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[Previous entry: "Ranting"] [Next entry: "The Week-end and AT pics"] 06/30/2005: "Jessica Simpson, Manola Blahniks and Procrastination"
Jessica Simpson is living, breathing, and unfortunately singing, proof that it’s possible to achieve celebrity status as a pop star and not possess a shred of talent as long as you look good. I see her almost weekly on one mag cover or another when I’m standing in the grocery check out line. She always looks good—nice teeth and all that blonde hair and she’s skinny to boot. But yesterday I was in my car listening to the radio, enroute to pick The Girl up from day camp, and I actually heard her sing for the first time. Replies: 3 Comments on Thursday, June 30th, kim said i heard the song. Women are addicted to shoes, but you should get the a nice dress. on Saturday, July 2nd, Jen said
LOL! I have a couple of nice dresses--honest. I have more nice dresses than occasions to wear them. And I know all about shoe addiction. You know how some people look for the perfect shoes to go with an outfit. Not me. I buy shoes and know that one day I'll find something to go with them. on Saturday, July 2nd, kim said not really, but i just sing along |
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It was a remake of Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots are Made for Walking. I like that song. And I’m not biased against re-makes (I LOVE the remake of Roberta Flack’s Killing Me Softly). I was driving along, anticipating her fresh take on this song. At first, her vocals were so little-girl breathy that the music overpowered her, but I was still willing to roll with it (hey, I like Astrud Gilberto’s breathy, little-girl vocals). And then she started to really sing and I realized the instrumental overpowering her was a good thing. OMG (I know, I said that before, but…OMG) it was awful. I had to change the station. Jessica should stick with what she does best—looking good on mag covers. 
I swear to you, they were lovely – simple, elegant with a stiletto heel, just what I wanted. And you know, the sheer perversity of paying $475 for a pair of shoes to wear with an $8 dress really appeals to me—sort of warped and twisted. 
Alas, my bank account can’t accommodate that perversity. Plus, if the dh ever caught wind of it—even though it’s my money—he’d stroke right on out. Hmm. Guess I’d better go back to where I bought the dress and troll for equally discounted shoes. 
