Porsha Picks Her Baby (RHOA)
Kenya is clearly cray cray, and there isn't much to be said about her that hasn't been said already. But Porsha? Oh wow... This girl is a perky little something.
The whole time she was telling Kenya about her desire for children, I kept thinking to myself, Is she 12 years old?. Even beyond the peppy enthusiasm and rambling, I mean, really. You rarely hear grown women talk that way. She wants kids (okay). Sooner rather than later (fine). Preferably twins so she doesn't have to be pregnant multiple times (okie doke. Good luck with that). Her hubby wants a boy and she wants a girl (that's normal). So she's going to have the boy first and then a girl (wait, what now?). And when Kenya points out that usually one does not have control over these things, she responds that she's just going to use the Chinese gender predictor to plan her boy and girl. (alllllrighty then...).
I get saying things like, "Ideally, I would like a boy and a girl." But saying what sex she was going to have, and even going so far as to treat the Chinese gender prediction test as though it is honestly a reliable and proven gender prediction technique is just... I can't... Do grown people do this???
If you are not familiar with it, the Chinese Gender Prediction test is a real thing. Based on the mom's lunar age and lunar month in which the baby is conceived, the test tells you what gender it should be. That's right, Porsha Stewart is putting stock in the fact that every woman her lunar age who conceives the same month as her will have the same-gendered babies. Sounds legit
This gender predictor claims to be 90% accurate. In reality, it is—like all methods of predicting gender in a single-birth or identical twin scenario—50% accurate.
According to the Chinese Gender Predictor, I should have one girl and one boy. In fact, Pop Culture Toddler 2 was conceived smack in the middle of a three-month period that should result in a boy. Guess she missed the memo?
Seriously, what is the logic here? Some ancient Chinese secret from the cosmos? It doesn't even make any sense statistically.
And what about fraternal twins [like the ones Porsha so desperately wants... I am assuming there must be some family history or she is planning on the aid of fertility drugs, since she is clearly not of such advanced maternal age that she has a heightened risk of fraternal twins] and other multiples? Where do they factor? By this theory, they should always be the same gender.
Look, I have no problem with gender prediction methods and old wives' takes when they are used for fun only, and not treated as a serious endeavor. I can even understand people trying things like the Shettles Method or anything that has at least some basis in science (whether or not it is actually accurate). But some random chart that you found online that says every 31-year old woman who conceives in "lunar" February in any given year will have a girl?? C'mon now!
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Ladies (and Some Men), I Have an Announcement I Would Like to Make
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Channing Tatum the Sexiest Man Alive? Not sure how I feel about this
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A New Elmo?
Witness this performance in The Five-Year Engagement:
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I Hate VH1 for Devaluing the Word "Diva"
VH1 recently announced its lineup for "Divas 2012," and all I can say is Are you [pardon my French]fucking kidding me????
Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, Kelly Rowland, Ciara, and Jordin Sparks. Only two of those ladies (Kelly and Jordin) can sing without auto-tune; and, let's face it, even with auto-tune, those chicks can't sing. Jordin and Kelly are okay, maybe even good(ish), but they are not divas!
Look, I get that Whitney and Donna dead, Chaka and Aretha are old, and Mariah and Christina have been on "Divas" already; but at least these ladies truly personify a "diva." Adam Lambert (the emcee) embodies a diva better than Miley Cyrus. Heck, at least he can sing.
Why doesn't VH1 just call it what it really is—"Pandering to the Teen and Young 20s Demographic 2012"???
I feel about VH1 the same way The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon feels about Apple's Genius Bar.
Just. Stop.
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A PSA to Those Non-New Yorkers Who Had Intended to Run the NY Marathon This Weekend
I was only a temporary New Yorker for three years, and that was more than a decade ago; but I still have many friends (and one family member) there and other areas affected by Sandy.
Imagine my surprise to turn in to a NYC-based, national radio show this afternoon and hearing a few marathon runners bitching and moaning about the cancelation, including one lady from Houston, who should certainly know better, since we get our own fair share of destructive weather. Many of those people got schooled on the air.
Consider this my Public Service Announcement to any disappointed runners who have not yet been so schooled:
If you flew into NYC this weekend to run the marathon and are now raving mad because you now have "nothing to do," how about you donate your downtime to the Red Cross or other hurricane recovery efforts?? If you didn't make it into the city before the marathon was canceled, then how about you feel happy about the fact that your hotel room can go to a displaced NY resident, many of whom were told they had to evacuate the rooms before Saturday? In any event, show some damn gratitude for your luxuries and some sympathy for people who suffered devastation this week. One day, it could be you or someone you love. Wouldn't you like some kindness, understanding, and sympathy? You've already done the training. You can run a later marathon. But NYC and its residents need some TLC right now—not 50,000 people running through the streets and redirecting medical personnel.
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