Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I always await the turkey, the garlic mashed potatoes, the green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, but best of all, my crazy energetic and lively family.
The day started with my cousins coming up from Los Angeles. I was not surprised at all when my cousin Angel told us that she left her husband in L.A. because she no longer wanted to be with him. She has been trying to get away from him for the longest time and she used Thanksgiving as an excuse to leave L.A. Angel was only supposed to be visiting, but she brought plenty of things showing that she was here permanently (without her husband).
Later on that day, my grandmother was so happy about all the family getting together that she could hardly wait for everyone to show up. My grandmother lives right down the street from my parent’s house. She can barely see or walk anymore, but she still tried to make it over to my parent’s house on her own. The funny thing about it is, she did make it; however, she fell on the front porch because she couldn’t climb up the stairs. Next thing you know, my mom hears my dog Nala barking loudly. After Nala barked for about ten minutes, my mom finally went outside to see why she was barking. My grandmother was laid out on the front porch and my other dog Dooeny was trying to pick her up. Nala and Dooney are both pitbulls, but are extremely friendly. My grandmother has fallen many times and each time Nala and Dooney try to rescue her.
Once my mom finally picks my grandmother off the ground, she goes back into the house with my grandmother on her arm to find that the beans burned while she was outside. The smoke alarms in the house were going off like the crazy, both Nala and Dooney were acting like little terrors running up and down the stairs in the house and trying to find a way of getting a hold of the ham. My mom thought she was going to go crazy with the two over-energetic dogs and an elderly woman that can no longer hold her own. My mom finally got it together and settled everyone down.
If you thought everything was going to come together now, you were wrong. After my mom no longer cared about the beans she burned because all the other food came out just fine, the rest of my family started showing up to my parent’s house including Angel’s husband. How funny, she thought she could get away from him. I have no clue as to what happened between them, so I will leave that up to your imagination.
Next arrives the beer. Oh boy, here’s where things really get fun. Everyone grabs a beer and there begins the celebration of Thanksgiving drunkenness. Before anyone even has a bite to eat, they have already had about three beers. Next thing you know, everyone is up dancing and acting a fool. The music is going, the arguments between family are minimal, and the food is great.
What a great way to spend the holiday.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Desperate Housewives
Desperate may not even be the right word for the housewives that live on Wisteria Lane. Desperate Housewives is fun and amusing. If you a want wacky concoction of crime, jealousy, affairs, and lives that look like their perfect from the outside looking in mixed into a residential setting then Desperate Housewives is the right show for you.
“The Coffee Cup,” episode eight, is the most recent episode of Desperate Housewives of season six. Just like all other episodes of Desperate Housewives, episode eight was one that would definitely keep your eyes glued to the screen. Each episode of Desperate Housewives begins with a storyline. Episode eight began with a description of a neighborly setting. The Coffee Cup café was shown at the beginning of the episode and was referred back to throughout the show.
There is always something new happening on Desperate Housewives. It’s either an affair or a sex crazed woman. This time it was both plus some. There are different scenes throughout the show that will keep you at the edge of your seat.
The episode begins with Julie bumping into Angie at the local coffee shop and attempts to engage in some small talk. Julie is having an affair with Angie’s husband and thinks that Angie does not know. Angie blatantly says to Julie, “I know you slept with my husband. So I’m thinking we’re past the chit-chat stage.” What a way to start a morning…
Another set of women that don’t like one another very much are Susan and Katherine. Susan was sentenced to community service for having shot Katherine on accident in a prior episode. Katherine stops by unannounced where Susan is picking up garbage and throws a drink on the ground for Susan to pick up. Susan gets Katherine busted for littering and now both women have community service. Did I mention that they’re both in love with the same man? Susan is married to Mike, but Katherine and Mike used to be together. It looks as if Katherine is finally going to let the drama go between them when she says, “It’s time to admit defeat. The man I love chose you.” Katherine then followed up and says that she will never find another man that will make love to her five times a day. Susan instantly freaked out because Mike had never done that with her and became a sex maniac every time she saw her husband Mike.
