August 14
Slowly but surely things are coming together here...I'm trying a little bit different layout but if things look 'off' feel free to let me know and I'll be your BFF! The newest addition will be up tomorrow probably, no, seriously it will. In the meantime, I love the Cubs (no real reason why since I'm a native L.A.er) but a while back I sort of adopted them as 'my team' (and if you recall I even got to go on the field during a Cubs/Sox game a few years back. Why? Cause I'm special) but anyway, the Cubs sure have a strange way of celebrating. (btw, the commentary is pure comedy)
July 27
Hey Guys....I realize it's been a while, and there's a lot of updates coming....but as some of you may of heard there
were two news helicopters that crashed over Phoenix not too long ago, killing all on board and as it turns out that the pilot on the one, was
a friend of mine...as well as a big fan of TheSpinZone.
I'm not sure what else to say right now, but I just wanted to let
everyone know that Scott was an awesome guy, one of the nicest guys I've ever met, I'm pretty sure I couldn't even think
of one negative thing to say about him and there aren't many people I could say that about. I'll miss you Scott :(
June 28
I'm sure everyone has heard by now that WWE wrestler Chris Benoit was
found dead,
along with his wife and son, on Monday. The whole thing is sad and creepy and weird...and just when you think the story couldn't get any more
bizarre, along comes the discovery that Benoit's 'wikipedia' entry was edited BEFORE the bodies were discovered:
"On June 28, FOXNews.com reported that news of Nancy Gaus' death was posted on Wikipedia half a day before the police discovered the bodies. The phrase "stemming from the death of his wife Nancy" was added to the was added to the English Wikipedia's "Chris Benoit" article at 12:01 a.m. EDT on June 25, whereas the Fayette County police reportedly discovered the bodies of the Benoit family at 2:30 p.m. EDT (14 hours, 29 minutes later). The IP address of the editor was traced to Stamford, Connecticut, which is also the location of WWE headquarters."
Here is the wikipedia entry as it stands NOW: and here is the archived entry from June 25.
That's just creepy. Really, really creepy...
June 23
Well I'm back from Vegas...sort of...I'm in Phoenix again but only for a few days. I'm sure you
don't care, but I felt the need to share anyway. OK, so boy was Vegas entertaining...
First of all, we were either going to stay at Planet Hollywood (the old Aladdin) or The Venetian (the price was
about the same and none of us had ever stayed at either). At the last minute we opted for Planet Hollywood
because we got a bigger room and it was more centrally located.
The hotel itself was fine...the rooms were big, the people were nice, the casino was great,
the spa (though we never actually ended up making any of our appointments) was great, the tables were
awesome (PAI GOW is the greatest game ever) and their table minimums were only $10 as opposed to the Venetian
which were mostly $100 with a couple $25 ones which I assume they threw in there for the 'poor folk'.
The Planet Hollywood pool however...not so much. By far the worst pool in Las Vegas. Well, I suppose I can
only speak for the hotels whose pools I've been to, so to be fair I'll say this: Compared to the pools at
Mandalay Bay (which includes the Hotel and the Four Seasons), the Bellagio,
the Luxor, MGM, Monte Carlo, Hard Rock, Caesar's, the Venetian, Paris, and the Mirage, the Planet Hollywood pool was
by far the worst. No shade, crappy chairs, boring pool, barren looking and most importantly NO COCKTAIL
SERVICE. Seriously, wtf. Anyway, besides that it was fine and in all reality, I live in L.A. and am in
AZ right now so the pool was the least of my concerns but the 3 other girls were from Chicago so they were
pretty peeved. Anyway, on to what was probably the most entertaining night I've had in a while...
So Sunday night we're gonna do our thing. We get dressed and ready to hit the strip with our first
stop being the Venetian for dinner. We're in the hotel walking towards the 'restaurant row' when we were
approached by two guys in shorts, t-shirts, hats and bottles of Heineken. I was trying to concentrate on
picking a restaurant to eat at so I wasn't really paying attention until I heard the phrase, 'to the beach'.
See there used to be (and maybe it's still there, I have no idea) off the strip called 'The Beach'.
