1 Self-diagnosing
Tired of not getting enough sympathy for your back pain? Get specific with Dennis DiClaudio’s “The Hypochondriac’s Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have.” Brag to friends about your cool new case of “eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.”
2 Lip service
What do the stars have in store for you? Ask your lip gloss. Hard Candy’s latest collection, Kiss and Tell, is a gloss with a Magic-8-ball-style fortune telling cap that solves conundrums with answers ranging from “yes” to “yuk
3 “Auto” assault
Racing games are boring unless you’ve got mad driving skillz. Wednesday’s spectacularly detailed “Full Auto” for Xbox 360 takes care of that problem. Just blow up fellow racers with your missile-launcher- enhanced car.
4 Tiny treats
Ditch the sexy panties on Tuesday for this candy bra and G-string from Dylan’s Candy Bar. If you’re alone, they also double as a snack.
5 Metal mania
Nu-metal was an embarrassment, but new metal rocks. Avenged Sevenfold’s video for “Beast and the Harlot” un-ironically features pole-dancing strippers, dueling guitar solos and, yes, a harlot. See it at avengedsevenfold.com.
6 Ice, ice baby
Need a reason to watch the Olympics? Snowbunny Gretchen Bleiler – who’s been declared an object of desire by no less than FHM – goes for the gold in the women’s snowboarding half-pipe final tomorrow night.
7 The Rose of Sharon
Save yourself $10.50 by watching the R-rated trailer for “Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction” at ropeofsilicon.com. The porn-like 2-minute clip highlights all the threesomes, car chases, ice picks and remarkably lithe Sharon Stone you can possibly take.
8 Harajuku below Houston
Nave, the super trendy new Mercer Street boutique from Tokyo streetwear master Junzo Kashiyama, opens this weekend. Look for clothes from Richard Chai, the brand’s creative director, as well as other hot urban labels from around the world.
9 Holy water
Red Bull is so last year. Show your allegiance to celebrity trends by drinking taurine- and caffeine-laced Kabbalah Energy Water, available at upscale establishments like Duane Reade and Gristedes. (Note: Kabbalahists prefer calling caffeine “trimethyxanthine.”)
10 Shopping roulette
Looking for a random bargain? Every day, woot.com offers a new “special” on everything from DVD recorders to ladies’ watches. It recently offered a mysterious “bag o’ crap” – could be great, could suck – for a buck.
