@TildeMarks: I think it's cool that you retain appreciation for sparseness. There's nothing like a brush with poverty (I know personally), or a home burglary (I also know personally) to make you realize there are more important things than stuff. Such as Christmas oranges. I'm surprised at how many people here share…

@TheFormerJuneBronson: crafting supplies are my lifeblood! Take away my computer, my TV, my cell phone, but for god's sake - leave the yarn!

@taranwanderer: We always had an orange in our stocking, too - and we loved it. I've been trying to be a minimalist my whole life - yet it is always a struggle (I want pretty things, too!)

@Macloserboy: Don't even get me started on Blu-Ray! I swear next year it will be the new "Mini Blu-Ray", and we'll all have to go out and get yet another gadget.

@bluebears: I've since learned to never discount the importance of boobs in LA.

@sangmo: I think most people feel that their consumption and materialism are quite normal. People seem to think that owning every convenience is the right of all Americans, and something to strive for. Your mention of Bush is spot on, and there is scant mention of our over-spending in the media. You have to consider…

@pantsless economist: Funny you should mention school - me and my office mates have been ranting about this for the past couple weeks. In home economics we learned how to balance a checkbook, but nothing much more. Wouldn't it have been great to learn what an IRA was, or how 401K's worked, or how to make a budget?

@stacyinbean: I agree, and with what Megan said. It was the degree of the negative reaction to it seemed a little over the top to me because: A. it hangs on an unproven assumption that JC has an eating disorder (and not that she's thin for a part, etc), and B. it equates a commentor's "snap judgment" in a blog to…

@goldengirl11: Yeah. I think the "perfect woman" comment is more of a lame attempt at marketing than a reasoned statement. I don't know anything about AI either, but it's nothing new for a computer to be able to analyze data in the form of sound and handwriting. I think what is remarkable is the amount of programming…

I think feminism must be to blame.

@LaFemme: Agreed. She looks fabulous. My boss recently got botox and it didn't go so well - she looks kind of like a Klingon now.

Sad, socially inept programmer aside, I actually think this is really cool, if creepy. It's too bad her jaw motor is almost as loud as her voice - maybe if her head were attached it would be less noticeable.

@SisterMaryMartha: My vote is for number one, also (green top/black skirt). Def the most festive. However, I'm thinking black boots, and the festive brooch or a necklace. You can never be too shiny for LA.

@Shiva-Shakti: I really like the way you put that. I was hesitant to comment on the photo because to me she looked shockingly, frighteningly thin, and yet the caption that totally ignored that.

@Archetype: She's been my hero since I was a young punk girl. She continues to inspire me 25 years later.

@Easybreezy: She's 14?! Why would her parents let her go out like this? You can see her boob.

This woman really knows who she is.

@LaComtesse: Me too! But I'm focusing on the 90% chance that we'll be still married in 5 years.

Very 90's. Ripped pegged jeans, plaid, shiny leather jacket, felt hat, turtle neck. I think this was one of Monica's outfit from Friends.

@FabulousDave: I couldn't get through that movie - it just went on, and on, and on, and on....