What Was Your Favorite Concert Ever?

What concert made an impact on your life and why?

I have a good one……

It was September 13th, 2001….two days after our whole world was rocked. We were all pretty much shell shocked and lost. All we could do was watch the news and cry and worry what would happen next.

We had tickets to the John Mellancamp concert at the Tweeter Center that were bought way before any of the horror of 911 happened. Our whole family was going to go. Me, my boyfriend Dan (now my husband), my daughter, My Mom, My Sister, her boyfriend (now her husband), and my brother.

After what happened, we questioned whether we should go or not. We were really not in any kind of mood to go to a concert. We thought about it, and finally decided that we would go as a family…to be together and maybe get our mind off things, but most of all – to be together.

It ended up being the best thing we could have done at the time.

What can be more American than John friggin Mellancamp?

We sat on a blanket listening to all our favorite songs and just being together……but it was one song that really brought EVERYONE together that night. When he sang “Pink Houses”, the whole crowd went wild. It was like an anthem being sung throughout the crowd. I have never seen a whole crowd sing along to a song like they were singing that night. It was surreal. Looking around at everyone crying and yelling/singing the words to the song will always be in my mind. The words to the song were very fitting with what was going on and how everyone pretty much felt.

“Aint that America…you and me…Aint that America…something to see…Aint that America…home of the freeeeeeeeeeeee”

I’ ll never forget that night………….

Just Like US!!!!

Am I the only one that cannot stand US Weekly magazines feature “Star’s – Their just like US!”????

http://www.usmagazine.com/just_like_us_08_01_07

It showcases celebrities doing ‘normal’ things.  You know, things like you and I would do! (note: sarcastic tone…).  I am kind of all set with looking at pictures of, say…”Jodie Foster stretches her legs!” or “Matthew Perry plays basketball!” or “Carmen Electra picks up her trash!”

AND….they put ridiculous captions to the pictures like

• They stretch their legs!   
• They play basketball!
• They pick up their own trash!

Like all of these things that “THEY” are doing are, pretty much, MIRACLES taking place.  Like celebrities are these ALIENS or something (well, some of them MIGHT be….)

Wouldn’t it be WAYYYYY more interesting if the captions (and pictures) would be more along the lines of:

• Nicole Richie gets spit and peed on!
• Kate Holmes does a lip skid down the street!
• Cameron Diaz gets her arm ripped off by a passing truck!
• Paris Hiltons false eyelash infects her wonky eye, and it swells to the size of Montana!
• Britney Spears’ cheap synthetic hairpiece catches fire!

Now THOSE captions would grab my attention NOT “Beyonce pets a DOG!”

WHO EFFING CARES?????????

What’s In Your Make-Up Bag?

This is what currently lives in my makeup up bag (TODAY anyway…)

• Philosophy Supernatural Tinted Moisturizer
• Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Smog
• MAC Blotting Powder
• Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Mildew
• MAC Splashproof Mascara
• MAC Pro Longwear Lipcolour in Loyal
• MAC Iridescent Loose Powder
• Laura Mercier Face Tint in Filtered Brown
• Lush Enchanting Eye Cream
• Burt’s Bees Lip Balm
• Philosophy Supernatural Blotting Sheets

See what some A list celebrities carry in THEIR makeup bag…….

 

Who needs to spend $200 on a facial when……

………you can smuggle some volcanic mud home from St. Lucia!

On our honeymoon, I convinced my husband to go on the Volcanic Mud Bath excursion on the island of St. Lucia. After taking in the breathtaking views of this beautiful, lush island (about an hour and a half worth to be exact), we arrived at the village of Soufrier/Sulfur Springs Drive in Volcano. After getting past the overwhelming smell of sulfur (like a huge giant egg fart….), we viewed the volcano and started down to the hot mud baths (the reason why I had booked the excursion in the first place).

You would expect the mud baths to be these thick, bubbling masses of mud, but they are just regular pools of water heated by the volcano above them.

The mud lies at the bottom of the pools, and on the edge of the river banks nearby. The people that were with us on the excursion were gingerly soaking in the therapeutic waters, while I was scooping up mud, slathering it on myself, and exclaiming “SHIT! You would pay about $200 for this in a SPA! Damn RIGHT I’m taking advantage of this!”

