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My name is Allie and I have been waiting to meet Justin since my…

My name is Allie and I have been waiting to meet Justin since my friend showed me his videos on Youtube. I live in Alabama so I don’t get many opportunities to see him or go to events he might be at. I had been to his concert in Birmingham in 2010 and met some of the crew but not Justin. A few months passed and Scooter came into a Tinychat with me and my friend. He ended up following us and he began to remember who we were. In July 2011 I went to LA on a trip with some friends and our moms. While out there, we got the chance to meet and hang out with Michael Vargas which was really cool. He is such a nice guy. Then in October Justin followed me and I was beyond excited!    I honestly thought that was the closest I would get to meeting him or anything like that. Well I was wrong. I got to go on a last minute trip to LA with my cousin and the whole time we were there, I kept saying I’m going to meet Justin and she would laugh. My best friend @labeliebs who I met because of Justin was doing everything she could to help my dream come true! She ended up getting me in contact with some friends who waited outside where he was rehearsing for tour but I never saw him. I think I missed him by a few minutes. After a few hours I had basically accepted I wasn’t going to meet him and we should leave Hollywood to make our dinner reservations downtown. Well as we are walking I got a phone call telling me to hurry and get to Miceli’s in Universal City, because Justin was there. So my cousin and I ran down Hollywood Blvd trying to get a taxi. I’m sure we looked crazy to everyone. We got to the restaurant and I saw the swag van! At this point I couldn’t believe I might actually get to meet him! The manager sat us at a table so I could see both exits and get up to try and get a picture when he left. Of course I couldn’t even think about anything except for the fact that Justin was in the same room as me! I see him, Moshe, Selena, and Ashley (Selena’s friend) get up to leave. I got up and walked outside and said “ Justin can I please have a picture?” and he didn’t look like he was going to stop then I said, “Please Justin I’m from Alabama”. They all stopped and looked at me and he goes “What?” I said, “ I’ve been a fan since youtube and I’m from Alabama could I get a quick picture?” He goes “Of course you can sweetie.”   I’m dying by this point. I took our picture then I asked for a hug and as he was hugging me  and rubbing my back he says  “Thanks for always supporting me and it was a pleasure to meet you tonight.”  I then went into the restaurant and freaked out cause I had finally met him! August 8 th , 2012 at like 7:30 will always be a great day!! It may have taken a long time and not been a very long experience but I couldn’t have asked for a better one! Don’t give up because it will happen one day! – @alliehaywood See the article here: My name is Allie and I have been waiting to meet Justin since my…

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Mr. Skin Beats the Heat (Among Other Things) [PICS]

Hot enough for ya? We’ve been experiencing a heat wave here at Skin Central (yesterday’s high was a record-breaking 105 degrees Fahrenheit), and at this point we’ll try anything to keep cool. This weather has turned our brains to mush, so we’re looking for SKINspiration from some of Mr. Skin’s coolest nudes… Want to see what Adriana Steele is going to do with that popsicle? Find out after the jump!

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How Laura Jane Grace Came Out To Against Me!

