I found my camera cord!

What I'm really thinking about right now is the huge financial crisis our country is in. I've been stressing about it the past few days just like everyone else I'm sure. I have a lot to say about it. But right now it's time for you to enjoy some of the random pics I just got off the Nikon. Because sometimes it's easier to look at dumb pictures.

Kristyn and I took our first trip to the Red Hook Ikea.

We're becoming real women so we bought new grown-up furniture and soon we will be the owners of a very clutch flat screen wall mounted TV.

As one friend put it, "Wow you guys' apartment doesn't look like a dorm anymore"

Marilyn's naughtiness was totally unintentional but when I saw this I had to take a pic.

It would have been mean of me to try to get her face.
But this woman was probably the biggest New Kids On The Block fan.
Ever.

Only in New York--FOUND on 1st Ave.
No where near a place that serves the kind of meat that used to be on this particular bone.

Christos in boy jeans! (kind of)

Brandi Crawford

So I got a comment the other night from another "Brandi Crawford" and I had to share this:

1. I was terrified to google my own name up until like 2 years ago because I couldn't deal with the fact that someone else might have my name. It was kind of like that feeling you might get when you realize that the universe is bigger than anything you can actually imagine.
2. My name was supposed to be spelled "Brandi" but the hospital made a mistake on the birth certificate and I became "Brandy".
   

Such a small world right?

PS: I hate that I still can't find my camera cord. I actually cleaned up my room this weekend, as in took 6 hours and really made some shit happen. And I still have no idea where that cord is and I have so many pictures that I want to share.

My wish from 3rd grade was granted Tuesday night.

I finally saw New Kids on the Block in concert.


And it was just as amazing as I'd imagined it to be when I was 9 years old. Except that I enjoyed margaritas and tequila shots in Times Square before I went. That's not something I was really thinking about at 9.

The concert was at the Meadowlands in New Jersey and the place was packed. I had kind of been expecting a lackluster crowd, but bitches were out IN FORCE complete with homemade t-shirts and signs professing undying love for each and every Kid (except Danny--no one was ever into Danny).

I was afraid that they would try and play all new stuff because I'd heard about an interview in which they said that they hated playing the old faves. Comments like this make me question whether or not the guys from NKTOB live in reality. Don't they know that ALL they is old faves? I paid my $40 to see Step by Step and Hangin' Tough not some new song I don't know the words to. I was a loyal fan from ages 8 to 10 but I'm past the age where I would actually buy an album of theirs.

For my 3rd grade school picture, I wore a red Coca-Cola sweatshirt with a little lacy blouse underneath so the lacy collar showed at my next. To that collar I pinned a huge Joey McIntyre button. My plan was to include this picture in one of the many fan letters I used to write to him. I had an inkling that if he could just see how cute I was and how cute his face looked next to mine, he would be knocking down my door to propose.

Unfortunately, I never sent the picture to him. When the proofs came back my mother flipped the script because

1. I didn't tell her it was picture day-Brandy you are wearing a SWEATSHIRT in your school picture???
2. She was not happy about the button--I believe the direct quote was ,"Who the hell is that white boy on your neck?!?"

So we only ordered like 1 print and no wallets and she immediately stuck them in the back of an old photo album where I found it 2 years ago when I was home and feeling nostalgic. I've been meaning to scan it but you know how that goes.

But anyway--the concert was both amazing and hilarious. Amazing because I love anything with strobe lights, fireworks and choreographed dance. Hilarious because I was in a packed arena watching 35 year old mean sing in falsetto verses like "Can I be your boyfriend?" while doing a funky jazz square. The place was full of girls between the ages of 26 and 33 and we ATE IT ALL UP.

A few other fun moments and observations:

• There's still no love for Danny. He was the gross on 10 years ago and he's still the gross one now. He did kind of redeem himself with this little breakdance number that was interesting.
  
