Here's my impressions on the MTV 2002 Music Video awards.
I loved Jimmy's Fallon's opening. He did a great impression of Enrique Inglesias and Dave Matthews. Enrique was with some girl, who I thought looked really familiar. That girl turned out ot be Anna Kournikova. She looked like your typical trashy rock star girlfriend. Didn't she just lose a match at the US Open, and get booed of the court? I guess she's finding solace in Enrique's arms. He really is quite dishy!
Bad trashy outfits
Gwen Stefani. What was up with that white undershirt and poufy leather black studded skirt? What about that rastafarian (yellow, red and green) wrist band she was wearing? What's up with that? Was she pledging her allegiance to the reggae/ska flag by wearing it, or was she wearing it on a whim?
Britney Spears - yikes! She's so scary, but I'm sure some people, especially men, loved that teenybopper dominatrix look.
Christina Aguillera - She is really thin, and rackless to boot. She's the kind of chick you see on the street who is wearing a skimpy top, and you think to yourself, "what's the point? there's nothing to show." No hips either. Was that the way she really talks or was she trying to sound ghetto? I liked her salute to the 60's with that silly cap she had on. Poor woman really needs a stylist, or if she has one, fire that person immediately!
Michelle Branch - Okay, I know the 60's looks are really trendy, but honestly that dress looked like a rug or something. A really bad looking rug. I don't think anyone would buy it for their home, if it was a rug.
The highlight of the show definitely had to be Guns-n-Roses! God, they rocked! They really showed the Hives, The White Stripes and The Vines what rock and roll really means. I am definitely buying the new Guns-n-Roses cd when it comes out. Axel Rose looked a little road weary, but hey the guy is old. He's still quite the looker though, and I loved his dreads.
The P. Diddy number was definitely over the top. I didn't know P Diddy could dance; that was a revelation. Michael Jackson looked like he was dressed as a hockey goalie, but for what kind of hockey game is unclear. What happened to his face? He was so cute as a kid! What was up with Lisa Marie Presley's voice? Is that the way she really sounds? It was so throaty and ghetto. Maybe talking like you grew up in the ghetto, even though you so did not, is the fad now?
I loved Pink. Was she really drunk? Probably. She totally looks like a party girl. Okay, her outfit was totally trashy too, but that's the way she was dressed in her last video so I wasn't quite so shocked. What was up with J Lo's hair? Perhaps she was showing her Bronx roots by that do?
Avril Lavigne is only 17 years old, and looked and dressed like it. What a trip to be that young and to have her fame? I hope she doesn't end up drugged out because of it, and we end up watching her sad life story on Behind the Music.
I loved Ja Rule. He has the sexiest voice! And the reviews are true. Justin Timberlake looked like he was doing a Michael Jackson interpretation. Bruce Springstein was fabulous, but then he always is. It was great to see him opening the show with that 9/11 song. Shakira's performance was great too, although it felt like she jumping on the garage band sound with her song.
What's up with all the mumbling? The Hives, The Vines and Sheryl Crow mumbled through their song. Was it my TV, MTV sound, or were they really mumbling. It was so annoying!
Eminem, what can I say? He can definitely rap, and his tally of VMA trophies says alot, despite what his critics have to say.
Friday, August 30, 2002
The major league baseball strike has been averted, but I think it's a band-aid to a problem that's going to keep continuing. I think the players and owners didn't strike because of the negative fan reaction. In 2006, I think we will be in the same position we are in today.
Skip Bayless is on the Jim Rome show, and he's calling it the luxury tax and revenue sharing a "quasi-salary cap". I don't know why they don't have a salary cap in baseball; it seems to work for football and basketball. Baseball is exempt from anti-trust laws, but not basketball and football. Why is this?
The Oakland A's are the only reason I'm happy about the baseball strike being averted. I think the A's can go all the way this year. The Yankees aren't as strong. The pitching is better. The A's on are on winning streak, and the Angels and the Mariners seem to be running out of steam. I think the A's could blow any team in the National League away, including the Diamondbacks.
