Faking it

travesty! there's been a lot of hoopla on the Internet over the last couple of days about how fake "the hills" is. it's not that I thought that it was 100% real...maybe just 51% real.

it really takes the fun out of getting wrapped up in this silly little show when you find out it's all a sham. I'll be damned! my enjoyment was fully manipulated by the hands of the puppet-masters (the producers) of the show and it's just shameful. it's like that awful feeling you have when you think your significant other is cheating on you, then horror of horrors, your feelings are confirmed. it just feels so dirty!

• sham #1: that gavin dude that went on a date with LC on this week's episode was coaxed into asking her for her digits and taking her on a date by the shows producers. there's an interview with gavin who dishes on the behind the scene dirt. who knows if it's legit, but it makes for good reading.
  
  
• sham #2: lame heidi doesn't really work at the fabulous event production company, bolthouse. it's just for show. not sure why I'm surprised....she seems too much like a dingbat to have a job like that.
  
  
• sham #3: the inexplicable disappearance of LCs nail polish. in one scene her nails are painted, and in the next scene they're not. odd!
  
  
• sham #4: evil duo spencer & heidi are spotted filming spencer dropping off heidi at the airport, leaving LA. then immediately followed by filming heidi at the airport returning from her fake, 2 second trip, being greeted by evil spencer. WTF?!?!

aargh! this sucks! I might have to go and keep up with the kardashians instead. at least there's an off chance for a yummy brody jenner sighting on that show!

**UPDATE**
yet another blurb on the Internet about how fake "the hills" is:

• sham #5: like heidi, audrina's job at sony is just for show! and if that weren't enough, supposedly audrina & LC don't live in the fab apartment complex anymore. I wonder if they ever did!? and as one of my gal-pals astutely noted -- if they're gonna lie about that, doesn't it make you wonder if audrina, whitney are LC's friends in real-life, or were they the fortunate (or unfortunate) by-products of a casting call?

the hills - oh, they soooo did it!

last night's episode of "the hills" was so good that I watched it live AND watched it again today on tivo. I guess after that lame "the hills cram session" last week, any new material would be fantastic. the cram session incidently was a waste of time and a total tease..."including never-before-seen-scenes." come on, people! if you're going to show n-b-s-s's then at least show some juicy footage that matters!

just a couple of highlights from last night, worth pointing out:

1. jen bunney and LC meet up for the first time since the brody hook-up incident. first of all, I have to say that 'jen bunney' would be a great name for a poptart, faux-talented "singer." but, pseudo rock star name aside, why does she front like she's trying to stay out of the drama between LC and evil heidi, then she goes and stirs things up?!? aargh! on the one hand, reaching out to LC and telling her that evil heidi and spencer say that yummy brody jenner is the one who started the sex tape rumors about LC was like extending the proverbial olive branch. but then, she turns around and runs back to evil heidi to tell her that LC says that brody says that evil heidi and spencer are behind the rumors. dummpt-dummpt-dummm!



2. and then, j.bunney straight-up asks evil heidi if spencer did it. juicy! evil heidi got all defensive. why get so defensive so quickly...unless you have reason, no? evil heidi's response, "I can't believe you're coming at me like that" (or something like that) was soooo telling. the girl just got called out, and she can't take it!
   


3. and finally, evil heidi gets home and tells evil spencer about j.bunney's insinuation that he's the rumor-monger. of course they still blame brody. but then spencer doesn't even say a word about denying his own hand in it. isn't that interesting?!? but here's the thing - evil heidi has this weird look on her face. now, I'm not saying I'm any good at reading faces, but the look on her face said one of these things to me: (a) "OMG, my man is shady and I think he might've started the rumors" (b) _______________ (blank, meaning she's clueless and not thinking anything) (c) "did someone fart?"

my take on the situation: evil spencer and heidi are totally behind the sex tape rumors. just look at them. they're such publicity tramps. they must have the paps and the tabloids on their speed dial. why else do we see random pictures of them on the Internet...s & h riding bikes (who cares?), them at random events for g-list wannabe, celebutards.

but like everything in life, including guilty-pleasure reality shows like "the hills", there's a lesson in this episode. you have to look really hard for it sometimes, but here goes...

lesson: confront the drama head on. there's so much to be said in the body language and physical twitches vs. words alone. for instance, when LC confronted yummy brody with the fact that evil spencer & heidi say that he's the one behind the rumors, brody's body language and confidence + his words were convincing that he didn't start the rumors. in contrast to heidi's reaction to j.bunney's questioning whether spencer was behind the rumors and heidi's subsequent facial expression/twitching with spencer (as noted in highlights #2 & #3) have "guilty" written all over!

baby rumble

call it my guilty conscience for being a full-time, working mom, but one of the "truths" that I tell myself to rationalize my reality and to comfort myself for having to be away from my baby is that daycare is actually good for my lil one...it'll help her with socialization skills. maybe it is true. and maybe it remains to be seen. but at the moment, I'm afraid my little cutie pie might be a little bully baby thug.

