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January, Jeopardy and Journeys
2008 ended with me receiving a phone call from one of my cousins to tell me she was watching Jeopardy and I was the question. I have had this experience once before 3 years ago when a friend called to say she was playing Trivial Pursuit and I was a question. I told her then to call me back when she was done drinking if she wanted to have a real conversation.
She called back and I found out that I really was a part of a board game (The question is: What parts of Madonna have been plucked by Damone Roberts? The Eyebrows). This feeling was quite surreal, but when I got the call about Jeopardy... A huge feeling of disbelief kicked in.
The next thing I knew my cell phone was ringing nonstop from friends and family with the same news, and my email box was full (The question was: Damone Roberts has become famous as the King of shaping what facial feature? The Eyebrows). I must be honest when saying the thought had crossed my mind once or twice while watching the show as a wouldn't that be cool moment, but to have Alex Trebek actually say my name when the board turned around and to be a question on the worlds #1 game show with 400 Million viewers is just beyond. It truly was a great way to start the new year.
January is the perfect time to ask yourself...What's next? I will be 100% honest with you when I say I have a blessed life. I have seen parts of the world others dream of. I have met kings and queens, the worlds biggest stars, first families, eaten in the biggest homes, worn the worlds largest diamond to an event, partied like a rockstar @ The Vanity Fair Oscar party, starred in a national hit TV series for 3 seasons, found a loving partner, friends that make me laugh, raised by parents with honesty, integrity and love, opened the hottest salon in Beverly Hills across from Neimans and in New York on 5th Ave, developed a first of it's kind product that really works (Brow Gain), been told by my childhood idol (Diana Ross) that she is a fan of my products, flown by private plane coast to coast, had a cocktail named in my honor during New York fashion week, had Madonna tell me I could have been a surgeon because my work is so precise, had Oprah teach me personally that it's important to give back, saw Naomi Campbell do the runway @ The Valentino show in Paris, and I had the pleaure of waking up this morning.
On and On I could go... not bad from a little boy from the projects of Oakland. I say all this not to brag but to tell you all the Blessings that have come my way I have made happen with the guidance of my higher power and hard work.
Everything I mentioned started out to me as a vision of what I wanted my life to be. If you can dream it, you can be it!
I really feel like I'm just getting started and I look most forward to what the next chapter is going to be in 2009. I am going to make this my best year yet!
Stay positive and focused,
P.S. The guy on jeopardy got the question right (wink wink).
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Celeb of the Month
Damone with Transformers hottie Megan Fox after her eyebrow sculpting session
Spotted Out & About
Damone Roberts New York
Paula White, Sarah Paulson, Cicely Tyson, Angela Bassett
Damone Roberts Beverly Hills
Judge Judy, Taryn Manning, Keyshia Cole, Adrienne Bailon
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Thank You!
I want to thank Mr & Mrs Costo from New York for the wonderful Christmas gift pictured above.
The staff and I really got a kick our of seeing my image on these delicious cookies.
I'm sure they have wanted to bite my head off on one or more occasions...
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Mexico: Plucking eyebrows indicates homosexual tendencies, says high school principal; 15 students suspended
Saturday, December 20, 2008
The Tamaulipan Youth Institute (Itjuve) is demanding action against a high school principal in Matamoros, Mexico, who suspended fifteen male students for plucking their eyebrows arguing that the practice was "unique to women or youth with a homosexual tendency."
Efraín Hernández, director of Itjuve, told La Jornada in an article published today that the sanctions taken against the students on December 15th by principal Rubén Reyes Urbina were discriminatory ("Matamoros: High school principal suspends fifteen students who had plucked eyebrows").
“No one can be denied the right to enter an institution simply because they look different to the rest of the alumni or because they decided to make a change in their person," Hérnandez said, "we clearly see a discrimination that is worrisome since it is a center that shapes individuals which is not in the best of hands."
The students, who were suspended during finals week and three days before the holiday vacations, ranged from thirteen to fifteen years of age.
Members of the State Association of Family Parents has also expressed their dismay and said that the agency will also submit complaints with the State Commission of Human Rights.
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Diva's Corner - Marina
I can't believe we are in the year 2009!
Sometimes I feel like time is simply flying by realizing that 11 years have passed since my mother and I left Ukraine.
A few days ago I was spending the afternoon with my mother reminiscing about how as a teenager I would spend hours in her closet. We laughed at how she would get so upset when she would find me dressed in her beautiful outfits with her entire wardrobe strewn about her bedroom.
Before we knew it we were in her closet taking out everything and trying it all on. The most surprising thing was that alot of the clothes we brought out from when she was younger are exactly what is in style today.
I started teasing her about how all the clothes I pranced about in as a kid would now finally belong to me because there is no way she would ever fit into them again! Upon hearing that she reminded me that she once said to me "I hope one day you have a daughter that comes into your closet and gets into everything, just as your doing to me!"
My face dropped as now I have two girls of my own and I can already see my closet getting smaller and smaller...
I guess it's true when they say "What goes around comes around" in fashion and family.
See ya soon,
Marina Mushinscaya
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Slumdog Millionaire
The best movie of 2007 for me was La Vie En Rose, and Slumdog Millionaire definitely walks away with this honor for 2008.
You must see this movie!
The music, editing, storyline, and concept are nothing short of brilliant. Some scenes are rather disturbing, but if you stick with it you will leave the theater in a good space.
Check it out...NOW!!!
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