When I saw this on Fashionista.com, I knew I absolutely had to have it.
I'm talking about the white one, on the girl on the left below:

1. Does anybody know which magazine this came from?
2. If you have the magazine, can you check the details to see what brand it is?

I MUST HAVE THIS. It looks like it would be so super flattering since I have a very small chest. I love the color, I love that the straps are strings instead of thick straps, I love how low-cut it is, I love everything about it!

Yup. On my way home, this girl was puttering along in the left lane of a two-lane highway (I was going the speed limit). I was close behind her and she moved over to the right lane, like anyone else would do, right? Slower drivers move to the right lane, right? Well, she put her middle finger up to the window as I drove by. I'm sure the person who was tail-gating me would have seen it too.

Maybe someone was spending another Christmas alone?

So Christmas has come and gone. I don't know why, it was a little less Christmas-season-y this year. People were still lighting up their houses and buying Christmas trees and presents and all that. The folks at the cinema I went to with my husband were the same as always- nice, neighborly. I don't know what it is. It's just so blah.

There we were, my husband and I, picking out a Christmas tree at the lot with our dog. My husband was like, "Sixty dollars for a tree!?!? No wai!"

Later that evening while decorating our tree (that went for significantly less than $60), I thought of all the people who have never had a Christmas tree, have never received a gift-wrapped present, all those people who line up outside Grace Cathedral in San Francisco waiting for a free hot meal because they don't have their own homes in which to make their own meals.

And then I broke a glass ornament. D'oh!!

1. If John continually lies to you, don't trust John!

2. If John promises to give you what you paid for and then fails to deliver, cut off business dealings with him!

3. If John asks for money after not delivering what he promised, don't give him any money!

4. If you gave $1000 to John to do a $500 job, and John won't tell you what he did with the remaining $500, be very suspicious!

5. If John wants you to buy his smashed old oranges for $0.50 each when the market sells fresh sweet oranges for $0.30 each, don't buy oranges from him!

6. Lemonade Stand #1 has to spend $10 to make 1000 cups of lemonade. Lemonade Stand #2 has only $1 and can make only 100 cups of lemonade. If you want Lemonade Stand #2 to make 1000 cups of lemonade, you need to give Lemonade Stand #2 more money!

7. Lemonade Stand #3 has 5 workers. They are able to make 1000 cups of lemonade in a day. Lemonade Stand #4 has 1 worker, who can make only 200 cups of lemonade in a day. If you want Lemonade Stand #4 to make more lemonade, you need to put more people behind it!

8. Joe spends $100 on milk for himself, and gives $10 to Jim to buy milk for 8 people. If Joe wonders why Jim and the other people are suffering from osteoporosis, it's his own damn fault!

The people who read this won't know what I'm talking about, so I'll just say that I hate my CEO. I hate my CEO with a passion.

So I've started putting together pretty outfits that I wish I could wear if I:
1) worked in an environment that didn't require covered shoes, pants, and sleeves, and
2) am able to dip into that $700 billion bailout fund that the banks are totally wasting (you're supposed to loan that money for mortgages and businesses, not give yourselves a raise, idiots).

Please comment! (On the outfits, not my bailout comment! )

That's Governor Schwarzenegger. To deal with the state budget crisis, he and Democrats are proposing raising SALES TAX.

ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!?! It's bad enough that so many people have been fired from their jobs and no longer have any income (unless you count unemployment benefits, but that isn't very much, especially not for a family of 4, 5, or more!), and now you want to make it more expensive to keep their homes stocked with the basics?? Now you want them to pay more for toilet paper, toothpaste, and other necessities?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?

Here's what I think they should do: INCREASE INCOME TAX ON THE RICH. Yeah, those earning more than $250,000 a year.

Let's see here: 33% of your income usually goes to the government, right? So let's say that's $250,000 gross, not net. That would leave them with $167,500 per year. Don't tell me that that isn't enough to live on per year. Man, if only I earned HALF that much...