I know! horror of horrors! my little yum-yum instigated a rumble with another little baby who was only 1 month younger but at least 5 pounds lighter. I was mortified, to say the least!

so this is how it went down:

we were having a delightful, breezy sunday lunch with my hubby and some of his good buddies and their families at one of the fella's homes. one of the guys who was a groomsman in our wedding, has an adorable, cute-cute, petite baby girl (the one that my baby later rumbled with).

there they were, the two little girly girl babies. cute. sweet. both crawling around, exploring and enjoying their newfound independence that comes with mobility when it happened: the confrontation.

under the dining table, the two baby girls found themselves face to face. at first, they cautiously studied each other's face. then they slowly transitioned from crawling position to sitting up, neither one averting their eyes away from the other. and all I thought was, "how sweet! they're gonna be BFFs!" but then what I thought were cooing sounds quickly turned into a cacophony of squawks and squeels when it happened: my baby shoved the petite baby in the shoulder! and then, the petite baby extended her daintly legs in front of her and kicked my baby with her feet. I know, she was only defending herself. none the less, the shoving and kicking match left me immobilized in my horror and disbelief.

my hubby and his buddy quickly intervened (I was useless, obviously), separating the two babies like separating two little puppies that had gotten into a tussle over the last milk bone, while locked in a pen.

in hindsight, what I think went down is that the babies found themselves stuck under the table, crammed between what must've looked like a forest of chair legs to them, and they didn't know how to back up. I know for certain, that my baby at the moment only crawls in one direction, forward. and she'll push her way through whatever's in her way to get from point A to point B, even apparently, if it means shoving a baby who's in her path.

look, I'm just a new mom, still learning the ropes of parenthood. but my hope is that I'll never become complacent in my role as a parent and that it'll be a continuous learning experience. the way I see it - with every mortifying situation (like the baby rumble) and every horrifying experience (like when the baby fell off the bed under my watch...another post, another time...maybe), there's a lesson to be learned, you just have to find it.

in this case, the lesson for me is that even when I'm "watching" the baby, I'm not always actively watching, not anticipating or foreseeing potential hazzards....and I need to be. sure, the baby needs to learn some things on her own. but as a parent, I need to look out for her safety. period. and I realize this baby rumble wasn't a serious safety hazzard to either of the babies (well, maybe slightly for the petite baby...mine is kind of a moose next to her, size-wise). but it's a good lesson to learn without anyone having to get hurt to figure it out.

okay, now don't judge but....

I'm a reality show freak. seriously! I honestly can't think of 1 "scripted" TV show that I'm regularly following. when lunchtime chatter turns to, "hey, did you see the season opening of 'Grey's Anatomy'?" I feel myself fading to the background wondering if I should bring up what they thought of last night's episode of "Newport Harbor."

yeah, yeah, yeah....so I'm north of 30 and I found myself sucked into this season's MTV's "Newport Harbor" -- the replacement show for "Laguna Beach." when the season of "Newport Harbor" started several weeks ago, I was a bit skeptical. I had freakishly grown attached to the pretty people on "Laguna Beach"...even to the evil vixens. (did I mention that I saw cami at south coast plaza over the summer. she's much prettier and more petite in person than on tv, just fyi). anyways, I bring up "Newport Harbor" only because last night was the season finale and I'm lamenting....

first and foremost, are they going to have a season 2? and if they do, who are they going to focus on? boring, doormat taylor and her boyfriend/ex-boyfriend/then bf again, chase? aargh! hope not! so as not to get too salty about the thought of that, I quickly shift my thoughts over to the blossoming, young love of chrissy and clay (chrissy & clay 4ever!)

hmmm....will chrissy and clay be able to maintain a long-distance relationship? is she going to give it up to clay? OMG, did she finally? I mean seriously! if you're gonna give it up for the first time, why not do it with a deliciously handsome lad, like clay! come on! the guy carved their initials on the dock...with a heart around it. too sweet! back when I was in high school, they didn't make yummy high school boys that looked like clay! (I know, I know....call me "Mrs. Robinson"). then I wonder, clay or no clay, now that chrissy's away from home (read: away from her dad) for the first time and with no curfew, is she gonna go butt wild in college in some sort of rebellion-slash-late-bloomer kind of way? oh, but what about clay? yummy clay boy. unless...she rebels and goes wild WITH clay. now you're talking!

and I don't know about you, but did you get the sense that sasha was way more emotional about saying 'bye' to chrissy than chrissy was? just putting it out there.

oh, and what about at the very end, when chrissy got a call on her cell, glanced at the caller id and chose not to pick up. OMG, I had to rewind tivo to get a closer look to see who she was screening out. relief! it was her dad calling (I was afraid she was screening out clay boy!) smart girl!

all in all, that was it...the most climactic point of "Newport Harbor" for me. kinda sad, huh? not in a boo-boo-kitty kind of way. but sad that there wasn't any kind of cliff-hanger. maybe there won't be a season 2.

oh, well! good thing "The Hills" is still on and continues to get very, very juicy. down with heidi and spencer! go team LC!