Gleecap 09/28: Its Brittany B*tch!

by maryhelenc, posted in Uncategorized

Glee’s second season continues to hit the right notes.

(spoiler alert! If you missed Glee, stop reading now)

The Britney themed episode continued to move the storylines forward while keeping up the comedy. Spears’ influence was nuanced through the power of nitrous oxide, providing some hilarity. Meanwhile, New Directions & it’s mentor Will Schuester continued to deal with their romantic entanglements.

1. The Only Exception. Rachel & Finn’s adorable romance hit a snag this week when Coach Bieste allowed him (& Artie) back on the football team. Rachel’s fear of Finn leaving her prompted her to issue an ultimatum & a test involving Quinn. After realizing that Finn truly loves our neurotic heroine, she issued an apology & a serenade.

Meanwhile, Will continued his attempts too woo back Emma, despite meeting her sexy (& quirky) dentist beau Carl. Carl helps Will try to loosen up, and all his attempts backfire…hilariously. When Emma tells him he’s great just being himself, Will sadly tells her that just being Will wasn’t good enough for her, causing a collective “awwww” from Gleeks everywhere. There may be hope for fans of this couple: Santana has set her sights on Carl & Santana seems to always get her man.

Artie’s attempts to win back Tina may have stalled thanks to a Britney “Stronger” fantasy & his acceptance to the football team. Artie’s newfound confidence may help him move on.

2. It’s Brittany… Glee’s favourite dimwit Brittany S. Peers came to terms with her fear of Britney Spears through some nitrous inspired Spears fantasies. Fans finally got to see what Brittany could do in a spoof of Spears’s biggest hits. Not only was Brittany smokin hot, but she held her own well. As Brittany’s confidence level grew, so did her demands; “I want all of the solos in glee club”.

High note: the random Britney Spears cameos. They were well placed & subtle. How many Britneys did YOU see?

Low note: Kurt’s divatude. I understand that it progressed the Spears Homecoming performance, but it was so out of character for Kurt to lash out at his mentor. Mercedes would have been a much better choice.

Song of the night: Stronger. Artie’s football themed fantasy was hilarious & well done. All the performances were top notch, but this out of the box solo was above the rest.

Brittany quote of the night: “Its like a Jew cloud.”

Tag! From Whisperedinspirations

by maryhelenc, posted in Just Fun

My very dear friend Nancy tagged me in this little fun thingie, so I thought I would play along.

 

Things in my Handbag:

  • Pics of my girlie girls.
  • Mastercard
  • Lip Gloss.
  • Marriage Certificate (I keep it with me @ ALL times).

4 Things In/On my Desk:

  • omg everything… my iPhone
  • Camera.
  • Hello Kitty Yahtzee.
  • Philip’s hat.

4 Favorite Things in my Bedroom:

  • My BED!
  • My husband…rawr.
  • The picture Alex gave me that she took in Mexico
  • My Irresistable Apple body spray

4 Things I Always Wanted To Do (But haven’t yet):

  • Go to Paris and kiss under the Eiffel tower.
  • Buy anything I want from Tiffany’s
  • Go Bungee jumping (apparently with Paul lol).
  • Take my girls to Disney World

4 Things I Enjoy Very Much At the Moment:

  • My girlies jumping in my arms when I get home from work
  • Hanging with my three bestest friends: Paul, Carrie & Drew
  • The gym
  • My Coach Purse!

4 Song I Can’t Get Outta My Head:

  • In my Head – Jason Derulo (LOL I think I hate this song, but it gets stuck in my brain hahaha)
  • Nightmare – A7X
  • Careful – Paramore
  • Away – Breaking Benjamin (I just looooove this song so) 

4 Things You Don’t Know About Me:

  • I’m actually very insecure with myself. I always feel like I’m easily replaceable in the lives of others, despite knowing that people totally love me.
  • I fear aging to the point that it’s actually kind of sad
  • I’m vain…so very vain.
  • I’m going to marry WWE wrestler Edge someday. Philip is totally cool with the idea, as long as Edge does the dishes and mows the lawn.

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I need to win an Oscar so I can do my job better

by maryhelenc, posted in Celebrity Fluff, Seriously WTF?

Academy Award winner (& epic failure) Kevin Costner took to congress this week to talk about the after effects of the BP oil spill.

This begs the question: how is a guy who can barely do his day job well going to talk environmental science?

Seriously, were all the real scientists busy that day?

Celebrities moonlighting as people with actual jobs has become a really odd trend. Brad Pitt and his paramour Angelina Jolie are designing houses in New Orleans instead of an actual architect because he likes houses. John Travolta fancies himself a commercial pilot. Victoria Beckham is the lunch lady at son Brooklyn’s school, you get the idea.

I understand celebrity worship but there comes a time when we need to let the academically trained professionals do their job. You wouldn’t let Tom Cruise fly an F-18 Hornet into Afghanistan or Tori Spelling operate on your colon, so why allow a celebrity to talk science or build houses for the needy?

