Hush-hush.

January 31, 2007 | 3 Comments

There is a fun little scheme in the works.

I cannot disclose too many details here, as it may tip off the target.

But it’s going to be goooooooood.

Let’s just say a certain person is having a birthday in a few days and OOOooOOOoo is she gonna get a surprise!

But it’s all hush-hush… shhhh…

:heart:

Posted by Christine | Filed Under The Scoop

Monday Music Mambo… a day late, but nuthin’ short!

January 30, 2007 | 4 Comments

This arrived yesterday from the home office in Mamboville…

Hello everyone! Before we begin the mambo, I’d like to take a moment and thank Friday (who wrote the previous post) for all her help in getting me set up to do these memes. When she posted after Hurricane Katrina and asked someone to help her run this site, I answered the call. I couldn’t stand to see this site die out because the Mambo and Mind Hump gave me such joy, the same joy each of you get when you do them. So thanks, Friday, for giving me this opportunity and making such a great site to begin with!

Ok, on with the Mambo. Tuesday is Jazz Day, so we’ll go with that theme.

1. What’s your favorite jazz instrument?

The saxophone.

2. What’s your favorite type of jazz?

I like smooth, relaxing jazz the best. I’m just a mellow chick like that.
Norah Jones & Charlie Hunter ~ More Than This

Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island

Holly Cole - Make It Go Away

Sonny Rollins – Namely You

John Coltrane - Soul Eyes

Joe Henderson – Beatrice

Kurt Elling ~ In the Winelight

3. Name a few of your favorite (or just a few) jazz musicians.

Oooh… I got a few. I love these guys; especially Louis Jordan with his high-energy playfulness.

Duke Ellington ~ Mood To Be Wooed

Thelonious Monk - Well You Needn’t (Live Jam Session)

Thelonious Monk - Reflections

Louis Jordan - Beans & Cornbread

Louis Jordan - Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry

John Coltrane - Joy

John Coltrane - Ascent

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That was a fun Mambo — it got my blood moving on this very cold day! Snag the ones you like and maybe try something new as well. The links will be hot until the next time we play.

Also, I’d like to echo the sentiments of our mememeister (rfduck) and say “thank you” to Friday, the originator of the Monday Music Mambo. It’s such a positive way to begin each week and I am glad she started the tradition. And of course, many thanks to our sweet rfduck for continuing that tradition so well!

Happy, happy Tuesday, my kittens. More again soon.

~xoxox

Posted by Christine | Filed Under Monday Music Mambo

Sunday is made for therapeutic muttering.

January 28, 2007 | 3 Comments

Hmm. Haven’t muttered in a while…

Limit ::

Limit? We don’t need no steenkin’ limit!

Voice ::

ventriloquist

Change ::

evolve

Expression ::

Abstract Expressionism

Tailor ::

suit

Lemonade ::

squeeze

Thought ::

fleeting

Phoebe ::

little bird

Impression ::

Curtis Mayfield

Sister ::

awwww… I love my sisters!

I always feel like I’m in a mini-therapy session when I do this quizzie. I wanna see some ink blots next…

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Oh, look! Here’s one:

Let’s see… It looks like my clod-headed father-in-law in the center… and he’s caught between my emotionally manipulative (yet deceased) mother-in-law… and his equally emotionally manipulative girlfriend, Hot Donna. It seems he has decided to stay in this co-dependent state of immaturity by asking Hot Donna to marry him and control whatever years he has left of his life. Awesome! He’ll never have to make a decision for himself again! And see that thing between his legs? That’s his dick detaching itself from his body and running away to find its petrified friends (Al’s balls) which Hot Donna now has swinging from her rear view mirror…

Ah. And look at this one:

It looks like my brain splitting in two as I SILENTLY try to cope with the generational backlash of a father-in-law acting like such a pussy-whipped dipshit.

Seriously, friends… it’s been a real challenge lately.

And yes, I am fully aware of that Biblical command of “Honor thy father and mother…”

However I think the Bible also mentions something about “Parents, do not exasperate your children… to the point where they feel like they want to lock you up in a soundproofed mini-store unit for the rest of your wrinkly old days you !@#$% wrinkly old fart!”

*SIGH*

OK, doctor. I’ve had enough of the inkblots today. Can we make something with Play-Doh now? I suddenly feel inspired to make a sculpture of a pecker-neck chump.

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In other news, it’s currently 3 degrees. With a windchill factor of -11. We should all run outside and lick a flagpole for a little winter thrill!

(Hey. You don’t need those tastebuds on your tongue anyway. They only get you into trouble.)

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And finally… some Kindred Spirits (of the Cabin Fever Clan.)

WEER IN UR CLOSIT WAITIN 2 EAT UR BRAINZ!

~xoxox

Posted by Christine | Filed Under Kindred Spirits

Stuff on my mind.

January 26, 2007 | 1 Comment

Apparently I’ve hit the January blogging slump, huh? Oh well. It seems the world keeps on turning whether I post an entry or not.

See… it’s actually a scientific experiment. I am trying to discern if my blogging activity is the cause of this catastrophic global warming.

It is my blog, isn’t it? You can tell me. I can take it. I’ll develop a less hazardous hobby.

Maybe I could feed bean burritos to the herds of methane producing cattle or something.

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Speaking of global catastrophes: Al Gore’s docu-hysteria-mentary, An Inconvenient Truth, has been nominated for two academy awards.

Of course it will win. Even if it’s a big fat convenient non-truth, it will win. Because Hollywood and bleeding heart liberal politicians all circle jerk each other every chance they get. Who cares if it’s factual? Conjecture will suffice!

After all, it’s not a lie if you believe it’s the truth, right?

(Mmm. Yummy relativism.)

I just hope Al Gore cries when he goes on stage to accept the award; that would be choice. That way when the conservative media makes documentaries about Gore in the future, they will have a whole slew of sobbing, ferret-face pictures to choose from when they weave them into the part where he lost the 2000 presidential election. That big pussy.

Hey, he might have cried. Who cares if it’s factual?

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In other political news:

John Kerry announces his decision that he is not going to run for president in 2008.

(Translation: Theresa the Ketchup Queen said “I’m not paying for it, Mr. Flip-Flop… go find another ego parade to blow your allowance on.”)

Hillary Clinton declares that she’s “in” and that she wants to have a personal “chat” and a “dialogue” with you. Come and sit by the fire, child. Here, would you like a cookie?

(Translation: Ahhh… walk into my web, said the spider to the fly. And bring your wallet. We’ve got a socialist welfare state to pay for.)

Senator Barack Obama announces that yes, indeed, he is running for the office of president in 2008 as well!

(Translation: I’m not an angry, white war-mongering old man. I’m not that vicious bitch, Hillary. I don’t have any experience, but at least I’m not one of them! I appear different enough to be the underdog savior you are all hoping for! Vote for me, for I am Superstar Non-threatening Black Man!)

Besides, Oprah and Hollywood adore Obama. Who are you to question their authoritative choice? You peon.

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Meh. Fuck politics. Here’s some more Britney reality to gnaw on.

Britney Spears, pre-K-Fed, circa 2000. This is your pop idol:

Britney Spears, post-K-Fed, circa 2006. This is your pop idol on thug:

Any questions? I thought not.

Just say no, kids. Just. Say. No.

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That’s the out-there world view for now. More on the in-here personal world view next time.

~xoxox

Posted by Christine | Filed Under Celebrity Bitchslap!, I've Been Thinking

Monday Music Mambo!

January 22, 2007 | 5 Comments

This just in from the home office in Mamboville…

Hello people! Let’s put on our dancing shoes for the Monday Music Mambo! Today is Nude Beach Day, but we’ll expand that to just Beach Day.

1. What is your favorite Beach Boys song?

Oooh… that’s a hard one — because I really don’t like the Beach Boys that much. Hee. But I do like this song:

Beach Boys ~ Don’t Worry Baby

2. It’s evening, the sun is setting, you’re on the beach with that special someone. What song is playing at this very moment?

Any one of these songs would be perfect. :yes:

Diana Krall ~ And I Love Him

Cheap Trick - The Flame

Selena - I Could Fall in Love

Peter Frampton – Baby, I Love Your Way

John Mayer – Back to You

Roberta Flack ~ Feel Like Makin’ Love

April Wine - Just Between You and Me

Bread – Baby, I’m-a Want You

3. You’ve won a free trip to see your favorite band in concert! What beach, famous or otherwise, do you want the concert to be held at?

The beach at New Buffalo, Michigan. It’s one of the most beautiful, peaceful lakefronts I’ve ever visited. I used to escape to that beach a lot when I was doing time at Notre Dame and I miss it very much. And the little town is awesome, too. It’s one of a small handful of places in the world where I would choose to live.

4. Ok, here’s the nude beach question. Which musician would you want to spend time with on a nude beach?

Meat Loaf. (Hehe… bet y’all didn’t see that coming did ya?)

Hey, I like my men big and bad. Always have, always will.
Meat Loaf – You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth

Meat Loaf – Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

Meat Loaf – Paradise By The Dashboard Light

Meat Loaf ~ I’d Lie For You (And That’s The Truth)

Mmmm hmmm. I think I know what’s for dinner.

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That was a great Mambo for such a cold winter day — it made me remember that there is life beyond January! I hope your Monday is going well, my friends.

More again soon…

~xoxox

Posted by Christine | Filed Under Monday Music Mambo