David Beckham Ellen Degeneres October 2010

I would call him whatever he wanted. Yet another reason why I love this man

They can't stop me from Voting

So today was election day in Toronto. I didn't even know if I wanted to vote, but  I knew it was my duty, so after work I went to exercise this right. I didn't expect the battle I was going to endure.

As in past elections, federal, provincial and municipal they have a voters booth set up in my condo. So when I got home I went downstairs with my ID to vote. Well the man at the booth said there was an error and the building I live in was split in half by mistake and I would have to go to another polling booth 1/2 hour away, even if my address was the same as the polling both I was standing in.

Well that is outrageous. When I starting to disagree with him, he said that is how it is. Too bad for me. As a tax payer and resident of this city, that was not the answer I wanted to hear. You want me to walk to another polling station 30 minutes away? My family didn't come to Canada before it even was a country so I would have to walk 30 minutes to vote. I will not take this injustice!

I called the City of Toronto Election Office and told how I was being refused my right to vote and will take this to the media!
The 2 people I spoke with on the phone were very nice and told me to demand that I be given a voters card. That they would be sending a supervisor to the polling station to see what was going on.

So I walked 2 whole floors back down to the polling station in my condo, (ok I took the elevator) with my ID in hand again. This time the line up was huge, maybe 10 people. As I approached my turn again I could see the guy wanted to send me away again.

I told him that I spoke with the Election Office and you have to let me vote! I will not leave again.

Then he goes. Thanks for calling, do you own or rent? I own. Public or Catholic? Public. Here is your card, Mark one in each section and then hand it back to me.

That was it! That is all I had to do. I spent 20mins fighting for this?

Then the polls close at 8pm and at 8:06 they declare Rob Ford the winner. It took 6 whole minutes for that.

I tried to watch the disaster that was the CP24 election party coverage. Ben Mulroney & the coke addict from BNL singing. Thank god Dancing with the Stars was on.

Gordon Pinsent Reads Bieber

At 16 Justin Bieber wrote his autobiography. Hearing some of the highlights read by Gordon Pinsent makes me want to run to the bookstore and buy it!

Too Much Bieber?

Well today is a prime example the world has gone mad, or at least Justin Bieber crazy. First I read that he got into a "fight" with a 12 year old boy while playing laser tag. I can only image how that went down. But that was not the craziest Bieber news of the day.

 OPI is coming out with a line of nail polish inspired by Justin Bieber. Excuss me, what, are you freaking kidding me. What the hell is he doing a line of nail polish for? I didn't believe it, but it is true. This is taken right from Glamour.com

 "Come December, you'll be able to walk into your local Walmart and buy the collection. Called One Less Lonely Girl, will make its debut with six shades: One Less Lonely Glitter (pale purple), Prized Possession Purple (grape), Give Me The First Dance (silver), Me + Blue (metallic blue), OMB! (metallic red), and Step 2 the Beat of my Heart (heart shaped specks). Come February, the collection will be made available at other stores, including Target and Sears. "

I can't wait to go out and have someone say. "I love your nail polish colour."

Then I can say " Its Step 2 the Beat of my Heart from the Justin Bieber OPI line."

I can't wait till his spring makeup  line comes out.

Lori

Two Strikes for Oprah

Everybody knows, I love Oprah. But over the past few years even I, one of her biggest fans have some issues.

So here are the 2 strikes I have against Oprah.

1) Her "My favorite Things Show, Recession Edition" Sorry Oprah but nobody wanted to see things such Gratitude boxes, boxes filled with mementos or spending time with loved ones? Come on - No  thanks Oprah.
What I want to see is the $20,000  refrigerator, the one with a HDTV,Internet, & DVD.(even thou I have no idea who has cable hooked up in the kitchen where the fridge is, but who cares. I guarantee loved ones would be talking about that.) $70 Croissants flown in from France  or a $2000 Crystal Watch.