Soon, a couple of people started doing the same thing, slowly coming around to my way of thinking, although not as excessive as I was (packing the mud on every possible part of skin, including my face). Most of the them were half-heartedly spreading a thin layer on their stomachs or arms (like – what is THAT going to do idiots?), and NEVER their face.

I asked my guide of she had any sort of container/bag that I could have to take some of this magical mud back home with me, and luckily she had a baggie. I filled the baggie to capacity with mud lying on the side of the river banks, much to the embarrassment of my husband (who, by the way did NOT slather any mud on himself…which I thought was crazy. Like – why WOULDN’T you?)

When I got back to the cruise ship, I transferred the contents of my baggie into an emptied out plastic jar full of coconut scrub (yup, I sacrificed my precious coconut scrub for the sake of natural, untouched mud).

Now I have a huge container of volcanic/sulfuric mud, which I use on my face on a regular basis. The results are AMAZING. I actually had to lie (just a little bit!) on my customs card when we disembarked that I had not….

11. Mark an X in the Yes or No box. Are you bringing with you:

a.	fruits, plants, food, or insects?
b.	meats, animals, or animal/wildlife products?
c.	disease agents, cell cultures, or snails?
d.	soil or have you visited a farm/ranch/pasture outside the United States?

OOPs……

I love Finding New Products….

CHEAP PRODUCT RAVE!!

I picked up this .99 cent Andrea Face Spa Masque at CVS as a substitute yesterday because my LUSH Cosmetic Catastrophe had expired, and put it on while soaking in a bubble-bath.

Moisture Intense Masque contains Sweet Almond Oil, high in Essential Fatty Acids and an excellent source of Vitamin E as well as other vitamins and minerals essential for healthy, younger looking skin. CoQ10 rejuvenates cells and helps to neutralize harmful free radicals.

LOVE!!!!

Of course, if you don’t want to spend the .99 cents, you can make your own masque at home….

Banana Bread Masque:

½ really ripe mashed banana – moisturizing
2 Tbsp. ground oats – soothing
milk or cream, add as necessary – softening
pinch nutmeg – antiseptic
2 Tbsp. whole wheat flour – antioxidant

Whip ingredients together, adding cream or oat flour as necessary to get a smooth, paste-like consistency. Spread on clean face and leave for 5-10 minutes, then rinse thoroughly and pat dry.

 I am TOTALLY making this when I get home.  Though, with MY luck, my husband probably ate all of the banana’s in the house…..

 THIS ARTICLE, where I got the recipe is pretty cool.  There are a couple of scrub and oat/milk bath recipes on there too. 

Do You Think That My Daughter Is Just A LITTLE Spoiled?

I got her this phone

 

MEANWHILE….I am walking around with THIS  phone (that, by the way they do not even MAKE anymore) after breaking my other one…….

 but even that one wasn’t half as nice as hers. 

SPOILED…..

Gonna Hafta Face It, I’m Addicted To LUSH

Please…someone help me. Hi, my name is Kerrie and I’m addicted to Lush Cosmetics. Do they have a support group for this? My husband is going to ban me from going there soon. It doesn’t help that there are THREE locations in Massachusetts that I can go to, the closest one being right smack dab in the middle of Harvard Square. To prove that I am as addicted as I say I am, here is a run down of the products that I have bought from there (some of them 2 or three times)

www.lush.com

About LUSH (from the website)

Angels On Bare Skin – LOVE THIS. I love the smell, and the exfoliating properties. I use this in the shower, since it can mess up your sink.

Baby Face – I use this to remove my makeup at night. It leaves my skin so soft!

Imperialis – This is the first moisturizer that I picked up from there. I got it because I tend to get oily in my t-zone, and that’s exactly what this is for. Since, it is getting colder here I had to switch to……

Cosmetic Lad – This states it is ’skin care for the boys’, but the saleslady helped me pick it out for my dry patches. The other moisturizers might have been to greasy for my skin type. So far, it works great!

Enchanted Eye Cream – who DOESN’T need an eye cream? I am always on the hunt for the perfect (yet inexpensive) one. I JUST got this yesterday, so we shall see how it works out…..

