Is it just me or is Prince looking like a cross between a strung out Lauren Hill and Roberta Flack?

So, when self-described “human unicorn” Tyler Marcum was 20, he filmed an interpretive dance to “Landslide”  by the Dixie Chicks (originally one of my all-time favorite songs by Fleetwood Mac) in his undies. This year Tyler is turning 30 and he recreated the dance for all of us to enjoy. It’s pretty amazing.

Okay, here’s where I might lose it on this here blog.

If there is any justice in this world, my future includes getting books published and becoming an editor for an online magazine. I answered an open call last month on a popular beauty blog and didn’t get so much as a rejection letter. I’ve been writing all my life. I wrote my first short story at 8. I wrote short stories, poetry, and articles for my high school newspaper. Novel at 18. Started blogging in 2002. Every writer wants to write The Great American Novel, to have someone read their words, breathe life into characters, see the settings in your mind – that’s what I want.

I also want to be at my healthiest and happiest.

Oh yeah, and I want all the children of the world to hold hands and sing, ending poverty and global economic concerns forever and ever. Amen.

Ticketmaster calls me “Kerr,” and that’s about it. I was “Kerry B” for years and I’ve always liked the way it sounds, so it (Kerrybee) was my first email address and my Twitter name and stuff. And I like bees. My friend Kim calls me “ReeRee” and I’m “Aunt ReeRee” to her kids, that’s Kerry + Aretha = ReeRee. My Mammaw Patsy called me “Punkin'” and things like “Sugar Dump (Dumplin’)” and that’s probably why I call my kids “Puddin’ Pop” and silly things. I also call my friend Megan “Lunch Box” and “Snack Shack” for no reason. I nicknamed my friend Dana “Sounds of the Seventies” in college. I’m not sure what that was about either. My grandfather always called me “Girl,” but in an endearing way, not a Tarzan way. People have called me “Red” and the lady at Chick-Fil-A repeatedly called me “Cabbage Patch” because I guess I look like a Cabbage Patch doll. Obviously.

 

I suppose this would be long-term goals since we already did short-term.

1. lose approximately 80 more lbs

2. visit New York

3. enlarge the laundry room/have a house with a giant laundry room

4. have a condo on the beach in Gulf Shores, AL

5. find the perfect red lipstick

6. see all of my kids grown up and happy in whatever fields they decide to go into (hopefully at least one will be an astronaut, fingers crossed)

 

Ina Garten, of course. Hang out with gay friends in the Hamptons and make delicious foods using on the best ingredients while wearing button-down shirts with the collar up.

I made a new logo for my design work. Here it is.

I want to make a few of these. No reason.