Against Me! speak for the first time since Laura’s Rolling Stone interview, remembering the ‘simple’ way she told them she’s transgender. By James Montgomery Laura Jane Grace Photo: When Against Me! ‘s Laura Jane Grace announced in Rolling Stone that she was transgender, the majority of the story focused on her life … with only a few paragraphs dedicated to how she broke the news to her bandmates. This was understandable, of course, and though the details included in that RS story are scarce, they’re also incredibly endearing: On the drive from Gabel’s St. Augustine, Florida, studio back to their homes in Gainesville, the AM! guys debated whether or not they needed to hit the gym “so that if anyone messed with Gabel, they’d be able to throw down.” But, when Against Me! sat down with MTV News for their first interview since the Rolling Stone piece shone a spotlight on their band, they revealed that there was another reason the story skimped on particulars about Laura’s big revelation: Namely, to them, it wasn’t really all that big of a revelation to begin with. “We went to the studio just to hang out, we weren’t even practicing, we were just having a meeting, and talking, and she just told us,” longtime bassist Andrew Seward said. “It was kind of simple in a way … [and then] on the drive back, because it’s 80 miles from the studio back to Gainesville, I was just going through past lyrics and stuff going ‘God, how did I not think of that?’ ” “I didn’t want to be melodramatic about it when approaching friends … for me, it is a non-issue. It’s something that’s always been there for me, I’ve just never verbalized it before,” Laura added. “I didn’t really plan on it, I forget what exactly we were talking about, but I got to this point where I felt really frustrated that I wasn’t making the point I wanted to make, and I realized I wasn’t making it because I wasn’t fully explaining myself, and the part I was leaving out was this big integral piece of myself. So it just came out of my mouth, you know, and we were just sitting there and it was like, ‘So this is the way it is.’ ” Still, Laura admitted she had no idea how her bandmates would take the news, or even if they’d still be her bandmates after she told them. All she knew was that, both personally and professionally, she was tired of keeping secrets … she wanted everyone to know she was transgender, repercussions be damned. “I reached a point for myself where writing, I couldn’t focus on anything else but writing from a trans perspective or writing about trans issues, and as the album we’re working on came together, it became more and more apparent to me that, at some point, I was going to have to say something to the rest of the band,” she said. “Otherwise, if you’re taking the lyrics to these songs out of context [they’re] going to be misinterpreted … so we kind of reached that point where once we started getting in to doing vocals and you’re hearing the lyrics I was like, ‘OK, this is the deal. … There are going to be things that are going to be happening for me that, if I don’t tell you this right now will probably look more like I’m insane as opposed to this is what I’m doing.’ ” And yet, no one did. And, after being assured by her bandmates that Against Me! wasn’t going anywhere — “It was just kind of like, ‘Let’s still do the band; let’s still do everything we normally do.’ That’s pretty much the extent of it,” drummer Jay Weinberg said — they’re hard at work on their new album; a conceptual record they’re calling Transgender Dysphoria Blues. It represents Laura’s most personal work to date, an exploration of her battles with shame and depression, and the freedom of her new life. And, with her band backing her, she can’t wait to bring the music to the masses. “For me, the fear was, if I don’t do this and I don’t come out with this now, that the band can’t go on. It was just feeling like this is what I need in order to continue to be doing this,” she said. “Feeling like you’re stereotyped into this role of an angry young male, especially in the punk rock scene, was just suffocating to me … And feeling like so many of the things I was trying to express in my lyrics were being lost on people because it wasn’t being framed in the right context, I didn’t even want to do it anymore. … But now, I do.” Related Videos Laura Jane Grace: A Life Unburdened Related Artists Against Me!

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Kelly Clarkson Covers "Princess of China"

Kelly Clarkson singing Coldplay? Like Usher singing Foster the People , it’s a cover we can’t say we saw coming, but one you’ll find is memorably good. The American Idol winner and Duets star paid a visit to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge – the same venue as Usher’s aforementioned cover – last week. On it, she took on the Coldplay and Rihanna hit “Princess of China” in stripped down, acoustic rendition featuring just guitar, mandolin and vocals. Watch below as she nails both Rihanna ‘s part and Chris Martin’s: Kelly Clarkson – Princess of China (Live)

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Nick Stahl: Missing Again After Leaving Rehab!

Nick Stahl’s family and friends are once again searching for the missing Terminator actor after he bailed on rehab against his doctor’s orders days ago. Stahl, who was reported missing last month before contacting friends and family and entering treatment, has disappeared anew, according to reports. “He’s been missing for about four days,” the actor’s estranged wife, Rose Murphy Stahl, confirmed to E! News Monday. “I don’t want to comment any further.” After checking out of rehab, the Terminator 3 star went to stay at a friend’s. He was then seen in downtown L.A., but after that, Stahl returned back to his friends. He has not been spotted since he left a friend’s house Thursday. The source says: “He’s disappeared. We can’t find him anywhere. He hasn’t made contact with anyone. We are all just desperately looking for him.” “Everyone just wants him to come home,” the source adds, with no luck so far. “It’s just a terrible situation. We are searching, but we’ve had no solid leads.” Here’s hoping he surfaces safe and sound once again. [Photo: WENN.com]

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The Bachelorette Recap: Emily’s a Straight Shooter

