Brad Pitt Shopping

# 421 | SusieExactly, Susie. You will learn the most fascinating experiences your family members have been storing away in their memories by going over with them their lifestories. I’ve certainly learned a lot I was completely in the dark about my mother’s background when my cousin did a school project on her grandmother’s past. But I think my uncle has a habit of embellishing though. Swimming in an ocean of sharks to reach the shores of Hong Kong? While I’m here, I’d like to get this message out of the way. The following isn’t a birthing story, but perhaps an anti-birthing one. I was going to post this the day after Passing Through’s "Tampax Brother" anecdote but dragged my feet on it. So, please allow me to indulge here. # 371 | Passing Through I’m finally reminded that on VH-1’s reality show, "Hogan Knows Best," (I swear I don’t watch it but catch glimpses of the show) there was an episode showing Hulk Hogan shopping for a box of tampons for his daughter. At first, Brooke remained in the car as Hogan tried to figure out the cornucopia of tampon varieties. Smooth, gentle glide, super, regular, etc. Naturaly, he was overwhelmed with the choices, and way over his head. So, he had to get his daughter from the car. She, of course, was embarrassed by her dad’s minute analysis and questioning of all the different brands and types when all she wanted was to get it over already. If you ask me, the stunt was contrived. Let’s have Hulk Hogan buy feminine hygiene products and roll in the comedy of the fish-out-of-the-water scenario. Aaaand on another reminder of a related subject (and the anti-birthing story), I got into a conversation with a woman in the checkout line about her purchase of a pregnancy kit. She was behind me, but her EPT moved on the checkout-conveyor belt to the front, where the customer in front saw it and asked the two of us who was having a baby. The both of us immediately answered, "NOT ME!" The EPT buyer was uncomfortable talking about her purchase to the nosy lady. Nonetheless, the nosy lady persisted in probing her. Finally, when the nosy lady stopped interrogating the EPT buyer, I commented to the EPT buyer those pregnancy kits should be sold in brown paper bags. She compared the discomfort of buying pregnancy kits to buying tampons and having a cashier run a price check. When I ran by the scenario of her husband buying them, she told me she actually had her husband do so. He went out and bought 200 boxes…so he wouldn’t have to make future trips. But he created a new problem for her because she didn’t know where to store all those boxes. What I didn’t get was where the hell was he able to buy 200 boxes? Even Costco doesn’t put that much out on its shelves, right? I guess, when a man puts his mind to it, he will find water in a desert even without a divining rod.

# 412 | COLD HARD MATH That’s some crazy stuff.

Angelina Jolie’s Callous Guard Threatening Namibia Localsby Toshiba ReynoldsApr 18, 2006As the heavily pregnant actress Angelina Jolie and daddy-to-be Brad Pitt have been preparing for the arrival of their bundle of joy in Namibia, their security guard Mickey Brett has been accused of bullying and threatening the locals there, according to a published report. Local press reports claim that Mickey Brett has made it so that the roads surrounding the resort where Angelina and her family have been staying are inaccesible, youngsters have been kicked out of public beaches, and to top it off, photographers and reporters have been threatened with physical aggression.The couple sould be staying in the African country for six more weeks, but the locals aren’t really looking forward to it considering the threatening behavior of Mickey Brett and his security unit he hired who are former members of a notorious apartheid-era counter-insurgency unit.A local tells a Namibian newspaper, "I sympathize with Brad Pitt and Angelina because they do want privacy, but on the other hand they are public figures and there is a lot of interest in their visit. From what I hear they are nice people but their security guys most certainly aren’t."The security guard was arrested and charged for the murder of a millionaire property tycoon, Donald Urquhart, in London in ‘93, but the charges were later dropped. I’m sure those ‘Africans’ AJ wants to ‘adopt’ and move to a foreign country will feel safe with someone who hires the very people who oppressed and murdered them! Some samaritan! This is just another Nobel Prize attempt. And how are people who live below the poverty line going to be able to afford BP’s green homes. They won’t! It will go to college students and tourists!

# 431 | Deatwisting the storyline to suit the writer’s own anti-B/A agenda.

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Posted by cindy2"So anyway, I saw how Nick was a sensitive man"Posted by me:So anyway, I saw how Jen Aniston was a sensitive woman."Good night Cindy.

412 | COLD HARD MATH I saw this story earlier, but I don’t know how much of it I believe. Did you read HIS petition? He contends that she came up with this stuff after she was notified that he was going to seek to increase his visitations from 2 a week to the 3 a week they had originally agreed upon. He says she’s trying to extort a bigger settlement out of him. Don’t get me wrong - Charlie Sheen is a big jerk wad, but if she’s had this kind of ammo all along, then why didn’t she use it to keep him from getting joint custody from the beginning? It’s almost like she sat down and wrote out a list of all the most reprehensible things a human being could do and then said he did them. I’ll have to wait to see what her proof is. If she says he was searching kiddie porn, then she needs to produce the computer and let some forensic computing specialist scan the hard drive for the evidence. You’d be surprised at what’s recoverable from a hard drive that’s supposedly been reformatted and had windows re-installed. It’s work that kind of work that helps the FBI be successful in catching for pedophiles.

# 425 | ReginaTheir real name is National LiarJared:There is a jerk in Gwenyth thread wishing death to the BAMZ baby. I just flagged it.

