Tweetle Dumb

Lately, I've been nervous that I may have lost my edge. I was shopping at Marshall's (yes, Marshall's - go ahead and judge. It's the New Economy. I'm trying to be all Suze Orman-ish! Though, come to think of it, she probably wouldn't want me shopping at all. Hmm. Can't win.).

I digress. So I'm shopping at Marshall's and I pick up what I believe to be kind of a cool outfit, and then I'm stopped dead in my tracks. The sign above it says "Pretty 'N Professional". Am I really the "Pretty 'N Professional" sort? Me, a gal who has helped create global advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein? The same gal who has been FRONT ROW at Fashion Week?

Imagine my horror.

There was still time to recover. I mean, I know I'm still KINDA cool. My recent purchase of a sliced leather Linea Pelle bracelet has netted me dozens of compliments from utter strangers, so I must still have the look, right? So WHAT if I 100% copied it from JLO because she wore it in The Switch The Backup Plan. I. Still. Am. Cool.

Anyhoo, I tossed the "Pretty N Professional" outfit aside and reached for a much hipper suede-y-furry-fringey vest for fall. Totally Cool. Totally Hip. I'm so there.

Uh, the tag says "Teen Vogue" and I'm twenty years too late. Time to leave the store.

Maybe it's time to reassess. I realize one disastrous shopping trip shouldn't scare me into fearing my hipster relevance in the world, but dang it all Stella's gettin' her groove back. So I did something even more shocking than being pretty or professional. You're not gonna believe it.

I joined Twitter!
YUP, that's right, I'm now keeping up with what Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher all the crazy kids are up to. Ok, I still don't totally understand it, but I do know if you are a twitterer, too, I need you to follow me immediately! And if you REALLY want to help me out, maybe tweet a little love and tell your followers about me!
http://twitter.com/IsItJustMeTV

Thanks in advance for helping spread the word. I don't want to be destined for a life of Pretty N Professional.

PS. I hear this IPhone thing is catching on. Is this true?

Odd Jobs

I love this time of year. Besides gorging on all the finales, this is the month we get word on all the new shows soon to be clogging up your DVR.

A&E just announced some...interesting ones.

Tony Danza, he of Taxi and Who's the Boss? fame, will be doing a reality show where he - get this - spends a year as a teacher. They are billing it as the real life Welcome Back, Kotter. Now, I don't remember where Mr. Kotter was being welcomed back from, but I'm guessing it wasn't from the worst talk show ever other than Magic Johnson's life as a sitcom star.








Steven Seagal: Lawman premieres this summer. The onetime ponytail wielding action star is apparently a real life deputy in Louisiana. Roll cameras...let the hijinks ensue!










And in requisite 'comeback' reality show of the week...MC Hammer will hit the airwaves in June for Hammertime. This one follows Stanley Burrell aka MC Hammer as he lives a more 'economically balanced life' (press release words - not mine!) in Oakland, CA. "Economically balanced"? No word on whether Suze Orman has a role.

On another note, do I have to start watching Jon and Kate plus 8? I am assaulted by their mugs on the covers of all my favorite trashy mags, and I sure would hate to miss out on something pop culturally relevant...but really? Do I care about this? What's with all the Octo-fascination?

Eight is Enough was sooooooo before its time.