Forget About The Shirtcho Taylor, It's Never Going to Happen!

This picture brought me back to Mean Girls when Regina tells Gretchen Wieners that "fetch" is never going to happen. I feel like someone needs to tell Taylor Momsen this about shirtchos. It's not even that she's worn them so much- but I feel it coming. She's going to get the idea that shirtchos are "her" thing. Start making Little J wear them on Gossip Girl. Lord, no.

I got this picture from Go Fug Yourself, and their comments were just so right on, I knew that I could never write anything to so perfectly describe Taylor right here, so...lets call this a guest blog:
On most people, that shirt would be used as a poncho rather than as the ENTIRE outfit. I don't even care that her shoes are veering toward being a very fancy kind of orthopedic brace, because her shirtcho was freaking me out so badly during the 10 minutes in which I thought it was a dress. My unholy research has concluded, however, that I may detect in there somewhere the fringe from a pair of denim cutoffs, which unfortunately are SO cut off that they're basically denim panties, and now my nethers are so upset that they're threatening to go on strike unless I take a vacation.

Also, let me tell you, nothing feels ickier than feeling like it's your job to stare at the XOXO of a teenager to try and figure out what, exactly, you're seeing dangling there. I almost reported myself to the authorities.
-CE

Arrrg, Where's Me Pants?

Vanessa Hudgens...serious actress?

I realize that this look is supposed to look casual, like, oh I just slipped this on, it's so comfy.

It does look like she just slipped this on...after hooking up with a pirate. Because pirate wench is pretty much the only job option she has coming her way. So kudos to her, for finally accepting it.

Yo ho yo ho...
-CE

What the Fug, I'm Scared.

I'm hoping that Whitney Port is going to be Jessie in a Saved by the Bell remake. She's on set. I will wake up from this nightmare and read that second string reality girl Whitney is playing Jessie Spano. Her outfit cannot be real life.

It's like I'm living David After Dentist- Is this going to be forever? ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
-CE

Max's Big Day.

"Bienvenue a St-Bruno," said Penguins forward Max Talbot on July 31, his day with the Stanley Cup. Le sigh. I wish he would be forward with me.

When they arrived at Chez Talbot, Max's dad had caulked out an outline of the Stanley Cup on the lawn. How cute is that? I mean, it looks like a crime scene, but I suppose that's just the quirky Talbot humor.

Max took the Stanley Cup to the Centre Marcel Dulude, where he held a fundraising brunch for the Children's Wish Foundation. Iceberg made a cameo, Pittsburgh's mascot. Max had 400 family members and friends. The oldest guest was definitely also the most proud — Max's 97-year-old grandmother, Clothilde. "She was the mother of ten children," explained Maxime's brother Frank. "It was the first time all of us could make it for an event. I mean everybody! All the children and the children of the children. We are talking about more than 75 on my mother's side alone, plus 47 from the Talbot side. Then, there were another 300 friends, too!" Max took a picture with everyone.
I know it's lame to think Max's having a grandma is the most adorable thing ever...but I do. I can picture little Quebeçois grand-mère Clothilde so proud of her Maxime. Le sigh. Love him.

Posters, t-shirts and autographed photos were auctioned off, with money raised going to the Children's Wish Foundation. This paragraph is from the Hockey Hall of Fame Cup Journal:

"You look at these kids, trying to fight this disease," Max said, stopping to regain his composure. "I had the chance to realize my own dream a month ago." Maxime chose that charity because he had been particularly moved by the story of a ten-year-old hockey fan named Jordan, whose cancer has been in remission now for more than a year. It's tough to say who ate more JellyBelly candies from Bonbon Mania — Max or Jordan. This is like my tenth le sigh, but I can't help it. Le sigh.

Max lead a parade in his honor, and said, "It's my home town. I've lived here all my life, and my family still lives here. I played my minor hockey here. It was the only place I even bothered to think about to bring the Cup." One of Talbot's former junior teammates, Roberto Bissonette, is a musician and created a song to honour Maxime. I've attached it below, along with Max's address to the crowd at the parade.

The rest of the day was a huge family party which included other musical performances and tributes, and the family sipping champagne out of the Cup.

Enjoy, as I have. J'adore Max, j'adore. :)
-CE

Wisdom is Beauty.

Love LOST. Such a cool show. Really intense, and hard to follow, but totally worth it. It's Sarah from Slumblog and I's show. We spent last summer watching the first season again.

Anyways, I love Evangeline Lilly, probably mostly because I love her name. Evangeline is the title of an epic poem of William Wadsworth Longfellow about the upheaval of the Acadian people from Canada. It follows a young girl, Evangeline, in her search for her love Gabriel.

C'est très tragique. I love her the more for it. I did see her on a late night show and she was...kind of annoying. But I chaulked it up to nerves.

Anyways, here's a reason to love her, all you mature ladies. Evangeline, who is turning 30 this year, thinks that a woman doesn't reach the peak of her beauty until her 40's. "In your twenties you can be pretty, but you don't find real beauty until you find wisdom and depth," said the star.
-CE

Candy Shop Katy.

This is another GREAT example of someone I used to hate but now love. I don't know if it's her peers (Jessica Simpson, Lady GaGa, Lilly Allen...) who make her seem so much better, but I think she's just so adorable now!

She has funky style without being self important like Lady Idiot, and she always looks like she's headed to a candy shop. I also love how she has a cat named Kitty Purry. Shiz like that makes me crack up.

So A+ for Katy Perry! She has graduated from dislike and possible ambivalence to endearing. You go Katy.
-CE

Fug to Fabulous.

I think we can all agree that Nicole Richie used to be horribly skank. No idea what happened. I think it was rehab or something? That makes a lot of sense. Someone would have to be super drugged up to hang out with Paris Hilton.

Her style also used to be...like super trashy. Now? She is so cute. Love what she wears. When and if I ever have a baby, I would wear her designs for A Pea in the Pod.

Nicole Richie is just a superb example of how someone can go from fug to fabulous. Angelina Jolie is probably the Jedi master of this.
-CE