Buffy – This is one of their body butter bars. You use it in the shower by rubbing it on your skin away from the shower stream, then rinsing it off. It makes my skin SO SMOOOOOTH.

Nutts – One of their massage bars. It smells just like honey. I use it as a body moisturizer and the smell stays pretty much all day. Other massage bars that I have purchased are……

Wicci Magic Muscles - I love the smell of this. Really clove-ish and cinnamon. I have had people comment on it when I am around them, most of them saying ‘what is that cinnamon smell…mmmmmm’. Of course, I say ‘Oh…it’s ME!’. The ONLY thing that I do not like about this one is the beans in it. They tend to drop all over the floor when the bar gets used alot.

Soft Coeur (The Honeymooner) – OH-EM-GEE. This is the sweetest smelling thing EVER. It smells like white chocolate and honey. I actually have it on right now – just out of the bathtub.

Dreamtime - One of their bath melts. You melt it in a hot bath, and the oils from it soften and moisturize your skin. Great for a bath just before bedtime!

Catastrophe Cosmetic – One of their fresh hand-made masks. They are so fresh that they have an expiration date AND cannot be sold online. I loved this one. I put it on while I soaked in the bathtub. I got about 5-6 uses out of this one tub. The expiration date is November 26th, and I have about one application left. I can’t wait to try the other ones! Shhhhh….don’t tell my husband. I said that I am all stocked up until after X-Mas.

Breath Of Fresh Air – Love the smell of this. The ’spray face’ thing is a little hard to get used to, but I love the way that it makes my skin feel. I use it right before moisturizing when my skin is still a little dewy from it.

So…there you have it – my new addiction. Hey – it COULD be worse! Most of their products are moderately priced. It’s just that every time I go in there, I want to buy EVERYTHING!!!!!

I Remember a soldier sleeping next to me…riding on the metro…..

Observations on the subway…..

It doesn’t happen very often, but today I had to take the subway into Boston to go to work.  Usually my amazing fiance gives me a ride in, but he had an appointment to get his hair cut early this morning.

Usually, I grab a magazine at the paper stand to read and ignore other passengers.  Today, my Jane magazine was pissing me off with all of the inserts flying out of it so I opted to put it in my bag and sip my coffee while observing the people around me.

The following are random thoughts that went through my head.  Some make not make sense because, lets face it – they came from MY head so they could not be all that normal or even coherent……

• wow…that guy is INHALING that powdered donut.
• hmm…that guy is kind of cute in a geeky sort of way, but EWWW, he has chocolate from his pastry on his goatee.  Should I tell him? No…no way…
• I always wanted to read that book…should I ask her how it is? No, that would start a conversation.  Not awake enough for that…
• her glasses are really cute
• my engagement ring looks really shiny in this light (turning hand from side to side) – oh no – are people watching me do this? 
• did that guy even comb his hair before he walked out of the house?
• that bag is UGLY. 
• that bag is CUTE!
• please don’t sit next to me…please don’t sit next to me…please don’t sit next to me…..ugh….ok….but don’t rub up against me.
• how can that guy have PIT STAINS already?  It’s 7:30 AM!
• wow- she totally does not look like a Metallica fan (could here it through her headphones)
• she didn’t match her blacks very well
• that is a realllllly ugly toenail color
• I wonder how it would sound if I farted?  would it echo because of the vinyl seats?  I better not try it…..
• I wonder how many people HAVE farted on these seats…..gross
• that guy left his Dunkin Donuts bag on the seat!  What an ASS… 
• why is she wearing such a heavy coat?
• oh….I like her shoes
• I wonder what she is texting on her blackberry.  I’m gonna ‘fish-eye’ to see if I can read it…..(she turned it away….)
• whatever bitch….I don’t wanna read your stupid email anyway!
• oh…here’s my stop…later losers…..

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• Post title lyrics from “The Metro” by Berlin

The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload…

….and nobody’s gonna go to school today, she’s gonna make them stay at home….

