Dungeons and Dragons

I was rummaging through my computer and I came across this old photoshop file. I have moments when I think I’m kinda cool, this was NOT one of those moments. Why did I try and turn myself into an Elf?! I am a step away from Dungeons and Dragons, dangerously close. Confession: One of my greatest temptations (and guiltiest) is a strange and undeniable urge to buy those dragon or fairy statues. HOT or NOT?? Definitely NOT!

This should bring all the boys to the yard!

Whats Cooler Than Being Cool?!!

....Silly hip hop songs redone as folk songs??? I know I'll regret this.

I Don't Want My Final Jig in the Belly of a Squid!!

It's St. Patricks day which means:

A) Everyone in the world is matching which is...precious
B) AND!! I can blast Flogging Molly as loud as I wish which is...COOL!!

AND!!! Flogging Molly is cool too and silly, so listen to them, very loudly.[featured below]

Interesting Fact about Ashley and Flogging Molly: Ashley was punched in the face at a Flogging Molly concert. Cool!!

HAPPY FLOGGING MOLLY DAY!!!!

Secrets of a Hair Stylist: Girls, Hair and Rock and Roll volume IV

Today I took a big step (those who know me understand this). Change is not something I eagerly embrace. And when I get my hair cut it’s always an anxiety attack. But today, with the help of Chelsi, I finally decided to embrace a change. After it was over I still felt insecure until Nicole, my hair stylist, said "You look Rock and Roll.” And then I realized my life wasn’t ending and I said, “huh Rock and Roll? Say it again.”



[yes that is Batgirl on my shirt]

Notes on getting your hair done: What is it about a woman with a pair of scissors and a blow dryer that makes us reveal all our deepest secrets and fears. It could be the fact we feel incredibly vulnerable at that moment. And they hold the scissors and therefore the power. Or maybe it’s the fact we are starring into the mirror for so long, we really are starring into our souls. And the hair stylist gets to share that honest and defining moment you have with yourself as you start venting all the things you keep secret. Whatever the reasoning (probably neither of these) nobody knows more about a girl then her hair stylist.



Another observation: At the end there is that awkward moment when you have to compliment your hair stylist because they did a good job and you want to reassure them of that. So you thank them with your flattery. But it’s a tricky situation if you do the math. Because when you take a peek into the mirror and say, “Oh my Gosh! It looks so cute! I love it!” What you’re really saying is “Oh my Gosh! I’m so cute. I love me!” It’s one of the many ways girls compliment themselves while believing they are complimenting others.

Blast from the Past

I was watching a band play up at the Owl Bar this weekend and this guy across from me catches my eye. For some reason I feel like I know him but I can’t figure out how. My friend who knows him tells me he used to be on the 80’s TV series China Beach. Then I freaked out and realized he was Boonie, the surfer bum, Brian Wimmer! I got so excited because I grew up on China Beach and had the biggest crush on Boonie. I’m positive nobody my age or even ten years older has ever heard of China Beach. But there I was sitting across from a guy who shaped my childhood in the same way Sesame Street shaped normal children's childhoods.



This series was the best. Emmy winning even. Every episode was a mini movie, as close as TV came to film. I remember watching China Beach with my mom when I was a little kid. I’m sure I was too young to understand what it was about, but I loved it. I still can remember this episode perfectly.

For all you China Beach fans and for my mom who was the biggest fan Click Here

(sorry I can’t embed the video you’ll have to go to the link)

Bred for Their Skillz in Magic

Change Your Life Fact of the Week:
My friend Greg pretty much knows everything there is to know about animals, especially bears. He’s a bear enthusiast. He TeVo’s all animal shows on the Discovery Channel so if Greg says something about animals, its fact.

Greg Fact #1 If you’re attacked by a shark just rub it on its nose. Sharks like that and they won’t bite you.
Greg Fact #2 Bears are pretty much the smartest animal in the world. When they have headaches they chew on bark.
Greg Fact #3: If you’re attacked by an alligator just hold their jaws shut with your hands. They have really weak jaw opening muscles
Greg Fact #4 Bears are Bad-A. And they have the best round house karate kick.

But the most recent and life changing Greg fact was this. Ligers, they are not just mythical and magical movie creations. Ligers are REAL!!! I didn’t believe it either. So I looked it up. A Liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger, bred for their skills in magic.



And they are the largest cats in the world. They’re crazy huge!! Scientists don’t know genetically what the heck happened that made them so big, but they are just enormous.



Liger - The funniest movie is here. Find it


Ligers are the new King of the Jungle. My hypothesis:

Liger verses Hippo = Liger
Liger verses Crocodile = Liger
Liger verses Great White = Liger

The only bad thing about Ligers is they aren’t in very good shape. They can only run like 100 yards and then they are tired. So if you’re attacked by a Liger and you can run more than 100 yards you’re in the clear.

Lip Gloss..Keeping Hip Hop Alive

I’m mostly speechless. All I can say is this song is poppin.



They say hip hop is dead, “not so long as it keeps our lips moist and glistening. May hip hop live forever with strawberry sparkles”- Matt Pettit