Today, I found this fabulous article on imdb.com or something like that:

MacPherson Defies Credit Crunch

Supermodel-turned-entrepreneur Elle MacPherson has downgraded her luxurious lifestyle because of the global economic crisis but refuses to give up her most expensive habit - collecting art. The Australian beauty earns a living from her successful lingerie business as well as her various modelling campaigns, but admits she has still had to give up some of her extravagances since the global recession hit. But while Macpherson will cut back on her cars, she won't let her art collection suffer. She says, "I've been consumer conscious for a while. I traded in my Range Rover for a Lexus and I either bike or take my Fiat Bambino on the school run. My only extravagance is art. It always has a place in my budget. All the artists I love, Lucian Freud, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tracey Emin, Richard Prince, I've invested in."

May I have a moment to respond to this? Uhthank you.

First, a three-way rapidfire email exchange:

Me, to Auntie Sister: *what kind of world must she live in if a LEXUS is not really an extravagance? In my world, razors are an extravagance!*

Auntie Sister, back to Me: WORD.

My Brownskin Twin, after I had to forward it all to her for opinion: LOL! this was funny…. Geez, not Range Rover for Lexus. She is really doing her job and cutting back on her expenses….Thank you Elle for sharing your economic recession with us - it makes us feel much better to know that rich people are also suffering through these tuff times and trading their fancy ride for another fancy ride!!! Really????

Me, back to My Brownskin Twin: Oh, and don’t even get me started on her multiple vehicles, and how she won’t give up art. I’m trying to figure out how not to give up food or a place to live! Oh, but to suffer without art? No way, man.

Now, back to my response. Elle, hun, I used to kind of like you. What with the swimsuit issues, and all the string bikinis. You're a terrible actress but I still thought you were smokin' hot in that Sirens flick. But now? I got nuthin'. I want you to come back to reality, or go back to the hot-girl-rock-you-emerged-from-somewhere-in-the-australian-wilds and never return. Seriously. People who owned a home 6 months ago are scrambling to rent before the foreclosure hits their credit. Children are starving. Pets are abandoned. People who had jobs yesterday are killing themselves today. LITERALLY KILLING THEMSELVES. Please. Wake. The fuck. Up.

And now for a commercial break to break the tension: