Showing posts with label presidency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presidency. Show all posts

20 February 2009

25 Not-So Random Observations

Let's play a little game like they do on facebook, rather like 25 Random Things about Me, but not.
Instead, let's go for 25 Things We Can Observe about Michelle Obama, in the first 100 days in office.
1)She likes color.
2) She likes bling.
3) She's not afraid of J's Crew or probably even their henchman in the Old Navy.
4) She wears the color purple. She wears it well.
5) She likes her gloves to match her outfit.
6) She doesn't do "matchy-match." She just ball-parks it on colors.
7) Big colors are in, in her closet.
8) She doesn't have "old lady arms"... yet.
9) She may have partylines, but no sign of pantylines... yet.
10) Her daughters rooms are organized and their toys put away.
11) Likes her some lipliner. Likes her some shiny gloss.
12) Likes big fluffy fake ones... on her eyes, that is. Eyelashes. (Geez, what did you think I was referring to???)
13) Thinks a belt hides a multitude of sins. Uh-oh!
14) Didn't shiver for a moment, visibly, at the Inauguration.
15) Already has an "effect" that is hitting the NY Fashion week. (Did you see the squeeze at Jason Wu's?)
16) Likes to "accentuate the positive" and knows the First Husband thinks booty is a gimme.
17) Wears sensible shoes. Sorta.
18) Dresses like a girl. Really.
19) Has better hair than Laura, Hillary, or Barbara. Combined.
20) Ought to skip the ruffles. Every time.
21) Doesn't have a stylist... yet. Ought to hire one. It'll give her someone to blame because she will want to blame someone... sometime. Plus it'll make all the other celebs feel more comfy.
22) Doesn't do the mini. Thank the Lord.
23) Very soon, faces the biggest question a First Lady of Color could ask herself: pantyhose or nude legs? Summer is right around the corner.
24) Got along well with Liz on The View. She could do it again. Not that she needs to, or anything.
25) Should NEVER do this to her hair again:


Hey! Don't laugh. You had your "awkward stage," too. And if hers was during her teenage years, then so much the better.



25 January 2009

Approval Ratings?

Let's all take a deep breath. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.
And now let's note that Gallup Pollsters have taken our temperature nationally and after three business days in office, two-thirds of the American people approve the job that Mr. Obama is doing.
That's right. THREE DAYS.
This reminds me of someone who was newly divorced and um, perhaps a little needy told me that his best friend had gotten married one month after his divorce "and they're still really happy and totally in love."
And how long have they been married, I asked?
"A month!" he said, perhaps a little too breathlessly.
I think I giggled at that point. (Do you see the problem my male friends have with me?) A whole entire month? Was that a full 31 days? A shortened 30 day month? Or are we maybe talking about February?

Relax. He's got four years. Keep breathing.