Has She NOT Learned Anything?!

I have never been a huge fan of Mariah. I suppose I liked her when she first came out, way back when in the 90's, but I have never really cared either way about her. Well, when she made her musical comeback this last year, I became a fan. I was so happy that she was able to get her shit together and make an awesome album -- I just love every song on The Emancipation of Mimi even though I am embarrassed to admit it. I blast her new music in my Jeep and sing along even though I can't sing for shit. I am still not thrilled in the least with her wardrobe choices, but I am willing to look past it.

Well now, according to People.com, Mariah is planning a "Movie Comeback" and is going to star in an independent film called Tennessee. Oh no she didn't! Come on, did she not learn anything from that horrible flop called Glitter?!?! And, how exactly do you make a "comeback" when you never had a movie career in the first place?

Someone please tell her to stick with music, and only music.

Idol Twins

My boyfriend is very upset that the hottie, Becky O'Donohue, already got booted from American Idol. Well, after I did some detective work, it seems that Becky and her twin sister have already been in Maxim, way before Becky's Idol Dayz.

http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/girl_template.aspx?id=1209

I am SURE she will get a ton of work after her 5 minutes of Idol fame as well.

Travel Observations

I was in Maui for a few nights this past week for work. I travel for work pretty often -- sometimes it's really nice to get off my island of Oahu for a few days and hit another island, and sometimes it's kind of a pain in the ass. But regardless of which end of the spectrum the trip falls under, travelling is always a great time for observing all kinds of shit. Here are my observations from my trip:

-- Everyone is obsessed with Sudoku. All I see in the airport and on the airplane is a sea of Sudoku books. And mine is one of them.

-- Man and wife speak really nasty to one another. I wonder if there was ever a time when they were loving and happy and spoke lovingly to one another. As I watch them, I hope to never be that way to my life-long partner (or be treated that way).

-- Kids are so freakin'adorable. Their voices are just so cute and they say the funniest things. And I notice how their parents just ignore them as they are saying and doing the most precious things.

-- Why do people insist on bringing a suitcase onto the plane as a carry-on that they know won't fit into the overhead compartment? It's the SAME suitcase that didn't fit into the overhead compartment the last time they travelled, so why would it fit this time? Can't they just check it and save all of us the agony of watching them try to shove it in the overhead, only to have a stewardess check it for them?

-- At my event the other night, I was watching people dance to the band. Dancing is just SO weird. People wiggling, moving their feet and arms -- it's so damn odd.

-- Tourists are loud, obnoxious and impatient. And then they wonder why the people that live where they are visiting hate them. Oh yea, and they can't drive for shit.

-- In the last 3 years, I have stayed in way too many hotels. It's actually pretty cool to see different hotels and condos, and the rooms at each place. After all, I am travelling within all the Hawaiian Islands, so the places I go are usually pretty nice. But when I stay in a hotel, I notice that I become a really bad person -- I become wasteful!! I use too many tissues just for fun and just because they are there. I use all the hand cloths -- just once. I use every bar of soap and bottle of lotion, even if it's just for one little squirt. But my favorite thing to do, above all the rest, is to use a bath towel once and throw it on the floor. I know, I am wasting water in some round about way, but it's just my favorite thing to do when staying in a hotel.

-- It's always nice to come back home.

The Revolving Door of Hawaii

My good friend Rachel left Hawaii today. She is moving back to the mainland. Funny how I call it the "mainland" now, huh? She is moving to Washington to be with her fiancee, Jesse. I am really happy for her, but I am also super bummed about her leaving me to rot on this island alone. OK, that was a little dramatic, but really, I am super sad that she has gone.

Rachel and I met through friends of friends and have become really close over the last 2 years. For me, I have very few friends here -- as such the case for most people here. It's really hard to meet people in Hawaii, but it also has something to do with people constantly leaving the island and you just don't want to make this massive effort to be friends with people who are going to up and leave you within a year.

As all the people in my life know, I love to be "on-the-go". And I have never met anyone who likes to be more on-the-go than me, that is, until I met my dear Rachel. If you let her, this girl will have your weekend booked solid (as she did last weekend with me). And perhaps this is why we clicked.

