...so I guess I shouldn't be so annoyed that she is TOTALLY COPYING ME. I know imitation is the highest form of flattery and all, but with all the money she's going to make from this, I should get a little kickback or something, no?

Me at my sister's graduation last May:

Madonna modeling her upcoming H&M line:

I guess if I ever want to wear that dress again I'd better do it before the line comes out in select H&M locations nationwide on March 22nd.

There is a bump on my forehead the size of a golf ball and I have no idea how it got there. I think perhaps it has something to do with last night, when, after spending two nights in a row this week alone at home watching the Oprah 20th anniversary DVDs, eating ice cream, petting the cat, and, yes, crying (judge me after you watch that dear little 11-year-old poet boy with muscular dystrophy and a desire for world peace), I decided to give up on the whole virtue thing and hang out after work, at work, with my coworker. We essentially re-tasted every wine we pour by the glass, in full glass proportions. I didn't really learn anything about the wine, but I definitely learned that a chicken salad is not a sufficient alcohol absorber. Needless to say, my head hurts, and I will be having sparkling water after work tonight in preparation for tomorrow's outing to Hooters for a friend's early retirement party (she's giving up on the ol' NYC and moving to Miami). Pictures to come.

And for the gossip mongers, Amber Tamblyn, of Joan of Arcadia and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants fame, totally came into my restaurant last night after the Anna Sui runway show, and was also totally wasted. Or just totally annoying. She's a "water with lemon" person. Stay tuned for a 5,000 word manifesto on the special place in hell reserved for "water with lemon" people.

[Posing for a photo mere hours before annoying Gina at her place of employment]

Jennifer Lopez and her eyelash extensions made an appearance at Miami's Temple House (not a club, an actual house! weird...) this week to promote her new album. And oh yeah, Marc Anthony was there too. From NocheLatina:

"Jennifer Lopez held a listening party at Miami’s Temple House on January 23rd to share tracks off her first ever Spanish album Como Ama Una Mujer that’s set to be released on Epic Records on April 3rd. She played 6 songs off the album to a crowd of about 225 people and talked about what each meant to her."

It's kinda cool that she's doing the reverse Spanish-English market crossover at this point in her career, when she can do pretty much whatever she wants (except marry Ben Affleck.)

[photo by Maggie Rodriquez]

Upset that this evening's would-be episode of House is being replaced by the State of the Union Address? I feel your pain. (That Dr. House is the hottest aging gimpy diagnostician ever.) Since none of your usual shows are on, you might as well find out what GDubs has to say about the, uh, state of the union. At least until you get too drunk to pay attention.

Behold, the State of the Union Address Drinking Game 2007. Here's to hoping he doesn't pronounce Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's name correctly or mention evildoers too many times.