Look what I found...

My daughter is going to be an extra in a movie this weekend set in the 80's. The casting peps sent us info on what to wear and hair... Um, I was a teen of the 80's man, step back and allow me!

BUT just to be on the safe side, I went back and looked at a couple of videos, old commercials and old movies. It was fun until I dug up...

THE WORLD'S WORST VIDEO EVER... NO REALLY... EVER... THE WORST.

Since I can't figure how to put it here in the bloggy thingy you can click up there (on world's worst video) to see it.

See. I told you. I don't know what it's about, I just know its heinous.

Let's discuss 80's next time, shall we?

I think this speaks for it's self... I will be reading this aloud on my husband's radio show to educate the local neanderthals... your welcome.

(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

(5) Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)

(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' ... that will bring on a 'whatever').

(8) Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying #%*&$!

(9) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.

An American Carol!!!

Oh, I think this is going to be a winner winner chicken dinner! The movie "An American Carol" comes out Oct 3 and I can't wait to see it! It is this country's first openly politically conservative movie... Lefties beware!

Is that important? YES!

Why? How many times have you sat in a theater and thought, that was unnecessary to the plot, why did "they" put that in the movie? Because Hollywood wants to influence the rest of America.

Some of their values are in the toilette.
Some are hard leftwing nutters.
Some don't have a clue.

"They" are people who think we will swallow our entertainment like a dose of medicine... pinch our nose and just take it. And sometimes we do. But what they don't understand is so many more of us would buy those tickets if we didn't have to "pinch our noses."

Wouldn't it be nice to get more family friendly movies that are more than talking animals and animated bugs? How will that happen? If movies with CONSERVATIVE values make MONEY!

WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Go see "An American Carol."
Even if it stinks, see it twice! Let's show Hollywood that what mainstream America is more conservative than they think!

True Blood

Yes, I slammed the first installment of the HBO series. I couldn't help it! I was fresh from a combo of Charlaine Harris' books and my imagination and... well... I don't think anything would have measured up.


But, the second episode was a little better. So maybe this will be one of those series that starts off slow then accelerates until everyone is hopelessly addicted. Kind of like Seinfeld.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Man, I am pumped about fall football! Especially the 8-year old type. Yep, big boy is playing and so of course I'm all stooopid about it. Go EAGLES!!!

What to do with his appetite though? He wants Big Macs, he wants Big Everything. Did you guys actually do this as a child? Then, after football practice, his equipment STINKS! I try to Oust with the spray before I close the door to my vehicle, but not much helps. Tips?

Then the daughter is dance teaming, getting older, little boys helping her with books, wanting to talk to her... hmm. She's 12 and getting to "that age." I tried to ease into the whole "talk" with her by starting waaaayyy back when she was 6 or 7 giving her innocent, yet informative, glimpses of how babies are made and born. We have worked up to the more serious talk now... only problem is... she doesn't want to talk about it.


I know, they all do it. They are beyond embarrassed that "Mom is trying to talk to me about WHAT?!?!" Of course my darling dear takes it to the extreme and pretends to faint. She will actually fall out on the floor and lay unresponsive with her eyes closed until I leave the room.


I don't remember going to those lengths to avoid talking to my Mom. Of course our talk consisted of her leaving a brown book on my bed one day titled, "11 to 13 year olds."



Whatever. I hear UFOs are a hot topic nowadays. Maybe she will talk to me about that?

Hurricanes... Not just a red, frozen drink.

But some must think so. I mean, the National Weather Service releases a statement:


LEAVE NOW OR DIE!


And still you've got "dudes" walking around the Galveston levee wall with blow up rings in the shape of ducks?



At what point in life do you shrug and go, "UhhIdoncare! I'm stayin! It'll be great!" Mmmhmm. Good luck with the 25 foot wall of water.



















Have you read any of the Charlaine Harris books... Sukie Stackhouse collection? Last Sunday HBO turned them into TRUEBLOOD the series. I thoroughly enjoyed the books. The writing style is not intelligent: and that is the beauty of it. Saywha? Well, it's like this...

The stories take place in a small rural town in north Louisiana where most of the characters (no college grad sissies here folks!) find themselves just getting by in the southern backwoods! Throw in some blood suckers and the fun and hi jinx begins! It really is a clever, down home place to visit in your moments of leisure.

BUT... I am disappointed in the HBO show. MOST of the southern accents are over done and a BIG distraction And I know what I'm writing about because I live in Shreveport Louisiana! Some of the characters are such concentrated versions of themselves that I can only take a little at a time. Ouch, that hurts.

AND (the biggest disappointment of them all) the lead love for Sukie, Vampire Bill, is atrocious! (the actor is handsome but made up to look like trailer trash!) In the book, Bill, is a refined gentleman from the past with a silent grace that (along with his polished good looks) make quite an impression on Sukie.

So why do this...







when this fits and is so much more pleasant? Fix it TrueBlood peoples! Please! I want to like this series. There is so little on the telly that I enjoy.

Black Holes... what did you say?

Is that where my son's Math workbook has disappeared to (after only three long weeks of school)? Yeah, the world's most advanced scientists are doing this BIG BANG experiment. Looks like an extravagant Super Wheel of Fortune!

"We're gonna take these lasers, ram 'em together and see what happens!"





