Fat or Thin, Black or White: Just Be Funny

When I heard the recent story about the Marie Claire blogger, Maura Kelly, and her view and rant on fat people, I was pretty annoyed and disheartened.  Maura Kelly said many things that I find to be discriminating, not to mention downright rude.  A small part of what she said in her blog this week: “I'd be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with rolls and rolls of fat kissing each other ... because I'd be grossed out if I had to watch them doing anything -- just like I'd find it distressing if I saw a very drunk person stumbling across a bar or a heroin addict slumping in a chair.”  A lot of people besides myself have taken offense to her words, one because she is rude, two because she is saying fat people are equivalent to drug or alcohol addicts. 

My whole life I have struggled with being overweight, thin years and heavier years, nonetheless I have never had a problem with dating or having people want to date me.  I think that has more to do with the person I am then what I look like.  Sure I prefer my thinner self, cuter clothes and all of that, but when I am heavier I think I still deserve a life. 

The show that started all of this controversy and made Maura Kelly write her rant, is a new show on CBS, called Mike and Molly.  The show happens to be one of the funniest shows I have seen in a really long time, it actually has the ability to make me laugh out loud several times during each episode.  The show is clever and the actors and actresses are really funny.  That being said, yes they are very overweight, HELLO, that is the whole premise of the show and what makes it funny.  The show teaches a lesson that Ms. Maura Kelly obviously did not get.  The lesson is just because you are overweight does not mean that you don’t deserve a life that is full of love and one that is productive.  I did not start watching this show because of the premise; I watched the show because I thought the actress that plays Molly was really funny on Samantha Who.  This is the same for me for a thin, black, white or any other person, I don’t care what you look like, I just care if you are on a sitcom, I want you to make me laugh.  Molly and Mike, you make me laugh and that is all I ask for.

Apologies after a firestorm are not readily believable.  Would Maura Kelly have ever apologized without the backlash from many people including Sharon Osbourne saying she was going to cancel her subscription to the magazine?  I think not, just like the other celebrities covered in the magazine she writes for, apologies for being rude, racist or a cheater are kind of hard to accept after the fact.

"Wake Me up when September Ends"

Many people are happy when September comes.  Me not so much.  I am a mom who enjoys summer best, hates when my son goes back to school.  Could be laziness but I enjoy summer’s laid back lifestyle.  I do not enjoy the schedule of back to school, especially the homework.  September also reminds me of loss.  My brother passed away 20 years ago and his Birthday was September 9^th, then of course a mere two days later remembering 9/11, and thinking about all of those families who also lost those they loved.  So with a heavy heart September is my nemesis.

Growing up I remember going to friends houses and if they had siblings they always fought with them.  Some of them could get quite violent.  My house was different; I had an older brother who from the moment I was born thought it was his sole duty in life to take care of me.  My mom said I am an early riser because, my brother all of two and half years older than I, would climb in my crib to wake me up in the morning.  Even then he thought he needed to take care of me.  In Elementary school, my brother’s reputation followed me wherever I was.  He was short but tough and could hold his own.  One day walking home from school, there was snow on the ground, a kid was going to throw a snowball at me, then another kid says “you better not that is Andy’s little sister!!”, and lo and behold no snowball was thrown my way.   In high school when everywhere you looked there was another clique that did not like you if you did not wear the right clothes or have the right kind of car.  I was lucky to have a big brother who already paved my way.  Even though he had graduated when I got there he was still looking out for me. He took me up to school before it started, showed me where everything was and because he still had a lot of friends in the school, they too looked after me, because of him. 

A lot of siblings fought so much, they would not want their brother or sister around them or would be embarrassed to have them hanging out with their friends.  Not a day in my life did my brother ever kick me out of his room, tell me I could not go somewhere he was going with his friends or treat me like he did not want me around, which from everything I now know about siblings this is quite rare.  One summer he lived at the beach with his close knit set of friends, the most popular guys from school, one cuter than the next. When we would go visit him, he was happy and proud to have his family around him.  He and my mother were best friends and he told her things I still can’t believe a son would tell his mother.  To my brother, family was everything and he wanted to have six kids of his own.  Unfortunately he never got the chance; cancer took him away from us at the young age of 22.  To say he was my idol growing up and then my hero as he bravely fought his battle with cancer is not even close to describing what he was to me his little sister.

