Got this from my bestest cousin's blog, so here goes......(please note that I am at work and rushing this, so don't expect profound, thought provoking answers....)

Seven things to do before I die:

1. Ride in a hot air balloon
2. Travel overseas
3. Own my own house
4. Live in L.A.
5. See my daughter become a professional performer
6. Buy a Gucci bag
7. Get my wisdom teeth pulled!

Seven things I can (or will) not do:

1. Grow up completely (to use one of my cousin's answers)
2. Lose touch with my family
3. Hold grudges
4. Clean the litterbox
5. Carry a knockoff bag
6. Get married until I can have the wedding that I want
7. Listen to Pink Floyd

Seven things that attract me to my spouse:

1. The way his eyes crinkle when he smiles
2. His sweetness
3. His ability to make me laugh even when we are arguing
4. His willingness to put up with me
5. His laugh
6. His nicknames for me (K.B., PrincessPoopaloo,Poopalicious......etc...)
7. His height

Seven things I say most often:

1. I want
2. Whatever
3. Good Morning (at work)
4. Are you effing serious?
5. "Thank you for calling ******may I help you?" (insert company name)
6. I need
7. "sssssssss"

Seven books (or series) I love:

1. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
2. I'm With the Band - Pamela Desbarres
3. Marilyn: The Last Take - Peter Harry Brown
4. The Immortals - Michael Korda
5. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
6. In Her shoes - Jennifer Weiner
7. Take Another Little Piece of my Heart - A Groupie Grows Up - Pamela DesBarres

Seven movies I watch over and over again:

1. Almost Famous
2. Rockstar
3. Goodfellas
4. Casino
5. True Romance
6. All Marilyn Monroe movies (I have both the diamond collections)
7. All of the Brat Pack Movies (Breakfast Club,Sixteen Candles,St. Elmos Fire,Some Kind Of Wonderful....etc....)

Seven people I’m curious about that I’d like to join in: Anyone Reading this....lol

Kid's These Day's

I already feel like an ole foag by even writing that title, but REALLY.....What is the DEAL? They have their IM, their video games, their own personal DVD players, their IPOD's....etc....etc....

When I was a kid we made forts. We played outside. We used our imagination. When it rained, we stayed inside and played board games, we played indoor hide and go seek, we recorded farts on cassette recorders ( maybe that was just MY family) .
When I was a kid, I didn't pride myself on having the latest Playstation 2 game....I prided myself on having the ONLY colored barbie doll in the neighborhood (thanks to my cousin C for that one).

While kids NOW are sitting inside with their eyes fixated on the TV screen, trying to get to the next level of their video game, I would be outside making a STEW out of flowers and weeds, and making my sister TASTE it. Now THAT was some good ole FUN!

While kids NOW are downloading the latest songs to their IPOD, I would be making a scrapbook of Duran Duran, along with witty comments next to the pictures.While kids NOW are commenting on each other's MYSPACE, I would be writing the latest entry in my best friends ongoing fictional novel about Duran Duran, where WE were the fictional girlfriends of them.

.....And maybe it is because technology has come so far, but it's sad to see them not using their imaginations (except for the record fart thing, that was pure dipshitness, but FUN!) Maybe I am just being nostalgic...........

Now I feel old.....Now I want to find my old Lincoln Logs, and build a house for my cockateil.......lmao!


Kerrie OUT!

"Scenes From a Mall"

I went to the mall today in search for the perfect creme eye shadow. I am going to tell you right now that it does NOT exist. Even the sales person at Sephora admitted that the Nars creme eye shadow that I had all picked out ( the perfect shade of brown) tends to crease. I give up give up give up. I WOULD have stayed in the store seeking out an alternate non creme type, but found it hard to walk without a sales person in the way of my path. Do they have 100 people working there, or do they shape shift and transport themselves to different parts of the store? I went to MAC, which brings me to my observation of the day.

WHY do all MAC sales people look like Frankie from the Rocky Horror Picture show?

" Let's doooooooo the time warp againnnnnnnnnnnnn............."

