When Annie Cried...

Secretly she wanted to be the one on stage.

All American Crappy Video

Performing "All American Girl" while her video plays in the back.

Her music video for this song is CLASSIC COUNTRY CHEEZ!

First Song...

This gem is called "Flat On The Floor".

Classy, Carrie. Classy.

Before He Cheats...

She went off stage for 20 seconds, then came back to sing "Before He Cheats".

This was supposed to be the encore...no one chanted "Carrie"...argh.

Show Stopper....

I have a feeling I know what she's thinking...

"Bad" Hair Day

She told everyone she was wearing the butterfly headband because she was having a bad hair day....

Yeah, um, on behalf of all the people who don't employ people whose sole purpose is tending to your capillaceous, SCREW YOU. You were NOT having a bad hair day.

Just sing using your sparkly microphone, bitch.

She Can Play Electric Guitar...For REALS

Rockin' out, yet again...Seriously!

No, She's Not Grabbing Herself...

Carrie Underwood decided to try a cover of a Guns and Roses song...she should stick with Gordie Sampson covers...

I Was Right, Hilary Duff Kicks Ass

I knew there was a reason I loved Hilary Duff.

And now I have a reason I can tell other people.

Laughing Quadruplets For Maggie

BSC BLOG!

I can't find my camera cord to upload Carrie Underwood pictures and video, so it's going to be a bit longer.

In the meantime, I've found a Babysitter's Club BLOG!

For those of you who don't know what the BSC is, screw you!

It's just the best effing series of my YOUTH! It was a domesticating time of my life- I used to sneak reading these in my bedroom in Sarnia while my mother thought I was reading "classics".

Kristy (the bossy one), Claudia (the idiot), Stacey (the cool NYCer), Mary-Ann (the quiet, shy one), Dawn (the vegetarian hippy), Mallory (who I resented 'cause she had red hair and SUCKED), and Jessi (the dancer who spelled my name wrong) were my great escape.

When a major motion picture came out, I just about lost it.

Anywho- enjoy this blog! I have since parted with all my copies of BSC (they mysteriously disappeared en route from Sarnia to London in 1995), but can relive them with this blog's hilarious recappings.

http://claudiasroom.blogspot.com/

Jesus Took My Wheel

Annie and I went to the JLC last night to see the singer and A.I. champ, Carrie Underwood.

It was definitely interesting, I'll have more to say about the narcissistic video, costume changes, headband, guitar 'playing', confetti, audience members and my little sis later.

Right now I have to give a test.

Check out the favorable review she got in the LFP below...


Journey worth the ride Tue, October 7, 2008

CONCERT: Carrie Underwood takes about 9,000 fans at the JLC along on her whirlwind ride to success

By JAMES REANEY

Carrie Underwood was in full voice introducing some of her new material from Carnival Ride to an appreciative crowd at the JLC last night. (DEREK RUTTAN, Sun Media)
Carrie's country carnival ride had thousands along for the hits and the glitz at the John Labatt Centre last night.



With about 9,000 fans jamming the London arena, U.S. country superstar Carrie Underwood hit the stage with Flat on the Floor from her hit album Carnival Ride.



The fans thundered out the final seconds of a big-screen countdown before a virtual Underwood was seen in faux leather in a video of a desert scene. It was the first of many looks -- ranging from Wonder Woman on the prowl at a honky-tonk bar to leather-jacketed rocker -- for Underwood on the night.



Of course, Underwood and her fans need those costumes. Not too many American Idol champs headline tours where they prove they can cover Randy Travis (a lovely I Told You So, in an unplugged-style mini-set) and Guns 'n' Roses (a noisy, butt-kicking Paradise City in the encore). Underwood is the only one.



The 2005 American Idol champ departed from the stage by a lift, just as she had arrived. Underwood left waving goodbye after the night's finale Before He Cheats had attracted a fierce and happy singalong from the thousands of sisters of all ages she had in the house.

