A girl walks into a bar…

Today I discovered the feature on Facebook that lets you look at an archive of your old posts and status updates. I randomly selected April 2012 and scanned through to see that I sure posted a lot about food, Downton Abbey and Ewan McGregor!

I also found a status I posted on a day I clearly remember for a very important reason:

I have been so useless today. I’m supposed to go out now even though I’d rather go to bed, I’m so exhausted by my uselessness ;-p

That Saturday is still very vivid in my mind: I wasted a lot of time doing nothing at my apartment. Then I went grocery shopping and in the parking lot I ordered out and picked up my dinner on my way home (I was too lazy to cook what I just bought!) then I got comfy on my couch eating take-out and catching up on my DVR. I was due to go see my friend’s band at 10PM and that’s probably near when I posted this.

I really did NOT want to go but I was a single girl with no good excuse to bail on seeing friends on a Saturday night. The gig was about 5 minutes from my house and I could be home in two hours tops.

And that’s what happened – despite being cranky and texting on my phone a cute guy bravely walked up to me to say hi and introduced himself and like that – my life changed forever. I would have missed out on meeting The World’s Best Boyfriend and nearly a year’s worth of discovering what it really means to meet that one person who is your perfect fit because I thought getting out of comfy pants and away from Revenge was too much effort.

Earlier that same month I posted a quote from The World’s Ultimate TV Boyfriend, Mr. Pacey Witter:

You want to know something Miss Josephine Potter? I think the world just may surprise you yet. I mean you fall in love, and it doesn’t work out, you think it will never happen, but it does, believe me it does, in the strangest of places.

So what’s my lesson here? 1. Always Listen to Pacey!! and 2. Get off your ass and make things happen. Sweet, handsome, loving, supportive-of-your-Boy-Band-obsession-bring-you-cookies-and-make-you-dinner-guys don’t just knock on your door and ask if you’re available!! You have to do the work and put in the time and sometimes whether it’s a project, job, goal or a boy - really lovely things happen.

 

Working Class Foo Fighter

Rick Springfield + Dave Grohl = AWESOMENESS!!!

I never would have guessed Rick’s catchy songs (that I’ve been singing along with since I was 9!!!) run through the Dave/Foo Fighters machine of Magnificent Loudness would work so f’ing well – but damned if it does!:

The Boy is Mine

For Christmas my mom got me My Husband John Taylor’s autobiography In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran which of course I read in record time!

My favorite part of the book may have been the section where John talks about how the fandom started taking off for the band in the early 80′s and how the fangirls operated:

What began to happen was that girls aligned themselves with their favorite Duran star. Some gangs of friends formed subgroups of five, mirroring us where each friend could have a favorite Duran without stepping on the toes or desires of the other four friends, because if you were an Andy fan, clearly you could not be friends with another Andy fan. That would not work. You could be friends with a Nick fan, however, because there was no conflict of interest. Both friends could live together in harmony with Nick and Andy on that designated fantasy desert island for ever and ever, without a hint of envy.

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO TRUE!! (except for the fact that he thought there were “Andy Fans” – as if!) This is a very delicate but important rule in Fangirling: Do Not Pick the Same Crush as Your Friend(s). The first to claim their boy gets dibs on that boy in perpetuity and no – you may not crush on him, plan imaginary weddings with him, or write your name as it would appear if married to him in your notebook.

A true friend will recognize this and honor the code, picking the next available boy (but never Andy )

Of U2 Covers and Candy Soulmates

My British BFF Felicity went to see The Killers in London this weekend and made sure she got this video:

Because she knows how much I love Brandon Flowers covering songs by U2!!

And because she’s the World’s Most Awesome Candy Soulmate, she also sent me THIS for my birthday!!

 

FUCK YEAH CADBURY!!!

Flowers Friday: Are you registered to vote? edition

It’s an election year!! If you aren’t a fan of either candidate currently vying to remain/become the President of the United States, then perhaps you’d like to throw your imaginary vote behind this fantasy ticket!:

Sure Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci are not old enough to run yet and are busy with that whole “Being in an Awesome Band” thing - but in the end it comes down to the fact that we all love America so click here to buy one and show your patriotism!!

Mullen Monday: Best Skirts EVER!!

This summer I stopped by a local music festival with The World’s Best Boyfriend and while he was snapping some pics, I strolled over to browse the arts and crafty area. The very first thing that caught my eye was this:

Um yes THAT IS A U2 SKIRT!! And not just any U2 skirt but one from the Achtung Baby era which is of course only my FAVORITE U2 ALBUM EVER!!!!

This masterpiece is the creation of Sardine Clothing Company and it’s called a “T-Skirt” because it’s made out of old t-shirts and it’s just as comfortable as one! Their creator Maryanne is also a U2 fan and had some other tour shirts in her stash so she created this one for me to give to the Awesome Jill for her birthday:

 

That one has TWICE the U2 and Jill was absolutely thrilled. Maryanne also does custom orders – you just send her the shirts – so don’t think I haven’t been going through my tour shirt collection to figure out the perfect creation

My only disappointment is that there is no U2 tour coming up for me to twirl around in this because let me tell you, anytime I wear it I get plenty of compliments and attention because It. Is. Awesome.

 

BATTLE BORN!!!!!

Throw some confetti in the air, The Killers are back baby!!!

Thanks for the pic Felicity!!

Watch ‘em:

Buy ‘em:

iTunes, Amazon, The Killers Official Site

See ‘em:

Showtime

Worship The Pretty:

What are you waiting for? GO!!!!

Flowers Friday: The countdown is on! edition

With the new Killers album coming out in a few weeks it’s been like the Flamingo Days of yesteryear – new photos! articles! videos!

I’m loving this whole “movie theme” they’ve got going with the trailers and opening credits/one-sheet that has the band in “starring” roles for the album. Pretty clever and a bit like this little tease from Brandon’s Solo Era of Awesome.

And then there’s THIS:

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To which I say: Hell yeah Boot Porn is back!!

And on 9/18 when Battle Born is released there will be a livecast directed by acclaimed German director Werner Herzog which is great because The World’s Best Boyfriend is a huge Herzog fanatic so he can oooh over the direction and I can ahhh over My Boys. Win win!

This is the same series Duran Duran did with David Lynch so they’re in good company!

Flowers Friday: We got engaged on a Friday night edition

It’s here! It’s here!!! The Killers new video!!

I absolutely love it – the cheesy 80′s movie title opening, the beginning that looks like Only the Young but without water and I love love love THE JACKET!!!!

 

I can’t wait for the new album due in September!

Happy Killers Monday!!

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The girls I roll with are barrier baby!!! Wishing lots of love and great music to all my Killers girls tonight in New York City! You know I’ll be there with you in spirit – and I know that you will be sending me text updates on Brandon’s outfit approximately 45 seconds after he walks on stage you sexy Concert Bitches