The Fabulous Life of Jobin Hume

How did this get lost in the shuffle?

OK - I am just now watching the MTV Video Music Awards from Sunday night. Because there has been so much talk about Kanye-gate 2009 no one has mentioned the BIZARRO public therapy session Madonna conducted at the beginning of the ceremony.

1 - no one needs a lecture about how we abandoned Michael Jackson.  He caused his own problems.

2 - She looked like a wax statue.  Less is more when you are injecting your face. And back-combing your hair.  And lecturing the audience of millions.

3 - Speaking of wax statue - as I have said before.  I don't get Lady Gaga.  She is growing on me as in I sing along on the radio, etc - but then she breaks out some nonsense like this and I just don't even know what to say or where to look. 

4 - I like it that Madonna is totally somber and yet we get crowd shots of Pink checking her blackberry.  I feel you Pink.

5 - Janet looks totally fierce!

6 - I usually can't stand Katy Perry, and yet I am loving her singing Queen!

Ten minutes in, I am loving this show - how did ALL of this get pushed aside by yet another Kanye West outburst?  I am a fan, but seriously, isn't it more noteworthy when he doesn't embarass himself?  How did I not watch this live?  Next year if you could just remind me that I wanted to watch live, that would be awesome.

Is this even possible?

Watching Hillary Clinton on Meet the Press.  Is there any chance that "broken elbow" is code for face lift?  I am not even kdding.  She looks great, at a MINIMUM botox and fillers.  The difference between March and July is shocking.  I realize one is a close up and one isn't, but come on - decide for yourself:

March: 

July:

Not that I'm not anxious for a change of subject...

But I am surprisingly bummed that this is what wiped Michael Jackson off the cnn.com home page.  For two reasons:

1 - this guy seems normal and this is a random thing that you could have a "minor" head bump and then die 2 days later.  Unlike drug overdosing, this could happen to anybody. 

2 - Shouldn't it be the ongoing situation in Iran, health care or the coup in Honduras that took the headline?

Riddle me this....

I totally get it why 8 of the top 10 singles on iTunes are from Michael Jackson.  Why are the other two from the Black Eyed Peas?  And why do I have both of them?

OK, without rehashing his life

Michael Jackson died yesterday and while I remember him as a huge star when I was in elementary school, of course, we all know the issues in his recent life.

I am not even going to get into that, but rather observe the following about the media coverage of this:

1. If someone had said his name 2 days ago most people would respond "freakshow" or "child molester" "hotel-balcony-baby-dangler" or "plastic surgery cautionary tale", but now he was the greatest entertainer of all time 
2. The summary of the media coverage for me, is the fact that the Today Show is interviewing COREY FELDMAN, where they dug him up from I have no idea.  In any event, he is introduced as a lifelong friend of MJ.  Then one minute later in the interview it comes out that he hasn't talked to or seen Michael in SEVEN YEARS.  Way to score the big story Today Show 

This does give me an opportunity to review the outfit I wore to school in 4th grade:

1. Michael Jackson t-shirt with the Billie Jean picture, pink 
2. Lee Jeans, Pin-stripe 
3. Earrings, White Sparkly Glove 
4. Nike Tennis Shoes, Powder Blue Swish 

I was the coolest, most badass fourth grader in town.   Pinning jeans into a really unflattering sillhouette didn't come into play until sixth grade or I assure you that would have been in the mix.

Things I don't care about

Me: I don't care about Jon and Kate plus eight
Candie: I do. They are on my TV and I pay to watch them. That makes it my business.

This is the problem. Other things I don't care about that Candie keeps me posted on include Candy and Tori Spelling, and several series of The Real Housewives... The pop culture thing I care the very very very very least about is Heidi and Spencer. Who decided they should be famous? Why am I subjected to them so often?

The fabulous life of Ashley Hume

So, my sister Ashley was at the Emmys last night.  I am waiting for a full report.  She will be guest blogging later this week.  Watch this space.

Here she is in a high-quality cell phone picture at the event:

A special shout out to Mahtab

Manolo has summed up the best recap of the most disturbing couple of late....

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Seriously. Mork and Mindy?

How on earth can this be a real movie?  NBC is airing non-stop promos for the upcoming Behind the Camera: Mork and Mindy - The Unauthorized Story.  At first I thought it was an April Fools Day joke, but it turns out to be a real thing.  I love it that it is the "unauthorized" story - like there have been dozens of puff pieces about the Mork and Mindy story.

I am hosting my book club tonight.  I just started reading the book yesterday.  This is not good, as it is interfering with my ability to disguise the fact that I haven't done laundry in a month.  I wish I were exaggerating.

The book is good though, it is called "The Secret Life of Bees".  Check it out.

OK - in the middle of looking up that link, I have a whole new blog entry.  How Meta is that?  I went to Amazon and in a big banner ad at the top, I am told that it is recommended that I buy this: Philips HeartStart Home Automated External Defibrillator (AED).  WTF?  Here is what worries me - my Amazon recommendations are really pretty right on.  What do they know that I don't?  I know I haven't been working out lately, but am I really on the verge of needing to be shocked back to life?

Gwen Gwen Gwen

Mahtab and I have been discussing the inexplicable fashion choices of one Gwen Stefani lately.  Now, she is branching out to hair.  Who would EVER think that Christina Aguilara would look like the most elegant one in a picture: