Friday, April 17, 2009
So I was driving to work this morning and listening to WOR710 on AM radio..no..not because im 55 years old, but because I could not bear to listen to Lady GAGA sing poker face on loop anymore, and I don't even know whose show I was listening to but they were discussing a letter that PETA had sent to the, vegetarian, Mayor of Newark, NJ. In this letter they asked him to ban the construction of all new fast food restaurants in Newark, citing that the availability of and the proximity to fast food restaurants causes obesity in children (and adults).
So the argument was and still is..whose fault is it that people are obese? Is it the fast food restaurants fault because it exists...or is it the consumers fault for..well consuming? I think economics prove the relationship between supply and demand here...if no one was demanding whoppers..would Burger King still be making them? Probably not. If people stopped eating at McDonald's they would probably stop opening new franchises. I think in this day and age, no one can say they didn't know a Big Mac would make them fat.. I think we're all pretty educated about what we are eating, and if we are not then thats where parents' and the governments focus should be.
Anyway I think PETA is nuts, and no way should Government be controlling any of this anymore than they already are because even though off hand it seems like a great quick solution to a problem we dont know how to solve...but in the end I think it would just be a gateway for government to grow and get bigger and control even more than they already do. The mayor of Newark could tell us about the pro's of being a vegetarian, and the cons of eating fast food, but no way should he actually be controlling what people eat. If they want to be fat, let them, and if you dont want them to be fat, educate them to not want it themselves and we can end the demand.
Ugh...dont freedom fries mean anything anymore?
So the argument was and still is..whose fault is it that people are obese? Is it the fast food restaurants fault because it exists...or is it the consumers fault for..well consuming? I think economics prove the relationship between supply and demand here...if no one was demanding whoppers..would Burger King still be making them? Probably not. If people stopped eating at McDonald's they would probably stop opening new franchises. I think in this day and age, no one can say they didn't know a Big Mac would make them fat.. I think we're all pretty educated about what we are eating, and if we are not then thats where parents' and the governments focus should be.
Anyway I think PETA is nuts, and no way should Government be controlling any of this anymore than they already are because even though off hand it seems like a great quick solution to a problem we dont know how to solve...but in the end I think it would just be a gateway for government to grow and get bigger and control even more than they already do. The mayor of Newark could tell us about the pro's of being a vegetarian, and the cons of eating fast food, but no way should he actually be controlling what people eat. If they want to be fat, let them, and if you dont want them to be fat, educate them to not want it themselves and we can end the demand.
Ugh...dont freedom fries mean anything anymore?
Apes and Grapes!??!!
Whatt?! My co-worker just told me his sister attended an Apes & Grapes event last night at the National Zoo in DC? What? A wine tasting at the National Zoo for young professionals? IM WORKING IN THE WRONG CITY!! ..Bronx Zoo..please make my dreams come true.. (Dream= Animals+Wine=Heaven...whatever I dont care if it sounds wrong)
Perhaps A New Career Path?
So ever since the Eliot Spitzer prostitution fiasco I've been thinking about prostitutes.. ok fine I've been thinking about prostitutes since I saw some gorgeouussssssssssss ones in Monaco when I was there on a work trip a few years back...ok fine I've been thinking about prostitutes ever since I found out what they were...(eeww not b/c I like girls but because its illegal, forbidden, sexy and alluring)...and now I can watch some in action..no not like that..(I think??)
Steven Soderbergh's latest movie The Girlfriend Experience shows us the life of a high class prostitute through the eyes of Chelsea, played by real life porn star Sasha Grey, which should be interesting. This will be playing as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC.
Here is the trailer:
A few months ago, the NY Times Freaknomics Blog interviewed a real life prostitute named Allie.
Here is some of the interview:
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Hehe...so basically my future husband will be sleeping (or drinking wine and chatting??) with a young beautiful vivacious HOOKER. CANNOT WAIT.....
You can read more of the interview on the Freakonomics blog. God why does she have to sound semi intelligent? Maybe I SHOULD reconsider my profession. Advertising Shmedvertising.
Steven Soderbergh's latest movie The Girlfriend Experience shows us the life of a high class prostitute through the eyes of Chelsea, played by real life porn star Sasha Grey, which should be interesting. This will be playing as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC.
Here is the trailer:
A few months ago, the NY Times Freaknomics Blog interviewed a real life prostitute named Allie.
Here is some of the interview:
"
Q. Have you ever had a client as powerful or well-known as Eliot Spitzer? (You haven’t had Spitzer himself as a client, have you?)
A. I have clients that are professional athletes, artists, and entertainers. They are probably better known, but obviously not as powerful. I don’t believe I have ever seen Eliot, or as I like to call him, Number 9.
Q. In what ways is such a client different from your run-of-the-mill client?
A. I haven’t found them to be that different. Some clients are worried that you will give out their information, and others don’t seem to care. You see the same thing with the typical guy that no one knows because he is deathly afraid of getting in trouble with the law, or with his wife.
Q. Do you typically know the true identity of your clients, and if so, how?
A. Yes. Always. I insist that they give me their full names and their place of work so that I can contact them there before we meet. I also check their identification when we meet. I also use verification companies, which assist escorts in verification of clients. These companies do the verification of the client and put them in a database so that when the client wants to meet with a girl for the first time, he doesn’t have to go through the verification process again. For a fee, I can call in and they will tell me if the client has a history of giving the girls problems, where he works, and his full name.
Q. How would you describe your typical client?
A. My clients are generally white, married, and professional males, between 40 and 50 years old, with incomes over $100,000 a year. They tend to be doctors, lawyers, and businessmen looking to get away for a few hours in the middle of the day."Hehe...so basically my future husband will be sleeping (or drinking wine and chatting??) with a young beautiful vivacious HOOKER. CANNOT WAIT.....
You can read more of the interview on the Freakonomics blog. God why does she have to sound semi intelligent? Maybe I SHOULD reconsider my profession. Advertising Shmedvertising.
When I Die
Songs to die for:Sinatra's 'My Way' is most popular song at funerals, poll finds
Beating 2006's most popular song at funerals, which was James Blunts Goodbye My Lover
"Australian rockers AC/DC's Highway to Hell has stormed into the funereal charts along with Queen's Another One Bites The Dust, while Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah has a new lease of life after its recent success on a talent show. " Atleast some people have humor..but I wonder how the deceased ones feel about those song choices..
I think at my funeral I just want people to be miserable and cry..old school style, no top 20 hits for me.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Pretty Boysss
Wow Helena Christens Kid is totally trying to seduce me and ..its working..hehe I'm going to hell.
Q: What’s the difference between Cindy Crawford’s son and Cindy Crawford’s daughter?
A: Not enough
Helena Christensens kid is not too bad either
via popbitch
Yoga Shmoga Nemnoga
I recently ran into a friend of mine who I used to take yoga classes with in High School, and I had just started going to the gym (yet again) and decided to take a yoga class before a workout to stretch. Well turns out the class itself was a workout and two days later I am still sore from some of the poses, but its a good sore, my body feels awake.
Perhaps theres a reason why Yoga makes people feel good..besides the obvious stretching of muscles...turns out its also therapuetic.
About.com says that some of the benefits of yoga are:
Yoga at 12:30 it is!
Perhaps theres a reason why Yoga makes people feel good..besides the obvious stretching of muscles...turns out its also therapuetic.
About.com says that some of the benefits of yoga are:
- reduced stress
- sound sleep
- reduced cortisol levels
- improvement of many medical conditions
- allergy and asthma symptom relief
- lower blood pressure
- smoking cessation help
- lower heart rate
- spiritual growth
- sense of well-being
- reduced anxiety and muscle tension
- increased strength and flexibility
- slowed aging process
Yoga at 12:30 it is!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
When you cant write about love anymore..you write about dead babies
Keeping up with the spirit of the last book I read...which I mentioned in the post below..the next book I read was Dead Babies by Martin Amis. 
This was the first novel of his that I've read, and I'm definitely interested in reading some more of his works. This book was not like any other that I have read although the topics may be familiar. Dead Babies is about youth, beauty, sex, violence and drugs and the whole time manages to keep a magical festive tone. This disgusting carnival is ultimately a satire in which "dead babies" refers to truth, the real world..which the characters in the story would love to avoid at any cost. And wouldn't we all sometimes.
From Book To Film
I have never read a Brett Easton Ellis novel until I recently, randomly picked up a copy of The Informers which was definitely a fun read.
Oddly enough it seems someone else thought this was a fun read and they decided to make it into a movie..which is coming out soon!
Heres the preview:
Cant wait to see it..if you like rich spoiled kids, drugs, sex and vampires you should be excited too =)
Aside from American Psycho..another one of his books was made into a movie in 1987.
Less Than Zero stars Andrew McCarthy & Robert Downy Jr....and like everything else related to Brett Easton Ellis is fun..
Brett Easton Ellis has announced that hes is working on Part 2 of the movie in which he plans to reunite the original cast and show us where they end up 20 years later. He is planning on the movie getting a release date sometime in 2010 ... and I guess well get to see if Julian Wells rises from the grave or not =)
Happy Watching...
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