2008 – The Year in Review

2008 was an interesting year.  A very interesting year.  I could write a 200 item list, but instead I’m just going with ten big things I found interesting or noteworthy this year.  For instance:

1. A half black man was elected president of the United States.  I’d just say black man, but my hubby would correct me, since he is a stickler for accuracy.  I do not use the term African American, because that didn’t exist when I was growing up.  Sorry.
2. Madonna files for divorce from Guy Ritchie, and England mutters a collective sigh of relief.
3. The Island disappeared, Desmond called Penny on Christmas Eve, and the Oceanic Six HAVE TO GO BACK? (God bless you LOST, for having some of the best episodes yet this year.)
4. Are You There Vodka, It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler tops the the New Your Times Best Seller List.
5. Holocaust survivor Herman Rosenblat gets his book Angel at the Fence canceled when it comes up that parts of his memoir weren’t true.  WTF, haven’t we all learned the lesson Leonard Frye taught us?  You don’t lie when writing a memoir.  Especially about the Holocaust.  Herman has been on Oprah twice, will she take him on, too?
6. Casey Anthony, tot mom, hides her three year old daughter’s disappearance for a month.  Poor little Kaylee’s remains were found just weeks ago, and we all know she killed her kid. 
7. Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie top 2008′s Celebrity Heat Index.  Not one, but two years in a row.  Duh, we all know they are over-exposed! 
8. Yellowstone Nation Park keeps having mini 3.0 type earthquakes, and scientist predict the eruption may cause half of the United State to be covered in three feet of ash.  OMG!
9. Jon & Kate Gosselin become millionaires and do nothing for a living other than parent their children on tv.  Enough said.
10. Detroit’s mayor goes to prison; The Big 3 get a last minute bailout from President Bush; People are losing jobs and houses hand over fist in Detroit; and The Detroit Lions lose all sixteen of their games this season, breaking the record and becoming the official suckiest football team ever!   Way to represent DETROIT!!!!

Honorable mention: Tina Fey, Gas Prices, Vampires, Sarah Palin, Bret Michaels, and the deaths of Paul Newman and Heath Ledger.

What were some of your top moments for 2008?

Bret Michaels News & Upcoming Appearances

Hey everyone, Rock of Love Bus aka Rock of Love 3 is premiering in less than two weeks on VH1!  Finally, our long wait is over.  Bret Michaels is almost back in our lives … January 4, 2008 is just a few more days away….

Here is your first look at the girls of Rock of Love Bus.  My first thought was, whoa, the boobs are even bigger this season, lol!

But, if your desperate for a little more Bret, I suggest you read the following TV appearance schedule he has provided me (Via Myspace, thanks Bret!) and the rest of his fans:

In addition to the premiere of “Rock of Love Bus” on Jan 4, check out Bret on the following shows!

December 24:   E! News

December 25: Chelsea Lately.  I love this show.  Last time he was on there they were both wearing bandanas.  They have great chemistry, and my god, what better way to spend Christmas night than watching Bret on this great show.

December 28: Extra

Week of December 29: TV Guide Channel

December 29 – January 2:  100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs on VH1

*Dates posted originally by Bret Michaels via http://www.myspace.com/bretmichaelsofpoison

The Real Housewives of Orange County

I just love this show.  I was lucky enough to catch a marathon of the show early last season, and have been hooked ever since.  I think its fun to watch the wealth these people have, not to mention the fact that they aren’t that happy, even though they have every thing on the surface.

Jeanna Keough, aka Jeanna Tomasino, has had quite the career before RHOOC.  She was in a few ZZ Top videos, she was a Playboy Bunny, and even a B movie actress, all of which I had no idea until I did an internet search on her today.  I think she is my favorite on the show, as she is a smart ass, and gets into good fights with Vicki.  I like her daughter, and I hope she stays on at Berkely, rather than becoming an actress.  I just know from having a friend who is an actor that its a hard business, and this girl is smart, and I wouldn’t want to see her waste her mind.

Vicki is a piece of work.  She constantly berats her husband, Donn, and is very much into everyone’s business.  She seems obsessed with money and I think by the end of the season her and Donn are gong to be filing for divorce.  She never seems happy with anything she has and is always looking for the next best thing.  Vicki has a good daughter, too, although seeing her cry last week about the Lake Havasu house was a little much.

