The Shame Squad

Yes, everyone wore the same color, but I'm a professional here.  So without further ado, here are Golden Globe outfits, graded. Black Dresses, Arts & Crafts Division Brittany Lopez was like "I see your black dress, and I raise you a black dress WITH HEARTS AND STARS CROCHETED BY MY GRANDMA."  I bet it converts in to a cozy throw post-show. Grade: B And Alison Sudol's grandma did these  panels surrounded by ric rac.  But why she let her out of the house in that top, we'll never know. Grade: C- Fun fact: Steve Carell made this dress for Nancy Carell using his new embroidery machine. Also fun fact: I made that up. Grade: B- Black Dresses, Sneaking in Color Division In the "Sneaking in Color" Division, Paulette Washington really wanted to wear green, but also wanted to be mindful about sexual harassment.  So she wore an emerald earrings and ring combo that could double as nun-chucks and brass knuckles. Grade: B Rita Moreno wore...

In my last post, I talked about how I had read two books by Marie Kondo last year:  The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up and Spark Joy, an Illustrated Master Class .  Amy got me the Konmari journal , where you write things each day that "Spark Joy."  (What's sparking joy today: heat, hot tea, blankets.) As I said before, when I first started reading the book, I thought it was a little too "magic-crystals-hippie-feelings" for me.  And again, I have a yoga mat at work, one at home, and another in the car.  I've done hypnosis to get over my needle phobia (it worked).  I like colonial era cocktails because of the curative properties of shrubs (vinegar + macerated berries, not the foliage).  I'm predisposed to hippie stuff, and even this seemed a little much. Can I interest you in a healing crystal? Still, I decided to give it a try, because so many people on Reddit shared the same story: "I thought it was BS, but then it changed my life f...