It was/is a club of sorts and I'm pretty sure that when we went there, at 21, we were the oldest people in
there, so when I heard those words I completely stopped listening...but come to soon find out that in fact
it was an entirely different 'beach' that was being talked about.
So these two guys (who were from Scotland) wanted to go to the 'Tao Beach Club' which is basically
the Venetian's top nightclub, 'Tao's', day time club by the pool. (Like the Hard Rock's 'Rehab' day club by the pool...
same idea) but the guy at the door told these two guys that in order to come in, they needed to bring in some
hot chicks so naturally they came to us ;). They said they'd buy us a drink if we just came
with them to the door so that they could be let in and even though we were all starving, we felt charitable
so we agreed.
The first stop is just a door guy at a podium with some ropes right in the middle of a walkway so when we
walked up, the guy says,
"Well holy sh!t! You guys got some girls! You should work for us!!"
yada yada yada, we get a stamp on our wrist and were told to wait for
the who is going to take us up. So around the corner comes this little, bad-dye job, socialite wanna-be
and she motions for us to follow her. As we're walking to the elevator she says to the two guys something
like,
"You know, you don't need to make it so obvious that you just found these girls."
(Mind you that the guy at the door specifically TOLD them to find girls, but anyway).
Then she goes on to say,
"I mean if you want to look cooler next time you'll act like you knew the
girls and that they came to you."
Then out of the mouth of one of the guys came one of the greatest things I've ever witnessed (and I'm
probably remembering it a little wrong so I'm not doing it the full justice it deserves)...he says to
the girl,
"Why in the fvck would I care how cool I look to you?"
The girl was stunned but seeing as how the rest of us were trying to hold in our laughter (not very well)
at her expense I guess she felt the need to keep digging herself a hole so she kept talking and said
"Well I'm just saying, I think you would look a lot more cool to everyone if...."
and one of the guys retorted with something like,
"I really don't give a sh!t what you think."
...and the girl (who probably assumed we were going to kiss her ass because after all, she was
our ticket to the 'hottest spot in Vegas' looked
like she had just been shot in the face and was trying to pick up the pieces of her ego that lay on the floor.
So that was highly amusing.
But we were in for a REAL treat once we got up to the pool area, and then the 'Tao Beach Club'. As we're
walking around the maze of chairs, bars and walls, we pass an 'Hewlett-Packard' reception that was taking place
complete with a classical orchestra and in general, just a very upper class looking soirée so we
really weren't prepared for what came next.
We round a corner and hear what sounds like a techno club in the middle of a pool area. Well as we were
getting on our bracelets to enter, I look up and see some chick, with only a bikini bottom and pasties on,
peek her head out and then go back in. I didn't have time to discuss this because the next thing
I know we're walking into the pool/club area and we're surrounded by topless chicks, dude's in g-strings,
loud thumping music and strobe lights flashing away.
You know, I tend to dress fairly provocatively (hence my pictures around this here website) and I can say,
that without a doubt, the 4 of us girls turned heads when we walked in because of how much clothing we had ON.
I kid you not, some guy came over to us and said,
"Well just take your top off!"
I'm not sure how we got from the Venetian to a whore house orgy with just a turn of a corner, but we did.
I've never seen
anything like it before and apparently neither had the two guys who were with us because I would have paid
good money to have had someone take a picture of our faces when we walked in.
We told the guys that they didn't need to buy us a drink (cause we're nice like that) and in we went trying
to stay out of the way of the silicone, banana hammocks, and crabs. We got a drink because we really just
wanted an excuse to stand around and stare at our surroundings without being too obvious. Girls were jumping
around in their bikini's (the one's that were actually wearing clothing) guys were jumping around, people
were making out, dancing by themselves, taking pictures of all the nakedness etc, and we were just standing
there trying to not contract any diseases from the sofa's that doubled as 'beds' We busted out the camera
to take pictures of 'us' and by 'us' I mean zooming in on everything/one else in the place so that we'd
have proof to show people. (btw, the pictures here are from my cell phone, so there's no flash and
they're grainy, I'm waiting on my best friend to send me the pics from her camera and she's taking her
sweet time despite my constant hounding so when I get em, you'll get em).