I know I should be rooting for the SF Giants, but I don't think they have a chance of making the playoffs. The Dodgers are way too hot.
It would be great to have the SF Giants and the Oakland A's in a world series, but then my loyalties would be torn. I love the A's because the median age of the team is 25 years old; I love Barry Zito; I think Billy Beane is a genius; and besides the Oakland A's are the boy band team, the NSync of major league baseball. How could I not love them? But I'm a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, and the SF Giants are my team; they deserve my loyalty. My heart belongs to the A's, but when push comes to shove, I would root for the Giants against the A's.
Skip Bayless is on the Jim Rome show, and he's calling it the luxury tax and revenue sharing a "quasi-salary cap". I don't know why they don't have a salary cap in baseball; it seems to work for football and basketball. Baseball is exempt from anti-trust laws, but not basketball and football. Why is this?
The Oakland A's are the only reason I'm happy about the baseball strike being averted. I think the A's can go all the way this year. The Yankees aren't as strong. The pitching is better. The A's on are on winning streak, and the Angels and the Mariners seem to be running out of steam. I think the A's could blow any team in the National League away, including the Diamondbacks.
I know I should be rooting for the SF Giants, but I don't think they have a chance of making the playoffs. The Dodgers are way too hot.
It would be great to have the SF Giants and the Oakland A's in a world series, but then my loyalties would be torn. I love the A's because the median age of the team is 25 years old; I love Barry Zito; I think Billy Beane is a genius; and besides the Oakland A's are the boy band team, the NSync of major league baseball. How could I not love them? But I'm a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, and the SF Giants are my team; they deserve my loyalty. My heart belongs to the A's, but when push comes to shove, I would root for the Giants against the A's.
Thursday, August 29, 2002
More weird coincidences to prove the world is smaller than you think.
John Kruk and Chris Rose, from the Fox Sports show "The Best Damn Sport Show Period", are subbing for Jim Rome on his radio show. I tried watching their show, but wasn't that impressed with it. Chris and John together however, are quite funny.
Anyway, John Kruk was born in Charleston, West Virginia. There's that West Virginia connection thing going again. Chris Rose when to Miami University in Ohio. Paul, the exboyfriend who died in May, went to Miami University too.
I wonder if this means I need to give that sports show another chance. Chris and John do the guy talk thing, and they're very funny.
John Kruk and Chris Rose, from the Fox Sports show "The Best Damn Sport Show Period", are subbing for Jim Rome on his radio show. I tried watching their show, but wasn't that impressed with it. Chris and John together however, are quite funny.
Anyway, John Kruk was born in Charleston, West Virginia. There's that West Virginia connection thing going again. Chris Rose when to Miami University in Ohio. Paul, the exboyfriend who died in May, went to Miami University too.
I wonder if this means I need to give that sports show another chance. Chris and John do the guy talk thing, and they're very funny.
My horoscope for the week from a favorite astrology website. It sounds like good things are supposed to be happening to me. I hope so. I was little down yesterday when I started thinking about my writing. I think writing is my life purpose. I was even told by that spiritual medical intuitive, who I was seeing for health problems, that writing is my life purpose. But I don't know. Some aspects of writing are so easy for. Other aspects like grammar are hard, difficult, horrific, an assault on my psyche sometimes, only because I feel that I have zero ability in grammar. Okay, I know that's not completely true. I think I write in complete sentences most of the times. But God, the gap between where I am, and where I think I need to be seems gigundous! Gigundous, such a strange word isn't it? I have a website linked at home that's called gigundous.
Stephen King said, in his book on writing, that the level of writing is like a pyramid. There are few people at the top, like James Joyce and Aldous Huxley, then there are few people at the bottom, like maybe genre writers like Danielle Steele, and then everybody else is is the middle. The big middle.
I definitely know at this point, I'm not at the top of the pyramid. I'm not trying to invent a new way of writing. I'm not trying to push the limits of language, tradition and convention. I don't even has aspirations to be a scholarly writer, or write what a friend of mine would call, "high brow" books.
