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The End of Two Eras - Part Deux

As I stated in Part Un - some of my colleagues don't understand the signficance of losing Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Both were a huge part of my childhood. Farrah was the eptiome of sexiness in the 70s, back when I was a girl and didn't know what exactly "sexy" was (though I know Rod Stewart was singing something about it "If you want my body <and you think I'm sexy>).

Michael got weird as he became older but he was still a complete genius as a musician and was one of the artists of the 21st century. He moved the video age from its crap one shot white backgrounds, into short movies, a la Thriller. I remember MTv playing the 15 minute (15 minutes!!) video every hour, on the hour. It scared the crap out of my little brother who would run out of the room in fear.

The obit news montages remind me of how he was on the cutting edge of music, videos, advertising, superstar. You can't wrap him up in one paragraph.

 

 

 

 

 

The End of Two Eras - Part Un

What a sad day. Some of my colleagues at work are too young to even understand that today was the end of two eras, the 70's and the 80's.

Farrah Fawcett and her amazing beauty and her hair. I found a website that started playing the Charlie's Angel theme and the music instantly cheered me after an evening of watching sad news about Michael Jackson (he gets a separate post).

 

Dry July Part trois

I'm feeling a Dry July coming on. I have categorically dismissed the music producer (he won't do as a summer fling), I need to focus on taking care of myself, discipline, blah, blah, blah....same as every July.

Can I do it once again?

My first tri....

My first triathlon after two years. I lost last season due to a broken foot.

Seduction

I'm beginning to think seduction, James Bond style, is dead. Sigh....I fear seduction may be dead altogether.

      

Hump Island

I learned at the bachelorette party there is a place called Hump Island.

"If you had to be on a deserted island with three men, who would it be?"

Hmmm....well that didn't take long. I would take:

1) Donovan McNabb

   

2) Barack Obama

 

3) Daniel Craig

Recovery

I am still recovering from my (soon to be) sister-in-law's bachelorette party at LBI in NJ this past weekend. The theme? You guessed it, penises and cocks. I never heard so many joke references about those two words in a 48 hour period. Note the penis shaped cookies and the fact that some of them have blue balls.

 

As it turns out, LBI is the land of the unironic t-shirt. The men in the bars had t-shirts that said things like "Local Celebrity" and "Dante's Peak" ?!!?!?

T-shirts, jeans and flip flops at the bars. I was not yet ready to see "man feet" this season.

A good time was had by all though its taken me about three days to recover from being up late two nights in a row.

Chasing the buzz....

I went out last night to check out a band. Pre-gamed it at Park Bar, then at home. Could not seem to catch a buzz. Maybe my tolerance has gotten too high. Maybe I need to get high.

I saw Menya at Monkeytown. A friend recommended them. They are self-described pop/hip hop/electro. I've been listening to them on MySpace for weeks now.

They did not disappoint. This trio has energy, charisma, they are hot. The ladies really have it going on. I plan on seeing them again soon.

Happy Birthday to me!

I fulfilled a dream by meeting Donovan McNabb yesterday (and officially getting my arm around his waist)! I have a lot to grateful for in my life. More life long musings later....