Fierce Bitches of 2008

10)Alisa 'soon to be' Followill
For bagging the prettiest man alive. For taming one of the most notorious of rockstars. I'd love to hate her but she's so god damned hot and and so god damned cool that I actually just want her to be my friend. I've seen her in person before, she is fucking gorgeous!!! She passed by my sister and a string from her shirt got caught in my sister's jacket. I froze. She turned around to set it free and she smiled at her. Why couldn't you smile at me Alisa?


9)Grace Park
For being on Battlestar Galactica. For being hot. For being Canadian and for not forgetting how awesome Canadian television can be if we just give it a chance (love her on 'The Boarder'!).


8)Emma Watson
For being young, rich, and fabulous. For not being a slut. For being invited to stand beside Karl Lagerfeld. For being friends with Bee Schafer and most importantly for being smart and going to uni; Emma knows Hollywood will just have to wait, last time an actress put work on hold for university she turned into the Oscar nominated actress that is Natalie Portman, a Harvard degree and an Oscar nomination all before the age of 30??? Who says you have to be Lindsay Lohan?


7)Summer Glau
For protecting humanity's savior, John Conner. For being a dangerous weapon. For being a prima ballerina turned ass kicker. So beautiful. So dangerous AND cute as a button!


6)Leighton Meester/Blair Waldorf & Blake Lively/Serena Vanderwoodsen
For being the girls that everyone wants to be. For being the new Betty and Veronica. For being the ying and yang of the upper east side. For being two of the most beautiful and most grounded girls in Hollywood today. Maybe someone, who's name rhymes with Fenae Chimes, should take note.


5)Kelly Brook
For being hot. For kicking BZ to the curb. For being 28 and bagging one of the hottest 21 year olds in the UK. Can you believe Kelly Brook is 7 years older and Abby Clancy? 7 YEARS???? AC looks at least 35, at least...


4)Girls Aloud
What can I say, I love them girls. Out of Control is their best album to date! You have everything you could ever want out of a girl group. You've got the Barbie glamazons in Nadine and Kimberley; the sultry redhead in Nicola; the edgy blonde in Sarah and the most beautiful woman in the world in Cheryl. For being sexy, fabulous and in control. They might be goddesses but they're still real women: Nadine's got cellulite, Nicola's got acne, Sarah's a drunken mess on most nights, Kimberly's got wide hips and Cheryl's husband cheated on her (idiot!) despite all of that they're still a million times hotter than we'll ever be...yes, we're aloud to be jealous (HA see what I did there!)



3)Michelle Obama
For being intelligent. For being a successful woman. For being a graduate of both Princeton and Harvard Law. For being fabulous. For being defined on her own terms instead of so-and-so's wife. She's the kind of woman that girls should be looking up to NOT Miley Cyrus!


2)Elizabeth May
For leading the most aggressive campaign the Green Party as ever lead. For calling out the lackluster leaders of Canada's 4 major political parties on all the shit they've pulled. For not taking no for an answer. The Green Party may have not won any seats BUT at least more Canadians know that the Green Party is not the Marijuana party. Plus you know home girl's here to stay, get it girl!


1)Tina Fey
For being a nerd. For being intelligent. For being talented. For being funny. For 30 Rock and yes for Sarah Palin! She's finally getting the recognition she deserves! You don't have to be slutty to be famous, you can be smart, you can be funny, Tina Fey proves that!

SHOCKING NEWS

Sean Avery will not be returning to the Dallas Stars...and he probably won't be back to the NHL anytime soon, if ever.

I'm 100% sure he never intended this to happen. I'm 100% sure that Avery underestimated the size of the NHL's balls. I'm 100% sure that he thought that he would NEVER get kicked out of the league.

Well, well, Sean, how wrong you were.

I mean, its clear that they've been building this case for a while now, waiting for the perfect opportunity to kick his sorry ass out of the NHL. I honestly believe that he thought they didn't have the balls to do it and that they needed him to get some much needed attention to the league but Sean the NHL isn't a Jennifer Aniston movie, people don't watch sports for the scandals or the gossip. They watch it for the excitement of the game and for the skilled players. Sports are the last family friendly entertainment available, making disparaging comments isn't going to make the sport any more popular, this isn't Hollywood and you aren't Lindsay Lohan; a problem child in the NHL is an unwanted child proven by yourself, Brian McGrattan, and Steve Downie.

Who's going to touch you now?

