September 10th, 2007
So I live blogged about the first hour of the VMA’s from last night. Lackluster - kinda like BritBrit (here’s the performance, if you didn’t see it!); what can I say, practice (and a damn laptop) would make for a much better performance.
The whole awards show thing just turns me off. I don’t enjoy them, and even when I try, I find myself completely distracted by the littlest things - like dust bunnies rolling around by the TV. I just can’t keep up with the shows. After one hour into the show, I lost all interest, after Chris Brown danced all over the tables. Dude’s got some skills - and he’s 17! Then there were gun shots ending his performance and all the gangstas in the house were jumping around and pretending to shoot off guns. That’s hot. (Paris, please don’t sure me for that. )
I was kinda shocked by the casualty of this show. The women dress slutty, the men come in street wear and fight like hooligans during the show. Instead of MTV Video Music Awards it should be called Celebrities Behaving Badly.
Did anyone sit through the entire show? What did you think?
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I spent most of my evening, prior to the waste of time noted above, trying to pack our suitcase for our two week vacation. Who would have thought a toddler would have more stuff that a woman? It’s true. 3/4 of the suitcase is all for him. And we can only take one since the space is limited seeing as we’re driving there with my parents. The spare bed is covered in items I think I need to bring, and the suitcase is lying open with only limited items that have been for sure items that are a must - like underpants.
There’s no way I can fit all our shit in there and feel comfortable that I have all I need. I’m the type of person that packs for every conceivable possibility - like hurricanes, sweltering heat waves, snow… (Yes, I’m going to Myrtle BEACH.) I feel unsettled if I decide to leave behind my favourite pair of jogging pants because Oh My God!, what if I have a really Bad Day and just need comfy clothes? Oh The Horror! I feel like I am abandoning them by leaving them home, like I’ll never see them again. So I pack them, and the ones that are better looking - in case I’m having a Bad Day AND! need to go to the store. Ugh.
There’s a washer and dryer in the condo too. There’s really no need to pack 14 days worth of clothes. But I will. I’ll pack for 28 provided I can squeeze it all in the suitcase. Four days left to weed through want I need to bring.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated and maybe even followed!
The VMAs this year were particularly horrid, I didn’t watch much obviously.
Enjoy your vacation - Myrtle Beach os so much fun!!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:48 am
i used to love watching awards shows when i was a teenager, but now they just bore me. i usually tune in to see the opening segment of the Oscars, but that’s it.
geez…i think the last awards show i actually watched start to finish was the Oscars about 5 years ago!
i over pack all the time. when we visit my parents back home (a tiny town about half way between Kingston and TO…dude, it’s the same climate as Ottawa!), i pack everything! i mean, you never know when we need to attend a surprise formal ball, or what if there’s a freak blizzard in August…you never know!
Yeah, *if* I watch, it’s usually just the opening act or monologue. I should have skipped both for this show.
Hahahaha! I so hear you, that’s exactly how I pack!
September 10th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Advice: Pack only the essentials, then take out half. Buy at least one new clothing thing there so you have a treasued memento of your trip.
As a woman, I understand the term “essentials” has a wider latitude than it does for me.
VMA: I tried to watch it, and decided that I may be the MTV generation, but I have ascended beyond the need to view this nonsense, and watched “Serenity” instead.
SA
I should have watched Serenity too.
And packing half is like telling a woman she doesn’t need make up. But I’ll try. Really. I will.
September 10th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
I still can’t get over that you have
a 2 week vacation. I don’t remember what
a vacation is…… LOL, so no words of advise here, sorry!
This is the first time since 2003 that I’ve had a vacation. It’s LONG overdue.
September 10th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
I’m a Canadian gal, and was brought up to believe that you must include a snowsuit AND a swimsuit in your suitcase, no matter where you’re going, to cover ALL potential weather situations…
Those two articles of clothing, PLUS everything else in-between…
Yes, I’m the one they throw off of airplanes because my damn luggage weighs too much…
And as for road trips?
We take two cars, of course.
Hard on the gas bills, but hey, it keeps the husband and me from fighting all the way to our destination.
Downside?
The kids always want to drive with ME.
I so hear ya!
But two cars? Really? And wouldn’t it figure that mom can’t even get peace on the road because the kids HAVE to be with her? NOT FAIR!
September 10th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Award shows do absolutely nothing for me either. I find it really difficult to watch these overpaid rich bastards pat themselves on the back. Seriously…enough already!
As for the packing, I’m completely on board with you bringing my every last item. I have zero advice for you other that to get one of those big boxes to go on the roof of the car and put another suitcase in that!
I so need a turtle for the top of the car. I would have bought one if I had the money for it. That so would have helped!!
September 11th, 2007 at 8:48 am
I so completely suck in this category. I wish I could help. I could bring a suitcase for each category of apparel if I was allowed. Shoes - 1 case, Shirts - another, Pants - another… you know, the just incase there is an emergency clothes. *Sigh*
… Only advice, sitting on the suitcase to get it closed, is okay.
September 11th, 2007 at 10:38 pm