The Loooove Boat…Sing it with me!

I need some fashion advice.  I’ve been invited to one of those murder mystery parties, and this one has a Love Boat theme.  When I got the invitation, I was thrilled…I looooved The Love Boat.  I had to beg my dad to watch it, seeing as he viewed it as a ‘ridiculous program’ and a ‘waste of time.’  Just to give you an idea, virtually every program my brother and sister and I might have had even a vague interest in watching was judged in precisely the same way.  My dad was a Nova pusher, with a little Carl Sagan mixed in.

Anyway, with the party having a Love Boat theme (cue music…The Looooove Boat…set a course for adventure, your mind on a new ro-mance....), I need to dress in some sort of 70’s costume.  The difficulty, other than I don’t currently own any 70’s style clothes that I’m aware of, is that my role in the mystery is rather conservative.  Consequently, I don’t think I should be coming in wearing bell-bottoms, a flowy, flowery blouse, and psychedelic sunglasses.  Nor do I want to.  And no mini-dresses with big white collars and only two inches of coverage

So none of this…

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but maybe something like this…although I don’t have any of those boots…

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Maybe I can do my makeup like this…

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Thoughts?  Suggestions?
Posted in 70's party, Love Boat on 09/30/2010 06:02 pm | 9 Comments

Bringing you the hard-hitting questions.

So I’m watching Dancing with the Stars last night, my jaw sore from getting a temporary crown put in, and I’m struck by a question I simply can’t answer alone… (that’s where you come in)

At what moment in a person’s life is it acceptable to switch from being identified with a proper name or adorable nickname to being identified with an arbitrary noun?

Seriously.

One of the ‘Celebrities’ on the show is a member of the show Jersey Shore, and he likes to be called, “The Situation.”

The Situation?  Gimme a break!  For him to suggest that people refer to him in such a ridiculous way is absurd.  I cracked up laughing last week when the head judge started speaking to him with the words, “Here’s the situation, Situation.”  It’s inagurably laughable (so don’t try to argue with me about it).

What if we all did that?  Can I ask my friends to start calling me, The Sleeper Hit, The Prologue, The Opinion, The Extra Ketchup?  The Whirlwind Tour?  I don’t think the world can handle such a situation.  Pun intended.

Feel free to comment with the random noun and adjective you’d choose, should this be the wave of the future.  I think I’d go with Sleeper Hit.

Posted in names on 09/28/2010 10:13 pm | 8 Comments

Cool Cover

Look at this cool bookcover on a book I ordered for my boys from Scholastic Book Clubs…  It’s about a kid who finds a rather unique ‘dog’ that can switch back and forth between a boy and a wolf.  I think I captured the creepiness with my amateur filmmaking.

I wonder if there’s any way Kensington can incorporate one of these little switcheroo windows (obviously I don’t know what they’re called) onto my book cover.  That would be awesome.

Posted in book covers on 09/25/2010 10:44 pm | Comments Off on Cool Cover
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