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?)