Desperate Housewives is an interesting portrayal of how housewives act. What if housewives were really just that bored and had crazy antics on a daily basis? The life of a housewife would no longer be seen as just staying home, taking care of the kids, cleaning, and doing laundry.
Tim Stack from Entertainment Weekly said, “Desperate Housewives has once again become a delightful romp after its last two iffy seasons.” The show has had its ups and downs from being good to being just awful. It is coming back together and is more enjoyable than ever.
Desperate Housewives is not like any other show, but dramatic wise I would definitely have to compare it to Cashmere Mafia. Even though Cashmere Mafia shows more women in the workforce and not really being at home, both shows show women having power and having control over most situations.
Desperate Housewives is interesting, comical, and dramatic. There is nothing more you can ask from a show.
“The Coffee Cup,” episode eight, is the most recent episode of Desperate Housewives of season six. Just like all other episodes of Desperate Housewives, episode eight was one that would definitely keep your eyes glued to the screen. Each episode of Desperate Housewives begins with a storyline. Episode eight began with a description of a neighborly setting. The Coffee Cup café was shown at the beginning of the episode and was referred back to throughout the show.
There is always something new happening on Desperate Housewives. It’s either an affair or a sex crazed woman. This time it was both plus some. There are different scenes throughout the show that will keep you at the edge of your seat.
The episode begins with Julie bumping into Angie at the local coffee shop and attempts to engage in some small talk. Julie is having an affair with Angie’s husband and thinks that Angie does not know. Angie blatantly says to Julie, “I know you slept with my husband. So I’m thinking we’re past the chit-chat stage.” What a way to start a morning…
Another set of women that don’t like one another very much are Susan and Katherine. Susan was sentenced to community service for having shot Katherine on accident in a prior episode. Katherine stops by unannounced where Susan is picking up garbage and throws a drink on the ground for Susan to pick up. Susan gets Katherine busted for littering and now both women have community service. Did I mention that they’re both in love with the same man? Susan is married to Mike, but Katherine and Mike used to be together. It looks as if Katherine is finally going to let the drama go between them when she says, “It’s time to admit defeat. The man I love chose you.” Katherine then followed up and says that she will never find another man that will make love to her five times a day. Susan instantly freaked out because Mike had never done that with her and became a sex maniac every time she saw her husband Mike.
Desperate Housewives is an interesting portrayal of how housewives act. What if housewives were really just that bored and had crazy antics on a daily basis? The life of a housewife would no longer be seen as just staying home, taking care of the kids, cleaning, and doing laundry.
Tim Stack from Entertainment Weekly said, “Desperate Housewives has once again become a delightful romp after its last two iffy seasons.” The show has had its ups and downs from being good to being just awful. It is coming back together and is more enjoyable than ever.
Desperate Housewives is not like any other show, but dramatic wise I would definitely have to compare it to Cashmere Mafia. Even though Cashmere Mafia shows more women in the workforce and not really being at home, both shows show women having power and having control over most situations.
Desperate Housewives is interesting, comical, and dramatic. There is nothing more you can ask from a show.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Period.
Women have their periods. It’s nothing to be ashamed of ladies. It happens every month like clock work for most women, and quite honestly, is extremely annoying. Adding to the annoyance of a period is when men think they know everything about the menstrual cycle and blame everything on PMS (premenstrual syndrome).
Men can be just like periods. They can be annoying, cause aches and pains, cause headaches, cause anxiety or panic, cause confusion, cause poor judgment, cause depression, and low self-esteem. The funny thing about it is, a period only comes once a month for about 5 to 7 days and then leaves, but men seem to never want to disappear, even when you want them to.
The menstrual cycle has never been known to appear in the same “flow” every time. Women’s flows can differ from heavy, light, irregular, medium, happening bi-monthly, happening every month, happening four times a year, to just straight up non-existent. There is not such a thing as normal menstruation because every woman is different.
Just like the menstrual cycle differs from time-to-time in women, men also fall into the category of being different toward their women.