Just read on my yahoo start-up page that the judge ordered a restraining order on Sheen and he can only have supervised visits with his kids. I’m of two minds about this. One - IF true, he needs more help than I thought he did, and Daddy best get involved with his son. I hope he is ordered to get help and kept away from his girls until he does so and has proof of change of personality. Two - IF she made it all up to get $$, I hope she gets caught at it and punished. I also want to know…..who is she? Where did she come from? And why do I need to know about her? [because, with my useless factoid brain, now I do!] I’m with Passing Through on this one……SHOW ME the proof - I know CS has had problems, but, she does seem to be making him the reincarnation of Hannibal Lecter.Re: Simpson/Lachey divorce. Another case of WHY do I need to know about these people? They filtered into my consciousness during their MTV show. Mind you, I never actually saw one of their shows, but there they are, taking up brain space that I could use to keep an accounting of GWB’s lies or something much more important! She’s another one of those shopping, no talent blondes [honestly, sometimes I really hate people who have nothing better to do than shop constantly] that HW seems so fond of these days. I understand he was a singer, but as one who comes from the Beatle era, you’d better be something else to impress me or get me to listen to you.Now, I will NOT go to the National Alledger for love or money. Is there any REAL news in Pittland? Otherwise, I will go finish Fanshawe for my reading group.

O’Curious–No, you don’t need to know about these people. Simpson/Lachey are akin to Britney Spears and now Jennifer Aniston–purely tabloid creatures whose careers don’t merit the ink and paper that is devoted to their lives. They all must have aggressive PR people (we know JA does) to get their names and pictures all over the place, because they have no real careers anymore.

BTW just read about "Senetor’s Wife" project, "Pitt still wants JA for the part but JA not sure" news. I smell a lie. Does Pitt have control over this film at all? Another fiction trying to make Pitt look still "solicitous" of JA, perhaps.

Morning All,How is your weekend? I hope no one has to work so we can all veg out all day in front of the computer (lol).Cindy2That was a nice post on your pets. Like I said, I didn’t have pets growing up, the closest I came to having a bet was playing surrogate mother to my cousin’s parrot. At first I found the whole bird talking thing a little weird but it grew on me, besides all the bird ever said was "Pretty, Pretty Baby or Birdy" we were never sure which it was. If I do get a pet now, I’ll probably get a dog. I always figured I was a dog person….a big dog, I’m thinking Dobermans.Re: Sheen & RichardsPassing Through, I too have thought of that, if she knew something all this time, why didn’t she say anything. Then I thought maybe she just found out or maybe she was in denial. There are some women who know things about their husbands but would rather turn a blind eye to those things. A family friend is in total denial that her husband cheats….he doesn’t even make any effort to hide it, Some kind of coping mechanism I guess. On the other hand, maybe it’s his past behavior she is using as a spring board to get what she wants. If that’s the case, then it’s truly sad, she’s forgetting that at the end of it all, he is her children’s father. Some people get so caught up in their own crap, they forget about the children. Sure, they are babies now but they will grow up. How would they feel to know that their mother leveled such allegations at their father? What makes it even worse, is when they claim it’s all for the children.Re: Nick Lachey & Jessica SimpsonI don’t know about that Nick crying during an interview. Come on! It all seems so planned. I’ve always liked Nick…..I must confess, I saw the first season of their show, which in my opinon was the begining of the end for them. I thought of him as a saint for putting up with that idiote and her whole family. The contrast between the spotlight hugging Simpson and the Lachey’s was too much. Drew was always in the background…almost shy even and his wife, never really saw her. The simpson’s on the hand were everyone especially the the dad. My God! That man, what is he? Not a father that’s for sure. When I heard he used to be a pastor, you could have knocked me down with a feather. The ear ring and bling -bling wearing, inappropriate speech making man, was a pastor. What has gone wrong with the world? I tell you, when you see what other people have as fathers, you want to thank God everyday for making yours a good one (Estelle, your father is definately one of the good ones, you are a lucky gal). Back to Nick, I don’t get why he had to cry, I mean honestly, didn’t we all learn from a not so recent experience? Nick, honey nobody likes a cry baby. As I write, Nick Lachey is on TV and all I can think is "ughhh, cry baby". I know it’s terrible but I can’t help it.Cindy2I laughed so hard when I read your comment about wedding planners. She does have one but she is in Dubai. So as Maid of Honor, I guess I have the honor of becoming a subtitute. My sisters try to help but since it be a while since their own weddings (10 and 3 yrs), my cousin doesn’t consider them hip enough. I’ll never say to their faces but she is right. They keep leaning toward the old fashioned. She is wearing a strapless wedding gown with a Tiara (GASP!). Where does she think she is? The red district in pa-ree? "You are getting married, you want to look demure not like a floozy". That’s what my oldest sister told her…she was repeating what my aunt had said on the phone. See, my cousin found her dress some five months back but just showed it to her mama, a few weeks before coming here. You know, the phone lines were burning. Her mother calling my mother in Benin, to call my sisters here in the states to "talk some sense into her". Yikes! Bad..terrible idea, if there is one thing cozzy does well, it’s remain very steadfast on her opinions. They don’t get that the more they try to tamper with her plans the more bull headed she gets. I agree on some issues….putting a little spice in the traditions but I don’t agree with totally disregarding it. There are certain things that have been done from generations to generations, the fact that we are living foreign countries shouldn’t mean abandoning those things. So in this matter, just see me as intermediary….the link between old….really old and new school of thoughts. Fancy, hun? I like it too. Now, I have told everyone they shouldn’t worry about having this problem with me, because I’ll just walk in on them one day and annouce "I am married". They first time I told my mum down, she did the spitting thing (she didn’t really spit, just made they sound three times) and bound the spirit that would make me say such a thing. Then my grandmother warned me never to repeat such a word for fear that the angel of words….yes the angel of words would intercept it and take it straight to God’s ears. (Clears throat) Say, is writing the words the same thing as uttering them? Do you guys think I should do the spiiting thing just in case….ughh, I have to call my grandmother, the expert in this things. Be right back.Oh besane, I saw the comment you refered to and I have also flagged it. Sometimes people let their desire for shock value overide their common sense.