Pamela Anderson's Reality Show

Somehow, Pamela Anderson comes across as the down-to-earth girl next door, no matter how she handles her private or public life. Last night I tuned into Pam: Girl on the Loose, the new reality show that features Pam and everybody in her life except her kids.

Note: I don't know why Denise Richards received all the flack for featuring her daughters in her reality show when their air time is probably less than 30 seconds per episode. I guess I do know why. The media does not like Denise. But the media sure likes Pam, and I'm trying to figure out why. She could appear in a skin flick--whoops! She has--and still be treated like the consummate mom and animal lover.

Girl on the Loose is filmed with a grainy low-quality texture that is meant to look campy, but I find it hard on the eyes. Episode One was also difficult to watch because the show caters to a short attention span. The camera jumps around. The interviews and moving shots are constantly interspersed with naked shots of Pam, who gives some of her "confessional" talks from the bath tub.

Scrapbooking

rowsing through scrapbooking stores has become my favorite activity away from home. This may sound sad, unless you are a purveyor of beautiful paper. And then you will understand that I can become amazed, even moved, by a 60-cent piece of 12 x 12 paper. Perhaps my newly-found hobby is related to all my younger years in the fabric store when sewing my own clothes was profitable. Instead of selecting fabric, I ooh and ah over paper.

If you are artistic, please take a look at this hobby that lends itself to many types of media in order to enhance and present photographs. Here are some of my completed pages:



My grandson is trying on my glasses in these photos. This page features ribbon and a needlework border.



My grandson wears his baby sister's pink hat. The top butterfly is stamped and heat embossed. The bottom butterfly is stamped on felt and cut out.



My grandson helps me make popcorn. I used a beautiful punch to border this page on all sides.



This monochromatic page is mostly decorated with punched out shapes.



My granddaughter will wear almost anything on her head. The tulips are stamped and then colored with pencil. The border is stitched, and the polka dot letters are outlined in dark pen.



I bought two sheets of the same flowered paper, and I cut flowers out of one to scatter on the page. These are topped with rhinestones.

There is no limit to what you can use to enhance a scrapbook page. I always begin with a favorite photo and pay attention to the colors. I embellish the theme and colors with whatever sparks my imagination. I use clear and rubber stamps, dry and heated embossing, stencils, embroidery, gel pens, decorative punches, and more.

Sarah Jessica's Mole

A feature on the removal SJP's mole on E! News prompted me to verify the story on the world wide web, and what I have read boggles my mind. "Sarah Jessica had her beauty mark removed." "Sarah Jessica had her trademark mole removed."

Good grief! When did a cancer growth become a thing of beauty? Who wants a big old wart for a trademark?



I once had a mole sort of like Cindy Crawford's, and I had it removed when I was in my twenties because I thought it was hideous. Sarah Jessica's looked even worse, like one big zit.

2008 Full of Promise

I apologize to the throngs of loyal readers who can't get enough of my blog. I promised at the end of 2007 that I was making a big comeback. My comeback got delayed, but I'm back for the remaining one loyal throng.

I'm changing my habits...well, a couple of them. Not because it's a new year, but because this year is almost one-sixth over. Can you believe that?

I think that time zooms by quickly for us boomers. If I'm going to finish my second book this year, I'd better use some discipline. My commitment to myself is to have the basic text down by my June birthday. I will find an agent before the book is finished.

Name a Perfume after Me

I could almost buy into the idea that Elizabeth Taylor had a perfume created on her behalf, White Diamonds. Even though the ad probably shows Elizabeth some 20 years ago, she is a dame, and she was once a bigger than life movie star. Since I finally got over her breaking up somebody else's marriage, I can appreciate the work she did to raise money for AIDS--before this cause was generally accepted.

Elizabeth's ad is pure class. She says, "These have always brought me luck." She does not have to try too hard to be appealing.

Would I buy her perfume? No. Why would I want to smell like Elizabeth, when I'm my own person?

Psychiatric Drugs and Mass Shootings

How many more innocent people will be shot and killed by someone gone mad on psychiatric drugs? When hearing that a shooter--like the 19-year-old male who murdered eight people in a Nebraska Mall--has been under psychiatric care, please read between the lines.

Anyone on psych drugs--anti-depressants, tranquilizers, anti-psychotics, or anti-seizure drugs--must be consistently monitored. The effectiveness of these drugs is always hit and miss. And stopping any of these drugs abruptly can create the worst possible scenario.

Dancing with the Stars: Who Should Win?

Maks should win. Well, I mean....Mel B. (AKA Scary Spice) and her professional partner Maksim Chmerskovkiy should win. I had a crush on Maks until I realized he is younger than my own son. Still, he is fun to watch, whether he shaves his chest or not. And I'm happy to see that he got paired with a celebrity who can dance, and can dance very well.

I've had fun watching Mel B., who is spirited and confident. Yet, she is modest and grateful--or would seem so. And, wow, has she lost some weight or what? She had a baby not long ago.

I was a bit disappointed in Mel and Maks last night. I voted for them because they still dominate the competition. There is something about both of their routines that did not flow smoothly. Does anyone know who selects the music? One of the professional dancers implied that they do not get to choose, and sometimes I wonder how anybody would want to dance to some of these music selections. For instance, last week Mel and Maks did the Pasa Doble--a Latin dance--to the song "Satisfaction."