yup, that’s right. i’m terrified of mummenschanz.
many of you who know me, already know this. but here i am, laying it out there for all of the rest to see, thanks to this week’s “this is…” theme.
i know they are supposed to be funny and whimsical, but ever since childhood they have freaked me out. to this day, my heart skips a beat and i have an awful gut reaction to them. at least as an adult i can be slightly fascinated by them, but that childhood terror still bubbles right up to the surface.
if you aren’t as spooked by them as i am, feel free to go here for a small video overview of their work, or here to see them on the muppet show. good luck sleeping tonight if you watch them!
my sister sent me an email with the information below, with the subject line above.
“After months of speculation and rumor, the Kids are coming back. A well-placed source tells PEOPLE exclusively that New Kids On The Block are indeed getting back together.
The band’s Web site, www.nkotb.com, which had been dormant, is now back up and running in anticipation of the official announcement, which the source says will be made in the next few weeks.
The site currently features a television graphic with a fuzzy, flickering photos of NKOTB in their heyday, and a link inviting fans to sign up for info.
The boy band, which made legions of tweens swoon in the early ’90s, selling more than 50 million albums, became a worldwide phenomenon before calling it quits in 1994.
Eighteen years later, they’re still “Hangin’ Tough.” The oldest “Kid,” Jonathan Knight, now a real estate developer, will turn 40 later this year. Since the band’s demise, former members Donnie Wahlberg, 38, and Joey McIntyre, 35, have seen acting success, while Danny Wood, 38, has worked as a music producer and Knight’s brother, Jordan, 37, has continued to record.”
omg!
christina, we have to figure out if we are going to see them in nj, for old time’s sake, or in ma, their home turf. either way, start growing out that jordan-knight-tail.
i’m such joiner!
three buttons is running another meme. each week, someone will choose a way to finish the sentence, “this is…” and everyone will post a photo about the theme. (three buttons is in another time zone, so it will probably always seem to her like i’m a day late in posting. but it’s still sunday to me!)
the first one is “…my favorite cup”
i love mugs. at one point i had more mugs than i had cabinet space and have since cut my collection waaay back.
this big mug is one of 6 that i picked up at target, and there isn’t anything particularly unique about it, but it is super comfy. in fact all of the mugs from the set are cozy, but i seem drawn over and over to the purple and blue ones.
the blue one i am also fond of was in the dishwasher and so missed the photo shoot.
these mugs have relaxingly delivered me both coffee and tea. but never a cold drink. you see, i have two quirks about mugs and beverage temperature:
1. i don’t, at all, like drinking cold beverages from pottery mugs. ick. glass, see-through, mugs may get a slight pass on this rule. because, really, aren’t glass “mugs” really just drinking glasses after all?
2. i don’t like drinking coffee from a glass, see-through mug. again - ick. why not just serve coffee in a drinking glass? it would be just as strange.
(feel free to mock me…but i am pretty sure you have strange drinking/eating rules that you stick by, too! fess up!)
and since i have been pretty bad with the flashback fridays lately, here is a picture of a formerly-favorite cup:
how could you not love a bright yellow cup with feet?
we live so close to new hampshire, the first state to hold their presidential primary (today!), that we had to go check out the campaign action. we, and a couple of friends, headed to the granite state and were able to get into both a john edwards and a barack obama stump speech/rally.
edwards was our first stop:
madeleine stowe and some guy from desperate housewives introduced him:
and there was a pretty good crowd:
but that crowd was about 1/4 the size of the group waiting to see barack obama. this was the group in front of us in line:
and the rest were all behind us. the line wrapped completely around this new hampshire middle school building. we waited outside for 90 minutes while the secret service swept the building and it was very cold. luckily gl and i had plenty of knitted goods to keep us warm:
that’s us trying to look pleasant in spite of not being able to feel our toes and being very very hungry.
once inside we figured we would hear a quick speech, take some pictures and head out for a nice meal. (tom and i hadn’t eaten since breakfast and gl and bill had only an early lunch. we had planned to eat before obama, but had to skip it to make it on time to the next event.) little did we know, obama was running late.
for two hours we sat on a gymnasium floor, cold, cranky, tired and with bellies grumbling. loaded up with dollars and quarters, gl ventured out to find some snacks within the building, but was only able to round up these two items for the four of us to share before the vending machine broke:
finally, he showed up. although he did not, as we had hoped, arrive with free pizza for all:
and the celebrity sighting at this event was none other than ken burns:
trust me, that’s him behind the blond lady.
it was a fun adventure, and i’m glad we got the opportunity to see some of the action in person. i’m sure that none of the candidates will be hitting the pavement and shaking hands in our state. it will be interesting to watch who comes out on top tonight.
it doesn’t matter to me who you vote for…if you are able, find your state’s date and vote this year!
see, i told you it was broken:
so sad…
“but how did she take a picture of her broken camera if the camera is broken?” you ask.
as was hinted at by someone in the comments on the last post, there was a camera that santa brought on christmas morning that was a strong contender to replace my broken camera. however, i will refuse to admit that i was just jealous and dropped mine because i secretly wanted the new camera! it was just handy that after the tragedy we had to do very little research to settle on a replacement. (i’m going to have to find a differently colored camera case so that we don’t mix ours up when we come to visit!)
since my old camera was always wonderful to me and it will be sadly missed, i thought it only right to have the first picture, taken with the new camera, be of my old one.
also: thank you to my mom-mom (grandma), whose generous christmas gift made it possible for me to get a new camera!
