The Brattychick

This kid makes the 12 year old girl in everyone swoon...

My cool Cole did this with friends at church.

Cole is off at a friends house, Miles is out with his Daddy , Dexy and I made an igloo...just like Max .

Sing to me about how you like the flawed tough girl, because I am a sadder but wiser girl. Some boys don't like girls like us. Oh, but some boys do. This is a clip from the 1962 version of The Music Man . Most of the music from the play is really interesting. Meredith Willson does some really cool things with rhythm and onomatopoeia. I love this song. The lyrics make me smile. If you haven't seen this movie, you should. The 1962 version.

Shakira's dancing is so weird that it makes me hate her. And her "sexy" face comes off more mentally handicapped than provocative. She's confused and mediocre. I don't think she is original in the slightest and what she's trying to pull off is better done by the Britneys and Beyonces of the world. Have you seen her awful video for her awful song "She Wolf"? Saying that you need to let the "[she wolf] out so it can breathe" is a metaphor that doesn't really work. It makes me think of 70s bush with a yeast infection. Well, at least some good has come of this train wreck. It spawned this fantastic spoof entitled "She Spazz". Forgive the terrible spelling of the subtitles. We can't all be creative and spell better than a third grader.

I made this on Facebook's graffiti program which is less refined than Microsoft paint. I still like it.

...and probably my last. It took five-ever. This is a real conversation Jamie and I had this morning.

This paragraph from the Wikipedia article on the weirdo band The Residents is the funniest paragraph I've read all day. The Residents, at this time, were at a rough point in their career. There was internal turmoil, which supposedly resulted in a large, "embarrassing" food fight. They decided to resolve this tension in 1974 by allegedly recording what would later become Not Available—representative of N. Senada's Theory of Obscurity taken to its logical conclusion. The album was recorded and then placed in storage to be issued only when everyone had forgotten about it. However, contractual obligations related to the much-delayed release of Eskimo forced its release in 1978 after the band had almost forgotten about it. The Residents were not bothered by this deviation from their plan since the 1978 decision to release the album would not affect the philosophical conditions under which it was originally recorded. Here's a video to illustrate their weirdness.

Play the guitar in a lo-fi garage punk band. The band is Supercharger . The guitarist (on the right) is Darin Raffaelli . He also wrote/co-wrote the genius of the early Donnas. Yes, those Donnas , also he is responsible in whole or part for The Brentwoods and elusive Furious! Fighting! Car Theives (yeah, trust me on this, it's supposed to be spelled that way). P.S. I know the identities of the Car Theives, but I'll never ever tell. P.P.S. I've met The Donnas and they're just as cool as you think and they gave me candy both times. P.P.P.S. I like how the only names I can drop are the most obscure names ever. But whatever, they're awesome people. Here is "I Took A Ride (When You Said I'm Gone)" by Supercharger. And for the boys, here's some early Donnas. You're welcome.

So Bangkok Blues has a sort of an open mic night on Sundays. Everyone brings their instruments and they set up little groups. So I'm going to sing. The catch is that I have to sing blues. I think I don't like the blues. Please let me know what your top 3 blues songs are. Here's one I think I'm going to do this Sunday.

This is for Nick , who sold wine today while listening to The Misfits.

I have a cold today. But it's only in one nostril. Weird. My left face is fine but my right face is all stuffy. It's been a very rough week for me, so I thought we could watch some TV, internet.

Sometimes actors, directors, writers, artists have a lifetime of genius in them. And sometimes they shoot all their brilliance out in one ejaculation. So far, that is how I feel about Kate Hudson in Almost Famous . I think that this scene is incredible. Everytime I've been betrayed, my MO is to act just like this.

"What's all this?" -George Banks from Mary Poppins I don't know why but this quote cracks me the freak up. You probably don't feel the same way, but since when has my blog been about you? Unless you are, like, anybody I know. In any case, I've decided to incorporate this phrase into my vocab. If you care to listen to a blast from your childhood:

This is Dexter reading our Control Tower, which lists our daily events. "Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, January 20. We'll watch the inauguration of our first African American President today. Hooray! This is history in the making. You will remember this day for the rest of your lives! Burgers for dinner."

I took Cole to see Surf's Up today. It's a cute kids movie about surfing penguins. There was an old washed up surfer penguin who had faked his own death because he didn't knew he was going to lose a surfing contest and he didn't want to disappoint his fans. He became a fat hermit in the woods. So his biggest idol is this novice surfing penguin and of course they meet. They end up at the hermit penguins old beach shack. The old penguin begins reminiscing and he looked so sad as he touched his old surf boards and picked up his ukulele out of the sand. I understood how he felt. I feel old and washed up and fat too. There are memories from my past that I miss so much . I probably spend way too much time visiting those memories. I can play them back like movies in my mind. Things have been different for me. I got pregnant immediately after high school, and within a year I was married with a family. Even after all this time, every once in a while I grieve over the lost car...

Look at me like you mean it and be able to dance well...and like a man. Also, it wouldn't hurt if, while I was standing in a spotlight, you could slide on your knees up to me? And go ahead a lose the sequined matador jacket, cause that kinda ruins the masculine part of the dancing I was just talking about. I guess that might be too specific. This is Paul Mercurio in Strictly Ballroom . He is beautiful in this movie.

I'm not feeling good, internet. Just watch some tv until I'm better.