Etta James cracks me up…

I guess the entertainment rags are having a good time playing and replaying her tacky abuse of Beyonce and her tackier comment about Obama’s ears. I didn’t vote for the guy, but I don’t think I’d go out of my way to publicly say some of the stupid stuff that in the end makes her look pretty dumb.

The thing that bugs me is that I really like the song, At Last.

I have this terrible character flaw in relation to music. I don’t know how it happened, but I am annoyed when I have a happy little collection of music that is mine, all mine, and no one else seems to take an interest in it, and then it becomes trendy. Understand that on a very rational level, I get that At Last was a hit before I was even paying attention to nursery rhymes. I get it. Really.

Still, I am annoyed by all the attention people are giving it. Ha! I am the master of irrational behavior, just ask my children.

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If people start giving Carmen McRae an inordinate amount of attention, I want you to know that you heard about her here.

 

that 25 things meme

It’s been annoying me to get tagged because I usually ignore these things unless they really capture my interest, but I guess it’s grown on me. So here goes, in no particular order:

1. I don’t like to use public bathrooms.

2. I used to dye my hair, and now that I have more gray than ever, just forgot to keep up with it.

3. I like the tv show, House

4. I go to work every day and pretend to know what I am doing. I profess with great alacrity and confidence. Maybe I’ll be able to keep up the ruse until retirement.

5. My favorite candy bar is Zero.

6. I have a minor in French.

7. I majored in psychology right up until I had to take clinicals and couldn’t pick up the rats. I don’t regret the switch to literature, although history would have been a close second. That means I also have a minor in psychology, for what it’s worth.

8. I like to eat fried eggs and rice with ketchup all over it.

9. I’ve always loved my kids, but now that they are big and know how to bathe themselves, I find them interesting and fun to be with because they are interesting people, not just because I spawned them.

10. I once spent the night in a whorehouse. With a gay man. I slept with one eye open, and he slept in a chair leaning against the door. (I can’t wait to hear from my parents on this one).

11. My nieces and nephews have the most beautiful laughs. Ever.

12. I love yellow roses. It’s a bad habit I acquired from my honey. 😉

13. I can’t read music. A number of music-people have tried to teach me, and the only thing worse than my frustration, is their defeat. Ha!

14. I was a cheerleader. (believe me, I don’t believe it either).

15. I broke a priest’s fingers in a pick up basketball game. Nobody was safe when I played b-ball.

16. I like Christy’s musical selections.

17. I fell in love with my husband because he has manly hands.

18. My pinkies and the second toe on both feet are really crooked. (I saw this on somebody else’s list–how weird is that?).

19. I once dreamed of competing in the Olympics, but then my heart conked out and couldn’t pursue a college career.

20. I like old-school Cuban music, crooners, blues, and country music.

21. I don’t like dolls.

22. I used to paint when I was a kid. I’m thinking of trying my hand at it again.

23. I’d like to travel in space.

24. I don’t really like burned toast or anything else that is over done, although I sometimes pull the mommy switch.

25. I want to go to Las Vegas!

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