Is anyone else not that excited about the new Indiana Jones movie? I know, sacrilege, and I’m an Indiana Jones fan! First of all, the first three movies told pretty much the whole story, what else is there to tell. The last one even gave us a little history about young Indiana Jones. AND it was called the LAST crusade. I guess the title referred to them finding the Grail so no more holy wars were needed, but at least the suggestion that that was the last movie was there.

Secondly, Harrison Ford is like 62, he’s almost a senior citizen, what can we expect from the old man in this movie that he hasn’t already done in the previous ones? I guess that daring wheelchair lagoon chase is still a possibility. Ya gotta figure Shia Leboef is gonna do most of the heavy lifting in this movie, I hope Sean Connery doesn’t come back and make poor old Indy look bad. Somehow that guy is just timeless.

Finally, the title is crap. The first 3 had cool or at least passable titles: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Temple of Doom, The Last Crusade, tell me more… but this one is called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Why do I feel like Spielberg and Lucas were playing Drunk Mad Libs when they came up with that title. “Okay, give me a noun” “Dog” “No something good” “Skull” “Okay what kind of skull?” “Bony” “What? Bony? No, something that makes less sense, don’t you know how to play this game?” “Oh okay, Crystal.” “Crystal Skull! Badass! That makes no sense at all!”

Sorry, I’m not sold. I’ll wait for it to come on Showtime.

This is Wendee.  She is my best friend, but I’m gonna need a new one.  She has to go out of town to an in-law’s wedding on the weekend of May 30th.  Yep…the same weekend that Sex & the City is opening.  So I have to decide between her and the movie.  Well duh.  Movie it is.   Wendee is dead to me.  

So I know that doesn’t make me sound like a great friend, but come on.  It’s SJP and the girls.  You would totally do it too.    -Annette  

Okay first the movie 21, based on the true story of an Asian guy who joins a group of student card counters who take Vegas for millions, comes out. For that movie they changed the Asian main character to a white guy presumably because Hollywood doesn’t think Americans will go see a movie about an Asian.

Now Speed Racer comes out. It’s based on the English version of a Japanese anime cartoon. But the English version didn’t change the anime, Speed Racer is still Japanese! But for the movie? Nope, they made Speed Racer a white kid. Am I missing something? Is it now okay to whiten characters in story adaptations to try to make it sell a little more? Would Americans really not go see a movie because an Asian is the main character? Is Hollywood being racist or is it just me?

For the past week I have been barely hanging on. I feel like my legs will give out on me any second. My mom was telling me that she never sleeps. Even though my youngest brother is 17 and about to graduate from high school she says she stays up worrying. Is that how it’s going to be forever? You stay up when they are babies because they wake up to eat and poop, but when they are older you stay up wondering if they are safe.

I can’t imagine feeling like this for too much longer. If I don’t get some rest I’ll end up like those celebrities who go to the hospital for exhaustion. This is so much more than the “oh I partied all night and have to be at work” feeling. I can barely type this blog.

This morning I thought I didn’t want to celebrate mother’s day. I felt that because I am so tired I won’t be able to make it through the day. The best gift I could get would be sleep. But that’s just a pipe dream. I got too much shit to do to sleep.

T-

One lesson that I’ve learned and mentioned on today’s show that I think is very important: always remember that we don’t know other people’s circumstances. We don’t know what they’ve been through or how they got to where they are. Even if we think we do. If we all tried to remember that in our daily lives many silly fights could be averted. And as a frequent violator of this rule, that goes for me double.

GO THE EFF HOME!!!

Like the idea of Fantasy Football but hate sports? Well check this out. The site is called Fafarazzi and it lets you join leagues where you pick your favorite celebs and get points based on how much press they get. I’m doing pretty well in my league. Check out the standings. I’m Stevie G’s team in case you couldn’t tell.

I stayed home sick with some sort of cold or whatever…and what is it about every day that I’m home for Oprah (sick day, holiday, whatever) it’s never a good show?  Last time it was some show about really gross bodily functions or something…and today was Barbara Walters.  I mean, Barbara’s fine…but I kinda don’t care about her affair from 40 years ago, ya know?   I’m planning my next sick day around the Christmas show.   -Annette

That’s right carbs, you and I are through!!!

Our love affair began so long ago I can’t even remember. But now it must come to an end. I don’t look like that guy in the pic but I still don’t like what I see when I’m in the mirror. That’s why everything I eat will be brown. Well, not everything, just the rice and pasta. I don’t really eat a lot of bread so I’m fine there.

That’s right carbs, I found a way to quit you. It’s no longer about the white, cuz I’m down with the brown! Sho’ ya right

Oh my God the New Kids on the Block are old! Yes, this is them today, trying to make a comeback. And if you thought the Backstreet Boys were old… Jordan turns 38 on May 17th, Jonathan is 39, Joey is 35, Donnie is 38, and Danny is almost 39. Click the pic if you wanna check out their song (but don’t say I didn’t warn you).