Today my brother would have turned 43, and as every year since he passed away, I am left with my memories and thoughts.  Thoughts of what he would have been like now as an adult with his own family.  Anyone that knew my brother would know that he would have had a beautiful wife, a few kids (not six) and at least two dogs with muddy paws.  The saying “time heals all wounds" has to have been said by someone who has never dealt with the loss of someone they loved.  The pain wanes but never goes away.

I hope wherever he is, he knows we are thinking of him today, and will never stop missing him.   

All in a Day's Work: Men v. Women

I love the men in my life but this seems to be the case for a lot of women out there.

A day in the life of a man vs. a woman:

Man:

• Get up!
• Take a shower
• Go to work
• Come home from work
• Eat dinner
• Take out the garbage
• Watch t.v. or work on the computer
• Go to bed 

Woman:

• Get Up
• Take a shower
• Make lunches
• Empty dishwasher
• Go to work
• Make phone calls (doctor's appt., insurance company, etc.)
• Run errands during lunch break: post office, grocery store, school
• Come home from work
• Help children with homework
• Walk dog
• Feed dog
• Prepare dinner
• Eat dinner 
• Clean up dinner
• 2-3 loads of laundry
• Pay bills
• Organize home office
• Collapse

Get over yourself- You are a Clown!

When Theresa and Jacqueline went to the Posche Fashion Show, I thought it was okay for them to be there.  They like Fashion, Kim D's store and a girl's night out.  I think Ashley should have walked in the fashion show and then went home.  Of course hindsight is 20/20.  When Theresa waited in the chairs outside the bathroom for Danielle.  I still don't believe she was wanting to talk to her to be nice.  She wanted to stir the pot and the pot really got stirred.  I don't like Danielle anymore than they do, but Caroline was accurate when she told Theresa and Jacqueline that they gave Danielle exactly what she wanted.  I still don't buy Ashley saying she thought Danielle hit her mom, Ashley was standing right next to her mom, right before she pulled Danielle's hair.  All that being said do I think she should be punished? YES, should she have a record for pulling hair? absolutely NOT.  So on to Caroline's motives for wanting to meet Danielle. I think Caroline unlike Theresa genuinely wanted the nonsense to end, thought she could reason with an insane person and was hopeful that at the very least she could get Danielle to drop the charges against Ashley.

During the big meeting of "matriarch to crazy person", Caroline speaks of trying to teach her children to do the right thing.  As anyone who watches the show can see Caroline's kids are well adjusted, well behaved and love their parents.  So maybe Danielle and the others should take a listen and learn from Caroline's example because she obviously is a good mother and has taught her children to grow up in the right way.  Unlike Danielle who out of the mouth of her youngest daughter, just shows them that she is crazy.  Her youngest daughter Jillian said, "no normal person would want to go meet Caroline."  That is true because why would she want to meet someone she hates and hates her.  I don't go and hang out with people, I don't care for.  This whole scene boils down to Caroline has friends and family that stand behind her and who she stands behind.  Danielle only has two children who have no choice to be with her, bodyguards she pays to be with her and the healing person on the phone.  Danielle really needs to get her money back, you cannot have someone heal you through your cell phone, plus obviously it is not working.  If Danielle was living in "love and light" she would have dropped the charges against Ashley when the lawyer asked her to.  I do not blame Caroline for getting a little heated in the discussion and calling Danielle garbage, she really is garbage and the only thing you can do with garbage is toss it out!Danielle denies coming after the children when she could not hurt the adults but that is exactly what she did and she knows it.  When she leaves the restaurant and talks about Theresa's kids clothing and alludes to her children being dogs, that is a low blow and is exactly why the other housewives cannot stand to be around her.  Once again in this scene she is showing her true colors.  

As for a little bit of the fluff they decided to put in this episode.  Ashley fighting with her mother.  I understand why Ashley got upset with Jacqueline because she is sick of hearing all of the details ad nauseum, and so are the rest of us frankly.  Ashley still would have been better off just keeping her mouth shut, because she wound up disrespecting her mom in front of everyone.  Also, I feel like Albert was annoyed with Ashley, I think he was feeling like my wife is out there fighting for you and you still have not learned an ounce of respect out of this situation.  News of Danielle getting fired from the show, I so hope that rumor is true.  If I have to look at those ridiculous eyebrows one more time on the show, I might become crazy also.