Following the London fireworks that saw Kalon McMahon booted off the show a week ago, The Bachelorette and her eight remaining men hit Croatia tonight. Which log-throwing, kilt-wearing competitor dominated the manly competition? Who won over Emily with persistence in the face of defeat and earned a rose? Elsewhere, who surprisingly got the chop on tonight’s one-on-one date(s), and what surprising bombshell was dropped in the previews for next week? Follow this link for a rundown of The Bachelorette spoilers we know so far, including the (alleged) final three. Then read on for THG’s official +/- recap! Emily’s having a good hair day. Plus 9 . No Ricki this week? :’-( Minus 18 . Annnnd the first one-on-one date goes to … Travis the Egg Guy. A little anticlimactic for fans of Sean Lowe. Or Jef Holm. Or Arie Luyendyk, Jr. Minus 7 . Put Dubrovnik, Croatia on your travel bucket list BTW. Plus 14 . #BalancingStoneFail. Minus 4 . “This is a 10 on a scale of 8,” he calls their date. Who says that? First of all, scale of eight? Second of all, why not an 11 or 12 out of eight then? Minus 2 . Emily is looking for a guy with a bit of an edge … according to Ryan, who’s apparently wearing a Lulu Lemon yoga halter-top wife-beater thing. Minus 30 . Travis’ dinner seems to be going pretty well at least. Plus 6 . Ryan scores the next one-on-one date. His heart is beating out of his women’s tank top, man. Prepare for the douchepocalypse, America. Plus 10 . Emily sends Travis home after not feeling any sort of romantic connection! Plus 5 , ’cause we feel bad for the guy, but it was definitely the right call. That umbrella Travis flung – like his heart and like his precious egg – may be broken beyond repair. Plus 5 . And then there were seven … Sometimes a girl just wants to see a movie … in the name of shameless product placement courtesy of ABC and Disney-Pixar’s Brave . Minus 25 . Eye-rolling plugs aside, the movie does look pretty cute at least. Plus 7 . The guys in kilts and muscle shirts? Ditto! Plus 3 . Plus 12 for Emily’s archery skills. Minus 12 for Chris’ effort … at grammar, because we think he just said he’s “shotten an arrow only once in his whole life.” You’re shotten me Chris. Sean Lowe is so ripped, he broke the log in the competition. Plus 9 . Chris wins the Bravery Cup despite being humiliated in every event. He was a good sport and gave it his best … can you tell Emily’s a mom? Plus 11 . Emily and Sean FTW? Can we start calling them Seamily? Plus 5 . Arie’s “freaking out,” but it doesn’t appear he’s relinquished co-frontrunner status. Definitely not after that street makeout sesh. Plus 5 . Ryan has to be acting, right? There are a-holes in the world, sure … but one can be that full of himself in such comedic fashion. He’s like a caricature of your quintessential narcissistic ass clown. Well played Ryan and ABC. Plus 10 . Jef? Definite dark horse still. Plus 4 . He and Chris, who gets the rose, are angling for the final two hometown date spots at this point, with Arie and Sean the favorites. Doug and Ryan are fading fast (for very different reasons). Wolf … is still on the show we think. Emily Maynard really sparkles. Literally. Plus 6 . Ryan actually shaves that ugly patch out of his facial hair … and apparently his legs. Arie is visibly uncomfortable listening to him talk at this point. Plus 2 . Not as uncomfortable as Emily eating an oyster, but close. Minus 11 . Or when Ryan says openly that he wants her to be his trophy wife. Minus 21 . “I see in you some things I’ve always looked for.” – Ryan. Read: booty shorts. Plus 7 . When Emily’s not happy, she makes this this half-smile, half-glaring crinkle face. Case in point: Ryan reading off his ideal woman checklist. Minus 15 . Crinkle Face turns the checklist around on him, says her criteria are different, then gives him the boot! Plus 20 for Emily being on a roll tonight. “That is very shocking.” – Ryan. To you, maybe. No one else. Minus 18 . No way she’s going to go back on it, is she? Noooo, come on, don’t go back on it! OMG she’s going back on it. Okay phew, she didn’t. Plus 17 . Ryan opines that the guys must be shocked and laments that he’ll miss them. Back at the hotel, they are HUGGING and celebrating. Plus 33 . Did he just ask to be edited well by the producers? Might be wishful thinking, Ryan, after some of your comments, actions and “fashion.” Minus 20 . Eff the next Bachelor, … but please, ABC, add Ryan to the Bachelor Pad 3 cast! Plus 10 . If Ryan did get the rose, would the guys have staged an intervention, Kalon style? Would it have been warranted? Yes, yes and Plus 5 for that imagery. Arie just wants to hold her and hug her and do a lot of other things he can’t say in a confessional, oh, and she’s a great judge of character. Plus 6 . He gets a rose. We get a bit too much makeout audio. Minus 4 . Arie and Emily in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie? Plus 50 . Wolf pulls out his grandparents’ funeral cards and it’s … sweet? Poignant? Weird? Out of place? Over the top? All of the above? Eh, Plus 1 . Both Wolf and Doug are hangin’ tough in the hunt for that last rose, though the latter seems reluctant to make a move on Em. Tick tock. Minus 7 . The man tears are moving down his face in a hurry, though. Plus 3 . The final rose tonight comes down to the two of them, and then … Unsure of what do to, Emily runs to seek the sage advice of … venerable and handsome Bachelorette host-pimp Chris Harrison!! Plus 100 . “Emily … the extra rose you asked for.” Chris. SO lame. Minus 40 . Saying goodbye tonight: Travis (cut loose on one-on-one date) Ryan (canned on one-on-one date) Still alive: Sean, Jef, Arie, John “Wolf”, Chris and Doug. EPISODE TOTAL: +143. SEASON TOTAL: +142. Weird preview for next week, in which Arie’s relationship with a producer on the show is exposed and Emily makes her frustrations known! What do you think? Will he be eliminated?

