According to the Rush & Molloy column in today's NY Daily News:
More paparazzi are dropping out of the pack following Britney Spears because of the risk — to them.
The legion of lensmen has been infiltrated by L.A. gang members — Crips and Bloods, according to some photo-agency heads. They claim rival agencies are arming the thugs with cameras and sending them out to do battle with the dozens of paps who rubberneck around Hollywood's favorite train wreck.
Um, wow. Won't someone PLEASE send this girl a copy of Guitar Hero already?
(Can she spend some time alone?)
(And give yourself ten points if you caught the reference.)
I thought Jen was referencing an earlier post on Jennsylvania, yes? No? 10 points?....
Jen suggested Brittany should get guitar hero to kill time because she needs to stay home & stay out of trouble...
Posted by: reluctant housewife | February 12, 2008 at 03:31 PM
I thought Jen was referencing an earlier post on Jennsylvania, yes? No? 10 points?....
Jen suggested Brittany should get guitar hero to kill time because she needs to stay home & stay out of trouble...
Posted by: reluctant housewife | February 12, 2008 at 03:31 PM
I think while on your book tour....those of us who get to see you, should all bring an extra dollar with us to help pay for the Guitar Hero for Brittany!!!!
Then Jen and all her wonderful fans will get the satisfaction in knowing that through your ultimate wisdom another fallen star has been saved (or maybe just an inbred swamp thing)...the left over money can get her smokes and fraps! (just a thought!)
Posted by: Somedayme2 | February 12, 2008 at 03:06 PM
Can we just spend a moment contemplating the career trajectory of Michael Stipe vs.Britney?
That poor girl needs more than Guitar Hero. Though I have no doubt it would help. Maybe someone could also read "Eat, Pray, Love" to her?
Posted by: Jerseygirl89 | February 12, 2008 at 02:34 PM
Ten points to me! I learned every word to that song when I was 12. I may not have been the most popular kid on the playground.
Posted by: Ria | February 12, 2008 at 02:18 AM
Wait... what happened to my "only on the left side, yeah that's the Crips side" quote. Oh, well. You get it.
Posted by: carrie | February 11, 2008 at 11:26 PM
*dumb look* I thought it was a reference to Snoop Dogg and his off-spring playing endless hours of Guitar Hero. (ya know, because he is a Crip... or is he a Blood? > Ah, yes, he is a Crip. (WHY DO I KNOW THOSE LYRICS??)
OK, I MUST stop watching all this "reality" crap. PLEASE end the writer's strike... PUHLEASE!
Posted by: carrie | February 11, 2008 at 11:24 PM
to call this whole britney thing a trainwreck is kind to trains rolling down the c&o. i just read the article on brit in rolling stone. i loved.loved.loved this little blurb
" She is not a good girl. She is not America's sweetheart. She is an inbred swamp thing who chain-smokes, doesn't do her nails,...She is not someone who can live by the most basic social rules..."
i actually scanned and emailed the article to my deployed brother, who used to have her poster on the wall. the one that would make my mom shake her head and mutter "trashy". sweet vindication for my PU mommy.
Posted by: JET | February 11, 2008 at 04:56 PM
If somebody DID give her a copy of Guitar Hero, I promise she'd be perfectly fine. Because she would be completely attached to it. Make fun of it all you want, it looks totally stupid, but is 100% addictive.
Therefore- new psychotherapeutic treatments- Guitar Hero. Now available over the counter.
Posted by: Lauryn | February 11, 2008 at 04:19 PM
Ehmmmm....yeah....
I was feeling bad for Ms. Spears until Ginny mentioned about the Trimspa Funeral Revival...OMG - can you imagine the clothes, the fights, the pregancies?? Yummy!!
If anyone needs me, I'll be shopping for Condos in Hades.
Posted by: Angry Kitten | February 11, 2008 at 03:35 PM
Actually (clarifying my comment above), I totally get what Jen meant after reading the explanation, but what I don't get is how anyone got that out of the original post. OK -- now I really do feel fiiiiiiine ...
Posted by: Ginny | February 11, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Well, dock me 20 points because, even after reading the explanation AND the lyrics of REM's "It's The End of the World", I still don't get it. BUT -- I feel fiiiiiine ... about not getting it, anyway.
Regarding Britney, however, I feel sad. I used to kind of enjoy her escapades from a schadenfreude perspective, but now every new picture of/story about Miss Mess just makes me wonder when the next Anna Nicole-like funeral/spectacle will be getting underway. I'm all for someone giving the poor girl Guitar Hero and locking her in her room until she can play the hardest song. They can pass her all the Frapuccinos and Cheetos she needs through the window!
But shifting to a healthier and more deserving target, is anyone else delighted (and totally NOT surprised) that Paris Hilton's new movie is a total flop?
Posted by: Ginny | February 11, 2008 at 02:48 PM
Ten points for Julie and Dave.
(And they feeeel fine!)
For those who don't get the esoteric REM reference, my point was there's a real end of the world (as we know it) feeling about recruiting gang members to get the very best shots of Britney's downward spiral.
The potential outcomes here are limitless... and none of them result in a happy ending.
Posted by: the governor of jennsylvania | February 11, 2008 at 02:20 PM
It's because they know she's going to die very soon if she doesn't get help quick and they want to catch it on film. Sad.
Posted by: Sister Honey Bunch | February 11, 2008 at 01:57 PM
There's no shame in not getting it. It's not like it's the end of the world or anything like that.
And if it bothers you that much, just think of how much worse you would feel if you were in the Crips or Bloods and YOU were the one selected to follow the currently-anointed queen of all drugged-up asshats in order to snap a photo of her latest breakdown. Doesn't that make you feel better already?
Posted by: Dave | February 11, 2008 at 01:24 PM
Alright, I'll be the first to say it (although I have a feeling I'm going to regret it): I don't get it.
Please feel free to publicly ridicule me for being an out-of-the-loop "asshat" as Jen might put it. (But if you could clue me in first that'd be great.)
Posted by: Jeannine | February 11, 2008 at 01:08 PM
I'll take the 10! Look at that low plane...
Looking forward to seeing you during the big book tour--keep up the good work!
Posted by: Julie | February 11, 2008 at 12:40 PM