2) The movie Precious. Ok if you haven't seen this movie, and for some reason want to, stop reading now. Although I'm telling you don't watch it, it may be the most depressing movie ever made. 
Oprah went on and on about how this was the movie of the year. A must see, so of course I saw it.
It is about this girl who's nickname I think is Precious, but it doesn't matter. She is 17, can't read past a grade 4 level, has 1 kid by her father, has another one on the way, also by her father and has a mother that beats her. Sounds like an uplifting story right. Well if you think that it can't get worse - wrong. She finds out that she is HIV positive by that same father who has just died from it. Wow uplifting. I mean HIV?  Could they not have given this girl diabetes? Give her a fighting chance!  Based on the fact that she is 250 -300 pounds this would not be that difficult to believe. Then the movies ends. She gets to keep her 2 kids and can now read at a grade 7 level.
If that is Oprah's idea of uplifting then my idea is very different.

3) So far I don't have one, but she still has a season left. If she does have a 3rd strike, I'll be forced to only watch her show 3/5 days a week. That would be a disaster.

Lori

Who hasn't broken up yet?

This was a big week for celebrity splits and break ups. First Courteney Cox and what's his name, then Christina Aguilera and what's his name. 

For Counteney this is a good thing because now she can hit the bars along with her "friend" Jennifer Aniston. I see reality show! "The Real Cougar Town"

  

Who is this guy?



Poor Christina, her album flopped, her tour flopped, her soon to be released disaster of a musical with Cher, "Burlesque" will most likely flop (I will of course go see it only for Cher) and now her marriage flopped. If that couldn't get worse her VH1 Behind the Music needs to be updated. She goes on and on about how he is the greatest man in world blah blah. Poor thing, but don't worry Dancing with The Stars will be calling in a year or so.



"Carry those bags!"



But on another note Jessica Simpson has confessed her love to some guy that she as being dating for a few months ,don't worry nobody will remember him unless she doesn't shut up about him. Good luck with that one Jessica, I'm sure its love.

Now please Katy Perry will you get married soon, I can't wait to hear about your divorce.







Chelsea Lately: Snooki and Pauly D

As I said when I started this blog, I am a big fan of Chelsea Handler. I am also a big fan of Jersey Shore, so this clip is a no brainer. Also I am in the process of trying to figure out what to be for Halloween. After watching this, I think that I know now.

Bill O'Reilly makes them go crazy on The View

For those of who don't know yet, some stuff went down on The View today, and I LOVED it.

Now most know that if asked what my dream job would be, it's to be the 6th co-host of The View, or if they got rid of Elizabeth, the 5th co-host.

 On today's show Bill O'Reilly was yelling about something, something so bad that it made Joy & Whoopie  get up and walk out for 2 whole minutes!

But what makes this even more exciting is the scolding that Barbara threw at the two of them for walking out. They should know not to mess with Babs. Just because she had heart surgery in the summer, doesn't mean she won't put you in your place. Even Oprah knows that.  My god even Bill O'Reilly acts like a scared little boy when Babs makes him apologize

The stuff gets good at the 5:45 mark. Enjoy.

Dancing with the Stars Pt 2

Ok so I have missed a few weeks of reviewing DWTS, but I'm back now.

First off, I admit I can't stand Brandy and can't wait to see her voted off, but unfortunately she made it this week.

Jennifer Grey has become my personal favorite to win. Here is why. She is 50 years old. Got a nose job that ruined her career. Has two screws in her neck from a car accident and had a cancerous tumor removed. Whats your sob story Brandy? Oh she was in a car accident that killed someone, never mind.

Buffalo's own Goo Goo Dolls are on. This probably would have been more exciting if it was 2000. Even better is my mom calling me to ask "Are they the ones from Buffalo Lori?" Yes mom they are.

Now I getting nervous will The Situation make it to dance /fist pump next week? Can they waste anymore time stretching this out? What is going on with those trapped miners in Chile? (I'm flipping between this and CNN)

NOOOOO!

Goodbye The Situation. No fist pumps tonight.

Wine in a Box

Some people may judge me for my love of wine in a box, but I say let them.  When I go  visit my parents in Niagara Falls the one thing that I look forward to is the box of wine waiting for me.

