Mama Mia!

This play was fun! It reminded me of girls nights.

Girl Groups

So the Spice Girls have reunited for a world tour...I wish I could afford tickets...
Reason being that I liked the Spice girls when I was nine, and a decade later, I still groove to their music.
I turn it down when people come into the room, but it's usually too late- they've heard the embarrassing poppy music and cheesy lyrics, and pictured five skinny girls in silly clothing.
To my surprise, they say "Hey, turn that back up! I love the Spice Girls!"
(these people are usually girls. I haven't tried the Spice girls on any of my guy friends as of yet. My nine year old guy friends were more into other music.)

I've even added the Spice girls as one of my radio stations on pandora.com. Pandora takes your music selections and mixes them with similar music. I like it because it introduces me to new artists I might like and even opt out of music I don't like. My Spice girls radio station usually comes up with other pop music of the 90's. Britney, 'NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Janet Jackson, and Destiny's Child are among the mix. Yes- this is the blissful Spice Girls station.

I listen to it all the time.

And then, as I am nostalging over the 90s, a song comes on the radio station that does fit in.

And then, it DOES fit in...but it's NEW!

The Pussycat Dolls have sung their way onto my Spice Girls station.

This doesn't make sense to me at first. How are the lingerie- wearing, sultry, come- hither singing Dolls like the....wait...

They pretty much are the spice girls- 11 years later and up- to date. A clique of attrative women. Revealing clothes. Suggestive lyrics. Attitude. Personality. Lots of production. The center of the pop world.

Girl groups begain in the 1960, when Ron Spector started the Ronettes and Motown supported the Supremes. Girl groups were fun. The british invasion and put girl groups in the background. Flash forward to the 80s with Salt 'N Pepa, and continued with TLC and then Destiny's Child. The Spice Girls were the most successful of all of these.

Each wave of girl group fun was up- to- date on society's norms. Each has gotten more risque with their clothing and their lyrics. They seem to come into the spotlight and then leave after their run is done.

But people still like the Supremes. My conservative, too- embarassed- to- dance mother shakes it UP when she hears them.

And girls my age like the Spice Girls...

Are girl groups more classic than I gave them credit for? They might not seem serious enough to be taken seriously. But what is classic music? Could it be the stuff we listen to and love repeatedly, no matter how long it's been or how many times we've heard it?

And the Village People wrote silly songs a long time ago. People still listen to them.

*sigh* BITE

Watch this. Tell me what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb3g3F7cttc

After watching, I think we're probably thinking the same thing. Yeah. Saddest movie, but one of the best. Right?

No!

Did anyone notice that Satine is a VAMPIRE? You might want to watch it again now...

Alright, let's go over this. As soon as the lights go off, Satine convulses in pain. Anyone's notive how white her skin is? Christian runs to her. She does even have the strength to raise her head, but after she "has a coughing fit" and has been close to Christian, there is blood on her nouth. Everyone is sad.
theme: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return."

Yeah...here's how it really went. The lights onstage are pretty bright. Anyone who's been up there knows. It gets bright and hot. Guess what? Vampires don't do well in the light. In fact, they die.

Now Satine, is a pretty strong vampire. She can stand the light for a little bit.Did anyone notice how she doesn't go out during the day? Yeah- She's a "lady of the night", in more than one way.

The pale skin just adds to her vampireness.

Anyone notice how Christian gets all pale and crying after Satine "coughing" on him. There she is with blood in her face, and he's looking pale, sweaty and upset.

I would be too if I were bitten by a vampire.

At the end of the clip, you see Christian typing up the story. (i guess being bitten by a vampire is one kind of inspiration.) (depression is another) and he's both!.

Anyway. of anything her could write, he has to type "live forever".

Hmmm. what kind of person lives forever? Oh! Vampires! Unless they've been shot with a silver bullet through the heart....or stabbed in the heart with a cross....or out near garlic....

....or being under a spotlight for too long.

But before she died, Satine passed her vampiric qualities onto her lover. How sweet. Now HE will live forever!

The best love story ever!

*Please note. I really did appreciate this movie. I see myself purchasing it in the future. The way the movie was shot was amazing. I liked the way the mood changed between the crazy parties with many distractions and the long romantic shots. It really showed a difference between the fleeting, valuless things and the true, everlasting things in life. It's sad that people try to overpwer things so pure and true.
I thought about the above section because I was joing around in an effort not to cry and the end.

