So, I’ve made considerable progress in my attempt to finish Pokémon SoulSilver, the video game that is CONSUMING MY LIFE. I managed to catch the elusive Red Gyarados, earn all 8 Gym Badges AND add the legendary Pokémon Lugia to my collection:

I was under the assumption that all I needed to do was beat the Elite Four and the big boss Lance … but NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Not only is there still a lot of work for me to do before I finish the last phases of the game … but after I finish, a WHOLE NEW WORLD of gameplay unlocks … meaning I’ll only be halfway done! I’m telling you, Pokémon games have gotten much more complicated in the past 10 years. You really get your money’s worth with these new video games. ONE MORE THING: Starting tomorrow October 15 until October 30 Nintendo is holding a Wifi Event where you can download a Level 5 Mew to your SoulSilver or HeartGold games … click HERE for all the deets. So, yeah, I’m pretty much looking at many many many more days ahead of video game play.

But … not tonight. Tonight, David and I will be heading out to the Mayan Theater downtown to see M.I.A. live in concert:

M.I.A. is touring with Rye Rye and they will be rockin’ LA tonight. I am so excited. It’s been a few years since I last saw M.I.A. in concert so I’m really looking forward to seeing her again. Woot!

Yesterday afternoon David and I met up with our good friend Josh at Dodger Stadium to take in an afternoon baseball game together … we couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather or a better vantage point. For the first time, we decided to watch the game from the bleacher seats and we had the best time ever!

I am happy to report that after trailing for the ENTIRE game, the Dodgers came back late in the game to tie up the score with the Colorado Rockies to add extra innings to the game … then the Dodgers ended up pulling out a win in the 11th inning by a score of 7-6. It was a really fantastic day.

But today is an even MORE fantastic day because it is David’s 27th birthday today!!

I hope you will join me in sending him all your BIRTHDAY LURVE today!! I have something very special planned for tonight … but I cannot reveal my plans until after David’s surprise ;) Have a great day, y’all!! Happy Monday!!

Ricky Martin, who famously came out of the closet as a gay man in March, has made his way to NYC this week for the first time as an out and proud man! And by the look of his strut, Ricky might be lookin’ for a real good time in the Big Apple … behold:

As you may recall, Ricky made an appearance at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in San Juan, Puerto Rico last month but this is his first sighting in the mainland US since his huge announcement. I would hope that the freedom of coming out will free him from the fear restraints he’s lived with for so many years. I can tell you, NYC is a fabulous city to indulge in one’s urges and is the best city in the world to sow one’s wild oats. Now, I do not believe for a second that Ricky has lived a life of gay celibacy in all the years that he was in the closet but his coming out has surely given him a new lease on life. Do the damn thing, Ricky … enjoy your time in NYC!

Now is really the time to be Livin’ la Vida Loca!!

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David and I made it to NYC safe and sound … and MOSTLY without incident. The flight wasn’t bad at all, the taxi situation into the city was a breeze … but a mix-up with upon arrival at our home-away-from home almost ruined our entire night. Long story short, we had to go out for a late supper and had to miss watching Betty White on Saturday Night Live live … I wasn’t able to watch it until this morning. We did get to meet up with our friend Issac for drinks so … we had a fab night nonetheless. I am really looking forward to this week in the city … and let me tell you about our view of Central Park:

It’s a bit chilly and very windy but … it’s the Big Apple, yo!

This afternoon we are surprising David’s parents, who are in the city this weekend, by showing up for Mother’s Day Brunch. They don’t know we’re here so it should be a fun surprise.

I want to send all my love to all y’all Moms out there. You are the most special people alive, thank you for everything.

And even tho my mom doesn’t read my blog (mainly because she has no idea how to work a computer or any sort of electronic device, really) I want to send all my Mother’s Day lurve to her today! XO

ChristinaAguilera.com has released a third teaser promo photo from Christina Aguilera‘s upcoming new music video Not Myself Tonight which gives us a taste of what’s to come when the video gets released this Friday. In a latex bodysuit, Xtina is on her hands and knees lapping up milk from a bowl … check it out:

Check out the third exclusive photo from the “Not Myself Tonight” video shoot! Are you getting excited for the premiere? It’s THIS Friday at 12:01am on VEVO.com!

In addition, another very short teaser video clip has also been released to give us a sneak peek at the vid, due for release in just 2 days time. After the jump, check it out …

Yesterday we got our first look at the first promo photo released from Christina Aguilera‘s upcoming new music video Not Myself Tonight which is due to premiere online this coming Friday April 30. Today we get our second look at the video as a second promo photo from the vid is released on Xtina‘s official website. As you can see from this new photo, Xtina appears to be vamping it up with a bunch of vampire back-up dancers in her new music video:

Yesterday’s photo was all about Christina Aguilera in latex. Today, we switch it up with a sensual group photo of Christina and her dancers. With sequin leotard and knee high boots, you know Christina is ready for anything!

