Musings of a chick: Two new awards from Rancho Sudiegirl, Inc.

Hopefully, I can actually POST this entry. Blogger was acting up yesterday and causing me no end of trouble...

Two MORE awards have been created by the hard-working staff of Rancho Sudiegirl, Inc. Our company motto is "Deny, deny, deny!"

At any rate, the first new award we've created is the "Poor Baby" award. This award was created to honor those (celebrity or otherwise) who have public service hours to fill, which the media so eagerly reports on. I would use the "sucks to be you award", but somehow it doesn't seem to have the same OOMPH. Hence, the "Poor Baby".

So the inaugural "Poor Baby" award goes to - BOY GEORGE!

Yes, Boy George (aka George O'Dowd).

Reason for award: His community service assignment - which he has no choice but to accept. When he has his 5-day stretch of community service beginning August 14th, he's gonna be on garbage detail.

To quote the article (which can be read in full here): The one-time Culture Club singer will be issued a shovel, broom, plastic bags and gloves when he reports for five days of work on Aug. 14, department spokesman Vito Turso said. "This is the epitome of community service," Turso told the Daily News for Monday editions. "It's not like he's going to be working in an air-conditioned office."

Judge's comments:
George, let's hope those garbage cans "Tumble 4 Ya", and just remember "That's the Way" the court is tryin' to help you. And don't play "The Crying Game" to get out of it - you have until August 28 to finish up or the "Karma Chameleon" is gonna get you.

If you get through it without heat stroke, "It's A Miracle". I'm sure you'll be looking at your watch because you want to keep track of the "Time (Clock of the Heart)". Your fans will "miss you blind", and hope you don't make "Mistake No. 3".

Good luck! (BTW, is it sad that I know the titles to these songs? I think it is, but I'm just one person.) So here you go, George...your very own "Poor Baby!"

(BTW, the "little girl" being spanked in this photo is "Baby Snooks", a character portrayed by the late actress/comedienne Fanny Brice.)

OK - next up - the "Marge Simpson Parenting Award". This award is given to a regular or celebrity parent who stands up for their child even when the child is obviously NOT a child anymore (or maybe they are...) and does something blatantly stupid. Today's award goes to:

DINA LOHAN, mother of that Ann-Margret look-alike LINDSAY LOHAN!

Reason: For jumping to her 19-year-old daughter's defense when those bad old men at Morgan Creek studios said her daughter was PARTYING too much and that's why she got sick.

To quote the article, which can be read here: A studio executive was "way out of line" for scolding Lindsay Lohan for her absences from the set of her new movie, the teen actress' mother told "Access Hollywood" in an interview set to air Monday.

(BTW, here is how the wording from the studio letter reads: "You and your representatives have told us that your various late arrivals and absences from the set have been the result of illness; today we were told it was 'heat exhaustion,'" Robinson wrote. "We are well aware that your ongoing all night heavy partying is the real reason for your so-called 'exhaustion.'")

Dina Lohan said the wording of the letter was "ridiculous."

"I feel when you are 19 (years old) it is way out of line. ... Maybe he has personal issues with whomever and it came out with my child," she said in an interview with Billy Bush. "I don't know him. I can't judge him. I don't think it was a smart thing to do to a young girl."

Judge's comments:
No.

No.

Just no.

When you are 19, you are (for all intents and purposes) an adult.

You can sign contracts, you can be held to them legally. Furthermore, if you're in any kind of employment for as long as Lindsay has been, you know you have responsibilities.

In addition, I grew up with an asthmatic sister. She has her own nebulizer (a mist machine that delivers asthma medication in a concentrated form) and always has an inhaler with her. I do understand in very hot weather, asthmatic people have a heck of a time. But most asthmatics that know their condition can make many pre-emptive moves before they have to go to a hospital for care.

I've never known my sister to feel faint as a result of asthma, but I've never really asked her. (If there are any asthmatics out there reading this, please set me straight.)

The only thing I can wonder about for the studio is if they had any kind of a medical station set up when they were filming on location. If they did, and they had a doctor on site that knew about young Ms. Lohan's asthma, she could have been treated on site. If not, that's not a really bright move on their part.

But Lindsay's mom was way out of line to not know what her daughter's up to. It's obvious.

Lindsay looks worse than Judy Garland on a month long bender these days, and that's saying something.

So Dina Lohan - this Marge is for YOU!