FFF: TV Shows the Freshman Class has never heard of

Can you think of any others?

Monkeeing Around

When I was little I loved watching the Monkees on Nick at Nite and frequently recorded episodes on the families VHS recorder to watch over and over. My big brother would always try to get my goat by telling me that they weren't a real band and that it was faked for the show. Pshaw. As if.

At first the clownish Mickey was my favorite Monkee.



But then later on I decided that Mike Nesmith's strong silent knit capitude was more of what I wanted in a man. He was a hipster way before hipsters were even born.

But then I decided in college that Peter Tork was the one for me....and I guess that I haven't wavered from that.


Are those bathing suits or underpants?

I've never been in to Davy for some reason. How about you? Who is your favorite Monkee?

Happy 4th of July

Whatever you're up to this weekend I hope you get to relax, get outside, and celebrate America.

People have a lot of bad things to say about our home. I'm not immune to that line of complaining either when it comes to politics and environmentalism. But come on....let's not blame AMERICA for that. We know who the real culprits are.
But America, the land we love, is beautiful. It is home to a wondrous array of plants and animals, plentiful sources of fresh water to drink and rich soil for growing food. It is because of that bounty of life supporting ecology that we get to enjoy all of the other material pleasures that we have...instead of having to struggle to find food and water. Other nations have this burden and we are lucky to be so free to pursue our own wants and not have to focus so much on our needs.

And I know that pretty much no one has anything good to say about the government these days....but they aren't all bad. I mean, what would your life be like without schools, parks, roads, libraries and the emergency systems? For as much as we complain about traffic, taxes and the educational system can you imagine life without it? We're not perfect here in America. We've always been a bunch of misfits and we're still very young but we've got a good thing going here when you pause to think about it.

Free For All Friday- Beefcake Edition

I've heard that it might be a good idea to feature more celebrities on this blog. Well, don't mind if I do....and when we think of celebrities, we think of our favorites. Here are my favorite celebrities that I have crushes on. Otherwise known as a little bit of eye candy for your Friday.

Ok. Let's just get this guy out of the way. I've had a crush on him since his October Sky days and I'm so glad that he hasn't turned out to be a jerk yet.









Seems like these days every one LOVES Glee and while most of the gals I know are hankering after hunky Mr. Schuster I've got to say that something about his hair gel and vests is a little too Kirk Cameron for me. No, for my money I prefer Finn. And good news! He's super legal.

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You're going to want to click on that. He does push ups. I'm just saying.

Who else? Well....pretty much the entire cast of the new Star Trek! Do I like that guy when he's on Heroes? Well, no....evidenced by the fact that I don't know his real name....but Spock. Um yeah. I could go for some Spock.

This list is shaping up to be kind of nerdy. We've got the rocket boy, a glee club member and Star Trek. Hmmm...well let's move over to some rock stars since rock stars are always super cool. Here's one of my favorites.

Hmmm...perhaps my favorite rapper is more traditionally handsome?

Well, at least I know I won't have to fight you for him.

What can I say? You can keep your Brad Pitts and David Beckhams. I'm all about a goofy grin and a sense of humor. Clean cut style and a pretty eyes don't hurt either. Which is why I prefer my adorable husband to any famous piece of tail that you can see on the silver screen. (I'd post a picture of him but I don't want to crash the server.)

What would you do? FFF

Imagine this hypothetical situation:

A fairy godmother type appears in front of you during your lunch break. She offers you $1000. You eagerly accept! After all you need a new dishwasher and the kids need to go to summer camp. Your husband's student loans are staring you down or you'd like to start an IRA for your retirement.

"Not so fast!" says the Fairy Godmother, "You have to spend this money on yourself.....for something FUN."

I think a lot of us grown up types are so used to being practical that the idea of spending such a big chunk of change on something selfish and fun never occurs to us. It's much easier to think of ways to spend the money on practical things or on gifts.

So what would you do, Dear Reader(s)? How would you spend $1000?

free for all friday

because when I was 16 I was totally in love with Val Kilmer.  especially from The Saint and Real Genius. *drool* . I even dated a guy that looked like Val and even my mom said 'wow he is cute isn't he?" *sigh*

so without further ado...

Free for all Friday!!!

There's lots of things to love about spring, but there's somethings about spring that i can leave. TORNADOES!!! ooh spooky.

I love thunderstorms, but when those tornado sirens go off our weather radio says 'tornado warning' I get all freaked out. I thnk I get it from when I was a kid and my mom would start emptying out the closet under the stairs so we'd have somewhere to hide while my dad stood on the front porch. Now we have a basement so we can just run downstairs, but it's still scary to know that a thunderstorm could drop a tornado on our front porch.

We've been watching storm chasers the last few seasons and I LOVE it. I just don't love the idea of them being in my 'hood.



I also remember a HUGE tornado when I was in high school in our area. I think this gave me reason to be freaked out.  Back then i lived about 30 miles north of this, but now i live maybe 2-3 miles from plainfield where this happened. I remember driving through town afterwards and seeing garbage dumpsters on top of trees and the high school totally flattened.
here's a creepily narrated video about it from the history channel.


Ok so not everything is all gloom and doom. So let's pretend we're on spring break in the keys and get some sun, drink some margaritas and put on our flip flops eh!

"there's plenty of times inbetween trains, so go ahead and drive your car over the tracks!"





I could suffer through all this great weather to wear flip flops and ride my bike around town. *sigh* oh ya hurricaines...hmm well i'd build a bunker or have a private plane or something.

Free For All Friday- Winter Edition

This winter has been a doozy. What day dreams of Spring have you been having lately?

Personally, I keep myself busy during meetings by planning cookouts. Grilling, picnic tables, sunshine, kickball...The smell of sunscreen on my lily white skin.

What're you looking forward to when the weather starts warming up?

Free For All Friday

I now present to you the best response to an interview question. Anywhere. Ever. In the history of the world.

I can't wait until I'm old and eccentric.

Free For All Friday

For the last two weeks T and I have been lamenting to each other that it feels like the wrong day. "Is today Thursday?" "No, it's Wednesday. But it feels like Thursday."

In celebration of that fact I am posting Fridays post today. Who doesn't need a little Friday on a Thursday? By the time Friday rolls around we'll be so glad that we won't need a Free For All Friday.

Check out this amazing video by OK GO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY
and then come back and let us know in the comments about your favorite memory of marching band.

Were you in the band?
Did you see a marching band lift a VW Rabbit and carry it across a a parking lot?
Did you make out with a drum major under the bleachers?

Personally, I've only done one of those three things.