Back in the Summer of '69

I wouldn’t say I am an old soul, however I do like things that old people like. For example, I love myself some shredded wheat, oatmeal raisin cookies, plain oatmeal for that matter, prunes, sweater vests, card games that aren’t poker, all- you- can- eat buffets, Sunday’s obituaries, stories about sickness and death, Alaska and good ol’ cross stitching, you know like grandma use to make…

Well, maybe not cross stitching.

I was a little curious to see if I really was old, what I would look like back in the day. As they say curiosity killed the cat, so let’s take a walk down memory lane shall we:

Back in 1958 I was quite the catch!

My senior year in 1960. Man I miss those glasses.

Here is a little snapshot of what my mom looked like in 1966.

Back in 1976 I really loved the song "All by Myself"

Prom night 1984.

The first time I permed my hair in 1986. I wanted to look like Blanche from the Golden Girls.

And finally, I really reached my prime in 1994. In the words of the Crash Test Dummies "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

I’m not talking about Christmas people, rather Nick’s yearly birthday party at Ginos, my favorite Karaoke Bar in slums of Salt Lake. It encompasses all things that I enjoy: it’s smelly, it’s smokey, it’s trashy… and I never feel as classy, skinny, pretty, over dressed or coordinated in my life as I do when I walk through those glorious plywood doors. I really wanted to capture the essence of the evening, but why reinvent the wheel when Kate Gildea has done it so eloquently and coolly on her blog (please don’t sue me for plagiarism). So here are a few golden nuggets highlighting the evening courteously of Mrs. Gildea.

• You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette is not really something that I have ever thought of as a song to get down to...but the trio of freakers loved every minute of it


• I never knew that Meredith's Brooks, "I'm a Bitch" was something that was romantic or a dance to slow dance to..


• I would also like to thank that little Latin gal in the tube top for providing hours of entertainment by allowing us to watch you for hours while you attempted body rolls in the mirror


• "With or Without You by U2" is one of my least favorite songs...and when Mr Drunk and Tone Deaf sings, it makes life pretty unbearable.


• That Alvin and the Chipmunks or that awful trio should never sing "LOVESHACK" ever again. My ears are still ringing.


• The only thing worse that Melissa Etherage's song "Come to my Window" is the girl attempting to sound like Melissa Etherage while karaokeing "Come to my Window"


• If you weight upwards of 350+ lbs and are still insisting on using an air guitar during instrumental parts of the song...please don't sing "Every Rose Has it's Thorn" unless you remind me to bring some Depends.

But, I think that Nick and I did a pretty decent rendition of "Rocketman" by Elton John..and as you can see from the action shot we were pretty into it. Look at my hair flying in the wind...Nick's hand mid air...who knew we were so in to Karaoke?

And lastly, I think that this little guys did one of the best Karaoke's of the night (his 3rd mind you). "America" by Neil Diamond has never been sung so good...even though you were a little on the intoxicated side and fell (twice) attempting to do this knee drop, I think it was worth it. It looked good...real good.