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Carrie's not the sweet little thing you all think....just ask her

Oh that Carrie, trying to convince us she's not the sweet and innocent thing we all think she is.

I don't believe one word of it.

Carrie says, "I think there's a lot that people don't know about me and I think a lot of people do put me in this uhmm sweet little girl mode a lot, which is fine, I would so much rather people be like, 'Oh Carrie, she's you know sweet, nice, awww, she's always....'.  I would rather them put me like that than be like, 'Man, you know, she's got an attitude.'  But, uhmm, you know, I would like people to realize I can get an attitude if I want to."

You go girl....I don't believe it one bit, but you go anyways.  

Oh my, how in the world did I miss this Kellie Pickler video?

Oh Kellie Pickler, at this very moment my love for you grew about ten fold.

This video is from back in September right in the midst of all that Kanye West/Taylor Swift mess so she's talking about how she feels about Kanye West.  Let's just say she uses some colorful, totally un-good-girlish language. 

Wuv you Kellie!

Keith Urban logically explains why I'm not a millionaire yet

When I started this blog over two years ago I had high hopes that by this time in my life I'd be a multimillionaire sipping White Russians on some beach in Cabo with my laptop within reach, Juan Carlos the magical foot masseuse doing his thing to my little piggies, some handsome manny keeping my kids occupied with chess and French lessons, my hubby in our beach house doing dishes, and Gary Allan sitting in Kenny Chesney's old blue chair serenading me with some sexy new unrecorded ballad.

Instead I sit here sipping my Folgers coffee in my ugly recliner that doesn't recline in my tiny house in Idaho about 457 miles from the nearest beach wondering why the heck the blinkers in my Tahoe suddenly stopped working.

Yes, tis the glamorous life I lead. 

Well dammit all anyway, Keith Urban has blown my work-as-little as possible and still get ahead in the world work ethic out of the water.

Totes unfair.

Keith tells WYCD (interview here), "That's the thing that is most problematic for me right now is this unwillingness to have a work ethic and the ability to access information so quickly makes people think that their ability to achieve something is also meant to be expedited, but it doesn't work that way, it is never gonna work that way and if we are going to build something solid, it's going to be built slowly step by step by step, not only for its solidity but for an understanding of why it is what it is.  You know, we get a sense of who we are and there's nothing sweeter than having to work for something, it's a tremendous feeling."

Yeah, yeah, hard work is its own reward, but I'd still rather be sitting in Cabo with Juan Carlos the magical foot masseuse rubbing my feet and Gary Allan singing sweet tunes to me in a private concert on the beach.

Now if you'll excuse me, my coffee needs refilled.

Shania made Kellie Pickler cry

Oh don't worry, Kellie Pickler didn't cry because Shania was mean or anything like that.  Quite the opposite actually.  Check out what Kellie had to say about meeting one of her heroes.

The last time I was really starstruck I met Shania Twain and I started crying.  I was so embarrassed.  I was like, holy cow, I just totally like cried in front of Shania and she was like, 'no, don't mess your makeup up' ....I know I probably scared her to death....I made a fool of myself.  Sorry Shania. 

Check out the audio of Kellie talking about crying in front of Shania here.  

Why do I have a feeling more than one country singer would describe bloggers this way?

Crushable.com had this funny quote from Robert Downy Jr. talking about the relationship between actors and writers.  Somehow it seemed fitting as a description between country singers and bloggers. 

“It’s a collaboration between handsome, gifted people, and sickly little mole people.”

I know it's not country news in the least but it made me laugh.

Tim and Faith better watch out, Dolly Parton has no hope in their marriage

I think this is a case of a bad quote or one that's sort of taken out of context but here goes.  

Dolly recently decided to try and explain how it is that she and her husband, Carl, have been married for 44 years, and it doesn't give celebs who marry other celebs - like Tim and Faith - much hope of success.  But never fear, Dolly mentions Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Madonna as examples and never mentions Tim and Faith, but they're the ones that popped in my head when reading the quote.

She says, "Aren't Angelina and Brad meant to be having problems? And Madonna and her husband Guy (Ritchie) didn't last long. There are so many break-ups that the names pass me by but it makes me think, if you want to escape the spotlight why marry another famous person? It's never going to work. You're either in competition or your priorities are different. Your schedules will always clash so you never see each other.