So anyway, the guys who had brought us there were obviously
feeling a tad sick themselves because they came over to us and said,
"Last chance for the free
drink..." we declined,
they left, and about 5 minutes later, so did we. I've never seen anything like that in person
before. Ever. Not even when I was younger...and stupider...and clueless, like in my college days
(including a few Spring Breaks) which were pretty crazy but no comparison to this. And I can't say that I'm
sorry about it...
So we are walking out and pass around where the HP black tie reception is and think to ourselves that
this has to be the textbook definition of how an oxymoron would look. By this point we'd lost most
of our appetites so we ate something small at Luxe Cafe and headed back to home-base (PH) for a quick
break.
At around 11:30 we headed over to Mandalay Bay to go meet some friends who were at 'Forty Deuce'.
Long story short but we walked in and were immediately asked if we wanted a table and free drinks
(durrrr yes...) and ushered into the 'Vip' area. Still not quite sure why but hey, free drinks and
our own tables and chairs in our own little secluded 'cool people' section were not going to be
turned down so yada yada yada, we got back to our room at like 3:00 am, fun was had by all :)
June 16
Vegas baby, baby. That's right, I'm heading to sin city for a little girls R&R (thought I'm not sure how much actual
Rest there will be). I'd like to think I'm going to hit it big...but considering that I spend most of my gambling time
at the Pai Gow table (probably the greatest poker game ever seeing as how we can sit there for hours, get drunk, and not
lose a million dollars) and at the slot machines. Yeah, that's right, I like the slot machines. I love that feeling
that comes right after the first two things come up that makes you think that, even if just for half a second, that the
third one will be the same and 'OMG instant hundredaire!'. Plus I like all the casino noises...as well as not having
to 'think' about what my next move should be especially when I'm drinking :)
And by the way, if you had no idea what that whole
'Me Revealed!'
thing with the 'Journey' music is...well, it's a 'Soprano's'
inside joke of sorts so unless you watched the series finale, you probably just thought I was being a jackass so I just
thought I'd clear that up :)
June 14
While driving home from the market yesterday, I found myself in a traffic jam of sorts. I then saw about 50
Paparazzi trying to kill each other to get to the window of a store. I saw a black Benz clk and made the educated guess
that it was Britney...
and turns out I was correct :)
I'm posting this because really the only places I've seen the paparazzi are at places
one would expect to see them like events. I see pics all the time of celebs at places I frequent, but I've never
actually witnessed the madness as it was happening. It was quite a sight.
On another note, I've finally decided to reveal my face....that's right folks, the time has come...so
HERE IT IS
June 4
Looks like it's been a bad week for one Ms. Paris Hilton...She got humiliated almost to tears
by Sarah Silverman at the MTV Movie Awards,
she checked herself into jail,
had to get rid of her hair extensions and blue contacts, (which btw, if you're curious what she looks like without them, and I have to admit, it's quite a big
difference, then go to the archived Spin of the Week and take a gander...)
had a nervous breakdown
and an apparent really bad flare up of her herpes, got let out of jail,
got ordered to go back to court all while
everyone and their mother
sat outside her house just waiting to see her sad self,
got picked up by the sheriff to go back to court, sat in court and sobbed for an hour,
got ordered
sent BACK to jail
screamed for her mom (who a lot of people believe is the reason behind why Paris is the way she is) while being dragged away in handcuffs,
sent to the psych ward, and has been crying ever since.
The pictures of her crying in the back of the sheriff's car ALMOST
made me feel sorry for her...but then I remembered that I drive the same streets as her and the fact that she got
pulled over at night for driving with her lights off makes me realize that yes, I'm a little safer because she's not
on the streets...and more importantly, this time she MAY ACTUALLY LEARN A LESSON. Though with a mother like Kathy Hilton,
I'm not holding my breath.
Anyway, seeing as how popular Paris seems
to be these days, I've updated Paris' Spin of the Week! and put in more pictures, video links,
etc...I'll probably make this a separate page at some point but for now, enjoy.
I'd also like to point out that there's been the word 'rich' thrown around as the reason why she's gotten special treatment...
