This is bullshit!!!

It should be against the law for Janet Jackson to do interviews, lying about gaining weight for a movie and then lying about how she lost it.

Janet has ALWAYS had a history of gaining weight between albums. She's a vegetarian when she's on tour spouting off about healthy eating and exercise. But catch her a few months after the tour is over and a bear
couldn't wrestle a bucket of KFC away from her. It's EXTREMELY unhealthy for someone's weight to fluctuate like hers does. She probably goes from 120 to 160 between albums which is ridiculous. No one is mentioning that for some reason. It just proves that if she wasn't famous she'd be fat - and happy. So, when the photos of a fat Janet surfaced in November I wasn't shocked at all. The subsequent slim down photos weren't shocking either. What makes this whole thing ridiculous is I'm sure Janet isn't used to having all this scrutiny as she slims down so they had to come up with some bullshit explanation for all the extra poundage. She has an album coming out so she has to get it together and why not make her weight loss journey almost inspirational. Celebrities think the public is stupid and will believe anything they tell us.

Here are the steps in this bullshit story:

1.) Pick some sh*t no one can verify but that sounds semi believable. At first they floated the idea that she was stressed out after the Michael Jackson circus - I mean trial - but no one bought it. Then inspiration - ahhhh a movie role. Let's get the story out there.

Exhibit A
Jermaine Dupri started this lie in February. He conviently mentioned it to the NY Times "What people don't know is she gained weight for an Indie movie" was the quote I believe. Here we go on the bullshit trip. Fasten your seat belts.

2.) Make sure more pictures are taken of you in public going to and from the gym with your trainer. You have nothing to hide, you gained weight for a movie so act like you don't care.

Exhibit B


3.) Make sure some slim down pictures are taken. You're working hard and the weight should drop off since you're normally a fit healthy person.

Exhibit C


4.) Finally you're small. More photos:
Exhibit D



5.) After all this. Do a cover story about the whole experience. Nevermind that it's photoshopped to death because you're putting yourself out there. Besides most people are stupid and will believe this shit. No need to mention the amphetamines or anything else that contributed to my amazing transformation.

Exhibit E




6.) Step six remains to be seen. All this publicity will do nothing but good things in terms of album interest. We'll see how the first week's sales look.

This shit is sooooo outrageous I can barely translate my disgust into words. 60 pounds in FOUR months. Yeah, that's normal. It's not unhealthy at all. It's not sending the wrong message to millions of overweight people. Hey, Janet did it, I can too. You too can lose 60 pounds in four months if you work out and eat right. Nooooo, you don't need a personal trainer, a food delivery service, or even 12 hours of free workout time six days a week. Look to Janet. She'll show you the way.

Girlfriends

Did anyone see the season finale???
I missed it because I was at Target and then came home and watched the tail end of that David Blaine fiasco.

If I could turn back the hands of time

Regret.
One word that is reflective of soooooo much in a person's life.
I can recall a line in the movie Center Stage (yes, I loved that movie - I actually own it and I'm not ashamed) where the bulimic girls mother tells her "I know what regret feels like and I don't want that for you, I know what it's like to look back and wish". I had no idea viewing that movie for the first time or the 30 subsequent times I viewed it after that I'd be able to relate to that line in any way before I was at least 40. As I sit at my desk at a job that I hate I've started listing me regrets. Here are a few:

5.) I regret going to an all girl's high school
I've mentioned this before so I won't elaborate but I and
wannabestarlet still have a tremendous amount of bitterness over our high school years

4.) I regret not having more fun in college
Why oh why wasn't I kicking it, hoe-ing out and just living life to it's fullest when I was college. Had I known then it would be my last chance to enjoy life essentially free of any real responsibility I definitely would have.

3.) I regret not being involved in any sort of organized sports team when I was younger
At least I would have been in shape at some point in my damn life.
I refuse to even start that rant.

2.) I regret every single day I've spent working at a job that I don't like
I hate my company and I've wasted soooooo much time here working my ass off for basically nothing, working for people who don't give a shit about me, and just wasting my talent and hard work in a place that does not respect or reward any of it's employees. This place is a fucking nightmare.

1.) I regret not having the courage to go to art school
This is my number one regret because everyday that I'm working anywhere I know I'll wish I had the guts to follow my heart and not my head which tells me it's not safe to bet on a maybe. I look at art students with barely concealed envy because I wish I had at least tried.