Cast of NYC Prep

I’ve been watching the Bravo TV reality show NYC Prep, where the cameras follow 4 teen girls and 2 teen guys through their teen life.  You’ve got Taylor, Sebastian, PC, Jessie, Camille and Kelli, an unlikely mix of public school and private school kids in New York City.  A hilarious and right on review is here.  PC and Jessie, both 17, are prep school kids who used to date, then parted ways, now reconnect for the show as bffs.  With all the arrogance and ignorance of youth, PC and Jessie act condescendingly toward the others, continually making remarks about immature children.  Yeah, I know. The cliffhanger last week was PC and Jessie at dinner concocting their plan to take on – as a charity project – the sweet, quiet, drop dead gorgeous and doesn’t know it, 15 year old Taylor, the only public school kid among the group.  Jessie, the plain one with no real personality, definitely does not like the idea of PC being anywhere near any of these girls.  Every scene with her and PC is edited to make her look as though she’s mooning over him. Half of PC’s scenes are edited to make you think he might be gay or bi (stay tuned).  Sebastian, 16, is another snob, this one with no real cerebral capacity, he relies on his looks to keeps the girls interested.  His attempts at conversation are like his dancing: awkward, halting, spasmodic.  I grew up with a brother who did the hair flip motion, constantly flipping his hair out of his eyes.  The girls eat that up.  But dude, develop a personality. Continue reading →

I think I am figuring it out. I wrote earlier at Online Dating and Hot Singles about a dozen + friends I have on the different online dating services.  They report to me all their adventures and it’s a great peek inside the dating life.  I love it when I can see enough of the same thing going on that the patterns start to emerge.  I am never surprised by someone’s kinks and pecadillos, no matter how conservative they may outwardly appear.  I learned, working for criminal defense attorneys for 22 years, that people are seldom who they seem to be.  I’m never surprised to learn the person I thought I knew for 30 years was either the secret philanthropist or the serial killer.  And we see this in movies all the time: the pretty, sweet young thang is attracted to the bad boys.   Some of my buddies are very conservative looking and acting, intelligent, successful women who are spiritual seekers, yet they have a definite wild side and like the drama.  Why is that? Continue reading →

I just watched the pilot show for Drop Dead Diva.  The series revolves around a confident but superficial blonde model named Deb Dobson, who is killed in a car crash. As her soul enters the pearly gates, she begs for a chance to return to Earth, gets her wish, only to be bought back to life in the body of a recently-deceased, smart, plus-size lawyer named Jane Bingum.  Jane has always lived in the shadow of her prettier colleagues, whereas Deb has always relied on her external beauty. Now, by a twist of fate, Deb must learn to deal with inhabitating Jane’s chubby bod.  The plot has been described as a cross between Freaky Friday and Heaven Can Wait. Brooke Elliott is Jane, and Margaret Cho is glowingly understated as her gal Friday – so much so that I was not sure it was Cho until I looked it up.  Cho blogs about the show here. Continue reading →

I don’t feel very organized today so I won’t try to be coherent or motivating.  I’ll just talk.  I’ve let myself get behind this week in final layout for the August Horizons Magazine.   I get behind by goofing off when I should be working.  But I know that goofing off is essential to me being able to work efficiently, so I can’t really beat myself up for goofing off.  It’s part of the process and I’ve learned to factor it in.  Like when I am flustered after taking 23 phone calls in a row and then decide to chat with a friend on the phone about nothing for an hour.  Oh, that’s what I can talk about.  Well, actually it’s a story example of vibrational matching. Continue reading →

NASCAR says Jeremy Mayfield has again tested positive for methamphetamine. Like those guys who spend their lives running around in circles just need to do it faster. They are training their minds and bodies to require that adrenaline rush of more, more, more.  The meth catches up the inside of them what’s going on outside of them. As if going faster were the answer.  Getting quieter and going deeper is the answer.  And I know there is a whole giant segment of U.S. society that finds personal fulfillment in watching these hamsters on their wheels.  You know, that segment with the mindset: “If you didn’t vote for Bush, then you hate Jesus.”  But for those whose spirits are not fed by the gladiator competitions, on the track or in the media, fulfillment can be found in discovering more of who you are and what your potential is.  And this is done, not by getting faster and louder, but by getting quieter and going deeper.

Brothermine Jerry

Wednesday, July 15, 2009. My brother Jerry had hip replacement surgery yesterday.  About 12:40pm I made a Facebook post: Call out for prayers, please. My brother Jerry is having hip replacement surgery today. Hold good thoughts of swift recovery please. Less than 10 minutes later he called to let me know he was out of surgery and all was well.  It turns out he had purposely told me the surgery was to be later in the afternoon.

My next Facebook post: 12:58pm dang, I’m not a very timely sister. He just called and said everything went fine. Well, since time is simply a mental construct, prayers in the Now also heal the past. …

Next Facebook post: Neat, our sibling spidey sense at work – I had the idea to post the notes about my brother 15 minutes ago at the same time he awoke in recovery room after hip replacement surgery.  Neat that we can link up despite anesthesia! Continue reading →

When I lived in Miami, I worked downtown and got caught in traffic both ways every day.  At 3:00am the drive would take me 20 minutes tops. But of course I didn’t make the drive at 3:00am.  I had to leave the house by 7:30 in the morning to get in the office by 9 o’clock.  If I could get my car out of the garage before 5:30pm, I could get home before 7:00 o’clock.  It used to aggravate me to waste so much time sitting in traffic.  Now it’s different.  For one, I’ve mellowed considerably and gotten over myself *smile*  Also, there is far less traffic in Melbourne/Palm Bay than there is in downtown Miami.  I can check voice mail while I wait; I can check my email while I wait.  Or I can recognize the perfect opportunity as a good time for a cell phone self portrait photo shoot. Continue reading →