Aubrey speaks out

With all of the Danity Kane hoopla going on, the usual motor mouth Aubrey O'Day managed to remain pretty mum on her side of the story. Today she released the following on her Myspace blog:

Friday, February 06, 2009

Aubrey on DK ..............Come one, come all… .... It’s a new year…so as my dear friend Miss Woods says, ‘let’s find something new to talk about!’ My theme this year; let go of the past, and focus on all of the beautiful things that are about to fill our future! I know most of you find that relevant to me in relation to my departure from dear ol’ DK. I’ve stayed away from directly responding or commenting on the negativity, or misguided views and judgments that have unfortunately been the voice of summarizing Danity Kane. But, since I’ve launched a new myspace, and have a new theme of the year… its only fair to finally put my thoughts of DK to rest. .... For those of you who care, Danity Kane was a beautiful experience, filled with all of life’s wonderful ups and downs, and I will forever be blessed to have had that experience with none other than Drea, Dawn, Shan, and D. Each one of those girls is a talent to be reckoned with… and beyond pure talent which I hands down experienced on a daily basis from each girl, each girl really did want to be a role model and change the world in their own little way… and that’s what made us real, what made us the truth, what made us something to believe in, and that inner desire on all of our parts has not changed… you may be seeing expression of emotions succeeding expression of actual reality, but that does not change the reality that ever girl in this group had a dream, and we fought long and hard to see it become reality. There is no rulebook to life, and how to handle your dreams once you get them. We are NOT a sad story of lose, betrayal, and something to teach you what not to do next time… we are a story of courage, determination, fearlessness, and at the end of the day, real emotion. We made not have given the world the answer to how to make different types of women unite as one for eternity… but we wanted to try and that’s more than most do! .... That all said, lets support the future of us all, and forgive the negativity and lost emotions. Life is to be enjoyed and cherished, and experience is something we should all be thankful for, not look at in regret. We all have lost jobs, suffered bad relationships, felt suffocated, unappreciated, sick of giving in, and determined to take a stand whether anyone is behind us or not… SO really, like we always said… we were never any different than anyone else… and we loved that! .... THUS, My first blog! One of many to come, I love you all, stay happy, its all we have! .... Aubrey .... P.S. cop the playboy in stored Feb. 13th, its only partial nudity… and one of the most beautiful works I’ve created thus far! Part of me finally letting it all go! .... P.P.S. Remember guys… It’s not over when you lose, it’s over when you quit!

I think she did a wonderful job of not addressing anything at all, but I'll commend her for turning over a new leaf and seeming to rise above all the craziness and move forward with her life. Kudos.

I wonder if Puff let her out of her contract or if he is going to still make some cash off of her? Mmmm...

Hair Therapy

This is the flat iron that changed my life. The Pro-Select Ionic Ceramic Pink Flat Iron is officially my new best friend. After a visit to my stylist on Saturday I was determined to pay close attention to everything she did, products she used... hell, even the flick of her wrist, all in my attempt to recreate that fresh out of the salon bounce, shine and style. She advised me to go to a discount store like Marshalls or TJ Maxx because they've been known to have top of the line products for amazing deals. Yesterday during my lunch I was on the hunt and Marshalls at 600 N. Michigan Ave. was my hunting ground. After an hour of rummaging thru cheapy flat irons and blow dryers I finally found it! There were 3 left and they had all been strategically placed behind dozens of other products. I wasn't about to play any games so I was definitely digging thru anything and everything in sight! This hair gem was only $29.99 and easily compares to a CHI (and other top of the line flat irons that cost $100+). I was so eager to wash my hair this morning ( I like either Protene for curly hair or Neutrogena Triple Moisture Cream Lather) and try out my new purchases. I started by blow drying my hair with my new Revlon Tourmaline Ionic Ceramic blow dryer! This thing is no joke...it literally cut my drying time from 20 mins to 5 mins! Simply amazing. I also got this at Marshalls for $18.99. Anyways, I followed up with the flat iron and keep in mind, I've used a ceramic flat iron before but didn't think that the "ionic" part would really do that much... boy was I wrong! This flat iron is amazing! My hair has never felt silkier, looked smoother and felt so light and airy without going to the salon. I've always been able to style my hair, it was just an uphill battle trying to get it as smooth as the salon! I'm so excited to have this product and share with everyone. For any ladies that are slaves to their flat irons, please scour your local Marshalls or TJ Maxx and see if you can find this flat iron... you won't be disappointed!

