Dude. How can you not love a group who said condoms were their fashion statement and went by nicknames?

I didn't so much love the TLC for their music, but because one of the members was a crazy(sexycool) person and burnt her boyfriend's house down, then continued to date him. There was also T-Boz's secret brain tumor. And now rumor is they want to bring Left-Eye's hologram on stage and a movie is in the works.

Betcha didn't know I have a TLC story. Oh, but I do. Do any of you suffer from Shy Bladder Syndrome? You know, the mysterious affliction where you can't pee in a public restroom or a doctor's office when you're given a plastic container with your name written on the side? That would be me. Cannot do it. When I was first pregnant in December 1997 (miscarriage), I was given that plastic container and sent to the restroom in my Atlanta doctor's office, which was next to the office front desk, which was extremely noisy. I was in the restroom for probably 10 minutes with the faucet running and the nurse knocking on the door saying "are you okay in there?" and then a barely audible "Waterfalls" came through the overhead speaker. It became my go-to song for OB/GYN visits and I'm sure all 5 of my OBs were very thankful. 

 

Let me tell you a little about the Gin Blossoms. They named themselves after the rosacea on W.C. Fields' nose. Frankly, this would be enough to endear a band to me, but they also made some great tunes. New Miserable Experience is one of the nearly perfect albums of the 90s. And what would be my favorite song? "Found Out About You." The opening guitar riff is fantastic and Robin's voice is wonderful and warm and really special. It's a great song from an album that's spectacular. 

 

The opening lyric, "All last summer in case you don't recall…" is brilliant. It's also my favorite first line of a book I've never written.

Happy birthday to one of my favorite people/felons, Martha Stewart. Hope you got the Edible Arrangement from the Kerry Blog and try not to bite the heads off any kittens this weekend.

Mwah,

KBF

 

I have a very specific kind of music video style that I like. That would be videos that look like they're straight out of a movie – that would be "Sabotage."

https://dailymotion.com/video/xcddb1

by BeastieBoys-Official 

On another note, it's my mom's birthday, so I'd like to take this opportunity to dedicate "Sabotage" to her. Word to my mother.

 

Then there are videos that look like Steven Soderburgh movies – that would be "Devil's Haircut."

 

 

And of course there are the videos that look like old hollywood musicals – "Oh So Quiet." And I don't really like Bjork, aside from swan dresses. But this video is just so. I love it.

 

"The Macarena." Or "Thong Song." Take your pick.

Answering this one is like asking me to pick my favorite child. Or purse. But since you asked…

My favorite band of the 90s would be The Lemonheads because they were simply fantastic. My favorite song is "Into Your Arms" from 1993's Come On Feel the Lemonheads. I remember buying this album the week it came out in my college bookstore and playing it the tape out. I wasn't into grunge or boy bands. The Lemonheads were this alternative rock and roll band that played great music and a great sound. They're still one of my favorites.

 

Because I can't pick one, my other favorite song of the 90s would be "Find the River" from R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. This song is magic.

 

Tales of Hilarious and I are doing another blog challenge. This time it's  All About the 90s and boy, this will be good times. It starts tomorrow. Meet y'all back here then.

Day 1 – Favorite song?
Day 2 – Least favorite song?
Day 3 – Favorite music video?
Day 4 – Favorite Gin Blossoms song?
Day 5 – Favorite TLC song?
Day 6 – Favorite one hit wonder?
Day 7 – ‘N Sync or Backstreet Boys?
Day 8 – Boyz II Men or Bell Biv DeVoe?
Day 9 – Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera?

Day 10 – MTV or VH1?
Day 11 – Favorite television show?
Day 12 – Favorite cartoon?
Day 13 – Least favorite television show?
Day 14 – Least favorite cartoon?
Day 15 – Favorite television show theme song?
Day 16 – Beverly Hills 90210 or Melrose Place?
Day 17 – Ally McBeal or The Practice?

Day 18 – Favorite movie?
Day 19 – Least favorite movie?
Day 20 – Favorite movie soundtrack?
Day 21 – Favorite movie montage?
Day 22 – Titanic Tribute?
Day 23 – Favorite Kevin Smith movie?
Day 24 – Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?
Day 25 – Reality Bites or Singles?

Day 26 – Favorite stupid trend?
Day 27 – Favorite 90s headline?
Day 28 – Favorite clothing brand?
Day 29 – Favorite foot fashion?
Day 30 – Scrunchies!
Day 31 – Anything else about the 90s?

 

My son just asked what a blog post was. I told him I write stories on the Internet (because he wouldn't understand "I write my disconnected thoughts for strangers to read and post pictures of things I think are funny). 

I'm watching Whatever Happened to Baby Jane because I love old movies and because I watched a few episodes of Monster Quest today and dammit if they're never going to find a monster on that show. I mean, how hard could it be to find an aquatic dinosaur in a Scottish lake? Also – Sasquatch. If you ask enough people, someone you know will know someone who claims to have seen Bigfoot and everyone has a phone with a camera, but there are no decent photos of him. 

Props if you remember the X-Files episode where they found a family of Sasquatches. 

Man, I love Joan Crawford. 

My son was not impressed when I told him Primary Colors was about politics and not colors, but he still wants to watch it in a few minutes. I don't think John Travolta as NOT Bill Clinton will intrigue a 7 year-old. 

Did y'all watch the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics? I've never done drugs, but I bet drug trips are like the Opening Ceremonies. Did you see the 30 Mary Poppins? I am a huge Mary Poppins fan. Cruella DeVille was also there. I like to think of myself as mostly Mary Poppins, part Glinda the Good Witch, with a little Cruella DeVille. 

If you really think about it, Glinda was really a bitch in the Wizard of Oz. At the end she tells Dorothy she had the power to go home the whole time, but made her go through all these trials and almost get killed – for what? She didn't even get to keep the damn shoes.

My husband is at a Neil Diamond concert tonight. I would write a joke, but oh – I already did. 

He really is seeing Neil Diamond. He also asked if Carole King was in the Carpenters. THE CARPENTERS.

There were countries in the Opening Ceremonies that I had never heard of. I blame this on never having taken Geography and the fact that some of the countries were made up. Benin. Kiribati. Lesotho. Tuvalu. Oh, and then there is the Independent Olympic Athletes. Those athletes are Dutch and Sudanese. 4 people. They got their own flag. For 4 people.

 

 

As I often do, I was perusing Amazon.com last night. This time, looking for a book for my husband's birthday. I found a couple of books for him and then I saw this book on The Daily What:

I posted it on my Facebook, then went back to the book's page on Amazon and clicked a few of "People Who Bought This Also Bought This" suggestions.

That is one sad looking bunny. Oh, then I found this helpful title:

How is this book not a series? How Not to Kill Your Boss. How Not to Kill Your Pre-Teen. How Not to Kill Your Husband. How Not to Kill Authors of Dumb Books.

Again, I clicked on a suggested title.

I'm getting this for all of my friends for Christmas. And my grandfather. And my mom. And I'll keep a few copies in my car to give out to uptight white folk at the bank when I'm taking to long in the drive-thru.

Guess what I found next.

Of course! If you understand rap lyrics the next step is becoming cool! Apparently being awesome in the 80s was to look like Ricky Shroeder post-Silver Spoons.

If you don't succeed at being awesome, you could always get this book.

I never knew there was a how-to guide. This is handy. And there are photos. Thank goodness.