On any given weekend Rachel would pick me up at 9am, and she might not drop me back off until 8pm that night. Ryan just loved when Rachel would come kidnap me on a Sunday so that he could be left to watch football in peace. The girl is always up for anything and everything. We would get breakfast, hit the beach, go shopping, get lunch, get pedicures, hit the mall, go see a movie and then get dinner. Only then, after all of that, could we go home content in knowing that we had maximized our day to the fullest.

I don't know who I am going to run wild with now that she is gone. We all know Ryan will just kill me if I make him run around like a banchee. Rachel has only been gone half a day and I miss her already. I already have zero plans for my first Friday night without her in town. So needless to say, I am going to miss her terribly and I am counting the days until I will see her again.

Rachel -- love ya and miss ya girl!

Coming Home to Betty Crocker

Ryan gets home from Thailand tomorrow morning and I am so excited to see him and spend the weekend with him.

Right before he left, I made a promise to him -- to have fresh baked goods for him when he arrived back home. What was I thinking? We must have just finished having sex or something, and I must have been in la la land because I usually know better than to promise baked goods.

Now after work, I have to hit the grocery store and buy every single ingredient that Nestle Tollshouse tells me to on the back of that damn chocolate chip bag. So on my Friday night, I will be baking cookies (made with love of course) instead of hitting the lounges downtown. How very Betty Crocker of me if I do say so myself.

Idol Boyz

Now that everyone knows what a loser I am, I can openly talk about Idol. I am so excited for tonight. I love so many of the guys, and I just can't wait to see who does well tonight.

My favorite is of course Ace Young. So hot. You think him and Becky O'Donohue are hooking up yet? I also love Chris Daughtry -- the bald rocker guy -- love his raspy voice. And I have a few closet-favorites too -- Taylor Hicks (can't wait to see his performance), Kevin Covais (so dorky and I just want him to do well and not be a dork for once in his life), and Will Makar (adorable and reminds me of John Mayer).



Well, that's all I got for now.........until next week of course.

Idol Girls

Can I just publicly admit that I am so excited for Idol tonight?!?! I already know who I love and want to make it, so I hope they do well tonight.

I love Kelly Pickler -- she is just so cute. And I love Katherine McPhee -- the one whose mom is the voice coach. Of course Ryan just loves Becky O'Donohue -- what guy wouldn't? Even my mom is in love with her. The only girl I can't really stand is that Brenna girl -- she has gots to go.

I could actually care less about the rest of them, but I just love hearing people sing so I can't wait to see all 12 girls perform tonight!



Pic Source: Just Jared

How Low is Too Low?

I am a big fan of low-rise jeans. They are just SO super sexy -- they show off your pelvic bone nicely, and they hug your ass just right. I even cut the top of a $130 pair of Seven's so that they would be even lower than they were orignially made.

But the one golden rule that ALL women MUST abide by when wearing low-rise jeans: Make sure you shave or get a bikini wax before wearing your lowest-of-the-low-rise jeans. If you don't, this is what you will look like:

Happily Ever After

After dinner on Saturday night, my friends came over to hang out and watch a movie. We planned on watching a cheesy 80's movie, but when we saw that The Notebook was on HBO, we just had to watch it again -- for the tenth time.

I just love love love this movie, as does almost everyone else I know. I don't know one person who saw it and didn't love it. I also don't know one person who saw it and didn't cry their eyes out. Even my boyfriend, who is manlier than thou, cried! And on Saturday night, even after seeing the movie for the umpteenth time, I cried.

And the fact that Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling are together in real life, just helps add to the realness of the movie. Here they are at some awards show in LA over the weekend:



I hope they live happily ever after....just like they do in the movie. Well except for the part where the wife gets dementia -- I hope that part doesn't happen.

Free Facial

Anyone who knows me knows that I love getting pampered. But really, come on, who doesn't? Even though I love getting mani's, pedi's, massages and facials, sometimes it just isn't always in the budget. My girlfriends and I wanted to be pampered this weekend -- we deserve it after all -- but due to some budget restrictions, we made facial appointments at the local beauty school.