Dominic Waldouck was the Missing Ingredient

When my boyfriend got injured the WASPS weren't doing too well but it wasn't like they were losing by a million tries or anything but rather by 2 or 3, so victory was within their reach but somehow they'd come up short. However, now that my boyfriend Dominic Waldouck is back, things are looking up having beat Edinburgh 19-11, coincidence? I think not!

Oh and here's a video that I've watched a million times because I'm nuts! Fortuitous is in his vocabulary guys, FORTUITOUS! Do you even know what it means? I do but do you? I bet certain husbands in a certain national hockey league have never heard of the word fortuitous, let alone know what it means. OH and I love his shout out to wikipedia not being a valid source for university essays, clearly he was addressing me! Alright boys looks like Dom is giving you a run for your money better step it up...I'm talking to you Sidney! but to be honest, that's a tall order to fill Sid, will you be usurped once again?

Songs of 2008: Slow on the up Take

I just did the best tracks of 2008, now I'm doing 'songs of 2008', which are songs that I've fallen in love with, in 2008 but were released prior to this year.

Call The Shots - Girls Aloud

10)Call the Shots by Girls Aloud
This song is an amazing dance pop song! And my all time favourite GA song. Its a genuinely good song, well sung, well produced, overall a quality song! Plus I kind of have to love the theme about someone whom you just don't care about trying to win you back: sorry you miss me, and think you have this hold on me but you don't!



9)Bones by Editors
Tom Smith's voice is unlike any other and the guitars are reminiscent of the new wave of the 80s. This song is an emotional and auditory trip plus the heart wrenching lyrics don't hurt either: your face in my hands is everything that I need. Almost as beautiful as true love way's: and I'm still crazy when I see your face, ALMOST!

Atmosphere - Joy Division

8)Atmosphere by Joy Divison
Hauntingly beautiful and tragic, which pretty much sums up Joy Division's sound. But this song is disturbing, in that, you can't get it out of your mind, it just won't leave you but you don't want it to because its so beautiful. (borrowing from True Blood here) Like a sunset after a bomb went off, terribly beautiful

Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control) - Groove Armada


7)Song 4 Mutya by Groove Armada
Another bitchy song, what's with me? Not only is this song givin' it to an ex it actually quite fun! Mutya has such a strong voice, I love it, too bad she couldn't make it with Sugababes.





6)The Test by The Chemical Brothers
This song makes me want to do acid. Richard Ashcroft, is of course, untouchable but this song is just epic, its like taking you everywhere you've ever want to be without ever having to take one step...in short like an acid trip. What are the chemical brothers aiming at here? hmmmmm

49% - Royksopp

5)49 Percent by Royksopp
I really need to stop with these bitchy bitter songs...but I can't they're just so good! I love the imagery of this song: We were having difficult times and you were conniving, you cheated on me, and its over, BITCH! This song is a combination of electro, trance, soul, and r&b, and it works, it works very well!



4)Saw Something by Dave Gahan
Sensual. Sad. UGH this song is so beautiful, and so sad. Like he's more upset over losing a friend than losing a lover. Like their friendship meant more to him than the sex. That love > fucking. How can you not love this song, and why aren't there more men like this?

A Bad Dream - Keane

3)Bad Dream by Keane
I largely ignored this album because I OD'd on Keane with 'Hopes and Fears' I saw them 3 times over the course of a year and met them once. It was bit over kill and I needed a break from Keane...which I now regret because this song is AMAZING! and as cheesy as it sound, it really resonated with the way I've been feeling for the past year: You left me to fight on my own. I don't want to fight anymore. I don't want you anymore. Maybe in time we can be friends.



2)The Lake by Muscles
His vocals are so bizzare and the song is so trance but somehow it works. And the climax is EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't stop listening to this song! Its so fucking good!



1)Kingdom by Dave Gahan
I have no words to describe this song. Its fucking untouchable! I can't, I just can't...

Best Tracks of 2008

Last.fm has a best of 2008 list. They have one for tracks, one for albums, and one for artists. Right now I'm only going to do one for tracks, I might do one for artists, but I highly doubt I'll do one for albums because I don't listen to music chronologically, I may discover an album I like from 1995 or 2003, that's just how I work.

So since Last.fm's list sucks because it contains too much Coldplay (really guys, really?) I'm making my own with artists much more deserving of our admiration.



10) Lights and Music by Cut Copy
A great song to dance to with an indie flavour. Great bass line, great lyrics, great feel. This song picks me up every time.



9)Indie Rokkers by MGMT
Everyone else goes nuts over 'time to pretend' and 'electric feel' but this by far my favourite MGMT song and one of my favourites from 2008. The imagery in the song is epic and the hottest line ever to be written in a song "I like the line between your belly and your thighs, the smell of your hair, the sparkle in your eyes" If that doesn't say 'Love' then I don't know what does!



8)Untouchable by Girls Aloud
Since I'm a legitimate fan now, I'm allowed ok? This is a great dance pop track. Whatever your feelings on manufactured bands, you cannot deny that these girls can sing! This is one of my favourite's off of 'Out of Control'. Not only does it mention two of my favouritest things in the whole wide world (sharks and robots which automatically makes it awesome), its a very emotional song, sad and yet completely dancable



7)Out There on The Ice by Cut Copy
Another dancable sad song. I love the feel of this song 'if thats what it takes, then don't let it tear us apart, even if it breaks your heart' Oh the irony and the realism, isn't this what love's all about?



6)We Own the Sky by M83
A-MAZ-ING! Whenever this song comes up on my ipod/itunes/player I have to stop whatever I'm doing and just listen. Its such a beautiful song. M83 has done it again!



5)Ghosts by Ladytron
One of my favourite songs off of their album I can't quite pronounce. Besides the quality of this song, I love it because I can relate to it, "There's a ghost in me that wants to say I'm sorry, doesn't mean I'm sorry" truer words have never been spoken! Its such a bitchy song, love.it.



4)Hearts on Fire by Cut Copy
Why can't they play this in the clubs? What I love about this song (and Cut Copy) is that they manage to merge indie, dance, and pop, three genres that before could not co-exist but now that they do, its nothing short of brilliant!



3)My People by The Presets
Reminiscent of The Faint but a little less punk and a little more indie. When I listen to this song I picture strobe lights, people trippin' on E, and sweat...lots of sweat. In other words a good time!



2)This Boy's in Love by The Presets
And the second spot goes to The Presets. This song = slow mo dance fighting with sex at the end...and I soooo pictured this long before I saw the video. Plus this is totally what I want out of life: Riding out into the sunset in an audi R8 spider, with Jamie Dornan in the passenger seat "This town. This Street. Your Friends. You'll never see this place again. You'll think about it now and then. You'll never see our face again." Indeed!



1)Closer by Kings of Leon
Despite my feelings about the album, Closer is by far the best song on Only by the Night and possibly one of their best songs period. Caleb's voice is just...why couldn't the entire album sound like this? This is THE best song of 2008!


*Best of 2007

Proper Recognition, Wrong Album

I am so happy. So happy, that my boys The Kings of Leon, have been nominated for 3 Grammy's: Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals; Best Rock Song; and Best Rock Album.

They deserve this. More than anyone in rock today. So I won't go on about 'only by the night' because we know how I feel. Let's just pretend that its 2005 and that Aha Shake Heartbreak is being nominated.

2005, that was a good year.

Sean Avery, Karma's New Bitch

It seems that Avery's 'sloppy seconds' comment was the straw (in a long line of straws) that broke the camel's back, has been suspended for 6 games, and Dallas and the league alike have washed their hands of him.

I wish he could have been busted for a more serious offense than this but I'll take it, I suppose. Even though he's been suspended by the league for 6 games, it seems that his days in Dallas are numbered.

Quotes from his teammates c/o TSN.ca:

-"We hope it's the last time we ever see him"

-"Our locker room is the happiest it has been all year right now"

-"An apology (to the team) won't work," says a third player. "There isn't much he can say to change the way we feel right now. We have a lot of pride in this organization. He isn't welcome here anymore."

-"He's been undermining everything we do," says the veteran. "He doesn't pay attention; he's not smart enough to play our system. He can't do some drills properly. He says it's because he's 'independent.' Really, he's just not smart enough."

The only one that went on record was nice guy Brad Richards, but he was more diplomatic about it:

"We don't want to talk about him anymore. Hopefully, it will be handled and that will be the end of it."

OUCH! Looks like the boys in Dallas would love to see him go and he probably will! I mean if you're on a team, your team is supposed back you up/defend you/support you no matter what and when your own teammates won't even glance at you let alone touch you with a 30ft pole, clearly there's something going on.