• At one point during the show Donnie Wahlberg, wearing a classy baseball cap that read "SINGLE" said to the audience: "20 years ago, everyone thought all of you here were a bunch of crazy kids. Well you know what? You're still here!" What exactly does this mean?
• There was a weird death montage towards the end of the show. They basically played a ballad and showed pics of people who have died since they were last popular. It was such a random tribute. They showed pics of people like Aaliyah and Left-Eye and then Kurt Cobain and Heath Ledger. Weird.
• Jordan Knight's falsetto is disturbing.
• The bitches at this concert were INSANE. The number of homemade t-shirts was STAGGERING. And made me pissed that I hadn't thought to go on eBay to get some vintage NKTOB gear.

Enjoy some pics.

Almost like 3rd grade again except in this pic I am kind of drunk.

Joey McIntyre is still so hot.

I LOVE INDOOR FIREWORKS
(and I'm loving the all white--very Backstreet Boys "I Want It That Way"

This is when they started to play Hangin' Tough.
Selda and I kind of lost our shit a little.

I enjoyed some good old fashioned cheesy pop music and it was great.

Madisyn smiles

This is my first time seeing my new little niece smile!!!

God I love the power of technology. Basically whenever Madisyn looks adorable one of my cousins sends me a pic. But this is the first time I saw her smile!!!!

Right Now

Emmys.

Josh Groban.

Singing theme songs from TV shows from the past 30 years.

OH MY GOD. I need it to be on youtube. NOW.

UPDATE:

Prayer answered

This made my day

And I hope it makes yours too.

Click here.


Enjoy.

PS: I have 2 new favorite shows that I think everyone should watch:

1. The Rachel Zoe Project. I never knew she was hilarious before. And she is amazing at coming up with GREAT SAYINGS. My favs include: "I die." (As in, "AAAAAHHHHH Oh my god look at this bracelet. I DIE.") and "Shutting it down" (as in, "AAAAAAHHHHHHH--You have to wear this dress--oh my god if you wear this dress you will be shutting it down!)


2. Bridezillas. I usually hate wedding shows because usually they are lame. But this one is hilarious. If you can ever catch an episode featuring Megan DVR that shit because that bitch is PRICELESS. This is a woman who told her fiancee to be, "I own you Cory. And I have been owning you for 3 years now. So you can say goodbye to all your little friends because when we get married--it's gonna be just YOU and ME." This is after she flushed a shirt of his that she found offensive down the toilet.

Sometimes I miss being 13

I wish that computers with built in cameras existed in 1994 so that I could have made something like this and shared it with the world. Instead my brother and I had a tape recorder and our big claim to fame is that we would record our own commentary to WWF wrestling matches.






What I love most about this is that this budding star has a SERIES of instructional primping videos. I am working right now so I had to stop myself from watching all of them. But rest assured friends, as soon as I have down time.....

It could always be worse.

I mean, this could be you.

Ma'am please step AWAY from the pickles.

But I'm not a racist....really

I'm meeting someone amazing

I can't say who it is.

I've been sworn to secrecy but rest assured that next Monday I will spill all the beans. Here are some things I can tell you:

• I am SO excited to meet this person. This person is probably one of the most amazing people on the planet and that's pretty much a universal observation.
• Just a smile and a nod and maybe a "nice to meet you Brandy" will be enough for me to maybe faint. This person can change a life with the flick of a pinky finger
• I don't know if I will be able to take pictures of this amazing event because I'm sure they will have that shit on lockdown. But know this--I'm supposed to be going to SNL Saturday night so please know that as of Monday my new facebook will be an up close and personal shot of me standing in between Lil Wayne and Michael Phelps.

Newsflash for Jordin Sparks

Promise rings suck.

And the VMA's? The wrong place to promote their use.

Just have sex when you want and don't if you don't. But DO NOT wear a ring that makes you feel like you're above everyone else who wants to have fun in life.

This is EXACTLY why I didn't vote for her bitch ass on American Idol and I will NEVER pay to download any of her sucky songs.

Sanctimonious virgins make me want to slit my wrists.

I hope this makes your day

I love it when my taco pops.

Why do so many gymnasts resemble cartoon mice?

What I need right now

. . . . . . is an incredibly awesome SNL skit with Amy Poehler as Cindy McCain and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin.

