Yesterday, Robyn and Todd talked about movies that are your guilty pleasures. You know … the ones you are ashamed to admit that you like, but you are more than happy to watch over and over again.
For me, it isn’t movies. I have no qualms about admitting the fact that “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” is still one of my all-time favorites. Oh no, for me … it is something much worse. It is music. Music that will make you cringe. Music that will make you laugh at me because it’s the music that makes me happy. And today one of my guilty pleasures was satisfied…
Kymberlie and I went to Costco earlier, and while I was there, I spotted the BEST CD! I just had to have it. No, seriously. I didn’t even think twice about picking it up. Didn’t care about the price. I just had to have it.
“Bee Gees – Their Greatest Hits – The Record”
Yes. I am serious. I am listening to “Jive Talkin'” right now. It has all the hits for “Saturday Night Fever” too – “Stayin’ Alive”, “How Deep is Your Love”, “More Than a Woman”, “You Should be Dancing” … oh, I love this CD.
Yes, yes … you can laugh at me now. I don’t care … Jive Talkin’ …
As I mentioned earlier, there was a gathering of members of the H-Town Blogs yesterday, and it was a blast! The weather was perfect (finally!) and downtown was deserted as always. Houston is just the strangest city – no one to be found for the most part in downtown on the weekend, unless there is a baseball game. I took pictures to prove this fact, and I’ll post them tonight.
Kaveh Kanes was a great spot to have this – there is a large “U” shaped couch, so we could sit and talk with each other easily. Eventually there were so many people there we had to add more chairs, but in a circle like that the conversations were flowing. Pictures were snapping. It was fun. After awhile we decided some food was in order, so we headed to the Topas bar next door to eat. That’s TOPAS not to be confused with TOPLESS, ok? There seemed to be an issue with that every time it was said. Say them out loud. You’ll understand.
In attendance (I hope I get all of them!) were: Mike (who I couldn’t wait to meet because I had heard such great things about him from D, all of which are true), Elaine, Hanna, Rob, Robert, Charles, Erica, Cody (with the adorable and wonderful baby Petunia), Clayton (who looks just like the photo on his site), Greg (Clayton’s guest in town from Indiana. I hope we didn’t spoil his impression of Houston…), and Kathy.
Good company, and more blogs to read. Because they just get better when you’ve met the authors in person!
It’s Banned Books week and you should support the Banned Books Project. I do. (Yeah, there isn’t a button on my sidebar … yet.) There are many books that I think are quite wonderful that are banned by others. I don’t think this is right. A responsible parent should monitor what their child reads and make sure it is age appropriate – but from there, books are the gateway to the world. Help make sure that people have access to that gateway…
I have finished up with all but five of the remaining manual submissions to Picture Yourself now. I approved all of the pending photos. I can’t even begin to tell you how thrilling it is for me to see all of the photos coming in – they are all so great! But now that I’m almost all caught up, maybe … just maybe … I can blog about something else soon? Yes, I’ve been a little bit distracted this week, but I’m coming around.
As I look at this picture of me with Harry Potter, I just can’t help but wonder if that Nimbus 2000 was one of the vibrating ones…
I went and met with the H-Town bloggers for coffee yesterday and had a blast. Matter of fact, our little coffee gathering at 2pm lasted until almost 8pm. Yes, I think we can call it a success. I’ll write more about it later – I promise!