It's such a dude's experiment. I remember my cousin Tommy doing pretty much the same thing with bottle rockets at my Memaws. (Plus I can't get the image of this trigger-happy vest-wearing Tropic Thunder guy out of my psche when it comes to this experiment... as he yells "Mother Nature just 'tinkled' in her pants suit!")

Apparently, they will be able to tell why the universe formed the way it did and why matter has mass... Really? With a few collisions and explosions? Scare-dy cats say it could create a gynormous black hole that will suck us all up.


Which begs the question... if this is possibly the end of humanity and our planet, why wasn't this shown somewhere on TV as they were flipping the switch?

I mean, last night I actually had a nightmare about black holes (and screeching, fighting cats... I think that was my husband snoring) and woke up shuddering! That's when it hit me! I felt ticky! Nervous! Like electricity was zapping through my bod! I turned on the tele and... nothing. NO WORD on if the black hole was forming! When hurricanes hit they are front and center with the cameras... what about this hurricane? The Granddaddy of all swirling masses?

Apparently all is well. But they are just getting started! How many more sleepless nights will I suffer not knowing when this Wheel Of Future will spin out of control and eat us? I would like a little heads up if the world is disintegrating. For what? Um... kiss the kids... eat a chocolate bar?

HooDeeeHoooDat!

Oh yeah baby! The Saints is hea'! Yes they won, will it continue? Ask Shockey.

Where does LSU think THEY are going? Okay, Baton Rouge is still nursing the beating they got from big dude Gustav so they may not be able to pull it off, so come on up brothers! We've got a stadium here in Shreveport... Texas? You are taking the LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY TIGERS to TEXAS?

Would New York ship out the Times' Square New Year's Eve celebration to Maryland?

Would Florida roll up their white sand beaches and give them to Utah for a weekend trist?

Would Tennessee jack up Graceland and move it to Michigan?

NO!

I am a Louisiana Tech Girl... love Tech... graduated from Tech. And even I LOVE LSU FOOTBALL enough to feel betrayed at the thought of them playing somewhere else.


I don't know. Maybe I am wrong. Maybe I should see it as us spreading our Tigerness around for the more unfortunate that has never had the chance to experience it. Like sharing... hmm...

Nope. I don't want to share. The LSU Tigers are a state treasure and they belong here... stormy weather or blue skies. For better or for worse.

Till Death Valley do us part.

McCAIN IS ABLE

Wow, the dude's speech was just down right impressive. I mean, you look at John McCain, you hear his voice, you shrug and go... what else is on TV? But if you pause... for a moment... and take in what this man is saying you suddenly lean in and want to hear more.

It's every child's civil right to get a good education... 'bout damn time someone stood up and said it like that. VOUCHERS! Let's finally do it! These children that are stuck in run down schools with a lack of supplies, books, computers, the best teachers, over crowding conditions, violence... these children are AMERICAN CITIZENS that have RIGHTS! A right not to be imprisoned in a failing institution! A right to be able to find a place of peace and understanding and accomplishment! ENOUGH WITH LET'S JUST LET THE SCHOOL BOARD FIX IT!!! They aren't going to! They can't! THE PROBLEM IS TOO OVERWHELMING!!

Give these families a choice to go to the best schools in our area even though they can't afford a house in the nice neighborhoods. What will happen to the failing schools? They will close, be demolished and new ones will be built as the good schools grow and split carrying on the success they have enjoyed.

And that is only one message I heard echoing from the man that isn't debonair, that isn't a rock star, that doesn't whip out his sax to show how "cool" he is. For once, people, let's not vote on emotion. Let's look at integrity, experience, history, backbone!

BACKBONE... Did Obama stand up and speak out when his minister began preaching Anti-American sentiments? No. Imagine what John McCain would do if he would have been in the crowd! Now THAT would have been some riveting video! Sic 'em McCain!

There is much more to say about McCain's speech. For me much more to learn about the man that has given me hope for the Republican party tonight. And... I am intrigued with Sarah Palin. So let the race begin, I challenge you to carve out a little time to figure out who this man is. It's tough, I know. I would like to discuss more of this with you now, but I have to clean the kitchen and eventually take a shower.

We got it all wrong folks!!!

Tomorrow I will walk. With a friend. For exercise. gross. I love getting exercise, but I want to dance in a class or play with the electronic weight things so that it doesn't feel like real work. Walking for no reason when you are going nowhere seems weird.

Speaking of... do you all realize what is going on here? Why we are all fighting fat? It's because we have made our life too convenient! It's nuts, really. Used to, we would walk to a friend's house (cardio), wash our clothes by hand on a board (upper body), hang wash from down in a basket to up on the line (abs, waist), dig a garden and plant the veggies, pick the veggies, walk to church and school, blahblahblah! Now we have all these machines to help us, save us time and make our life easier.

How stupid we are! Now we have to schedule in fitness!! It's moronic! All the time we saved we are using back up to exercise! All the effort we preserve is spent lifting dumbells or walking in circles around our blocks. How many bike riders do you know spend HOURS each week just riding! How crazy do we look to the alien spies? (My idea of the outside perception of humankind)

Really, if you want to loose weight, why not work as a stocker in a grocery store? Something physical so you will get paid to exercise instead of paying a gym to go exercise. I should do that. As an experiment. Really! Would you guys be interested in the results? "I got paid to loose weight!" Picture me on an infomercial!

Sigh... Anyway, I am going to walk in the morning. Not to school, not to work just... around. Because I am posting this blog instead of walking to your house to tell you what I just wrote.

The aliens will laugh at me.