I know I for one will have a large bowl of popcorn and a glass of wine ready for the reunion show next week.
It seems over the top and definitely gets heated.  Did Danielle bring her bodyguards and guns with her there as well?  

Even Oprah Cannot get people to STOP!!

When is this going to end?  Even Oprah cannot stop the texting craze.  I will admit that I use to talk on my cell phone all the time in the car, but never and I mean not even once have I ever texted while driving.  After watching Oprah's show last year about the dangers of driving and talking and especially driving and texting  I got hands free in my car and try to only talk on that when it is necessary.

There are sometimes where I think the government oversteps it's boundaries and makes laws that we really don't need.  Well I for one am in favor of them banning texting while driving in every state.  I also am in favor of them banning cell phones conversations in the car unless it is hands free.  Today while driving to work, there were two seperate incidences of the problem with talking on the phone while driving.  One was on the highway where this one car was driving in the left lane and kept swerving into my lane, I finally was able to pass the car and stay clear from it and of course when I passed the car, he was on his cell phone being oblivious.  The next one was on my lunch break, light turns green and the car in front of me does not move, honked at the car still does not move, finally I decide to move around the car and lo and behold another person being oblivious while on the cell phone.

Today I heard the news that a plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan lost his life because he decided it was so important to tweet a picture of his beloved dog on the beach he just finished visiting.  Instead of waiting till he got home from what must have been a nice relaxing day at the beach with his beloved dog, he decided he had to tweet the picture immediately and because of this insatiable desire to have everything done asap his life was abruptly cut short.  The dog is safe and sound, which is the only good thing to come out of this story.  I cannot stress this enough, everyone thinks this could not happen to them, that they are fine with texting while driving.  I am here to tell you that no one and I mean no one should be doing this, a car is to powerful to take driving one so carelessly.  How many more more people have to die or be killed for this to be stopped??

"We gotta be Civilized"

Where to begin on the latest episode of The Housewives of New Jersey. Okay let's get craziness Danielle out of the way and then get on to the fun stuff that happened in Italy.

All Danielle knows how to do is think about the other Housewives and contradict herself along the way. Does anyone really believe for a minute that she is actually scared of the other housewives? She is the one obsessed with them, if she does not live in their town and does not ever want to run into them, then stay away from the places they go. New Jersey is not a small state, there are plenty of places to go to a store or plenty of other beauty salons to go to, so go there. She claims to be protecting her kids, but the one they need protecting from the most is from her. As far as her search for her mom, I don't really have a lot to say about that except that her expectations are very far fetched. Her mother was 15 when she gave her up, I doubt after all this time she suddenly is going to be thankful to have that reminder in her life. Never mind wanting to become a part of Danielle's family. Danielle and all of her talk about love hate and light darkness, seems to let all of that go out the window when it come to talking about Jacqueline's daughter, Ashley. She said she has no friends and is a terrorist and is crazy. Talking about someone who is a young adult is not at all trying to bring positive energy your way.

                                                                                                                                                                       Italy so fun and funny. Where to begin, Joe and Theresa fighting remind me of my husband and I, we fight, we makeup and get over it quickly. I too got a giggle along with Caroline about Joe saying we have to be civilized, who was he talking to himself, his children or did he realize he was a little out of control with the cussing in front of everyone and was trying to make light of it. Either way he is funny. Some might think he was annoying, but I have been on vacation before and ranted when things did not go as expected, so I understand his angst. A lot of people don't care about their families and it was so wonderful to see how happy Theresa and Joe's family were to see them and the kids. So welcoming to such a large group of people they did not know invading their homes. The scene with Caroline and Jacqueline eating spaghetti was what I love about the show. When they act like this they remind me of just your everyday type of person and could be friends of mine for sure. I hope no one gives Jacqueline grief for talking about the old people, I think she was trying to make a point and they are older people and it was okay to say so. I don't think I would have made it up that hill no way. Theresa doing it and in heels wow I was impressed. I loved when Theresa and her daughter were walking up the steps in their house and her daughter said I don't want to be home yet, that really sums up how most people feel when they have to come home from vacation. I don't know how many times I can say this without sounding like someone is paying me off, but Caroline's sons are just too sweet to their mom, I cannot get enough of them and think they are great kids. Caroline and her husband definitely did something right in raising them. She should be the one writing a book about parenting like some of the other housewives on other shows have done. The previews for next week look to be very exciting and blood curdling, go Caroline you are the only one she is really scared of the rest she just pretends to be.

Karma's A Bitch

Last night's episode of the Real Housewives of New Jersey reminded me of why I enjoy the show.  It was filled with the main housewives going on a crazy trip to Italy with a lot of family in tow.  The antics of all of the families is the reason I enjoy the show.  The less they show Danielle the more I enjoy the show.

The conversation about Joe's accident was plausible to me. I do not condone drunk driving in any way, and I hope for his family he is telling the truth.  If not I hope that the accident scared him straight and he will never do that again.  His girls are so precious and you can tell how much they love their dad, so I am glad he was not seriously injured.

Here is my advise and thoughts for the Housewives based on last night's show:

Theresa:  Stop Shopping for a little while, you have more than you need.  Your taste in rings is going downhill, I did not understand the green ring, looked way to big and a little gaudy if you ask me.  The way you handled Jacqueline's mother breaking your vase was very classy, I don't know if I would have taken it as well as you did.  Once again, I have to say your girls are to adorable.  I hope the chocolate cake with potato chips was good and that Malania did eat a piece eventually.

Jacqueline:  I thought it was so cute how you dressed up the kids to get your husband to say lets go to Italy.  I think the two of you have a great relationship and the love shines through in the way you treat and look at each other.  I think you did the right thing with leaving your daughter at home, I think she needed to show she was being more responsible for her actions.  I hope someone finally gave you Dramamine, I have been sick on a cruise before and it is no fun.

Caroline:  Could never offer you any advice, but I am sure you could offer me some.  Your boys were so sweet in telling you and your husband not to worry and to have fun.  I hope my son grows up to be like your sons, it is so obvious how much they love you and you love them.  I think when you have your own grand-kids you will still be a little stern but you will also have more patience with them.  I don't know how often Theresa's kids have heard the word "no", so it was interesting to see their reaction when you told them they had to wait to eat ice cream.

Danielle:  Karma might be a bitch, but you take the cake.  You are the only one who has bad karma, because you pretend that you are a positive person but all of the time you are always wishing bad things to happen to someone else. You find joy in other people's problems and think it is funny.  So the only one who will have to watch out for Karma being a bitch is you.  The other housewives don't care about you, and only want you out of their lives.  You are the only one who keeps talking about them and it is easy to see that you are just jealous of them.  Spending all your time with Danny, who is just a thug, does not reflect on you well but either does anything else you do. 

Dina:  Why oh why can't you be on the show and Danielle be off.  It was so nice when you were on the show last week.  You bring such style and fun to the show and I miss you on it.

Last thought for today, Jacqueline and Theresa were hysterical when they were hanging out with each other, they both bring out the goofiness in each other that makes me laugh.  The glass elevator part was so funny.

Ciao for now until next week, looking forward to Theresa and Joe's family reunion, looks like a crazy time.

Mondays are inherently Evil

What is it about Monday's?  They always come to fast and for most including me they are always so stressful.
Today, I woke up trying to think positively and before I even had time to have my eyes fully opened, my dog proceeds to throw up on the carpet in two places.  After cleaning that up, then have to get ready to work, as soon as I turn on the computer, it keeps shutting down.  So I think today is Monday, things are going to go wrong, they always do.  I think a lot of people put work related things off on Friday, and then get back to it on Monday.  When you work in customer service as I do, Mondays are usually really busy with people taking care of things they postponed doing from the week before.

I really think if weekends were three days and not two, Mondays would not be as bad.  The weekends are so short and then we all try to cram as much as possible into the weekend, we don't take the needed time to relax.  Monday then rolls around and we are already tired from the weekend, and then the stress of the work week begins.  Don't even get me started on the fact that it had to rain today also.

MONDAY'S NEED TO BE ABOLISHED!!

Be Careful What you wish for

This phrase really bothers me "Be careful what you wish for"
I have never understood it, because the things that I wish for I really want to happen.
For instance winning the lottery, do not see any downside to that, unless you already had surrounded yourself with shady people prior to winning the lottery, which I have not.
Another one of my wishes is to write a book and get it published.  The worst thing that would happen is no one reads it, the best is that it became a bestseller.  So again, why would that be a bad thing? I think it would be great. 

I know in the case of celebrities, maybe they wished to be a celebrity, but the downside to all of that money and fame is lack of privacy, but you can't have one without the other.  I would take the losing of the privacy any day in order to make enough money to put food on the table and pay my bills instead of struggling every day.

