Hey, Hey, My, My..... Well, I have no snappy title to go along with this - I just have the song Hey Hey My My by neil young in my head...

Good evening peeps. I am so very tired so I don't know if I am even going to say anything. Really, really tired. Tomorrow will be a long day too - we are having this staff thingy on this ranch, complete with hay rides and all. I am so not game for it, but I will try. I was trying to have a bad attitude about it, but I ended up saying probably the most stupid thing ever. I was talking to Sharon at work, on the phone and bitching about it, and we are always ying and yang, and balance out our crabbiness. So, I call her extension and say "I so don't wanna go to this thing. I hate horses. And I hate hay" and she interupts me and says "you hate HAY?" and then I realized that indeed, I am crazy. So, going to go, and maybe have fun. Fun fun fun. Yee Haw. LOL "I hate hay" - if that isn't the stupidest thing that ever came out of my mouth, I don't know what is.
So I spoke to my friend last night, the one who is in a new relationship, and I must say, she is quite happy - indeed, she exudes happiness. And my once reclusive/guarded friend is so different. So my friend (I won't mention any names, but her's rhymes with a city in North Dakota and a movie that won Frances McDormid an Oscar) is very happy, and I say right on. Life is too short to always be guarded honey. As my dear Joni wrote a few years ago, after coming home to Saskatoon in her 50's with her younger boyfriend (the one who she left her husband for) and being completely rebuffed and insulted by her mother because she did not accept the relationship, "For God's sake Mama, I'm middle-aged and time moves swift, and happiness is the best facelift." Not that my friend "Fargo" is middle aged or anything, but life's too short, and time does move swift, and indeed, happiness is the best facelift. So, you go girl.

Hmmm, my ice maker in my fridge doesn't seem to be working or something. I am starting to panic because I hate to be iceless. LOL, yes, I am crazy, but I stress about dumb little things like that. Oh, wait, it's making noise, maybe I jumped the gun.

I am watching Dateline right now (yup, I've given up my Latino porn on the Latino Channel) and it's about the De Vinci Code and I wanted to read it because it's such a big cult followed thing, but Stone Phillips is confusing me so much I have no idea what in the world he is talking about. Oh sometimes I can't stand how dense I am.

Oh, anyway, so yesterday I am watching my MuchMoreRetro (Canadians, call your local cable provider - commercial free retro!) and they play " Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship. Well, I don't think I've ever seen the video or something. Now I know the song was from the movie "Mannequin" but the band also acted out their own version of it, and there is good old Grace Slick playing a mannequin in the video. Let me tell you, did I laugh. It was just so crazy. She's standing there like a mannequin and then poof, she's singing and it's so stupid. You gotta see it. Funny as all hell. Actually, I read good old Grace SLick's autobiography, and it was good. You see, I was always sorta a fan. I loved "Someone to Love" and "White Rabbit" and had to get "Surrealistic Pillow" years ago. But I also liked the radio hits of the Jefferson Starship, like "Jane", "Count on Me", and THE best one "Miracles" - there's something about the way Grace sings "BABY" when she's going "baby - oh baby - oh baby" you know the part - that's so good. But I also liked them into the 80's when they did their album "Nuclear Furniture" which is so hokey now I can't believe it, but I loved the song "No Way Out". So when Starship came out, I couldn't completely dislike them because I mean, Grace was still in the band, so it had to be cool somehow, right? LOL, "We Built this City" - I can only stomach it because it reminds me of grade 10, and whenever I hear it, I just get these vivid image flashbacks - listening to a.m. radio, smoking in Margo's Nova before school, the smell of Aquanet, my favorite green shirt, eating fries and gravy in the cafeteria, living at home... yeah, good times. So I can't dislike it because it brings all that back. And you know, "Sara" does the same thing. What was the other single off that album? SHit, I know there was one. Lemme google it - oh, "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" - LOL, I just played the clip of it from Amazon - oh man, I feel like I should be at some bush party or someting.
Anyway, Grace was mortified by the whole Starship thing in her book. Just mortified by it. But as she said, she made some money, so it's all good.
So I never know where this blog is going. It's like free association.
Hey, you know what two bands I loved as a teenager but totally forgot about? SImple Minds and The Fixx. Where are they now?
Well, I guess I should really get to bed. Got a long day at the ranch tomorrow. We are supposed to go until like early evening. Yikes. I ain't getting on a horse, I can tell you that. I am also not getting on any hay - you know how I dislike hay and all.....
If I ever had to do a personal ad, it would read something like this:
I like rainy days, cats, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, rubbing my feet on the sheets and soft core Latino soap operas. My turn offs include Susan Powter, mimes, and hay.
Have yourself a merry little Wednesday,
xo
JT