First of all, I’d like to thank all of the loverly ladies that left me such supportive comments on my last post. :P My neck is healing (slowly, but surely), and as expected, it’s all scabby and gross. I’m glad that my unfortunate injury - due to my own stupidity - could bring all of you such gleeful amusement. :D Haha, love you girls. But beware. Next time I’m surfing your blogs and I happen to stumble across an entry that features you doing something dumb, you can expect a few “LMAO” comments from me! :P :P :P Haha. :)
Anyway, on with the post. If you’re a frequent visitor to my blog, you probably know that I don’t normally post about things such as celebrities, their problems/recent visits to rehab, or the general pop-culture nonsense that’s in the media everyday. But this particular story caught my attention, and I am compelled to spill my thoughts about it. Here goes…
I’m sure most of you have already read (if you’ve browsed the internet at ALL within the past few days) about the controversy surrounding Vanessa Hudgens (the star in Disney’s High School Musical 1 & 2). This Disney starlet, recognized by millions of young people for her innocent, shy demeanor and general wholesomeness was recently uncovered on the internet in some…uh…unflattering nude photos - and the media is having a hay day with it. Wouldn’t you think that a stunt like this would surely ruin her career, and her image as a squeaky-clean Disney actress?
Of course not! Are you kidding me? Time and time again, we see the method that all celebrities use when they’ve been thrown under the bus as a last ditch effort to salvage their career(s). All of those who have publicly offended before her (Mel Gibson, Don Imus, Isaiah Washington, and Tara Connor just to name a recent few) have shown us that all you have to do to keep your celeb status in tact is to:
1.) Issue a few generic public apologies, making claims to be embarrassed by your words and/or actions.
2.) Profusely thank your fans for supporting you through the struggle, then after shedding a tear or two, publicly announce that you’ve learned your lesson.
3.) Take your slap on the wrist, and carry on with life as if nothing ever happened until the next douchebag does something ignorant and takes the spotlight off of you.
Simple, yes? And it seems to work every time.
So far, the company has chosen to back Hudgens, for fear of meddling with a proven formula, thus forcing parents across the country to have to explain to their children why their teen idol had disappeared from the screen. [source]
This excerpt made me laugh. Sadly, I find it hilarious that the parents of the teen/tween fans are more worried about how they’d have to explain to them why she fell of the face of the earth, and less worried about explaining why she posed for nude photographs in a skanky hotel room.
Don’t get me wrong, I fully understand that VH is 18 years old - therefore free to do whatever she wants, even if it’s sexual in nature. But, why would she want to do that at the height of her career? Is she so naive that she somehow expected the photos NOT to surface online? Did she actually expect nude pictures of a famously innocent young actress NOT to get any public attention? *sigh* It just blows me away. What’s worse, IMO, is that it looks as though she won’t even have to face any repercussions for her actions - by fans, the parents of the fans, or Disney. But, what else could I expect? As I said above, as long as you follow the ‘quick! I gotta save my celeb status’ guidelines, you’ll be okay, and you can get away with anything.
So, what did we learn today from all this? It’s alright to flash your girly bits for the entire world to see, as long as you spit out some vanilla, meaningless public apology, and vow to never do it again in order to save your career. But only if you’re a high status celebrity. The rest of us actually have to take responsibility for our actions, and sometimes suffer because of them. Damn those offensive celebrities and their special treatment.
We are already well into the month of September, and I’ve already noticed a slight change in the air. Do you realize what that means?! Not only is Fall (my favorite season) approaching, but Halloween will be here before we know it! And this, folks, excites me. :D I absolutely love the holidays that come during this part of the year. Labor Day is done and over, and for me, that means summer might as well be over too. I’m ready for the cool weather, the crisp autumn air, the changing and falling of the leaves, wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts, drinking hot chocolate - everything that comes with the hype of the coming season.
It really dawned on me last night, while the boys and I were in town, just how quickly the holidays are approaching. It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the new year, and here we are a month shy from Halloween already…then Thanksgiving (for those of us in the States)…and then Christmas! :shock: In almost every store window we walked passed in the strip mall yesterday, there were already holiday decorations of all kinds. Mostly for Halloween, but I even saw a few Christmas decorations as well. I was also pleasantly surprised to see that the Halloween Express store was already open, as it’s only open a couple of months out of the year in a building that is vacant the rest of the time. In other words, you know that when that shop is open, Halloween is just around the corner! SQUEEEE! Haha, okay, I admit that I’m a dork. :P
Anyway, we browsed around Halloween Express for at least an hour, just looking at all the awesome decorations and costumes, and really taking it all in. My husband, being the gory-splattered-blood-and-guts-everywhere-horror-movie fanatic that he is, loved the place and was as giddy as a kid in a candy store. It was adorable, in a twisted sort of way, watching him ‘Oooh’ and ‘Ahhh’ over the strewn faux body parts and hanging corpses. I even had fun looking at the stuff - mostly the masks and costumes. They have a lot of ‘famous’ monsters and villains, including an authentic, movie style mask/costume combo of Leatherface. Very creepy indeed. :shock:
Dylan felt right at home in the place. He wasn’t alarmed at all by all the gruesome decor, in fact he practically dove right in. The gigantic snakes, rats, and dead bodies on the floor didn’t phase him at all, and he squealed in delight upon finding the pipe-cleaner spiders. We ended up buying a black and orange one for him that he got attached to right away (and ultimately dubbed ‘Orangey’). I plan on going back later on and getting him a costume from there, although I don’t know what yet!
All this talk of Halloween has really got me in the mood to pop in a scary movie and watch it with my husband (but DEFINITELY nothing with zombies). We have the couch, we have the covers, we have the popcorn… why not? That sounds like a good post-Halloween activity. After the kidlet is finished trick-or-treating and falls asleep from the inevitable sugar crash, we can tune in for a nice, scaaaaary movie. I hope Rob Zombie’s Halloween is out on video by then…we both really want to see it. If not, I think a trip to the movie theater is in order! :D
After searching for Halloween (2007) on the Internet Movie Database, and reading through the forums, I’ve found that a lot of people think this movie sucks. What can you expect though? Apparently, everyone is a movie critic. Nevertheless, there is one topic that I find hilarious, and I’d like to share it.
Things you learn from RZ’s Halloween
(There are a ton of them, these are just some of my favorites!)
1.) Normal upstanding girls insinuate sexual acts with breakfast items in front of their parents.
2.) While serving time in a maximum security mental institution, they let you decorate your room like a college dorm.
3.) There are only 3 skin and bones guards that take the night shift at this institution.
4.) It’s fine to leave the Myers house up in the middle of the neighboorhood without any upkeep.
5.) If you hit your younger brother a few times then he will stab you relentlessly.
6.) When your boyfriend goes to get beer and comes back 6′8 tall with a sheet draped over him, it’s not your boyfriend.
7.) When you’re a 6′8, escaped mental patient in the middle of nowhere at midnight, it’s not hard at all to find another huge guy with an outfit just your size.
8.) When you see a guy who is almost 7 feet tall wearing a mask that looks like it’s been under a floorboard for 15 years speed walking toward you with a huge kitchen knife on your lawn, there’s a good chance he’s not a trick or treater.
9.) If you try to run from a killer you will eventually fall into a hole, trip over a conveniently placed street corner, or roll into a 12 foot empty pool.
10.) If you have sex, you will die.
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