5 posts tagged “2009”

Official Earth Hour 2009 video. Earth Hour is on March 28th, 2009 at 8:30pm. More at http://www.earthhour.org

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I've been thinking that one of the things I need to give up this year is "junk tv." You know what I mean. Real Housewives of Orange County. Celebrity Rehab. Big Brother. The Hills. Snoop Dog's Fatherhood. (I swear I don't watch some of those, I was just trying to get the gist across.) I think it would be good to cut some of the crap out. Find more fulfilling things to do with my time. Like try to learn how to knit. Learn Spanish.

But then, I realized that would include True Beauty, a new show by Ashton Kutcher.

True Beauty will feature six women and four men living together in a Los Angeles mansion under the impression that they are competing in a beauty pageant-like reality competition series in which they will be judged solely on their physical beauty.

However, unbeknownst to them, the contestants will also be getting judged on their "inner beauty" and will be put through scenarios that will make them reveal different aspects of their inner character.

The contestant who shows that they are the most beautiful contestant -- on both the inside and out -- will be crowned the winner and receive an undisclosed cash prize as well as a spot in People magazine's 2009 "100 Most Beautiful People" issue.

Dammit. I have to choose NOW to be puritanical.

I just filled my running-on-fumes tank for less than $20. A New Year's miracle indeed!

Once again, it's time for the Mayfly Project.

Meish asks, "we invite readers to look back on the last twelve months of their lives and reflect on what has been important, defining or constant during that particular year, and then sum their year up in just 24 words."

Last year.

2008: Cancer. Gerry. PVCs. Orlando. Godson and sister. Parenting the parent. Dysfunctional family. iPhone. Coming into my own. Hope for 2009: Yes We Can.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve.  Middle age is when you're forced to.  ~ Bill Vaughn

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.  ~ Oprah Winfrey

Your Merry Christmas may depend on what others do for you. But your Happy New Year depends on what you do for others. ~ Anonymous

Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time. Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories. Vow not to make a promise you don't think you can keep. Walk tall, and smile more. You'll look ten years younger. Don't be afraid to say, 'I love you'. Say it again. They are the sweetest words in the world. ~ Ann Landers

Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all the earth. ~ Martin Luther