Of course, Lil' Kim, here, is quite obviously giving homage to the timeless toy. Ironically, it's made from almost the same amount of plastic as she is!

Am I lazy?

Well, I'm more strapped for time than anything else. I know I told in my last entry that I'd divulge all the wacky details from this past weekend's Matrimonapalooza, three days of nuptial nuttiness. However, I know an account that'll do true justice to such a weekend would require a bit of time, so you'll have to wait until tomorrow. Of course, being strapped for time still meant I could troll through Google looking for images of "love doll." That was fun, let me tell you!

In its stead, is a little comparison study that's been percolating in the ol' cerebrum for the last couple of months. Over at thrice-despised and beloved Roosevelt Field mall, I've happened upon Christina Aguilera's ad for Sketchers shoes. It's pretty memorable, fellas, depicting Cop Christina "busting" non-Cop Christina, who's leaning over a car and looking all surprised. The undertones are quite ironically obvious (Oh right, it's about "shoes"!). Subtlety, we hardly knew ye...

But non-Cop Aguilera's appearance always bugged me, because she seemed to be mimicking the appearance of the old plastic, blow-up love dolls that you'd see staring at you in novelty shops or behind those beaded curtains in sketchy stores in Manhattan and what-not. (Not that I've ever been there... but I've heard of them.) Thus, I provide this, a comparison study.

I always meant to put it up in the blog... nothing more. Judge for yourselves. Maybe the resemblance is just my imagination.

Note from Tom: What originally followed in this blog entry was a lengthy diatribe about Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. Read later, it made me sound like an editorial in some midwest town's newspaper about them new-fangled halter tops them hussies in New York are wearing are putting the devil's thoughts in the young Christian men of this here fine upstandin' town of Podunk.

So, I did away with it. And while I still find Christina and Britney particularly noxious, I'm not gonna waste your time ranting about it.

Tomorrow: Matrimonapalooza: The Conclusion!

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"If you could do away with one celebrity, who would it be? Why? And, if you're particularly creative, how would you do the deed? Note: politicians don't count"