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Cowabunga, Dude

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That should say it all. That is none other than Teen Wolf, flanked by snippy and yours truly, somegosoftly.

You may recall that for her birthday, we did the 80s power ballad sing alongs. I talked about it here and again here. Well, I wasn’t that good then, but last night, I shined. Like a giant shiny day glo disco ball. Last night we attended Rock the Casbah with DJ Mel at the Parish. Now we’re talking 80s pop and dance music. all. night. long. Madonna, Prince, Wham, Duran Duran, Yes. I knew almost all of it. It was clear to any bystander that I did, as well as my crew, as we shouted and sang and danced.

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These are some 5 star costumes. Teen Wolf was only one of the entourage of 20+ the best friend brought out last night. It was a trip, there was so much to see and point at and danced to. From “Our House” to “Our Lips Are Sealed”, I’ve never crooned and swayed and jived more passionately. The only thing(s) that could have made this night a better way to spend our last Saturday night in Austin are if JC my super rockin’ dance partner had been there and I was able to give out awards, including but not limited to the following categories:

  • Best Use of a Scrunchie
  • Best Sunglasses Worn at Night
  • Most Unique Interpretation of an 80s Dance Move
  • Cutest Boy in a Members Only Jacket
  • Best Stonewash of Jean
  • Highest Side Ponytail

MK pulled out a little dance move for Depeche Mode that completed my night and vaulted it in my memory as the greatest dance party of all time.

Party all the time, party all the time…

Tell me, what is your most hoppin’-ist 80s dance song?

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So Sleepy

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What? Where’s my bed??? That’s right folks, thanks to some best friends help and some elbow grease, and a little magic, every last giant piece of furniture is in storage. Yippee! What a day. For those guys, I guess.

We had Maudie’s for probably the last time, fought with the neighbors for hopefully the last time, and took a nice little nap on our nice little air mattress. This is the high life, let me tell you. I don’t even have a television any more *gasp*!

As a matter of fact, you might like to know that I’m blogging on the floor with the laptop propped up on the sub for my speakers. Too cool. We’re on our way out to see a few more friends, say a few more goodbyes, and attend a very special event that I will wait until tomorrow to elaborate on.

After that, it will be a whirlwind week and a road trip I know I won’t be able to wait to tell you about. I’m not too good in the car that long, I hope I can take it! I hear it’s a pretty monotonous drive.


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Cry Babies

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Don Imus is an old guy. With a radio show. Well, he used to be.

Who hasn’t called someone a ‘nappy headed ho’? I can get a little nappy when I go running. It’s normal. White or black, you can be nappy, and ho-y. Sheesh, men can be hos. I’d like to list the crybabies for you:

  • MSNBC
  • Steve Capus, NBC News division President
  • Bruce Gordon, former NAACP President
  • The Rev. Al Sharpton
  • The Rev. Jesse Jackson
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • American Express Co.,
  • Sprint Nextel Corp.,
  • Staples Inc.,
  • Procter & Gamble Co.,
  • General Motors Corp. — all pulling ads from Imus’ show indefinitely.
  • Edited-to-add Head On, per comments.
  • reporter Ron Allen
  • “Today” show’s Al Roker
  • Barack Obama
  • Hillary Clinton (right after Obama)

Obama? Seriously? Everyone gets all up in arms about something that wasn’t even meant to be heard. Does it particularly suit their cause to take a stance? Mistakes happen. The less we pay attention, the less they will happen and become offensive. I’m a severe proponent of ignoring things and letting them go away since the first airing of the episode of South Park that made me see that overusing a swear word takes away it’s sting. Feeding into anything makes it worse. The more sensitive we become to stupid remarks, the more they sting. It’s a bandwagon, and people crying are telling us they are on the side of ‘moral fiber’. I’m not racist. I have more moral fiber if I ignore it and move on, maybe donate to charity.

Imus does some good, too: As of 9 a.m., $450,000 had been pledged. Last year’s Radiothon raised a total of $2.9 million for the three charities — Tomorrows Children’s Fund, CJ Foundation for SIDS and the Imus Ranch.

If we all had to think before we did things, I might never have gotten married, bought those super cool sunglasses, or published this ‘insensitive’ post.

