Ass Kicking | Posted by Jannie on 23 February 2009 @ 7:05 AM
Sweetheart fuzzy-panted Kalyani loaned me her Crate amp for practicing! How super-cool is that? Not having to buy one of my own just yet means I can afford those trout-fishing hip waders I’ve been eyeing at the general store!
And you know what? After a good open mike the other night and guitar progress lately, I’m starting to think I might really be able to pull off this music thing! Just need to keep at the guitar, my most challenging part. My big little show’s 77 days from today – but who’s counting? Kalyani and I will be gigging together in the meantime at Flipnotics so I’ll be sure to put those dates on my Shows page when we firm them up.
Also on my music list…
— ask Jae if she minds Photoshopping another pic for my CD artwork. Jae? Sweetie-Pie? (In addition to being a great songwriter and all ’round Excellent Human Being, Jae and her equally talented daughter, Willow, designed these Band Geek Tees.) BTW, it’s Jae’s birthday today!
— update chord charts (time intensive,) get with the guys, talk arrangements.
— find or recreate CD with the background harmonies so Kalyani can have those to work from.
— CD duplications with lyric inserts.
— practice while sitting on my show barstool.
— practice river dancing while playing guitar.
— sew many bells on my fuzzy dress.
And you, blogging buddy, what’s on your list to get you where you want to go?
Kitchen Sink | Posted by Jannie on 20 February 2009 @ 7:09 AM
Today I’m so grateful for my wonderful Colgate Torque-4400 Plaque Removal System, as pictured above! Just a simple item but I’m really really glad to have it, so many people in this world would give their eye teeth for one — which might kinda defeat the purpose, but anyway…
And you? What simple possession(s) you are grateful for today?
Funny Typos | Posted by Jannie on 17 February 2009 @ 12:12 AM
1. Your blog writhing always leaves me uplifted.
2. You are a fine and rear creation.
3. What chases me every time I run is the fear of getting a bit butt…
4. I’m totally hopless with that whole HTML thing.
5. Whoever said “posting poems to the net was like taking a long walk off a short perm…” was an old sourpuss!
6. And now for a gust post… (Thanks Davina over at Shades of Crimson, for that one.) Hey, a gust typo!
7. As the Aussies say “goon on ya, Mate!”
8. I get so tired of my manual transmission – my left hell gets all worn down from the clutch.
9. I started writing songs about having wedgies, laying ukes and such
10. And bottom line – don’t give out hoe loans to people who DON’T QUALIFY!!!
Here is the entire series thus far, in case you are interested. 🙂
Funny Typos 10… Funny Typos 9… Funny Typos 8… Funny Typos 7… Funny Typos 6… Funny Typos 5… Funny Typos 4… Funny Typos 3… Funny Typos 2… Funny Typos 1…
Blogging | Posted by Jannie on 15 February 2009 @ 9:14 AM
photo credit: Pacific Spirit Marine Institute
I never really thought it would happen to me, but it did — a Hate Comment. Wow, to ME – little Jannie Funster, what a hoot.
I’m so flattered someone cared enough. He even called me Grannie!
His blast to me is – surprise – on my Armani Condom Heart post, comment # 56, with my comment # 58 as reply.
Actually, I’ve been wanting to write a follow-up to that post to say that as your comments came in on that, those of you who suggested I could maybe have made it an “educable moment” with my daughter, I totally started to see your point, I really did. That could’ve been one way to handle it. Who knows, should a giant shamrock of green condoms at Nine West or a rogue K-Y Jelly Easter art display at Abercrombie & Fitch present themselves in the near future, I may just have a great chance to talk to my 7-year-old about what they’re used for. Hey, she’s going to learn about these things sooner or later, why not sooner! From nice well-known corporations to boot. And please, I am not at all making fun of any of YOU with that statement – you guys I love, each and every one of you in your own special way. Any of us who disagree on the Armani Condom Heart, I am glad we can do so and still be friends. I am trying to point out how, in my opinion, some things are just not appropriate for children in a public place. Period.
But, gee, gotta go now – time for my senility pill and a good lie down. After all, I’ve been up for almost an hour. You know how us old gals of almost 45 gotta get our Zzzzzzs.
Wait, did I already take my senility pill today?
Love, Grannie Jannie.
Hey, that’s got a great ring to it!! Grannie Jannie. Maybe even a new song in there somewhere!
And you know what else just occured to me — disrespect for us elderly in our society, that’s something else that really fires me up, as well as disrespect for children. But that’ll be another post, my dear friends.
Now where’s my Geritol, before I take that nap.
Mysteries | Posted by Jannie on 12 February 2009 @ 1:36 PM
Why does the Armani Exchange deem it appropriate to display that enormous heart made out of red condoms in their front window at our local shopping mall where children walk past?! (Click on photo to enlarge, if you wish.)
“Mommy, what in the world are those red things in the heart? Me, shocked and disconcerted, “Why Kelly, those are, um, lollipops, I think. Yeah, lollipops.” “Oh funny, Mom. Look – they took all the sticks out of them. And Mom, why are you taking a picture of it?” “For my blog, Honey, for my, uh… Valentine’s post”
Hey, I’m no prude – far from it, in appropriate company at the appropriate time. And my daughter, because she asked some pointed questions not so long ago, knows the basic mechanics of how babies are made. (I wasn’t really planning on having that talk for another year when she’s 8, let alone talk about birth control until much later,) but she doesn’t deserve to be exposed to that window “decoration.” Armani’s whole thing with that “ad” is about safe sex. To me that condom display is a disgusting reflection of our society’s general moral code decay and disregard for what children see and hear. What do you think?
And if you disagree with me, I’d really like to know why.
Oh, I called Armani Exchange’s corporate office number at 212-462-1100 to complain, but when directed to the PR department I got a message that their mailbox is “full.” Hmmn, interesting.
P.S. Happy Valentine’s day – hope it is special. 🙂 And if you’re single and hoping for a mate and feeling like all that romantic stuff in the stores these days (including that Armani heart,) is a slap in the face, don’t give up. Love’ll hit when you least expect it! I promise.
