4 posts tagged “oprah”
Children of the 80s/90s:
Remember how awesome that movie Free Willy was when you were a kid? It was so awesome. First of all, whales. Secondly, Jesse was cute. Thirdly, pretty sweet soundtrack for a kid's movie. It was actually Free Willy that introduced me to one of my all time favorite jams, Love Will Be Right Here by SWV. You don't have to respect that, it's OK. I know. But it's not about the quality or staying power that makes a jam a certifiable jam all the time. Sometimes it's just about the way the song makes you feel even though it's totally kind of retarded. Love Will Be Right Here can be filed away under that category right along with CeCe Penniston's Finally and REO Speedwagon's Keep On Loving You. Sometimes you just have to get over yourself and call a spade a spade. Or a jam. Whatever. Anyway, here's the song if you don't know what I'm talking about:
Also, here's some more Free Advice:
What if I had a show on Oprah's new network, OWN?
Yeah, OWN. As in "That owns face" or "Having my own show on Oprah's new network would totally own".
So yeah, so here's what my show would be:
It would be called MollsNThings and it would be me talking to people who interest me about subjects that interest me. It would rarely cover anything newsworthy. Like, I could have Ron Jeremy on and we'd talk about how much fun New Wave music was and do our impressions of what we'd think it'd sound like if The Strokes covered "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo. Then we'd probably eat some snacks or try on fun hats from the Fun Hat Corner of the set. Or what if I had on someone like Mary Kay Letourneau and we talked about fish they find in the ocean that look kind of like mermaids? And then she gave us her mother's brownie recipe? And then because it's on OWN we give everyone a bunch of free shit? But the important thing to remember is that this would all work some how without being all over the place. Somehow we'll have it make perfect sense.
Anyway, that's just what I was thinking could maybe happen sometime in the future.
These Christian Louboutin shoes were on Oprah today and I lost my shit:
I am not even a shoe person but those are off the meat racks.
These are the ones I'd prob get because they are way versatile:
Selfish, obvs.
I've been reading James Frey's A Million Little Pieces this week and I feel compelled to write about it.
I obviously heard of this book quite some time ago, as it's been in the news for a while. I'd seen it sitting at Boarders on one of my many book binges and hadn't been compelled to buy it. Recently I saw a copy of it for fifty cents at Out of the Closet and decided to pick it up despite the fact I didn't plan on reading it any time soon. The other day I was sitting around my place lecturing myself on getting my life back together and I figured maybe if I started reading more again things would start falling into place. I don't understand my logic either, perhaps something about bettering my character through education, but I don't know for sure.
The big controversy surrounding this book has to do with the fact that Frey shopped it and sold it as a memoir, but it turned out to be a work of fiction. The person who stirred up most of this drama was Miss. Book Club herself, Oprah Winfrey. I have to say, I usually agree with my girl Oprah, but this time I'm simply not with her. She's pissed because she got tricked. She's mad because she was moved by what she thought was a personal account and it turned out to be mostly made up. Get over yourself, Oprah. It's a fucking great book... Incredibly moving and incredibly well written. The style of the book would annoy me if it wasn't so spot-on, if the rambles didn't sound like real thoughts ripped out of the head of the person next to you on the subway.
What I love about this book is what I love about Catcher in the Rye... the story itself is so specific that it's not really relatable for the average person, but the emotions are conveyed in such a clear and honest way that you may as well be reading about yourself at times. The feelings of guilt, remorse, self hatred and hopefulness are feelings we have all felt in some capacity and to read these words on paper make you feel triumphantly human. You know, all "Oh yeah! It's totally normal to feel that way! I win!"
Highly recommended.