I understand that MAC stands for makeup ART Cosmetics, but DAMN! It's friggin SCARY in there! Everywhere you look, there is a heavily painted face shoved into yours asking if your finding everything your looking for. " Um, I am DEFINITELY NOT looking for the putrid shade of turquoise eye shadow accented by the heavy line of WHITE pigment that is sitting on your overly made up tired looking eyes....but can I get the lustreglass in Wonderstruck please??"

I DID, however leave there with a very nice shade of taupe (Satin Taupe to be exact...) that looks great on me

More Cowbell !

Those who know me know that I will take something that is remotely funny, stretch it out and absolutely obsess over it.

This is my newest obsession. It is actually from a 2000 Saturday Night Live episode with Christopher Watkin and Will Ferrell making fun of Blue Oyster Cult and their song " Don't Fear The Reaper". In the video, Christopher Walkin keeps stopping the recording saying that the song " needs more cowbell".

Watch the video here.

Everytime I watch it, I die laughing. Pay special attention to Will Farrell's face.

Other songs featuring the cowbell:

Billy Idol/White Wedding

Bon Jovi/Bad Medicine

Britney Spears/Crazy

Def Leppard/Almost ALL of their songs ( they must have loved that cowbell...oh my god...I just thought of something....it was probably easier for the one armed drummer to just sit there and bang on the cowbell....that was mean, I am going to hell)

Duran Duran/Reflex,Rio,Hungry Like The Wolf,Union Of The Snake

Earth Wind & Fire/September

Guns & Roses/A whole bunch of songs

Van Halen/Balck & Blue

Warrant/Cherry Pie

Whitesnake/Is This Love

I bet that when you hear these songs now, you will be listening for that cowbell!!!

Makes Me Proud

So my brother has decided to finally cut off his hair. I think that it is actually longer than MINE! Not only has he decided to lose his trademark locks, but he has decided to donate them to "Locks Of Love", a non profit organization that provides hairpieces for financially disadvantaged children 18 years and younger suffering from long term medical hairloss.

On this site, there is a list of participating hair salons separated by state, most of which give a free haircut for a donation of 10 inches ( the accepted length in order to donate ). He happened to have gotten lucky, because one of my closest friends owns a salon in the town that he lives in and her salon is a participant in the program, although not listed on the site.

There are several people in my workplace who actually grow out their hair, just to donate it to this cause. I can think of about 4 off the top of my head.

If you are thinking about making a drastic change, and are thinking about cutting off your long hair (MOM? Are you listening?), think about donating it to this worthy cause. If you want to be encouraged, just check out the website at the recipient photos. They will be sure to melt your heart.......

I told You So......

Ok....in my last post, at the very end I mentioned the fact that Nick Lachey was at the AMA's alone? Well, here you go....my speculation was right on the money. Of course,everyone saw THIS coming. Jessica? He is ugly anyway,and has a big nose that does not go with his face. Besides,all he does is sit around and watch sports.....who's going to get that huge plasma TV? My bets are on Nick.

American Music Award Recap

Let me just start out by saying....WHY would they make my girl Mariah Carey perform FIRST? They should have made someone like, say Hillary Duff perform first...get it out of the way. How DARE they?



Regardless, her performance was great. She actually was catapulted onstage while her assistants were trying to finish sewing her into her dress and secure of earphones. Of course the earphone thing caused her to flub the song a litte bit, but in true Mariah form she came through in the end delivering her signature end of song long note that seemed to go on forever. My daughter and I were in awe (as always). She took home ONE award out of FOUR nominations, causing some to say that she was "Snubbed"




I would advise Lindsay Lohan to NEVER,EVER attempt to sing a Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac song onstage. She actually tried to sing " Edge of 17". For her to think that she could actually come close to pulling that off, seriously is a joke. What an insult to Stevie Nicks. What a truly AWFUL performance. If she REALLY wants to sing, she should stick to her little stupid " life story" songs, or little bubble gum pop remakes.



Kudos to Sarah McLachlan and Cyndy Lauper for a breathtaking rendition of Cyndy's song "Time After Time". One word: Incredible.






