CONFESSIONS OF A FAT GIRL

Quote of the Night

"I'm sorry but this night is not different than all other nights..." -ME

Let's Look FABULOUS!

Have I got a shopping tip for you - no joke. You know how picky I can be.

So I got an e-mail from this Canadian company, slowly creeping stateside, 1-Plus. They're a parent company to three fashion lines, ALL PLUS SIZED: Pennington's, MXM and Addition Elle. I'm not particularly interested in Pennington's but I'll shove the other two at you. ;) 

Get stateside FASTER! 

They have an affiliate sales program which gets you, my dear readers, 10% off. And, in the interest of full disclosure, earns me a little money if you purchase from the adds I blinged in on your left over there (aren't they pretty) so feel free...

Courtesy of the vendor:

• ADDITION ELLE’s mission is to celebrate the “body confidence” of its plus-sized shoppers with an exciting array of contemporary and classic fashions. In addition to superb collections for work and weekend styles, Addition Elle carries a beautiful selection of intimate apparel, sleepwear, outerwear and accessories designed to address all of its customers’ lifestyle needs, in sizes 14 to 26.
• MXM, a junior 14+ fashion brand, is 5 years young and has quickly grown in popularity by featuring the latest hottest looks and trends. Available in sizes 14 to 26.

But seriously, always happy to see age-appropriate plus sizes that don't look like wallpaper pattern.

  

RICK ASTLEY WILL NEVER...

• Give you up
• Let you down
• Run around
• Desert You
• Make you cry
• Say goodbye
• Tell a lie
• Hurt you

I don't know about you, but I find that comforting.

Inspiration

Take a look at the new quote up top and tell me that doesn't speak volumes...

Quote of the Night-- Well, of LAST Night...

This is basically gonna be an inside joke but it's MY blog ((she says, kicking and pouting)):

"I wish they had eight dollar bills, yo."

She's ambitious. That kid's gonna go far...

Fashion Lust

I'm kind of in love with this dress...

That's all I got (click on the picture to buy -- I would not blame you).

It's funny that someone who wears as much black as I do -- not to mention that I NEVER wear sleeveless anything -- would gravitate toward this dress.

This dress looks like love and happiness.

Tomorrow's Friday. Also happiness. 

INDEED.

Actor Robert Culp Dies

Ok, so I know this is a little weird but seriously, "The Greatest American Hero" was one of my FAVORITE shows growing up. I used to LOVE it. My mom even remembers me being glued to the TV and learning the theme song... My brother and I played in a soccer league and the star of that show, William Katt, had a son in the league and it was my greatest delight to spot him in the park sometimes (and Greg Evigan!) and amuse myself that he was in jeans and a t-shirt, not a red unitard and cape. 

And OMIGOD,the entire series is on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/show?p=8_QMobVz6-A

I always had this little crush on Robert Culp, whom most people knew from "I Spy" and a particularly popular episode "The Golden Girls" but I knew him as Bill Maxwell, the Greatest American Hero's FBI handler. He was this dry-wit, handsome older man... He was the older man crush of my misspent youth.

If you've never encountered this theme song, take a listen/look and tell me you don't LOVE the 1980s campiness:

Actor Robert Culp dies after fall

By Todd Leopold, CNN

March 24, 2010 7:52 p.m. EDT

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Robert Culp, the actor who rose to fame as secret agent Kelly Robinson on the groundbreaking 1960s TV series "I Spy" and later played Ray Romano's father-in-law on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 79.

Culp died after falling on a sidewalk near a Los Angeles park, said his publicist, Dick Delson. Delson had no further details.

The versatile Culp not only acted in "I Spy," which aired on NBC from 1965 to 1968, he also wrote several episodes. The series, which also starred Bill Cosby as Robinson's partner (and, as their covers, trainer to Culp's globe-trotting tennis player), was the first to feature an African-American in a lead role; Cosby won three Emmys for his work.

"I never had so much fun in my life, never, before or since," he said of "I Spy" in a 2007 interview with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Archive of American Television.

Culp and Cosby remained good friends after the series left air.

But Culp could be hard on himself, he said -- material he channeled into Kelly Robinson.

"There are a lot of flaws in Kelly Robinson, much more than you see in the ordinary leading character on a TV show," he said. "Those all come from inside. Those are all part of me."

Culp collapsed near the lower entrance to Runyon Canyon Park, a popular hiking area in Hollywood, according to a Los Angeles Police official.

He was pronounced dead at a hospital a half hour later, Officer Rosaria Herrera said. It was unclear if the fall caused his death, and the coroner has opened an investigation, she said.

Culp made the transition to motion picture actor with mixed success. He starred in 1969's "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," a talked-about film about spouse-swapping couples, as well as 1971's "Hannah Caulder," opposite Raquel Welch, and 1972's "Hickey & Boggs." Later in his career, he also appeared in "The Pelican Brief" (1993).

But he was most often seen on television, appearing in dozens of series episodes and TV movies over his 50-year career, starting with scores of episodes of Westerns and Golden Age dramas in the '50s and early '60s.

His notable credits include a co-starring role in the series "The Greatest American Hero" and appearances on "The Cosby Show," "Columbo," "Wings," "Chicago Hope" and "Raymond."

Culp is survived by his fifth wife, Candace Faulkner.

His five marriages produced five children and five grandchildren, according to his Web site.

 

Traffic in LA: A Blister on the Butt of Humanity

For those of your NOT in Los Angeles, let me explain. There is the valley, and there is the city. If you live in one, to go to the other, you're almost always gonna say "over the hill." And there are about 5 ways to get "over the hill." They are:

• The freeway (the 101 and/or the 405)
• Laurel Canyon
• Coldwater Canyon
• Beverly Glen
• Sepulveda

Did I leave any out? Tough. For the purposes of this post and making my point, you'll live with it.

And here's what happens. EVERY morning, hundreds of thousands of people FORGET that it takes FOREVER to get over the hill and like idiots, crowd up our streets with ridiculous traffic. These hundreds of thousands of L.A. minions turn into driving dummies and forget things like signaling, paying attention, blue tooth headsets and TACT.

So when I am trying to make a left on a residential street a couple blocks EAST of Coldwater, why the hell are these rich ladies in giant SUVs making illegal u-turns out of the Coldwater left-turn lane, not even looking for me or caring if they cut me off or nearly cause my DEATH-by-LAND ROVER... Did they JUST realize that "Hey! Look! There's a line to turn left onto Coldwater! When did that start?"

It started at the dawn of man, you twit. Stop doing your make-up in the car and pay attention. And please, try not to hit my happy little Camry on the way. I'd appreciate it.

Pardon the rant, my friends. I have a wicked case of rage this morning.

Enjoy your Tuesday.

If You're Gonna go OFF Diet...

... at least it will be for free: