April 2013
2 posts
Boston Strong
This is a tough one for me to write.
I really don’t know where to begin.
I’m born and raised in Southcoast Massachusetts towns, but Boston is and will forever be the only place I call my home. It is the only place in this great nation that I can say I’ve felt “at home.” I miss it every single day. I’m not far but I don’t get there nearly as much as I would like these days, and when I do its...
Numb.
Since Mob Wives ended last week, and there was seemingly NOTHING on any other channel at all tonight, my channel surfing landed me at the MTV Movie Awards.
This is what its come to? Seriously? I know that the Movie Awards has always been the red headed step child to the VMAs, but you’d think they get it together in the dozens of years they’ve been putting this show on. When I was a kid (not...
March 2013
1 post
Justin Timberlake's '20/20 Experience'
So, I haven’t had the pleasure of the “20/20 Experience” yet, which was released last Tuesdays, but Beth’s Facebook status updates had me wondering… so I asked her to review the album for Pop Culture and Caffeine! A fellow BSB Fanatic, we also share a lot of other pop culture obsessions, I mean interests, with Mr. Timberlake being one of them. So without further...
February 2013
1 post
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When A TV Show Makes You THAT Mad...!
This is a post for anyone who watches the VH1 reality show Mob Wives. Or Mob Daughters, what I think should be the real name of the show. They are all daughters, nieces, or granddaughters of incarcerated or deceased mob affiliates. Carla’s husband went to jail for white collar crime so I’m not sure what qualifies her as a ”mob wife,” but whatever. The only one that is actually married...
January 2013
1 post
1,2,3, Not Only You and Me... Now It's Just Me!
So Britney & Jas have called it quits. We all have heard the rumblings since November, and when she was photographed earlier this week without her engagement ring, I knew it was true. Britney Spears and Jason Trawick are OVA!
My first thought was that this was why she didn’t renew her X Factor contract. That was a Jason decision (for her to be on the show), and that’s why she...
September 2012
2 posts
Ahead of the Curve
Although seemingly average and ordinary, I’m actually a trendsetter and fashion genius. For those of you who actually know me, you’re thinking “are you fucking delusional?” and as a matter of fact, maybe. But it’s really true. All my life I’ve been trying to resist this undying urge to be one of the “popular kids.” But when you are freakishly tall,...
VM- What!!??!?!
When I was a kid-and even into my adulthood- one of the highlights of the musical year were the MTV Video Music Awards, or VMA’s. As a pop culture crackhead, its my chance to see my favorite celebrities, what they are wearing, who they are with, and if everyone else loves my music as much as I do. Last night, even after making mental note after mental note that they were going to be on, I...
August 2012
2 posts
A Fan, Not A Fool
It is common knowledge to anyone who’s ever known me that I am a Backstreet Boys “enthusiast,” to put it mildly. I’ve traveled this great country and beyond going to their various events, making great friends along the way. One of these great friends is this little spitfire we’ll call MJ. She’s a pint sized dynamo- smart, educated, driven, witty, and a fellow...
Why? Because We're F*cking Hilarious, That's Why!
So in a tip of the fedora to my last Gavin DeGraw post, the lineup for Mix Fest (an annual concert put on by Mix 104.1, a local Top 40 radio station) was announced a couple of weeks ago, and guess whose headlining?? The sexiness that is Gavin DeGraw, Andy Grammer, and Train! The concert is free on the Esplanade in Boston on September 8th, however- for $200 I can Meet and Greet with Sexual White...
July 2012
2 posts
Damn Gavin Does It Well, And I Thought He Was...
I’m going to try my best to keep this post from being a 50 Shades of Gray-esque novella, but I can’t promise anything. My mind is still all over the place from trying to digest all of the sexiness that is Gavin DeGraw. As you all know, I have quite the relationship with his music, but because I have such intimacy with his songs I apparently never opened my eyes to HIM, and WOW. ...
Setting My DVR
So in a new effort to be an adult and curb disappointment, I had decided to take a Backstreet Boys break. At least until Mix Tape Fest, anyway (even though I’m on the fence about even going to that now). Though as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat, and even though I was at work today I remained glued to Twitter for the new Backstreet Boys announcement on Good Morning America. And you...
June 2012
2 posts
Sister From Another Mister- You're So Close!!!
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know three things about me (well, a hell of a lot more than that, but the three core beliefs I operate under)- Lionel Richie is actually my father (which by default makes the ever fashionable & sardonic Nicole Richie my sister), Britney Spears and I were separated at birth (even though we were born a few days and several states apart,...