The rest of the show is not very comment worthy, but I WILL say that I think it was incredibly diva-like of Kelly Clarkson to be a no show. WHAT-ever. I will also say that Gwen Stefani dancing around the stage with Pharrell saying " I Like it Like That" every so often into the microphone HARDLY passes as a performance. I was expecting her to do at LEAST " Hollaback Girl" COME on!

I will also not comment on the fact that they had Cedric The Entertainer hosting. I could hardly bear to watch.

Did anyone notice that Nick Lachey was there ALONE????? Hmmm...where was Jessica? I know, she was busy buying a BMW for her best friend and assistant, CayCee. Random.....

Over & Out.....Happy Thankgiving!

Afterthought.....

** and I also love the fact that freaky weird
guy called in sick
today....He
REALLLLY freaks me out, man. This is
really mean, but he reminds me
of a
character (not any particular one)
in Pet Cemetery....where they die, get
buried in that special cemetery, then
come back and they are alive....but
STRANGE and undead-like. OMG, that
really was MEAN. I hope no one from work
comes across this, because I have a
feeling that they will ALL know who I am
talking about.

I just remembered the name of the little boy character in Pet Cemetary. GAGE. So in future posts, if I ever talk about "freaky weird guy", I am going to call him "Gage".

This and That

Songs of the week...

" Sugar we're Going Down" by The Fall Out Boys. (I can't get the chorus out of my mind....now that I know what the HELL they are saying. I asked my daughter to clarify because she was singing along to the song, but she said " I don't know...I'm just making the words UP....so I had to look the lyrics up online)

We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded god complex, cock it and pull it

"Wasteland" by Ten Years

These two are totally Ipod worthy (no,I don't have an Ipod...I just thought that would be the "cool" thing to say)

Speaking of "cool", I had a revelation the other day...

I was talking about some dork that I came in contact with during the day at work to my Mother, and I said "Why is it that I attract all the dorks? I mean, why do they think that they can just come up and talk to me with all their dorkiness?"

My mom's answer was that I am " compassionate", " nice", and "approachable (by the way, the nicest thing she has said to me in a long time)

MY revelation is that I am ONE of them - a DORK

Hate objects of the day:

magazine inserts - one word - WHY???
cream eyeshadow - ( mine keeps creasing...I think only 15 year olds can wear this with their super smooth eyelids. Another freebie for my daughter....)
people who talk to you while your typing something - like RIGHT NOW
mass email forwarders - I got at least 5 stupid jokes today - ugh

Love objects of the day: ( I just noticed how I put "Hate objects" first, how negative!)

Thinking.......
Still thinking....................

My bear claw hairclip - great for those irritably rainy Boston days, where one has to walk from South Station across the Fort Point channel bridge with the rain blowing sideways, soaking any dry piece of clothing and ruining ANY attempt at a good hair day.
Alba Green Tea Eye Gel - because I kept waking up last night, and had ultra tired eyes......

** and I also love the fact that freaky weird guy called in sick today....He REALLLLY freaks me out, man. This is really mean, but he reminds me of a character (not any particular one) in Pet Cemetery....where they die, get buried in that special cemetery, then come back and they are alive....but STRANGE and undead-like. OMG, that really was MEAN. I hope no one from work comes across this, because I have a feeling that they will ALL know who I am talking about.

Ok, enough for now. It is 5:00, and it is almost time to go home........

Bored At Work....

It's Friday, and I am SURE that there are millions of things that I could be doing, but I chose to create my own South Park character.

You can do it too by going here

Only In Billerica.....

I was driving home, through Billerica, with my boyfriend and daughter the other night, when I caught site of a truck that had what it looked to be a pair of balls hanging from it's axel. I squinted, because I did not have my glasses on (well....I actually NEVER have them on...) and sure enough, it was what I THOUGHT it was - BALLS! I said " is that BALLS? ", to which my daughter in the back seat piped up " YUP! It's BALLS Mom"

This is not an actual picture of the "balls", but a site on the internet that SELLS them. I KNOW this because I had to immediately check on the internet for them after I got home. I just Googled "truck balls", and this is what I came up with:

www.truck-nuts.com/index.html


I want to know WHO the person is that thought of this concept,marketed it, and put it out there for people to buy...I KNOW they must live in Billerica!

