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I haven't posted here in awhile.
Currently watching "Smokey and the Bandit," -- I forgot how dated this movie is. (Lots of sexist/racist/homophobic lines that would be edited out in this day and age.) It's still got some great scenes, tho.
Actually, it was by choice!
For late night, I tend to either listen to audiobooks, watch NBC nightly news or TED Talks via podcast, or various TV shows courtesy of netflix streaming -- all of which I can do on my phone, as there's no TV in the nursery.
If she's really fussy and I need to move about, I prefer sports on the TV -- last night, it was MLS Soccer, go Seattle Sounders. :)
Obviously an imposter. I don't see any "headband" tape on his forehead, and he clearly doesn't know there's no such song as "Devil With The White Dress On." I hope the authorities were able to intervene in a timely fashion and give this miscreant the thorough beating he so richly deserved...
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He was the real deal. Trust me.
1. I had requested a "headband" tape and one of my co-conspirators forgot it.
2. They were dancing to "Hey, Baby," not "Devil with the Blue/White Dress" as that was on the play list for a later dance;).
3. He had actually written a "secret admirer" letter to the bride and was apprehended on the premises but managed to elude the event coordinator just long enough to dance with the bride and the mothers of the bride and groom before escaping into the night.
4. And, BTW, nobody beats the Blue Devil;).
Hmmm... I'm still suspicious. Maybe the tape wasn't "forgotten", but actually used to tape a lock open on an exit door? It's been known to happen before...
This character went chasing after the bride, and BOTH mothers of bride and groom!?! At least the "secret admirer" letter wasn't a text with icky attachments, but still seems too much like a borderline stalker to be the real Blue Devil...
Oh, yeah and by the way, congrats!! :D:D:D
On the news, they are showing a new type of Barbie doll: Anthony Weiner doll. It is 39.99. The adult version is $10 more. lol
Will Anthony give Ken competition with Barbie and Skipper? Twitter the results with a twitpic! :D
It would be great to re-make your acquaintances. I met several of you very briefly before the Alabama game, I was over with the hostess with the mostess (DiBD) and my family.
I will be the one with the kids asking "tell me again why this is different than Alabama?" over and over. "Because it is, child. Because it is."
Maybe I need a DBR hat with my name on it.
This month, two of my Granddaughters are turning seventeen, and I thought back to my own year at seventeen. It was the year I enlisted in the Marine Corps, the year that put me on the path to Duke, even though I enlisted during my high school junior year, and pointed me toward a long association with the Marine Corps. And then I forgot about that year, mostly. It didn't come up again in my mind until 1975, the year that Janis Ian won a Grammy for her song, "At Seventeen." I liked it, for its musicality, but I didn't notice its lyrics. Seventeen was a long way back for me, and the lyrics weren't important. And I forgot about it again.
Not more than an hour ago I was signing a birthday card for one of them, and I wanted to say something nice. I remembered the song, and looked up the lyrics for inspiration. Wow, I was disappointed. Seventeen can be a tough year for kids, but the song was about the troubles one faces at seventeen, and I wanted to say something encouraging. I really like Janis Ian, and her music. I even have one of her albums, on vinyl, but I cannot remember the last time I played that album.
How could I possibly find something to encourage the girls from that song? Such a beautiful song, but so depressing. I dropped that idea, and signed on the card that seventeen was the best year for me, the year when all things came together. Then I just backspaced over that, and typed in, "Love, Grandpa." Now, the song had depressed me, but I thought about these two kids, just entering the senior year in Durham School of the Arts, and relished the fact that they are excited about their lives. I don't have to worry about them, even though I am the family worrier. They know where they are headed.Quote:
...We all play the game and when we dare
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives unknown
That call and say, come dance with me
And murmur vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems
At seventeen...