I was watching an episode of House the other day.  It was the episode that starred Dave Matthews.  He played a patient who got hit by a bus when he was 10, which affected his mental development but also gave him the ability to play the piano flawlessly despite never taking a lesson.

During that episode, “House”, played by Hugh Laurie and the patient (Dave Matthews) play the introduction to the song “I Don’t Like Monday’s” by the Boomtown Rats on the piano.  I cannot remember when the last time was that I heard that song, but immediately knew it by the piano introduction part.  I had made a mental note to myself to find the song on the internet.

The song “I Don’t Like Mondays”, by the Boomtown Rats spent four weeks at # 1 on the UK charts in July of 1979.  Wow, I can’t believe that I was 9 when this song came out!  I remember my stepfather playing it, and telling me the story behind what it was about. 

This past weekend, as my boyfriend and I were driving home from seeing my cousin play at a pub on St. Patty’s day, I heard it on the radio!  Very interesting, since when it came out, it was banned from airplay in the USA!  Of course, I remembered all the words (thanks again to my former stepfather who played this song over and over again when I was younger), singing it at the top of my lungs.  Afterwards, I told my boyfriend about the story behind the song (again, information that was told to me by my former stepfather).  Hearing the song, and repeating the story intrigued me enough to do some research on the subject.

I had always assumed that the incident behind the song took place in Ireland, where the Boomtown Rats hail from, but it was actually something that happened in San Diego. 

Brenda Ann Spencer fired a rifle at children playing in the schoolyard of Cleveland Elementary School across from her house in San Diego on Monday, January 29 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and also a police officer.  The title of the song comes from her nonchalant excuse for the shootings.  When asked why she had committed the crime, she simply answered “I don’t like Mondays”, adding “this livens the day up”. 

Brenda Ann Spencer is now serving out a sentence of 25 years to life for her crimes, which include murder and assault with a deadly weapon.  Despite being eligible for parole four times, she remains in the California Institution for Women in Corona.  The next time she will be eligible will be in 2009.

 

“……and the lesson today is HOW TO DIE…..”

“I Don’t Like Monday’s” was covered by Bon Jovi and also Tori Amos, but nothing beats the original recording of this song.  You can hear it by clicking on this link.  It’s on my playlist.

http://images.projectplaylist.com/static/user/1398934.html

Other links: 

Lyrics to “I Don’t Like Mondays”

BoomtownRats.co.uk

San Diego Sniper Is Denied Parole

**information acquired from www.wikipedia.com

• Post title lyrics from “I Don’t Like Monday’s” by the Boomtown Rats

Anybody can do the things I do. The lack of talent has taken its toll

votefortheworst.comstrikes again.  They want you to vote for what they (and most other talent seeking individuals) think is the absolute worst singer on Idol.  I have to admit, I don’t disagree with with everything that their site says, even though I am a die hard American Idol fan.  They’re basically saying that some people, even though they have severe lack of talent, are pushed through to make for better reality television.  The spot that they take in the finals could have been taken instead by a way more talented person. 

The thing that I do  disagree with is their thinking that by keeping these people on the show and encouraging people to vote for them that they are making Idol more enjoyable and entertaining.  This may be the case for some people, but it irritates the ever living fuck out of me.  There are people on there that have been bumped off that are WAY more deserving to stay in the competition, and that really sucks. 

Does votefortheworst really work?  Yeah, I think that it does.  Why do you think Kevin Covious stayed in the competition so long last season?  Because he was talented?  Yeah – RIGHT. 

dialidol.com is a site that measures the busy signal to predict who will be voted off American Idol.  It was 87% accurate last year.  I remember checking the site the day of the elimination show last season to see who would be voted off that night, and most of the time they were right. 

Dialidol has Sanjaya Malakar in the top three.  Yes.  You read that correctly.  THE TOP THREE.  Seriously?  Sanjaya absolutely SUCKS.  He has zero talent, and even LESS THAN ZERO stage presence.  He should have gone home a lonnnnnnnnng time ago.

Ask me why he’s still there?  Go ahead, ask me.  Why?  Because of votefortheworst.com.  He is their project of the moment.    So to repeat the question, does votefortheworst.com really work?  You be the judge……     

• Post title lyrics from “We Have No Talent” by Dogwood