You Are Not Alone

I haven't felt this sad about someone famous passing since Jeff Buckley in '97. Michael Jackson was a huge part of my and my brother's childhood.

He was absolutely amazing as an entertainer. I do not believe any of the allegations against him were true. I do, however, believe he was stuck inside the mind of a 10-year-old, and it was just a very sad thing to watch the degradation of his mental health over the years.

But hopefully somewhere he is now at peace. And hopefully he can somehow sense the outpouring of admiration that has occurred over the last few days. I pulled out my old sticker collection today, and I had a nice pile o' MJ stickers and trading cards. Here are some of my faves-- a Girl Land homage to the gloved one, if you will:

Girl Land 2009 Summer Mix

• Two Weeks (Clip) by Grizzly Bear
  


• Womanizer by Britney Spears


• Sour Cherry by The Kills


• Electric City by Black Eyed Peas


• 24 Hours (The Aston Shuffle A-Bomb Remix) by Terry Poison


• I'm Good Feat. Pharrell by Clipse


• Pearl’s Dream by Bat for Lashes


• Many Moons by Janelle Monae


• Actor Out of Work by St. Vincent


• What a World by Common


• Koop Island Blues by Koop feat. Ane Brun

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Here are my two official faves! Who can tell me where this Koop Island Blues is from?? It was on a show tonight BUTT I love it anyway (hahahaha).



Close second is Actor Out of Work by St. Vincent:



I really REALLY wanted to include French Navy by Camera Obscura because I love them so, but I hate to say that I realllllly dislike that song. I don't know why. Sorry to the C.O. fans out there-- I'm not soured on them, but that song is like nails on chalkboard to me. Let me know if anyone is a fan of any of these songs! xo

Pastel Love

Have NO idea why I tried this recipe yesterday. I am still trying to be good and at least stick to my Nutrisystem during the week. Q enjoyed, and I enjoyed a little TOO much! I must say, however, that Pink Party Popcorn mid-week is delish. I actually just used microwave popcorn and pink candy melts. I am definitely going to use this idea for parties-- think of all the fun color combos to match your event!


Also, picked up some pretties at Michael's. They have a cute preppy collection (the pencils). And I also picked up some pale green fairy wands for the girls at 10 cents apiece.

Contest Winner

So continuing with the lazy tradition, I told Ryan to pick a number 1-8. He chose 7 which was the loverly KAT! So Kat, get a-shoppin', and I will get the goods out tout de suite. And don't forget-- if you come in under $20, I will add some myyyyysteryy prizes. Yay, and thanks everyone! I loved all your ideas. They all seemed to center around shopping, massages, and tropical weather. Ahhhhh. I particularly loved the cabana boy idea tho.

Thanks for playing!!! xo

P.S. I would have had my summer playlist up, but ilike is giving me a hard time and not allowing me to embed the whole thing. Drat!

400 Posts??? I Mean...400 Posts!!!

Contest time! Lazy contest time actually! I'm too lazy to figure out a prize, so we'll do Girl Land bucks for $20 dolla. Wanna win Girl Land bucks??? Enter! Lots of fun stuff to choose from in ye olde shop. If you total less than $20, I will throw in some lil' surprises to make up the difference.

To enter, all you gots to do is comment below. Tell me how you would be lazy if you had a whole 24 hours to yourself annnnnd unlimited moolah. I got to experience this last weekend (well, besides the unlimited moolah), and I got a massage, took a 3 hour nap, shopped, watched massive amounts of TV and ate ice cream (this was after the 2.2 lb gain-- I was in a downward shame spiral).

And link to me from your blog, and you'll get 2 extra chances to win (3 total, yay!). Just be sure to let me know you blogged 'bout me. I'll pick a number old school style (out of a hat) on Monday, June 22. Tell your friends!

Thanks for being my bloggy friends!!! Here's to 400 more posts!!! Ugh, that sounds exhausting! xo

I Still Don't Like Hockey

The Hockey Gods are stickin' it to me. Last week, I dared admit that I was OVER the whole Red Wings hockey thing goin' on here in metro Detroit. Anywho, I received this email from our babysitter this morning:

"IF YOUR CHEWING GUM, SPIT IT OUT NOW. IT MAY JUST FALL OUT OF YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOUR JAW DROPS.