Tamra is ok, but she annoys me a bit.  I think her oldest son is a turd, and it was great to see him go from wanting to be a cop to hating cops just because he broke the law and got two tickets within a short time frame.  I can’t wait for next Tuesday nights episode where he gets his lip tattoed.  Dumbass.

Lynee, the brand new housewife seems like white trash to me.  Her lunch with her 16 year old daughter made my tummy sick, as she was going on and on about having a fake id and what she was drinking back in the day, and cutting off her daughter, who was trying to tell her what she was drinking these days.  I think parents are not supposed to be friends, but role models.  If the girl was older, this would be different, but she is a minor, and I can’t wait to see her Sweet 16 party.

Gretchen seems like she was after Jeff for his money.  I just don’t get these May-December romances.  I don’t find old grey haired men attractive at all.  I do feel bad for her that he’s dead now.  I swear, Jeff and Gretch look very familiar to me, and since he was from Michigan, I know that I must have seen them at some bar.  If anyone knows Jeff’s last name please comment here with it.

Lauri just left the show, and I’m sorry to see her go.  I always liked her, as she was the most normal housewife, and even though she is rich as hell, she seemed the most down to earth.  I know her oldest is in jail, and has been getting beaten up.  Jail is one scary place and I hope her kid cleans it up after he is released.  Yikes!

Quinn from last season always seemed very odd to me.  Always sexual, always showing off those big fake boobs, then hinting around that she hadn’t had sex since her divorce years ago.  She was just sort of a flash in the pan.  Glad to see her gone!

Brandy M. wins Rock of Love Charm School

Ok, we all know how stupid this damn show is.  But I still had to watch the finale.  Last night we all were holding our collective breaths as Destiny, Lacey and Brandy M.  were up for Charm School Graduate.  $100,000 was at stake, and the girls had one challenge, to be charitible and raise money for the homeless, with a little help from their nemesis Brandy C, Heather and Ms. Torso Megan. 

As always, the girls looked their skanky-ist, and Megan sabatoged Brandy M.  constantly, by asking people on the street to donate the cheapest thing posible, pens.  Magically, Brandy M. won the challenge, even after Megan kept putting donated items into Lacey’s bin rather than Brandy’s.  Best part of the episode was when Lacey was kicked off for actually yelling at people on the streets of Hollywood who would not help her.  Like she’d really lose her cool on the last event! 

Sharon Osbourne invites the remaining two to lunch at one of their extra houses to prove to the girls “they can do it, too!” (F-ing spare me Sharon!) and then it was time for the big speech ceremony.  Boo hoo whoo, they both were raised on welfare, both in a trailer, but somehow, Brandi M., the tatted up Vegas bartender who farts, fights and pukes at random won that $100,000 after ripping up her speech and telling Sharon she was going to speak from the heart. 

Actually, I liked both Brandy M. and Destiny and didn’t care who won.  And they both dressed up nicely for the event, although Brandy M.  needs to get rid of that huge chest tattoo.  Yikes!  Destiny was offered a design internship with the girl judge at the company she works for, so all was well.

This show was obviosly scripted as Lacey made it to the final three, and the fights were abundant all season, even though it seems like they taped this over a three week period at most.  I’m almost not looking forward to Rock of Love Bus in two weeks, as I’m burnt by bad reality tv shows.  I miss the old days of MTV just picking 7 strangers to live in a house and have their lives taped, damn it!!!!

Here’s a link to the final minutes of the show!!!

http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1601268&vid=326069

DNA Tests Confirm Remains ARE Poor Little Caylee Anthony

Casey Anthony, watch out!  Police have just announced that the human remains found last week are indeed your daughter.  You are so going to get convicted of her murder.  Shame on you, you MONSTER!

Also, later today the man who found poor little Caylee’s remains (Don’t I sound just like Nancy Grace, who I can’t wait to watch tonight!) will make an announcement later today.

I am so sicked by this clear case of murder that this 22 year old idiot has done.  I was horrified to hear last week that she wanted to give the baby up to her friend who was willing to adopt Caylee, and Casey’s mom forced her to keep the baby.  This is what happens when people don’t give up unwanted babies. 

This will be the trial of the century, and if I lived in Florida, I would hang out with hate signs at the grandparents home.  I’m just sick, sick, sick over this whole thing.