I think its safe to say he's done in Dallas, his teammates don't respect him (or like him), his coach won't support him, and apparently the league won't touch him. Word is, that Dallas wants to get rid of him but no one wants him, no one wants to go there, no one wants the cancer that is Sean Avery.

Ironic isn't it? The very same antics and bullshit that got him notoriety, fame, and a Vogue internship, is now sending him down shit creek. Funny how things come full circle, eh?

ALTHOUGH,

this may have been the catalyst for getting Avery out of the league, but he's still getting his paycheque and he's still getting all the media attention he craves, so maybe this is what he wants, to become a professional celebrity, saying stupid shit, pulling media stunts, maybe him and Paris Hilton are meant to be.

...Finally my dislike for Bret Hull is justified. He brought him to Dallas, despite a number of Stars being against it, he brought him anyway. Yep that's right, Brett Hull is responsible for the guy that has plagued a team that was on the verge of going to the Stanley Cup finals, now where are they? DEAD LAST in the Western Conference, and 28th overall just ahead of Tampa and Atlanta. Wow one player really can make a difference!

PS what's with all this talk that Sean Avery has mental issues? NO, he doesn't have any psychological issues, he's a prick! A straight up asshole, since when is that a mental illness?

Srsly?

Sean Avery runs his mouth...like all the fucking time! Sometimes its blaring obvious that the things he says, is just to get people all riled up. I don't like Avery (as you may or may not know). I understand his role but I don't agree with the lengths he goes to just to stir some shit up. But getting suspended indefinitely (pending a hearing) over his 'sloppy seconds' comment is a bit much. Its overkill. Its ridiculous. Its so ridiculous its ridonkulous!

He's said worse things in the past. Even though officially, his most heinous comments are ONLY allegations, and can't be confirmed, I'm throughly convinced he did say those things about George Laraque and he did say something about Jason Blake's Cancer. But that's just my own speculation.

More Speculation? The league, for some unknown reason, couldn't nail him for everything else he's pulled, but decided they should and would nail him for calling Elisha Cuthbert 'sloppy seconds'.

I just watched TSN and apparently, it crossed the line because it was distatesful, sexist, misogynistic, and premeditated. To be honest, as a girl, I don't find the term 'sloppy seconds' particularly sexist or misogynistic, to me 'sloppy seconds' is a term used when you want to make yourself feel better when an ex is dating someone else, it applies to males and females alike.

To analogize here: This is like giving a guy a speeding ticket because you couldn't nail him for murder.

Was the comment distasteful? Yes! Should he be reprimanded in some way? Yes! But should he be suspended indefinitely pending a hearing? Absolutely not!

Why now? Why this comment? When it pales in comparison for all of the other shit he spews. Does Dion have that kind of pull within the league? What? Because I really don't understand the logic on this one. My brain is totally hurting right now. I.just.can't.understand.

After all the shit storms Avery has caused, the NHL busts him for being a jealous prick?

Bitch, please!

Welcome to Toronto Brian Burke!

Its unofficially, official, Brian Burke is coming to Toronto y'all!

I'm not sure how I feel about this. The kind of hockey I enjoy is skilled hockey. A few fights here and there are fine with me but I'm not all about a team built up of enforcers who go after guys' heads and give dirty hits and that's what a Brian Burke team looks like.

Todd Bertuzzi anyone?

As of late, Fletch has been doing a decent job at managing the leafs. He's got rid of the dead weight that has weighed this franchise down for the past 8-10 years and has built a foundation of young hard working players and most importantly has kept the best player on the team and the hardest working player in the league, Vesa Toskala!

I just have this inkling that Burke is going to undo all of that and get rid of Toskala because we could probably get a lot for him...

But I swear if we get Chris Pronger, I'm moving to Montreal. I can stand not being in the playoffs for the past 3 seasons, hell I can even stand the 40 year Cup drought BUT I will not tolerate Chris 'I have the exact same haircut since 1990 oh and I'm a HUGE douche bag' Pronger!

Welcome to the family Uncle Brian! Hope you've got my delinquent little brother's probation officer on speed dial. He might just set your car on fire.

My pretend best friend continues to skank it up

Sorry Dom, but it appears that Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty have reunited. Over the American Thanksgiving no less.

Real classy Balthy, real classy!

Sienna's a hot mess, that's one of the reasons I like her but I'm starting to think this girl is completely clueless. I mean if I were having an affair with a married man, and we were both relatively famous I'd try and keep it on the DL. Being photographed separately when leaving the same place is useless when a million people saw you together. Go the countryside or Madagascar! Honestly, if you're going to be the other woman at least be stealth about it!


