I have had this for a couple days and kept forgetting to share! I finally remembered when my pal Del posted it on Facebook! Enjoy,…
A History of Rap: Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake & The Roots
Category Archives: TV Talk
The stuff I see,…?!
Remembering,…
Posted onI still miss you, Grandpa! 
It has been 12 years today since my grandfather passed away and, in so many ways, it feels like it was just yesterday. I think it is almost harder now, with my grandmother gone, too. They were so much of a unit together that, even after my grandfather was gone, it wasn’t quite as bad because I still had my grandmother. But now that she is gone, too, it is just a kind of emptiness where they used to be. It has only been 18 months since I lost her, 12 years since I lost him, and it still seems like it is fresh to me. Sometimes I think I am the only one that still feels this way, but I guess that is okay, even if I am. I love you, Grandpa!
RIP Patrick Swayze
I was 16 when Dirty Dancing came out and it was just about every teenage girl’s favorite movie! He made everyone want to be Baby and to find their Johnny! I loved Ghost but I think Dirty Dancing will always be my favorite. There was just nothing not to like about him, and I am sad for his family.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3L2jz7N_Dk[/youtube]
Kanye “I have no class” West
He was such a gigantic jerk on the VMAs the other night. I read a quote from him awhile ago that was answer to a question he was asked during an interview. He was asked what his biggest regret was and he answered that his biggest regret was that he would never be able to experience watching himself on stage. Really? THAT was your biggest regret?! His arrogance is out of control and he truly needs a reality check. What he did to Taylor Swift was such a classless thing to do. His apologies would probably mean more if he didn’t do this kind of thing so often. I watched him on the premiere of Jay Leno’s new show last night, wanting to hear what he had to say for himself. Jay asked him what his mother would have said and thought of his behavior and he instantly became choked up about it. I will give him that he was definately all about his mama when she was alive, so I hope it wasn’t an act. It seemed like he couldn’t quite acknowledge that she would have been thoroughly disappointed, so I hope it was real. He really needs to take that step back that he talked about on the show, and reevaluate his place in the world. Until then, I am blissfully Kayne-free.
From dance to camou,…
Posted onFrom dance to tears,…
Ok, so I watch So You Think You Can Dance. It is my guilty pleasure. No one dies in it, there is no war, no worries. Besides, I love dance, in all of its forms. But not often does a piece actually move me to tears. Last night, they did a piece about breast cancer. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house by the end of it. It was danced by Melissa and Ade and choreographed by Tyce Diorio. The song is This Woman’s Work by Maxwell. Beautiful!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5cf2Qw6_BI[/youtube]
My baby isn’t a baby anymore,…
Yesterday the Army recruiter called, looking for Donovan. Part of our deal was that, while exploring his options for his future, he would talk to at least the Army recruiter. With the economy as it is today, the military could be the means to his end, a good college education. So we made an appointment with the recruiter and we go to meet him on Tuesday in Watertown. You would think, being an Army vet and an Army wife, that I would take these things in stride. But I guess the Mama side is taking over the vet side for the moment. All of a sudden it hit me that my baby isn’t my baby anymore. Somehow, talking to a recruiter and all that means just brought it home for me. It was one thing, talking about colleges and all of that. But this is the military, not always a walk in the park. And my baby is old enough to be considering it. Just where the hell has time gone that I am old enough to have a kid ready for this? It used to be ME doing the military thing and now my child is considering it?! And the thought of both my husband AND my kid deployed. Holy shit.
O445 came early, & other stuff, too!
Posted onIf there was ever a need for coffee,…
It would be this morning! My friend and neighbor Crystal got a new job and is going to be working night shifts so they have her beginning training at the god-awful hour of 0500. Normally her husband doesn’t leave for post until about 0545 but this morning he had to leave by 0500 to be at work by 0600, so that meant earlier rising for Kiki! Blah! Thank the Goddess for coffee, and lots of it! But 6 of the 7 kids that were gracing my house in the early morning hours have gone to school, so it is just Login and I now for a few hours!
American Idol
To be honest, I was pretty okay with whoever won last night. Hell, I would have been okay with either of them OR Danny or Alison. I loved the finale, though. The sheer variety of musical acts was great and I loved some of the guest musicians that were featured, like Steve Martin and his band. Totally not your typical American Idol fare, but that is why I loved it! Kiss was on, too,… talk about a contrast of genres with Steve Martin! All in all, I think Adam probably lucked out at not getting the win. He is so unique in his style that I think he would have been too fenced in, trying to fill American Idol obligations when cutting his first album. At least this way, he can stay true to himself and his music and sing what HE wants to sing. I don’t think there is much doubt that he will have a career, even without the American Idol win. Hell, it seems that the runners up sometimes have done better than the winners, like Daughtry and Jennifer Hudson.
To the man in the black Silverado,…
I just went to the local Nice ‘n Easy to drop off a hoodie for Crystal, and as I was getting Login bac into his car seat, a man a beautiful black Silerado parked next to me called out to me. He saw the dog tags I was wearing and wanted to know if they were mine. I told him they were Corey’s and that he was currently deployed to Afghanistan. He proceeded to get out of his truck and come all the way around just to shake my hand and say thanks for both Corey’s service and mine as a supportive wife back home. It touched my heart! As the conversation went on, it turns out he was a Vietnam vet who turned 19 in the jungles of that country. He said he had a lot of respect for people who continue to serve after doing time in a combat zone. When he discovered that I, too, was a vet, he was so sweet in his thanks. Not very often am I suprised in a good way but I was definately today!