About 90 minutes earlier, Underwood had arrived to huge cheers and flashes from countless cameras and cellphones. She was soon taking songs from Carnival Ride (Sony/BMG) out to the big walkway into the centre of the crowd, strutting with style,"I was so scared. Nobody was going to come," Underwood said at one point, talking about her fears as she prepared for the tour being her first as a headliner.



It was one of many times when she talked in an unaffected and seemingly unscripted way. She kidded her first outfit of the night -- which combined silver boots, an odd combination of Madonna in a vest at the top and a loose, multi-coloured skirt -- as superhero garb giving her the impression she just might fly when she was on stage. That outfit didn't fly, but Underwood soared in many other ways.



The glittery butterfly image on her headband was cuter. It saved what was not a good hair day and also gave her the superhero vibe, she joked.



Early in the set, Underwood turned around the lyrics to All-American Girl to "all-Canadian. On-stage help came from a five-year-old princess identified as Holly Siviero with Underwood kneeling to share the microphone.



The Grammy winner with the biggest-selling American Idol champ's album, Some Hearts, showed modesty and wit in keeping her career video montage short enough so that the screen went blank just as Idol host Ryan Seacrest was about to name her as the winner. Underwood and her tour handlers also showed they know how to move uptown as she emerged from a big, blue, ultra-sincere gown during Checotah, a song paying tribute to her Oklahoma hometown. "It doesn't matter," she said of the mispronunciations visited on Checotah. For the record, it sort of rhymes with "Dakota" and sounds gorgeous when Underwood sings about it. Gorgeous, too, was the skirt she wore underneath the gown. That look emerged as Underwood went uptown in the song's video. Production values and glitz -- lighting, videos, screens, a confetti shower finale -- were strong.



She saluted Cape Breton songwriter Gordie Sampson for his role in helping write Jesus, Take the Wheel and Just a Dream. Both are songs Underwood said she'll sing "for the rest of my life."
Along with The More Boys I Meet, So Small, Some Hearts, Last Name, Get Out of This Town and other Underwood hits, they received terrific treatment from the star and her eight-member band. U.S. group Little Big Town opened strongly for Underwood.

I Hate People Like This

This website just aired a commercial that ticked me off.


"Signal Hill is an advocate for human rights that provides information on life issues, women's health, and family support. Signal Hill's position is grounded in the conviction that the life of human beings ought to be understood as a fundamental human right and protected from conception until natural end."

Seriously, we're not all dumb enough to believe the "abortion gave me cancer" lies.

And the pictures of babies on their website is quite compelling. Whoever believes that pregnant and distressed women who see pictures of newborns will change their mind is delusional.

My fave part of this is that in their "Bio Ethics" heading it reads "Coming Soon". How true...

Courtesy of My Dad

Don't forget the debate is on tonight!



Post Turtle --

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President.

The old rancher said, ' Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.'

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.

The old rancher said, ' When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle.'

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain.

"You know, she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with."

Courtesy of Annie

We all know how much she loves her Disney flicks, here's another one...although I'm not sure if this is family friendly. More like terrifying, and vomit-inducing.

Stewart On Palin

I have been trying to find a place where I could see this clip that everyone's been talking about for the past two weeks.

And it's brilliant. Truly, it shows what a douchebag Karl Rove and his cronies are.

Sexism is alive and well...lets see how the rest of their circus goes...

Please Don't Pass The Nuts Blog

Ch-ch-check out the new fave blog, "Please Don't Pass The Nuts".

Whiskey sours aren't exactly the most nutritious, but better than Annie's long list of allergens.

Reba McEntire : The Original Video Goddess

Mom, Annie and I were in the car yesterday when I recalled a video done by Reba McEntire. It was probably the most memorable video she ever made for me, and that's considering how fantastically cheesy they usually are.

I promised Annie I would search for the video and post it in all it's cheese glory.

Unfortunately the people who posted this gem have disabled the embedding option, so instead I give you a link to see Reba McEntire's "Is There Life Out There".

I wonder why I love this video so much. I have no clue.

All I know is that the concept is vaguely familiar (i.e. mom goes back to university), but that's where the similarities end.