I know this phrase is used a lot and since this is my blog, I thought I would tell everyone how much I dislike it.

If I was President.....

Do you remember when you were in Elementary School and one of your assignments was to tell your class what you would do if you were the President.  Of course most kids would say have ice cream everyday.
I have come up with a list of the top ten things I would immediately put into law if I was President.
Let me know what you would put on your list?

1. The work week would be Monday- Thursday and the weekend would be Friday-Sunday.  This would be for the whole entire country, regardless of what industry you work in.
2. We would not spend millions of dollars helping out other countries when there are still homeless Americans living in every city in America.
3. Taxes would be eliminated.  
4. Do the crime, do the time.  Eye for an eye, if you blow up a building, then you will be put to death the same way.
5. There would not be 10% of the country having all of the money.  Teachers, firemen and policemen would never make less than athletes and celebrities.
6. Tours of the White House would not cost money and you would not have to do the tour in a time in the morning that no one has barely heard of.
7. Hospitals would not be allowed to charge you 10.00 for an aspirin.
8. Mothers would be allowed to stay home for a year, and get paid maternity leave for the entire time and still be guaranteed a job when the year was over.
9. Fathers would be given a month of paternity leave and not have to be embarrassed to ask for it.
10. When you get old, you are not tossed into an old age home, as if you did not matter.

The Joys and The Horror of Facebook!

What a cool site Facebook is I said to myself when I started using it a few years ago right before my high school reunion.  Talking to old friends that I had not spoken to in forever was so much fun.  After the reunion still being able to communicate with them on a daily basis I thought was great.  I go on Facebook everyday, love to see what my friends are up to, check out their status, love to see pictures of their kids and some of things my friends say on their status are hysterical.  Some of my closest friends make fun of me because I love Facebook so much, and I am okay with it, and am not embarrassed whatsoever with my obsession.  So I find joy on Facebook everyday, getting new friends and adding them is delightful.

Now to the horror. Why does Facebook allow anyone to post a picture of anyone they want to with no approval process in place??  I was horrified to find pictures of myself posted on Facebook from a recent party I went to.  Even more disturbing to me was why my good friend would post all of these pictures without asking if  it was okay with her friends to post some of these unflattering pictures.  I love Facebook but this piece of it really bothers me.  I try to be very respectful of all the pictures I post and always inquire first with my friends if it is okay with them.  After the above happened to me I decided I am not going to post any pictures on Facebook anymore except ones of myself.  Will just send pictures I think other people would be interested in through e-mail and then leave it up to them if they want to post the pictures.  To the creative team behind Facebook, you need to have a button that comes up and asks for your approval, where you can click yes or no to approve pictures other people are trying to post.  Then Facebook will be the perfect social networking site in my opinion.

The Ladies of the New Jersey Housewives

Of course we never know how much of what we see is real vs. scripted, but however here are my thoughts on some of the ladies of The Housewives of New Jersey and the recent drama that has been unfolding.

Danielle:

The most hated of all of the housewives that have been on any of the shows. 

I also can't stand her myself.That being said in the most recent episode of RHONJ, she really made some valid points.  She was chased down, I have watched from day one, and as Theresa said you got me to this point.  Danielle has tried in anyway she could to become friends with all of them, and when that did not work she took to threatening them and stalking them first.  When they finally gave it back to her she runs like a scared rabbit.  Danielle you can't play innocent and then make comments like this: "one good smack to the head is all it takes to make another person never walk again".  I don't think that makes you look very innocent, not at all.  On the Bravo live show, she needs to respect herself more and put on some more clothes, also stop thinking anyone cares whether you are a lesbian or not, because we don't. throughout the place where the fashion show was, Ashley definitely attacked her and Theresa was running after her. They all looked like the crazy ones while Danielle came off as a victim. 

Theresa:

My most favorite of the Housewives for some reason.  Even though she is my favorite, I have to take her to task a little bit in this blog.  I believe she is a really nice person, I also believe she sincerely did not like the fact that she felt that they were all at an event and could not say hello to each other.  Unfortunately though I do not believe for one minute that Theresa sat outside of the bathroom waiting for Danielle to come out, just to say hello.  I think Theresa goaded her and caused the scene that unfolded.  If Theresa sincerely wanted to clear up some things with Danielle she should have done so in a more private setting like Dina did, even though that backfired, it showed Danielle's true colors.  What happened with Theresa made Danielle come out looking like a victim and Theresa looking like a crazy person.  Again though anyone that has watched this show knows the opposite is true of Danielle.  Still love Theresa but have to call it like I see it.

