Ellen Pranks Starbucks Customers

I don't know if you all have seen this, but it may be my new favorite thing ever. Ellen plants an earpiece on a Starbucks employee and this (unbelievably amazing) employee has to say whatever Ellen tells her to say. How this girl keeps a straight face is beyond me...cause I was in tears.....tears, I tell you.

Man, I love Ellen. This is gold.....pure gold.

New Blog

Go check out my new fancy blog for The Portrait Place! I decided it was time for an upgrade, so I went a head hired a rad guy named Jared to help me out! And don't forget to update your bookmarks! Why do I keep adding exclamation marks to the end of all my sentences!?!

http://www.theportraitplaceweb.com/blog/

Fun Love

So I just ran across this cute program that lets you put together one of the cute little collages - in different shapes and it takes mere minutes - and the best part? It's free. I like free things. Alot. And I like you. So here you go!

This was my trial run with this program - just grabbed my client folder and used some of my favorite latest images. And you know what I found out by creating this? I take pictures of a lot of newborns. And somehow I never feel like it's enough. I always want more!!! I want more newborn babies!!!!! Just to photograph. Not to birth and then raise. I've already had my fill of those :)

Jason Mesnick Sucks!

Well, it's finally over. I'm sure you all saw what happened the last couple nights. And to say I'm not happy is an understatement. I was really rooting for Jason. I thought, for once, ABC had chosen a guy worthy of being on this show and finding true love and happiness. I thought this season would be my favorite. Here we've got a single dad - looking for a wife, and step-mother to his 3 year old son. This guy wouldn't dare jerk any of these girls around, because well, there is a child involved - AND - he's been hurt so badly in the past, he's not interested in playing with anyone's emotions. He just wants to find his happy ending.

Well, he did.

But the way he went about it was NOT COOL.

At the finale, he dumped Molly. Then he proceeded to cry like his mom just died, quickly sucked it up and minutes later - he proposed to Melissa.

He didn't just say: "Hey, Mel....so, I was thinking I really like you, so hows about we date for a while and see where it goes from there." Nope. He said, he loved her, he wants to be with her forever and then he proposed. He. Pro. Posed.

Mistake #1: Proposing to Melissa 5 minutes after sobbing his eyes out over breaking up with Molly. Perhaps not the best timing to ask such a life altering question? Just a thought...

Then, a few weeks later - the shocking twist! He changed his mind.....gasp! He said he wasn't really in love with Melissa, like he thought he was. Okay, so as much as it sucks for Melissa, I can give him that. Sometimes things don't work the way you hoped they would. I can't fault him for that. I really can't. But then, as if proposing to her in the first place wasn't bad enough, he decides it's a good idea to break up with her on national television????

Um, what?
I honestly felt really bad for Melissa. I thought she was adorable from day one. And don't get me wrong, here - I'm all about the drama folks, hence - I love this show.

But.

That was straight tacky. Jason breaking up with Melissa on national television is just mean. I don't know any other way to put it. I don't care who's bright idea it was to televise this break up, Jason should have had enough tact to tell ABC that he wouldn't participate in humiliating Melissa just for the sake of ratings. Boooooooo to you Jason. Boo. To. You.
Mistake #2: Breaking Melissa's heart on national television. Seriously, dude. Weak. That should have been a private moment between the two of you, and you chose to embarrass her in front of the whole world? That makes you the worst Bachelor in The Bachelor's history.

Then as soon as Melissa walks out heartbroken, ABC brings Molly out and Jason tells her he's still in love with her, that he made a mistake, and that he wants to be with her forever......minutes after dumping Melissa. Pattern, much?

I get why Molly said she'd take him back. She loved him and he broke her heart. Then he said the words that every girl in her shoes would want to hear.

But dangit, I was hoping she'd be like: "Um.....I'm gonna have to go with no. You had your chance buddy, now have fun being single and trying to get a date. You just made all of the women in America hate you, so......good luck with that. Mm-kay, buh-bye."

But sadly, that's not how it went. She said yes. And now they can live happily ever after........for the next 6 months.

Here's a clip of him getting ruined by Jimmy Kimmel. Oh, Jimmy....I love you for doing this!