It also prompted my daughter to ponder..." What happens if you take them OFF? Does that mean the truck is FIXED?" (as in neutered?)

Hold Me Closer Tony Danza.......

Hi Everyone.....

Ok...I MEANT to post the other day, and I had this really cool post where I was listing the songs that meant alot to me and were very memorable, for whatever reasons...etc...etc... BUT....after I had it ALL typed out and everything I left the computer for some reason or another, and my boyfriend went on it after me and thought that the things down in the task bar were not important so he just " x'ed " out of them like an ignorant DINK without seeing what they were and how they WERE NOT saved. In any case, he caught a Yankee Candle in the upper arm ( for the second time in his life ), and has a scar to prove it..........NOW.....he is at work, and there is no way that this post will be sabotaged......

Driving in my car today, listening to the " Almost Famous " soundtrack ( one of my faves, because it is my absolute favorite movie...) I was singing along to " Tiny Dancer " by Elton John. As it came to the chorus, of course instead of singing " Hold me closer tiny dancerrrrrrrr...." I sang " Hold me closer Tony Danzaaaaaaaaaaaa" because I heard that once and it STUCK with me. Even though I KNOW the real words to this song, I ALWAYS sing the Tony Danza ones !

This is not the only song that I do that to. There are so many songs that, even though I KNOW the real words, I always sing the ones that I first THOUGHT they were. I have discovered that I am NOT alone. Take a look at this site, and see if YOUR lyrics match up. I have to say that The Verve Pipe " Freshman " is in my top ten. I used to always sing ( along with my sister )......" never died 40 cents...", when in all actuality, it was " never died for these sins".

This is a fun site.....( and " Tiny Dancer " is NOT there....)

www.kissthisguy.com

have fun............

For The Birds

Random....

Driving down the road with my boyfriend, and I throw a gum wrapper out the window. My boyfriend yells at me for littering. This is my explanation for the throwing of the gum wrapper out the window:

" Birds like those. They use them for a solar heating agent. They put the aluminum side up, propped up by some twigs to heat their nests naturally "

He did not buy it.

Later when the gum was all chewed out, I spit it ( classy ! ) out the rolled down window, and again my boyfriend yelled at me. This is my explanation for THAT one :

" gum is very pliable, so birds like it. It is a very good adhesive agent to keep their nests together in case of high winds"

He did not buy that one either.

Dabbling With The Paranormal

Okay, I KNOW that it is not Halloween, but it doesn't mean that this stuff is not interesting. Last Halloween, I was online searching for Haunted places ( because I LOVE that sort of thing ), and I came across this website..... http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/

If you are from the states, you can click on your state and see if there are any " haunted happenings " in your hometown and/or where you live, but they also list other countries as well. Mine were as follows.......

This is where I grew up.......

Bedford - Groton - Dudley Rd. - This Road has had very frightening acts since early 1800's. And is known to send you home feeling frightened. This is where nuns where hung after practicing witchcraft in the mid 1800's. Nuns have been seen at night. When seen in the fog they look like Demons in the night.

This is actually famous fokelore of Bedford ! As teenagers, we used to frequent this road quite often, and even did the Ouija Board under one of the tree's that one of the nuns was " supposedly " hung from. My boyfriend, when he was in the tree removal business actually CUT DOWN some trees along the side of the road and I kidded him that he would be forever haunted by nuns...heh. I also recently took my daughter for a ride down this road after telling her all the stories one foggy night near Halloween. We got halfway down, and I screamed....causing HER to scream and then afterwards denouncing me a " horrible mom ".

This is where I live NOW.....

Tewksbury - East Street Cemetery - In the cemetery at night, there is a ghost of a woman who walks around the part of cemetery closest to the center of town. In addition, deep in the cemetery, there is a creature (probably never human) with dark leathery skin who will follow you as you walk through the cemetery. East Street runs through the cemetery. As you drive though, there will often be white apparitions through the cemetery.

