Jolie
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon
George Clooney
Nicole Kidman
Anthony Hopkins......

The list goes on and on.  I'm practically a celebrity myself and I didn't even know it! 

Dear TV,
I'm terribly sorry I had to do this through a letter, but this will make us both a lot better off.  Well, at least I'll be better off... This note will be the last memory you'll ever have of me, I'm done with you because I decided to be with your best friend, Kindle.  He goes everywhere with me, and to be honest, is a lot better in bed. 

I know that may seem kind of low, but really, you have let yourself go lately.  I don't mean to be harsh, but come on... "The Sing Off" is the last thing I truly enjoyed that was new for both of us.  "American Idol" and "The Biggest Loser" have both gotten old, plus you're going to be losing "Lost" and "Nip/Tuck" this year.  Have you thought about how hard that is on me?  I know you tried to get yourself into shape by losing a few pounds and becoming flat panel, but that was just a temporary fix, wasn't it?

I remember when we first met, you made all of these promises; cartoons, "The Mickey Mouse Club", and "Kids Incorporated".  And even back in the 90s you still kept me entertained and happy.  But then you started to change.  First, you took videos off of MTV, then you became all about "reality TV".  I mean, what IS that?!  I know we all change as we get older, but you've really started to get into some things I just don't care for.  And I can't be with you if you're going to continue.

You'd be much better off finding a person that can deal with annoying way you constantly change up your line up just when I'm getting into the groove of things (the Jay Leno/Conan debacle was a new low, even for you).  My husband seems to be into that kind of thing.   I'll give you his number if you're interested.

I'll definitely miss the good times:  the WB back in the late 90s (Dawson and Buffy still make me smile).  But from now on, it's just a memory.  Please don't give me a Buffy booty call on LOGO at 1am, it's just cheap and insulting to both of us.

I'm glad this is done and we're going separate directions for good. I think you'll find someone to love again. And hopefully we will still be close buddies.  I'll check back in a few weeks, after the Olympics to see how your doing.

Forever Yours,
Moi

I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the Poe Toaster, but I'll give you a quick summary.  Basically, every year on January 19th, early in the morning, someone dressed in all black (black cape, black top hat, black silver tipped cane, the works) shows up at Edgar Allen Poe's gravesite in Baltimore.  This "Poe Toaster" leaves three red roses, and a half empty bottle cognac, and sometimes a note.  The significance of the date is that it's Poe's birthday.  His notes sometimes say how he misses Poe, that he was a great poet, blah, blah, blah.
The thing is, no one really has any pictures of the guy.  He's been doing it since 1949, and he shows up in plan view of the crowd who gather to watch, but I've only been able to find one pic:

Naturally I find this fascinating in a macabre kind of way.  So I begged Brian last night to drive with me to Baltimore around midnight so we could wait for the Poe Toaster.  Well boy am I glad we didn't go, because he didn't show up!  This is the first time in 60 years that he hasn't shown!  I would have been PISSED OFF if I drove all the way to Baltimore and this nut job didn't show.  I mean, he could have at least sent the curator of the gravesite a note ahead of time saying he wasn't going to come.  People came from all over!  Oh well.  Brian's really happy because he promised we would go next year.  But I'm not taking any chances. F U Poe Toaster!

So I know a lot of people find Lady Gaga to be strange, whatever.  But you have to admit, her music is very catchy!  In fact, I've liked all of the songs she's released (my least favorite being Pokerface). 

But more than her music, I'm sure we're all familiar with her outfits.  For me, her outfits are more of an artistic expression.  She's probably dressed crazy most of her life and now that she's got money, she can really dress as unique as she wants.  But there's some dude named Weikang Lu who has recreated some of Lady Gaga's most famous outfits on Barbie in hopes of sharing his appreciation for fashion with other doll lovers. 

Here are some of my favorites:

I actually thought this hairdo was kind of cute.  I like bows.  And how cute does Barbie look!?

I burst out laughing when I saw this one.  How did he rig up those sparks to Barbie's boobs?  This guy is really talented!  And my favorite Barbie Gaga....

Barbie Beyonce and Barbie Gaga!  I love it!  So freakin cute!

I got the idea for this post from "Featured Weblogs". 

