Brought to you by the color PINK!

Recently a girlfriend and I were discussing fashion, in particular our lack of it. My expertise in fashion consists of black shoes and black purses as you know these things ought to match. But when I try to do something different (ie: colorful) I crash and burn quite spectacularly - not unlike the Hindenburg.

In 2004 I went to a friends wedding and I hit a great sale on a light pink pantsuit that for some reason would became just short of hot flourescent pink under the lights at the reception.

There was a live band playing and the singer asked me to dance while he sung "Lady in Red" but exchanged the 'red' for 'pink' throughout. People around us were commenting like "Yes that is quite PINK alright" and "Wow, that's quite a bold color!"...

Uugh, would it have been too much to ask that their band be colorblind for that one day? Well everyone who was there had their retnas seared for sure. To top it off I had just frosted my hair blonde the night before and it was rather WHITE. So owing to that fact, you could actually say that I looked like a strawberry cupcake with vanilla frosting and chocolate sprinkles on top!

Clearly a true fashion icon was in the house. Oh the humanity...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Glamour the way it was...

Pauline Starke

Esther Ralston

Billie Dove

Olive Borden

One of those days...

Ever feel like your a native in a King Kong world?

Or sometimes a King Kong in a native world?

Yeah, some days are just like that, aren't they?

Frightening bread advertisement from a bygone era...

An evil possessed child?

Or just an evil entrail spread?

You be the judge....

Cheesy Movie Alert!

I will be the first to admit that I have really awful taste in shoes and movies. When shoe shopping I am never happy unless the shoe is just so... Impossible, truly impossible. People hate going with me and my mother always happily points out that I have the worst taste in shoes anyway.

When it comes to movies I simply do not watch the kinds of things that are expected of a 38 year old woman. I love silent movies, old westerns and really really cheesy old sci-fi movies. When I was little I saw my first Godzilla movie and now thirty years later I am still hooked. As a matter of fact my collection of these Toho masterpieces has been growing in recent months. Right now I am searching for a reasonably priced dvd or vhs of Godzilla vs the Seamonster... But I digress...

This particular cheesy movie blog isn't about those wonderful Toho Godzilla classics but another Toho gem called "War of the Gargantuas". Honestly if you cannot stomach guys in hairy rubber suits or the squishing of Japan's version of Matchbox cars/tanks, model helicopters and the deaths of countless plastic army men than this bit of cinema is simply not for you. HOWEVER if you like goofy sort of stuff or need to have a good chuckle, than this is perfect for you. The only other Gargantua movie I had seen MANY many years ago was a different one and I think the name was simply "Gargantua". What I remember from that one was that this bad critter liked to eat people but not their clothes. So he would stick them in his mouth, chew on then and then spit out their clothes... Too silly, I really wonder who came up with that idea!

The picture I have added tells you everything you need to know about this movie and not to spoil it, the end kind of leaves you hanging. But really didn't they try, in countless Godzilla movies, to make you think that they got him in the end?

Cat cartoon

Step away from the computer... WHOA! NO NOT EVER!

Hi, my name is Reet and I am an internet addict. Ebay, Hotmail, Yahoo, Facebook, Myspace, the website - it never ends! When we were little mom would always say "Enough TV, go out and get some fresh air already!" No more checks and balances that way. Now my mom is a TV person and I sit glued to every bit of dada than can eek out the old flat screen monitor. When I can get my few moments on the good computer during the week they are late at night or fleeting at best.

So Carpe Computer today!

It's even worse than I thought. Moments after my husband and his friend went out today, I sat down at the computer and was like Gollum from Lord of the Rings "It's ALL MINE!! MINE!!" That was this morning, I did tear myself away from internetland temporarily for the usual breaks like lunch, laundry, Hogan's Heroes and potty but that was it.

Don't worry mom, I walked up to get the mail so at least there was a fresh air break. Two actually, mail hadn't arrived yet on the first trip...

They should be home soon and thus my tyrannical grip on the Compaq will come to a screeching halt. Sigh. But what a great few hours it has been today! :)

Look at that, men really are from Mars!

This place is clean!

YES! Just as that short lady declared in the movie Poltegiest: "This house is clean" I now declare that THIS place is clean! Not of ghosts, don't think we have any of those (hope we don't) but I swear you can eat off this floor ~ and any countertop, table, chair or toilet if you so desire.

Yesterday I purchased Renuzit fabric Refresher (spray) and I went to town, now this place has that new apartment smell to it. Nice! I'm quite willing to confess I went a bit overboard with the stuff and ended up having to open all the windows there for a while before me and the hubby started hallucenating.. Freezing is better than being chased by Godzilla I suppose..... That stuff is rather STRONG. Last time I bought a cheapy no name brand and had to use half the bottle just to scent a throwpillow. You really do get what you pay for with this brand.

Everytime we have company I go into some neurotic cleaning zone where my better half makes the mistake of treading occasionally. Today he tried to hold a conversation with me about the economy and I'm like "Yep, uh-huh, OK, sure, still there? Yes, OK, arrrghhh don't even think of sitting on the couch and eating! Not fish! That stuff reaks! If you eat that you will do it on the patio. No you cannot fry bratwurst then the whole place will smell from fried bratwurst all night! I hate when the place smells like that!" Luckily he settled for a sandwich and I was able to land my broom and resume dusting, vacuuming and folding laundry. What makes the male of the species so intent on eating the most noxious smelling things as you are cleaning?! Oy!

I wish I could be like my girlfriend in NY. She doesn't do any major housework when I am coming. It's not rudeness but I fall into that comfort zone where she feels I won't judge her if the shelves are a little dusty or the carpet needs vacuuming. And I don't cause I don't care, she's a good soul and I take her as she comes, dust and all. I did learn that when I visit her it is good to keep my shoes on or wear slippers because of the strangest thing. She has a bunch of cats and she feeds them in the kitchen BUT some how, some way they manage to get their kibble everywhere! It doesn't matter where you walk, you never know where it may find you but when it does, it hurts like hell. How they chew that rock hard crap it is beyond me when I can't crush it by stepping on it... And I weigh a little bit more than those 11 cats combined.... But not much, of course...

It always happens doesn't it? You do everything in your power to get your place as clean as you can before company arrives and then 15 minutes after they walk through the door the place looks like it did before you started! But I guess that's a good thing, your guest feels comfortable and you feel relaxed.. The way all friends visits should be!

I LOVE duckies too.....

Funniest website out there!

You can't help but fall in love with LOL Cats, this website is like a drug, once you see it you HAVE to go back for more! It's not always funny (sometimes cute), but it always is worth a few moments of your day to check out the cats there.
www.icanhascheezburger.com

First blog, really dumb...

I just want a kitty but I cannot have one right now. But this blog is not just for my lamenting the lack of feline companionship in my life. My preference would be for a much more entertaining blog tho I must say not every day lends itself to entertaining writings.... What the hell, let's give it a whirl!