tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110098702011-12-29T12:54:06.855-08:00Yes, it's true - your Aunt Chrissy knows EVERYTHING! Trust me, and tremble before my wisdom! (Or at least READ it - I need the hits!)Chrissynoreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-56669894316780462622008-04-25T18:53:00.001-07:002008-04-28T17:16:49.938-07:00

OK, I've made a decision (finally!) - I'm starting a new blog, combining the best* elements of my other blogs!If you've been loyal enough to bookmark this page, please change your bookmark to:http://curvycatholic.blogspot.com/Thank you and goodbye!*yes, yes, I know that's a debatable point - let's just say the best elements I'm capable of!

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-14763756301931798472008-04-11T09:33:00.000-07:002008-04-11T09:37:27.268-07:00

(deep breath) I just deleted TWO BLOGS.(another deep breath) Yes, it was painful but it had to be done.I once overheard an employee at Iliad Books in North Hollywood, CA confide to another guy that they had so many books there it felt like he had a "whole lot of poopy in his colon". I was kind of getting that way with my blogs.The more blogs you have, the more guilt you feel when you don't keep

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-6831235113744765402007-09-23T17:02:00.000-07:002007-09-23T17:04:18.654-07:00

Hi everyone!Just thought I'd check in - as you can see, I've been busybusybusy starting and abandoning new blogs!But here I am, your favorite Aunt Chrissy, ready to give you my pithy* observations on the world! (* and no, I do NOT lisp!)So what would you like to know? I'll tell you something I'D like to know - is anyone reading this blog?Anyone at all?Bueller?

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-31689342654690632142007-06-04T08:43:00.000-07:002007-06-04T11:41:05.862-07:00

My sweet, funny ol' cat Charlie died last week. He had been missing for a week, and we finally found his cold lifeless body curled up under the neighbors' fence. He didn't look like he'd been injured - just like he'd gone to sleep and never woke up.I had originally found him in the parking lot of the apartment where I used to live. Or should I say -- he found me!I had been determined not to

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1161710268864184752006-10-24T10:12:00.000-07:002006-10-24T10:20:22.030-07:00

As you may remember from my earlier SQUEE! post, I'm happily engaged to wonderful Steve P. We've set the date for April 21, 2007.Well, this past Saturday, October 21, 2006, at around 3 p.m., it kinda dawned on us that that would be, um, exactly SIX MONTHS TO THE SECOND till our actual wedding, so maybe we oughta kinda sorta think about not procrastinating anymore, and actually start

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1158687122516197442006-09-19T10:27:00.000-07:002006-09-19T10:32:02.530-07:00

To mi amado Steve P., who's concerned about Southern California becoming part of Mexico, all I can say is vaya con el flujo, prometido mio, y practicar tu español!

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1153929793029970342006-07-26T08:50:00.000-07:002006-07-26T09:30:43.500-07:00

It's been a couple of months since I've updated my blog. But I thought, since I have some actual news, I'd go ahead and tell the world (or at least, that 0.0000003% of the world that actually reads my blog).So - drum roll please - here goes:I'M ENGAGED!!!!Yes, it's true! In a very squee!-worthy weekend, sweet Steve P. finally got up the noive to ask the Big Question, and despite my usual

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1147980389758739892006-05-18T12:23:00.000-07:002006-05-18T12:26:29.780-07:00

Hey, everyone!Sorry I haven't updated my blog for a while. But you know, it's the funniest thing - every time I sit down to work on it, my phone rings and I have to hang up and ... Whoa - hang on a sec ... "Hello?""Um, yes, boss, hang on.""Okay, I just put 15 sheets of paper in the printer.""You're welcome!"Sorry 'bout that, it just ... "Hello?""Um, yes, boss, just a second.""Yes, looks that

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1144279437215967132006-04-05T16:23:00.000-07:002006-04-05T16:23:57.263-07:00

Or perhaps just a REALLY CUTE website, to cheer you up -- try this one: Cute OverloadIf you don't immediately SQUEE!! I will give you five bucks or a kiss on the lips (my choice!)!

