A friend of mine and I are having a debate/discussion/fight.

Ladies, how do you put on your bras?

I realize that there are a variety of ways and I'm trying to prove the point that the way I do it is not crazy or unusual.

Thanks for your input.

(from billboard.com)

R. Kelly is revisiting his short film series "Trapped in the Closet," two years after the original became a cultural flashpoint. Ten new installments of the saga will be released on DVD Aug. 21 via Jive.

The Independent Film Channel has come aboard as a partner in the new release. IFC will air all 12 of the original episodes in the weeks prior to the DVD and will also stream the entire 22-installment series on its Web site. It is unknown when the 10 newest chapters will be broadcast.

The new round of "Trapped" videos finds Kelly portraying an old man named Randolph, complete with a pot belly and a fake white beard that nearly falls off mid-scene, as well as a preacher in a gray Jheri-curl wig and garish orange suit. In one of the final chapters, Kelly's Sylvester character talks business with a "Sopranos"-esque mobster who is eating a giant plate of spaghetti.

The first "Trapped in the Closet" DVD has sold 233,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Kelly is also in the midst of promoting his most recent Jive album, "Double Up," the latest single from which is a remix of "Same Girl" featuring Usher and T-Pain.

I finished Harry Potter about half an hour ago. Tears were streaming down my face as I read the last few pages and then afterwards as I sat there thinking about the fact that I just finished the last Harry Potter book ever. EVER!

i was just browsing nickel creek's website to check the tour dates, completely forgetting that they will be here for thursday at the square this week!!!!! i don't really enjoy the square but i will definitely be there. you should check them out, they are a great bluegrass/countryish band. YAY!

Well (e:Anne) and I are back from our Europe trip, as she mentioned in her most recent post. Naturally one of the first things I did when I got back was organize all of my photos, plus her photos, which ended up being a grand total of 584. Amongst that ginormous collection of photos are some I took specifically to put them up on estrip, so I present them to you now. Here is an album of everything we ate in Milan and Madrid, (e:Paul) style.

(e:Anne) enjoying some yogurt at Toronto's Pearson Airport, getting ready to fly to London-Gatwick.

A white-chocolate macademia nut cookie from Starbucks. It was so good.

(e:Anne) enjoying her first European Fanta since 2005. She swears it's better than here.

A baguette from some place in Gatwick's food court.


Now we are at our first dinner in Milan, and this was our four cheese (quatro formaggi?!) appetizer. Mmmmmm...

Authentic Italian pizza...and yes we ate every bite!



Next day walking around Il Duomo, the 3rd largest cathedral in the world. We got sandwiches from a stand right near by (the worker was in love with us too, he kept telling us how beautiful we were, awww)

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Cookies.


Next day's lunch. We stopped at a supermarket and ate in a random playground. I love brie.


OMG gellato. OMG uuggggghhhhhhh it's so good.


Our last dinner in Milan. This is a plate of some random cheese, tomato on bread, some kind of fancy ham, a word I can't remember (the stuff in the middle, (e:anne) knows it) and fancy liver on toast. Liver makes my mom gag so I ate hers. I don't love it but I'll eat it. Of course after that I figure I've had enough liver for the year.

Our main courses.


This dessert was sheer heaven. That's a pear on top, which I took off and gave to (e:Anne) - she said it was also really good.


Lunch in the Milan Malpensa Airport, waiting for our flight to Madrid.


More gellato. This was better than what we had had the day before.


Now in Madrid - we didn't get in until approx. 10:30 and sat down to dinner around 11:30. Looking back on it, this meal probably wasn't that fantastic, but I was starving and it was warm and salty. Delicious.

By the way those thing that look like mozzarella sticks are croquettes, which were full of some kind of dough and ham and cheese.


Happy 4th of July, aka (e:Anne) 's birthday!!! We started off our day with Chocolate con churros, which is basically sticks of fried dough that you dip in warm puddling-like chocolate. Mmmmmmm...

Birthday lunch - Paella Valencia, which is rice, vegetables, saffron, chicken, mussels and prawns. I really liked it except for the fact that the prawns still had EVERYTHING attached, including eyes legs and antenna. It grossed me out too much so I gave those all to (e:Anne).

Apparently Pano's has great paella. I want to try some now.


Birthday dinner, haha.


"I can't wait to eat this ice cream!"

"I can't take one more bite."

"I'm going to explode."

But we did it!!!!


Thursday -
Thrilling croissant from Starbucks.

Madrid has a Dunkin Donuts!!!!

Lunch (yes I got pizza even though I was no longer in Italy!) It had four cheeses, and one of them was blue cheese which I had to scrape off most of. Unless accompanied by chicken fingers and wing sauce. blue cheese should not be on pizza.

This was the greatest thing I've ever eaten I think. Melted brie and white aspargus on toast. MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMmm

Dinner/Dessert/Snack later. More gellatto. The vanilla tasted like lemon but the chocolate was great.


Now we are in London for a day before we fly back to Toronto. This was Friday's breakfast.



Mars bar! I love them and eat many of them when I am in Europe. I know they are just like Milky Ways but I swear they're better.

Dinner in Covent Garden.
FISH AND CHIPS AND MUSHY PEAS mmmmmmmmmmm



Saturday morning, getting ready to leave. : (
I think it's funny that I could easily find a bagel in an Underground Station in London, but (e:Mike) and (e:Jill) couldn't find any in an airport in Tennessee.



Unfortunately, my last meal of the trip. Hoooooray, airplane food!


So to sum it all up, we ate some pretty delicious food. But we walked a lot too, so none of us came back with too much extra "baggage". Notice the difference in portion size, as well?

Have a good day peeps. Go eat something yummy!!!!!!!