30 day song challenge: day 16 – a song that you used to love but now hate

*I'm taking the song challenge to mean "of all time," not genre-specific. Any of these songs are subject to change at any time.

 

I love 10,000 Maniacs and Natalie Merchant. Loved them since 1986. In my book whether with the Maniacs or not, Natalie Merchant has never put out a bad song and it's not that "These Are Days" is a bad song — it was just played to death. Whether on radio, MTV, or high school graduations — this song was played out. I loved this song in 1992, as I did the whole Our Time in Eden album, but for me it was one of those songs that was ruined by overexposure. The same thing happened with "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. That's also I song I can't listen to anymore. Ugh. 

 

 

30 day song challenge: day 15 – a song that describes you

*I'm taking the song challenge to mean "of all time," not genre-specific. Any of these songs are subject to change at any time. 

"Best Imitation of Myself" by Ben Folds.

 

"I feel like a quote out of context
Withholding the rest
So I can be for you what you want to see
I got the gesture and sound
Got the timing down
It's uncanny, yeah, you think it was me
Do you think I should take a class
To lose my southern accent
Did I make me up, or make the face till it stuck
I do the best imitation of myself
The "problem with you" speech
You gave me was fine
I liked the theories about my little stage
And I swore I was listening
But I started drifting
Around the part about me acting my age
Now if it's all the same
I've people to entertain
I juggle one handed
Do some magic tricks and
The best imitation of myself
Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole
Wondering, who I am when I ought to know
Straighten up now time to go
Fool somebody else, fool somebody else
Last night I was east with them
And west within
Trying to be for you what you wanna see
But I can't help it with you
The good and bad comes through
Don't want you hanging out with
No one but me
Now if it's all the same
It comes from the same place
And if my mind's somewhere else
You won't be able to tell
I do the best imitation of myself
Yes it's uncanny to see
You'd really think it was me
The best imitation of myself
The best imitation of myself"

30 day song challenge: day 14 – a song that no one would expect you to love

*I'm taking the song challenge to mean "of all time," not genre-specific. Any of these songs are subject to change at any time.

This one really shouldn't surprise anyone who knows me, although it will mortify a few of you. Sue me, I'm a horrible person, but Ben Folds singing "Bitches Ain't Shit" is awesome – that's some real conversation for your ass. Come on, it's not like I'm playing it in front of the kids.

Bitches can't hang with the streets.

 

30 day song challenge: day 13 – a song that is a guilty pleasure

*I'm taking the song challenge to mean "of all time," not genre-specific. Any of these songs are subject to change at any time.

I've been waiting for an opportunity to post this song and honestly, I should post this once a week because HELL IF IT ISN'T AWESOME. I'm going to try to contain my excitement and not use all caps for this post, but I FREAKING LOVE THIS SONG. In fact, I may have to change my ringtone to this one because THE MEN ALL PAUSE, BABY. First, a little history: back in 1986 I bought a tape by Klymaxx for the song "I Miss You" and was blown away by the nerve of this group. Klymaxx was like the female version of Morris Day and The Time. FOR REAL. They had attitude and plenty of it. Best lines of the song "‘cause they all loved me/Slap me, no, somebody slap me/‘cause I know I'm lookin' good/I'm givin' attitude all over the room/People are starin' at me/I-I-I just look too good for these people."

And I think you know that's how I feel every time I walk into a room. 

We're not even going to talk about the fact that I was 12 buying a tape by a group called Klymaxx. 

"The Men All Pause"

 

"I love ya, I love ya all, but I got to go."

my new hair accessory line

KBF-tiltshift I have a perfectly normal Facebook profile pic, which my mom hates. By the way, I am a grown ass woman and I stopped caring what my mom thought about my hair in 1990something when I dyed it black.

My current pic is to the right. Normal enough, right?

For some reason people are very vocal about my profile pics, which are all pretty normal. Curly hair, straight hair, flowers in my hair, whatev.

Since my mom hates the flower, I decided to make hair accessories with junk lying around the house to see if I could come up with anything more "me."

I may or may not have had a beverage while using the hot glue gun — but hey — no injuries.

Maybe that's the secret to the hot glue gun — use while drinking. Be sure and check out my new book Tipsy Crafting in stores never. 

 

 

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I don't know what I'm doing with my mouth here, but I kind of like the bow tie pasta hair clip.

 

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The hotel room key card is a good look. You'll never get locked out again.

 

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Here's looking at you, Mom.

 

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Is that Mignon Faget? Why yes, it is.

 

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 My Little Pony, My Little Pony, you're sitting on top of my head like a fool.
 

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This hair clippie is a two dollar bill. And I'm not just whistlin' "Dixie." It will be $2 in my Etsy store.*

 

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It's not often that one finds a lipstick that matches her hair color. Cinnamon Toast by L'Oreal is not only my winter lipstick, it's the hair clippie that does double duty and Lord knows I love a multitasker. 

 

*I don't have an Etsy store. This kind of whimsicle f#ckery** is only found in the depths of my junk drawer and mind. 

**Whimsicle f#ckery is the phrase of the genius behind Regretsy.com, not me — but I love the phrase.

30 day song challenge:day 12 – a song from a band you hate

*I'm taking the song challenge to mean "of all time," not genre-specific. Any of these songs are subject to change at any time.

I hate lots of bands. Like really hate. I loathe heavy metal and hair bands from the '80s. One band I hate in particular is AC/DC. Here's the song I hate the most, which I will not name because that's how much I hate it. Let's see how many times I can write HATE. I hate their look, their sound, their lyrics, and the way the schoolboy freakazoid acts on stage. I don't get it and I don't care. Gross.