bad moon rising
I swore I'd never write about celebrities, not here, nor at my personal blog. But since I stirred trouble last week around the web with my post about the tackiness of baby registries, I figured this week I'd focus on something we're all more likely to agree on: Christina Aguilera's freaky celebri-nursery: 
Um, what in GOD'S NAME was she thinking when she decided to put that giant moon in there? Apparently it is 11 feet tall. Can you just imagine Xtina reading Goodnight Moon to her tot with that thing rising over the crib? I'm going to guess that when Baby Max gets a little older, he might have a titch of trouble going down for the night.
Even if she got rid of the moon the nursery's still creepy. For one thing, the room is so gigantic it's like a warehouse. And putting that tiny round crib smack in the middle of this cavernous chamber gives me chills. It kind of reminds me of Rosemary's Baby, when Mia Farrow and her devil friends cluster around the circular demon-crib at the end. And then there are those moon and star things on the crib itself. Look closely. Do you see them rising up on, like, pitchforks? Could anything make this scarier? Perhaps the image of flaxen-haired red-lipped Xtina bustling into the room to sing a lullaby in seven octaves to her spawn. I see that little one waving his cloven hoofs adorably at her as she reaches in to pick him up....
Ooooh! Stop me! I'm going to have nightmares tonight.
The truly scariest part? That she could afford to have the nicest possible nursery, filled with anything she fancies. Like this ridiculously adorable toadstool pouffe, for heaven's sake!
p.s. On the subject of scary: For those of you who followed my United Airlines travel nightmare, I must follow up and let you know that United Airlines sent both me and Crabtot $250 in travel vouchers. Vouchers for more travel on UA. So that the horror may continue.
That moon would give me nightmares.
It appears that quite often, the more money you have the less judgement you have.
I saw this in People magazine and couldn't believe it. (Found the People mag on the street mind you, not in my bathroom. I swear.)
Anyway, having a three-year-old right now, I'll put money that they will hear, "I'm scared by the big mean moon" before they know it.
Yeah. That moon is frightening. By the way, no thanks to you for posting the link to that toadstool! Now, I want to spend way too much money on a mushroom and redecorate my kids room around it! That thing is just too darn cool.
angelica, I too am thinking and obsessing over how to get that toadstool into Crabtot's room and how to eat up the cost (and likely shipping expense--I think it's from the UK). Can you stand how cute it is? I CAN'T STAND IT!
Love, love, love your posts crabmommy, but this is the first time I've commented. I too saw that nursery in People magazine (found it in my bathroom, too -- isn't that weird?) and while they raved about it, I just thought, that moon is freakin' spooky. And you're right, the crib in the middle of the room like that? Weird, weird, weird. But why should weird celebrities surprise us any more?
Natalie! Thanks for commenting. I am so GLAD you enjoy the blog. And that you agree with me re the Xtina devil-nursery. I love it when people agree with the Crabmommy. Because of course she is always right. :)
*chuckle* Well, though I didn't agree with you on the baby shower thing, I have to admit that this baby room is way over the top. It seems to me that somebody talked Aguilera into this and she, not having any previous kids to freak out with something similar, has no clue that she'll be selling that crazy moon before her child turns one. We are moms and can see the horror in what Aguilera thinks is creative and cute. Ah, haven't we all thought we had bright ideas until our children let us know otherwise?...
I have since learned that Xtina got the moon from a tour she did. It was a stage prop and her husband suggested it would be a good fit for the nursery. Clearly, that's a dad who knows what he's doing. (Oh but poor bloke, how's he meant to know?) Still...REALLY.