Tewksbury - North Street - As you turn onto North Street from East Street late at night, you can see a white apparition on the corner. As you drive further down, you will notice a little boy walking down the road. As you approach the train tracks there is a blue energy on the right side of the road.

Last October, on Halloween, we ( myself, my boyfriend, my best friend and her boyfriend ) were reading about this stuff above, all of which happens to be right down the road from where we all live. We decided, it being Halloween and everything, to check it out ! This is what we found.....

The white apparitions throughout the cemetery are actually the fronts of the marble graves shining as you drive through and catch them with your headlights. As for the creature, we called for him to show his leathery self, but he must have been at Pinata's having a burrito and a Corona. The " blue energy " is NO WHERE to be found, despite numerous passes on North Street, and no little boy except for my boyfriend complaining " this is GAY....I wanna go home "

BUT.....something interesting caught my eye. If you cross the road from the main cemetery, there is a little one with maybe about 50 graves. If you go to the VERY end of it, facing town....there is ONE grave that is facing the OTHER way from all of the other grave stones. It just so happens to be the grave of a woman. Could this be the woman that they are talking about in the first sentence ? Could she be angry that her grave is facing the other way ? Hmmmmmm..........

Playing Beauty Editor - Part 2

I have three new products that need reviewing:

1: Stila Sheer Color Tinted Moisturizer: $28 ( but I bought it at the cosmetic store at Wrentham Outlets for $19.50 ) A little heavy. It is the consistancy of sunscreen, which is actually added in this product - SPF 15. My skin seems to get a little oily with it during the day. I thought it would be a prefect thing to get since I have the Stila Illuminating Liquid Foundation. I figured for going out ( like I ALWAYS do - not ), I could mix it with that. I haven't actually tried that yet, but I'm not quite sure if I like the moisturizer alone let alone mixed with something. Maybe my skin just needs to adjust to it.

2: Too Faced Lip Injection: Marketed as one the many many " lip plumpers " that they have out on the market, this lip gloss is VERY heavy and gooey. Makes lips tingle for about 5-10 minutes, and delivers a LITTLE BIT of the 20% plump/pout that they claim. Forget about wearing it on a windy day, because you will be pulling sticky hair strands off your lips every 5 seconds. While I'm not exactly sold on the " lip plumping " part, I DO like the color that I chose, " Techno Buff " - the perfect nude ! I also like the staying power ( probably has to do with the " goo " factor), and the high shine.

3: Too Faced Eyeshadow in Dirt Bag: The perfect brown that I am constantly on the lookout for. This eyeshadow is an earthy brown color with some gold sparkles added to it to give it some " kick ". I love it ! They have some really cool stuff in this makeup line !

Some Things That Irritate Me

In no particular order....and not a complete list ( that would take a whole blog....)

loud Nextel phones while in a store ( who the hell wants to hear the person on the other end of the phone screaming into the air around you ? )

Flava Flav ( he looks like a piece of shit wearing a big watch )

people who drive under the speed limit ( GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY ! )

DJ's that talk over a song as it is starting ( shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up ! )

being interrupted ( like I WASN'T talking ? )

waiting in line for something ( especially when the person behind you thinks that he/she will get further in line if they stand one centimeter BEHIND you )

waiting in line for something when the person in front of you has multiple items ( this speaks for itself )

people who wear their foundation too dark, causing a " mask " effect ( do you REALLY think that this looks ok ? REALLY ? )

people who tan too much, ending up to look like Ooompah Loompah's ( are you AWARE that orange skin is NOT flattering ? )

people who wait WAY too long at stop signs ( JUST GOOOOOOO ! )

Chuck Norris ( why is he always on EVERY channel when I can't find something to watch ? )

people who forward EVERY joke they get in their email to EVERYONE on their contact list
( do you REALLY think that I want to get a stupid email from you EVERY fucking day ? Delete, delete, delete.......)

spam emails

waiting for a page to load online ( COME ONNNNNNNNN !!!! )

when my computer freezes ( and right when you are in the middle of something.....)

people who don't say " excuse me " when they bump into you ( "the OPERATIVE words would be EXCUSE ME !!!! *glare glare glare* )

telemarketers ( " would you like me to call YOU in the middle of YOUR dinner ? " )

the sound of the door opening to my lobby at work ( I clench my teeth everytime someone opens it....)

people who wear low rise pants when they CLEARLY should NOT ( do we REALLY wanna see your stomach folding over your pants ? NO )

overzealous sports fans ( is the outcome of this game really THAT important ? )

stupid questions ( goes without saying )

perfume sprayers in department stores ( If I WANTED to try it, I would have ASKED )

knock off bags ( TACKY !!!!! )

really BAD knock off bags ( EXTRA TACKY !!!!!)