She certainly HAS gotten special treatment, but it's not because she's rich. Rich may have allowed her to walk free when she
first got the DUI (money buys good lawyers) but there are plenty of rich people who get in trouble and paid heavily (Martha Stewart, the Enron folks, Lil Kim, Leona Helmsley)
so there's obviously something else going on...Whatever it is, I'd say Sheriff Lee Baca is going to pay for this somehow and
I for one, am not going to lose sleep over it.
Speaking of 'Simple Life' "stars", I heard rumors that Nicole Richie is preggers. I happen
to hold no ill feelings towards Nicole...a)she went to my high school...and graduated...and attended my college too (though not
for very long), b)she can actually be amusing, c) she used to ice skate, as did I and d)her dad is Lionel Richie. I'm not
saying these are GREAT reasons to like a person, but they're reasons, kkthx.
I'm also adding another 'main menu' item, 'Celebrispin' because I can't seem to keep up with all the gossip so I'm
giving it it's own page...feel free to get your minute by minute celeb gossip on there. I'll let you know when it's up, actually
you'll know when it's up because there will be a new menu item to the left...durrrrrr ;)
May 24
Thank you Richard Branson! My parents got back from their trip and never mind the candy/chocolate they brought
back (I'm a sugar freak) they also brought back gifts courtesy of Virgin Atlantic Airlines (nothing beats 'swag' type
items) including a 'sleep suit'. Yes, it takes little to excite me these days...but what can I say, the only
airline I've flown in recent years is Southwest (ok, I flew Hawaiian once) and Southwest's idea of 'swag' is a
magazine that may or may not have an unfinished crossword puzzle and/or sudoku game...Not that I'm complaining,
I like Southwest...but I like 'swag' more ;)
May 17
I slept really badly a couple nights ago and my neck is killing me so I'm not a happy camper, but... I wanted to let you know that although I've had a myspace account for a long time (mostly because I wanted to be able to snoop on former classmates/friends) it was nothing more than a random name with no links, friends, pictures or details but I figured that since I had this here website, which takes up a good deal of my time, having a myspace page would be too much. But...now I've decided that it would be a good way to find out about what my readers are up to. Soooo...I give you, myspace.com/thespinzonedotcom (there is an imposter using 'thespinzone'). So if you have a myspace account (and apparently only like 10 people DON'T) and you love thespinzone, go ahead and add me as a friend so we can be a happy myspace family;)
May 12
Well I'm off to Phoenix for a little more than a week, I'm dog/house sitting for my parent's which roughly translates to 'I'm gonna
be laying out at the pool'. If there's one thing Phoenix is good for, it's getting a tan. Thankfully it's hot enough
there already that the pool is warm enough that going in to it isn't a '1, 2, 3...it's too $&()@#@!' cold!' experience.
Plus, the dogs love the pool and when they're not in the pool, they're chasing lizards which is always fun to watch, unless
they actually catch one, then it's gross. So the next time we 'chat' I'll be in the desert...laying by the pool ;) I'm also
going to be trying out a new thing of posting 'blog' like entries here (much like I do already, but they'll be more often)
so we'll see how that works out. :)
And just in case you hadn't heard, Paris Hilton is going to jail despite her friend's 'plea' for clemency.
All this talk about jail overcrowding leading to her early release is bull shiat. Why? Because she's already going to
be in a segregated area where 'high profile' types are housed, so it shouldn't matter how many 'regular'
criminals are in 'jail' because unless there are a a sh!t ton of 'high profile' types in there, then it shouldn't affect her.
Why is no one addressing this????????? Anyway, if Arnold grants her clemency his political career WILL be over,
so it's not gonna happen. That's right, you heard it here first. But, just in case, here are the links to
1) uphold her sentence
and send her to Lynwood and/or 2) ignore that pathetic petition to have
Ahnold grant her clemency. Sign both. Really. It would be nice to actually go shopping on Robertson and not have to deal
with the crowds of paparazzi trying to get a picture of Paris shopping for EXTREMELY overpriced crap at stores like Kitson.
I'm still going to leave the link to the ASU 'New Coach' marketing video right here on the front page because never mind
being amusing it also shows my mad l33t flash skillz...omgwtfbbq :) Enjoy....