I understand things “seem real” when Oprah’s involved, but sometimes you’ve got to tell the celebs to make a movie & let the professionals do their job. I know I would make a terrible movie, just like I know Ashlee Simpson-Wentz was a terrible editor of Marie Claire. Let’s all go back to doing our day jobs, unless you’re Kevin Costner, you suck at your day job too. Perhaps you should look at acting classes instead of taking more science classes at DeVry.

Good Friends Make All the Difference

by maryhelenc, posted in Relationships

I’ve come to realize over the last year how important very good friends are and sometimes they can become more family than blood kin.

Last year my family & I went through some very difficult times. Marital and money problems were everywhere, a baby was on the way, and after my baby arrived, I was diagnosed with PPD. I was shocked as “good friends” bragged about how their life was “soooo much better” or straight up didn’t call. Family members openly mocked me & I was heartbroken and felt so alone. I was amazed & blessed that I developed a great support system from some amazing friends.

It’s funny how people can be friends for years, they attended your nuptials, the births of your children, but when you’re down, they can’t be found. Meanwhile, a girl you met @ bus stop, a coworker who’s living room you helped paint,the young lady you hired as a babysitter & a Vanilla Coke loving pilot will hold your hand while you cry. As I celebrated my birthday with this eclectic group, I realized how lucky I am to have many great folks in my life. From this group to my college chums who threaten recruiters on Twitter, I know that while Windsor may not provide me career satisfaction much of the time, I have found good people to enjoy life with.

So a shout out to my dear friends, who see me through so much, I love you. Make sure you let your besties know how great they are every once in awhile, they’ll be the ones in your corner when you’re backed into one.

I just wanted a job

by maryhelenc, posted in Seriously WTF?

It’s no secret that I’m frustrated with my job. I’ve worked hard for two and a half years and have never gotten a promotion, just some consideration and an eff yourself. I can’t be stuck in a stationary position with no growth, no opportunity so I’ve explored options elsewhere.

There is another position at a centre that I’ve been told to apply for off and on for a year. I’ve interviewed with no luck, so I applied again. During a follow up call, the company’s recruiter lied about who he was, claimed a wrong number & hung up on me.

If they aren’t hiring; the recruiter could have told me, but he didn’t. He misrepresented himself, lied and humiliated me. If this is how they treat prospective employees, how do they treat employees?!

I’m seriously considering calling the Ontario Human Rights commission about this but I don’t know what they can do. A little politeness & honesty would have gone much further.

Guilt

by maryhelenc, posted in Uncategorized

Today is my youngest daughter’s first birthday party. It is also of course the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

I have taken a great deal of flack for hosting her party today. Some tell me it’s disrespectful, others tell me it’s a just a day & who cares. Really it was just the only day both my husband & I had off but the situation has left me with a great deal of guilt.

9/11 is a funny sort of day. While other tragic events have become footnotes in history books, 9/11 still haunts us. The anniversaries of Pearl Harbour, Hiroshima, & even the Oklahoma City Bombing have been reduced to photos in a text book, a fact to help us answer questions on Jeopardy. The loss of life, the stories are all lost & we continue to remove ourselves from the sorrow that our fellow man felt on those days.

I guess I’m glad I feel guilty because it means I still care about the events of that day. I think we should always feel a little guilty because it helps remind us how lucky we are to be here & to share in moments like birthday parties, video games, a friendly laugh or a romantic moment with one’s significant other. By having that one second of empathy, we can keep the memory fresh in our minds. No one deserves to have their legacy relegated to a glossy page in a textbook or a Trivial Pursuit answer card. Let’s not allow another tragedy to become a footnote. Let us always feel A little pang before we celebrate so we can remember to remember.

An Open Letter to Negative People

by maryhelenc, posted in Celebrity Fluff, Seriously WTF?

Dear people, it’s not that bad.

WWE Superstar Matt Hardy was whining on Twitter about how he is “underutilised” and how he’s sick of it and how WWE needs to take notice or he’s going to take his ball and go home. It made me think about what I’m putting out there in terms of my job. My job totally sucks, it’s not my dream job, but I guess I should be fortunate that I have one. Last week, after a particularily crappy day at said job, a dear friend told me “sh*t comes in waves to weed out the weak. Only the strong survive.” It helped me realize that the negative experiences will help me become a better wife and mother.

Then there are those who are so self absorbed that they can’t appreciate anything in their lives because they don’t have their dream job or the right car. These people spend so much time whining that they don’t see that they have a great family or awesome friends or any other blessings. They end up so jaded and bitter that they end up losing everything. Hardy can’t appreciate that he is known for his role in one of the world’s most popular tag teams, or that he’s won 13 championships working his dream job. All he can see is that he isn’t one of the select few to go to that top tier. It’s like the guy who neglects his wife and family because he doesn’t get a promotion. In the end, the wife leaves and he’s left alone, no promotion and no family.

