Bring it on 2011

Happy New Year b's and g's! I cannot believe it's already 2011. I hope that you all had a wonderful NYE and are all finally recovered. I spent the weekend getting my little Kelsey married off to a wonderful man. It was one of the most beautiful weddings I have been to and I found myself feeling very blessed to have the people in my life that I do. I'm not usually the sentimental type but the feeling of love was so obvious I couldn't help but be thankful for the people I've met in the past four years of college.


For those of you that don't know, this is the year that I finally graduate from OSU. I have seriously enjoyed my time here but I'm ready to embark on my new journey. Starting on Monday I will be in my last student teaching semester at Sangre Ridge in the 1st grade. I am really looking forward to another great semester and cannot wait to meet my new classroom of students. I find myself searching sales and $1 aisles at the store to start building my very own classroom. I've decided to set some goals for myself so I'm not scrambling at the last minute and hope to have a job set by June 30. For a teacher this is pretty lofty but I have faith that things will work out.

I've also decided to do sort of a life cleanse. I've done some real thinking and decided to eleminate people and relationships from my life that don't make me a better person. While I am very grateful for every experience I've had in life, I think it's time to let some things go and look toward the future. I've realized that I'll be 23 in April and will start my real career in less than a year and it's time to start embracing the kind of person I want to be in the long run. It will def be challenging but I'm ready for it. I started last night by deleting about 40 people from my phone. I mean why was I holding on to the ex boyfriend from high school or the girl I did one group project with? I have no idea. Time to let go and move on.

I challenge all of you to look toward the new year with a new sense of self. I know many of you have taken on new adventures and I'm looking forward to doing the same. I started off the year with some really wonderful friends I haven't spent enough time with and I plan to remind myself how lucky I am for the family and friends I have been blessed with. Next on the list? A trip to Dallas in 9 days to see some of my very best friends. 2011 will be a year to remember, I can promise you that.

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot?
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?"

Yes, I think that it's about that time.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?

Well friends, it's that time of year. The time where people think of others more than themselves and give gifts to show how much they care about someone. Apparently this year people are giving the gift of being single more than ever and using the "You're better off without me" speech as a replacement of giving a nice fruit basket. Yes, that's right. The Hollywood breakup epidemic has hit.

Over the last month many of the big name celeb couples have headed straight for single city despite the fact these were some of the couples that were thought to be the most solid in Hollywood. Here's the run down:

1. Courtney Cox & David Arquette: After 11 years of marriage, the couple split despite having 6-year-old daughter Coco. Apparently David was still too wild and crazy and didn't want to settle down. Obvi he wasn't aware that Court was the very best he was ever going to do.

2. Christina Aguilera & Jordan Bratman: The couple was married for five years and have a two year old son, Max. According to Christina, they were having trouble at home and she didn't want it to turn into something that would eventually harm Max. Apparently she was unaware that dating before her divorce was final will also have some harmful effects on her son. Mom of the year?

3. Eva Longoria & Tony Parker: The two were married for four years and in a surprise turn of events, rumors were and still are swirling around about Tony cheating with a teammates wife. Is he really unaware that he is married to EVA LONGORIA? Idiot.

4. Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron: While the two were never married, the High School Musical costars dated for five years. They split this week after a Thanksgiving trip to Hawaii to try to make it work. According to reports, the split was mutual and hope to remain friends. Yeah, that always works out.

5. Michael C. Hall & Jennifer Carpenter: The two started dating and then married on NYE of 2008. The divorce comes just shy of their two year wedding anniversary unfortunately. Their divorce is more complicated because they play siblings on the hit show Dexter which has just been piked up for a 6th season. Good luck with that.

6. Scarlett Johansson & Ryan Reynolds: People's Sexiest Man Alive and GQ's Babe of the Year split as of yesterday after two years of marriage. The two had been very private in their relationship so the split comes as a surprise. The couple was quoted saying "We entered our relationship with love and it's with love and kindness we leave it." Really? Because I was under the impression that love is why people stayed married. Intersting.

Well there you have it. The top Hollywood breakups just of the last month. There are countless breakups from the year but honestly these are the only ones people care about because they're the big names. So happy holidays ya'll. And look on the brightside, now everyone's favorite hotties are single again. Thank you Santa.

