I say this over and over again: It can be much, much easier to read about something than talk about it. Hopefully, though, that reading will lead to talking. To dealing. To getting better. No matter what, we all need to eat to survive. It’s just a matter of being aware of when, what, and why we are eating, right? Weight can weigh heavy on a person’s mind, especially teenagers who are super self-aware. Being healthy and eating right = more important than being “skinny.” You’d be surprised how many people have unhealthy eating habits that they hide (remarkably well, sometimes) from their family and friends. Other times, people simply turn to food for comfort when they are feeling down, or lonely, or tired. Some snack it up when they are happy and hyper. Here are a few books that aren’t afraid to discuss food or weight, and which will inspire discussions among you and your friends or family.
Rock Band 2 abandoned the Rock Band 1 solo career mode in favor of their world tour structure. No longer does one have to play through every song in every difficulty in order to unlock all of the songs. What is the quickest and easiest way to unlock all eighty-four songs? I’m here to tell you how (without using a cheat code).
One only need play through twenty-five total songs in order to unlock all of the on-disc content embedded in Rock Band 2. The first thing you need to do is start a band—you can do this with only one active member. Once you have selected your instrument of choice, select “Play Challenge.”
International pop sensation The Pussycat Dolls have decided that killing us softly with their cheesy songs and sub-par voices isn’t enough torture, so they’re now crossing over to fashion in an attempt to blind us. When I first heard about their foray into the world of fashion, I immediately envisioned young ladies running around half-naked with only belts and chains on. Do these ladies even wear clothes? But thankfully, or maybe not, The Pussycat Dolls’ founder, Robin Antin, will focus on lingerie. The Shhh collection, in collaboration with Canada’s premiere lingerie brand, La Senza, has been coined by Antin as “sexy underwear as outerwear.” Antin prides herself in offering details such as cut-outs, bows, ruffles, and sassy corsets for the woman who wants to be a Pussycat Doll (or a working girl). In all fairness, the pictures I’ve seen aren’t that terrible. That is, if you keep your lingerie under your clothes!
If I were you, I’d be thinking, “Hey! Doesn’t this comics blog usually come out a little bit earlier?” But I’m not, so I know the truth! There was a mercury spill at the UPS warehouse! As a positive side effect, though, our UPS driver now has all of the abilities of a T-1000.
The biggest comics disaster of the week, though, is the fact that Secret Invasion still hasn’t shipped. Because that means that no books that tie in to Secret Invasion can ship either. Weirdly enough, it doesn’t seem to have any effect on books that take place after Secret Invasion . . .
The CFDA Winner Is . . .
Alexander Wang! The twenty-three-year-old wunderkind designer, who has been making a name for himself with his edgy, ultra-stylish, model-off-duty looks, was chosen as this year’s winner by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue. So what exactly does this mean for Wang? Well, he’s scored $200,000 to continue to expand his business, and a year’s worth of mentoring. If past winners are any indication—Proenza Schouler, Doo-Ri Chung, and Trovata—Wang’s future is bright!
Check out Alexander Wang’s Fall 2008 collection here.
It’s the season for giving, receiving, and celebration. Despite the common notion that we are all broke and poor, it’s time for a fact check when it comes to wealth. Hint: it should not be measured in iPods or shoes, college tuition or the model year of the family car. We’re not interested in how you measure up against the family down the street but instead, the family across the globe. Let’s talk about what wealth means to a majority of the world’s six billion inhabitants.
You see, despite all the talk of our nation being in crippling debt, heading into a recession, and suffering from rising prices and job losses, we are still amazingly wealthy. Sure, these are real problems that require serious solutions, but stagnant growth has nothing on widespread starvation and malnutrition.
For those of you who love to travel (like me) but haven’t been able to get out and about in the last few years because of the economy and other assorted reasons, the Travel Channel makes for a fun-filled vacation-in-a-box.
One of my new favorite shows is Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (Tuesday nights), which sends this portly everyman worldwide to taste foods that you’d probably barf tasting yourself. The last couple of episodes I’ve seen have made me both wince (in pure disgust) and chuckle (with a ghoulish delight) repeatedly for the entire, food-packed hour. Zimmern has a face that he makes when tasting something nasty that speaks a million words—it’s one of those bordering-on-puking, why-did-I-put-that-in-my-mouth? expressions. You can’t help but feel for the guy.
Katherine sure loves being the center of attention and keeping people on their toes. Giving up 5 percent of her Jabot stock to Gloria? Astonishing. Amber owning the rights to the memoir? Juicy! Jill having to share the house fifty-fifty with Esther? Brilliant! Katherine wasn’t the only one popping up in people’s lives today, however. Dearly Departed John put in a few appearances of his own, bringing out very telling insights in characters we thought we knew.
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