The lesson is to get over yourself. No one ever gets everything in life that they want. Everybody is missing out on something they hoped to achieve and while it’s sucks, it’s part of living. I have friends living their dream job who wish they had a family. Friends with a failed marriage just wish they had said the right thing. Meanwhile the people who have someone to love, a decent job and an okay life just want MORE. Why do you need more when you don’t appreciate what you have now? Fate rewards those who appreciate what they have already been given. Maybe if you took a look around you, you could see what you’ve been given and a look in the mirror to see what’s holding you back.

Perception is reality and attitude can make all the difference. If you spend 85% of your life bitching about how much your job sucks on Twitter, chances are your high profile job won’t take you seriously. If you spend your life whining about how you need more, you’ll end up with less in the end. Take a minute to focus on what matters and prioritize your life so that the things you need are ahead of the things you want.

Who’s The Smartest Woman On Earth? Kat Von D!

by maryhelenc, posted in Celebrity Fluff, Relationships

LA Ink’s Kat Von D confessed to People Magazine that she is madly in love with Monster Garage host/professional douchebag Jesse James and the world collectively puked in their mouths a little bit.

Apparently the tattooed vixen feels that James has been unfairly painted by the media as a serial adulterer and their love is like, totally different and he would never step out on her like he did his former wife Sandra Bullock. She realized this while playing Scrabble. Cue the swooning.

I’m not sure which is more ridiculous, the fact that she believes this or that she came up with this while playing Scrabble. Let’s be frank, this entire relationship is a match made in Perez Hilton Heaven. Both are heavily tattooed reality stars who got their start on the Discovery Channel. Both have been labelled racists (she for autographing a photo with a swastika in 2008 and he for “that” picture featured in US Magazine) and both have been linked to infidelity scandals (her with Bam Margera, he with all of those women).  James has just been through a divorce, a bitter custody battle and signed over custody of his youngest child. He was linked to five different women during the course of his marriage and has admitted he has cheated on every woman he’s ever loved, including America’s Sweetheart. Obviously he’s a catch, where do I sign up? To her credit, Kat Von D only seperated from Motley Crue’s Nikki Syxx in January, the man she left her husband Oliver Peck to be with.

One has to question what would possess a woman to pursue a guy like James, who cried on TV just two short months ago claiming he just wanted his wife back.  It’s either a pathetic cry for attention from Von D or her self esteem is just that low. Seriously though, it’s a head scratcher. There are a lot of wonderful men out there with the qualities women claim they want and yet it seems to be the guys who are the biggest losers who get their pick. I have often wondered why an attractive, sweet and intelligent guy spends so much time single while the guy who cheats on his girlfriend has a full dance card.

One has to wonder if perhaps women like the drama. Everywhere you look there’s another woman trying to “change” her bad boy. Bristol Palin tearfully wailed to Us and People when her fiance Levi Johnston announced he would use the Palin family to fuel his reality show career. The Jersey Shore’s Sammi came to blows with her BFF JWoww over her boyfriend Ronnie’s philandering. Vienna Girardi sobbed on live TV while her former flame Jake Pavelka cruelly taunted her. Why do they keep going back when there are perfectly sweet guys in the world?

Everyone talks about how men are dogs, but maybe women encourage them to a certain extent. After all, when another woman comes out bragging about her trips to Jesse James’s Monster Garage, Kat Von D will bask in the glow of attention as she bawls her eyes out to every outlet that will listen. Maybe deep down, women are just screamapillars and need constant validation or they will just die. Perhaps women don’t learn at an early enough age that not all attention is good. Someone needs to teach women that life is not like Dawson’s Creek; the bad boy doesn’t magically straighten up and fly right just because you bat your eyelashes and help him find his soul. Usually they’re just bullies and the only way to stop the madness is to stop encouraging your “bad boy” because it’s sooooo sexy.

The only real losers are the nice guys who spend their weekends watching Mr Popped Collar get the girl. Inevitably they become jaded and all the things that girls with their heads on straight love about them fall by the wayside. It’s a sad cycle of bad girls jading nice boys who hurt nice girls who date bad boys. Eventually people need to see the signs and find someone who will give them what they need before the bitterness takes over.

In the interim, we can watch as Kat Von D “fixes” Jesse James with some TLC, a tattoo needle and Scrabble. Good luck darling, you’ll need it.

How to Follow ASH!

by maryhelenc, posted in Uncategorized

I know what you’re thinking, “Wow…ASH Multimedia is pretty freakin’ sweet. How can I tell my friends/family/co-workers/pets/support group/fellow pilots about it?

Well, make sure you follow ASH Multimedia on Twitter (@ashmultimedia) or on Facebook (ASH Photography). If you have any questions, or would like to suggest a photo of the week or story idea, please e-mail @ ash.multimedia@yahoo.ca.