Can I Tell You...

how much I love Ellen DeGeneres for askingJohn McCain to walk her and her girlfriend, Portia DeRossi, down the aisle after he came out (no pun intended) and said on her show that he is against gay marriage? I do love that woman. (and NO, I don't want to marry her.)

Metal Mommy and Her B Movie Career!

(get out your bifocals to see that photo! that's me, second from the left) Apparently (and amazingly) there are people out there in the world who actually remember Warbride from back in the glory day...proof in an email that went to Lori not too long ago asking if the band in the background of this movie was indeed us? When Lori sent this email to me I was immediately brought back to this time that we all drove out to the middle of Nowhere California--I vaguely recall someone saying we were close to the Manson Ranch, lovely--to play the part of The Band at a Party. If any of you have watched any 1980's movie, you know just what I mean. Some totally unknown background band is jamming away in the background of almost every one, while badly dressed 80's- clad boys and girls dance badly in the foreground, pretending they are really having fun. (and really liking the music.) I only have flashes of memory of that day, and obviously nothing big ever came of it! In fact, I can't even remember how it all came to be, and I KNOW that we never got paid.

Fast Forward to 2008, and Lori finds out the name of the movie. She Googles it, and Lo and Behold--there it is. She buys it--wow, look at that! You can get it on a compilation with seven other horror-able movies for only $9.99! Such a deal! (that was the only way she could find it, on that compilation!) She sends me the link, I order one for myself. (and just in time--there was only one left in stock! Why do I have a feeling if I go back to that site it will still say one One in Stock??!) It arrived yesterday.

Man, was that a blast from the past. Thank goodness it was not long into the movie and there we were, in all of our big-hair rocker chick glory. Never mind that my lips somehow don't move in time with what I'm singing, and never mind either that it's not actually my voice...we are a damn good Background Band at a Party! Also never mind that the song that's playing, "Nevermore", is a total rockin' ballad-y type song, certainly not conducive to dancing at a party. Those poor extras look even more silly than they would in a normal bad movie, trying to dance to a non-danceable beat. Pretty hilarious. We aren't on camera for long, but it was definitely worth the 10 bucks. Vivian walked in at one point and was like, "That's YOU? Mom, you were so cool!" That was DEFINITELY worth the money. :-)

The reason it's not my voice on there is because I had replaced a singer, and I myself had never done any recording with the band at that point. The guy who ran our rehearsal studio and sometimes acted as a so-called manager must have set this up--and if there was any money to be had with it at all, he must have taken it! Ah, to be so naive. Who cares, we were going to be in a movie!!! (insert eye-roll here.) As I said my memories of this day are vague, but I do remember meeting a great extra named Howie who became a very good friend for many years to come. I remember seeing a real live tarantula on the side of the house and being very afraid--especially as night came on and we were filming outside--to sit down anywhere on the grass! (shiver.) I remember seeing Martha Quinn on set--who the heck knows why, she wasn't in the film or in any of the credits. Probably too smart to admit she had any part of this movie if she did! And I remember even then all of us laughing at how very bad this movie was going to be. I mean, when a guy turns to another guy and says the line, "She may be a b*&%ch, but she screws like a demon!" that kind of gives you a clue of the quality you are dealing with. !

So there it is. If you ever run across Click: The Calendar Girl Killers , or even the compilation After Dark Thrillers in the bargain bin at your local video store and you feel like seeing me with giant magenta hair and Stevie Nicks-type metal garb, pick it up for a chuckle. But don't watch it thinking you are going to enjoy it at all. Even for the Funny Factor, you'll be reaching. It is quite possibly THE WORST movie I have ever seen in my life. It definitely leaves you wondering how anyone ever gave anyone money to have that one made.

And on an entirely different note (literally!), I am IN LOVE with a new song I've discovered and I have to share! I'm probably way showing how un-hip I am that these guys are new to me, but the song is called "A New Sky", by The Presets. It's a dancy-techno type tune--perfect working out or driving with the sunroof open on a fine spring day such as this music!

Happy Mom's Day!

A happy day to all of you who enjoy the amazing experience of motherhood. Here are the lovely snow-white tulips that my husband brought home for me--two days ago and they are already wilty, sad!--I think that is my new favorite flower. Coreman doesn't understand how I can be so enamored with plain white, but something about them just does it for me. It's funny how your tastes change as you get older, how it's something you don't even notice and then one day you're attracted to something you never would have looked twice at before. Kind of bizarre.

I for one don't need Mother's Day to be a big to-do, I'm happy spending the day outside with my fam. My perfect meal is not going to a fancy restaurant, but going to Byerlys and getting a feast of sushi to eat here on our deck. (of course that cost just about as much as going out to eat...!) Tonight I shall lay my head down on my pillow and be thankful for the privilege Motherhood truly is. Especially with my two kids. How many moms have kids who buy their mom something with their own Target gift card they got for their birthday (Vivian) or never fail to snuggle me every morning and say how much they love me? (Sullivan) Plus how many 7 year olds request Megaherz when you're riding around in the car? Only one a Metal Mommy could love. :-)

Something Worse

Is there anything worse than a spring cold? I'm fighting it, my friends, fighting it. Or maybe it's just allergies. Either way I'm finding it hard to enjoy the long-awaited for warmer weather with a fuzzy full head. As I type now I'm listening to the frogs sing away through my screen door. Now that is definitely not something I heard in my old house! It's amazing to me how they often hit a perfect major third in their chirpings...it certainly is lovely. The sights and sounds of spring in my new wooded yard make me feel like watching Charlotte's Web. Isn't that silly? Bizarre or not, it's what comes to mind. I actually have a real memory of sitting in the movie theater with my mom as a young child and watching the cartoon version (long before the Dakota Fanning version). One of my all-time favorite stories and movies, fo sho. (and why is it that it never cured my fear of spiders?? I have a feeling that was one of E.B. White's goals with that story, but alas, it had no warming effect whatsoever on his arachnophobe...!)

OK, I take it back. There is something worse than a spring cold. It's trying to post photos on this blog site! Twice in the past I've tried to post and just gave up because I couldn't get the pictures to load. I've even tried it in Firefox versus Safari, but just now on Firefox I couldn't even get into my account to write a post. Computers have always hated me, but this is ridiculous. Sorry about the techie rant, but there it is. I'm seriously considering changing my blogging site because of all of recent woes, but alas, all of my past posts will be history. All those lovely pictures of Orlando, all of my shopping finds, gone! What will the world do? But it may happen, it just may...I mean, a person can't have just empty writing on their blog site, how dull!