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1142289371910353442006-03-13T14:36:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:36:11.963-08:00

Who is Dr. Science? Well, if you read my previous entry, you may want to know that, in addition to Weird Al Yankovic, Dr. Science is someone else who helps cheer me up when I'm feelin' down. Give him a try! After all, he knows MORE than you do, because he has a Master's degree - in science!

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1141406674636940832006-03-03T09:24:00.000-08:002006-03-10T15:11:30.850-08:00

It’s been one of those weeks. Snarky boss; rain; Ash Wednesday; and to top it all off, our own sweet Steve P. got fired. (Dagnab it! My sympathies, Steve, but sounds like you're better off out of that place!)So what next? Well, when I’m feeling really, REALLY down, I open up a special folder on my RealPlayer, and take a trip to a little place I like to call Depression Central.In it are songs I’ve

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1140018384493219462006-02-15T07:37:00.000-08:002006-02-15T19:52:42.353-08:00

Well, my Valentine's Day was ... different, to say the least! Not quite what I'd expected, thanks to the crack team* at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (and for all I know they may BE the team that's on crack - not that I'm making any slanderous accusations or anything, just a personal opinion).I snuck out of work 15 minutes early, planning to get home a little early so I could

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1138992540343175272006-02-03T10:36:00.000-08:002006-02-03T10:56:41.506-08:00

Some people remember exactly where they were when John F. Kennedy was shot; or when they heard the news about Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper.Me, I remember exactly where I was when I heard that Karen Carpenter had died.It was a rainy Friday morning, February 4, 2003. I was sitting in my pickup truck in the parking lot at Fireman's Fund Insurance Company in Tustin, California,

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1136657986429038242006-01-07T10:15:00.000-08:002006-01-07T10:19:46.440-08:00

Yeah, well, you know, when I came back from Christmas vacation I was kind of bummed out, and totally intended my next blog entry to be another "Why I Hate". This one would have been about RadioShack, and I still might do it later because, hey, RADIOSHACK, okay?But here I am, sitting in front of a computer at the Atwater Village (CA) Public Library, enjoying FREE Internet access - updating my

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1135787915589236452005-12-28T08:31:00.000-08:002005-12-28T08:39:55.410-08:00

I know, I know - it's an omen! The secular media is killing Christmas and we're only allowed to say "Happy Holidays" and not "Merry Christmas"!Well, semi-bah-Humbug. "Happy Holidays" doesn't bother me. I've used it myself more than once. Even though most of the time I say "Merry Christmas". But I understand that if you're working with the general public, you have to be sensitive to the

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1135099647863809612005-12-20T09:19:00.000-08:002006-01-01T12:21:27.753-08:00

Saturday morning I got up super-early and bravely fought the traffic on Van Nuys Blvd. so I could buy my favorite aunt a gift card. See, she likes Wal-Mart, and I like her, so even though I personally am a Target fan, I swallowed my dislike and went in.Well, guess what? I found the PERFECT gift card for her - it had a picture of a monkey on it and said "Go bananas!" And my nickname for my aunt

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1134076646136309112005-12-08T13:16:00.000-08:002005-12-08T13:26:31.856-08:00

Have you seen the Osh Hardware commercial, where bewildered shoppers are wondering around a huge, impersonal hardware store (cough Home Depot cough) with big question marks on their shoulders, while sad piano music plinks in the background?Well, recently I wandered through my own local H.D. for half an hour, with a big question mark on MY shoulder about vacuum bags - namely, do you have them and

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1131037098908033652005-11-03T08:58:00.000-08:002005-11-03T14:24:37.186-08:00

Tired of those endless ads telling you you're too fat and you should do something about it? How about doing something about the ads instead? I'd like to see more fat-positive ads like the one for Dove, which shows several women of varying shapes and sizes who use Dove's products, and WAY fewer of Kirstie Alley's self-loathing Jenny Craig ads.Kirstie, you were gorgeous when you were fat - why do

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1128446498354478882005-10-04T10:17:00.000-07:002005-10-04T10:21:38.366-07:00

I had to laugh at a particular line in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" - actually, I laughed at a LOT of lines in that raunchy and VERY funny movie!But - there's this one scene where a couple of girls are looking at Steve Carell through a window, and one of them sighs and says, "Wow, he's so cute - he looks just like Luke Wilson!"That cracked me up because I'm kinda-sorta dating this cute guy (hi, S.P.!

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1126114772039955542005-09-07T10:39:00.000-07:002005-09-07T10:41:14.286-07:00

You already know you can donate to the Red Cross, or the Salvation Army, or any of those good places, and they'll get your bucks to the humans who need it most. But check out this site if you'd like to help the NON-human* victims of Hurricane Katrina, who also need your help. (*and no, I'm not talking about the looters! nyuk nyuk!)

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1126025667910744322005-09-06T09:49:00.000-07:002005-09-06T09:54:27.916-07:00

Hey, all you people out there whining about whose fault Hurricane Katrina is? What's the point? What's done is done and there'll be plenty of time for recriminations later. Right now there are still people TRAPPED, not only in New Orleans but in little towns and communities scattered all along the Gulf Coast. Let's do what we can to help them now, and worry about whose fault it all is

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1124914626960018992005-08-24T13:14:00.000-07:002005-08-24T13:17:06.970-07:00

To the half-dozen souls who regularly visit this site (and geez, I think I'm 3 of 'em!), don't be confused - this is indeed the blog you've so kindly bookmarked as "Good Spots, Bad Spots"!However, in a fit of busyness (undoubtedly to be regretted when I wake up tomorrow), I've both renamed it AND reformatted it! So let me know what you think! (If I don't see any new comments, I'll assume you

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1124839781773711992005-08-23T16:24:00.000-07:002005-08-24T13:47:20.910-07:00

I've added some links to my favorite blogs (over there, to your right, see?) because I've found a new and absorbing hobby - sketching!Actually, it's an old hobby, one which I've always had low self-esteem about. But I'm learning that you don't have to be Rembrandt to enjoy the pleasures of drawing - just draw it! (Hey, that's a good slogan - and if you hear some enterprising art supply store

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1123529973458095382005-08-08T12:36:00.000-07:002005-08-12T10:07:37.136-07:00

There's a radio spot currently running in Los Angeles that always makes me laugh - a young girl is breathlessly telling her mom that she's engaged, and "guess what - he's a NOTARY PUBLIC!!!!"Apparently some Notary Publics make over $100,000 a year. And good for them! But I've never thought of them as perfect husband material myself.First of all, I actually know several Notary Publics -- all

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1120581373043217102005-07-05T09:36:00.000-07:002005-07-05T09:36:13.053-07:00

Deepest sympathies to April Winchell on the death of her father, the talented Paul Winchell - and admiration for her courage in telling the truth about her family's relationship. Gutsy lady ...

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1117225249863375752005-05-27T13:17:00.000-07:002005-05-27T13:20:49.866-07:00

How annoying ... gorgeous Kirstie Alley had this great "Fat Actress" thing, giving hope and comfort to all of us other gorgeous fat women.And then ... she sells out and signs up with the enemy -- Jennie Craig.Now don't get me wrong - if she wants to lose weight on a temporary basis, only to gain it all back plus 10% in the next year or two (like 95% of all dieters), that's her right and privilege

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1115226278890734342005-05-04T10:01:00.000-07:002005-05-04T10:04:38.896-07:00

I don't know why but I've been getting a kick out of those TMobile commercials, where the sadistic dad is standing by with a stopwatch, wondering what in the world his kids could be talking about with Grandma for 3 and a half minutes. The poor daughter who doesn't make the cheerleading squad - waaahh!! I feel your pain, kiddo!Also like the "auctioneer" family, though in a more weird way. But

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1112895676687147972005-04-07T10:35:00.000-07:002005-04-07T10:41:16.686-07:00

You have to be pretty old to remember this, but I am, so I do!"Smuckers" has this long-running ad tagline where they say, "With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good!" "Saturday Night Live" once did a parody of that in which the announcer said, "With a name like "Painful Rectal Itch," it has to be good!"So let's talk about Quiznos. So far their ad campaigns have featured dead rats playing the

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1111426537020476852005-03-21T09:33:00.000-08:002005-03-21T09:35:37.023-08:00

Whatever else you may think about the Terri Schiavo case, you gotta admit, her hubbie Michael has definitely got a bright future in advertising, or politics.In his "Nightline" interview, Mr. S earnestly explained to us, the idiots in the red states, that they weren't really going to starve his wife to death - just "remove her nutrition and hydration".Um ... isn't that kinda the DEFINITION of

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1110408837998045622005-03-09T14:52:00.000-08:002005-03-09T14:53:58.000-08:00

Okay, disclosure time - I am a Catholic, and therefore pro-life.However, Carl's Jr.'s new "talking fetus" ad, in which said neonate proclaims his intention to "bust out of here" and maybe "grab something on the way out" if he doesn't get his artery-clogging burger RIGHT NOW -- is enough to make me reconsider ...

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1110318243017308292005-03-08T13:44:00.000-08:002005-03-08T13:46:24.370-08:00

they're REALLY OLD -- so if you're into time travel check out this great site: Airchecks:Radio:REELRADIO Reel Top 40 Radio Repository.Interesting to note that radio advertising really hasn't changed all that much - still mostly about cars, cars, cars - but it's kinda cool to listen to a spot for a brand-new 1964 Plymouth Caprice!

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1110214668632091372005-03-07T08:57:00.000-08:002005-03-07T10:15:52.266-08:00

Great news! I found the (in)famous April of those hilarious Mercedes Benz of Beverly Hills ads -- the one I praised to the skies a couple of days ago.Turns out I'm way behind the curve in knowing about her. Her name is APRIL WINCHELL, and here's a link to HER weblog. Apparently she's world famous and super talented and a whole lot of people already knew about her.Sigh. Well, I never claimed to be

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1109956090999078682005-03-04T09:05:00.000-08:002005-03-04T09:08:11.000-08:00

Okay, my first comment of March 2005 is that there is this Toyota commercial that would be TOTALLY perfect except for one tiny and purely subjective detail.There's this sad-looking guy trudging along to sad-sounding music. He's ankle-cuffed to this decrepit old car and looks longingly at the really cool, working and AFFORDABLE new Toyota which pulls up alongside him.I totally identify with him

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1109626695503700742005-02-28T13:32:00.000-08:002005-03-07T10:15:10.263-08:00

Well, I was going to write about some of the ads - good and bad - during the Oscars last night, but frankly, once I heard Chris Rock open by telling everyone to "sit on their asses", I switched to FOX and watched a rerun of "Independence Day" instead. Get them aliens, dude!Okay, I'll mention one good spot - Domino's Pizza ALWAYS seems to have good funny spots. They have this special 3 for 1

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1109363724026622722005-02-25T12:31:00.000-08:002005-02-25T12:37:34.303-08:00

Party Poker (www.partypoker.com) runs some funny ads on my elevator (via http://www.captivate.com/) - in a series of still shots, you see a woman coming home and finding the house in a shambles - vases and lamps broken - and her teenage son is sitting on the couch, tossing a basketball back and forth between his hands - till he sees her, looks up and OOPS! and the tagline is "Do you have a "poker

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1109270237049495122005-02-24T10:30:00.000-08:002005-02-24T10:37:17.050-08:00

I don't know her last name and I can't find anything about her on the Internet. But there's a series of TERRIFIC radio spots running in the Los Angeles area, for Mercedes Benz of Beverly Hills.They consist of a woman named April who's reading the ad copy, about how this Beverly Hills car company is making deals, and she keeps interjecting hilarious comments - "In Beverly Hills, a deal is buying

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1109178443814309872005-02-23T09:05:00.000-08:002005-02-23T09:07:23.816-08:00

I hate to keep harping on the same bad ad over and over again, but would someone please tell me what the stupid blonde is doing with her arms, at the end, while she's saying, "It seats five!"? It looks like she's just dangling them in front of her, like I do after my exercise class. You know, the ol' "rag doll" stretch.But maybe not. Maybe she's holding something in her hands. Like a purse.

Chrissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11009870.post-1109095393978923072005-02-22T09:50:00.000-08:002005-02-22T10:03:13.980-08:00

Thanks, Mitsubishi!I had been thinking about starting a blog. I even created one under another name about a year ago. But it didn't last, because I couldn't think of anything productive to say, day after day after day.However, last night, during 24, when that stupid Mitsubishi ad came up AGAIN, with the stupid blonde woman and her scruffy husband who can't think of anything to say to his woman

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