We got there bright and early this morning, 9am is just way too early for a Saturday, but a spa appointment can drag the laziest woman out of bed. The 4 of us arrive to the appointment only to receive bad news -- only 3 technicians showed up for school this morning.

Once hearing this news, we were all bummed, but I convinced my 3 friends to go ahead while I wait to see if another technician arrives. I wanted to make sure they all got the treatment, after all, I pamper myself regularly and could always go back another time. But it was more than that. Kelsey has never gotten a facial and we have been talking about taking her to get one for months. Rachel is moving back to the mainland on Friday and this was one of the things she wanted to do before she left. Brandie works 2 jobs and has been working 16 hour days, so I felt that she definitely needed some pampering.

The woman at the counter told me that she doubted another technician was coming in, so she asked if I wanted to wait an hour and get the facial after my friends were done. I said no, I was just going to sit outside and have coffee and wait for my friends. About 45 minutes later, one of the technicians finally showed up, so I decided to get one after all.

The facial was awesome and I was so happy I stuck around. The best part of it all: since I waited around so long, they gave me the facial for free! Ain't nothing like a free pampering session....

I Love a Good Plan

So, Ryan left for Thailand this morning and I am actually really sad about it. We didn't get to spend much time together this past week -- he had project after project due for school and work kicked my ass all week -- so I feel like I was missing him before he even left.

But in true Jamie-form, I have my whole weekend booked solid. Ryan hates to make plans, he likes to just see how the weekend goes and let it take him where it takes him. Me -- I'm a planner. I like to know what I am doing every day and every night of the week and weekend. I love to have a plan. Obviously, I do event planning for a living. Ryan always says, "Stop event planning my weekend." Ha.

I think I have always been this way though, even before this career in event planning -- which only leads me to believe I am in the right business. So with Ryan gone, I have planned planned planned until all the days and nights were booked....through next Saturday when he gets back.

I must say though, as much as I love him and am going to miss him over the next week, I am excited for all these plans I have made. Going downtown, facial appointment, dinners, happy hour, spending time with friends. Oh yea, and I am also looking forward to cleaning the apartment later and it actually STAYING clean!

A Belated Dinner

Ryan is finally taking me out to dinner tonight for a belated Valentine's Day. We have both been super busy the past few nights, so we are finally going to celebrate tonight. I am so excited!! I know -- you are probably wondering why I am so excited to go out to a stupid dinner. Well, the truth is, Ryan doesn't take me out to dinner very often because he is in grad school and really can't afford it. I don't mind -- I understand he is in school and I know he doesn't have extra cash to blow on one expensive meal. We always say that we can have one expensive meal out at a restaurant or eat for a whole week. When you put it in those terms, it just doesn't make sense does it?

I am just excited to go out to dinner and spend some quality time with my hunny before he leaves for Thailand tomorrow (he is going with his Architecture program for school).

OK and to be honest -- I am so excited for when the bill comes and I don't have to pull out MY debit card!!

Thin Blood

Even though I live in Hawaii now, we all know that I am really just a Jersey girl at heart -- love my 4" heels, my acrylic nails and I still have my infamous Jersey accent. So being an east coast girl and all, and growing up there my whole life, you would think that I would be able to handle the cold right?

Well since moving to this place called paradise, my blood has seriously thinned out. Currently, the temperatures at night in Hawaii are dropping to a freezing 60 degrees and the days are barely reaching the high 70's. I don't know what has happened to me over the past 2 and a half years, but this weather feels absolutely frigid to me. I know, laugh all you want, roll your eyes all you want, but I am serious -- it is fucking cold!!

To deal with this cold weather, I have been wearing long sleeves to work everyday, and have even broken out some sweaters from my NYC days. And at night, it's even worse. Sweatpants, socks, tank top and a sweatshirt. Of course I wake up sweating in the middle of the night, but we won't go there.

So yes, this is winter time in Hawaii. My friends and family probably want to kill me for complaining about 60 degree weather since they were all in a foot of snow last week. I guess I shouldn't tell them that I was still able to make it to the beach on Saturday?

