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I just told my 7yo about the stork and we laughed about it. They also remember a Pixar short about a cloud and storks, so I suppose it lives on in cartoons.
But, David Sedaris---omg, love that man. I've seen him twice and just want to join hands with the crowd who I assume are all smart enough to love him too.
My Inner Monologue While Listening to David Sedaris
Blondie and I went to hear David Sedaris on Saturday night. It was a gift from Beloved, who really knows how to bake my favorite pie. Welcome to my head. Oh, funny. It's a story about a mother stork telling her baby where stork babies come from. Funny. I like it. But he's not really explaining ...
What I don't like about the sexualization of breast cancer awareness is that it seems like the underlying message is "Save your boobs b/c we (men) like them". And, "as long as you're hot."
The whole "save the tatas" or "boo-bees" tee shirt thing are funny in a wink-wink kind of way. I don't find this pouting, come-hither model funny. I think it's sad that we have to become sex objects in order to get people to pay attention to a terrible disease.
And, can you imagine the uproar if there was a campaign to "save the breasts" that showed a baby nursing? I'm sure there would be many saying how "disgusting" that is.
FTBC and the Sexification of Breast Cancer
Fashion Targets Breast Cancer is an organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds in support of breast cancer research, education, and patient care whose beginning in 1994 was sparked by Ralph Lauren's loss of his friend Nina Hyde to the disease. FTBC is touted as "...the worldwide fash...
I would love for Gabourey Sidibe to appear on his show and prove him wrong by showing that side of her that people love to see on the screen and in interviews. I bet she could win him over, even without flashing her boobs.
Howard Stern Is Vile Regarding Gabourey Sidibe, And I Yawn
I am neither a Howard Stern apologist, nor am I one who wants him burned in effigy. I am a celebrator of free speech, even when it is idiotic, but I have a few things to say regarding Howard Stern's comments regarding Gabourey Sidibe's weight and her future in Hollywood, which he made clear o...
Wow, such great insight---I haven't watched either show, but I wonder a lot about our role as parents and what happens when a kid gets on the "wrong track"---was it lack of parental involvement, peer pressure, or something inside the child that made them more likely to make bad choices?
And, yay for the family dinner! I never thought much of them growing up, although I was always able to talk to my parents and now realize how special those moments were. And now my husband and I go to great lengths to eat all together every night. I don't need a study to tell me we are doing the right thing----our time as a family unit is so limited with everything the kids do, we need to have a moment when we're all together. And, I'm going to get that game Blurt the next time I'm at the store. Sounds like a blast.
Raising Kids on the Heels of the MTV Reality Generation
My arms are covered in bruises from blown IVs. My back hurts from too much time in bed. My brain is slight mush from hours of dehydration and television. One by one, our family was taken down by Norovirus. It wasn’t pretty. My hands and forearms are red and swollen from bleach burns. Don’t ...
You MUST recap the next trainwreck show! Please, pretty please!!!
The Bachelor: The Douchelor Gets Married Recap
Y'all. I am not even playing around with this one. I CLEARLY did something very, very wrong in a past life to deserve this, and YOU, my beloved little squirrels, get to come along for the ride as we follow the Douchelor Jason and his second choice, Molly, down the aisle. Luckily, Mother Natur...
You know we'll be cheering you on wherever this journey takes you.
Love the photo of Liz with the Ramen noodles. Do you know I'm spending Valentine's Day with you lovebirds? Stick me in a corner with Emily and some Chocolate Pot De Creme, and I won't make a peep.
To "B" or not to "B" -Or- How I Learned You You Should Never Say Never (the hard way)
New Years day, 2008 and I'm living my worst nightmare come true. Well, okay. My worst "waiter" nightmare come true, but it was a bad day either way. I'm on the floor at 6:30 am setting up for New Years Day Brunch, a shift I'd sworn I'd never work again. Still today, the words New Years D...
Wow, there was a time when I thought the people who read Salon were intelligent. After reading a couple pages of those comments, they sounds like a bunch of thugs in a bar fight. Blech.
Sometimes I Can't Stop the Judgey
Last night I got all wound over Lynn Harris' article on Salon, which I'm covering on BlogHer on Monday. I started the post fifteen different ways, and no matter how I proceeded, I found myself on my high horse and riding. Standing on my soapbox and preaching, like the homeless guy who spouted wh...
I'm not sure I'll ever share my experiences with PPD which turned into PMDD and left me pretty much a mess once a month, but I think sharing your experiences could possible help someone else recognize themselves in your words, and that is a helping thing. Believe me, it takes a strong person to type your words, and I'm just not that strong (yet).