Jacqueline:

You knew before you ever went to the fashion show, that something bad was going to happen, you should have followed your intuition.  The biggest problem with Jacqueline is she wants things to be both ways, she wants to be in the fray and then be the voice of reason.  I was glad she got it together to try to diffuse the situation but she added fuel to the fire first, by chasing Danielle and yelling accusations at her.  I think Jacqueline is sweet and funny but she is not stern enough when it comes to her daughter.  She lets her daughter get away with disrespecting her and then is shocked when her daughter disrespects other adults like Danielle.  The other thing is she only reprimands Ashley with another adult present like her husband, Caroline or Theresa, almost as if she can't handle Ashley on her own.

Ashley:

She is not a bad person, just has a lot of growing up to do.  Needs to learn her place in the world and needs some strong guidance to help her figure it out.  I think she was in the wrong to pull Danielle's hair, and I personally think she is lying when she says she did it because she though her mother had been hit.  If you view the scenes right before she pulled Danielle's hair, Ashley is standing right behind her mother and Theresa.  Her mother is screaming at the top of her lungs to tell Theresa to stop it.  So how could Ashley not have seen her mother and saw that she was perfectly fine. Even if she did think this, it would have made more sense to go find her mother than to pull Danielle's hair, it was uncalled for.  In the episode, Ashley right away says I pulled her hair because she is a *itch, then later realizes how serious everything was becoming and then decided to act all holier than thou, that she was protecting her mother.  When Jacqueline talks to Ashley at Caroline's house about Danielle filing a claim at the courthouse, she starts laughing and still seems to be very nonchalant about the whole thing.  

Kim G:  

What are you thinking about? Do you not realize that Danielle can see the show and see how two faced you are.  If you would have said to Danielle don't file a claim against Ashley, she probably would not have pursued it, but you stirred the pot.  After stirring the pot, you had the nerve to go to Jacqueline's house as if you are her friend and care about what happens to her or her daughter.  Shame on you for having no integrity whatsoever.

Caroline:

The most normal of the Housewives and the one that can be trusted the most.  Trying to live her life to the fullest, loves her kids and wants them to have a great life.  Is not happy about empty nest syndrome, but who can blame her.  Anyway Caroline in my opinion is the voice of reason.  She knew nothing good could come out of them all being at the fashion show with Danielle and she was right.  What she says to Theresa and Jacqueline sums up the drama that went down in a nutshell.  She said to them, "you gave her what she wanted, you proved her theory that you are the mean girls".  I hope Caroline continues to be real, because I for one find her refreshing.

Lastly, although he is not a Housewife, I have a few things to say about Bravo Andy.  People watch your show for the stars that you are interviewing, not to hear you just talk about nonsense.  Please stick to your questions, we wanted to hear more about Danielle's craziness, not you just talking about I don't even know what or why.

The Ending of The Hills: I am over it already.

As if the the last two seasons of The Hills was not bad enough, we sit through the finale of the show, which was not even worth watching.  Then I decide to stay up to watch the LIVE after show.  I can't tell you how disappointed I was.  There were so many questions left unanswered and can't believe how all sappy and loving everyone was.  What happened to these people actually not liking each other?  Or was that as fake as Heidi's new body.

First of all as soon as Lauren Conrad left the show, the reason most people watched it, the show should have ended right then and there.  Replacing Lauren with Kristin Cavallari was a joke, all of a sudden here she is out of nowhere, being friends with everyone and lo and behold her closest friend on the show is Stacy, the bartender.  What? Does any of that even make sense?  The two people everyone loved to hate Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are not even on the show anymore and are not invited to the after party and not one person brings it up to say why they are not there.  Thinking the fans of the show just won't notice this is just plain crazy.  During the last season when Lauren was still on the show, Lo and Audrina did not get along at all and Audrina wound up having to move out, because they could not stand each other, now they are always confiding in each other.  The last biggest question is Lauren and Kristin supposedly mortal enemies are seen hugging each other and standing next to each other as the camera goes off on the live show.

Goodnight Hills and good riddance, the show should have been over a long time ago.  Regardless of whether it was real or not, I still enjoyed Brody Jenner and his beautiful smile, so for that I will be forever grateful.