Abbi’s Top Ten Favorite Movies

We’re going to keep doing this whole list thing on Mondays because, frankly, it’s kind of fun. Hopefully you’re all enjoying it too…and if not…get over it. Ha!

Abbi’s Top Ten Movies. These are in no particular order:

1. American Beauty

2. Snatch

3. Stand By Me

4. Fight Club

5. American History X

6. The Royal Tenenbaums

7. Boondock Saints

8. Monster’s Inc.

9. The Godfather Parts I and II

10. The Color Purple

So, as it would turn out, I’m sort of a guy when it comes to my movie-watching. I can’t do “rom-coms” or “chick flicks” of any kind. I like a very select few – one of my favorites being Love, Actually, but that’s about it. With the exception of a few (Monster’s Inc., anyone?) I really like my movies to be gritty and sweaty with a lot of shirtless (back in the day) Brad Pitt.

– Abbi

Enough is Enough, Duggars

The Duggars made the cover of People this week with their addictive procreating. If you know me, you would know that I have made no qualms about voicing the fact that I think the Duggars are a bunch of weirdos. I know I’m being judgmental, or whatever, but I don’t see how this sort of child-rearing behavior can be viewed as anywhere close to normal. I have seen a couple episodes of their show and each time, I’ve walked away feeling icky. I watched one where the Mother Duggar and the daughter-in-law were both pregnant at the same time, going to their doctor appointments at the same time (where they talked about Mother Duggar’s conception date – Father’s Day – with their son and daughter-in-law in the room…and then Father Duggar got all “Woot woot, that’s right. I’ve got some super sperm. Give me some skin, son.” OK. So it wasn’t exactly like that, but it might as well have been), and the kicker, for me, Mother Duggar and daughter-in-law then went shopping for baby stuff together WEARING THE SAME OUTFIT.

WEIRD.

Anyway, so the Mother Duggar pregnancy that was being broadcast to the world was the pregnancy of their youngest, Josie, who, as you probably know, had a difficult entrance into this world. She was just recently given the ‘OK’ to go home after 6 months in the hospital. Given Mother Duggar’s difficult pregnancy due to preeclempsia the fact that she is 43-years old and will no doubt continue to face pregnancy difficulties due to her advanced maternal age, not to mention SHE HAS ALREADY HAD 19 PREGNANCIES, maybe should be some clue that it’s time to shut down the baby factory.

Apparently, judging by my esteemed celebitchy, the Duggar’s are members of the Quiverfull Christian movement, which is all about leaving all of your reproductive matters up to God and they will “typically organize family governance with the mother as a homemaker under the authority of her husband with the children under the authority of both. Parents seek to largely shelter their children from aspects of culture they as parents deem adversarial to their religious beliefs. Additionally, Quiverfull families strongly incline toward homeschooling and toward homesteading in a rural area.” There is a whole slew of books and such, how-to’s for raising your daughter’s to be “helpmeets” (helpmeet: wife and homemaker). My guess is this website (www.raisinghomemakers.com) is sponsored and/or written by the Quiverfulls.

Also on Celebitchy, was a link to this site, “No Longer Quivering,” in which Vyckie Garrison tells her story of leaving Quiverfull and the experiences she endured while she was a member. There are also many contributing writers who share their stories. It’s all very interesting. And a little scary.

Listen, I’m all for being home with the kiddos. I’m doing it. I love it. But raising my girls to serve a man and be a baby machine is not something I can even begin to wrap my head around.

And hey, it looks like Jennifer Aniston might want a kid. Maybe they should just give their next one to her?

– Abbi

Laurence Fishburne’s Daughter, Montana, Has Lofty Career Goals, i.e., She Wants to do Porn

So, I’m a sucker for celebrity gossip. I find it to be a nice escape when I’m craving a little empty-headed time wasting. Since I just put the girls down for a nappy-poo, I was perusing my favorite gossip site, Celebitchy.com and I got sucked into this whole Montana Fishburne wants to be a porn star thing. Being as I’m in the business of raising well-adjusted females, I figured I should see what this was all about, for research sake, obviously. And…wow. So here’s the thing, she’s 19! Egad. And her new movie coming out in a few weeks is all about her getting it on in public places, because she’s uninhibited, or whatever. Apparently, her goal is to go the way of Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, who are some stellar role models, no doubt. Here’s a quote:

“I’ve watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release of her sex tape by Vivid. I’m hoping the same magic will work for me. I’m impatient about getting well-known and having more opportunities and this seemed like a great way to get started on it.”