Reality Wrap-Up

Bad Girl's Club - The girls are off to Vegas and ready to party! They go to see the Thunder From Down Under and in addition to getting invited on stage (Ashley and Amber B.) the guys come to hang with them after the show. Ashley instantly starts acting like a groupie (flashback to last week's episode when she was jocking Joey from Real World Hollywood) and is all over one of the dancers. Feeling a bit threatened and the need to prove that Ashley isn't all that, Amber B. steps in and steals the guys attention. Same shit, different day - - they get into a mini argument and keep it moving. (I must say that I loved how Amber B. pointed out to Ashley that the dude really was just a stripper. Since when are people claiming strippers... male strippers at that? Foolishness...) The next night the ladies are invited on stage to open for the bootleg version of the Pussycat Dolls show. For the most part they did a terrible job and to make matters worse Ashley and Sara flashed the audience. I guess since it's Vegas you're allowed to be as slutty as you want to be. Moving on, the Ambers decide to make their friendship official and go thru with a wedding ceremony. They relunctantly drag the other girls to the chapel with them until (surprise, surprise) the minster refuses to wed them! What a waste of time...

After the show went off 3 of the ladies appeared on the Tyra Show (Sara, Amber M., and Tiff). Tyra is gettin gold because she acts like nobody has ever done anything before in life. She had the ladies on the stage asking them a series of questions and was acting all "shock and awe" over everything. Some of the questions:

1. Have you ever bought anything out of a sex store?

2. Have you ever kissed someone of the same sex?

3. Have you had sex with more than X amount of people?

4. Have you ever flashed your boobs?

The Tyra Show is starting to turn into the grandma show. She really should get out and start living life.

Real Housewives of Orange County - Tamra's mom is 4 weeks into her face lift recovery and we get to see the results. She looks amazing! Seriously, they need to hang out face lifts! They do wonders... Vicki went scrub shopping with her daughter Briana (I actually really like her daughter. She is mature and an RN... I love that she has a real career and isn't freeloading like her tool of a brother). Gretchen's fiance, Jeff, is finally home and out of the hospital after 2 months (sadly we all know that he has passed away since the show started airing...). The ladies all head to Vegas for a women's weekend (I'd say girls but these are grown ass women...). It seems like an alright time. I'm not well versed in how the 40+ crowd likes to party, but it looked like they were having fun. Personally, I would've needed more booze, men, parties, and stilettos to enjoy Vegas but that's just me. lol...

Reality Wrap-Up

The City - Recession? Depression? It can't be so... Allie was able to hook Erin up with a job with a quickness. Don't you love networking? I found it hard to imagine that her interview would've consisted of 2 mins worth of questions and then instantly be hired, but gotta love friends that can hook you up! As part of the One Management team, Erin is invited out with her new company to a dinner party. Making a much welcome appearance at the party was Kelly Cutrone (Whitney's old boss and the owner of People's Revolution). Allie was beyond uncomfortable (the night before at Kelly's b-day party, she kept mentioning how skinny Allie was and repeatedly asking if she was okay). Kelly apologized for "devastating" Allie with her comments/questions but said she really just wanted to make sure she was okay. What I truly love about this situation is that when Whitney tried to give Olivia the run down at work, Olivia advised her to "just leave it alone" and to "stay out of it". I love Olivia. I wonder if MTV is going to tell her that at some point she'll need to start giving 2 shits about the petty drama going on in her castmates lives. The next day Whitney meets with Kelly and tells her that she hurt Allie's feelings. Kelly nicely tells her that she wishes she could apologize for what she said, but she can't. (She must have forgot that Kelly is 44yo and a grown ass woman...) Kelly believes that the acceptable "skinny" in fashion is warped and out of control. She stands by her statement that Allie is too skinny (32-23-33, 5'8").

