Aging Oneself with Trends

"........as I was walking down the street one day...."

I'm finding a trend these days - when summer hits - I hit-up the Oldies music. It didn't occur to me until one night I had just downloaded some Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago & Elton John. My buddy called me and I answered with a "Cadilac, ack, ac, ac!!" Love 'ya Billy!

The sad thing is that this isn't the first time I've gong through this. The summer of 2005 I had a huge crush on The Carpenters. I had purchased the Gold-set for my mother on her birthday and then ended up 'borrowing' it (return date is iffy) right back.

This year the Summer of 2008 song list includes:
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
Heart Songs - Weezer
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
Say it Ain't So - Weezer
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Dream On - Aerosmith
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago
Saturday Night in the Park - Chicago
You're the Inspiration - Chicago
Let's Grove - Earth, Wind and Fire
Lyin' Eyes - Eagles
Close to Me - The Cure
Lovesong - The Cure
The Final Countdown - Europe
Stayin' Alive - BeeGees
You Should be Dancin' - BeeGees
More Than a Woman - BeeGees

Thanks to Weezer I 'updated' myself.

Throw-up

Tonight I'm trekking my butt out of the 'burbs early from work to sit in 1.5 hrs of traffic so I can head to south Philly to meet my own kind.

Not a chick book club.

Not a group of sales people.

Not MN Alums.

None other than.......

Republicans. (GASP!!) (DON DON DONNNNN!!!)

With the election looming and even more daily saturation of rage against the GOP most notably in my union-heavy town, it's hard to find 'My Kind'. Not that I don't enjoy my opposite party friends; it's just that, even after hearing their thoughts and opinions, sometimes it's fun to not have to feel like I'm constantly in need to tip-toe around subjects and defend my personal beliefs.

This period is what I call...... Myself vs. Generation of the 'Selfish-Lazy'

Argue I'm lazy and I'll be saying sure....lazy about getting out of bed early, lazy at making myself dinner but certainly not lazy about doing something for myself and others to make our community stronger/better/safer.

So I'll try to be remember my 'civic' pride when I'm cursing my way through traffic tonight.

Maybe Ty was right - D) Space Colonization - (R)

Axis of Evil

".......The Axis of Evil, you know....Iran, Iraq and one of the Korea's."

One of my favorite political parodies is where Will Farrell plays GW talking about his "list" of those who belong in the Axis of Evil.

Well, I just realized that today, I just may have my own list of those who belong on the Axis of Evil.

FedEx
PopPop
The new Indiana Jones movie


Why?

FedEx likes to ship stuff back to me and charge me an arm and a leg for it though they didn't even consult me over the fact that customs rejected the product.

PopPop thinks 12:30 am phone calls are 9:30 pm. He's wrong.

Indiana Jones sucked the life out of me. 2 hrs of my life I'll never get back.

CELEBRATE!!

I made my first 'official' sale yesterday. Yes, I'm a little excited and feel a lot less defeated. Woohoo. I was even more pumped for the fact that it was on my mother's birthday. So fitting, I could deliver the good news to a lady who has been supporting me through some of the rougthest and bitchiest moments.

The laugh of the day came from when my sister-in-law called and left a message to congratulate me. The voicemail had here yelling praises and ending with, "I hope you're out celebrating tonight!!"

And if you were wondering, yes I was celebrating. I celebrated by spending two hours going from store to store (and making phone calls) to find a window AC so I could sleep in my bedroom during this 95+ degree weather with extreme humidity.

Yes, I know how to celebrate!

Morning Joe

Good Morning..............USA!

Yes, I'm crazy. Crazy tired that is. I have been enhaling RedBull in hopes of gaining wings to help my fly but it looks like the only 'flying' I'll be doing is my head whamming down onto my keyboard out of pure exhaustion.

Why exhaustion? Perhaps because on Saturday I decided that it would be awesome to go to a concert at Penn's Landing from 2 pm until 11 pm in 95 degree heat and then following that up with little sleep and then another afternoon in the sun hanging out on the Wall at the Manayunk Bike Race...gah.

And now I'm just trying to stay alive. Woohoo to 100 degrees today!

Summer has begun.

Well people, I know that technically it's not summer quite yet. But in all reality, when you are sweating due to heat and high humidity when just standing...I think that's a pretty good sign that summer is in the house. As much as I hate summer (okay, that's a lie) I do like a few things about it. For example, my birthday. Yes,the big 12 Days of Me are coming up soon and I need to start planning now. The other big reason why I like summer.....skirts/dresses. I can roll with the best of them, speaking of boys, but what keeps me grounded in knowing that I'm a full-fledged girl - the fact that I like dresses and cute shoes. Summer gives you the full on opportunity to wear bright colors, flowy dresses and feel pretty.

Sorry if I just made you gag, but I will admit, I'm sitting here and typing away in a summer dress.

I may have mentioned two of the big reasons why I can tolerate summer but there are some others.......

1. Baseball
2. Cookouts
3. Drinks on the deck
4. Sunhats
5. The smell of freshly cut grass
6. The lake with my family
7. S'mores
8. Gin & Tonic in Bubba Keg quantities
9. Chinese lanterns at outdoor parties
10. The lax attitude