*daily candy psa: listen up, losers.

I feel like this should be a PSA:
READ DAILY CANDY.

I took for granted that all of you hipsters, uber-cool friends of mine read it. And some of you don't? WTF?!

Subscribe. Like now. Losers. Seriously. The Candy Store opened like a kajillion years ago and you are late. Get on the train before you're hanging out with Courtney Love. It's getting close.

ps--I understand now, finally, how you never know where sample sales are and you dress like shit. Get it together. You're on the market for god's sake.

Abaete Fall 07

I must say...I'm not normally a fan of cheap shit (although it is becoming the rather than the exception on this budget I am on currently....) and I pretty much detest Abaete's new fall line for Payless ,but I must say this boot with its cute little lucite heel looks pretty damn good online.

Not sure how crappy the patent pleather is in real life, but for now I have to say it is looking pretty damn appropriate.

Linda Boot, $48, Check it out here.

a pop princess meltdown

just when you think she's already hit rock bottom, she goes even further below sea level.

ewe.

will have to further comment on this later.

i'm currently watching 'i'm a slave for you' and crossing my fingers hoping this is a nightmare.

2 DUIs in 60 days?

lindsay has lost it.
she is just one huge no ma'am.
what can we say?
how could she let this happen?
-100000000 appropriate points, LiLo

Side note: NY Post, +500 appropriate points for the best headline, like, ever

threadless :: awesome t-shirt site

I just spent waayyyy too much time browsing this awesome site.

You have to check it out. Cute, cheap t's. Not sure on the quality...but comment me if you're interested, I ordered a few and I'll let you know.

I hope they don't ruin them by using stiff janky t-shirts!

have a lil' faith

Thanks to the website jezebel.com, who dug up the original photo, there has been a frenzy of madness all over the internet at just how much Redbook chose to brush up Faith Hill. Unlike most celebs who look like shit without a lot of air brushing (ahem, Britney) Faith looks great...which is what most of the web buzz is about. Why did they need to do it? She obviously looks better airbrushed (we love you, faith, but who wouldn't...) but was it really necessary?

Take a look above at Faith in all her real glory, and see how she was "cleaned up" for her cover. Through the miracle of Photoshop, they gave 39-year-old Faith a preteen Nicole Richie-ish body.

Hmmm...

Final word:

Redbook: Inappropriate
Faith: Beautiful, always.

do NOT heart I heart

what you have here is a diagram of the most overused phrase of 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006...and yes so far 2007. "I heart..." in a word: Lame.

What do we have in response to all of you cheeseballs who insist on wearing rediculous t-shirts that rip off the "I heart NY" that say things that range from "I heart my baby daddy" (that is so no ma'am I don't even know where to start) to "I heart tacos" (what kind of woman would ever want to display a love for food on her chest, isn't that just stating the obvious---ie, a total gut/fat check from a stranger).

The solution: stop hearting everything.
Instead: Concentric Circle it.

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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. -Antoine de St. Exupery

[Moment of sap: This is my father's favorite. He dedicated it to me in my senior yearbook. Love it! Thanks daddy!]

nick nolte is a wastoid

is this really the face of a two time academy award best actor nominee?

according to tmz (my favorites! totally appropriate!) nolte blacked out in an airport for a few hours rolling around on the ground.

what has the world come to? these hollywood actors really have hit rock bottom. it is truly unbelievable.

this is a clear inappropriate.

what a shame...Prince of Tides, Afflicition, Hotel Rwanda, Cape Fear.

This guy has become such a loser since then.
-250
inappropriate

when life gives you mud...

make mud pies. Someone gave me a card once that said that. I never forgot them (him or the card, yes he was cheezy...but the card was cute). Anyhow in that spirit, I present you with the Hunter Rain Boots. The OGs in the world of rain boots these chic suckers have a heel and come in candy colors that are solid (key for all of you petite peeps like me).

It is July so typically rainboots might not be the appropriate topic of choice, but it has been a monsoon this year (thanks global warming!) and even my tejas peoples are soaked. So here is my recommendation to you--scoop these suckers up.

