Vans Classic

On our back to school shoe shopping venture, Gio picks out Vans Classic checker board shoes. Yeah they're the same shoes surfer Jeff Spicoli wore in the coming of age movie, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," in 1982.

Internet, 1982 is the year I started high school! And now my son is wearing them to kindergarten tomorrow 28 years later (I checked the math 3 times, it's right).

In the words of Jeff Spicoli it's, "Awesome! Totally awesome!"

And surreal! Totally surreal, dude.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High by Sammy Hagar

Love Is My Religion Ziggy Marley

Hey check out this unplugged video of Ziggy Marley performing, "Love Is My Religion." I LOVE this song!

Think about it, Internet, what if everyone practiced the Religion of Love? Even better, how about the Religion of Unconditional Love? Where everyone is accepted no matter the color of their skin, their sex, their sexual preference, shape and size of their body, or the color of their eyes and hair.

The world I see looks a lot different. Everybody, after all, just wants to be loved for who they are.

And what stops us from giving our love freely? Fear. But remember when we judge someone, it's based on our own insecurities. That's right when we judge someone else, we are simply judging ourselves. It's never about the other person.

There is an easy an solution. One so obvious it is usually overlooked. We must first start by loving ourselves unconditionally.

How can we love anyone else unconditionally, if we don't love ourselves unconditionally? We can't.

And this is where the buts get in the way, "But my butt is too big," or "my butt is too small," or "when I finish my degree," or "when the house is perfectly organized," or "when I feel good," or "when my Mom loves me the way I need her to."

Get the point? Life is perfectly imperfect. And today is as good as any to start unconditionally loving all our quirks and imperfections.

If life were perfect, it would be so boring and there would be no challenge. Change starts with me, so here I go Internet.

"I love myself completely and deeply."

That wasn't so bad. Give it a go.

Need more help? Check out this mind movie I found on YouTube. Or click the link to learn how to make your own mind movie.


Breathing,
Psychic Surfer

Cedar Closet Hang Up

Not only do closet cedar hang ups, naturally freshen air while absorbing moisture and unpleasant odors, they double as great earrings.

Hmmmmmm? Do you think they're too long?

Nature's Miracle Skunk Odor Remover

Nadia the Dog, suspiciously resembling
the markings of her perpetrator(s).

Skunked Part 2 (Part 1 click here)

Midnight Friday August August 7:

"The dog can sleep outside," I say.

"No, she can't," says Hubby. "The skunks will come back to get her."

Of course, now there's more than one skunk. Oh the poor, poor thing.

"Well, she won't smell any worse than she does right now," I say. "Leave her outside, she's a DOG."

"I saw two opossums out there this morning, if the skunks don't get her, the opossums will," says Hubby. "I'm going to give her a bath."

And he did, at 12 o'clock in the morning, on a work night. True love. How sweet. Here's what he used.

30 minutes, and three dog washes later, he comes back in with the dog, and the smell. Granted it isn't as strong, but it's there, like oxygen in the air. Am I breathing? Not at the moment.

"See it's fine," he says skunk drunk. "I can't smell a thing."

And he was right he couldn't , but I sure as H-E-double hockey sticks, could.

"That's because you've been trapped in Skundedom for the last 30 minutes, and now you have skunk oozing from your pores," I say. "It's a part of who you are now, who you will always be.

Needless to say we moved the dog's bed, to HIS side of the bed before we went to sleep.

Friday August 7 9:00 a.m.

I wake up and notice the dog does not smell like a skunk. It seems Nature's Miracle Skunk Odor Remover truly is miraculous, but takes a bit of time to eliminate all the odor.

It's totally enzymatic! The last time Nadia got sprayed by a skunk, the headache inducing, nauseating, aromatherapy lasted a year. I wish I was exaggerating.

Application Instructions:
For the record, Hubby put it on right away and straight, no chaser. In other words, her fur was dry. He let that sit on her coat for about an hour or so, reapplying the solution several times. Then he washed her three times with shampoo, without rinsing the skunk remover.

Internet I sincerely hope you never need to know this, but if you do, whoomp, there it is.

Sugarland Stuck Like Glue

Sugarland's new video for "Stuck Like Glue," is hillarious and scary all at the same time. Sugarland's front girl Jennifer Nettles, has a stellar career in acting if she chooses.

And I hope she does!

The video pays homage to stalkers everywhere, with Nettles reprising Kathy Bates' role in Misery. Not only that, Nettles goes for it, in an Olivia Newton John inspired leotard, while channel dancing Beyonce.

And I almost overlooked Nettles rapping out to a reggae beat in part of the song!

"Oh! Emmmm! Geeee!"

Internet, you've got to see it, to believe it, so watch the video, y'all. :)