Hello Moto

I had celebrity sightings coming out of my eyes last Thursday.

My two buddies W. and B. work for a certain event production company in town whose biggest client happens to be Motorola. Every year, they throw a huge celebrity-studded rager that usually has a charity angle. Last year, it was for the Toys For Tots Foundation and this year, I honestly can't remember. I think that up close and personal sighting of Christina Aguilera has clouded my memory (her live performance was mind-blowing, by the way).

Here are some general observations gleaned from my experience as a list-girl last week:

1. Celebrities are almost always super short in person. Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Jesse Metcalfe (does being a Desperate Housewives reject even count as star status??), Jay Hernandez from that flick Crazy/Beautiful, Christina Aguilera. The camera may add ten pounds, but it also deviously adds three to five inches.

2. Celebrities always check you out to see if you're checking them out. Act aloof and they get frustrated. Trust me, it works.

3. Models like to blow smoke in your face while you check their names off the list.

4. Starlets like to be driven in near the event entrance in the same black tinted-out SUVs like they're the Queen of Sheba (yes, that means you Paris and Lindsay).

5. Pantera Sarah is the funniest super promoter out there. She's not the youngest one of the bunch, but that woman can rock those platforms hours pulling her celebrity friends from the line and walking them to the entrance -- for hours on end. How she began her night? Swigging a can of Red Bull and pulling major drags on her cigarettes. Oh, and she hates Brandon Davis so you won't be seeing this greasy, spoiled oil heir at any of her exclusive events.

6. Alison Melnick -- another uber-promoter -- has the best hair ever. And kick-ass clothes.

7. Guys in folded-up skinny jeans, trucker hats and ratty flip-flops don't make it past the velvet rope. No style means no entry.

8. Celebrity agents get all worked up trying to make sure their clients will get in, especially if they're junior agents. I understand a lot is at stake if you screw up but hey, you ain't Ari Gold so quit going ape-sh*% while I check the list!

9. Jay Penske is really, really, really cute and friendly. Damn you for chatting me and R. up and then not asking for our numbers!

10. Once the big musical performance of the night is up, celebs high-tail it out of the event for a night of complete and utter debauchery at hotspots like Hyde or Area. They didn't even stick around for the free In-N-Out Burger. Guess greasy food isn't too good for their anorexia.

It's always a treat working the lists at these kind of shindigs. But nothing will ever compare to our run-in with Ron Jeremy. Never ever.

I'm Lovin' it: The Xhiliration line at Target. Yes, I know. It's very Missy and Junior, but they've got some great basic tops with a twist that have certainly taken me far. Dress it up or dress it down -- all for well under $20. Great for fashionistas with a tight budget or those who just want to tighten their purse strings after going batty at the last sample sale.

I'm Over it: Paying over $2 for a cupcake. Magnolia Bakery in New York and Sprinkles in Los Angeles have made it trendy to stuff your face with these scrumptious little mountains of cake and icing. But seriously, remember when your school bake sale had equally delicious ones for 50 cents??

Track of the Day: The latest one by Jo Jo, I'm slightly embarassed to say. Jo Jo's only fifteen or so, but she sings about love like she's thirty years old and has an old soul voice. Lame, I know, but it's all really kind of catchy...

www.myspace.com/jojonline

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