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Dave, Buster, a Shopaholic and a Snow Storm.

Written on March 2, 2009 by Becky in Current Events, Life, Reviews, Save Becky

Sorry, I have been so quiet lately. Well, I HAVE been tweeting, so I added a Twitter widget adjacent to my main blog page for those of you tweeps not on Twitter yet. If you haven’t joined, you MUST. I have met so many wonderful people on there from around the world. www.SaveBecky.com has new readers in Portugal and Israel! Hola and Shalom!

I had a pretty eventful weekend. Friday night I had a sleepover with Emily. We went to White Castle (her first trip ever) and spent the rest of the night watching movies and playing on Facebook. Then on Saturday, Stephanie and I went with Emily to see “Confessions of a Shopaholic”. I read the entire book series and the movie was just as hysterical. Isla Fisher is great. Saturday night, two of Harry’s best gahs, Jay and Kevin took Emily and I to Dave & Busters. Emily and I had a blast. It was great to go out again and be “normal”, well at least try to be. Sunday, I spent most of the day working on the company newsletter. It’s amazing how long it takes to produce 11 pages of company news.

This morning, I awoke to over a foot of snow on the ground. My car was literally buried. I took a few pictures (after I brushed my car off) for my tweeps:

After two and a half hours of shoveling and two trips up and down the driveway, I gave up. There was no way I was getting my car out of there in time to go to work and when I did, how long would it take me to get there? I ended up working from home. I remember the days that snow days used to be fun…now we are adults and have to shovel. Two herniated discs and a plowed in car DO NOT mix well. I’m now laying in bed watching the Bachelor – I stopped watching this show a long time ago because the only ones who stayed together were Trista and Ryan and they are just annoying hehe. The most dramatic rose ceremony ever is coming up! Every week is more dramatic. I can’t take all the drama. I have enough of my own drama!

Speaking of reality shows, I watched Celebrity Apprentice, another show I stopped watching a long time ago, because, well, I just can’t stand Donald Trump. But let me just tell you, Andrew Dice Clay makes Donald Trump look like a sweetheart. I had a feeling he would be going home when he told Mr. Trump that it was personally his fault that there were no bagels or coffee for any of the contestants. As if Donald Trump is going to come walking in with room service LMAO. The icing on the cake was Dice Clay asking out the receptionist before he got fired.

And just one more thing…Rihanna and Chris Brown. She is back with him? This is just a travesty. Girl, you deserve so much better then that immature abuser. I was once in an abusive relationship and they always apologize, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen again. RiRi, you should stay single for a while. You are on top of the world now with your career, enjoy it and don’t run back to him!

OK, that’s all. I started this blog speaking about my life and now I’m talking about reality shows and celebrity gossip. You know I always wanted to be a celebrity blogger. Trent and Perez watch out;)

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Natalee Holloway…in the pond?

Written on July 28, 2005 by Becky in Current Events

OK. I just went on CNN.com and read about how they are draining a pond in Aruba searching for Natalee Holloway. Here is a quote from the story:

“The pond is next to a racquet club and across the road from the beach where brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18, told police they dropped off Holloway and their friend Joran van der Sloot, 17, early May 30, the day she disappeared.”

Um, if this pond was located directly across the street from where they’ve been taking Joran van der Sloot for weeks, why are they just draining it now? That should have been the first place they looked! What is wrong with these people?

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My theory about Natalee Holloway.

Written on July 16, 2005 by Becky in Current Events

I’ve been following the Natalee Holloway story because I’ve been to Aruba many times and love the island so much. Deep down, I truly believe that Joran van der Sloot is guilty of something. Whether it was an accidental death and he freaked or he deliberatley killed her, he is guilty or knows what happened to her.

But then, I had a thought. Maybe she was killed by a shark. There has been an increase in shark attacks lately…it’s definately a possibility. The guy said she wanted to be left there at the beach. Maybe she took a late night swim, and she’s gone? I mean, they haven’t found her body yet. It’s not a large island. I wonder if anyone in Aruba has thought of this? I should be a detective. I think I’ve found my calling.

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Ugh, how many more years?

Written on June 9, 2005 by Becky in Current Events, Politics

Well the G8 is over. Hopefully many of you signed that ONE declaration. Bob Geldof and Bono, two of the world’s best known Africa fund-raisers, declared victory. However, not suprisingly:

“U.S. President George W. Bush had refused to be bound by the 0.7 percent target. The United States is giving 0.16 percent of national income, the SMALLEST percentage of any of the G-8 countries.”

That’s a shocker. This country is spending all of its money sending our youth to the middle east to be killed/wounded and/or traumatized for no reason. That makes more sense than saving millions of people less fortunate than us. I recently found this interesting website:

http://www.TheTruthAboutGeorge.Com

Read some quotes from our Commander-in-Chief:

“We will stand up for terror. We will stand up for freedom.”
—Bush, speaking on the campaign trail, Oct. 18, 2004, in Marlton, N.J.

“Because he’s hiding…”
—Bush, explaining why Osama bin Laden has yet to be captured. (Washington Post interview, Jan. 16, 2005)

“What is your ambitions?”
—Bush, speaking at the Parkview Arts and Science Magnet School

“The proposal we’ve proposed will save him nearly $2,400 every year.”
—Bush, in another display of the depth and breadth of his language skills

This is who is running our country. Amazing. Just amazing.

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