here's my pick for American Idol: he's rocking the Elvis look. I think I might be inclined to get a little Paula groove on if I was there.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert-Brilliant
This is one of my favorite poor me songs,when I was a teen. I like what Smokey Robinson said when asked what his inspiration for the song he said " I imagined someone that was so sad that you could actually see the line of tears down their face" ( I paraphrase) I thought of my Dad he had a scar down the right side of his face (from being a goalie in hockey) but I used to think those were the tracks of his tears.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
gross out alert- teenage humor
boy trimming his toenails in the car don't ask why
girl dont put those on the floor
me covering my coffee
boy look at that that is a two hand snipper
now that is something to be proud of
girl ewwwww that is so gross
if you throw that out the window
it will be like a boomerang and come back and kill us
More New Math.Com
here's a little insight into our lives with some help from more new math.com go check it out.
Names have been removed to protect the innocent and ensure family and community harmony.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
I Love Craig Furgeson- Or AI...GENIUS?????
and I quote from a recent monologue:
"We don't want a press conference, I want to see Obama on TV hitting the AIG executives with a sock full of quarters shouting, 'Here's change we can believe in, ya bastards.'"
Our Internet President Strikes Again
What question will you be asking?
I've got a few:
will I ever get back the equity , cold hard cash I put into my home?
why can't I refinance without paying PMI, when I put 30% down on my home?
If the market is destined to go down another 30% before it breaks this resistance, why shouldn't I take my money and get a safe predictable 4%?
what will happen if lots of other people do this?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I Hate Flying.... But I Like to Travel
southwest airlines is budget but you get the humor for free???
what do you get for free when flying these days?
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Too Much Information
having teenagers makes me very reflective
all those I'll never.....
I'll always remember what it feels like ......
they are like casper circling my head
PBISAB
Hmm that is my new text short
And I'm thinking about depression
it was part of my adolescent life ,
and I thought that was part of the deal
move every two years
cry be depressed move
repeat
now I can look back and see the pattern
first in my parents
and now in me
it makes me sad that my parents
got by
got through life
they didn't feel like they deserved more
sad was what they knew
and better than sad
was a huge improvement
now that I can look back I see big
gulches
bouncing off the bottom
so because of that
I had a New England composition to fight hard, to dust my self off, even when I was bouncing off the bottom
So I can go back
always being more sad or sensitive
my mom saying "all your friends have to do the same thing
they are fine."
I remember feeling really sad in my teens.
and in college wanting to sleep in a dark room for days.
stuff in between
the traumatic birth of my son,not knowing why I didn't feel quite right and feeling scared
the purchase of our house in California
my father's death
the sale of our house in California , in and out of escrow
our move to Hawaii
9/11 one week after
one year later Mom arriving with inflammatory breast cancer
fire
death
hip replacement
melt down
teen agers
Life is circular
scary
huge
I have not grieved
all of those huge events
I just kept moving on
and now
it's taking my breath
and energy away
and I am not quite sure how that is going to play out
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Life Repeats Itself
I hate saying good bye yet it is a permanent part of my life
backing up.....
beep beep
I'm an Air Force brat
saying good bye was part of my child hood
I developed a strategy
don't think about until you have to
live for today
I think a lot of military families have to operate on that principle
but then when the day came to say good bye it was never easy
i remember many plane rides looking out the window
tears streaming down my face thinking
not again
but in my heart i knew all of those relationships made an imprint on me
that was there forever
no matter
i remember my father leaving in the middle of the night
I was little so I felt like he was leaving forever
my mom always seemed so sad
he was a navigator with the air force and he had to get his flight hours in
I didn't understand
stood under his big overpowering body thinking how can you leave us
why is mom so sad
it wasn't until I was
cleaning out my moms apartment after she died that it all came together
My due date had past
my Dad was supposed to go on a routine flight with his crew
he stayed home waiting for me
i was born
the crew was lost at sea
his Wing was never to be found in the pacific
so on the days following my birth he had to console
the families left behind
and I'm sure he had survivors guilt
but when I found out about this I thought
hey I saved my Dad's life
maybe that's too egocentric
but my coming into this world
might have kept him from exiting this world
I think about that now
and my fathers cherry cheeks
and a certain way he looked at me some times
later in life
and even though he never told me it
i want to believe that those extra years he had because he stayed home for my birth
were
worth
it.
But I would be a very different person, today If I actually heard those words
out of his mouth
but I can't
so I go on
and I still
hate saying good bye
Friday, March 6, 2009
Back To Real Life For Slum Dog Kids
Azharuddin Ismail, one of the kids from "Slum Dog Millionaire" , is suffering the effects of all the attention.
"He has been prescribed antibiotics by doctors, who said he is suffering from fever and exhaustion, but his condition has continued to worsen.
Azhar's neighbours have also rallied round to build an 8ft by 5ft metal structure for him to sleep under out of the sun.
The families of the two child stars have said their children are not readjusting to life back in the slums after five days of glitz and glamour in Los Angeles."
Mother Shameem Ismail said: "It has all become too much for him. He is very ill and has not recovered from going to America and all the media interest since we got back."
Both Rubina Ali and Azharuddin continue to wear their Oscar clothes and pine for life in America:
For Rubina, the highlight was her new pale blue dress, which she is still wearing. She says: "When we got to America, Uncle Danny (Boyle)) arranged for some clothes for us. I had never been given so many clothes. I picked out seven dresses and four pairs of shoes. I felt so special in my party dress that I never want to take it off. I felt like a princess walking down the red carpet."
Rubina also said:
"I don't want to sleep on the floor anymore. I want a proper bed and live where the air does not smell of poo. I have seen what it is like in America. Here, there is garbage everywhere, people get angry, swear and shout. I have realised how bad life is here. I just want to get out."
One of the biggest shocks for the young pair was having their own hotel rooms. Rubina explains: “I had never slept in a proper bed alone before. It was nice, I guess. Me and Azharurddin loved jumping on it, we broke it because we played so hard. We had a room each but I went to sleep in his room. His mother was there too. I’ve never slept in a room on my own and I was scared—it felt better to be with people.”
Now back in India, Rubina is struggling to readjust to her old life. Her uncle Mohid Din Khan—who chaperoned her on the trip—says: “She didn’t want to come back but we have all tried to convince her it is OK.”
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Did You Know?
Our kids are growing up in a technological revolution that shows no signs of slowing down.
How much of what they learn in school or at home is actually relevant , or will be when they graduate from college?
The University of Google is where many start learning and answering questions today.
"The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years. For students starting a four year technical degree this means that half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study."
Game On
My Husband's family is super competitive especially when it comes to, scrabble, basketball, tennis, running, debating about politics, debating about who had it worst or best growing up in a big family and last but not least,
ping pong.
This is my husband after he beat one of his brothers in ping pong:
Just Kidding
Bizkit the Sleep Walking Dog
Can you imagine if Bizkit was in bed with you and it was late at night and this happened.
Not that my dogs sleep in my
bed
or
anything.
25 Things I Hate About Facebook
I have to say on behalf of my kids , I really , really hate the relationship gossip. In the blink of an eye you can go from "in a relationship" to SINGLE without even knowing it!
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