Scott from American Idol ( I just wanna punch him in the big jaw of his )

sketchy public bathrooms ( yup, I really wanna sit down on a pube ridden toilet seat....even WITH a seat cover....)

people who leave their dogs in their cars ( how could you do that to your pet ? )

Corvettes ( notably over the hill ugly guys driving them, thinking that they are somehow COOL )


people driving sports cars that rev their engine at a red light ( REALLY ? Who brought the cool guy ? )

someone that cuts you off just to get one car in front of you ( WOW....THAT really got you far huh ? )

80's haircuts/big 80's hair ( oh my GOD.....did you LOOK in the mirror before leaving the house ? )

people who don't blend their blush properly ( yup, your right....two perfect circles on your face looks REALLLLLLY good - right on ! )

Jesus Joggers ( those shoes that NO ONE should wear....)

turtlenecks or anything touching my neck other than a necklace

GOLD chains, and the excessive use of them on ONE neck ( YUCK.....I mean...YUCK ! It just conjures up images of tacky lounge wear and hairy chests with the shirts open way down )

people who STILL wear banana clips ( HELLO ? )

Okay...this is the SHORT list of things that I thought of randomly off the top of my head. There are MANY more things that irritate the shit out of me....but it's Friday, and I can't delve into the bitchy part of myself...I'm in a good mood.....

Mother/Daughter forced movie day

The deal was that I would pick a movie, and SHE would pick a movie and we would BOTH have to watch each other's picks all the way through....

Her pick : " Raise Your Voice " starring Hillary Duff ( god please help me....)

Mom's pick: " Pretty In Pink " starring Molly Ringwald ( who DOESN'T like a John Hughes flick ?)

Of course her's was on first. It was the kind of movie where you can pretty much guess what happens in the next scene. " watch...her brother is gonna die..." " watch....the CD he sends in gets her that scholarship for the exclusive music school..." ( you know the type.....)
I must have MAD PMS, because I CRIED during a whole bunch of scenes, with my daughter laughing at me. I have to admit, it WAS a cute movie.....

Time for MY movie, your normal run of the mill 80's teenage angst flick. We sat through maybe TWO scenes when she announces " Ughh ! I have seen this before Ma ! Next they're going to be driving in her car, looking at houses wishing they could live in them "......and she says this in an exasperated,roll eye kind of way,heading over to the computer where she flips on her AIM buddy list.

How DARE she ! Didn't she PROMISE to sit through my MOVIE ? I was SO offended! I REMINDED her of the deal we made, and she rolled eyes again spouting the most popular word of the teenage world today " what-everrrrr"

I chose not to protest further, and started cleaning the apartment with Molly Ringwald and her brooding teenage pout in the backround......WHATEVER !

Trying to Analyze Simon LeBon

While driving into work this morning ( you will notice that MOST of my posts will come after this time....) I heard a Duran Duran song, and it of course brought back memories of how I absolutely IDOLIZED them when I was a teenager.
Now that I am all grown up ( THAT'S questionable ), I still sing their songs when I hear them on the radio or when I am listening to their CD's. All of the lyrics of their old stuff is known by HEART, and I mean pretty much ALL of them. When I sang them back THEN, I was just spouting out words to songs of a band that I was obsessed with, but when I sing them NOW.....I wonder what kind of fucking drugs Simon LeBon was ON when he wrote them. Let's look at some examples.........

1. From Planet Earth :
Only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain
I heard you making patterns rhyme
Like some new romantic looking for the tv sound
You'll see I'm right some other time.......