I guess my dilemma is I don't know if I'm even I make the bottom part of the pyramid. God, I wouldn't mind writing books like Danielle Steele. Her books are great for reading at the beach and on the trips. It's all too depressing to think about right now.
I think I'm at the point in any process, where you don't see any progress happening. You know progress is happening, but you don't see it. Instead, the only thing you're aware of is the gap between where you are and where you would like to be.
I have to remember that just because I don't see any progress, it doesn't mean that I'm not moving forward. That a day will come when I'll feel like I took a huge leap forward, that I just skipped a bunch of steps, that I made evolutionary progress. But the truth is I didn't skip steps and I didn't make evolutionary progress. My progress was slow and steady; I just wasn't aware of it most of the time. I hope I'm at this point that progress is happening, and that I'm not just now aware of it.
AQUARIUS
August 29-September 4
© 2002 Linda Rankin
Forecast
With Mars making a sign change to get this week rolling expect to find new outlets for your ambitions, new ways to act out your ideals and a more compelling focus on passion to greet you, Aquarius. In that ever-wonderous way the universe works this steady, diligent, decidedly intellectual new tone Mars wears suits your own desires and passions perfectly. Think about it....think some more...than do it.
Consider where a life dream has changed. Consider how you have changed. Consider how the outer components of your world have changed and where necessary rewrite those dreams. An adjustment may be called for and is worth any effort you put into reworking ideals that need reworking. A passionate focus on your truth grows in intensity as the days go along. Ask yourself...how clearly you are living your truths.
Falling in love or like or lust. Finding a fascinating new possibility or person or idea to become enchanted with are all possible as Venus trines your own ruling planet...Uranus later in the week. Unusually objectives might lead to changing plans. A new friendship could be born in your world. A new mission could surface. Keep your eyes open...and stay flexible.
Stephen King said, in his book on writing, that the level of writing is like a pyramid. There are few people at the top, like James Joyce and Aldous Huxley, then there are few people at the bottom, like maybe genre writers like Danielle Steele, and then everybody else is is the middle. The big middle.
I definitely know at this point, I'm not at the top of the pyramid. I'm not trying to invent a new way of writing. I'm not trying to push the limits of language, tradition and convention. I don't even has aspirations to be a scholarly writer, or write what a friend of mine would call, "high brow" books.
I guess my dilemma is I don't know if I'm even I make the bottom part of the pyramid. God, I wouldn't mind writing books like Danielle Steele. Her books are great for reading at the beach and on the trips. It's all too depressing to think about right now.
I think I'm at the point in any process, where you don't see any progress happening. You know progress is happening, but you don't see it. Instead, the only thing you're aware of is the gap between where you are and where you would like to be.
I have to remember that just because I don't see any progress, it doesn't mean that I'm not moving forward. That a day will come when I'll feel like I took a huge leap forward, that I just skipped a bunch of steps, that I made evolutionary progress. But the truth is I didn't skip steps and I didn't make evolutionary progress. My progress was slow and steady; I just wasn't aware of it most of the time. I hope I'm at this point that progress is happening, and that I'm not just now aware of it.
AQUARIUS
August 29-September 4
© 2002 Linda Rankin
Forecast
With Mars making a sign change to get this week rolling expect to find new outlets for your ambitions, new ways to act out your ideals and a more compelling focus on passion to greet you, Aquarius. In that ever-wonderous way the universe works this steady, diligent, decidedly intellectual new tone Mars wears suits your own desires and passions perfectly. Think about it....think some more...than do it.
Consider where a life dream has changed. Consider how you have changed. Consider how the outer components of your world have changed and where necessary rewrite those dreams. An adjustment may be called for and is worth any effort you put into reworking ideals that need reworking. A passionate focus on your truth grows in intensity as the days go along. Ask yourself...how clearly you are living your truths.
Falling in love or like or lust. Finding a fascinating new possibility or person or idea to become enchanted with are all possible as Venus trines your own ruling planet...Uranus later in the week. Unusually objectives might lead to changing plans. A new friendship could be born in your world. A new mission could surface. Keep your eyes open...and stay flexible.
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