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Your girl named Kristopher’s hasn’t given her two cents — let alone a Benjamin of her time — to what she’d call a kid, if / (heavy assumption) when she pops one out. Nor have I debated crossing my digits for a first-born son or for a mini-me girl I could doll up.

My rare reflections on motherhood include:

1. Nine months of hauling that thing around?
2. Who totes a tot on a red eye? And if I had a kid, it’d be much more mignon, and def well behaved.
3. If I wasn’t rather mum about being a mum, I’d be a celebration of a woman happy to welcome another life into her world, sans sacrificing my own for it.

I. to the e.,  your K would playing Q&A with nannies, and investing in even more flapper frocks and modern mod shifts, versus rocking any made-for-maternity duds, no matter how designer. 

LIke this Only Hearts gray smock. Simple, chic, and wearable outside that ¾ of a year beautiful, baby-making bloating, go on and gorgeously gift it to that mom-to-be May 13^th.

You know.

The lady that’ll have to jot her baby’s birthday in her Blackberry to remember it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This PC chair code-named “Neber” is made by a company called G-Tech. Its currently on exhibition at the Korean IT show. Although its a PC chair it can be used by gamers too, basically geeks from all walks of life can use this chair. I hope the height, the head-rest, arm rest, keyboard and the monitor are all adjustable for a comfortable custom fit. Check out the chair in Action:

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Mother’s Day is that time of the year when we celebrate the good women who fed us, washed our clothes, changed our diapers, and all that good stuff. But Moms are people too! Regular people who do regular things like listen to music.

So instead of picking up another cheesy sweater that she’ll never wear, or a cookbook that’s meant more for YOU than for her, get her a Tivoli SongBook. This book-sized radio/clock/alarm/iPod speaker is easily portable and fashionably functional. The rubber case comes in a variety of mom-appealing colors, from neutrals like black, white, and silver, to primary red, blue, green, and yellow. And their Fashion SongBooks are pastel pretty in light green and pink. It’s also water-resistant, so she can listen to her favorite radio station while, yes, cooking your dinner in the kitchen.

Multi-tasking and still manages to stay beautiful - just like Mom always is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As buzz continues to build around the upcoming spiderman 3 movie, Sony Ericsson has unveiled four Spiderman Special Edition handsets: K550i, K610i, K750i, and K800i. The whole bundle includes a spiderman theme case with wrist strap, exclusive spiderman ringtones, wallpapers and screensavers.

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Get your happy Friday on, dolls, and catch up on fashion/beauty/shopping blog SheFinds’ finds.  This weekend eve, SheFinds found it’s time to…

» Advertise your SmartAss. “In tribute to our inner smart ass, the Vancouver duo of Smart Ass gals have created Smart Ass thongs, featuring such sly sayings as ‘Trophy Wife’ and ‘Something Blue’ for a bride-to-be.”

» Get locked down. “Nothing goes better with one of summer’s flirty dresses than a locket—and this season, the standard heart-on-a-chain is giving way to designs that are funky, fresh and highly personal [like Rachel Abroms’ filigree locket pendant].”

» Meet John Hardy’s (cheap) twin. “This fabulous sterling silver ring by John Hardy has an edgy, artsy feel, a smooth contoured band, and a stand-out design that makes a statement. The spin-off has the same great look, but for $300 less.”

» Follow your Intuition, and ditch waxing. “I dutifully lather up to achieve that salon look with fair to middling results. Now Schick has come along and combined an ergonomic, three-blade razor with a pivoting head and a built-in solid, shea butter soap.”

» Be Virtue-ous. “Whether you go for the in buttery leather in trendy pewter, supple yellow silk or an antiqued special edition brocade print, you’ll have no trouble making excuses to carry your Virtue [clutch] with you wherever you go.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday April 25th, Samsung unveiled the Symbian OS smartphone SGH-i400 in Spain. It features: full web browsing and bluetooth capabilities, supports extensive language, is equipped with a 2 mega pixel camera, has a 2.3” wide display, and you can listen to music through its stereo dual speakers. It will be available in Russia from July 2007, then expand to other European countries, am not sure if/when it will be available here in the U.S. (we usually end up with crappy phones, and the nice ones go to Asia and Europe).

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If you happen to be in the Los Angeles area I suggest you hop on over to Melrose Ave. and check out Not Neutral’s sidewalk sale.  Talk about SERIOUS deals.  These deals will in fact blow you away.  ThisNexter’s love Not Neutral check out their recommendations here> 

Some of the sample sale favorites included the oh-so colorful garden stakes, acrylic barware, and kids snack tray set.  And be sure to pick up some of the great tea sets they have on sale, it makes the perfect gift for Mom.

 

Though your K’s daily recipe for face — for years — has been porcelain skin, a quick brush of blush, a smudge of pink gloss, and piles of black eyeshadow and pounds of midnight mascara for a smoky eye, I’m up for upgrading my look.

I.e., I’m considering buying so mignon makeup artist Carmindy’s The 5-Minute Face to figure out how to smoke out my eyes in a record five minutes instead of my usual 10.

Less the stale beauty gospel of “though shalt love thy flaws, ladies” — though I’m sure there’s a few choruses throughout — the beautilicious bible vibes a more grounded, gracious how-to, after checking beauty blog  Delush’s snippets: 

Smoky Eyes Color Tip, page 138:

“You don’t have to wear black, charcoal, or brown eye shadow to achieve a smoky look; all kinds of hues, from plums to greens to blues, will work. The key is to keep the liners and the shadows in the same color family.”

Gotcha, gorgeous.  It’s just like when you’re styling right for p.m. play — your too-tall heels ought to complement your frock, which ought to rock right with your arm candy.

‘Tis terrible when your boy rocks navy against all your best black. 

In 2012 people will be riding around in flying cars, may be. “Jetsons style.” But according to HP all devices from notebooks, to watches….will be able to communicate with each other, (something humans have a hard time doing). HP is on a mobile innovation tour showcasing  concepts of their predictions for 2012. I wonder if this means that their slogan will change from “Invent” to “Always Connected.” Some of the concepts include: The next generation laptop, which will be ultra slim and light with a touch keyboard, a digital wallet that will be able to display real transactions done with your credit cards, a web based Tablet instead of a memory based one, and a pen that could write on any surface, since the data would be stored in the pen.

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Everyone is wearing hoodies nowadays, especially the “all print ones.” But don’t you think it’s your puppies turn to rock the increasingly popular hoodies? thanks to the online dog store dogsdepartment.com. They have a variety of hoodies and other cute dog clothes. So next time when you take your dog to get a hair cut, bring along the hoodie to keep it warm. “Move over Tinker bell (Paris Hilton’s dog), any dog now can be the new sheriff in town with one of this hoodies on.” 

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Car sun shades are important, although most of them are unattractive, but if you really need one, this Dracula one features an illustration of the vampire shielding himself from the sun, it’s made from reflective material so it serves the purpose. Instead of the plain old extra shinny car shade, this one doubles as a comic illustration. Available at Jackspade for $25.00

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