This week in review August 18, 2008

So here’s what was up with me and mine this past week:
Solo Olympics. So I mentioned that my boyfriend is in Beijing. He’s there with a buddy of his to see the Olympics. He is very excited. People are asking me why I didn’t go. Answer’s simple - I’d love to go to China. But [...]

Jukebox: Material Girl’s golden birthday edition August 16, 2008

Tomorrow Madonna turns 50. To celebrate a half century of the Material lady’s existence on the planet, I’ll be rockin’ her tunes all weekend. Probably longer. (My BF is en route to Beijing for 10 days, so I have the run of the entertainment system! And luckily, my dog loves Madonna too. His favorite track [...]

What a weekend. Ugh. August 11, 2008

I’m back from Michigan, having survived (barely) yet another crazy drama-filled get together with the family. I won’t get into the details. Suffice it to say that any doubt that I had about my family’s insanity have been laid to rest. (Clarification: My Mom and Dad are awesome. My siblings possess the crazy. I know [...]

Jukebox: Going home August 7, 2008

What does one call a place that is:
-allegedly the most dangerous city in the country;
-where the mayor is currently in jail; and
-where the the city council president pro tem is allegedly about to be indicted (for being “gangsta” as my mom puts it. My mom is so cute!) (Oh, and that same city council president [...]

Good times never seemed so good (So good! So good! So good!) August 6, 2008

It was a Hot August Night, and the Neil Diamond concert was awesome! Really, he sounded great, looked fit and spry (he was still doing the crazy hip wiggle thing when he played guitar) and played for more than two hours straight in one of the best concerts I’ve seen in a long time.
I’m not [...]

Forever in blue jeans, baaaaaaaaabe! August 4, 2008

Thanks to Charity for reminding me of this little bit of Will Ferrell genius:

Jukebox: Diamond is a girl’s best friend August 2, 2008

UPDATE: As I listened to Neil’s Glory Road double CD over the weekend, I realized I made three glaring Jukebox omissions. Not that the list was meant to be exhaustive, but these three can’t not be on it. So now the list is a nice, round 20 songs.
Excited! Excited! The Neil Diamond concert is Tuesday! [...]

I get so weak in the knees (cuz’ I’m old and they creak) July 26, 2008

So, since we are on the subject music flashbacks, I was giving the interwebs one last surf before calling it a work week and I came across a Jezebel post about the song Weak by SWV, and how crazy it is that it came out 16 years ago. I know!
So I’m watching the video, singing [...]

Jukebox: Ode to Chaka July 18, 2008

Ok, as painful as my singing experience was yesterday, it totally inspired me to rehabilitate my voice. So I’m loading up the iPod with all the songs that I love to sing, and all the vocal artists who inspire me.
Doing this made me realize I made a huge, glaring omission in the list of women [...]

O say can you sing? Not so much… July 17, 2008

I am not singing the National Anthem at a ballgame.
Less than 60 people tried out for the contest yesterday. In fact, before the thing started, the organizers were trying to get more people off the street to come in and sing. That really surprised me.
Since it was an open call, I expected the quality of [...]