Breakin' - Ain't Nobody

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I seem to be on this "Member when" kick, so I will indulge my readers with another great story. Let's call this one, "The best double feature in the world!"

It was a dark and stormy night. (isn't that how all good stories start?) Well, actually it was a dark and stormy night. My little sister's daycare teacher had decided to take the two of us to see Footloose and Breakin' See, I told you the best double features in the world! We went to the old Eygptian theater. It was a pretty run down place, at the time, but it was also one of my favorites, as a kid. The chairs were pretty broken...one was lucky to get a seat that had both arm rests and fabric covering the seats. That was a luxury. One of the best features of this poor run down theater was the fact that one could watch the movie from the ladies room. No need to miss a moment while urinating.

We settled into our seats, got all comfy, and ready to watch the movies. I still remember the dancing feet on the screen. I was in a dancer's heaven. Oh, I wanted to be the lady wearing the leg warmers and white high heels. If only.....
Footloose was amazing. Breakin' was beginning. I couldn't wait. The storm outside was getting more angry and the thunder/lightning more aggressive. Suddenly, the lights flickered and the movie went off. "I want my money back!" a man yelled out. There was all kinds of chatter in the theater as we sat in the dark waiting and wondering what to do next. I was feeling a bit bummed. I had desperately wanted to see Breakin'. It was, after all, the new craze at my elementary school and I thought it was totally radical. Then, as if, someone upstairs had heard my little eight year old prayer, the movie turned back on, the crowd cheered, and we sat back to enjoy a fantastic movie.

p.s ask my little sis how excited I was to see the sequel "Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo" It was all I could talk about. And, I saw it for the first time two years ago. Not bad...

pps. I am at the library typing this up and for some reason it won't let me put on two youtube vids, so I will do another one with Breakin' because you really need to see it!!

Ease on Down the Road

I received a text from the lil' sis and she told me that she was watching "The Wiz" It's an odd take on the Wizard of Oz,but for some reason, we LOVED it. Well, we had the fabulous idea....I'd like to think it was actually a genius idea, that we were going to perform "Ease on Down the Road" for our elementary school's talent show. Genius, right? Oh, it gets ever better. We were going to lead everyone out of the gym, into the field, and then....the best idea EVER....give all the kids candy. Oh, how we talked about the idea for weeks and would ever practice how it would all go down. So, did we actually do this or not? Nah! We were just kids and our ideas were usually much bigger than we could ever pull off, but the movie is still oddly great. The song is a classic and I will be really mad if a high school in the area, that is putting on The Wiz, steals our genius idea.

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What's in a name?

I recently got an email from someone and they started out with a nickname that their family has given me, so it got me to thinking about all the nicknames (loved and despised) that I have acquired over the years. I was surprised at how many there are.

1. Witchy nails----I got this one from my big bro. I had to keep my fingernails long, as a child, so
I could defend myself when he was being a mean big bro. hated this one!

2. Fruitcake Margaret---Once while looking at a baby name book, I noticed that Megan is
derived from Margaret. I don't know why, but I liked that. My older
sis then grabbed the book and said, "Well, Megan also means
fruitcake!" Thus, the nickname was born. Hated this one.

3. Nigel------ Have you ever seen the funny movie, "Top Secret"? It was a family favorite. One
of the characters in this movie had short, curly, blond hair. At the time, I had
short, curly, blond hair. My bro. noticed some similarities and they started calling
my Nigel. hated this one.

4. Motor mouth Megan----This one shouldn't be too surprising. I like to talk....A LOT!

5. Wagon---While in 8th grade, I participated in a German Exchange Program. Some of the
Germans thought it would be a great idea to give everyone nicknames. This was
one of mine. Don't ask me how they got it. Like this one.

6. Megadeath----This one also came from the Germans. I guess they thought it was funny that
both Megan and Mega are so similar. Like this one.

7. Squanto---I got this one from a co-worker at this family owned restaurant. It has no
real significance behing it, but I liked it.

8. Shaggy----While on my mission, I hated shaving my legs. I went about 6 months without
doing so. One night, after climbing into bed, I said to my comp. "Goodnight,
Scooby!" And, she called me Shaggy. It just fit. I love this one.

9. Began---I have this cute nephew that adored me and would write me cute letters. He and his
older brother were having an argument over my name. Bear kept saying, "Pretty
sure it's Began!" It stuck and I LOVE this one!

10. May-may---A wonderful family, that I do respite for, started calling me this. I think the
youngest boy in the family couldn't say my name correctly, so he called me may
may. I love this one, too!

11. Miss Mayhaw---a former student and child of the above family would say my name like
Mayhaw. One of my co-workers just started calling me Miss Mayhaw.
I love this one.

Don't mess with me!

My friends and I recently met these cute fellas. We have been doing the lame-o, but fun "hanging out". (Although, I am over it and they to man up and ask us out!) The other night, we met up at Family Home Evening, did some fun chattin', and then went to grab shakes at Millie's. I was sitting next to the cute fella that I have my eye on when he noticed this huge, awesome ring that I was wearing. He said to me, "I wonder what it would be like to get punched with that on." "You should punch me hard!" So, I did! It hurt me and it surprised him that I could hit. Well, he sent me a pic of the damage that I had done......



So, I feel a little bad that I hit him, but in my defense...he asked me to. I promise I am not an abusive person :) Just don't mess with me!!

(and, do you think he is flexing for this picture to make his muscle look bigger and impress me? I think so)

I love having my nieces stay with me. They say some of the funniest things. Here are a few examples:

Boo: My mom bought me The Wizard of Oz.

Me: Oh, the movie?

Boo: No, the entire cast. (badadumching...she'll be here all week folks!)

as we were leaving South Town Mall....

Reese: My shirt is dirty.

Boo: How come you couldn't get through security?

Me: No, we said that her shirt was dirty.

Boo: How come she couldn't go through security with a dirty shirt?

Me: We said nothing about security.