"Players only love you when they're playing." - Stevie Nicks

Brad Pitt is the biggest jerk alive. Okay, make that Hollywood jerk. Or biggest man jerk in Hollywood. Whatever, he infuriates me. That guy gets on my last nerve. Mister Sexiest Man Alive. He's the most narcissistic of them all, and that's saying a lot. I don't even like Jennifer Aniston very much, but the way he left her was unconscionable. He makes a movie with Angelina Jolie and falls head over heels when she digs her claws in him. Then he does a magazine spread with Angelina while he's still married with Aniston but filming the movie. I remember it showing Pitt and Jolie as a couple with lots of children in this mid-century suburban looking home. Then he left Jen and immediately went on trips with Jolie and she became pregnant in a very short amount of time. Aniston genuinely was blind-sided. I just felt really sorry for her, to be left by the man she loved and was married to, and then have him immediately be with Jolie, AND have to be on every magazine cover for the past 6 years. I SWEAR I have even prayed for her to find a man, so she wouldn't suffer as she watched her ex become a father to 6 children in 6 years. So finally, she seems to be with someone she really cares about. So what does pretty boy Brad Pitt do? He gives the meanest, most insensitive interview about her. Why? Why after 6 years and 6 kids would he do this? Because he wants to win. He might even want to put doubt in Aniston's new guy about her. I can't even THINK of a bad enough word for him. He said, "It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn't living an interesting life myself. I think that my marriage (to Aniston) had something to do with it, trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn't. One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh man, I'm so happy to have her."

What is he trying to prove?? That he's happier than she is? Well, he's a bad actor, and his soul is so ugly, it makes his looks ugly. He is soul-less.

I loathe him...

"7 Days in Utopia"

Tonight I saw the movie, "7 Days in Utopia," and it did not disappoint. Last summer in my little town in the Texas hill country, we heard they were filming a movie on a new book, "Golf's Sacred Journey, Seven Days at the Links in Utopia." It was written by a friend of DD's father, Dr. David Cook, who is a psychologist to super athletes, and evidently they come from miles around to have an appointment with him. David's daughter was in DD's dance class, so I got to meet him and his wife, and they are some of the nicest people I've ever met.

Anyway.

They had an all-call for anyone that wanted to be an extra in the movie, so it was great fun to see familiar faces in the crowd, not to mention all the familiar places around here! The movie truly captures our way of life here in the Texas hill country, and being a 5th generation Texan, it made me proud.

Of course after "Lonesome Dove," Texans call Robert Duvall one of our own. He SO reminds me of my mother's father with that cute twinkle in his eye... When I started reading the book, I knew that he was MEANT for that part. It is men like him that made me move to this town - those types are the salt of the earth and make this world a better place. The river scene looks like this entire area (except that it hasn't rained since they filmed last summer, so the rivers are drying up.) My family's ranch that my great grandfather bought, is right down the street from Utopia, so many childhood memories in these parts. The porch scene is actually a Bed & Breakfast in our town, (DD's 7th grade cheer photos were taken on the bridge on the property and we took family Christmas photos there a few years ago) and the gorgeous new golf course is at the edge of town. It's a movie with A List actors, gorgeous scenery and a meaningful script with no gratuitous sex or cussing that shows the wonderful metaphor of golf and life's successes. Go see it - you'll be glad you did.

It will make you want a new pair of boots...

Fashion Police for Kim Kardashian's wedding

Excuse me, but if I'm lucky enough to get married, I want to be Queen for a Day at my wedding. I want to stand out and be the ONLY one in white, and have all eyes on me. I certainly wouldn't want my sisters and mother to also be in white. As a matter of fact, since KK's "strict" dress code for the reception was black and/or white, there were tons of people in white. How confusing! Or black. How macabre... And also, how boring! Maybe it sounded good when they all sat around on "Keeping up with the Kardashians," drinking champagne, dreaming up a wedding plan. It probably started with the color scheme and the wedding planner, and then evolved into EVERYTHING in black & white.

I guess I'm old school, but in my day it was considered gauche to wear black or white to a wedding. Black was for funerals and white was for the bride only. Those rules seem to be fading away, along with the 'never wear white shoes after Labor Day' restriction. But maybe there SHOULD be more black and white these days - and I mean that figuratively speaking.

Just saying....

"We become like who we hang out with."

Taylor Swift is one of the few, one of the VERY few, role models for my 14 year old daughter. With all of the skanks (I love this word - skank - it just SOUNDS trashy) in Hollywood, it's hard to find anyone to even half-way look up to.) And just when you think you've found one, alas, they choose the dark side, and they're no longer a contender. She was watching Blake Lively, but it seems since she's been dating Leonardo DiCaprio, that she's going down the wrong road with him. And of course, Miley Cyrus. That WAS her role model until a few years ago when she COMPLETELY left the reservation, and did drugs and grinded on stripper poles, among other things. But for now Taylor is still taking the high road. How long she will do this?

At this point, we don't know...

"Don't you be talkin' bout my mama..."