I'm watching Sarah Palin's speech right now and it's killing me softly inside. I didn't know it was possible to want to punch my TV so badly. Is she ever going to talk about the actual issues she and her running mate will be tackling? Is she REALLY introducing us to her entire family for like 20 minutes?

I can't wait for a youtube clip tomorrow of Palin's youngest daughter licking her hand and rubbing her baby brother baby's head. Also if you're sensitive don't read this next part but when they cut to another shot of Palin's daughter and the baby and she was poking at his eyes, I totally said out loud, "I bet she is trying to fix his eyes. I mean, they are on TV right now." (I know, I'm hellbound)

Best quote of the night so far comes from Christos:

"If you are a First Lady or a First Lady wannabe, you need to buy some Gucci or Versace. Cindy McCain looks like she picked that shit up from KMart."

I love GChat

I used to be an avid iChatter. Readers of this blog are well aware of that since I used to post many of those conversations here. But I was forced into using a PC at work and AIM opens all kind of crazy windows that alert people to the fact that I am chatting and not working. Then I moved to sit across from my boss and she has gotten very adept at being able to tell when I am typing for work versus typing for fun, so I've been only using Gchat to never lose contact with my friends in those weekday daytime hours when I don't see them. Kudos to the designers at Google for making those chat windows so clandestine--a quick click to a new tab and no one knows that I was just sending celeb gossip blog links to my best friend in Georgia.

I've been trying to limit my online chatting because work has gotten busy but it's hard because it's important that in this modern age, my friends and I need to be kept constantly abreast of each others' lives. But sometimes when I haven't been on in a minute it's nice to come back to this:

I'm a lazy bitch...

....for just now posting a few fun party pics!!

I had a roof party 2 weekends ago. It was pajama themed and "randomly" sponsored by a company called Greased Lightning. My neighbor was also having a sailor themed party that night so we combined fetes and here are some pics.

You can make up your own captions. Isn't that fun?

Goodbye summer. HEL--LO Fall!

I had a fantastic Labor Day weekend. Saturday my boyfriend and I went to the US Open. It was my first live professional tennis match and I loved all of it. I was slightly disappointed that Rafael Nadal wasn't playing in the night session but I still had a great time. Drinking beer out of souvenir cups at fun events is one of my favorite pastimes. Here are some pics from that. Please note I don't know the lady in that middle picture but I LOVE HER for posing.




Sunday and Monday I spent up close and personal with my roommate and my boyfriend at the beach. They never checked our train tickets on Sunday so we just used them again on Monday and it was great. A highlight of Sunday's train trip to Long Beach was the woman sitting in our little group of seats who was breastfeeding her kid. It's just always awkward to sit next to a breastfeeding stranger. And then on Monday's ride there was another couple by us with a baby but they got the memo and fed the kid from a bottle. But then I saw they were BOTH reading Obama Nation. And I hated them and went from thinking that they were a cute family to hating their conservative souls.

The weather this weekend was beyond perfection and Kristyn and Justin are 2 of the best people to go to the beach with because they stay from sun-up to sundown. Those motherfuckers LOVE TO TAN. They have FREQUENT arguments about who's the tannest and how long that person will hold the title. One of my pet peeves is white people who constantly talk about tanning. But I cut them slack since I see both of them more than anyone else in my life (with the exception of Xtos--thaiinnnnqqqqya) and they both put up with the fact that when I have the tv remote we're going to be watching a fucked up health special--preferably about mulitple births and/or gigantism. So I let them talk about tanning--I only have to deal with it in the summer. The downside of the beach is that my lips got sunburned. Don't even ask me for an explanation.

Sleeping tanorexics

And now it's September. Are you so excited for fall? I am! I have this feeling that it's going to be something else. Gossip Girl started last night and was amazing so that's a good sign. This is my first fall TV season that I will have cable and DVR. Words can't explain how great it is to watch tv and not have to fiddle with the fucking cable coming out of the wall to get reception. And not having to wonder whether or not NBC will be coming in good becuase I want to watch Heroes is going to be just INSANE.

So fall is basically here and life is good......

Oh and this is the new cover of Serbian Vogue