I made Halloween cupcakes last night. Well, it's not like I made them from scratch. I used the Pillsbury funfetti mix and frosting. They turned out pretty good! I know it's a little early, but it was an impulse buy and I was sick of seeing them sitting on the shelf in my kitchen. So I baked them. And there's the wrapped I used. It made almost 2 dozen, so I gave Jim some to take into work. We definitely do not need to eat 1 dozen cupcakes each!

So a weird thing happened yesterday. I got a phone call in the afternoon. It was a woman from Elisabeth (which is the plus size store for Liz Claiborne clothes). Now, I have set foot in that store exactly once. It's kind of pricey! I was looking for something to wear to my college reunion. I think I ended up buying a necklace (which Grendel chewed through and broke after I wore it once, but that's another story). I used my credit card.

Anyway, probably from my credit card, they got my phone number and called me. Now that is not the weird part. I understand how marketing works. She told me they were having a fashion show this weekend. So far, so good. Then she asked me to be a model! What the...? First of all, they could not possibly even know what I look like. Let's be honest, even if they did, I am FAR from model material, even for a fatty fashion show. So were they just calling people at random who live in the area and have shopped at their store ever? How successful is this fashion show going to be?

I just found the whole thing incredibly bizarre. I told her that I have plans this weekend, but that I might be able to attend. I was telling Wing Chun about it, and she suggested that perhaps they are just too cheap to pay for real models. That's possible. But calling people at random? The "pay" consisted of 30% off anything in the store. I would rather have cold hard cash. Anyway, that was just weird.

Then, last night someone e-mailed me about my Real World summary and in the e-mail she said that she thinks I should be on the Real World next season. I wrote back and said that was a funny idea, but I am both too old and too mentally stable to be on the show. So she wrote back and said, "Don't take this the wrong way, but when I was looking around your site, I came across your "Fresh Hell" journal and I not sure about that 'stability' thing." What? I mean, I take that to say that going by my journal, I'm mentally unstable. How is that true? Do you all just read this because I'm a nutty fruitcake and you think I'm going to blow any second now?

So apparently, in the eyes of the world, I'm a mentally ill model. Just call me Bijou Phillips.

Overheard on Conan last night: Genie is to bottle as Ricky Martin is to...closet! That cracked me up.

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How is it possible that Mariah Carey is so successful? Where is the justice in this world?

Nuclear accidents are just freaking scary. Read about the one in Japan.

"The Matrix" has studios finally paying attention to DVD. I think "Blair Witch" will do really well too, and hopefully get studios to understand that people want extras! Alternate audio tracks! Behind the scene footage! Give it to me!

They're still looking for a Third Angel for the Charlie's Angels movie. I have to say, a Barrymore/Diaz/Paltrow trio would have been a little too blonde for my taste.

The "Mike O'Malley Show" may be the first casualty of the new season.

Oops! Jesse Ventura's PR people are probably slitting their wrists right now. Then again, are YOU going to tell him what to do? He's a big guy.