Question: Do you think anyone has told her that Kim and Paris both got famous from doing sex tapes with their then boyfriends? Sex tapes with boyfriends do not equal all out porn. Right? I mean, Kim and Paris are both total losers who used the tapes to further their careers, but they were with their boyfriends, not some random dudes.

Lastly, it would seem her daddy dearest aint to pleased about his darling daughter’s career path. SHOCKING. Poor Morpheus (although, what would lead a young girl down this road? I mean, really? I’m not blaming Morpheus. Definitely not. I don’t know the inside deets of her home life and whatnot, but I do find it interesting that the daughter of an already famous dad would have to um…work…this hard at getting noticed. She’s pretty and already has a famous last name. Why is this the route she’s choosing to make a name for herself? Makes you wonder. ).

– Abbi

This Is Awesome and Feel Good!

I could have saved this for the Friday Funnies, but I liked it so much I had to share..right now! Jewel is pretty awesome for doing this, I bet she made a whole lot of folk’s nights.

“Jewel, disguised as a mild mannered businesswoman, drops by a local karaoke bar and performs some of her classic songs to a completely dumbfounded audience.” – www.funnyordie.com

– Megan

Seriously, WTF did Kate Gosselin Do to Her Face?!

I try to avoid Kate Gosselin posts because I really can’t stand her and even typing about her makes me feel like I need to go ape sh*t on a punching bag for a while. She brings out rage in me and it’s not healthy…that is, unless she I get to make fun of her. Then it’s not really rage, it’s like the punching bag IS her and I get to go full force, but with fun and witty words. That is totally healthy, right?! Ha! Anyhoodle, check her out on the cover of OK Magazine and please tell me what in the hell happened to her face?! She looks even more freakish than before:

And never mind that whole “losing 10lbs in 10 days thing.” She’s a diet and exercise guru now?! Are we going to see her next to Jillian Michaels on some crap show in the near future? What a bunch of awful this woman is. Do you think the “fun and easy secrets” include PLAYING WITH HER EIGHT CHILDREN?! No? Me neither.

Ah, look what I found? Apparently her face is starting to resemble Dina Lohan’s because of a botched botox procedure. I don’t know. I think it looks like she got a little more than botox to me.

– Abbi

Two Poll Tuesday: Sad About Jake and Vienna?

Shocker alert!!!! NOT.

The beautiful, emotional, slightly embarrassingly weepy, Bachelor Jake Pavelka has split from goofy Vienna. No surprise there. Apparently Jake thinks last seasons winner has been “stepping out on him.” This is about as mortifying as the bizarre separation of Heidi and Spencer.

Anyone watching The Bachelorette? I was very opposed to Ali being this season’s leading lady but I’m enjoying it enough so far. I’m rooting for Roberto for obvious reasons…..

– Megan

Kim Kardashian Bashes Breastfeeding Mom

Kim on the cover of June 2010 Shape...showing off her lady parts.

I don’t keep up with the Kardashians. I think they all are vapid little twits. However, I have to call out Kim on being an idiot. While out to lunch recently she tweeted, “”EWW Im at lunch,the woman at the table next 2 me is breast feeding her baby w no coverup.” Did I breastfeed in public? ALL THE TIME. I did use a cover, but I have seen many women do the same thing while not using a cover and it doesn’t bother me. There are definitely those that are more comfortable with their bodies and with breastfeeding itself and whatever…who cares? More power to ’em! They are boobs and they are meant for feeding babies. We’ve seen lots more of Ms. Kardashians titays without going “eww!” (Well that may not be entirely true, there are lots of times that I see her and think “Eww.”). Kim needs to grow up.

After she received a ton of flack for her stupid twitter comment, she came back to say,”The woman had her boobs out at restaurant yest. feeding, then laid her on table and changed her w the food there. Unsanitary,” and “My sister breast feeds! Its a natural beautiful thing, there’s nothing wrong w it, but she covers herself, not w her boobs exposed.” The whole “not with her boobs exposed” thing is so funny to me. These chicks have made a living off of exposure, whether it be of their personal lives or their bodies.

