Monday, April 21, 2008

Celebrity Crushes according to Brendan

The topic of harmless celebrity crushes recently came up in conversation. This soon led to confessions of weird celebrity crushes. Now, I’m not talking about the Jessica Albas or Brad Pitts of the world. I’m talking about the ones that make you think, “Am I normal?”

Allow me to share some examples:

Brendan’s Weird Celebrity Crushes:

- Julie McCoy from “The Love Boat”

I not sure why the 9-year-old me was drawn to this clipboard carrying twenty-something with a Ronald McDonald hairdo. Wait, I just answered my own question

- Jan from “The Office”
She’s crazy, but I just don’t care.

- Cheryl Burke from “Dancing with the Stars”
This one may not seem odd until you take into account the other popular crush possibilities on the show. Forget Julianne Hough and Edyta Sliwinska. I’ll take Cheryl every time.

- Mary Poppins
Hey, I’m as confused as you are.


Nikki’s Weird Celebrity Crushes:

- Usher
- Matt Lauer
- Edward from the Vampire Books
-and my personal favorite… Kid Rock!


Speaking of odd celebrity crushes, I’d like to call out a few celebrities who, at some point, have fooled many into thinking they are crush worthy. Here are eight of my most overrated Hollywood beauties (using the term very loosely):

8. Scarlett Johannson (o-v-e-r-a-t-e-d, clap, clap… clap, clap, clap… o-v-e-r-a-t-e-d)


7. Julia Roberts (her best role? Racing against War Admiral with Toby McGuire on her back)


6. Madonna (music: good, music video: bad)


5. Helen Hunt (leading lady roles throughout the 90’s? Give her agent a raise!)


4. Kate Blanchett (talk about a miscast for Galadriel. Was it just me, or were Frodo and Legolas both prettier?)


3. Glen Close/Meryl Streep (I can’t tell which is which, and making a distinction would require me to look at them.)


2. Jodie Foster (see Helen Hunt, but worse)

And the #1 offender… Sarah Jessica Parker! Bleeech! To quote Peter Griffin, “Well, they let Sarah Jessica Parker on the TV, and she looks like a foot.”

Do you agree/disagree with this post? Do you have a weird celebrity crush you’d like to share? If son, I’d love to hear all about it. Maybe it will help me feel normal.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Something to Blog About



This week we had our monthly Family Home Evening with our great friends, April and Justin!! We have been doing this for awhile, one Monday a month we get together and have FHE. This consists of dinner, spiritual thought and an activity!! We take turns hosting every other month!


Here is a picture of Justin and Brendan working on the puzzle that we wanted to put together! They were a great team and made quite a bit of progress on it. April and I on the other hand, mainly talked!!


This is April and their new son Carson. He is three months old and so dang cute!! He is such a good baby and it is so fun to see their cute family!!!