Use of the Force for only $100?! That, my friends, is what I call a bargain.

Okay, I found this on the Yahoo!  Buzz webpage (http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92162?fp=1).  Check it out:

“On Becoming a Jedi
This one’s for all you Star Wars nerds*.  USA Today reported on an upcoming toy that “will let you test and hone your Jedi-like abilities.” What in the name of Jabba the Hutt does that mean? Well, according to the article, the Force Trainer “comes with a headset that uses brain waves to allow players to manipulate a sphere within a clear 10-inch-tall training tower.” The wireless headset will read the person’s brain activity “and the circuitry translates it to physical action.” It sounds like something from “The Onion,” but we assure it’s the real deal. This fall, you can pretend to be Yoda for about $100.”

Han Solo was the one part of Star Wars that I was always able to appreciate...

I once had a personal belief that the two things on Earth I was most incapable of understanding were football and Star Wars.  For some reason, nothing about either ever computed in my brain no matter how long I watched and was regaled with talk of first downs, intergalactic battles, lines of scrimmage, Luke Skywalker’s lineage, etc.  However, I

*I'm pretty sure Star Wars nerds includes this guy. If only I had his email, I could send him the link. Who am I kidding? He probably invented the damn toy.

find myself on this Saturday morning counting minutes until the Steelers’ playoff game tomorrow afternoon, so maybe there’s a chance for me to become a Jedi warrior yet.  Regardless, any toy that allows you to move things with your mind is something I must own.  I mean, are we seriously in the realm of being able to move things with our minds?  Thank god someone’s finally using all the scientific knowledge we’ve amassed for something truly cool.  I’ll take this over a new use for my cell phone any day.

Speaking of football, I imagine there’ll have to be all new rules if The Force becomes widely available.  Better enjoy the game while we can…

Life Resumes

I went back to work today for the first time since the holidays started, and I have to say it was nice to get back to my routine.  For one thing, I ate like a normal person instead of cramming baked goods and chocolates into my mouth on a continuous basis.  And, I was able to get rolling on some other resolutions, too.

I signed up on Chemistry.com this weekend.  I’m not sure how it’s going to go, but I decided it’s worth a try.  Maybe I’ll find love, or maybe it will simply give me fodder for some priceless blog posts.  Either way, it will be contributing positively to one of my resolutions, so that’s something.

I’m going through a period right now where it’s almost shocking just how much money I owe this month to everyone under the sun.  However, I refuse to panic.  I have some financial things that could come together to save me and then there are the unseen forces in the universe that I’m choosing to put my faith in.  I’m just not going to give myself an ulcer over it.  It will work out.  Somehow it always does.  And, yes, maintaining that attitude about life is also a new goal for this year. 

By the way, Rock of Love Bus?  Awesome.

Still undecided on the goals vs. resolutions issue

Number one New Year’s Resolution at the moment is to stop ignoring my blog.  I don’t know if that’s number 1 in order of importance or anything, but it’s number one chronologically because it’s the first thing I thought of a minute ago when I decided to write down my resolutions.  And, see how committed I am to my resolutions?  I started working on this one mere moments after conceiving it. 

My friend told me that she doesn’t think of her resolutions as resolutions, but as goals.  She thinks that helps her to take them more seriously.  I can see what she means since everyone basically knows that New Year’s resolutions typically don’t stick around long enough to see Groundhog Day.   My sister is a pastry chef, and she’s thrilled that it’s finally January because she knows her job is going to be really slow for the next few weeks as everyone swears off dessert, but that inevitably by the end of the month everyone will be ordering cakes and brulees after dinner again like that whole healthy eating kick never happened.  So, yeah, resolutions are notoriously lightweight.

What was my point?  Oh yeah, writing more of these scintillating posts.

Frontin’

Yes, I realize I’m too old for this kind of stuff, but I think it’s fun.  Shoot me.  Plus, some of the answers were hilarious and some were uncanny.

Rules
1. Put Your iTunes/Windows Media Player/ETC on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds.
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5. Put this on your journal or blog or whatevs.

