Somebody's Fabulous!

It's no secret that I have a crush on Jennifer Lopez and wow, she looks amazing on the red carpet at the Latin Grammy Awards.  I think she looks better now than she did pre-children.  I love her curves.

Winter is Coming

Even though it was 65 degrees out yesterday, I was on a mission to buy some new winter boots.  I've been coveting the furry styles I keep seeing on Piperlime and at Nordstroms, but just couldn't fathom spending a ton of money.  Also, I was hoping to find a style that wasn't just reasonably priced, but vegan.  Needless to say, I did a lot of browsing.  Then I stumbled on these gray furry moccasin winter boots by Breckelles.  They are much cheaper than I would have expected ($39!) and they are vegan AND stylish.  Plus, they are supposed to be more roomy in the calf area, which is ideal considering I have behemoth calves.

They just shipped today, so we'll see how I like them in person.  Fingers crossed that they're a good match.  

This is Why I Don't Like Cruise Ships

The four-day-long ordeal of 4,500 passengers and crew being stranded at sea is nearly over.

Several tug boats pulled the stricken 952-foot Carnival Splendor to San Diego Bay early Thursday. The ship is completely out of power after a fire broke out earlier this week.  Those aboard have been dealing with limited food, smelly toilets and dark cabins. There was no air conditioning, no hot food, no hot water, no casino. The swimming pool was off-limits because there was no way to pump chlorine.  Lines for cold food stretch for hours. However, the toilets were working and the bar was pouring free drinks.

Granted, this was a rare instance, one that Carnival indicates has never occurred before, so there isn't any need to worry about any of their other vessels succumbing to something similar.  But, living on Spam, pop tarts, and canned crab for four days sounds absolutely horrible.  You can read the full article here.

[The image is not an actual image of the Splendor burning, just another unfortunate vessel going up in flames. I bet those customers didn't get free booze.]

My Son is Gay. Or He's Not. Why Should it Matter?

The following post was written by a mother who's struggling with her son's sexuality - not because she has a problem with the fact that her son may or may not be gay, but the fact that colleagues, friends, neighbors, and society does.  It's a moving story and I applaud her for standing up for her son.  I wish that more people could follow her lead.  Click here to read the post.

So, Mariah Carey is Pregnant

I know, it's not news anymore.  But, wow, she's really pregnant and I can't even see her belly in this shot.  Everything has expanded, even the length of her, ah, necklaces.  I'm not entirely sure what the red lace thing is she's wearing - lingerie? I mean, she's Mariah Carey, can't she afford some maternity clothes??  Ugh, she's probably going to try and be one of those moms that refuses to wear maternity clothes, and by refuses to wear maternity clothes, I mean she's going to try and continue to wear the slutty clothes she used to wear when she was super skinny and on tour.  Then her kid's going to come out being all embarassed by his/her mommy and then call up Stacy and Clinton for a clothes intervention.  Well, I'd agree with that...Mimi has needed a clothes intervention since the early 90s.

[Image via ImNotObsessed.com]

The Latest Actor to Become Vampired

Tom Hardy, best known for his role in this year's hit movie, Inception, is rumored to have signed on to play a vampire in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.  In Seth Grahame-Smith's historical horror spin, when Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from an ailment called the "milk sickness." Only later did he learn that his mother's deadly affliction was actually the work of a local vampire, seeking to collect a debt owed by Lincoln's father. When Abe learned the truth, he vowed revenge and kept one passion hidden throughout his life: the brutal elimination of all vampires.

Twentieth Century Fox is aiming for a June 22, 2012 release and Tim Burton will produce the horror adventure.

What do you think?  I'd probably let him bite me.  And maybe suck my blood.  And maybe...well, I'll stop now. 

[Image via flix66.com]

A new gig

I've been very bad about reading up on celebrity gossip and then gossiping about it on my blog. Well, I haven't been blatantly ignoring all celebrity gossip because I do have a new writing gig and I figured I'd tell the world all about it (yes, the entire world certainly does read my blog).

A few weeks ago I started writing news articles for http://www.truebloodnet.com/, one of the top fan sites for my favorite TV show, True Blood.  If you don't know about True Blood, you really should.  I won't judge you, but really, you should know all about it, especially the fact that my boyfriend is one of the lead actors.  I feel pretty lucky to have been chosen as one of TBN.com's newest writers, so I've been dedicating a lot of my time to writing as much as possible for them, at least until I'm not a "trainee" anymore.  I'm not sure when I graduate from that title, but I'm sure you'll read about it on here.

So, if you're interested in seeing some of the articles I've written (keep in mind they are news articles, so they aren't excessively creative), please check out: http://truebloodnet.com/author/heather-day/    

[Image via HBO]