A Confession - I'm addicted to Celebrity/Gossip Sites.

[El Pinko]

Yup. Over the last couple of years, I've gotten into the habit of reading them every day. I know who Lohan is dating, whether or not Britney is in the looney bin...

I know that this info is utterly trivial...however- there was a time a few years ago, when I did nothing but focus on the war, the economy, Bush, election fraud, you name it.

And I ended up in a serious state of depression. It took a while, but I stopped drinking, started eating right and lost 85 lbs.

And I started reading silly gossip. It's entertaining and it takes my mind off all the serious crap in the world (not to mention my own worsening finances).



And if this helps to take anyone's mind off the bad stuff -

Today I baked up a dozen banana nut muffins - and they smell like heaven.






Don't forget to take time to smell the muffins...

[AlCzervik]

1. it's good to have some kind of distraction or else we'd all go crazy.

i also lost 85 pounds, must be the magic number.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

2. people make fun of me because I love american idol,

but seriously, I can't spend every minute of every day activating.

Congratulations of your weight loss, good for you!

[nashville_brook]

3. i am so totally recommending this and getting away from the computer to...

make some cookies.


the news is way too depressing today. thanks for the reminder to lighten up!

[ellie]

4. Me too!

My favorite is dlisted.com. Full of snark. I like Crazy Days & Nights and Lainey's site. Sometimes reality is too much.

[AlCzervik]

5. do you ever watch "Best week ever" on Vh1? I love that show so much.

[ellie]

6. Yes! It is hilarious!

My sister and I watch it together over the phone like we are in high school!

[AlCzervik]

8. my favorite, absolute favorite segments is always about Tyra!

"Yes Tyra you've managed to take another persons heartbreaking moment and make it all about you"

[earth mom]

7. I confess I'm a reality show addict. Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, Apprentice, Idol,

Bachelor (used to hate it) etc etc etc. When I had cable T.V. it was much worse! Real World, Osbournes, etc etc etc! Haven't had cable for a few years and I'm so tempted to sign up again because there are so many new reality shows I'm missing, plus I miss HGTV and Animal Planet. When the world gets to be too much, I escape with those shows, reading or working on something creative...that and some cookies-not muffins-meaning no disrespect to muffins that is. O8)