A FAMILY FRIEND OF MINE (MADDY) SAW SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL ...... AT THE WINGS GAME!

JUST TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF.......

If you will excuse me, I need to go cry. Not only because Maddy got to meet taylor, but also because the wings lost the cup :'("

I totally love our babysitter. She actually makes me look FORWARD to having teenage daughters someday.

I've become somewhat disenchanted with Jazzercise. If you note my Skinny Girl Land chart to the side, you will see a somewhat sudden and drastic weight gain (2.2 lbs in one week?!) Yeahhhh, that would have been the week I Jazzercised 5 times in a row. Screw that. I went only 3 times the following week, and I lost 3.6. So methinks I'll be sticking with the 3x/week. I don't even care if it was water weight, muscle weighs more than fat, I would have lost more than the 3.6 the following week, blahdiddy blah. I ALMOST WALKED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. That will not happen again.

Final note, almost done compiling my 2009 Girl Land Summer Soundtrack! Tune in later this week...I know you are all holding your breath (heh). Happy week. xo

8 Things Meme & Randoms

This post is light on pics. Sorry. Found this on Jenna's blog today...

8 Things I am Looking Forward to
1…..Giving Ryan his Father's Day gifts
2…..Losing another 25ish pounds
3…..New Moon, November 20!
4…..Retirement (no joke)
5…..True Blood season two starting this Sunday
6…..My birthday! I loves my birthday. 27 days, y'all...
7…..Starting Q in ballet class in the fall
8…..V walking

8 Things I Did Yesterday
1…..Coughed. I think I coughed a lung up.
2…..Watched Cop Land (besides The Fugitive, probably my favorite movie to watch when I'm sick). I stayed home from work if ya can't tell.
3…..Watched some real life MTV show called Fat Camp for two freaking hours. Two hours that I'll never get back.
4…..Watched a really bad movie, Never Back Down. Only watched it because I wanted to jump on Sean Faris. Holy hot. He's like a younger, non-crazy, smaller-nosed Tom Cruise with a super hot beauty mark at the corner of his mouth. And that damn inguinal crease does it to me every time!!!


5…..Drank 7 cups of hot tea with skim milk and Splenda
6…..Actually did take a shower though
7…..Laid on the couch
8…..Took a buttload of Mucinex (did I mention I was coughing?)


8 Things I Wish I Could do
1…..Speak my mind without getting upset
2…..Speak and understand French fluently
3…..Retire
4.....Be rid of my food issues FOREVER
5.....Wear a bikini and look good in it
6…..Be a better mom & wife
7…..Hire a professional organizer to clean and organize my house. I would just sit in a big throne, point my sausage finger here and there, and direct them what to do. Awesome.
8…..Teleport my entire family (sorry, Jenna, stealing from you)

8 Shows I Enjoy (DVR)
1…..Lost
2…..Dexter
3…..How I Met Your Mother
4…..So You Think You Can Dance
5…..True Blood
6…..The Office
7.....30 Rock
8…..Best Week Ever

Miscellaneous random stuff on a Tuesday:

• After the Tony Awards, Diablo Cody Tweeted: "And yes, I’m concerned about Bret Michaels’ fractured nose. An acute sense of smell is essential to his dating process."
  
• Someone I know and like had to get a cancerous mass removed recently. This person doesn't know that I know. I saw this person smoking a cigarette today, and it really freaking pissed me off.
• I wish I were more into cupcakes. They are so cute and pretty and you can decorate and display them in such cool ways. But the stinking frosting to cake ratio is just way too low. (photo courtesy of melisdramatic via Flickr).
• My Twerd posse is growing. Today, we added another Twerd to the mix. If she is going to accompany us to the New Moon premiere in November, that will make 11 of us. Snap.
• I need ideas of how to recreate this cake. I'm thinking I may use dummy layers for the bottom two because I'll only be feeding like 20, but how to make the stripes?? I do not want to pipe that many stinkin' stripes. I'll let you know later why, but you may have guessed. Yes, I'm that dorky.