Now let's take a low-income family that earns, oh, $40,000 a year. Take away 33%, and you get $26,800. A FAMILY CAN'T LIVE ON $26,800 IN CALIFORNIA.

SO WHAT THE EFF, GOVERNATOR? Why are you punishing the middle- and lower-income households in your state for your inability to properly utilize the state budget? What have you been spending money on? And WHY ARE YOU CUTTING BACK ON EDUCATION during the financial crisis?!?!!

I'm so angry I can't even think straight! Consider my mind boggled! During a financial crisis during which tens of thousands of families are hurting, DON'T HURT THEM MORE. Isn't that common sense??

Sigh. The ban on gay marriage has been passed. Thousands of gay couples across the country are up in arms about it and rightfully so. Gay couples were not allowed to marry, then they were allowed to marry, then with the passing of Prop 8, they aren't allowed to marry.. AGAIN. WTF, right? This isn't The Sims! This is REAL LIFE! These are real human feelings you are toying around with!

This is sad, sad, sad. I guess the majority of people just tolerated them, but when they were given a chance to be truly treated as equals in the eyes of the law, the 52% of California voters just couldn't take it. It makes no sense to me, whatsoever.

Speaking of things that don't make sense, the CEO of my company has been making lots of lousy decisions, and as a result my company may go under. I might find myself out of a job in 2009. After all the isolation I've experienced in the past few months and this back pain I have now due to all the time I spend sitting in my cubicle and commuting (one hour each way), I'm actually kinda looking forward to being a housewife again (dog + carpet = lots of vacuuming!!). I might even go back to tutoring, or doing more people-oriented stuff like being a salesgirl or volunteering. Will I get a pay cut? Yes, a pretty big one. Will I be happier? Probably...

Source: 236.com

I think he said what most of us are thinking.

FINALLY! I won a prize from the Daily Bellasugar Giveaway!! Finally finally finally!!

I mean, yeah, there are probably hundreds and hundreds of entries, so it's kinda stupid for me to complain "finally". Still: WOW!

It's not something I reallyreallyreally want, like the goodies from Benefit or YSL (well, I'm sure nearly EVERYONE wants the Benefit and YSL and other really coveted goodies), but hey, I can't complain. At least I won something!

I shall never ever again complain that I never win. If I do, please bombard me with "HEY WTF STOP COMPLAINING" tags, okay?

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Melissa Etheridge wrote a cool piece about the marriage ban. (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-06/you-can-forget...) That makes complete sense! (No, I'm not being sarcastic here.) If gays aren't treated like full citizens, why should they pay taxes like full citizens? Why should they be obligated to do ANYTHING like full citizens?

Women still overcome this problem today. "Do the same or more work as men, but get paid less." A lotta good that did- millions of women railed against this. Unfortunately, this problem continues today.

But here was a legislative measure that sought to CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION. Suddenly, supporters of Prop H8 who said that changing the Constitution is wrong, are ignoring the part of the Constitution that says that all men are equal. Now they'll have to change it to say, "All men are equal unless you're homosexual (but you'll still do your citizenry duty like everybody else)."

This is NOT FAIR.

A female announcer on KCBS yesterday evening called Prop 8 "a success". How can you call something a success when it is CLEARLY a failure of a modern society? Oh, sure, you can call the caste system in India "backwards"; people are born into their castes and there is little to no chance of being "promoted", so you are treated according to some rules and under conditions that you have no control over. Now, here in the "greatest" country in the world, have mandated that gays are not as good as straight people. WHO'S BACKWARDS NOW??

Like many people have already said, electing the first Black President of the United States was one gigantic step forward, but then the passing of Prop H8 is one gigantic step back. The rest of the world looks to the United States for inspiration and protection, but when gays can't even find protection under the law to enjoy their right to marriage just like everybody else, what kind of message is that sending??