An irregular period might just be the most annoying period of them all because you never know when it’s coming and how it’s going to act. Is it going to be heavy or light? Maybe medium? An irregular man is the same way. Is he going to be heavy or light? Maybe medium? His presence will not be known until he arrives, just like an irregular period.
Even though women may hate their periods, they have to love their period when they know what to expect. A period that comes every month at the same time and is always the same is easy to handle. When men are not out of control and women know what to expect, then it’s easy sailing. What’s not to love from something that is expected and is controllable?
A heavy period is one that sits right up top with being the most annoying. Only the ladies can understand what we go through. It can be one of the biggest disturbances any woman can go through. Without getting too graphic, it sometimes seems like it will never stop. The heavy man can also become annoying. Just like a heavy period doesn’t a heavy man seem like he will never stop getting heavier no matter what you do. Tell him to stop eating, he won’t listen. Tell him to go work out, he won’t listen. He only wants to do what he wants to do and enjoy his cycle of life.
The light period is one that many women can enjoy. It is very low maintenance, inexpensive, and easy to manage. The light man is easy-going, headache-free, and controllable. Ahhh… The light man, what a blessing.
The life of the menstrual cycle can last for many years until menopause is present and then your period is terminated. The life of a man is present until you decide you want to terminate him.
Menopause will terminate a period when it feels like doing so. It can take many years for that to happen, but men can be terminated at any given moment.
Men can be just like periods. They can be annoying, cause aches and pains, cause headaches, cause anxiety or panic, cause confusion, cause poor judgment, cause depression, and low self-esteem. The funny thing about it is, a period only comes once a month for about 5 to 7 days and then leaves, but men seem to never want to disappear, even when you want them to.
The menstrual cycle has never been known to appear in the same “flow” every time. Women’s flows can differ from heavy, light, irregular, medium, happening bi-monthly, happening every month, happening four times a year, to just straight up non-existent. There is not such a thing as normal menstruation because every woman is different.
Just like the menstrual cycle differs from time-to-time in women, men also fall into the category of being different toward their women.
An irregular period might just be the most annoying period of them all because you never know when it’s coming and how it’s going to act. Is it going to be heavy or light? Maybe medium? An irregular man is the same way. Is he going to be heavy or light? Maybe medium? His presence will not be known until he arrives, just like an irregular period.
Even though women may hate their periods, they have to love their period when they know what to expect. A period that comes every month at the same time and is always the same is easy to handle. When men are not out of control and women know what to expect, then it’s easy sailing. What’s not to love from something that is expected and is controllable?
A heavy period is one that sits right up top with being the most annoying. Only the ladies can understand what we go through. It can be one of the biggest disturbances any woman can go through. Without getting too graphic, it sometimes seems like it will never stop. The heavy man can also become annoying. Just like a heavy period doesn’t a heavy man seem like he will never stop getting heavier no matter what you do. Tell him to stop eating, he won’t listen. Tell him to go work out, he won’t listen. He only wants to do what he wants to do and enjoy his cycle of life.
The light period is one that many women can enjoy. It is very low maintenance, inexpensive, and easy to manage. The light man is easy-going, headache-free, and controllable. Ahhh… The light man, what a blessing.
The life of the menstrual cycle can last for many years until menopause is present and then your period is terminated. The life of a man is present until you decide you want to terminate him.
Menopause will terminate a period when it feels like doing so. It can take many years for that to happen, but men can be terminated at any given moment.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Candace in the City
The real star of the HBO sitcom Sex and the City began as a columnist. Candace Bushnell began her career as a freelance journalist when she moved to New York City at the age of 19.
New York City is known as “the city that never sleeps.” Bushnell fit right into that category because she quickly picked up the title of “party-goer.” She frequently visited a well-known club in New York City called Studio 54; in which she mentions a lot throughout her columns.
When Bushnell first moved to NYC she sold a children’s story to Simon & Schuster, but it was never published. As any journalist probably experienced throughout their career, Bushnell struggled as a freelance journalist working for various publications for many years. Finally, in 1993, Bushnell started working for the New York Observer where her luck turned around. She created a spunky, sexy, and humorous column that appeared in the paper from 1994 through 1996 called Sex and the City.