Turning a new (web)page

After much thought and consideration, I think it's time for me to blog about more than just Celebs and life in Hollywood. Now don't get me wrong, I still love Us Weekly, E!, and Chelsea but it's been a little difficult to keep up with everything going on because I have been student teaching. There is soooo much more I want to write about and share with all of you, I'm going to tweak the purpose of my blog a little. And since it's my blog, I can do that.

In the past weeks (or months) since I've posted a lot has been going on. I've gone through almost a whole semester of student teaching in the kindergarten and I have to say it has been the most amazing, life changing experience I've ever been through. It's so funny how 20 five-year-olds can drive you completely crazy one day and the next you just want to take them all home with you. I really believe that teaching is what I'm supposed to do and working with these kids has really shown me that. I have some great stories so if you want a good laugh, hit me up! It's amazing how these children have really changed my life. I only have 2 weeks left with them before I get my new placement and I can't even think about it without crying. They are awesome.

This past week was my Thanksgiving break-yes I got a whole week off due to my elementary school's calendar-and I got to enjoy some much needed time at home. I always work when I go home because my boss won't let me quit. I'm serious. I just come and go when I'm home and it has been so nice to pick up some extra cash before the holidays. Being home was a nice break from STW where I have been feeling a little trapped and cagey. I love this town but lately it's been sufficating me a bit. It was nice to go home and have a break from it all and spend some much needed time with my family.

Yesterday I spent my last football game as a student in section 329 with AH cheering on our Cowboys against OU. While we didn't win, I can't say I didn't have a blast screaming and highfiving with all the other students around me. It was a heartbreaking loss but I am proud to call myself a Cowboy.

I'm looking forward to the last month of 2010 with anticipation and excitement. I'll be better about posting and I'm putting my renewal check for Us Weekly in the mail tomorrow so sleep easy tonight knowing my life goal is to still work for E! News.

Peace, Tweets, and Christmas Treats.

Coke > LiLo

I have had many people ask me to comment on the Lindsay Lohan situation. This is what I have to say about that:

Lindsay Lohan is under people that change their profile pic everyday on my list of people I cannot stand. She needs to go to jail and stay there for longer than 3 weeks. Obvi rehab isn't working out for her so maybe the judge should get a real career and stop sentencing her to things that aren't working. SHE'S ADDICTED TO COKE. I don't think that's something you can go to rehab for and come out a month later never wanting to snort again. Now I've never personally done coke but as a human being that has a brain I would guess that it takes a little longer than 30 days to cut a drug problem out of your life. I thought she was going to turn her life around after she made that cameo with Chelsea on the VMA's but it turns out that she is still a loser. Sorry your lesbo gf Sam realized what a joke you are and left you in the dust (no pun intended). Stop dying your hair and being a crazy. Me and everyone else in the United States is over you. Thanks and see ya later.

Phew I feel better.

My favorite time of year

Ahhhh the Video Music Awards...who doesn't love them? I have already blocked off my whole Sunday next weekend so that I can sit down and watch the ridiculousness that will ensue. This year is especially awesome because my fav person of all time (besides Wayne...who will miss the VMA's this year due to being locked up) CHELSEA HANDLER is hosting. If you haven't seen her promo I highly suggest you take a look at it and enjoy a little piece of heaven.

Anywho every year I take it upon myself to personally pick who will win each category. Since I just started this blog 6 months ago I haven't had the opportunity to treat you all to my wisdom of who will win. However I'm turning over a new leaf and will be filling you in on who will be winning each cateogory. You're welcome.

This will be different than my usually blogging because I won't just who I want to win, but who will win. There is a difference. Every year I believe that someone else should have won certain categories but understand that all of America voted, not just me. So I have taken that into account. Keep that in mind when I disappoint you with my picks.

Welp, here we go...

Best New Artist: Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris-Baby
Best Collaboration: Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce-Telephone
Best Dance Music Video: Lady Gage-Bad Romance
Best Female Video: Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg-California Gurls
Best Hip Hop Video: Eminem-Not Afraid
Best Male Video: Drake-Find Your Love
Best Pop Video: Lady Gaga-Bad Romance
Best Rock Video: Florence + The Machine-Dog Days Are Over
Video of the Year: Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce-Telephone
Best Art Direction: Lady Gaga-Bad Romance
Best Coreography: Beyonce ft. Lady Gaga-Video Phone
Best Cinematography: Lady Gaga-Bad Romance
Best Direction: Eminem-Not Afraid
Best Editing: Rihanna-Rude Boy
Best Special Effects: Green Day-21st Century Breakdown
Breakthrough Video: The Black Keys-Tighten Up

Well there you go. Lady Gaga was nominated for a total of 13 awards which is more than anyone else in the history of the VMA's so I assume that she will need a small car to carry all of her moonmen out with her. But I fully support her and still feel as though she was robbed last year when Taylor Swift won best new artist.

