Dog Cross Breeding

GoldenDoodles are a new type of cross breed dog that is a poodle and golden retriever mixed. My dog at home is a goldendoodle! This new trend has taken dog breeding by storm. They have labradoodles, puggles, and maltipoos now. The whole theory behind the golden doodle is that the breed is supposed to benefit from the good genes of the golden retriever and the poodle. For instance, they guarantee that a golden doodle will be hypo-allergenic and smart like the poodle and friendly and family oriented like the golden retriever. Unfortunatley, the genes a dog is going to get from both the poodle and the retriever can not be predicted. My family dog got a case of the "bad" genes and consequently is dumb as a rock and sheds like crazy! The breeders had the right idea though, too bad we got the bad seed of the litter!

Poor Amy Again!

 The other day I blogged about Amy Winehouse and her ridiculous Grammy nominations. Sure enough the icon of sobriety won in pretty much every category she was nominated in. I know anyone who has read my last blog about Amy knows my feelings about her, but just a minute ago I had the TV on the "Daily 10" and they actually asked Janet Jackson what she thought about the controversy of Amy Winehouse winning all these awards even though she is a bad influence for her younger fans. Clearly I am not the only one with these concerns. Amy's peers, other celebrities, even think she has problem! That has to prove something to her.

This video Is just proof that Amy needs help. At the end of the video she snorts a line of coke off her wrist infront of a live audience during one of her concerts. She actually has the "balls" to do drugs infront of her fans. If that is not a bad influence on kids who watch her and like her music than I don't know what is. The guy who is holding the camera even gasps when he sees her do drugs on stage!! Get some help for everyone's sake Amy!!

Hunting Heather Mills

 This is a video that Heather Mills McCartney made herself. She kept a camera with her for an entire year and video taped the paparazzi who are constantly following her. She now is using the footage in court to prove that being maried to the Beatles star comes with baggage. I think this is just pathetic. Not just Heather Mills, but tons of celebrities complain about constantly being in the spotlight and the annoyance of the paparazzi, but they know what they are signing up for. Everyone knows that when you have "made it" in the entertainment indsutry, you are subject to being followed by the paparazzi and if that is something that you really don't want then maybe should you should rethink if being a "star" is for you. Step aside and let someone else who can handle the pressure take over because this industry is competitive and there is always that next best person looking to take your spot!

Amy Winehouse

Since I've been traveling this weekend I've done nothing but read pretty much every tabloid magazine on stands this week. Since the Grammy's were on Sunday (I havn't watched them yet), all the magazines are predicting who is going to win in each category. While I'm reading it I realized Amy Winehouse was pretty much nominated in every category. I still am trying to figure out what songs of hers I actually have heard on the radio besides her awful single, "Rehab", which is very fitting for her. So not only was I surprised to see how many nominations she had, but I was even more surprised to see how many wins "OK" magazine predicted she would get. I obviously don't think she is very deserving of numerous Grammy's based off talent, but should other outside factors, like her very public drug addction, play into effect? I don't think that all the celebrity gossip should be a party of the judges decisions, but when someone like Amy Winehouse has a serious drug problem maybe it should. People look up to her and admire her, yet she is open about her addiction and doesn't think she needs help. Maybe it's just me, but I do not think that someone so messed up in drugs should be winning numerious Grammy's. Sorry Amy!! After all, I read that she won't even be attending the Grammy's because her visa got denied!! Not heading in the right direction towards sobriety girl!

Sleeping Miserably on a Plane

So this weekend I went home to surprise my dad for his 50th birthday!! I flew out early friday morning on an American Airlines flight and it wasn't too pleasant. There is just that one thing (well there are many others, but this one just bothered me the most) that drives me nuts on a plane. The fact that it is nearly impossible to sleep on a plane. I mean I literally took a 6:50 am flight out and left my house at 4:30 am to get to the airport. I mean the ptotential for a good nap on the plane seemed high, but don't be mistaken!!! I fell asleep and literally every 5 minutes I woke up with my neck hurting or the flight attendent making an announcement or the person next to me wanting to get out to go to the bathroom. The real problem is that there is nothing that can be done to fix the problem. Lets be honest the neck pillows are worthless and your seat barley goes back, and if you were like me this weekend then your seat was broken and didn't go back anyways. All I wanted was to shut my eyes for a solid 20 minutes. But noooo. Heres an idea for an entreprenur out there: make a plane that's all about comfort!! See how your business will succeed!

"Real Beauty"

So I know this is a fairly old Dove campaign, this "Real Beauty" stuff, but it was brought to my attention recently and I had some thoughts about it I wanted to get down. First off, I applaud Dove for taking on such a risky campaign. It's not easy being the first to do something new and inovative, but because they took the risk it really paid off for them. Secondly, I think the women who pose for these adds are extremely self-confident (something which I lack) and brave to be able to put their imperfections out there for the world to see and criticize, but also for other women to feel comfortable in their own skin. I think this add just really supports the majority of women who aren't model skinny and do struggle with their weight and imperfections. I know this ad personally makes me feel better about myself. I know that if these women can bare all in front of the world then I can be more self confident as well. 

Book Advertising

Okay so while I was watching the premier for "Lost" last thursday an interesting commercial came on. It was a commercial for a book. As I watched this commercial I was trying to guess what movie was coming out or what sequel to a movie they were trying to advertise, but to my surprise they were actually advertising for a new book. It made me wonder why more authors and/or book publishing companies don't advertise their new books more. Maybe if they did it would guarantee a best seller every time. I mean TV commercials advertise everything from food items to foot cream yet we still never see advertisements for books. Maybe one day our society will become intellectual enough to want to watch commercials about books and novels instead of car and beer commercials.