The Sex and the City columns were based on Bushnell’s personal dating life and her friend’s dating experiences. In 1997 her columns were published in an anthology also called Sex and the City, and soon became one of the most watched HBO television series under the same name in 1998.
“When I first started writing the column, there were so many women who would come up to me and say: ‘This is me. This is about my life.’ You know, and no one has done it before. And I think that that’s what they’ve done really successfully with the TV series, is they made women feel like it’s about their lives,” Bushnell said.
Sex and the City, either the columns or the sitcom was not just got a good read or a good show to watch; it’s a lifestyle. Bushnell brought out the best in women. She presented empowerment and showed men as just being accessories in women’s lives.
Her columns were based on dating, sex, fashion, and power. The women in Sex and the City wore only designer clothing, lived in the best apartments and disposed of men at any discretion. They had biggest imagination when it came to sex, and any “girl talk” was accepted.
There’s nothing better than reading about real instances that happen in women’s lives. Bushnell wrote many pieces that pertained to sex. Her views on sexual experiences were humorous, but extremely true. Most women would have a hard time talking to anyone about what happens in their sex life, but Bushnell was not afraid to put everything out in the open.
Her funny and enticing columns led Bushnell to success. Sex and the City is one of the most watched HBO series. Sex and the City came to a grand finale in 2004, and became a successful motion picture in 2004.
Bushnell is currently still writing. She has written several books and had one turned into another sitcom called Lipstick Jungle. Lipstick Jungle only had 20 episodes; it was not very successful.
Bushnell’s life as a columnist brought her success and enjoyment. Her columns portrayed the life of women as fun, fashionable, and open.
New York City is known as “the city that never sleeps.” Bushnell fit right into that category because she quickly picked up the title of “party-goer.” She frequently visited a well-known club in New York City called Studio 54; in which she mentions a lot throughout her columns.
When Bushnell first moved to NYC she sold a children’s story to Simon & Schuster, but it was never published. As any journalist probably experienced throughout their career, Bushnell struggled as a freelance journalist working for various publications for many years. Finally, in 1993, Bushnell started working for the New York Observer where her luck turned around. She created a spunky, sexy, and humorous column that appeared in the paper from 1994 through 1996 called Sex and the City.
The Sex and the City columns were based on Bushnell’s personal dating life and her friend’s dating experiences. In 1997 her columns were published in an anthology also called Sex and the City, and soon became one of the most watched HBO television series under the same name in 1998.
“When I first started writing the column, there were so many women who would come up to me and say: ‘This is me. This is about my life.’ You know, and no one has done it before. And I think that that’s what they’ve done really successfully with the TV series, is they made women feel like it’s about their lives,” Bushnell said.
Sex and the City, either the columns or the sitcom was not just got a good read or a good show to watch; it’s a lifestyle. Bushnell brought out the best in women. She presented empowerment and showed men as just being accessories in women’s lives.
Her columns were based on dating, sex, fashion, and power. The women in Sex and the City wore only designer clothing, lived in the best apartments and disposed of men at any discretion. They had biggest imagination when it came to sex, and any “girl talk” was accepted.
There’s nothing better than reading about real instances that happen in women’s lives. Bushnell wrote many pieces that pertained to sex. Her views on sexual experiences were humorous, but extremely true. Most women would have a hard time talking to anyone about what happens in their sex life, but Bushnell was not afraid to put everything out in the open.
Her funny and enticing columns led Bushnell to success. Sex and the City is one of the most watched HBO series. Sex and the City came to a grand finale in 2004, and became a successful motion picture in 2004.
Bushnell is currently still writing. She has written several books and had one turned into another sitcom called Lipstick Jungle. Lipstick Jungle only had 20 episodes; it was not very successful.
Bushnell’s life as a columnist brought her success and enjoyment. Her columns portrayed the life of women as fun, fashionable, and open.
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