I heard about Ashley Paige a few years ago. She made several cameo appearances as the crazy bikini designer on Keeping Up with the Kardashians & The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. I just assumed that she must be a successful designer because her personality had the scattered brain-ness of a true genius.

I love the TLC show Bikini or Bust because it shows that you can be great at what you do, but that doesn’t neccessarily mean money. Here Ashley is a successful designer, but she can’t pay her rent or bar tab. It reminded how important it is to love your job or your business. Hopefully, the money will follow. If not, you’ve had a great experience. You’ll always win if you have fun at work.

Life is more than bills, although it’s still a good idea to have term life insurance. I’m excited to see how things turn out for Ashley Paige. Hopefully, she’ll end up with a great licensing deal so she can keep doing what she loves & what she is so good at.

When I was watching Dan in Real Life with Steve Carell I couldn’t help but have family envy. I love my family, but I just wish I knew a family that was like that. No I’m not talking about a family where things are so out of touch with reality that Steve Carell could steal Dane Cook’s girlfriend. I’m talking about a family that would take off work & school to be together. A family that could spend time together without TVs or distractions, a family that would put on talent shows. A family where three generations would play charades together.

When I was younger I was fanatic about Full House & Saved by the Bell. I thought that The Wonder Years was boring & hard to understand. Now, I’m exactly the opposite. I haven’t watched Full House or Saved by the Bell in years, but The Wonder Years fascinates me. I remember around the time that I was worrying about nose blackheads I absolutely loved the show La Femme Nikita.

I missed the first few episodes of the show back then & never really understood what was going on. So I got a box set even though they seemed to be a lot more expensive than other DVDs. I don’t know what I was thinking. I used to love the story line. Now it just seems like a more tedious version of Alias. I guess my main point is that I’ve learned that my tastes have changed dramatically & that’s not a bad thing.