In addition to this new promo photo, Xtina‘s site is also giving us a video peek at the music video which features Xtina lookin’ like a freak-a-deak in a sexy Princess Leia-like get-up:

After the jump, check out the sneak peek video that further teases the release of the full music video, due out on Friday …

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, y’all!! I hope your Green Day is going well today :) I’ve been having a grand day thus far … I’m deffo feelin’ the luck o’ the Irish today:

Today is the day that everyone is a bit Irish and I am reveling in it today. I’ve been wearing my fave green hat all day long and David and I were surprised by a cute little votive bowl full of Shamrocks which just arrived about an hour ago:

We’ve been invited to a couple of parties today … so we’re not quite sure what the plan is for tonight. I do know that there will be Jameson and Guinness in my very near future … wee!!

May y’all get lucky today and have a very safe and happy St. Patrick’s Day!!! Sláinte

The late Michael Jackson, who we are well aware tragically passed away last June, was honored during the 2010 Grammy Awards last night with a fitting tribute performed by Céline Dion, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Usher. The singers dueted with MJ on his ballad Earth Song, a performance that was broadcast on television in 3D. Not only did the attendees of the Grammy Awards (like Rihanna) outfit themselves with 3D glasses (courtesy of Target, who gave out the 3D glasses for FREE for the event last night) but so, too, did viewers at home … like me:

The Grammys rode the 3-D wave Sunday with a special-effects-laden tribute to the late Michael Jackson in an awards show that featured many big spectacle moments. Jackson’s children, Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11 appeared after the tribute to accept a lifetime achievement award for the pop star, who died in June of a prescription drug overdose. Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson and Usher performed in the tribute, mingling their voices with the voice of the late King of Pop against the backdrop of a 3-D film featuring Jackson’s 1995 eco-friendly “Earth Song.” Free 3-D “Grammy” glasses were distributed at Target stores nationwide so viewers could watch the show in 3-D from their living rooms. Part of the Jackson film shown during the Grammys aired in the recent documentary “This Is It” which was shot during rehearsals for Jackson’s comeback tour and showed the pop star looking fit just days before his death in June 2009. Jackson had intended the environmentally themed song and film to be part of that tour, which was supposed to have begun in July 2009. He was considered one of the most commercially successful entertainers of all time whose music and videos transformed the art and broke down racial barriers. The clip features a lush forest through the eyes of a young girl.

I hope you hung on to your 3D glasses because uploaded video clips of the Earth Song performance will (kinda) appear in 3D if you watch them on your computer :) In addition to the technologically fitting tribute performance last night, MJ‘s children Prince Michael Joseph and Paris Michael Katherine appeared on stage to accept the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award which was awarded to MJ posthumously during the show:

After the jump, check out video of MJ‘s kids accepting his award on stage, check out a backstage photo of Prince and Paris posing with their little brother Blanket AND bust out those 3D glasses, yo, you can watch Earth Song in 3D right here on the blog …

Earlier I mentioned that the 2009 American Music Awards were edited for the West Coast feed of the show due to Adam Lambert‘s “shocking” performance of his song For Your Entertainment but it was also edited because Jennifer Lopez fell on her ass while performing her new song Louboutins (which we got to hear for the first time last week) and, apparently, the folks at ABC didn’t want the folks watching at home on the West Coast to see it. To be honest, her fall wasn’t all that bad at all and she managed to get right up and carry on with her performance. But, for those of you who didn’t get a chance to see the mishap (or just want to watch it again), here are a few photos of the embarrassing incident:

It was a daring dance manoeuvre that could have gone terribly wrong – and unfortunately for Jennifer Lopez – it did. The diva fell flat on her famous rear end while performing her new single Louboutins at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles last night. The 40-year-old mother of two began the dramatic stunt by climbing up a human pyramid of semi-naked male dancers. She then drew gasps from the audience when she lost her balance after jumping off a dancer’s back, and landed on her derriere. But, ever the professional, Jennifer quickly recovered her poise and carried on with the show. After hours of rehearsals, the slip up would have disappointed the singer, who is known to be something of a perfectionist. But it seems that the only thing bruised was her ego, with her spokesperson assuring concerned fans that ‘she’s fine, totally fine.’

Actually, I understand that she wasn’t all that fine at all … backstage spies report that J. Lo was PISSED over the fall and make it quite clear to everyone within earshot that she was not happy with herself or her dancers. I don’t know if she personally insisted that the fall be edited out of the West Coast feed (tho I suspect that she or her people did insist) but ABC did edit her performance, turning her fall into a slo-mo jump that cut away right before her booty made contact with the stage floor. After the jump, tho, check out video of J. Lo‘s uncensored, unedited performance of Louboutins at the AMAs last night …

So … Conan O’Brien started his new gig as host of The Tonight Show this week and a few folks noticed something … familiar about the backdrop background of his newly designed set. After careful consideration (and genius side-by-side comparison), it seems pretty obvious that Conan‘s new background came straight from the Mushroom Kingdom of the Super Mario Brothers video game:

From Gizmodo: Conan’s new Tonight Show set sure is nice, but the guys at Serious Lunch noticed that his new monologue backdrop looks pretty familiar. As in Mushroom Kingdom familiar. Chen and I are in disagreement as to whether or not this is intentional. I say it’s a coincidence, but he’s convinced that Mario was a definite inspiration for this background.

OMG … of course this background was inspired (to say the least) from the Super Mario Brothers video game. There is no way in hell that the indenticalness of the background to the layout of the video game can be mere coincidence:

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