I've always had a soft spot for music videos with dialogue in them, and we have Ms. Pat Benetar to thank for that, I believe.

Couple all this with Reba's fabulously frizzy red hair and it's a gem. Really all her videos are amazing, I'm sure I'll be posting those soon.

So, pleasepleaseplease check out the link- it will not disappoint. We need more music videos with story/dialogue/message/crotchety old man/etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Bd3y_Ip4Q

p.s. Check out the above tiny pictures. The depict the scenes where Reba screams at her video daughter for spilling coffee on her essay, prompting Reba to state after getting the paper back "I think I learned more from the stain." *sniff*sniff*

Quiverfull Makes Me Quiver, And Not In A Good Way

Alright, have we heard about this movement? This was just brought to my attention today and I have to say I'm oddly fascinated and terrified at the same time.

Quiverfull essentially means that when two people (man and woman) are married then no birth control (Pill, condom, rhythm method, NOTHING) may be used. Have as many children as you have, each is a blessing, each is from God, etc., etc.

And it seems that this is catching on, in some areas of the world. Most notably in the US and now in Canada.

Hey, if you want to have tons of babies, by all means, go and procreate. It's really no skin off my nose.

However, please don't tell me that if you have 12 children you'll be able to spend as much quality time together. Or that you'll all be happy all the time. Let's be real. When you have a gaggle of babies (just as if you would only have one or none) nothing is perfect. I think this is the part that drives me the most insane. That everything is wonderful, everything is perfect, nothing is ever difficult and sleep is readily available.

For me, I find the most interesting conversation to be about this idea that more and more women are choosing (and in some cases I would use the word 'choose' loosely) this type of family planning.

The idea of a woman essentially being a vessel is a hard idea for me to accept, even if this is what they want. Call me a snob- but I am completely obsessed to know what the personal identity of those women are. Apart from the labels of 'mother' and 'wife', I wonder what they would classify themselves. I would love to pick apart their brain, although I imagine myself say "No, but really, what is your personal identity- without the kids. Because eventually the kids will leave and I want to know what you do for yourself. So tell me."

Then I stumbled over an article that spoke about Andrea Yates. If you don't remember her I'll jog your memory. She was the mother who drowned all five of her young children in the bathtub when her husband was at work. After she was arrested and found that post-partum depression played a large role even more evidence rolled in. According to reports, a couple of days previous to the horrifying deaths of the five Yates children, Andrea started to get pamphlets and visits from her Quiverfull-devoted church. And these visits were not the "how's it going" variety. It seems that people had heard about Andrea's desire to stop having babies and unhappiness with her role as mama.

Hm. Hopefully the lack of support was kept in mind when she was punished (which was deserved).

And then there's the fascination that media has, and in turn a large population of us. Television shows and specials are being massed produced (Duggars anyone?). And the ratings are fantastic. Which is good for them, feeding a brood of 13 children gets expensive. However I had seen some families be very resourceful with saving money (Tater Tots, making clothes, diapers and using all that free manual labour).

I may sound self-righteous about this, but I think my concerns are valid. Couple this with the fact that roles in the families are straight out of Leave It To Beaver (girls are in charge of cooking and sewing, boys in charge of outside maintenance), we should all be talking about this change in family makeup.

But again, I will stress that my mantra "My uterus, my decision, so keep your theology off my biology" swings both ways. So while I have warranted concerns, if the Duggars want to usher in baby number 20 after number 19 is born in January- by all means go for it. *Jessie shudders for Mrs. Duggar's vagina*

I Don't Even Like His Flicks

I'm not a huge Matt Damon fan (although I do believe that I wore out a copy of "Good Will Hunting" on VHS when I was in high school), but I have to say that since this video has been making the rounds, I'm changing my mind about him.

Apparently, Matt Damon is the most bankable star, meaning that his return at the box office when compared to what he makes is the best.

Now I can see why. You may have already seen this short clip of Matty talking about his concern about Sarah Palin, but you should watch again.

I'm not too hot on celebs who spout off about politics, but I am really feeling this one (coincidentally we kind of agree).

His dreamy.