| January 1, 2003 - My fantabulous New Year |
| Dear Friends, here's hoping that 2003 will bring you all of the fantabulosity that you could ever wish for! Now back to me.... Would you believe that up until practically the last minute I had no plans for New Year's Eve? "What's going on?" I asked myself. "Where are all the fantabulous invitations?" Well, then I got an invite to a petit soiree nearby where I showed up fashionably late. It was relatively low key. We ate some dee-lish food and had many drinks. We listened to some music and then watched one of the many balls drop while toasting one another with dee-lish bubbly (one of my favorite drinks). So this morning I got up all set to start fulfilling my New Year's resolution of taking off a couple of pounds. I went down to the gym in my building and was halfway through my fantabulosity-building routine, when the electricity went out. I was fit to be tied, because I hate to exercise in the dark and without music. So I packed up my CD player and went back upstairs where I fell asleep for a few minutes. Then the electricity came back on and I was all energetic again....and then it went off. When it finally came back on, I had already made the determination that I wanted to go into town rather than doing domestic things; I'd know sooner how to ride a broom that sweep with one. So as I was getting ready to go out, I fired up the Oldies playlist on my computer and pretended that I was various singers from the 50's and 60's when their songs came on. Dear Friends, you should have seen me doing Connie Francis singing "Where the Boys Are"; it was all about big hair and heart-wrenching melodrama. Then I did Bobby Vinton singing "Blue on Blue"; that was all about slightly poofy hair and a lonely teenager look. Lesley Gore was easy, too; I just pretended I was from Tenafly, NJ and had my hair in a flip. Lou Christie was harder to do though because I've never seen him perform, so I just pretended to be a bouncy teenager with blond hair. You see, Dear Friends, in the 50's and 60's it was all about the hair. Unlike today, where it seems to be all about the booty. (If I hear one more word about J-Lo's booty, I'll sick Connie Francis on her!) I really urge you to try my little game, because it was tons of fun. However, if you're too young to have seen any of those stars or have never seen a clip of them, you can try a game my friend, Darwin, introduced me to. It's called "What Would Ethel Merman Be Like As A Popstar Today." We played it over several mimosas one day at my friend, K.'s, house and it was a hoot! I sang Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious" in the best Ethel Merman voice I could muster. We were all just doubled over with laughter; the mimosas helped. So try it! You'll like it! Well, ta-ta for now, I must finish putting on my last touches of fantabulosity, i.e. my clothes, and dash downtown. Next entry Previous entry Go to diary entries Go back home |