This is not the first time he’s made off color remarks. Here’s a couple interesting articles:

Newsday

NYTimes

Pass the Word

Click the picture thumbnail to see Hillary’s website:

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Should he have been fired? I don’t think so.

Rutgers girls are even over it now. So why all the fuss?

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Harsh Reality

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Two suitcases: Full. Closet: Still not empty. I wouldn’t call myself spoiled, more like, never throws anything away. But I have a temporary closet and three big bags in storage, and still can’t manage to pack small enough for this trip. I know I am headed to a place with an exceptionally small closet and chest of drawers. That I have to share. I can’t decide what to take and what not to. The big issues are the cooler weather, meaning more heavy clothes, and the working out and hiking plans, which make all that kind of stuff necessary. I keep thinking about all these events that are going to come up and I’ll be forced to remember an outfit that I don’t have with me that would have been perfect. In reality, there will probably be no events.

I did however, make a cunning and stunning purchase a while back that I kept meaning to tell you about. Snippy had a good time hearing this one: I bought rubber shoes. They are for gardening? Rain? Nothing? I can’t determine if they will work at all, but it rains in Seattle, so surely I need rain shoes. Here’s the idea:

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Although mine are not yellow, they are already packed so you’ll have to imagine these with leopard and black bows. I know what you’re thinking: “But, somegosoftly, you hate leopard.” To which I reply, “I also hate rain but enjoy cheap shoes on sale.” Or maybe you are thinking, “Those don’t look like they will keep your feet dry, as you wear them to look fashionable, but they are not galoshes you can stick your pants in to and they make no sense.” I have to go with “You are probably right but I will be sure and let you know.”

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Weird Week

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The last week before you put all your things away and drive for five days is very odd.

Your diet: I’m eating cans of tuna that have been in the cupboard for a while. I made pancakes without a spatula. I’m over-seasoning everything. Because we’re trying to get rid of all the odd stuff. We have no pans or anything now, so it’s Lean Cuisines for dinner. Mmm.

Your wardrobe: I’m wearing and washing things over and over, half of my clothes are in suitcases to bring, the other half are in storage. And some things I can’t decide what to do with are sitting lonely on one little closet rack. Don’t make fun of me if I’m in the same shirt for the week.

Your schedule: I’ve been getting up earlier and earlier, and in the middle of the night, thinking of things to do, and then not being able to relax until I’ve done them. During the day, I don’t feel like working out after moving heavy things, so I wait until late – or don’t go at all.

Your communication: I’ve been calling friends to let them know I’m leaving, reminding family, and writing through email, myspace and blog all over to make sure everyone knows and cries. It’s like having a baby, it’s all we talk about. Get a grip, somegosoftly, it’s 6 months.

Your mood: MK and I are a little insane. We’re trying to fit everything into the back of the car, so we’ve turned into snoopy snoop comparer’s.

Actual conversation tidbits: “Well, if you’re bringing three toothbrushes I don’t see why I can’t bring these notebooks..”

“Like you’re going to use that dictionary. You can’t spell.”

“Maybe if you quit burning CDs and got our taxes done, we could pack that computer.”

“How about you just buy me a new laptop when we get there?”

That last one was me, duh.

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In other somegosoftly news, last night I had a very exciting dinner conversation, and bartered some of my time for a guest blogger that will tide you over while I’m on the road. A really good, funny, better than any guest blogger ever guest blogger.

Yay!!!

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You Tube For All

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Everyone is talking about this, everyone. It is very funny.

I love Alanis Morissette.

But I have to tell you, when I saw THIS, I was even more impressed:

Equal amounts of shock, horror, and amusement. You Tube is delicious. There is just no end to the stuff out there. My only concerns are that 1) Celine is for serious and 2) she’s on my blog.

Yikes.

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Playing All Day Again

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You’re going to have to let me know when you’re sick of this stuff, it’s making me L.O.L. though. For serious. It’s great being fun-employed. Honestly, I just scrolled all the way down the page myself. It is too much. I promise to go out and do something so I have a story to tell you. Soon. I’m just so busy packing…

That was my web2.0 logo, from the Web Name Generator .

I found all these today from the Generator Blog

This is my neon sign, duh:

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This is my puzzle:

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And this, obviously, is my favorite.
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