Nasty Britney

Here is my nasty photo montage of Britney over the last 2 weeks.

On the set of Will & Grace:



Britney and her nasty husband at the Sag Awards:





Britney about to eat the microphone at the Grammy's:


Britney and K-Fed at Grammy Pre-Party:



Don't ask me what she is wearing because I am really stumped.



And this one is just plain scary:

I'm Scared

Here are the Olsen twins modeling for Badgley Mischka's new ad campaign. They are scary with all that makeup and those fierce stares.



What happened to the sweet, little adorable girls they used to be?

What a Wreck

Our favorite Hollywood Wreck and Queen Bee Catfight Starter, Shannon Doherty, got into an accident in Malibu yesterday. Everyone involved is doing ok, althought according to Shannon, her left side is "a little messed up". Whatever that means. And in good ol' Shannon fashion, she took a private car to the hospital. I guess celebs are too good to ride in ambulances?

And just for old time's sake, here is Brenda Walsh at her best:





Oh how I miss 90210.

If Only I Were a Lesbian....

If I was a good ol' lesbo, I would be all over Angelina.

Here she is in Vanity Fair for the March 2006 issue:



She is just so hot.

Nip Slip?

Here is the White Trash Couple of the Year at the Grammy's.

Is it just me or is this a Nip Slip?

Shitty Situation

I go into the bathroom at work to pee roughly 3 times a day. As I have stated before, I only tinkle at work, I never ever go #2 in public places. I have issues with that and will only go #2 at home (if at all...).

At least once a day the following scenario happens: I walk into the women's bathroom and there is someone in the other stall (there are only 2 stalls at my work). The other person is completely silent and not making one movement. I know there is someone there. The person knows that I am there. The person knows that I know that she is there.

So please tell me, does this other woman actually think that I don't know that she is taking a shit?? I obviously know that she is just waiting for me to pee and leave so that she can continue shitting.

And it's all just so uncomfortable -- she is just sitting there, in silence, waiting for me to leave. It's like, I know she is there and I know she is in the middle of shitting, so why are you pretending that you are just sitting on the toilet in silence for no reason? This whole scenario just pisses me off for some reason and I had to vent about it.

So High School

LC and Jason (from Laguna Beach) were at NY Fashion Week together this past week -- and this is what was around LC's neck:



Someone please tell her that she is not in high school anymore, and that this is no longer permitted nor acceptable (not that it ever really was in the first place....).

Ooops She Did It Again

Honestly, Britney is such an idiot. Supposedly while her bodyguard was in Starbucks grabbing some coffee, she took Sean Preston out of his baby seat to play with him. Then when her bodyguard came back, the paparazzi was swarming her, so in order to protect herself and the baby, she thought the BEST idea would be to simply drive away with the baby in her lap. Uh yea, real smart -- because she is really protecting him THIS way!





So after the incident, Britney made this statement to People: "Today I had a horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi while I was with my baby. Because of a recent incident when I was trapped in my car without my baby by a throng of paparazzi, I was terrified that this time the physically aggressive paparazzi would put both me and my baby in danger. I instinctively took measures to get my baby and me out of harm's way, but the paparazzi continued to stalk us, and took photos of us which were sold to the media. I love my child and would do anything to protect him."

I am sorry, but who the hell drives with their newborn baby in their lap? She is a moron. And what is the point of her having a bodyguard if he can't help her out in a situation like this?

Sloppy (Stylist) Seconds?

I have a really big guilty pleasure. A BIG one. I love Kelly Clarkson. I just think she is really cool. And I love that she was able to break out of the American Idol role and do her own thang.

My friend John and I were talking today about how much we love Kelly, but how BADLY the poor girl needs a stylist.






We were saying that if Kelly could only get her hands on that fabulous Ken Paves, who transformed Jessica Simpson from a cheesy, lip-liner wearing pop tart to the fashion icon she is today. Just look at how fabulous Jessica is each and every single day thanks to Ken:









Do you think Jessica would share Ken with Kelly? I highly doubt it because if I had Ken, I wouldn't share him either. But Kelly needs to find someone just like him.......