Can you remember your old screen names?  Mine were pretty lame, but mostly funny....

Backstreetgirl74 - Back in the late 90s, I was a HUGE fan of the Backstreet Boys.  I was trying to think of what my first Yahoo! email address should be, and my sister (genius that she is) suggested "backstreetgirl".  Well I was overjoyed!  Why hadn't I thought of that???  Well unfortunately, "Backstreetgirl" was taken.  So was "Backstreetgirl81" (year of my birth), "Backstreetgirl17" (my age at the time), and "Backstreetgirl7" (just a lucky number).  So I decided to pick two numbers at random.... bad idea!  People always asked me "what does the 74 stand for?" And eventually when I got to college, it was both embarassing and misleading because people started to believe I was born in '74.

GirlatGMU - Cute, isn't it?  I got the idea from an old roommate and her sister.  Her screen name was "Elizabeth_at_GMU" and her sister's was "GirlNamedJenn".  So I combined the two.  I used this screen name from my sophomore year until I graduated from Mason.

Emersoncutie - This was supposed to be along the same lines as the previous one, based on my school's name.  However, by the time I got to grad school and actually had to give out my e-mail address to my professional working classmates, it didn't turn out to be so cute after all.  This lasted for about two months.

Erinash - Ahhh, the good old screename based on your real name.  So uncreative, but what else can an adult do?  Pretty lame, but also not embarassing in the least.

Labellover81 - Last and certainly not least, my current screen name.  It's actually my favorite one!  It's based on a pet name my husband has for me.... Label Whore.  I decided that wasn't quite family friendly enough for Xanga ("RapeMe91" anyone??)  So I changed it up a bit.  After all, it describes my perfectly like a screen name should! 

Ok, so as you all know by now, I'm not a size 4.  Although I would love to be, and it's been a life-long struggle of mine, I just can't seem to shake my "natural" size.  So whatever, I've learned to accept it to a certain degree.  But now, it seems everybody and their mother wants the fashion industry to accept it as well. 

V magazine has been making the news a lot lately because they're having a special "size" issue come out.  I guess that instead of featuring size 0 and size 2 models, they're going to feature alot of plus size models as well.  I guess this is kind of nice.  But to be honest, it really doesn't matter to me.  I'm so used to seeing super skinny models, that when I see a model that's a size 12, it's almost jarring.  But once I get over the fact that the model actually has curves, I kind of like it.  I mean, take a look for yourself:

Isn't she kind of sexy?  I mean, I would love to look like that in a bikini as much as I would love to look like Gisele in a bikini.  In fact, I might even be partial to this look over Gisele.  But that's just me.

Here's Crystal Renn modeling the same clothes as her skinny bitch counterpart.  I have to hand it to Crystal, she does look good!  In fact, in the picture below, I think she looks better than the small model.  Go girl!

Ok, so I almost got into my first fist fight this weekend.  It was amazing really, Bri and I went to the movies to see "Daybreakers" on Saturday night.  There was this couple sitting behind us.  They were talking AT A NORMAL LEVEL during all of the previews.  I thought to myself, "ok, this is annoying, but I'll deal.  Technically they don't need to stop talking until the movies starts".  And guess what... THEY KEPT TALKING!

So to make a long story short, I turned around, asked nicely, they copped an attitude, I stood up and really started to cuss them out, the girl kep talking back to me, I told her let's take this outside, security was called, blah blah blah, Bri and I ended up leaving the movie, getting a refund and getting four free passes for the future, and the girl and her boyfriend had to move to an empty space in the theatre where they wouldn't disturb anyone with the incessent nonsensical chatter (she was talking about how she would make such a sexy vampire... Puh lease!!!  Everyone knows vampires are so 2009.  2010 is the year of the ghost)

Anyway, my point is, can you believe people actually talk in theatres nowadays?  I mean, isn't it common sense to not talk on the phone or to the person next to you (save for the occassional sarcastic comment)?  I guess not.  But secretly I was hoping to get into a fight with this girl.  I never knew how to fight until Brian taught me, and now I think I could actually do some damage to the average girl.  Hooray for me!

I was never a huge fan of Michele Rodriguez, but she's slowly growing on me.