A Promise is a Promise...

So, after SooperPhrend Carol D. offered up a cool, crisp Benjamin to each of our chosen charities, Fireandrabbits and I agreed to recreate our most embarrassing pictures.

Seeing how the deadline was the 15th, I'm a little late....but better late than never. Also, with the events of the past week, we all could use some levity......or horror....or nausea.

This is my embarrassing photo. I was around 4-ish, and I used to pretend that I was Magnum, P.I. The laundry basket was my bitchin' red Ferrari, and my shades were on point. My mom decided to capture the awesomeness, and this was the result. She has since threatened to put this picture on posters, t-shirts, billboards, etc. for all sorts of events, including my graduation from high school AND college. I have circumvented this by posting it on the interwebz.

Bad.Ass. Higgins needs to fetch me a drink.

So, for the charity recreations, Fire chose the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps veterans hurt in the line of duty. A great organization full of great people and well chosen. I have chosen Donna's Good Things, a charity run by a fellow blogger to do....what else? Good Things for people, especially for children struggling with a multitude of health issues. These are great organizations that can use all the help they can get, so if you have anything to give, please think of these people.

Fire has been a bit under the weather as of late, and has earned a pass on her recreation for the time being. When she posts her pic, I will repost this blog along with a link to hers. I would like to thank Fireandrabbits and Razorblade Brain for their generosity in taking up the mantle for this challenge, and a special thanks to Carol D. for bringing this about with her charitable donations. 

And without, further ado.....get your sick bags ready.....the 2012 re-creation of the infamous hamper pic.

Cannot be unseen. Also, laundry baskets have shrunk.

You don't have to be smart to have a smartphone...

So this morning, I've seen TWO stories about star's cell phones getting hacked and the dirty pics ending up online.

Of course, this whole recent "cell phone dirty nudie pics" fad started with Scarlett Johansen's phone getting hacked:

and now there's Olivia Munn:

and Christina Hendricks:

(Some of the pics from these ladies were a lot worse, and not safe for work)

My question is: WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU KEEP THESE ON YOUR PHONE?!!?

I'm not complaining that these made the light of day, by any means. I think it's awesome that these women are proud enough of their bodies to show them to every breathing man with a huge libido and equally large imaginations. 

With the technology employed in todays smartphones, they're basically carrying around a computer in thier purses. The REAL question is: Why can't these hackers hit their home computers and find the cache of REALLY juicy stuff?!??!

Half of me says that this is great publicity on thier part, it keeps their names relevant. However, ScarJo denied, Munn denied, Hendricks said the really naughty one wasn't her, but the rest are. ScarJo later admitted, Munn is still denying, even though THAT IS HER FACE AND HER BODY. Men have seen it before in Maxim and other fanboy publications, just not to the extent that the pics go.

The other half of me says "If I ever had to deal with this with my daughter, she would be sent back to the stone ages of technology. She would have to beat rocks and sticks together to communicate with the outside world, if she was ever allowed out of the house again."

I really don't know how to combat this with my child, other than to not give her a phone, but what's going to be the trend when she's old enough to get one for herself?

To the stars that want to keep taking pics on thier cell phones to get "hacked": Are you too good to make a sex tape that gets "leaked" like everyone else?!?