Icons and Inventory: I Can't Be Their Dooce to My Postpartum Depression
Did you notice that? A flash. A glimpse? An unexpected swell. Olive is due within weeks, if not days. All of my emotions have settled directly into my chest and occasionally push the breath right out of me. When I least expect it, they flood upward, into my face. They cloud my vision and f...
Great review---I didn't see the interview but this is such a sad story of how far someone can fall.
Their poor daughter! I hate to think of what she witnessed.
Whitney on Oprah Season Premiere - Part 2
Most of the heavy stuff in the two-part Whitney Houston interview was covered in part one, which makes me wonder why Oprah’s producers chose to stretch it into two hours. Kind of a tangent, but can I just say that Whitney Houston explaining to Oprah how you "sprinkle" base cocaine over pot bef...
But, they don't believe in birth control, so I guess, theoretically, she has two choices: 1) stop having sex; 2) have babies until menopause. I'm betting Jim Bob (is that the father's name?) is opting for #2.
Why can't I stop singing Every Sperm is Sacred whenever people bring up the Duggars? I wonder how baby #13 feels about all this---how much time do they really get with their mom? Hell, I schedule "date nights" with my kids just so I feel like I get decent 1x1 time with them!
Duggars Expecting Child Number Nineteen. At What Point Was Eight Not Enough?
In a fit of boredom a couple of weeks ago, my husband and I started watching that Duggars show on TLC. We had barely made it through the credits before I had to rewind to double-check something: I needed to confirm they had actually given all 18 of their children names that start with the lette...
If I say that I've never seen a single episode of any of those shows would you say 1) wow! you must read a lot; 2) where do you live, under a rock?; 3) you're the idiot watching Wipeout instead of real tv, right?
And, yeah, it'd be 3.
(BTW, I'm impressed that you can write your statement under Buffy without fearing that you'll be living with lockjaw for the rest of your life)
Top Five TV Series Everyone Should Own On DVD, According to Snarky Amber
For the first time since I was 16, I have had the whole summer off. While I meant to accomplish a whole lot of totally important and enriching things, I've mostly been re-exploring my favorite television shows in the comfort of my living room and bathrobe, usually with a bowl of Lucky Charms i...
I didn't have a body like that at 12, at 22, 32 and sure as hell not at 42. That woman got the good genes.
Demi Moore Gets Super Controversial By Actually Liking Herself
Despite persistent rumors that 46-year-old Demi Moore spent $308,000 on full body "maintenance" plastic surgery in 2004, Demi insists that she is al naturale to France's Marie Claire. "It's completely false. I've never had it done. But I would never judge those who have. If it's the best thing...
You do have a point. Especially since you have to say Indigenous Norwegian Rock in the same deep, thunderous voice as the guy who says "Sunday Sunday Sunday" for the monster truck rallies. But with a British accent.
Don't worry, I think we'll all overdose within a week leaving you guys to sweep the charts.
Top Chef Vegas Episode 2 Recap: The Bachelor/ette Party
It all began with the high stakes quick fire. The contestants walked into the kitchen and were greeted by Todd English and a big ass craps table. They had to roll the dice to see how many ingredients they could use in their dish (salt, pepper and oil were freebies) which they had to make out o...
Shoot, I missed this episode and I blame a small hotel room with three kids who needed to sleep. Hope to catch it on rerun but appreciate the commentary.
My sister and I would name our metal band, "Indigenous Norwegian Rock" after something used to make the awards at the Olympics years ago. I think our band and Nitro Gazpacho will be in the Battle of the Bands finals.
Top Chef Vegas Episode 2 Recap: The Bachelor/ette Party
It all began with the high stakes quick fire. The contestants walked into the kitchen and were greeted by Todd English and a big ass craps table. They had to roll the dice to see how many ingredients they could use in their dish (salt, pepper and oil were freebies) which they had to make out o...
Whoa, I thought maybe she had decomposed a bunch which is why they went with implants. The fact that he went through those steps to make it harder to ID her shows he was seriously one sick, f-d up guy. That is really, really awful.
I did watch that stupid Megan show even though her voice made me want to punch my eardrums out. I don't even remember Ryan, but I would've pegged that plumber as someone about to snap.
Murdered Model ID'ed By Breast Implants; Reality Star Suspect Commits Suicide
It would all make a fantastic CSI episode, and I'm sure it will be one, as soon as they can get a script. The remains of model Jasmine Fiore were identified using the serial numbers on her breast implants, and the international manhunt for the lead suspect in her murder continues, Authorities...
