No (Wo)Man Is An Island.

I've discovered this week that there are A LOT of people out there in the world who share the same feelings about stuff that I do.
And all along I was feeling a bit more than eccentric in my opinions about some things.


Although, my sister had this " boyfriend " for a long time that always told me I was too opinionated. I remember him asking me frequently if there was anything I did not have an opinion about.
Then I always told him that it was my opinion that he was a total shithead.
My sister dumped him quite a few years ago - after she discovered that he was a total shithead.

But I digress.

So, what opinions do others share with me that I've only discovered recently you ask ?
Here we go - bullet style;

* The guys on BCN were RIPPING on Dane Cook the other day. OH MY GOD ! FINALLY !
Someone else agrees with me that Dane Cook IS NOT FUNNY ! AT ALL !

* The guys at Jammin' 94.5 were expressing just this morning that if you are a grown ass adult w/o kids you have NO BUSINESS being at Disney World. Here here !
My friend Kathy and I have been around this topic many times. This is usually how our conversations go;


Me: " Brock and I are going to Florida next month. "
Kath: " Are you going to Disney ?"
Me: " Fuck no !"
Kath: " People don't believe me when I tell them I know someone who goes to FLA and does not go to Disney. "


* Rachel Ray is the devil. I'm glad someone else sees this.


* Anthony Bourdain is one old dude that I'd like to hang with. And his show rocks.

XO

Bunny

A Little Known Fact.....

After three cocktails Wham will be the best music you've ever heard in your life.

I love Wham.
Really.
It's my dirty little secret.


Xooo
Bunny

More Fun With The Scanner; Bunny Through The Years '76-'79

I thought you guys would enjoy these....

The back of this pic is dated Summer of '76.

I'm gonna venture to guess that I was

probably six months old.

Love the bag on my head.

I guess my parents thought they were

pretty damn funny.

BTW, I look A LOT like my dad in this pic.

This pic is dated Feb. 1978 @ Disney. I wasn't quite two.

Doing the math, my dad was 27 in this pic.

My sister wasn't born yet.

Although I have accused my parents

of conceiving my sister during this trip to Disney,
they both deny this.

BTW, I think this is where my

affinity for red shoes started.

The blizzard of '78. I still was not quite two.

Notice the red boots......

Perhaps my sister was conceived then ?

Hmmm....

Summer of '78 - Horseneck beach in R.I.

OK, my sister was most definitely on the way....

BTW, the T-shirt reads Grand Canyon

as my grandparents and my aunt had

recently driven cross country and

brought me this shirt.

Christmas '79.

I was about three and a half.

My sister was almost one.

Brock thinks my lower face is

unchanged since this time.

If memory serves me correctly

the umbrella was merely a small

part of a larger ensemble that included

shoes and a purse.

BTW, my 'rents had orange walls and

ORANGE SHAG CARPET.

It was very Three's Company.

I realize that I perhaps sound a little disgruntled about my sister's entrance into the world. Perhaps I shouldn't have used the words accused and deny regarding my sister's conception. Brock said I make it sound like they commited a crime.

I love my sister, I really do. There is a really cute pic of the two of us when we were about three and one. I'll have to find it and post it one day.

Have a lovely weekend.

Xooo

Bunny

Retro Music Friday - More Song Binging.

This was not my original inspiration for today's RMF. I was looking for Aretha Franklin's Make It With You live from The Filmore West 1971, but alas, it is proving too difficult to find this on a video.
This is The Closer I Get To You by Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack. I've been song binging on this tune for about three or four days now. I just love the simplicity of this love song.It it beautifully written and sung. In my research I've found that they went to Howard University together. They had other duets that are equally as lovely to this, including Where Is The Love.

This song peaked on the charts in February of 1978. I was not yet two and my sister was not born yet.

Enjoy.

Xooo

Bunny

Not Making The Freebie List......Yet.

I have song binged on this snappy little ode to hooking up for the past 24 hours. I love it. BTW, this is John Legend feat. Andre 3000 from Outcast. I LOVE THIS SONG !!

Although it's not like I have to make much of an effort to get............hooked up. Really, as long as I don't have food in my teeth or horrible BO it's pretty much a sure thing. But hey, The Mister is cool like that.

THIS is my other favorite John Legend song - the ode to the afternoon shag. This tune happens to be on my Zune.

Did you know that John Legend has THE EXACT SAME birthday as my sister ?

Did you also know that Andre 3000 is Erykah Badu's babydaddy ?

That's all I have for now. Hasta !

Xoooo

Bunny

Just When I Was Starting To Feel Unappreciated.

I got this lovely piece of jewelry from one of my clients and his sister. The picture does not do it justice, it is really quite lovely - and handmade.

This particular client informed me today that he " had a present " for me.
I asked what it was and he wouldn't tell me, but he assured me that I would like it.

After I opened the box and tried it on ( to which he absolutely beamed, SO CUTE ! ) I thanked him profusely to which he said;

" Yeah, my sister really likes you. "

The whole exchange we had today made me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.
I guess the Universe is sort of apologizing for dry humping my psyche all this time.


XO
Bunny

More Unfun Than Fun.

To borrow a phrase from Dooce, the Universe has really dry humped my psyche this summer. I know this is going to read as entirely unspecific - but I realized today that I've been owning a lot of other people's emotional baggage and making it my own. I've done a lot of hand wringing and nail biting over issues that clearly do not belong to me.

Like Elton John's 448th re-release of a greatest hits CD - it's the same old crap repackaged in a shiny new wrapper. It's the same game as before, only with different players. That is to say that I've gone down this road with others in the past and it took me YEARS to extricate myself from that.

Side Note:
One thing ( amongst many - too many to list here ) that my sister and I do not have in common is the way we tend to view the world. She tends to see things in absolutes, black and white, yes and no. I sure as hell respect her conviction in her beliefs and view of the world - I wish I could make it work for me.
I happen to live in all the shades of gray and maybes. Sometimes I wish life could be as clearly defined as my sister can make it for her. Certainly would make things a whole hell of a lot easier for me.
But sometimes things are not as absolute or as clearly defined as we'd like them to be.

More to the point - I've let other people treat me unfairly and make me feel like a total douche for crap I've not done. Alternately to this I've also allowed people into my life whom have presented themselves under false pretenses and proceeded to deceive me and screw with my head. Maybe it's making them feel better by making me feel like a horse's ass and alternately screwing with my emotions, but their issues are clearly their own.
Don't misunderstand me - I can certainly be guilty of a lot- but in this instance I am entirely clean. All of my actions have been correct and entirely above board - even if some fail to believe this.

So - as I'm sure most of you are scratching your heads by now - I'll leave you with my Universe-Psyche-Humping soundtrack courtesy of Mick & Co.











The moral of today's post is that if someone (or someones ) are treating you unfairly or transferring their emotional baggage onto you, dear readers, you deserve better.

XOO
Bunny