For a list of all noms check out http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/categories.jhtml and judge for yourself. Peace, love, and free Weezy.

The end of an era

Well here we are b's and g's, the time is here. The time that there are officially no residents in 1532. For those of you who haven't been keeping up on my twitter(@maddmck...follow me), 1532 is the apartment that my best friend Amanda (@akhorn) have been living in for the past 2 years and that @hfwood got to experience living in this summer. We moved in almost exactly 24 months ago and tonight is my very last night. I'm still trying to decide how I feel about it.

As I've been packing up my things and cleaning everything out, I've had a lot of time to think. It seems like yesterday that we were hauling everything up the 3 flights of stairs and going to wal mart twice a day and here we are all moved out. Crazy how time flies. So many wonderful things have happened here-birthday parties, kitchen talks, tv watching, boyfriends, dogs, you name it its happened. While we may not have been known for thowing raging parties until all hours of the night (that was apparently 1531's job) we were always here if you ever needed a quiet getaway from all your roommates. You could always come to the tranquil 2 bedroom. I have to say that I will def miss it. As much as I have hated climbing up and down those dang stairs day after day, I have truely loved this place.

Not only does this mark the last night in this apt, it also marks a time when its officially time for me to accept I am a 5th year and am starting a new chapter in my life. I had the pleasure of attending Amanda and Wes Geier's wedding last weekend and enjoy some time with all of my best friends. On the drive home I finally realized this is how it is going to be. Everyone has started the next phase of their life and I am so incredibly excited and proud of each of these girls and cannot wait to see where these roads take them. It's time. Time for life to happen. Am I ready? Nope. Do I accept it excitedly? Yes.

So ends an era. An era that I have been comfortable with for the past 4 years and it's time for me to accept what's happening and do the best I can. I have one goal for this next year: go to Cali, meet a celeb, and start working for E! asap. Doi.

"Big crown I'm gonna win for my mama" -Teeghan

Well b's and g's it's time for my thoughts on a small little thing called pageants, specifically toddler pageants. As Hay and I sit here enjoying our evening full of corndogs, kum & go, and sytycd I realize it's time for my fav TLC show Toddlers & Tiaras. I feel as though I can admit it to you that this is my guilty pleasure. Being a pageant queen myself (Maple Leaf Queen '03 baby) I enjoy the thought of little girls getting all dressed up and being cute on stage. Well folks, if you think that's what this show is about, you are terribly wrong. Todd's & Ti's is more about the mother living vicariously through their young daughters because they're too old-and out of shape-to live out their own shelfish dream. It is just sick.

The first time you watch this show, you'll probably wonder what trailer park all of these families are living in, don't be fooled. That is just the "southern hospitality" that the judges are looking for. If these 1-4 year olds don't have an accent so thick you can't even tell what they're saying then they might as well have forgot their flippers (fake teeth worn by the contestants who are usually missing their baby teeth). Along with the flippers, these babies are expected to get spray tans, full makeup, and hair pieces. This is such a joke.

Another thing about these mothers is that they'd rather their family go in debt than for their children not have a glitz dress. As defined by a coach tonight, a glitz dress is anything with stones on it. Some of these dresses can cost up to $2,000. Are you serious?? That's more than my class this summer is costing my parents. What parent in their right mind would pay 2 grand for a dress PER DRESS and do 3-4 pageants a month. That's around $8,000 a month and that's just the dresses. That doesn't include makeup, tanning, hair extensions, shoes, accessories, the 3 other outfits they need for the show, as well as travel and entry costs. These children are 3 years old and their parents are spending most likely around $10,000 a month on them to do pageants. Seriously? I got my dress at JCPenny's for $20 and it had stones on it. Get it together moms.

I close with a convo actually heard on T & T's tonight:
Crazy mom: "Who's crown is it?"
Brainwashed daughter: "Yours!"
CM: "And who's gonna win it?"
BWD: "Me!"
CM: "You gotta win that crown for mommy because she wants it."

I have nothing else to say.