Julia London's Blog, page 109

Sex Sells?

My kid sister Kristin is flying to Arizona for a little vacay, but she found this ad and almost rescheduled to fly to New Zealand instead.

Cute, right? PETA has been successful using nudity in ads for years, posing various attractive celebrities strategically with the line “I’d rather go naked than wear fur.” But now, Burger King has crossed the line with using sex to shill burgers. In the first place, sex doesn’t mix with greasy, fatty foods. (That’s right, Paris Hilton. I said it. Like you

More Celebrity Baby Names

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick welcomed twin girls Marion and Tabitha earlier this week. I’m lukewarm on the name Marion, but I love Tabitha. I had an ancestor named Tabitha way back in the family tree, proving to me that the name wasn’t made up for the baby on the TV show Bewitched. On the same side of the family, I had a great-great-great grandmother named Scarbrough Snead. I’ve always loved that one. She would fit right in with today’s crazy celebrity baby names.

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Recent celeb

What’s in a name?

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I’ve always been a sucker for astrology. Not that I believe my daily horoscope, but it’s fun to check it out now and then. And when I study the descriptions for my sign (Libra), they always seem to fit me perfectly. Self-indulgent, check. Indecisive, check. Diplomatic, charming, easy-going, check check check (well, charming is up for grabs). I’ve even tried figuring out the birth signs of my characters. It’s fun and it helps me learn a little extra about how they might act in any situation. If

Happy Father’s Day, Whiners!

I just realized today, when Hubot informed me he’d invited his father for a Father’s Day barbeque this Sunday, that Sunday is Father’s Day.  I honestly don’t know how these things escape my attention, but they do.  I mean, it’s not like I’m not scouring the internet for obscure facts every day. 

But it didn’t register.  I was thinking NEXT weekend, not this one.  So now, not only do I have to prepare for a BBQ I was not thinking of doing, I have to get Father’s Day lined up for Hubot, my father

Classic Romance

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Last week, we had Definitely, Maybe from Netflix. I love Netflix. Definitely, Maybe is a good one for your queue (and Ghost Town, laugh out loud funny but not ridiculous). Definitely, Maybe is a delightful little romance with great female leads (Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Wiesz, and the incomparable Abigail Breslin), a sweet father-daughter relationship, and an intriguing little mystery. But there’s also a plot twist involving the book, Jane Eyre, and all I can think of since is that

Scary!

Phil Spector’s mug shot has been making the rounds at the protest of his wife, who complains that “They took my husband’s freedom and dignity. So why not his hair?” Oh, poor Phil baby. When you’re convicted of murder, you give up your freedom, your crazy toupees, and you go to jail (nineteen years for killing actress Lana Clarkson).

What, toupees? You mean, this wasn’t his real hair?


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Or this, the later court appearance Barry Manilow-meets-Ellen Degeneres style makeover?


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But surely, the r

Adam Lambert is Gay, The Olsen Twins are too Skinny, and Other Things We Already Knew

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I don’t understand the uproar about the “revelation” that Adam Lambert is gay.  Hello!  And so what?  He’s a great entertainer and I imagine we’ll be seeing him and his guyliner for decades.  Add him to the ranks of Elton John, Ellen de Generes, etc.  Another Hello! goes to a local paper here, who just noticed that the Olsen twins are frighteningly thin (and are doing that pout thing that Sherri talked about).  Those girls need a trip to In and Out for 4 X 4 Animal style burgers and new stylis

Speaking of Birthday Sex….

I cannot believe I actually forgot about a week or so ago to wish VB a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!  She is, at long last, FINALLY, as old as me!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Here’s some birthday sex just for you, VB! 

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Every girl’s crazy about…

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I was checking out the daily entertainment candids at E! They had a picture of a well-dressed Gerard Butler with the caption stolen from the ZZ Top classic, Every girl’s crazy about a sharp-dressed man… only they said “sharply.” Sharply-dressed man. And it bothered me. Maybe it’s grammatically correct, sure, but that’s not how the song goes. Why mess with a classic song lyric? I’m sure the writer thought it made him/her look cute or clever, but honestly? It makes the caption writer look like a

Prom Time! Then and Now.

I love this time of year. I love looking at the dresses and seeing what kids are up to and into these days. This year, the privilege cost me because it was time for my son to attend his senior prom. Tux rental, limo, prom tickets, picture money, and entertainment-- believe me, it all adds up. Lucky for my son, he had the cutest date ever, and a great group of kids.

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My prom? No one asked me so I finally decided to go with a guy friend. No one went by themselves, and no one even thought about g