"My husband is a homebody and has nothing to do with this celebrity world. We've been married 44 years and have worked so well together because we're not in the same business. I met my husband before I became a star and he doesn't care about any of it. If I'd married someone in the same business, it would never have lasted."

Well let's just hope Tim and Faith are the complete exception to Dolly's rule - or that Carl never decides he wants his own reality series. 

Country purists rejoice, you now have a target

 

Hmm, it's been a long time since I've read a statement that has the possibility of having a heckuva lot of backlash, especially from those country purists who find Carrie, Kellie, and Taylor so offensive to the name country music.

Rascal Flatts recently talked with The Boot and took credit for all the pop-country sounding artists you hear today...not for the artists themselves but more for the fact that they are accepted by radio.

"It's kind of amazing that people are just now finding out about it," Flatts guitarist/pianist Jay DeMarcus admits to The Boot. "Not to sound boastful ... but I think there was a movement that was started with us and Keith Urban, that paved the way for country to cross over a little more easily, with the pop-flavored country music that we know today."

Okay, I like me some Rascal Flatts but I have two words for them...Shania and Garth.  Sure, Garth has a very country sound but the pop charts really did love him.  And Shania, no need to elaborate there. 

Do you think that the pop country movement really did start with Rascal Flatts or should Rascal Flatts give credit where credit is really due?

Wise words from Miss Kellie Pickler

I love reading the deep thoughts from people, especially when they're wise words from an unlikely source such as Kellie Pickler.  Here are some words of wisdom from the newly flame-haired Kellie.  {source}

"If you put your heart and soul into something, you can do anything. God will provide you with everything you need if you work hard for it," she said.

"It's not about the sprint, it's about the long run," she said, adding she wants her career to build slowly and burn long, like heroes such as Strait.

"Patience is a virtue," she said. "Some people want everything right now. But when they get it, then it's over."

 

 

Sometimes it's the little things kids remember the most

You know, you can be extremely wealthy, give all the best gifts, take the best vacations, have the best home on the block and it will still be the little things that kids will remember.  The time you got to eat lunch all alone with your mom in a restaurant with cloth napkins, the time your dad came to read a story to your class, the day your sister helped you apply makeup for the first time, the time your grandfather didn't yell at you for interrupting the game just before his favorite team was about to score the winning points in overtime.  Okay, maybe that last one was just before Tivo and DVRs.  But my point is it's the little things that count the most to kids.  Just read this little quote from Jason Michael Carroll about his best memories of Thanksgivings past and you'll see what I mean....

“I think one of my favorite memories of Thanksgiving was probably going hunting with my dad. You know, I was a kid and probably six, seven years old. My dad and I, you know, every Thanksgiving, I would look forward to there was a football game to watch, but early in the morning, my dad getting me up, getting me dressed, letting me go get in the pick-up truck with him, and we’d drive out to the hunting club, and he’d go hunting. And we’d be out there all day. We’d have ham sandwiches for lunch that he got from the little community store, and I remember getting back home to the smell of turkey in the house. We lived in a trailer in Louisburg, North Carolina, and you know, if my dad got a deer, he’d be cleanin’ the deer in the yard, or whatever. And then we’d sit down and have dinner and watch football, or you know, that kind of stuff. And I remember those days. Those were some of my favorite, you know, times, goin’ huntin’ and stuff like that, and it’s definitely a good memory for me.”

 

Toby Keith likes outdoor concerts for some interesting reasons

Well leave it up to Toby Keith to surprise me a little.  He recently chatted with The Dallas Morning News and one of the subjects that came up was his preference for outdoor venues as opposed to nice air conditioned arenas.

Toby says, "There's just something about the vibe that makes it more of an adult show, lets you take it to an adult level."

"You've got people up on the hill urinating and fighting and having sex, major tailgating ... half the audience is drunk before I ever go on stage." All that revelry, he says, "lets me be a lot more diverse with what I do. If I take it over the top every once in a while, well, it's got a ripe feel to it. This ain't the county fair."

 Yeah, remind me never to go "up the hill" if I go to an outdoor Toby Keith concert.