I am in no way condoning cheating and homewrecking BUT this guy has kids! The other spouse usually knows what's up but the kids may take a little longer to get there, so why tear their world apart so publicly?

It must be so heartbreaking for them. Its also heartbreaking for his wife but kids are not equipped to deal with this sort of thing. I just can't understand how they're so brazen about this whole thing. Its clear he's not thinking about his kids and its clear that she's not thinking at all.

Balthazar's a prick and Sienna's an idiot!

Sorry, Si, I think we should stop talking for awhile...

THAT BITCH!

Jamie Dornan and Caleb Followill???

I don't know if I should hate her or worship her And THOSE LEGS!!!!!!

please excuse me, while I go kill myself...

Sickest Movie EVER!

I know what happens, I know what happens, I know what happens!!!!!

You, of course, know how I feel about Watchmen!

For the record, from the trailer, the movie seems pretty true to the book. Although there will be no giant squid (boo!) which probably means Tales of the Black Freighter, will not be included (boo!) I enjoyed the Tales of the Black Freighter, it perfectly paralleled what was going on in the main story. The movie looks amazing nonetheless AND I'm not getting annoying vibes from movie 'Laurie' like I did, 'graphic novel Laurie' because DAMN that girl was annoying as fuck!

Dom gives us a view, can't play golf

His teammates are probably thinking what I'm thinking 'nice drive Waldo!'.

Somebody needs to go to the driving range and practice. Somebody...I'm not going to say who, oh I think you might know him very well! OH SNAP, a Russell Peters reference, WHAT! WHAT!

We be Pimpin'

This is the car my boyfriend, Dominic Waldouck drives:

Should he graduate to be one of my husbands? Before Marc Staal? And if he does will he overtake all but Leonard Cohen?

This car, his car, says yes!



PS This is waaaaaaaay hotter than Sidney Crosby's Landrover and Rick Nash's assumedChevy Silverado

Cheryl Cole Picture Moment

Because life's not fair...

If we don't acknowledge it, it never happened

SO I guess they have this sports show in Pittsburgh were viewers get to call in and ask questions or make comments, sounds pretty standard, non? but what about this guy who asks the host...well you'll see,



...

Not many. Not many at all. No more than 3 (if even) and that's my uneducated, unsubstantiated, opinion.

What?

Why do you think he's so stiff, there's a reason for it, I'm just saying...

Rick Nash Video of the Day

I am charmed.

So charmed that I totally did not grit my teeth when my beloved Rick Nash said he listens to country and that his favourite song is probably a country song.

Rick is so charming even when he's trying not to be.

and Shawshank Redemption? Babe, how OBVIOUS...but really what am I expecting, he's a hockey player, I should be thankful that he didn't mention Nickelback and The Trailer Park Boys movie

He probably owns a pick-up truck...a black pick-up truck...a Ford- nay, a Chevy Silverado, TRUST ME!

That was fast!

It has just been announced that Blake Lively will grace Febuaray's cover of VOGUE MAGAZINE!

WHAT?

I thought another year would pass for that to even be contemplated????? Looks like we only have to wait 3 months, how exciting!


Now let's not talk about the reasons as to why she's going to be on the cover and let's just focus on the fact that she's going to be on a Vogue cover!!!!!

Do you know how many people are probably losing their shit right now? Have the Olsen twins ever made the cover? Because they're so ~*fashion forward*~????

You know, I don't think they ever have, OH SNAP!

Instead of cutting herself a certain someone apparently reads my blog, and a day after Blake's Vogue cover was announced it was announced that she's returning to TV and will star in a new NBC series.


I don't know about this move, guest starring is one thing but an entire tv series? An adult non-disney series? An adult non-disney series that she has to carry?

I just don't think she's there yet.

BUT if her show makes it past the first season, I'll jump off a bridge because no doubt it will be a piece of shit, and I won't be able to take the fact that masterpieces like Freaks and Geeks gets canceled after a season and pieces of shit like Lizzie McGuire the college years remains successful, how is that even fair?

BUT we'll cross that bridge if and when the time comes but to be honest I really don't see this being successful, sorry to say, I could be wrong and hope for her sake I am but besides me and 5 other girls, who gives a fuck about Hilary Duff?





PS when did this turn into an entertainment blog...GROSS!