Poop On Your Dress!

LOVE STINKS!!! well, no it doesn't, ABC Television does


this post will be full of hateration because i am shocked and appalled at the foolishness that i witnessed on LIVE! with Regis and Kelly monday morning. there was a couple, staci tompkins and jeremy mcninch, who was selected to have their wedding paid for and performed live on the show....now, i'm all down for love and ish, but the reasoning behind this debacle was what bothered me.

this couple was chosen because they were victims of Hurricane Katrina and since N.O. is still in rebuilding stage, they couldn't have thier wedding. now, call ME crazy, but i feel as though there were MANY more productive ways to blow money on Katrina victims. how many people are still without homes? the news was just reporting about the number of people who were being housed in hotels paid for by FEMA and are now being told that their deadline has arrived, so they have to bounce. where are they going to go? hmmmm, we shall see. yet, regis and kelly bestowed these poor, unfortunate lovebirds with a brand new car, and a ridiculously lavish wedding including, rings (hers was 4 carats), attire, pictures, flowers, the reception at Tavern On The Green, a suite at the Waldorf, spa time, limos, furniture, a $10,000 registry at Target and a honey moon in Bora Bora, Tahiti. after adding all that up, i'm sure the monetary value of this event could have really been most useful for some struggling parents and children who (still) have no where to live and are without basic necessities, or even the people who are still without hospital space and need medical attention. i mean, i was waiting for them to say the bride or groom was terminally ill, or lost a limb trying to save people during the hurricane, or something really outstanding or extraordinary which granted them such an elaborate gift, something that made them stand out from the thousands of other Katrina victims....but i guess not. why focus on the families and children who are scraping by when we can blow money on some regular folks who had to postpone their wedding??? that seems urgent to me. how 'bout you? i wonder if tyrone and shequanika were in this same predicament, would they have received all these bells and whistles? well, this post is for the tyrones and shequanikas who have postponed their weddings, fed their kids, found places to lay their heads, kept it moving through sickness and disease and are still making a way out of no way - and are doing so with no pats on the back, a tv camera shoved in thier face, or assistance placed ever-so-gently in thier laps. and to the newlywed mcninch's, may your filet mignon be undercooked, your honeymoon weather be nothing but rain, and the beautiful white wedding doves poop on your ridiculous wedding dress.