In Cold Blood

I read Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" recently. It made me think about how i judge people. Both men who killed the Clutter family seemed friendly and sane on the outside. Most people who met them thought Perry was a nice man, though a little off kilter, and Dick was a personable person.

I don't let people into my life very easily. When I meet new people I try to feel them out quickly. I think I'm pretty good at feeling people out. for the most part. I usually don't decide I like someone who ends up disappointing me later. If anything, I choose to not be close to someone and then change my mind when I know more about them.

"In Cold Blood" made me change the way I look at people. I shouldn't judge people by how they act, but also by what they do. A look into Perry's and Dick's past shows clues to their erratic and lethal behavior. It's what people do that make a difference. This is in addition to how they act and what they say.

I want a dog!

I want a dog. Period.

The are a few problems though....

Other than considering things like roommates, landlords, the lawn and my bank account, dogs can be rather...well....gross?

Aren't dog's the ones who slobber? and pee? I would grow to hate any dog that peed on my stuff. I would hate anyone who peed on my stuff...Maybe that's why I don't lie babies or my brother...they have the potential to pee on things....

Don't they eat their own poop?

Sometimes they smell bad...not all the time though. And it seems like fun to give the dog a bath. If worst comes to worst I can just spray it down with a hose and squirt some shampoo at it. This dog thing is sounding more fun with each passing moment.

I'm thinking..it can't be a BIG dog. I couldn't afford to feed one. and if it sat in my lap, the circulation in my legs would stop. I have a hard enough time with my parent's cat and comes and sleeps on my chest. Imagine waking up to find a fifteen lb weight on you. Yeah- you can't breathe.

It needs to be able to have a small yard. I don't own a golf course or anything.

If I did own a golf course I wouldn't mind dog pee on it. The dog could dig holes wherever they want too. Aren't there holes all over the golf course anyway? Someone with a dog must have invented golf.

More about golf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X04wZpqx3U

Anyway. So here's what i'm thinking. Jen- if you're reading this, please take especial note...tell me if you want it or no...

Ladies and Gentlemen
I'm thinking of getting a Corgi!

(Maryann said this would work well since i'm such a corgi person ha..ha..)

But look at it!
If it looks short, that's because it is. No- this is not lame.

Corgi's were bred in Wales to be herding dogs. If cows or sheep kicked them, they were so small they could just roll out of the kick without being hurt. Or the cow would just miss because the dog was located so close to the ground.

They are agressive dogs, and want to please their owner.


Who know's? I could even get a dog like this. Notice how happy HE is just sleeping...awww

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I never feel quite as well- read as I would like to be. At the book club yesterday, everybody had really good suggestions as to what we should read next. Her's what we came up with

1. One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey *- we're reading this now
2. Mrs. Dalloway- Virginia Woolfe
3. The Giver- Lois Lowry
4. To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee
5. Beloved- Toni Morrison
6. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain
7. The Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver
8. Invisible Man- Ralph Ellison
9. Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
10. The Number One Ladies Detective Agency- Alexander McCall Smith

designers take note!

The judges at the MuchMusic video awards gave a sigh of relief when a certain starletf stepped out of her limo. Hilary Duff decided to censor her cleavage for the night.

A good move for the coming of age pop star. But can someone just give her a clue- "Hey Hilary, it's okay to show your stuff. You're not on the Disney channel anymore. Apparently she hasn't noticed her famous forerunners, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera who have successfully transcended the Disney world- to- Hollywood barrier.

Perhaps this is a stylistic choice.

Maybe she dribbled some mac and cheese on herself during the Duff family dinner. What a great way to cover up a stain!

I have to give her props though. My mother would be happy if she saw me wearing this. Once time she said "Honey, why do you show off your cleavage so much?"
"mom, it's kind of hard to pretend you don't have boobs when you're a C cup"
Mom, (an A cup, trying to be a B cup), nods aquiescingly, "Well, you're right, I guess the only thing I can do to keep cleavage is this.
and she pushed her boobs together.

Thank you Hilary, for being such an outstanding model of modesty. The next time I see a cleavage furrow, i'll make a mental note to censor my own clothing.