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Hi Hater: Former Obama Professor Says The President And His ‘Food Stamp Policy’ Politics Gotta Go

They smile in your face…. Former Professor of President Obama Not Supporting His Re-election Campaign In the latest NOBama news , a former professor of President Obama has come out of the woodwork to voice his non-support. One of President Obama’s former Harvard professors is calling for the president’s defeat in November, releasing a scathing video in which he accuses the president of abandoning America’s workers while pushing a policy of “food stamps.” The video by Brazilian scholar and politician Roberto Unger serves as an indictment of both parties. But in it, Unger says Obama must be defeated in order for the Democratic Party to restore itself “as the vehicle for the progressive alternative in the country.” Obama, he said, has not advanced that cause. “President Obama must be defeated in the coming election. He has failed to advance the progressive cause in the United States,” he said in the eight-minute video, titled “Beyond Obama.” Obama, when he attended Harvard, took two classes with Unger — Jurisprudence and Reinventing Democracy, according to David Remnick’s book “The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.” Unger continued to correspond with Obama via BlackBerry going into the presidential campaign, Remnick reported, though Unger said he never became Obama’s “friend” and kept his distance from the then-candidate out of concern that Unger’s own “leftist” leanings might do “harm” to Obama. All of these “food stamp” references are so unnecessary.  SMH. Source Image via Wenn

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YOLO? The People That Suffer From The Most Fake Twitter Deaths

Celebrities Killed By Twitter All The Time Twitter is a great place full of #slander and wonderment. It’s also sometimes full of horrible rumors about people dying. Every day there’s someone else that’s allegedly dying thanks to stupid a$$ rumors. At this point there’s not much we’d believe on Twitter. Here are the people that keep dying via social media.

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9 Piece: Hip-Hop Drug Songs (That Are Really Anti-Drug PSAs)

Sometimes Hip-Hop gets a bad rap (no pun). In many instances, the foul lyrics, guttural content and repetitive chorus’ that seem to press home illicit themes can muffle the point that is trying to be made by the artist to the general public. There are a number of songs that get slandered by the media and older generation for talking explicitly about topics like overt drug use… Continue

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80 Year-Old Woman Falls Out of Tandem Harness While Skydiving

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Skydiving has always seemed like a silly way to achieve an adrenaline rush. There’s just too much that could go wrong between the jump and the ground, and that’s not a risk I’m willing to take at this point in … Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : WebPro News Discovery Date : 25/05/2012 07:22 Number of articles : 2

80 Year-Old Woman Falls Out of Tandem Harness While Skydiving