Evidently Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential, is accusing celebrity chef, Paula Deen, "a danger to humans." What?! Sweet Georgia Peach Paula Deen?? I mean, come on! Who says that about America's favorite mom? My son loves to watch her show, saying she's so comforting with that Southern accent while cooking up some great grub. She's the mother we all want, isn't she? She cooks comfort food with her comfortable accent making us feel totally comfortable.

Team Paula!

"Forgiveness is the stroke of God within us."

My favorite royal is Sarah Ferguson, "Fergie," (the original Fergie...) She's the most real, the most honest, and the most relate-able. Has she made mistakes? Yes, lots. Has she made really bad mistakes? Yes, and she's owned them and is trying to make up for them.

As someone who has made more mistakes than I care to share in my life, I just appreciate her frankness. I like the way she and Princess Diana used to giggle at royal events. She's a real "girls-girl" and I'm sure we'd be friends if I was given the opportunity. I felt sad for her when she wasn't invited to Prince William's wedding, and had to watch her daughters and ex-husband on television, but she did cross the wrong line with them, and it was their choice and their wedding guest list...

Well, Sarah is welcome here in the United States, a country that is forgiving and accepting - truly a country that gives second chances.

She's welcome at my house any time...

"Woe to the world because of it's stumbling blocks." - Matthew 18

Here are pictures of Katy Perry and Taylor Momsen, who's music are popular with younger girls. And we are being asked the question, is music by these artists sexualizing young girls? Uh, Duh.... As you can see in the bottom photo, SEVENTEEN year old Taylor Momsen is whipping these teen girls in Spain into a frenzy this week. And my 14 year old's very good friend went to her concert in Austin a few months ago... She told DD that Taylor, of course, yells obscenities the entire time and masturbates on the stage. And then there's Katy Perry, who like the rest of musicians, is always trying to "push the envelope." She has lots of fans that are still in elementary school and tries to look innocent while singing, "I kissed a girl and I liked it."

Frankly, I'm sick of this garbage...

"The blonde leading the blonde..."

Oh pulleeeaaase!! Why are these people getting so much press!!?? Ugh... the country's going to hell in a handbasket and all we see is this stupid stuff about Hugh Hefner. Yes, we all get it. Hugh's not getting as much attention as he used to, so he asks one of his blondes to marry him and film the whole thing for the Lifetime channel. He's 85, she's 25. I guess the name of the film was to be Gold Digger to Trophy Wife? Just kidding. That would be too honest. No, when they interview Crystal (who they've now dubbed "Runaway Bride") she first says the reason she left him at the altar was that she "wasn't his only girl." Really?? And that's a SURPRISE? No, she just figures we'll all side with her on that one. But when interviewed further, she doesn't like the curfew he gives her or the "lawyers." Okay, now we're talking. She didn't like what she got in the prenup. We get it.

Then his old flame, Holly Madison (see blonde on left) takes "Hef's" side and says Crystal is tacky to go to Vegas on the night she was supposed to get married. And we're supposed to think SHE is the one with morals?? The whole thing is disgusting and they are all getting what they deserve.

Can we move on now?

"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles." -- Confucius

Tiger Woods comes to mind -- lack of faithfulness leading to mockery of his marriage.

Tiger never appealed to me personally. He always seemed like a machine. One dimensional, serious, all golf, no personality. I did (and still do) respect his golfing ability, that has never been in question. Why has everyone reacted with such disgust in this 'liberated' nation? We've all seen 'players' before... I guess it's that he did not present himself that way. He was evidently a Dr. Jekyl, Mr. Hyde - 2 distinct personalities - public Tiger and private Tiger, and he kept them in very separate compartments.

He had the killer combination of excellence at a sport and excellence in marketing himself. He (or someone that represents him) knew exactly what would sell and, in retrospect, it seems so calculating. I'm in the business of marketing - it's what I do all day long. And I can spot genius marketing. Bingo. He never said too much. He was disciplined at all his work functions. He had and did all the right things - sponsorship vehicles, shoes, jewelry, clothes.. Married the gorgeous Swedish model/nanny. Had the obligatory daughter, son, and dogs.

He never struck me as a great dad or husband. He seemed too self absorbed. It's all about him, 24/7. You see that's how a player thinks ultimately - it's all about meeting their needs. The women? Well, she asked for it, she knew the gamble (in his mind.) Even now, Tiger's attorneys are trying to buy off the squeaky wheels. He didn't love any of them, they were interchangeable. It seems he was incapable of love, but just using people to get his own selfish needs met. He did seem to love his father, who invested in him but, in the end, left him unprepared for anything but a life of golf. He learned early about the accolades of success. And with his bank account and notoriety, there was never a shortage of pretty women throwing themselves at him. All that golf discipline seemed to go out the door then.

The celeb magazines say he's in rehab for sex addiction. I'm not so sure that's his problem...He doesn't need rehab, he needs an encounter with God, he needs a 'heart transplant.' I think that's what Brit Hume of Fox News was talking about. Tiger is the product of the American Dream gone wrong. Blind ambition. Money without morals. It seems like the perfect metaphor for America in 2010....