Stupid Girls
So last week, in Backstreet Land, it was announced that Backstreet Boys would be doing a BSBBQ at Mix Tape Festival with a meet and greet for $250 a pop, in addition to the festival ticket, and the $500 or $750 VIP passes people have already purchased. I was SHOCKED at the fact that I had NO desire to purchase or attend, knowing how the girls can be and how bad the food can get… however, I...
May 2012
3 posts
Getting Back to Pop Culture and Caffeine
I’ve been feeling tremendous guilt over my last few posts being a little MORE about me personally and a little less about Pop Culture and Caffeine, so as I sit here with my morning coffee I’ve decided to get back down to business. I am a FAILURE as a Pop Culture and Caffeine addict, because not only did I MISS the Billboard Awards, I didn’t even know they were going to be ON to...
The Day I Thought I Was A Runner
So I’m getting a little off track with Pop Culture and Caffeine in some of my posts, but every time something happens to me now, 9 out of the 10 people I tell always ask: “Are you going to blog about this?” So I feel like people come to expect this of me, and who am I to dissapoint?? :-)
I really wanted to challenge myself with my fitness and run a 5K. My dear friend Sarah...
Just in time for Mother's Day
So the other day I was in CVS picking up the plethora of cards I need for Mother’s Day (mom, mother in law, grandmothers, all of the aforementioned women again from my daughter, and my best-est mommy girlfriends), and there was one card that went along lines of “You’re an awesome mom, and I’m an awesome mom. Mother’s Day is for us! Some other lesser mom’s will...
April 2012
1 post
My Blog's Culmination
Today started off as a regular old day… woke up late, scrambled to get dressed, scrambled to get my daughter dressed, frantically grabbed everything we needed for the day and flew out the door. Usually I wake up and check my email, but today I was later than usual, so it wasn’t until after I dropped my daughter off at school I decided to give my Gmail a quick look and saw this:
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March 2012
4 posts
Tattoo Problems
For anyone that knows me personally, you know I encounter MORE unsolicited problems than ANYONE. I am forever butting heads with people anywhere I go, whether it be rude sales people, strangers, and now dentists.
My mouth has been KILLING me. I thought it was my teeth and that I maybe had a cavity or something, but it’s the entire bottom right back corner of my mouth. It bothers me to the point...
It's Official- The H&M Boycott is ON!
I love all of the feedback I get on this blog, it really helps shed some clarity on how to handle things sometimes! I was always going to stand by my decision to stop shopping H&M after the way I was treated, but I was very torn over the reply H&M’s corporate customer service sent me yesterday. Some of my readers thought I should be happy with that. But what you all didn’t...
Is This Good Enough?
I got a LOT of feedback and personal contact on yesterday’s Fuck You, H&M post! Most of us have worked, or are working, customer service positions, and this incensed a lot of people. I had a lot of people reach out to me personally and express their outrage. Was I expecting a reply from H&M about how I was treated at their store? Nope. Did I get one? You betcha. Am I...
Fuck You, H&M
I’m sure if you follow me on Twitter or my personal Facebook page, you have seen my Fuck You, H&M posts from Friday. To make a long story short, I made my THIRD attempt to shop an H&M store that week, and I wasn’t allowed to use the dressing room because the store was going to close in 40 minutes!!! And the douche cunt manning the dressing room, in his stupid fur hat had me...
February 2012
8 posts
Can I Claim Mommy Brain On This? Or Just Sheer...
So its lunchtime, and I go to get lunch for me & a Project Manager at work. I only have my debit card on me, and he gave me a $20 for his order… so I was going to pay with my card, and keep the cash (less his change). I get there to pick up lunch and realize I don’t have my card, cause it’s still in my jacket pocket from when I stopped for gas this morning. So I come back to the office,...
Pop Culture & Parenting, Revisited
So remember when I blogged a month or so ago about my daughter’s questionable taste in music, and my unconscious promotion of it? Well, my concerns went out the window when we were driving along last week, and my daughter’s getting down to Nick Carter’s “Burning Up” (which apparently is now the new family favorite sing along). I turned back at her to see if she...
Hello? It Wasn't Me You Were Looking For...
So yesterday, the most amazing thing happened in my famous in my own mind world- Lionel Richie started following me on Twitter!!!! Yup, you heard me right, DADDY’S HOME!!!! (for all those that don’t know what I’m talking about, please scroll waaaaaay down to the second ever post on this blog about my theory that Lionel is actually my father). So, I’m curious… did he...