I just got a lovely email from someone I know who I counseled as she pulled her son from school to homeschool. It took her the year, and some time to reflect, but she's now able to see how far he has come in a year and how good the change was for him. So, I think it may not always be totally obvious, but in the long wrong, I think this will be a good change for him! Good luck!
Hope and Plan and Pray
It's more than just a date on the calendar. It's a feeling and rhythm in the air. Tensions change, the clock is ticking and the hourglass is nearly empty. Every activity is done with a frantic need to have a Really! Fun! Time! before the opportunity slips away. Each year, the scramble to secu...
That is a great line but remind me to never, ever eat at his restaurant. If I found a hair in my food, I'd never be able to eat again.
Too Many Top Chefs In the Kitchen
It was a dark and stormy night of beginnings and endings on Bravo. The new season of Top Chef: Las Vegas kicked off with a lot of booze-sauces and approximately 138 cheftestants, half of which are named Michael or Jen. And the surprisingly good-in-the-end Top Chef Masters picked a winner, alth...
Dating in the Dark. I think it hilarious to watch the people try to find each other in the pitch black, and fun to hate them with the heat of a thousand suns for rejecting someone for their looks. Even if I secretly agree with them.
The MamaPop Pop Culture Confessional: The Bloggess Edition
Welcome to the MamaPop Pop Culture Confessional, where we receive confession of any and all pop culture pleasures, guilty or otherwise! Today, we welcome Jenny The Bloggess, who has much awesome to share! Herewith, Jenny's not-so-guilty pop culture pleasures, in Jenny's own words: So my frien...
Ack! Hoarders! Guaranteed to make me want to throw away everything in my house. The woman who ate expired food as long as the packaging wasn't bulging TOO MUCH is haunting me now.
The MamaPop Pop Culture Confessional: The Bloggess Edition
Welcome to the MamaPop Pop Culture Confessional, where we receive confession of any and all pop culture pleasures, guilty or otherwise! Today, we welcome Jenny The Bloggess, who has much awesome to share! Herewith, Jenny's not-so-guilty pop culture pleasures, in Jenny's own words: So my frien...
She looks like those crazy people who can pop their body out of a straight jacket. And that nude body stocking is so disturbing. Oh, why, or why did I watch that video?
Oh My God, What Have They Done To Shakira?
Okay, first things first. The song this video I'm about to share with you is for, "She Wolf"? UNBEARABLE. Listening to it makes me feel like a cartoonishy cliched Old Person, one who might tell those damn kids to turn off that racket, because that's not music that's NOISE, dangnabbit! And whil...
Maybe I am just a true romantic (ha!) but I think Sal did get some loving after the whole coitus-interruptus fire alarm thing. Didn't it seem that way when Sal came running into the London Fog meeting all flustered and late? I took that to mean that he had a "reason" to be late for the meeting.
I fell asleep for the last 15 minutes of the episode. Thanks for filling it in for me.
Mad Men Recap: Out Of Town
It seems like an eternity since Mad Men Season 2 ended, and I've rarely been as excited about the return of a television show as I was about last night's season premiere. But did it live up to all the hype and expectation? Let's take a spin in this inaugural episode and kick the tires of Seaso...
I'm not sure if this will make you feel better, but I'm home with the kids every single day (we homeschool) and I STILL hear, "I never get time with YOU!" from the little rascals. I swear they would suck every last minute out of me and still complain that it isn't enough.
We all do the best we can. And, I think someday they'll know this.
What I Never Wanted to Hear
The little angel is starting kindergarten next week. I've been taking it harder than I thought I would. I'd often bragged to people that there would be no change for us, since she's been in daycare since 2004. I really thought it would be no big deal. Today I took her in late to daycare, and for...
Do you suppose that he's making this statement b/c he loves that little sperm who has (presumably) grown up to be Paris, and wants to be a positive addition in her life? Or, perhaps he just wants to get his hooks into some of that "Jackson fortune". I'm pretty sure that once you spooge into a cup and hand it off to someone to "create" a baby (or not), you've kind of given away any parental rights. At least, I hope so.
Former Child Star Says He's The Father of Michael Jackson's Daughter
And it keeps getting weirder and weirder... The godfather of Michael Jackson's kids and former child star Mark Lester believes that he is the biological father of Paris Jackson, and he wants a DNA test. He states that he gave his sperm as a gift to Michael so he could start a family, and that ...
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