A couple of years ago I think I watched about 10 minutes of one episode of JK+8 and I detested it.  I thought then she was a shrew and I have no doubt it holds true until today.  In my attempts to avoid her like the plague, I did get suckered into watching a clip of the brood getting ready for an interview, her daughter pleading for a drink of water, and Kate saying no and drinking some water right in front of her.  The little girl promptly called her on it, and good for her!  

As for anything else I’ve run into about that woman, it has been a few images where she prances around wearing a bikini.  I’m sure she thinks by comparison to what her body looked like before reconstruction she’s awesome, but she not only does NOT have a bikini body, but even more so with the wrap-around scars.  Not to mention that I think I finally figured out what still seemed "not right" about it.  I do believe her surgeon placed her navel about an inch-and-a-half too high.  

Ann Curry???  Ew!  Natalie is the best. 

Meow.  ;) 

The easiest solution to #1s problem is something I did.  Bit of background, I always refused to do gay scenes when I did adult films because I still wanted to be true to myself in any way I could.  It damaged my usefulness and so I didn’t get a lot of jobs, but I just don’t like girls and I wasn’t going to pretend.  Nevertheless, I’ve had boyfriends who get that ridiculous lesbian idea in their head and they want a show for their pleasure.  What about my pleasure?  I’m not into it, LW1 isn’t into it, and I doubt Edie is into it.  So what do you do?  You tell them you have a fantasy about watching him give another guy a BJ.  If he’ll do that for you, you’ll do his for him.

The subject was dropped every single time, but I wouldn’t expect such a thing to cross Margo’s lips.

I can also relate to that letter, but from the daughter’s side.  My mother IS an irritant.  She’s one of those drama feeders, in fact.  She has always tried to manipulate everything to suit her idea of what mothers and daughters should be rather than just letting life happen.  Additionally, she always has to be in the middle of everything and can’t even miss a conversation.  As a result, two of three of us can’t stand being around her.  One still visits and allows her to visit, much to the detriment of her mental health, the other—me—just wrote her off.  

Once we all reached adulthood, she thought we could all be best friends and tried to force us into that mold.  That’s something that needs to be engendered from the beginning and, well, let’s say she didn’t.  When dad died last year, she tried to force us into some "it’s just us girls now" thing, and literally drove me away immediately after the funeral.  I had intended to stay a few days, but it seemed that her husband of over 50 years passing suddenly wasn’t enough drama, she kept wedging herself into everything.  

I suspect she is narcissistic as you describe.  Whenever any of us told her about something new we got, she would hijack the conversation about hers, and how it’s better, and the deal they got, and how you should have shopped for it, etc.  Every conversation returns to her, and when you return it to yourself, she has to go.  I could go on, but I find myself sympathizing with the daughter on this one.  It will be one year on the 10th since dad died, and I haven’t spoken to mom since December when she had an "it’s all about me" attack.  She called over the weekend and do you think I answered it?  Fat chance.

Yeah, I guess no one knows what they would sincerely do until they’re standing in the middle of it.  Just like when I mete out etiquette advice, when I find myself needing to use it, it’s not so easy going from theory to practice.  

I had stayed relatively friendly with "John" and had to drop by his office one day and met the GF du jour.  She took me aside and asked me if he cheated on me because she suspect he was cheating on her.  I told her yes, and I also knew he cheated on the all the girls in between.  I wasn’t going to lie to her.  By this time he was super wealthy (thanks to me) so she had to decide what was more important.  I guess she liked the lifestyle and, since she couldn’t convince him to marry so she could get a stake in it, she got pregnant instead.  Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to work?

Telling tales out of school, they were both HIV+ by this point (different circumstances) and it just made me think how desperate, self-involved, and perfectly amoral both of them were.  He for never having learned the lesson and putting others at risk, and she being so greedy (perhaps wanting the money for health reasons) that she would risk an HIV+ child and potentially create a future orphan just to stay in the game.  They did eventually marry.  Match made in heaven.

Given that Joe’s first comments were to promote his new company, and subsequent comments seemed to be ready to hype the "talents" of Michael children, who are not his children, even if Michael did love him, it’s definitely not returned.  Joe Jackson is out for himself.  Always has been, always will be.  Since the day he died they have all been trying to figure out how to profit from it.  It’s just disgusting.

All I want to know is what my Thriller picture disc is worth.  I bought it back where there was talent and respect, and when he was black, so it must be a collector’s piece in some regard.  (And I have the Thriller 12-inch single, too.  Hint!)