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July
2
2009

mrrgggllllgggglllllgggl

Hear that? That’s the death rattle for this blog. I’m trying my best to keep it going, but there’s only so much “I need to lose weight / my dogs are cute / look what I made / omg they’re going to lay us off again” that I can post before I even get tired of myself!

I have tons of stuff to toss up there…cupcakes, infused fruit water, impending layoffs, my meh feelings toward July 4th anymore…but I just can’t bring myself to do it.

Maybe my mainstay, MSN.com, will offer me something…

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I love you too, MSN.

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June
25
2009

Farrah and Michael

If you have a little girl in your life, a daughter or niece or cousin, you’ve probably seen the little plastic stylist heads with the rooted hair and pretty face that allows the little girl to play hairstylist and makeup artist.

Today, the little stylist heads are of Disney Princesses and Bratz Dolls.

But mine was Farrah Fawcett.

And why not? If you grew up in the 1970s, Farrah was the prettiest girl ever. Charlie’s Angels was a kick-butt show, her poster was everywhere and she was married to the Six Million Dollar man!

But my poor stylist’s head looked more like Burning Bed Farrah than hot Noxzema commercial Farrah.

Like most little girls, dolls made way for music and dancing, and Michael Jackson made up much of the soundtrack of my teens and early 20s. From Billie Jean to Smooth Criminal to You Are Not Alone, there always seemed to be a Michael Jackson song on the radio, and that was okay.

The dancing in his videos were pure magic, and I gained many a bruise trying to moonwalk on uneven pavement or spin in place on the kitchen floor.

Today, as you know, Farrah died at the age of 62 and Michael died at 50.

I feel like a large part of my childhood died today, all in one day, and I’m not sure how to get past that.

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June
13
2009

Summer Vacation!

Okay, fine. It’s another unpaid furlough week for me. This time, though, instead of having 5 weeks of lower paychecks, I’m taking the five days in a row & forgoing a paycheck. I have enough in savings to cover, which makes me a lucky girl.

Rather than thinking of this as the company not paying me so that they can 1) build a new conference room, complete with state of the art smartboard; 2) get flat panel TVs for the newsroom; 3) offer a $400 prize for a logo-creation contest OUTSIDE the company; 4) continue to employ unski—

KIM IS ANGRY!!!!!!!!

KIM IS ANGRY!!!!!!!!

Oh. Wow. Sorry about that. Where was I?

Oh yeah! I’m on summer vacation this week! My goal is to cram as much school-is-out fun into nine eight days as I can. On the list is:

I kicked it off by going to PJ Whelihan’s with Sharon last night. We sipped beer, had bar food and realized we need to either go back to the Grog or go someplace more upscale. There were tons of little kids and older people there, which wasn’t very…barlike.

Today I napped. Yay summer.

Anyway, to get me into the summer frame of mind, here’s a summery video. ;)

(heehee!)

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June
7
2009

NKOTB concert: 17 again

Admitting to the web that one voted for John McCain makes little posts like “I went to the New Kids show last night!” so much easier to write. You already know I’m … different.

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Just to make it all clear before I start… I’m not talking opera, or Mozart or even Dave Matthews Band. This is a post about a New Kids on the Block show. Non-believers can scoot away right now and I’ll see you later in the week.

Everyone else still with me? Good. Let’s start…

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