1. If someone says, “Is this okay?” you say:
   “Don’t Let’s Start”
2. How would you describe yourself?
   “I Would Die 4 U”
3. What do you like in a girl/guy?
   “Certainly (Flipped It)”
4. How do you feel today?
   “Kiss”
5. What is your life’s purpose?
   “Medication”
6. What is your motto?
   “Pot Kettle Black”
7. What do you friends think of you?
   “Heavy Metal Drummer”
8. What do you think of your parents?
   “Expecting”
9. What do you think about very often?
   “Stupid Girl”
10. What is 2+2?
    “Seven Nation Army”
11. What do you think of your best friend?
    “Yes”
12. What do you think of the person you like?
    “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding”
13. What is your life story?
    “Dear Prudence”
14. What do you want to be when you grow up?
    “Riders on the Storm”
15. What do you think of when you see the person you like?
    “Sugar Daddy” 
16. What will you dance to at your wedding?
    “Drama”
17. What will they play at your funeral?
    “Let’s Call if Off”
18. What is your hobby/interest?
    “Electioneering”
19. What is your biggest fear?
    “Little Ghost”
20. What is your biggest secret?
    “So Cruel”
21. What do you think of your friends?
    “Three Little Birds”
22. What song would you play during your first kiss?
    “One Minute Man”  [Depressing!]
23. What will you post this as?
    “Frontin’”

A Final Video Post for a Lazy Sunday

Because it always cracks me up and because Justin Timberlake is my not-so-secret boyfriend. My favorite throwaway line from this for some reason has always been “backstage at the CMAs…”

more about “A Final Video Post for a Lazy Sunday“, posted with vodpod

 

A Marshmallow World by Dean Martin

Wow, is he drunk in this clip. Somehow he manages to get the lyrics wrong in spite of the fact that he’s lip-synching. Still not sure how that happened, but “when the sun comes to cover the ground” in the first stanza is incorrect. Hmmm…

more about “A Marshmallow World by Dean Martin“, posted with vodpod

 

Baby It’s Cold Outside ~ Dean Martin

No cheesy visuals of Dean drinking and leering, unfortunately, but a good listen nevertheless …

more about “Baby It’s Cold Outside ~ Dean Martin“, posted with vodpod

 

Long Bout of Blog Amnesia is Over

Wow, it’s been almost a month since I posted?  Why has it been so long?  Yes, these are questions for my readers to answer.  As usual, I’m waiting for the world to tell me what the problem is.  So much easier (and less effective) than figuring things out for myself. 

Well, let’s see…I got permanent work.  I posted awhile back that I was afraid that getting permanent work instead of the temporary work I was doing would make me take my eye off my goals of writing more and finding love.  And, that prediction proved to be true.  However, my temp. work was making me insane with its general inconsequence to the world and I really like my new job and am finding it quite fulfilling, so it hasn’t been a bad thing, just a trade-off, I guess.   

Thoughts become things.

I’m not going to say that I don’t see color or anything like that, because I think that’s a ridiculous statement.  Everyone sees color, especially in this country when race is such a huge issue.  However, I try not to judge anyone based on color (or ethnicity or religion or sexual preference), and for the most part that isn’t difficult for me.  I admit that sometimes I do find myself having a prejudicial reaction to someone or something, but it’s something I work hard to eliminate when it happens.  Even having said all of that, I find myself looking at African-Americans differently since Barack Obama was elected. 

President-Elect Obama!

Considering how political my blog was getting over the past few weeks, it might seem odd how long it’s taken me to post since the election.  Needless to say, I am thrilled that Barack was elected.  Not only was it what I hoped for, but I honestly can’t even imagine our country going on with another Republican president.  We were so clearly in need of serious change, and I’m so grateful that we’re getting it.  I guess I just haven’t even known where to begin as far as writing a post goes.  So much has been going through my mind and I’ve been feeling so many different emotions and absorbing so many other people’s reactions that the idea of trying to sum it all up has seemed daunting.  But, it’s either never post again, ignore the election completely and go straight to a post about Gossip Girl, or tackle the task of writing an election post.  The first two choices seemed pretty ridiculous, so here I go with choice three: