My two cents about Kat Von D and Jesse James

So Jesse James and Kat Von D broke off their engagement for the second time! I'm sure many out there have already shouted out, "Who cares?!" when that popped up in the celebrity news and gossip feeds.

Yeah, me, too! I don't really care. In fact, my opinion is that Kat Von D is either just plain ole naive or she had a serious case of mistaken emotions, thinking that her sympathy for Jesse "Jerk" James was true love.

Tattoos

I was surfing the web for pictures of tattoos, thinking I'm gonna post something about tattoos because I find it a very creative artform (I actually have one which I designed myself). I think it's a great way of self-expression, provided it is done by an experienced artist and is done in good taste. I saw some really weird ones, some so hilarious I wonder if the person who got it is really such a joker or they were drunk when they got it.

One of the craziest examples I found showed a drawing of a monkey around a person's belly-button. I didn't want to post the actual picture on my blog but if you're curious what it looked like click here. Funny, but not my style.

Then I came across this picture of a church sign and I said "NO WAY!!! They can't be serious!!!"


Sure enough, they aren't serious because if you look closely at the picture you can see a website URL on it. I decided to go check it out. The website shown on the pic has actually been changed and a redirect link comes up when you go there. The new website is http://www.says-it.com/churchsigns/. You can actually create your own funny church signs at that site. Pretty cool!!!

Angelina Jolie's Dress Reversal

I was reading today a Yahoo! Movies blog post about the Max Azria gown Angelina Jolie wore to the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The writer wondered if Jolie knew she was wearing the gown backwards. I wanted to add my comment on the writer's page but with over 9400 comments already posted, I didn't think another comment from me would even get noticed so why bother?

Here's the comparison picture the writer posted to show the gown and how it supposedly was designed to be worn:


(left to right) The front of Angelina’s Max Azria dress (Jason Merritt/Getty Images), the back (Steve Granitz/WireImage.com), and a model from Azria’s Spring 2009 collection (Scott Gries/Getty Images)

Frankly, I don't actually see the resemblances between the two gowns but I don't follow fashion designers or designer wear so I can't say much about that. But as far as how that blue gown was worn, I actually don't think Angie made any mistake at all in wearing it that way. Had she worn it the way the fashion model was wearing it, Angie would not have been able to show off her tattoos. (On a side note, anyone who has ever gotten a tattoo knows that tattoos are meant to be seen, not hidden...like art, it's a form of expression). In contrast, who would've wanted to see her show more chest like Jennifer Lopez did when she so famously wore that green gown to the Grammy Awards years ago anyway? (See J-Lo's image below). Where would the originality come with doing that? Angie is unique and her fans love that she is who is.


By wearing that gown in reverse, Angelina Jolie obviously wanted to make her tattoos visible. I think that's so because she even wore her hair up instead of flowing down freely like she has been doing when she's all covered up in long sleeves and such. Perhaps she wanted to make a statement with her KNOW YOUR RIGHTS tattoo which is inked right below the back of her neck. (See close up below, taken from another outing).


Whatever the reason behind the so-called "dress reversal," I think Angelina Jolie wore that gown quite well. She looked very elegant, maybe not demure because of her tattoos, but she did look very feminine and radiant. And yes...I am an Angelina Jolie fan.