It is the Lord’s day after all.

Louise xoxo

Good God, Y’all.  I LOVE food.  I especially love food that’s bad for me.  If I had my way the base of the food pyramid would be cheese, the next level bread, followed by sauces etc. etc.  (I think you get my drift).  So imagine my delight when I came across a famous American cook who specializes in Southern cooking.  For this, read everything covered in butter and cheese and fried.  She is my hero.  Aside from making deliciously devilish food, she is also the kind of women whose bosom  you would like to be taken to.  Check her out making mac and cheese.

I will DEFINITELY be making that recipe this week.  Hell, I’d be making it right now if my boyfriend wasn’t so completely revolted by it.  (He’s sick so I have to give him his way.)

Get cookin’ y’all!

Louise xoxo

These 7 year olds are amazing dancers.  But they should be wearing clothes!  I just can not imagine a day that I will let my child go on stage wearing what is essentially lingerie.  I’ve seen outfits with more coverage in Ann Summers!

So.  The new series of The Hills started 3 weeks ago in the states and it’s certainly caused a ruckus.  I’ve seen the first 2 episodes and there is one thing that is coming across very clearly.  Heidi and Spencer really are completely MENTAL.  You’re familiar with Heidi’s recent adventure in plastic surgery in which she underwent 10 procedures in one day and went from naturally pretty girl to plastic surgery freak.  She looks stretched, shiny and unnatural.  So, as you can imagine, all this has been tough for her mom to take, and she expressed her views honestly when Heidi asked her what she thought.  You can see some of it here in the trailer for the new series:

I thought it was great that someone in Heidi’s life was being honest with her and reminding her of who she really is (as opposed to Audrina and Lo who smiled and nodded at a barbeque when Heidi told them she wanted her boobs to be bigger, “H’s for Heidi”), but Heidi obviously did not.  According to American magazine Us Weekly:

Heidi Pratt is seeking a restraining order against her mom, Darlene, after she made a surprise visit to her L.A.-area home.

“My mom [Darlene Egelhoff] just showed up to the house unannounced… and after what she did to me on national TV, I have no desire to see her,” Heidi, 23, tells TMZ.com, referring to her mom’s disapproval of her 10 plastic surgeries in one day.

Heidi tells TMZ.com that she immediately notified her personal security team (the new issue of Us Weekly reports they employ 4 former Marines for protection) when Egelhoff began “pounding on the door.”

Spencer tells UsMagazine.com, “She’s gone. The cops took her away.”

“Her showing up is completely out of line and psychotic,” Heidi says. “I’m getting a restraining order against her.”

This is just so very sad.  From the outside it’s difficult to understand how Heidi can’t see that her Mother seems to be the only positive influence in her life, but clearly she can’t.  I genuinely hope that someone manages to get through to her soon before she has herself completely destroyed, both physically and mentally.

Louise xoxo

Well thank GOD for that.  Although…considering the amount I’ve been eating recently I may actually be placing a pyjama jean order sooner rather than later.

Whoops.

Louise xoxo

Move over Dani, I fear your moment in the sun may be nearing to a close as Kylie is back and every gay man I know is leaping for joy because her new single is a goody.

The video is coming soon, it was shot last week with Joseph Kahn who has been responsible for such stonkers as Britney’s “Toxic”, Eminem’s “Without Me”, and of course the seminal music moment that was “The Boy Is Mine”.  Actually, let’s take a moment to appreciate that moment…for a moment.

Wowee.  That was some good shizz.  Now, back to Kylie: hot single, what will undoubtedly be a hot video, hot (if bizarrely immovable) face…things are looking good.

Love,

Louise xoxo

If you listened to iWakeup back in the glory days…I jest, I jest (kind of)…you may have heard me mention Villagers, the musical project of Conor J. O’Brien.  Conor is an all round great guy full of loveliness and beauty but he is also a musical genius.  And that is no exaggeration.  I think about this every day, but today in particular because Villagers’ debut album is finally out!  He recorded it in the wilds of Donegal with just one other person, and it sounds FANTASTIC.  I honestly can not recommend it enough, I have a feeling I’ll be playing it for my children in 20 years time.

Just in case you need further convincing, check out Conor on Jools Holland a couple of weeks ago:

Go to a shop and buy the album.  (I know, I was as shocked as you when I realized you could still do that.)

Love,

Louise xoxo

That’s me.  Missing in action.  Apologies for my absence, I’ve been having some technical difficulties!  For the last week my computer has been picking and choosing which sites I could access and it didn’t like this one.  I swear it was like living in China.  Anywho, I’m back, and I’ve got loads to talk about so over the next few days I’ll be making up for lost time.  Now, however, I’m wrecked after sorting out my shiny new MacBook (such a hard life I lead), so I’m going to have a glass of wine, watch some Come Dine With Me and go to bed.

To tide you over, enjoy this new product, CLITTER!  It’s glitter!  For your vagina!

Louise xoxo

(I’m not going to lie, I’m also going to watch the new episodes of The City and The Hills before I go to sleep, expect posts on them tomorrow.)

I have had an inexplicable fondness for Danny Dyer for quite some time.  His “London geezer” attitude and cockney slang charmed me, and after seeing him on “Celebrity Mr. and Mrs.” or whatever that ITV show is called I thought he seemed like a decent husband.  Then I read this in today’s Guardian:

Celebrity agony uncle Danny Dyer has told Zoo magazine readers that a heartbroken boyfriend should “cut his ex’s face, so no one will want her”.

Dyer’s reply was published in the latest edition of lads’ weekly Zoo, published by Bauer Media, in reponse to a letter from a 23-year-old reader – “Alex, Manchester” – asking for advice on how to get over his split from his girlfriend.

A Bauer spokeswoman blamed the comment being published on a “regrettable production error” and said Zoo’s editor, Tom Etherington, offered his “apologies unreservedly for any offence the response may have caused”.

The actor and TV presenter said in his Ask Danny column: “You’ve got nothing to worry about, son. I’d suggest going out on a rampage with the boys, getting on the booze and smashing anything that moves. Then, when some bird falls for you, you can turn the tables and break her heart. Of course, the other option is to cut your ex’s face, and then no one will want her.”

The Bauer spokeswoman said: “Due to an extremely regrettable production error, an inappropriate and indefensible response to a letter has appeared in this week’s issue. Zoo editor, Tom Etherington, apologises unreservedly for any offence the response may have caused and has launched an internal enquiry to ensure lessons are learnt.

“Zoo and Danny Dyer condemn any violence against women. A donation will be made to Women’s Aid.”

Here is a photo of the actual column:

I don’t know about you, but I fail to see what kind of “production error” would lead to this being printed, aside from the kind of “production error” that basically entailed several members of Zoo staff failing to see any problem with what was published.  This is so offensive it’s genuinely hard for me to get my head around.  Aside from the obvious issue with joking about cutting a woman’s face, even the suggestion that this guy should go out to find some girl and intentionally break her heart is so INCREDIBLY immature and unreasonable that it hurts me to read.  Zoo Magazine and others of it’s ilk have a lot of answer for.  They are teaching an entire generation of men that women are possessions, there to look good and satisfy them in bed and little else.

If you are a guy with sisters and female friends please think the next time you consider buying a magazine like this.  Would you want your sister to have a guy intentionally break her heart?  To use her for sex?  To treat her like a disposable item?  No.

Louise xoxo

Yep.