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Best and worst of the week

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Well hello Friday, fancy meeting you here.  I am very excited and stupidly nervous being in charge of introducing Best and Worst for this week.  Here goes ….

On the news front this week, we’ve looked at the Weiner photos and what might have been the cringiest PM interview ever, as well as the immunisation you need to get and the reclaiming of offensive words.

We discussed the things we’ve quit and what we do with the hair down there, as well as our unlucky clothes and men with beards. We chatted about boredom,  Masterchef and the new phenomenon that is Wombtube.

We offered our advice on how to deal with a friend’s affair, read about jealousy and looked at what’s happening to our men.

We also reached the 10,000 mark for Facebook followers and held a competition to celebrate- you can find the Mamamia Facebook page here.

You can catch up on what’s been happening in the news this week here and here. And if you’d like to see what Mia’s been up to, you can check out our open post of the week here.

Finally, if you want to take a look at the videos we’ve been loving this week, you can go here and here.

Now – onto the best and worst bits of the week. I’ll start…

BEST: Last Sunday my friend Emily-Jade emailed to tell me I made it onto the Sunday Mail’s Top 50 Happiest People list. I’ll never, ever be listed on a “Best Dressed” list. Trust me. But to be included on this list just made me really, well, happy. And proud of myself too. So that’s one best.  My other best is the fact I now work for Mamamia. However great you imagine it to be behind-the-scenes here, double it. They are an amazing, generous, hilarious, stupidly hardworking team. I feel incredibly blessed.

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WORST:  I don’t really have a worst this week so I’m going to go with being at home in Adelaide while the rest of the team got to play make-up with Zoe Foster. I’ve never met Zoe in person but she just looks like someone who radiates positive energy.  So while Mia, Lana, Nicky and Nat played with lipsticks and blushes and bombarded Zoe with questions about her new book Amazing Face, I watched Ava mash banana into her hair. Excellent. (That said, I happen to know loads of video was shot … expect some major Zoe Foster Q&A’s in the near future).

ON MY MIND:  Getting pregnant. If I’m not pregnant this month, we’re starting IVF. I know we’re lucky that we can even afford IVF but I have to say I’m apprehensive about the injections.  Are my hormones going to send me so out of control I release my inner-Naomi Campbell?  Oh Lord ….

What were your best and worst bits of the week?

And while you’re contemplating that, maybe flick through the pictures we’re talking about this week…
Jack White and Karen Elson announce their divorce by throwing a party to celebrate the six years they were married.
This photo by freelance journalist, Richard Lam, was captured during the Vancouver riots on Wednesday night following the city's ice hockey team's loss. It has gone viral amid speculation that it was staged or the woman wasn’t a willing participant.
'Slutwalk' takes place in Sydney. The slutwalks started with one small protest march in Toronto in April, when women marched in defiance of a local policeman who told college students that: 'women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised.'
A naked Russian scientist braves sub-zero temperatures in order to tame two beluga whales in a unique and controversial experiment near the Artic Circle.
Natalia Avseenko, 36, is nude because marine experts believe belugas do not like to be touched by artificial materials such as diving suits.
Louis Vuitton pays Angelina Jolie US$10 million to plug their $10,000 handbags on a raft in Cambodia.
NSW Premier, Barry O'Farrell accidentally tweets that he and wife Rosemary 'just enjoyed a screwing o'. He meant to tweet 'just enjoyed a screening of oranges and sunshine'.
Ash cloud from the Chilean volcano disrupts flights across Australia.
An Australian pilot dies after saving three people when his promotional blimp caught fire in Germany.
Earlybirds in Victoria caught a glimpse of a blood-red lunar eclipse, the red colour was caused by ash from the Chilean volcano.
A new hacking group called Lulzsec take down the CIA website and claim responsibility for hacking several high-profile sites including the US Senate, an FBI affiliate, Sony and several video games companies.
The Dalai Lama visits Australia and accidentally calls Julia Gillard a man: ‘If your Prime Minister has some kind of spiritual interest, then of course my meeting would be useful. Otherwise, I have nothing to ask him. Also, you see, there's no point to seek advice from him.’
Victorian MasterChef contestant Mat Beyer is kicked off the show for reportedly accessing recipes on his smartphone.
Playmate Crystal calls off the wedding to Playboy owner Hugh Hefner.
Unfortunately the 'Mrs Hefner' July issue of Playboy had already gone to print.
Welcome to the aeroplane of the future. Airbus displayed these computer rendered illustrations ahead of this year's Paris Air Show.
The nature-inspired Concept Cabin will be covered by a biopolymer membrane that can be adjusted to control light entering the cabin and also cabin temperature.
The world's shortest man celebrates his 18th birthday.
Junrey Balawing from The Philipines measures only 59.93cm from his head to his feet lying down.
A 100m waterspout forms near a cruise ship vessel as it sailed off the coast of Croatia. The twister narrowly missed the ship and all crew and passengers were unharmed.
Lily Allen ties the knot to Sam Cooper on the weekend. The singer has already updated her twitter name from lilyroseallen to MrsLRCooper. The happy couple also revealed she was pregnant at the ceremony.
Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied welcome a baby boy, no reports on the name as yet.
Gisele Bündchen models a creation from her 'Gisele Bündchen Intimate' collection at the Hope Lingerie summer collection catwalk show in Sao Paulo.
Meet Heidi the cross-eyed opossum at Germany's Leipzig Zoo. Already an internet sensation, the two-year-old marsupial gained fame after her photo was published in a German newspaper earlier this year.
Meet Heidi the cross-eyed opossum at Germany's Leipzig Zoo. Already an internet sensation, the two-year-old marsupial gained fame after her photo was published in a German newspaper earlier this year.
Lindsay Lohan doesn't let a pesky thing like being under house arrest prevent her from throwing a party.
The Royals celebrate the Queens Birthday in London.
The Royal family watch the celebrations from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Beyoncé and Christina Aguilera share dual W covers in the magazine's first-ever music issue out this July.
Christina in W Magazine
Beyonce in W Magazine
Beyonce in W Magazine
The latest in toddler fashion is Lanvin Kids Collection. Yes, very expensive designer duds for your two-year-old.
The latest in toddler fashion is Lanvin Kids Collection. Yes, very expensive designer duds for your two-year-old.
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge step out for a London gala for the charity Ark.
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge step out for a London gala for the charity Ark.
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