SADLY FUNNY

The BEST Year-In-Review I have seen!!! Gotta love Jib Jab!!

NEW CLASSIC

Getting the NEW calendar...

Its always been a fun day for me to pick out the calendar that will adorn my wall for a full 365 days, 366 on a leap year. Its sort of ceremonious for me. I never go into the search with an idea of what I want. Instead, I want to be surprised by what I find. So without further adieu...

My calendar for 2007...

ELVIS--The Wertheimer Collection

NEW CLICHE

Urees Faves/Bests/Moments...of 2006

Best Video of 2006--James is Bringing Sexy Back LMAO!! Thanks Heather!! I cant stop watching it...cracks me up every time!!


Best Album of 2006--Scissor Sisters Ta Dah--I cant get enough of this band!!

Best book read in 2006--The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by: Marilyn Manson--Yeah I realize I'm late in reading this but better late than never, and I'm a procrastinating fool.

Favorite Song of 2006--Making Ladies by : Scissor Sisters--Im ever so curios to meet Cathy Curtis and Barbara Jackson WOOTS!!

Favorite movie of 2006--The Holiday--I thoroughly enjoyed this movie...and its not just cause there was a hot BRIT in it either!!

Most touching TV Moment of 2006--The Saints return to the Dome!! BLESS YOU BOYS!!

Craziest decision of 2006--Follow Scissor Sisters for an entire week to 6 shows next year.

Best discovery of 2006--Calling Long Distance Podcast---They make me laugh like a giddy school girl!! I cant say enough about how much I love these boys!!

Most Memorable interview of 2006--James St. James --If you're a fan and you haven't read it yet...SHAME ON YOU!!! :P

Best messageboard of 2006--James St James of course!!

Most heart wrenching realization of 2006--I need a new job!

Best skill put the test of 2006--Stalking!! lol Mission accomplished with Anderson Copper and Jake Shears!! Hmmm...does the time invested with Steven count?? hmmmm...

Most touching Moment Witnessed in 2006--Gloria reading her long-ass poem to Anderson Cooper. WOOTS to Rachel and Rhonda!!

Saddest moment of 2006--The realization that my grandma is dying.

Favorite pastime of 2006--Blogging!! I love it. Its the perfect outlet!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERY ONE!!!

GOOD JUNK

I have been cleaning out my closets for the past few days. Every few years I have this overwhelming NEED to simplify my life which means THROWING SHIT AWAY!! It is the best feeling ever!! Just kick it all out...PURGE IT!!! Usually this feeling comes about after watching a marathon of Clean Sweep on TLC...but not this time. My apartment began to feel very heavy and I cant handle the weight anymore. That, and its the pending fear that Ill have to move soon. So I guess I figure Id get a head start by disposing of the CRAPPOLA!!

I have happened upon so many items that are extremely blog worthy...should keep me stacked with ideas for quite some time. I found all of my old journals. The most interesting realization is that I never seem to finish a journal...but do I LOVE to start a new journal!!! And the letters!!! OH dear...I have saved EVERY piece of personal mail I have EVER received!! Those are the pieces of time that I cherish so much...snippets of milestones in my life. And the PICTURES!!! I'm a picture whore...and as a former photographer, I HAVE TONS!!!

A few finds:

• The crazy letters that I shared with a former friend our first summer break from college. We missed each other so much that we wrote each other at least once a day, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day! Keep in mind this was before Internet, Instant Messaging, Email, and Cell phones with free long distance. Everyday I would wait at the mailbox for the next envelope to arrive from Rico Suave, or Baywatch Tower #8, or White-Boy Concierge...we were young and dumb! What can I say? :)


• An Easter Bunny pin and a Santa Clause pin that I used to wear to school when I was in first and second grade...I keep them as a symbol that I too once had "the magic." So when I start to feel overly jaded or cynical, I can remember the sweeter more naive times.


• A treasure trove of teeny bopper magazines...OH the memories!!! Young Johnny Depp...and I'm talking before Jack Sparrow for you kiddies. I'm talking about the Jumpstreet days!!! GOD I LOVED that show!!


• A romance novel that I started to write...because ANYONE can write smut!! Just change the characters names and the setting...you could write smut for years and never go hungry again!!


• A strangers journal that I found in my dorm room a long time ago. It was an amazing find! I have always felt a strange connection with this girl and so I never could bring myself to get rid of the journal. Its such an intimate look into her life, and unlike me, she knew how to keep up with a journal.


• A stuffed Elvis! 'Nough said!


• A grocery list written by my grandmother. This one is hard to explain because there is so much emotion behind it. My grandmother is not well. She is bed-ridden, incoherent at times, senile most days, and blissfully unaware that she is dying. This list is in her handwriting. Its from a time when she WAS the person I'm going to remember. And its in her "speak." The way she always called ground meat "grind meat" is documented on this page which is ripped from one of the many small notebooks that she ALWAYS had within reach. And it also represents shared time together because I took her shopping many, MANY times.

Well I'm almost finished with this cleansing routine...a few more trips to Goodwill and a ton more trips to the dumpster and I'll feel quite refreshed!