Not Bad At 88!

This is my homage to Betty White!

As many of you know, I'm a huge Golden Girls fan and have loved seeing Betty on that show for years.  I had no idea what an amazing career she has had.  She's been acting for 65 years, she started with television itself!  I found out about her long career the other night as I watched her receive the lifetime achievement awards on the Screen Actor's Guild awards.

If you like Betty White or the Golden Girls, you'll enjoy seeing the history of Betty's career.

Skip to about the 3:00 minute mark to see Sandra Bullock's introduction of Betty or you can skip right to the montage of Betty's career which starts at around the 5:18 mark. (They took the video off so I've included a Golden Girls clip montage instead!)

Pinki's Beautiful Smile

I just stumbled on an amazing documentary called Smile Pinki by Megan Mylan.  It was heartbreaking in parts but so moving and uplifting.

Have you heard of it?

The documentary follows a young Indian girl and boy, Pinki Sonkar and Ghutaru Chauhan, as Pinki's cleft lip and Ghutaru's cleft palate are repaired. The film was commissioned and funded by the American charity Smile Train, a group that pays local doctors in 75 developing countries to perform the simple surgery that parents of such children rarely know is possible.

The documentary won an Academy Award and as a result of the accolades that the movie received, not only did the charity benefit but the two beautiful kids in the movie benefited also.  Pinki's family got a new house, and her village was given a new well for potable water.  Both have also received scholarships to better schools.


With so much hardship in the world, it's great to see the work of these amazing groups helping children around the world.  

Here's the trailer:

Complicated Is So Funny!

I went out with a few of my girl friends last night and saw It's Complicated.

OMG....it was so funny! We laughed our butts off. I would see it again just to see the gorgeous scenery (Santa Barbara...wow, that's a beautiful place...who gets to live there and what do I need to do to end up there one day?). And Alec Baldwin, he was hilarious...suprisingly fat and hairy but hilarious and kinda sexy. And Meryl Streep, wow, perfect for that role. The only thing I found a little strange was Steve Martin's face. If you've seen it, tell me what you think...wasn't his face a little weird? It just didn't seem...right.

I just loved the movie and would totally recommend it.

Who is Alphabeat?

I love music.  It can do incredible things to me from lifting me up from the depths of darkness to making me giddy with joy.  It helps me travel instantly to a place and time only found in my memories and it creates unique new experiences that I'll think back on for years to come.

Here's a band and song that I'd never heard of before yesterday.  I really like it and wanted to share it with you.  What do you think?

Alphabeat - The Spell (Live)

Team Coco

I've always liked Conan O'Brien even though his show was on too late for me to watch. So when I found out what NBC was doing I was definitely on his side. The up side of the NBC debacle has been a lot of hilarious late night bits including this interview with Adam Sandler. (OK, so they've taken the videos down so I can't play it or the last episode of Conan.  Did you see it?  Wow, it was so great.  Conan is a class act.  I just found this great video montage instead!)





What do you think of the Leno/Conan thing? Are you team Coco?

Party In The USA - Or Rather on Fire Island!

I've been dying to post this video ever since Kate showed it to me a few days ago.  It is hilarious!

We watched it together and laughed until we were crying.

Even though Miley Cyrus bugs me, I love this song and turn it up in my car whenever it's on the radio.  I sing the lyrics out loud and turn to my boys and give them a big mommy laugh (mostly because I think I'm hilarious when I'm singing and dancing in the car).  And when she says in the song "so I put my hands up.." I raise my hands high and say "come on boys, raise your hands and dance with mommy!"  They just laugh at me.  I think I should probably get used to that.

Watch, enjoy and put your hands up!  :)

A Little Andre Goes A Long Way!

I just finished Andre Agassi's book Open. It was interesting. I don't really follow tennis but I really enjoyed reading his journey through life. It includes some really gritty stuff, including a lot of self loathing and depression (which I can identify with to a certain degree) and also redemption and joy at finding his true self (something I'm always working towards.)

Here are a few interviews that I enjoyed watching:







His stories about how he found the love of his life, Steffi Graff and also how he founded his school were really romantic and uplifting!!!

Have you read the book?