Top reasons why they are appropriate:

• They are durable, fashionable yet classic. The Marc Jacobs leopard print boots are so 5 years ago.
• They are made in Scotland
• They have buckles so they can protect your pants.
• The royal family in the UK rocks them

Appropriate score: +250

Now get off your asses and get a pair. Flip flops in the rain is just disgusting.

michael vick.

hmmm...what to say here. this man is beyond disgusting.

i've never been a fan of pitbulls..but seriously.

electrocuting animals? drowning them? training them to try to kill each other and shooting them if they aren't strong enough? I hope the feds kill him. He is the most inappropriate person of the month, like, ever.

i always knew virginia tech was a shit show.

this is one time when i am glad the republicans are in charge. they are gonna destroy him in richmond. and rightly so.

inappropriate points: off the charts. I'd say -1.5 billion. he is a total no ma'am. exclamation point.

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My favorite girl wanna leave me just because I got a girlfriend my freak girl told me "now, she a christian" my white girl wanna move back to Michigan I'm pullin girls off the bench like a sixth man I'm in the club doin the same ol' two step while Omegas doin the same ol' Q step (Q DOG) I have my money on my mind I was thinkin green she a pledge A.K.A. "she was pink and green" I wanna a good girl she want a gentleman we sayin' the same thing like a synonym I wasn't really spittin game I was scrimmigin my pimpmanship so hard in this censorship I'ma chicagoan till Chicago ends till we blow like Chicago wind I don't know what's better, gettin laid or gettin paid I just know when I'm gettin one, the other's gettin away this way
-Kanye West in Dilated Peoples' "This Way"

Californication :: this show looks awesome!

Majorly appropriate. I can't wait!

Posh weighs in on being appropriate

We couldn't have planned it (or said it) better ourselves. On the day of this new blog launching what happens? Posh is quoted in the LA Times' Image magazine as defining appropriate style.

Victoria on dressing appropriately:
“However you’re built, be mindful of the rule that if you get your boobs out, put your legs away and vice versa.”

On one of her beauty tricks:
“I just throw on the Chanel sunglasses, which really do, as the fashion magazines say, hide a multitude of sins.”

On her lifelong love of fashion:
“I tried to customize my school uniform, because I went to a very strict Church of England school. I used to get sent into the toilet every single day at school to take off my makeup and brush my hairspray out.”

On not getting what you want:
Olivia Newton-John in “Grease” was an inspiration. Remember when she wore those tight black satin trousers? One of my mom’s friends promised me those and she never came up with the goods. I still look at her and say, ‘You cow!’ You should never promise a child something and not come up with it.”

LOVE IT.

+2000 Appropriate points for her

Jack Nicholson on Vacation

This is an obvious one.

All I have to say here is what goes around, comes around. I read a really great comment in the '10 things about women' column in Esquire once where someone (sorry sweetie, you were brilliant and I can't remember who you are) wrote that men age depending on the type of women they date.

Example: George Clooney = gets more handsome each year. He dates women within his age range.

Jack Nicholson...well, just look to the left. Ewe.

INAPPROPRIATE is the verdict. -500 Appropriate Points.

Great in the Departed. That's about it.

Payton Sofa

Why is this appropriate you might ask?

Name. Payton.
Store. Crate and Barrel.
Style: Classic Parisian with a twist.
Price: just under 3k.

Love it.

Appropriate Score: 1552

It would've gotten 1002 but it got plus 500 Extra Appropriate Points for the name. Wouldn't that make a great last name? ;)

the three degrees

there are three degrees of acceptability and unacceptability in the opinion of myself and my best friend/sister/roommate.

• appropriate
• inappropriate
• no ma'am

this blog gives you little daily, monthly, weekly insights into how we define those three degrees by providing anecdotal examples of people, things, occurrences, shirts, jeans, whatever that fall into these categories.

stay tuned.

you know you love it already.

sp

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It is such a secret place, the land of tears. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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From the movie Blow:

"So in the end, was it worth it? Jesus Christ. How irreparably changed my life has become. It's always the last day of summer and I've been left out in the cold with no door to get back in. I'll grant you I've had more than my share of poignant moments. Life passes most people by while they're making grand plans for it. Throughout my lifetime, I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there's almost not enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent. There are no more white horses or pretty ladies at my door. "