1. Here I am with Rod Stewart in Santa Barbara…no wait, not Rod Stewart. Isn’t it funny looking back at our fashion sense? We could have been rock stars incognito. This had to be the 90s…probably 93ish. Linda’s big hair, my subtle grunge look.
2. I detest graffiti. I’ve been seeing a commercial about some reality show where they’re holding competition for graffiti artists. Really??? It’s called “Street Art Throwdown” like putting the word “art” makes it acceptable. Could there be a more lame idea? I’m sure these competitors are talented, but could we not promote vandalism? I do however love how Ventura has enlisted artists to beautify phone and electrical boxes about town.
3. I typically hate it when Academy Award winners use their acceptance speech as a platform to address their personal favorite issues…that is until it’s one I’m all for. Way to go Patricia Arquette for saying to millions of viewers, “It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America.”
Amen sister.
And not to undermine anything about this, but I saw this on Facebook. Jared Leto did look a little odd no?
4. Nothing is freakier than opening a microwave and it continues to operate with the dish rotating with the DOOR OPEN!!!
5. I saw this ABC7 post about the wedding of race car driver Brian Scott. They posted the lines he read to another woman, his bride’s daughter during their wedding ceremony:
“I promise to always hold your hand and skip with you down the street. …
Bring comfort to your life. I vow to make you say your prayers before you eat.
I promise to read you stories at night, to always tuck you in real tight.
I vow to show you how a man should treat a woman in my relationship with your mother.
And above all else, I vow to protect you, care for you and love you forever.”
He even got her a ring of her own. Could you die?!!
Here is a link to the full story, which is about the most beautiful thing I’ve read in sometime: http://abc7.com/family/precious-groom-reads-vows-to-brides-daughter/535348/
6. RIP Leonard Nimoy. He was kinda of hot in a George Harrison sort of way don’t ya think?
7. I love seeing before and current photos of people who have decided to get their bods into shape, especially when it’s done properly. I once had a roommate who attended the bulimic school of weight loss. It was heartbreaking. I truly admire those who make the decision and commit to it. Like Nike says, “Just do it!”
8. OMG!!! Funniest thing I saw this week. Let me line it up: So I saw the above meme and I loved it! I could relate. I’m glad they went with “hooper” instead of “baller” because that could be SO misconstrued. BUT that wasn’t the funny thing. I thought I would actually look up the meaning of meme which is this:
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a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.
and then I thought I would finally learn how to pronounce the word, “meme” and I found this:
Now we all know. You’re welcome.
9. Oh! Speaking of basketball, I received a very nice compliment from a fellow City Hall worker who said he use to see me shooting hoops at lunch and thought I had played in college. Gotta get my game back!! Miss running around attempting three-pointers.
10. Remember my post on hipsters a couple of blogs ago? The definition of a hipster was: “A person who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream.”
Well I found this joke! I think you’ll enjoy it:
How do you drown a Hipster?
In the mainstream.
From my favorite quotes file, “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once” – Albert Einstein
Thanks for your time!
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