I will however agree with her, as difficult as it may be, on the nastiness of changing a baby on the table. That is a little on the gross side. I guess maybe if the baby was teeny-tiny – like brand new – I maybe wouldn’t find it as yucky. Eh…no, it’s still not right. Poop and food should never really be right next to one another.

– Abbi

Two Poll Tuesday: Are You a Parent to Your Kid(s) or a Friend?

I was sitting here, twiddling my thumbs trying to figure out what to do a poll about today and then I got distracted by the internets and lost myself on Celebitchy. And Voila! I have a topic. Ms. Brandy (remember her?!) is dropping some parenting knowledge on the rest of us. She has an interview out in Parade Magazine this week promoting her new show on VH1 (surprise, surprise) called Family Business. She is doing it with her brother Ray J (yes, THE Ray J that did the nekkid video with Kim Kardashian). Anyway, in the interview, she’s enlightening us all with some interesting gems such as this:

“A lot of mothers feel like they’re the mom first, with that authority. But for me, I’m a friend first. I believe that just being there for my daughter as a friend more than ‘I’m in charge…’ causes her to be more open with me as a person.”

Sooooo…I get this. I do. And I think what she’s saying has some merit, however, I think this can backfire. Big time (I keep seeing Lindsay and Ali Lohan). I think being a parent is your main role when your kids are young. When they are older (think 20’s, 30’s, 40’s), that’s the time for friendships. Being a parent is a constantly evolving role – nurturer, disciplinarian, teacher, counselor, mediator, confidant, etc. – but no matter what hat you may have on, you’re still the parent.

Here are some interesting pieces about the topic:

http://www.empoweringparents.com/Your-Child-is-not-Your-Friend.php

http://www.parentingscience.com/parents-be-friends.html

– Abbi

Two Poll Tuesday: Did you watch Kate Plus 8?

I did, and I thought Kate actually looked lovely. Lovelier than she has ever looked anyway.  The hair looked fine and her bikini body, artificial as it may be, was bangin’. My favorite part was when a food service worker at an airport snack shop told Kate that she did great on Dancing with the Stars. “For a mom.” Teehee.

Still like to chuckle at the Gosselin nonsense and douchey behavior of daddy Jon?  A new video surfaced on RadarOnline of Jon and Hailey  Glassman being silly and stoned in St. Tropez. Enjoy.

– Megan

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is a doll…and I’m confused.

Brad Pitt makes a beautiful baby, no big surprise there.  But what is with the hairdo and wardrobe of little Shiloh Jolie-Pitt? I’m hardly a girlie-girl myself, I can count the number of dresses I’ve worn over the past decade on 1 1/2 hands and high heels just don’t really like me.  A platform sandal, preferably of the flip flop variety, is about as fancy as my tootsies like to get.  I’m also a big advocate of letting children express themselves…they are little individuals and human beings after all. So why do I cringe every time I see a pic of this little gal? Actually I know why, because I think it’s her parents being their typical creeper selves. I don’t believe that a 3-year-old says hey mom, I’m going to need to have my hair cut like that emo boy I saw on TV.  While you’re at it, please buy me an entire wardrobe of male clothing. Maybe if she was 5 or 6 this would make more sense to me, but I’m not buying it at 3. I know a lot of little ones insist on wearing certain outfits and accessories, mine had a meltdown when I didn’t put on her rainbow sneakers with a pretty dress yesterday. I’m a meanie pants. But they pick and choose what they want to wear out of their closet.  The stuff the adults fill it with.  I just think it’s weird and confusing that they are filling her closet with little boys clothing AND giving her a very boyish haircut. If the hair and clothing is 100% Shiloh’s deal, more power to her, be who you are girlfriend. I just don’t buy it – maybe because it comes at a time when Brad is rockin’ that AWFUL goatee thing, and the fact that Angelina Jolie has always freaked me out a little bit.  I’m not a celebrity, what do I know, but it seems that most “normal” celebrity parents try to keep their babies out of the spotlight.  I can’t imagine wanting to bring negative attention of this type to my little one. So what do you think? Many more tomboy pictures of Shiloh can be seen here.

– Megan