So... How Are Those Resolutions Working Out?
As most of my loyal readers know (can you believe it?? *I* have loyal readers- they must be as fucking nuts as I am!), I lost some weight last year. Enough that Mary Fischer, AKA The Mommyologist, thought I was Mom Sexy enough to write about it on her blog (see post here: http://www.mommyologist.com/2012/01/mom-sexy-fridays-damn-it-im-mom-sexy/) and I actually inspired a couple of women to get...
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This City...
In my life, the Backstreet Boys have brought me so much enrichment. OK, now before you turn it off and click the X at the top left corner of the page to move onto something different, let me elaborate. I know for most there isn’t a lot to be said for being a super fan of a pop boy band, but for me there’s a lot. When I became completely and total infatuated with the Backstreet Boys at 16 years...
Thinking of Nick Carter.
In usual fashion, I woke up in the middle of the night because of obnoxiousness on the television, and because I couldn’t find the remote I turned to my Android to check Twitter/Facebook/Email… and was stunned to see an email from a girlfriend that said something along the lines of “According to Access Hollywood, Leslie Carter is dead.” Um, WHAT!??!!!! As you can all...
January 2012
6 posts
TV Will Rot Your Brain!
I sleep with the TV on, and have since the fated day my parents put a television in my room twenty something years ago. This was the basis of many arguments in my teenage life, because my mother was convinced that leaving the TV on all night would cause a fire, and would creep into my room and turn of the TV right before I actually fell asleep. Every night. Causing me to be up till 3am, and...
By The Way
Caught a snippet of the Republican debate last night with the hubs- does anyone fucking believe that Mitt Romney is half Mexican!?!?!?!? And why wasn’t that a headline this morning- Mitt Claims Roots South of Old El Paso, Texas!
If I didn’t believe that Tim Thomas wasn’t really a racist republican (See:...
Settle Down, Ladies
Sometimes, I’m embarrassed to be a Backstreet Boys fan. And NOT because I’m embarrassed of my undying love of the Backstreet Boys, because everyone whose knows me for 10 seconds knows that I’m KTBSPA 24/7!!!! But going on that cruise last month was the eye opener of all eye openers… that some of these girls are living in a fantasy world. Don’t you preach to me about...
Eff Off, Tori Spelling Guncles!
So after a disturbing accidental discovery on Twitter this morning, I find that Tori Spelling’s “Guncles” (Gay Uncles, for anyone who doesn’t know the term) are branding themselves as such. Their Twitter page even states that it was created to earmark their brand- um, excuse me!?!?! First of all, when I found out Tori Spelling’s kid even HAD Guncles, I was livid. My daughter has Guncles, two of...
Poker Face?
So for anyone whose known me after the age of 25 knows that I long for Botox. In a way that one of my life goals is to start getting injections this year and to maintain them for the better part of forever to hopefully maintain my youthful glow :-) Haha, truth of the matter is, I’ve felt really old even when I was still a child, and I just don’t want to ever look as old as I feel. I started...
Pop Culture and Parenting
As most of you know, I am the PROUD momma of a wonderful, beautiful, bright, dynamic, and intelligent 3 year old girl. In my life, the sun rises and sets on my daughter. Now mind you, when I found out I was pregnant with a girl, I was HORRIFIED. I wanted a boy, who played with boy toys and did boy things. I didn’t want to deal with hissy fits, shrieking, and all the little spoiled...
December 2011
3 posts
New Year, New You? My List of "Woulda, Coulda,...
With the New Year upon us, we are being inundated with the usual prompts to make New Years Resolutions that are bound to be broken. I stopped making resolutions years ago, when I realized that if I wanted to do something, I would get it done regardless of what time of year it was. But after reading a post yesterday from one of my favorite mommy bloggers Kelcey Kinter (www.mamabirddiaries.com),...
Pop Culture and Weight Loss
As some of you know, at the end of this past summer I embarked on my own weight loss journey to lose 30 lbs. I’ve been unhappy with my weight for quite some time, but it was when I saw a picture of myself and what I actually looked like (not the image of myself I had in my mind) I decided enough is enough. To date, I’ve lost 24 lbs., so I’m not far from my goal! With a...
This One's For My Cruisers...
Everyone has been waiting to hear my various stories about the Backstreet Boys Cruise 2011, and honestly, I’ve been too tired and am still recovering to be recanting all of my tales quite yet. I have done a lot of reflecting, and feel like I’m ready to tell the tale, Pop Culture and Caffeine style….
For the record, before we boarded, Aja & I resolved to not revert back to...
November 2011
3 posts
Dirty Soap, A Conversation
“LOL omg lemme just tell you how giddy I am…shits goin DOWN in Llanview, PA!!
Which soap is that?
One Life to Live!!
Now is anyone on that soap that I care about???
Farah and JP!
Am I going to have to start watching soaps because I love them so much???? I freaking DIE for Farah Fath!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then yes, you SHOULD watch!!! You can just catch up on the Farah and JP drama on...
What It's Come To
Fellow Pop Culture lovers- ever feel just uninspired by this thing that we love so??? I’m finding E! News to be drab, and even though hiding Kim Kardashian stories from my Facebook news feed has downgraded itself to a part time job from a full time job, it’s still annoying. Music has become drab and uniform, and television has become so inundated with SHIT that I’ve succumb to...
Is Pop Culture Making Me... Sick???
For any of my near and dear reading this, you know that I’m embarking on week 3 of an upper respiratory infection, and am reluctant to go back to the doctor for MORE antibiotics since they have unfriendly feminine side effects (use your imagination, but it’s not pleasant). After updating my Facebook status with “still sicky” and getting a flood of “AGAIN??” comments,...
October 2011
5 posts
Famous (In My Own Mind)
So as I’ve mentioned previously, my life as a twenty something is about to come to an end. In approximately 32 days, I will officially enter womanhood as a 30 year old. And really, it took me that long to consider myself a women, and not a girl (Ut Oh, Britney throwback- I’m not a girl, not yet a woooooman!” Unofficial theme song of my twenties- true story), and I’m excited at the prospect of...
One Horny Friday Morning
I’m fired up today!!!!! My sexual fuses are sparking, and I really cannot get the thought of sex and fornication out of my brain. Watching Britney Spears “Criminal” video 1st thing didn’t help my case any, either… so in my initial blog post, I stated that I think Britney Spears and I were separated at birth. So is it totally weird to want to have a threesome with...
Paint N Sex
Paint n sex. I cannot get those words out of my mind since Nick Carter tweeted them last night talking about his upcoming “Burning Up” video shoot on Monday in Nashville. Paint n sex. Really, Nick Carter??? You just HAD to do that to me, didnt you??? The irony of him announcing mere minutes after posting my last entry of how I had to change my life and not be a Backstreet Boy...
The Moment That Changed Everything.
So nine long years ago and three short years ago I met and married my husband. October 11, 2008 was the day that I became someone’s wife. It’s a great day, and there really is no one else for each other but each other, but meeting him changed everything. He made me a mom (and made me want to be a mom), and helped me to grow up and leave certain things behind in what now seems like my long lost...
They Taught Me 'Bout Hanging Tough, As Long As I...
Ok, so let’s rewind to about 4 years ago. I was pregnant, and laid off. Worst combination ever, because you’re forcing your increasingly round self to get out of bed and go on interviews, KNOWING ppl are not going to hire someone that’s going to be on maternity leave in a few months. I know there are laws protecting you from this kind of discrimination, but it happens every freaking...
September 2011
4 posts
AAAAH, KELLY CLARKSON!!!!
Yes, everyone knows that scream from the movie 40 Year Old Virgin. But Kelly Clarkson isn’t just a catch phrase from a big screen chest waxing scene, as she was the first ever winner of American Idol (before its insane rise and fall in popularity- but what’s happened to that show could be its own blog post, so let’s move on), and she broke into pop music in a fierce way with her...
Diva Ramblings Of a Soap Opera Fan
Welcome to your very first guest blogger post :-)
If you know me, you’ll expect what I’m about to write. If you don’t, let me introduce myself- I am a weirdo and a nerd. Pop culture is basically my life, besides my hubby-to-be, my friends, my family, and my amazing two dogs. Anytime anyone around me speaks about anything that has to do with pop culture (movies, TV, music, actors, etc…), my giant...
It's Been Awhile...
It’s not just the name of a tortured Staind song… its how long its been since my last post! Sorry its been forever, but to give you a little background on why I live by caffeine, I work full time, go to school part time, and am a wife and mommy all the time. I’ve also just embared on a serious weight loss journey that I have been publicising to my nearest and dearest thru my...
How It Began...
So when I was 16 years old, I was going through a very tumultuous time in my young development, as most of us do at that age. I thought I was 16 going on 30, that I knew everything, and everything was do or die because I felt it so passionately and deeply. I had lots of different groups of friends, and my circle was constantly changing. I didn’t know who I was or who I wanted to be. I...