Okay....I can understand " night fall with the rain ", but who the fuck makes patterns rhyme ?

2. From " Is There Something I Should Know " :
There's a dream that strings the road
With broken glass for us to hold
And I cut so far before I had to stay

Okay....does this phrase mean that Simon was a " cutter "? Maybe a fucked up childhood perhaps ?

3. From " New Moon On Monday " :
Shake up the picture the lizard mixture

Okay - what the fuck is a LIZARD MIXTURE ?? Was it something that he may have consumed to HAVE those little acid trips ?

4. From " Hungry Like The Wolf " :
In touch with the ground
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd
and I'm hungry like the wolf

Okay - " smell like I sound ? " Well, that's up for debate. He SOUNDS like he is a very clean hygienically correct guy....but I'm not so sure about the smell factor after being in those tight leather pants that he always used to wear....

More rants later, it's Friday...and I am SURE to have something ELSE to complain about or make fun of........

Questionable Mothering Ablilities

If anyone has seen the opening scene in the movie office space, that was me driving on the highway into work this morning. For those who have NOT seen this movie, you need to go and rent it...it is a RIOT...but I digress.....

The opening scene in the movie shows this whiter than white guy blasting rap tunes in his car, singing EVERY word and making gangsta hand movements. Yes....that was me this morning ( I know - grow up right ? ). I was listening to A Snoop Dogg song, Nuttin But a G Thang, blasting it and spouting out EVERY lyric by heart. It brought me to think about a similar scene ( in MY movie ) that happened this past weekend while on that adventure with my daughter. If my life were a movie ( I once heard someone say " live your life as if you were being followed by a camera" ) this would be a good first scene........

Scene 1 : ( annnnnnnnnnnd ROLL ! ) Mom and Daughter are in car fighting for the control of the stereo. Daughter wants to listen to an Alicia Keyes song that they just heard three times that day. Mom puts her foot down, saying that she is NOT listening to this stupid song again. Mom changes station, and finds an old school Dr. Dre song playing. (The song is called Dre Day on normal CD covers, but the REAL title to this song is called Fuck Wit Dre Day.)
Mom turns up volume to FULL capacity, and starts reciting lyrics ( in a white girl version of imitating a black rapper style ), knowing EVERY word by heart. Only when it gets to a part in the song where Mom KNOWS there are some explicit swears, she messes up, and this is ONLY because the radio version tries to dub over them with some retarded voice over. Mom gets PISSED, saying " What the fuck ! I hate listening to the RADIO edit - I always fuck up the LYRICS !"

Daughter nods, shrugs shoulders and sings the backround female vocalist part in the song, tuning out her crazy Mother's regression moment.

Playing Beauty Editor and other Random Stuff

There are two cosmetic products under $20, which is GOOD these days.... that I must rave about.....

1. Neutrogena Healthy Skin Enhancer. A lightweight tinted moisturizer that has SPF20 ! It boasts that it helps reduce the signs of aging with a vitamin enriched retinol treatment. Although, I have not seen the visible results...because it has only been a few days since I have been using it, I am happy with the coverage that it provides while letting my skin shine through. I have been trying to stay away from foundations, for the obvious reasons...they settle into LINES !!!!

2. Almay Whipped Gloss. Always on the search for the perfect lipgloss....this one is GREAT ! It comes in a tube, but unlike most of glosses that come like that, this one comes with a little brush, great for perfecting your pout ! The other thing that I like is that it comes with a little hint peppermint flavor, which also makes your lips tingle ! Color that I went with : Sheer Rasberry


On a different note......can someone please tell me why I have The Psychedelic Furs song " The Ghost In You " running through my mind ?

Inside you
the times moves
and she don't fade
The ghost in you
She don't fade
Inside you the time moves
and she don't fade


Maybe I am going back to my childhood, remembering the fact that I mastered the keyboard part on my CASIO ????

