Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Jet-lagged and a Little Disoriented

Even after a whole weekend to recuperate from the East Asia Apology Tour, and a fun dinner in Georgetown at BFF Valarie Jarrett's swanky townhouse (no-slumming for her here), Big Guy was still major-league jet lagged.  He just doesn’t seem to be travelling so well these days.

So here’s the embarrassing little incident that happened last night in the East Room at Big White that we’re trying to keep under wraps:

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  MO RFK 

Moshino, by the way.And belted at the natural waist. For a change.

 

 

 

BO was presenting the very special Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to two women from Zimbabwe who are braver than the whole Zimbabwean army, in that they have stood up to the thieving, murdering dictator running their once prosperous country. Big Guy comes in, reads his elegant remarks, and then TOTUS tells him that he’s done. Now, Big Guy thinks that means like done, done, and so he leaves with Lady M by his side through the Great Hall.

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Do you think it looks like BO’s makeup is sliding off?

 

 

But in reality, he was supposed to stay to mix and mingle at the afterglow, and when an aide finally caught up with him half way down the hall, he had to do another about face and return to sheepishly announce that "I'm allowed to stay." ” and “I never know what I'm allowed to do.” As if he had to announce this. The speculation that he was just slipping out the back for a cigarette is just wrong: do you really think MO would let that happen?

Anyway, he grabbed a glass of vino when he returned and the rest of the reception went without incident. Then we turned in early, so BO could be extra sharp for the Indian State Dinner we’re hosting tonight. He wants to impress them with his complete command of Indian cuisine, which he developed during his years in Indonesia where he did not attend a madrassas, but he did enjoy many a good madras curry.

Now some of you might think that TOTUS would really be in the dog-house for his role in making BO look like such a doofus last night, but the fact is Big Guy can’t even order take-out without him. So I think he’s safe at least through the holidays: of 2012.

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11 comments:

  1. MOTUS,
    We all know 0 is a classless doofus but the question that continues to haunt me is whether that woman ever wears anything that isn't too tight around her ample caboose.
    You must feel for TOTUS. Now I supoose he'll have to add etiquette books to his hard drive and scroll reminders at the end of speech.
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  2. MOTUS,
    BTW, MO looks like she's getting ready to belt out a crowd pleaser a la Ethel Merman in the second photo. Or maybe she's just getting ready to belt someone a la Mike Tyson. Got any insights?
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  3. Anonymous,

    I wondered the very same thing about the 2nd picture, so thanks for asking!

    It looked to me like she was demonstrating the way the Obama Youth Army is going to be taught to march. That is right after they pass the drill as to the exact wording of the Obama Praise and Worship song - you know the one: mmm, mmm, mmm Barack Hussein Obama, mmm mmm mmm.....
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  4. What is that at the neckline? Another bow? Almost didn't recognize her without the boob belt...it's too late, she owns it now. Hope she didn't invest in any boob belt stock. Didn't you tell her that a sleeveless dress in the dead of Winter is not appropriate? Oh well, I guess POTUS still has the WH thermostat cranked up to 90 degrees to imitate his Indonesian comfort zone.

    Yes, I have to agree about POTUS' make-up...is that to make him look more, you know, black? No wonder MooDoo was comparing Saracuda's authenticity to the O's fakeatude. For once she earned her pay check.
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  5. A query just crossed my mind, MOTUS, about the girls and the Kwanza (for them) Christmas (for us) season...I think I recall that the girls don't get presents during the holiday season but I can't help but wonder whether they'll be given a Burqua Barbie this year??

    http://www.comcast.net/video/1339100026/burka_barbie

    Personally, I am boycotting Matel for life because of their kissing up to the Women's Oppression/Suppression Movement but you do what you think is right.
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  6. Time of year notwithstanding (no sleeves) this
    is actually a pretty and TASTEFUL dress and not
    at all dowdy looking, in spite of its subdued
    colour. I like it very much and I am glad she
    made such a good choice.

    But, knowing FLOTUS, she had to go and mess it
    up.....the dress is too tight and rides up as
    she walks. She doesn't seem to understand that
    the tighter the dress, the more it accentuates
    her 'chubbiness'. She should have had her ward
    robe people let it out a bit, just enough to
    ride a little freely.

    In this case, the effect of a well cut and well
    crafted garment has been totally ruined.

    PITY!!!

    Breeze
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  7. BREAKING NEWS:


    Michelle Obama Orders Thigh-High Boots


    From correspondents in Valence
    Agence France-Presse
    November 25, 2009 05:03am
    news.com.au

    MICHELLE Obama has kicked aside controversy over her expensive French sports shoes and ordered thigh-high luxury boots from the same country, her new shoemaker said today.

    Robert Clergerie said the US first lady had chosen a black pair with flat heels as well as another pair of calf-length boots in soft beige buckskin, both in size 41 (US size nine-and-a-half, British size seven).

    The order was sent in by a retailer in the Obamas' hometown Chicago after Michelle could not find the exact style she wanted. One of the pairs was modified slightly from the catalogue model at her request.

    In April, Mrs Obama attracted a flurry of comment after she wore a fashionable $US540 ($584.23) pair of Lanvin sneakers when she handed out food to the poor at a Washington food bank.

    Mr Clergerie - who included a small note to the first lady with the order - is one of the few remaining great shoemakers in Romans-sur-Isere, a small town in southwest France that has been renowned for its shoes for centuries.

    He has previously made footwear for Madonna, Bianca Jagger and French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

    -----------------------------------------------

    Breeze
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  8. THE CURRENT FIRST LADY LOOKED LOVELY
    TONIGHT AT THE STATE DINNER

    http://hillbuzz.org/
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  9. Anon,
    You can't seriously be suggesting that BO needs etiquette coaching? No, I didn't think so.

    Funky,
    Close, but this is the grown-up version of the Pied Piper. Astute powers of observation though.

    Annie,
    That's, um, a flowery-bowy-thingy on her shoulder. All the rage.
    And MooDoo?! heh. Proof that even a stopped
    clock's right twice a day.
    Re. the Burqha Barbie: my micro-systems are melting. What exactly is wrong with those morons at Mattel?

    Breeze,
    Well, that's really a spring dress and we were planning on losing a few pounds first. I've no idea why she decided to wear it the other day. Hot flashes maybe?

    And those boots: we were hoping to keep a low profile - because of the recession and all. But hey, we'll just talk about how many jobs it saved or created (yeah, I know they're from France but BO's prez of the world now). And here's just a little insider dish: size 9 1/2? Oh, I don't think so. Even the girls don't wear 91/2's any more. But you see how invaluable the right publicist is.

    Also Breeze, see note from Raj on your previous techie question re. nom de plume. He will try to walk you through. Be patient. It's not as complicated as it sounds.
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  10. Motus,

    Thanks to Raj/Bob I got it OK, see here:
    http://www.michellesmirror.com/2009/11/lady-m-at-ground-zero.html#comments
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  11. actually, it really IS a Shoe Size 41.

    MObitch has no fashion sense at all; she refuses to listen to anyone who can make her look better (not good, but at least not WORSE), because she envisions herself to be a perfect Size 8 with C cups. And we know how once something gets in that morass of a mind of hers, it never finds its way out.
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