ASU's New Coach *(Their original version can be found
here).
May 8
OMG OMG!! L.A. is burning down AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! This time it's Griffith Park. Here are some pics from my place from around when it first broke out. It was arson and they've already got the guy who started it...of course he's not in jail, he's in the hospital, with...wait for it....wait for it......BURNS!!! Shocking isn't it.
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May 7
You know my nephew is really
adorable...really adorable, and he's like, BFF with Shawn Marion (as evidenced in this pic)
...so you'd THINK that a weekend with him visiting me would have been all fun and games, and I suppose it was...for
him, but for me it meant no sleep. Sooooooooooo, I'm tired and am bordering on delirious. I think it's bed time
after Kiefer tonight and I'm not even sure I'll make it till then ;)
Also worth noting is that it seems today's
'Celeb in need of a 'Rehab Program Certificate' from the prestigious Tuopoc Clinic will be
Ty Pennington and if for some
reason you have no idea who I'm talking about (sounded like a football player to me)...he's the hyper guy that leads the 'MOVE THAT BUS' chant on ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" also
known as ABC's "We found the family with the saddest story in America, found companies who donated their own products and time so that we
can rebuild their house and look like hero's when we're tugging on every viewer's heart string", show.
May 4
So how are we liking the new site? Just a quick note since I've got things to do....like go to the DMV, good times... Any way, in case you haven't heard, The Hoff is probably going to be needing one of my 'Rehab Program Certificate's (btw, I linked the page to the 'Spin of the Week' by mistake, so it's fixed down below, but you can also of course jump to it from the link here). And if you want to see WHY he's going to need one, I give you David Hasselhoff in all his UNglory...:( (sad face because it seems appropriate considering it was his teenage daughter who shot the video...perhaps her and Alec's daughter should start a club).May 2
Well, well, well....looks like I finally got my sh!t together....well aside from all the much needed updates,
you might notice a few things different around here and hopefully everything is in working order. For starters, my parents
have been begging me to get rid of the 'provocative' photo that I had on my homepage, so as you can see (for those of you who have been here
before) there's a new one. I'm not going to say where, but said picture is still around here, just a little more hidden. I'm also including the 'JUST UPDATED' section
below here but those I would say are just the most obvious ones as I'm sure there are content updates all over the place.
This site is meant to be enjoyed by all; PC & Mac people, IE & Firefox...everyone on the internets!... and since
everything is now on a new layout, if there are ANY messed up links, images, layout issues then by ALL MEANS let me
know because it's gotten to the point that there are so many pages on here that still make me laugh (I am THAT funny/amusing/retarded)
that I'm surely going to miss something. So email me at lauren@thespinzone.com and kindly let me know if you are having any problems...as I aim to please...you may just
get a free TSZ item ;)
I will indeed be updating daily as well as you will ALWAYS find the latest celeb/political spin/gossip in the headlines above.
I'm not sure if that will stay there as it is now, but I'm just trying it out for a bit and hopefully it will serve it's purpose.
So enjoy checking out the 'new' place and I'm leaving the link to the ASU 'New Coach' marketing video right here on the front
page because never mind being amusing (though I'm sure some of you, say, Wildcats, find it the most amusing) it also shows
my mad l33t flash skillz...omgwtfbbq :) Enjoy....
ASU's New Coach *(Their original version can be found
here).
Feb-March (I was on hiatus)
Get ready for it...the revamped site is coming soon...I'm serious... but in the meantime, here's a little thing I did. You see ASU (Arizona State) is a sad, sad, school...and now they have a sad, sad, coach...Dennis Erickson. You've probably heard of him if you're into football (college or pro) because he's coached almost every team there is. In any case, the ASU marketing department spent $20,000-$30,00 to 'produce' a new marketing video to promote him, which can be seen here. So a good friend (who shall remain nameless unless he wants to be named) suggested that I use my creativity and despise for ASU to make a spoof version. Well, I know almost nothing about Flash, and you can't download and tweak existing flash files so it wasn't easy, but I think the result is worth it ;) Enjoy.... ASU's New Coach