MY 2008 RECESSION DEPRESSION

Long time, no write. I haven't been motivated to write even though there has been so much to write about.

It's just that i'm going on 4 months unemployed and no sign of when it will end. A couple of days ago the NY Times ran a page 1 story about NY, among other states, is running out of unemployment funds. Woo hoo!! And the hits just keep on coming!

I'm depressed. Well, it's actually more like scared but I sleep alot these days. Well, I sleep odd hours and when i'm awake I just remain in bed watching CNN and soap operas and getting more depressed and scared.

Hundreds of resumes have been sent and 1 phone interview has been netted. 4 MONTHS!!!

As the saying goes, Misery Loves Company. So who wants to share their economic misery with me? Come on, it'll be cathartic for all involved.

But on a positive note (see, i'm trying), HAPPY 45th BIRTHDAY, BRAD PITT and congrats on the SAG nom!!

SONG OF THE WEEK: AND THE BEAT GOES ON

Wow, it's Madonna!

Never been a big fan but this song is HOT!!! Enjoy!

THIS JUST WOKE ME UP FROM A 4-DAY COMA

Sarah Palin and the RNC have blunted the already miniscule bounce Barack Obama had coming out of his convention. After having been up 10 points in Gallup's daily tracking poll, he's now down three. He's publicly stating that some of his answers at Saddleback could have been better and the media's total hard-on for Palin has not gone soft.

It's nervous times if you're a Democrat, but if it's Sunday, it's time to just have a smile.

Enjoy...

MICHAEL PHELPS: SHUT IT DOWN!

I, like many over the Olympics, was mesmerized by the quest for 8 that fish-man Michael Phelps undertook. I was all over him and he was my new boyfriend.

But as the new "new celebrity" business model demands, once the Games are over, you have to hit the media markets hard and make as deep an impression as possible for maximun earning and name recognition potential.

In the process, you ALWAYS leave yourself open to overexposure, and in my case, eventual disgust.

Probably a little harsh but enough already, Michael!!

Mr. Phelps taped the season premiere of Oprah Winfrey (along with 150 other US olympic medalists and his mom, Debbie Phelps).

Mr. Phelps will soon embarass himself mightily on the season premiere of SNL.

Michael Phelps's Corn & Frosted Flakes boxes will roll out next week.

Michael Phelps is and has been everywhere and now he must swim away.

Swim away, Michael Phelps, and see you in London.

2012.

FASHION: THE NEW ICONS...

While I never have nor never would go out of my way to see a film any of these three were in, they have gotten my heart beating a little faster with their totally unique and recent looks.

My favorite of the three, Natalie Portman (at the Venice Film Festival):






















Anne Hathaway, always annoying to me but consistently perfect on the R.C.:






















Amazing!


And finally, Keira Knightley. A total bore on every occasion except for when she occasionally impresses on the R.C. This is one of them. Nice dress.

AND HERE IT IS...YES!!

We finally get to hear the truth about what the Republican pundits really think.

Former McCain 2000 campaign staffer & MSNBC commentator Mike Murphy and former Republican speechwriter Peggy Noonan telling NBC Political Director Chuck Todd what they really think about the selection of Sarah Palin as McCain's VP running mate.

Too good.

TODAY'S COMMERCIALS: WHERE'S THE DRAMA?

After almost a lifetime of obsessive compulsive tv watching, I am on a decidedly downward trend. I'm down to three channels and maybe 3 or 4 "Must See TV Shows." I've resigned myself to the fact that on a whole, tv sucks and my attention span isn't what it used to be, but I've realized that I don't even glean much entertainment from commercials anymore either.

Maybe it's just a heightened sense of nostalgia or the fact that I'd like to turn the clock back 20 years and do it all a different and better way, but why aren't commercials today as good as they used to be back in the day.

There's only so many times I can be entertained by that singing Free Credit Report guy.

Anyhoo, the above is the original British version of the Taster's Choice series of commercials that I was absolutely obsessed with.

I miss the drama and romance on full display here.