Allie's defense is that she's a "working model" and "of course she's skinny". My point of view, yes models are thin. Some are unhealthy. Some are just naturally that way. I believe that having some meat on your bones is a much better look. I think it's better on the eyes to see someone with boobs, butt, thighs... it just looks better to me. This in no way knocks the skinny girls out there and as models it goes along with the job title... but there is a fine line between thin and gross.

Daddy's Girls - Yes, I watched it again! lol... As a result of a scheduling conflict at the dog groomer (yes... this is the extent of their days) Angela and Vanessa find themselves on the hunt for an assistant. With the help of their cousin, Jessica, and friends Lynn and Alycia they start interviewing people. Beating out the bunch was Tony - a guy that managed to impress the ladies by running out of the final interview to grab Angela some tea (he overheard her asking if anyone had gotten her tea. Nobody had. He stepped up to the plate and got the job done... with honey, lemon and a smile. It also didn't hurt that their dogs immediately took to him). With the task of hiring an assistant out of the way the ladies focused their attention on a meeting where they pitched the idea to incorporate pastry recipes on their clothes/shoes. It was actually a great concept (though I could have done without the filler footage of the girls trying to bake... it's really not that complicated) The girls ended the episode by sending their dad a b-day gift (DJ equipment) in lieu of not being able to actually make it out there for his birthday. He loved it.

In other reality TV news, I've been watching this season of America's Best Dance Crew on MTV (Thursday nights). I didn't watch last season but I've been sucked back in. Not sure if anyone caught "So you think you can dance" that aired on Fox, but a lot of those contestants can be seen competing on the MTV show. So far I have my top 3 and am ready for the finale. They are amazing to watch perform. Sidenote: Is it just me, or do Asians have this hip hop dancing game on lock?

Beat Freaks

Striker's All-Stars

Quest Crew

SHAM (wow)

I just witnessed another infomercial featuring the "Sham Wow" tool host . The latest product that he's hawking is the "Slap Chop" which he assures you will chop anything! Now, I think that this guy is an obnoxious tool and the only thing worse than seeing his face is hearing his Long Island/Jersey accent. I've heard that the Sham Wow was just that, a SHAM... and have reason to believe that the Slap Chop is just another item to let you down.

I was curious to figure out who the asshole guy was behind the commercials... the one that so effectively makes my skin crawl and drives me insane. Turns out his name is Vince Offer and after being a failed comedian, failed actor and former flea market hustler, he decided to start the Sham Wow and Slap Chop. I'll give him props for starting his own hustle business, but the compliments stop there. Whenever his face pops up on my tv I instantly find myself annoyed.

After hearing that every groundhog in the US saw its shadow today, that means 6 more weeks of winter and unfortunately 6 more weeks bundled up inside my condo, more than likely watching TV and trying to avoid the Sham Wow/ Slap Chop commercials like the plague.

Superbowl Wrap-Up

Despite my love of football I didn't have high expectations going into today's game. The Cardinals didn't win but they put up a great fight and proved that they deserved to be there. I almost lost my voice when I thought they were going to win :)

I think that the commericals were boring and could've been way better. I'm inclined to think it's a direct reflection of our suffering economy.

Jennifer Hudson did a great job singing the national anthem. I'm glad to see her getting back out there...kinda wish she would've replaced Aretha Franklin at the Inauguration...

Umm...what else? I guess that's it...Just wanted to do a quick superbowl wrap-up.

Now, back to my regular TV watching duties. Platinum Weddings is on WE tv. This show is amazing!