Website of Interest

While prowling around on the net, I came across this website called LiquidGeneration. It has everything from quizzes to cartoons to totally random stuff. I must have a sick sense on humor because I found this site to be SOOOOOOO amusing. Pay special attention to the " features " section. I laughed till tears came out at the "Ashlee Simpson Lip Syncs", an interactive cartoon where you can make Ashlee lip sync to different songs. My other favorite was Hollywood American Idol, a cartoon where " celebrities " audition for American Idol. There is a game section where you can play totally messed up games like " American Idol Punch Out" and " Who Sung It ", a game where Liquid Generation's " singer " sings a song in a realllllly f-ed up way and you have to guess by multiple choice who REALLY sang it. Not too fun if you know lyrics, but entertaining just the same. You gotta check it out....here is an example of one of the quizzes......



Okay...REALLY.....these things SUCK, because not only did I answer that I would NEVER film myself having sex, but I also anwered any " whore " question conservatively"....bunch-o-crap - lol !

Walking Down Memory Lane.....

Today I was blessed with the company of my 14 year old daughter, which does NOT happen very often since she believes that every waking second should be spent with her boyfriend ( ah, to be almost 15 again....)

It was such a beautiful springtime day, that I decided that it would be nice to take her to some of my former stomping grounds that I used to frequent when I was around her age.
First stop : The Garment District, an alternative/vintage " department store " located in Kendall Square, Cambridge. The Garment District, also known as " Rags " back in the day, is famous for their first floor of " dollar a pound " merchandise. It is basically a whole bunch of clothes scattered on the floor, with people picking through them....yah, we skipped that area but checked out the unique shoe section . The shoe section has new AND formally worn shoes. It is mostly famous for their vast collection of go-go boots ( I actually own a pair from there....Shut up ! It was for a Halloween costume ! )

Up on the second floor, there is an explosion of clothes. They have racks and racks of new, retro, vintage, and used clothing. They also have a costume section ( which , by the way is ALWAYS my first stop when I am looking for a Halloween costume..). There is also a section for up and coming local designers trying to sell their latest creation. At the very back of the store is a 60/70's retro room with everything from dresses to overcoats, most of it polyester and flowery/paisley/psychedelic type garb.

We came away with nothing except some socks ( she is obsessed with socks ), but we DID go back into the 60's room and try on some REALLY kooky hats. I tried to convince her that it would be fun to buy the UGLIEST hat and glasses and wear them in the car, but she didn't go for it ( big surprise...)

Next Stop: Harvard Square, Cambridge. I explained to her that this was THE place to go back in the day. We used to feel so COOL just hanging out there with all the different, and sometimes outright strange people. I showed her where we all used to gather, the wall that is the back of the subway entrance. You can still see the graffiti of days gone by......

We stopped at The Garage, an offbeat mini-mall converted from a garage. This hosts a variety of unique little shops, one of it's most popular being Newbury Comics...which has been there FOREVER !

I also took her to one of my personal favorites, Oonas. Oonas advertises itself as " an experienced clothing " store. It has some normal, run of the mill used clothing, but is greater known for it's VINTAGE stuff. If you want to be like Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink, and convert an old prom dress into your own creation....Oona's is the place to go !

Here are some of the pictures of our little adventure.......

Ok, so this is the weirdest thing we saw today. This guy was dancing to Mexican music collecting money. The sign around his neck says " horse permit ", but I did not get close enough to see what the rest of it said....... 

Ye ole center of the hussle and bussle of Harvard Sqaure, Out of Town News. Check out the guy looking into the camera, apparently thinking I am photographing HIM...yeah OK buddy....

Hey.....who said punk is dead ? This is some guy in Harvard Square who graciously allowed me to photograph him. I did NOT, however ask him how he got his hair to stay like that. Some one once told me sugar and eggwhites.....

Here is The Sign for The Garment District...... 

Makeup and Girly Stuff

Hi Everyone ! Like my sister Stacey ( and my cousin Christine's quest for the perfect foundation...) I have this never ending quest for the perfect mascara. Well, I think that I have found the solution ! LASH PRIMERS ! These products are used BEFORE you put your mascara on. They coat and elongate the lashes. Use them with your favorite mascara. Let me tell yah...they totally WORK ! See a variety of them here ( my personal favorite store Sephora...)