Nothing says Niagara Falls like a 4 liter box of wine! (my opinion only) It has to be made in Niagara or what's the point.

Never mind being better for the environment, or more cost effective. Its just  fun to pour your wine from a cardboard box, rather then a bottle.

As you can see from my pictures taken from the Wine Outlet store that boxed wine comes different brands.



This was full with boxes of wine

4L!! Yes you read that right.



Notice a couple of missing boxes?

 My personal favorites are the ones made from both domestic AND imported wines. It is like a buffet of wine! How can anyone not love that.

Lori

Oprah's Big Reveal

For the few people that don't know, I love Oprah! I only listen to what Oprah tells me, I only read the books Oprah tells me and I can't wait for the Oprah TV channel. So of course I watched the season premier of her final season.

I found this clip from other great show that is not aired in Canada anymore, The Soup.

Just in case you couldn't hear her (she said it very quietly)  they "ARE GOING TO AUSTRALIA!!!!!, WE ARE GOING TO AUSTRALIA, WE ARE GOING TO AUSTRALIA!!!' and "JOHN TRAVOLTA IS FLYING THE PLANE!!!

This just made me laugh.

Stuck in an elevator....

is not as fun as it sounds. Trust me. Today after work I was going out for an evening of drinks and gossip. However when a full elevator of 12 people got to the 3rd floor it stopped. I figured that maybe we would be stuck for 5 minutes or so. I was very wrong.

 I was with my friend Judy who immediately sent a text to her husband to let him know that she was ok. I immediately sent a text to my friend Lauren to order my drink, and in case I didn't make it out, my final wishes.

After 30 minutes and some stressful moments the door opened. People ran out of the elevator like they had been held captive for days. Some even compared it to the trapped miners in Chile but I think that was a bit overkill.

In the end we made it out and everything was fine again.

I survived Semi Precious Weapons

I first saw SPW in July when they opened for Lady Gaga at the ACC, so this weekend they were back in Toronto. It took place at Wrongbar and besides not being able to find a parking spot and trying to figure out how I cracked my front tooth, the show was crazy.

The opening act was some guy who walked around with a pink hand mirror and a glitter heart shirt. I can say I have never seen anything like that before.  It was like Nuit Blanche, they say its art but really its just a guy walking around with a pick hand mirror and a glitter heart shirt.

Then it was Semi Precious Weapons  "“I can’t pay my rent, but I’m fucking gorgeous"  Basically Shakespeare set to music. You have to give it up for any guy who can high kick like a rockette, wearing 4 inch heals all while singing. Impressive.

After a very entertaining hour plus show it was all over. Lucky for us we were able to meet the lead singer Justin Tranter. Not only did I want to tell him how great the show was, but also what eyeliner do you use? He never answered my question, but I am hoping next time they are in Toronto I can ask again.                      





me with Justin Tranter

Lori

The Weekend Starts..

So first off, I would like to thank my friends who have been giving me such great and positive  feedback on my blog. It really means a lot. Yes Bevan I am giving you a "special" shout out.

So I want to start off saying that the biggest news of the week for me was not Michael Bolton's early demise on DWTS, or finding out from Jersey Shore that Nutella is made in Canada,  it was that OWN - The Oprah Winfrey Network is coming to Canada!
With shows like Oprah's Next Chapter, Oprah Presents, Oprah Behind The Scenes and Oprah Tell Us What To Read, I am already counting down the days till 24 hour Oprah. (January 1 2011)
 I will talk about  my love for everything Oprah in future posts.

"I'm coming Bitches!"

Also this week I went into a U2 coma. It is like a sugar coma, but better. That will be explained in an upcoming post. 

Now Dancing with the Stars. The most surprising thing about this weeks show, was not the 3 that Bruno gave Michael Bolton, or the boos at Sarah Palin. It was her daughter Bristol Palin being introduced as a "Teenage Advocate"? I guess "Teenage mom & high school graduate (??)" didn't sound as appealing.

The weekend is just hours from starting and my Vodka is chilling.

Lori