02-09-2004 - 7:35 p.m.
After my sister gave me this incredibly cute pink Macy's New York purse with a red heart on it and a belt with a red heart on the buckle, I decided that I just need to grab this whole Valentine's Day mess by the balls and make it my bitch. So... the pink bag is my "purse of the week" (I carry a different bag each week to school, it's just my thing) and Thursday I'm so rocking a red shirt and my cool belt to school (cause we have off on Friday SUCKERS!). I also came to the conclusion that if a girl doesn't have someone to make her feel fabulous, then she should do everything in her power to make herself feel fabulous. This entails buying oneself a gift. I had decided on a bubblegum pink Dooney & Bourke handbag, but for now I'm gonna have to hold off on that. See, yesterday I went shopping in Atlantic City with my Mom and got myself other fabulous gifts that are just gonna have to suffice for V-Day. My gift to me was a 4 piece leopard print luggage set (shit, when I go to Cancun in April I gotta go in style) from Wilson Leather as well as the most adorable tan suede jacket from Guess. I definitely know how to spoil myself better than any man every could. And I must say that when I bought myself these presents I really appreciated the thought.
The Apprentice has reached the point of being the actual highlight of my week- I'm officially obsessed. Thank God they finally made the teams co-ed so that some of those bitches can get fired. I definitely predict that the winner will be a man. Personally, I'd like to see it be either Troy or Kwame, (Troy is my #1 pick) because they not only have good business sense but they're also good people in general. I guess we'll have to hold out and see.
Saturday afternoon I went up to Philly to see a St. Joe's vs. LaSalle men's basketball game. LaSalle sucks ass, but St. Joe's is like #3 in the nation or some shit so it was definitely exciting to see them play. They're a quality team that plays a super fast paced game. The sad thing was, it made me desperately miss college.
I was super pissed though that my sister had to ditch after the game and I had to go out to dinner with my parents and my Dad's friend and this guy's wife. My dad and this guy went to law school together and he's such a PRICK. Not just a prick, but a PRICK in all caps, boldface italics. Needless to say it was quite a night.
Last night my sister and I got invited to this Maxim Grammy screening party at this club at The Borgata. I was really psyched to go- I mean, I’d actually be leaving the house woo hoo!!! So my sister drives like an hour to our house, eats dinner, and then is like “Oh, I have a lot of work to do. I’m gonna go home!” I was soooooooooooooo pissed! Why’d she invite me to go in the first place if she didn’t really want to go herself? So, I had to watch the Grammy’s at home with my mom. Thrills galore.
We must all bow down and praise the goddess otherwise known as Beyonce. I love that girl! First, she tore it up with Prince in like the cutest flamingo pink outfit ever, and then when she performed Dangerously in Love 2 I was seriously in awe of her talent. Ok, first off whoever came up with the whole theme of being in a painting was just a genius and girlfriend tore it up with her singing. She totally deserved that standing ovation she got from everyone. The best part of the performance was that she wasn’t just singing the words- she was feeling them. The emotion behind her performance was just so real. She L-O-V-E’s Jay-Z! :o)
Of course my boyfriend Justin Timberlake, despite the Una-Bomber beard, gave the other outstanding performance of the night when he did Senorita. He also looked supercute when he came out during the Black Eyed Peas’ performance- I’m such a sucker for knit caps! And for once the BEP singer chic didn’t look totally disgusting, so props to her too.
A few complaints about the Grammy’s though. Is it just me or were the awards like totally inconsequential? The schedule went performance, commercial break, performance, talking about people that were getting lifetime achievement awards and then oh yeah, we’ll hand out a Grammy now before going to another commercial break and starting the cycle over. And some of the tribute/collaboration things were just uncalled for. Ok, it’s really touching that they honored Luther Vandross, but why couldn’t Alicia Keys and Celine Dion do like snippets of his songs? An almost 10 minute tribute was a tad much. And then what genius put Sean Paul and Sting together? Sting was probably like who the fuck is this pot head I’m sharing the stage with anyways? The Beatle’s tribute was cool, although Pharell Williams looked not-so-thrilled to be partaking. The whole funk tribute thing was just… EPIC. God, I think I aged like 10 years watching that shit. Again, we need to go for snippets people! Each band/group does like a 90 second performance… not a 5 minute one! Who produces this shit?
Now, who’s ready to laugh at me? Tomorrow night I have my first belly dancing class!!! How fun is that? I’m trying my hardest to fill up my time with as many activities as possible to take my mind off the meaningless abyss that I call my life, so I decided to sign up for a dance class at the local community college. I wanted to take latin dance, but of course by the time I got around to parusing (sp?) the course offerings I’d missed the first class. So, instead I’m gonna be shimmying and shaking it like Veena and Neena “The Belly Twins” (hopefully you’ve seen the infomercials). I’ll let ya know how it all turns out, and perhaps if you’re lucky you’ll someday get a private show ;o)
So, I guess it’s only fitting that my song of the day should be…
Private Dancer ~Tina Turner
I'm your private dancer
A dancer for money
I'll do what you want me to do
I'm your private dancer
A dancer for money
And any old music will do
Deutschmarks or dollars
American Express will do nicely- thank you
Let me loosen up your collar
Tell me do you want to see the shimmy again...