Photo Source: People.com

Polar Bear Plunge

I have been best friends with Renee since I was 5 years old. She has always been crazy and spontaneous for as long as I have known her, and I have always admired her for being so. Well, this past weekend, Renee did the Polar Bear Plunge into the Atlantic Ocean and here is the picture to prove it (she is the one front and center running out of the ice cold ocean):

Ain't No Place Like NYC

Take a look at this picture:



This picture to me, is not about Naomi Watts and Liev Schrieber being caught on camera. I would never post anything about these 2 because I could care less about them. This picture to me, summarizes in one shot, what I miss about NYC.

I miss getting up on a Sunday, heading down to Soho with no plan in mind, grabbing a coffee and small bite to eat from Dean and Deluca, taking it to-go, popping a squat on any random street on any random stoop, people-watching for hours, and hanging out with a friend through it all while you are really doing nothing at all. But in NYC this is actually considering "doing something".

And the best part -- if you are sitting on a stoop like this -- no one looks at you like you are crazy or homeless. You are simply just another New Yorker enjoying your weekend in your own special way.

I Hate Being Ignored

Ryan called me at 4pm to tell me he was home from school already. With that good news, I finished up one more thing at work, sent one more fax, made one more phone call, went pee pee, got in my car and drove home -- all within 20 mintues.

Good thing I rushed home to be with Ryan -- he has been playing that damn Xbox 360 since I walked in the door (I know, I am the idiot that bought it for him). It is now 2 hours later. I have already done a load of laundry, chatted on the phone, ate dinner, bought pics from Ofoto, and surfed the net. Still waiting for him to pay me some attention....I am assuming I shouldn't hold my breath.....

Sugarzine

Hey y'all -- the February issue of Sugarzine is up and running, so please check out my column when you have the time:

http://www.sugarzine.com/site_02.06/nysom.html

And don't forget to check out the rest of the site as well too:

www.sugarzine.com

No Concerts for me

From January to May, my job really kills my social life. I work most weekends, and I am usually on another island for days at a time without my boyfriend. I can actually deal with this, but when work starts preventing me from seeing concert after concert, that is when I start to become bitter.

U2 is coming to Hawaii on April 8th, but where will Jamie be? On Maui working the Goodyear program. Jack Johnson is coming for the annual Kokua Festival on April 22nd, along with Ben Harper and Willie Nelson, but where will Jamie be? In Waikiki working an event at a restaurant. The All American Rejects performed a few Fridays ago, but where was Jamie? Working the AT&T event out on the North Shore.

I am totally bummed about missing these concerts. Sure, I already saw U2 at Madison Square Garden; I saw Jack Johnson at last year's Kokua Festival; I saw All American Rejects about 5 times at private events in NYC, but I can still bitch about it......and I will.

My (Personal) Space

So I used to be a Friendster girl. I know, I know, Friendster is SO 5 minutes ago. But everyone I knew was on Friendster so I was too.

Well now, MySpace has taken over my little world, and apparently, the rest of the planet. It really is this crazy phenomena that you don't even know exists until you are a part of it yourself. (It's kind of like how my boyfriend was shocked to learn about Cockney Rhyming Slang, and just couldn't fathom how this whole language existed without his knowledge. And if you don't know what that is either, Google it please.)

MySpace is so addicting, I can't deal. I check it all day long and when I see that I have a new message or comment, I am so excited. And I just can't believe how many people I know are actually signed up -- there are people on there I haven't talked to in years, yet we have reconvened on MySpace. So odd. I am also surprised to see my "cool-as-all-hell" guy friends on this thing, with pics, profiles, etc -- I never in a million years thought guys would be into this.

If you aren't a part of it by now, you are so outta the loop. So, sign up and be IN with the in-crowd.

Busting Out

What? She can't afford a bra that fits her? And did she not look in the mirror before she walked out of the house?

Baby Bodysuit?

I am super confused. Someone please tell me what this thing is that she has on underneath her button down? It looks like some kinds of bodysuit to me, but it is just oh-so-strange.



Beside that, she is one of those cute pregnant women.