Yesterday I rushed out of my blue palace because I wanted to have a word with the Doc. You see, I must be sick. No, not sick in the mind, well, maybe that too (or so some of my readers think). I haven't been grumpy for a week now and this might ruin my reputation. But luckily there's always hope for the generally unfortunate: 2013 is about to come knockin' on my door. And yours.
Two thousand and thirteen... Just say it out loud. They won't think you're crazy. And if they do, you shouldn't care.
Two thousand and thirteen... It sounds completely different from 1977. I'm not sure some of you were even born then, you lucky
beeeeeeeep. Ah, I'm starting to feel grumpy again. Talking about old age always does the trick. It makes me feel jealous. It makes me feel melancholic. N.i.n.e.t.e.e.n. s.e.v.e.n.t.y. s.e.v.e.n. Ha! I was there. I remember disco...
real disco. Not the fake 1990's rehash people who are still sucking thumb dare to call by that name. Blasphemy! I'm talking about
Saturday Night Fever when it hadn't been turned into a finger-pointing joke yet. Donna Summer may you rest in peace. Let's take that stroll down memory lane.
I remember seeing my poor uncle Rob cry when he heard Elvis had died. I remember Rambo in the early eighties before he felt he needed to make a
not-so-erotic thriller with Sharon Stone or shoot his Mom and be a funny guy that no one thought was funny. I remember
looking like Rambo myself, dear Lord. Sure, I burned those pictures a long time ago and danced around the flames, but I can't say it's easy to erase those disturbing images from the good ol' memory bank. The strange thing is... looking like Rambo is pretty much tantamount to looking like a foolish Chippendale, and yet, Mr. Memory Lane somehow always makes the awful look not so bad. I miss those ridiculous muscles. See, now I need a hanky.
Wait! I remember watching
The Thing (the inspired remake starring Kurt back in 1982) and pissing my pants. I loved those pants but it was all worth it. Then last year I pissed my pants again watching
The Thing 2011, but that was only because what I really wanted to do was piss all over the movie but I forgot to unzip my fly. It happens.
I remember
Total Recall. Hello.... not the uninspired rip-off that hit our theaters in a pretty recent past that reminded me of Marty's alternate present where everything is
not exactly what it should be. Well, I admit Kate Beckinsale looked yummy, she always does, and ahum intelligent too, of course, but that wimpy what's-his-name... that Sonny-Crockett-wanna-be-but-I-don't-think-so... flush it, thank you.
Total Recall...three boobies on a single babe... It's the only way. I remember Schwarzy the way he was before he decided to turn himself into a practical joke by getting pregnant, saying 'I'll be back' just once too often, and then going into evil politics. Sigh.
Anyway, what I really wanted to say is... thank you all my blogging friends for helping me get through what has been my toughest year yet. Thank you for your humorous comments. Thank you for the serious ones, too.
Two thousand and thirteen... Pfff... Bring it on!
This is the Blue Grumpster signing off. Happy new year everybody.
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haha Blue what is your point? seriously dear I dont remember the age when I saw the movie but I was so young!! LOL
ReplyDeleteanyway I love Donna Summer:)
My point is... I'm complaining about getting old. I'd go back in time if I could, but I can't. That's my point. But at the same time I enjoy the wonderful memories I have of the (stupid) things I did when I was younger. Hopefully there will be more were those came from.
Deletewe always have lovely memories only sometimes we know it after they happened:) you know what I mean?
DeleteI know what you mean. Still, I always make a conscious effort to appreciate what I've got right now. I find the older I get, the more I succeed. :)
Deletethink in this all days, sometimes my life is not easy but I know Im blessing anyway:)
DeleteI'm glad to hear you feel that way. :) Do you have any new year's resolutions?
DeleteI once saw a prequel to a sequel. Worst movie ever.
ReplyDeleteI hate prequels. Full stop. :)
DeleteBring 2013 on, Grumpy... together, we will kick it's collective ass!!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, my friend...
~shoes~
Sounds like a plan, Shoes. A good one at that!
DeleteI like the upside down spider buggy looking thing with your blue face on it. Fun stuff. Here's to an excellent 2013 :-)
ReplyDeleteDo you know what it refers to? If not, click HERE.
DeleteBottoms up!
I haven't even seen any iteration of that movie. ._.
ReplyDeleteHappy pre-2013 to you too!
If you're talking about The Thing... skip or burn the prequel, Damien. I mean, really. The original was fun, the one with Kurt is great, and the prequel sucks because 1. It's a remake pretending to be a sequel 2. The CGI stuff is terrible 3. No way a kid could run that show.
DeleteThat said, I wish you and your girlfriend a great 2013. Have lots of fun and don't cram too much. :)
@Blue Grumpster
ReplyDeleteU know what song I think of when I think time has passed me by. Prince's 1999. Wow. Remember when we thought that year would never get here.
Just finished my shift at Coffeehouse. I am headed to Savannah with the pup now.
I'm getting weak. I'm getting weak. U know what I'm talking about. Thank goodness I will be away from a computer for four days.
But did u see where I was strong though. I was so proud of myself. U asked me did I have a backup plan if Booty Call again. He did. And I was strong.
A new man is interested in me at the Coffeehouse. He has been wondering where I have been. And he is HOT. I wonder why HOT and YOUNGER men are interested in me. I'm not a fashion model at all. But they remember my name and they come searching for me. This one is tall, dark and handsome. He is going shopping for new clothes tomorrow. He loves my red lipstick. I asked him if he would mind buying a turtle neck cuz I want to see him in a turtle neck. I asked him to buy shirts/sweater in purple, blue, chocolate brown, navy, red but not yellow or orange. I don't like those colors. He agreed. He is coming back Wednesday night to Coffeehouse to show me what he bought. I asked him to come in Monday, Wednesday and Friday with new outfits. I know that is so girly. He said to me "Do u realize that u are a blessing to me?" In this short time, don't u think there is a reason we met. It just made me feel good. To have someone searching for me at the Coffeehouse. To know someone has been looking for me. Someone has missed me.
It was such a nice little night at the Coffeehouse tonight. Everyone was so jovial and happy. It is more like a home than a business.
Well, onto living my life and not just existing.
I am making my bucket list. A bucket list that I can achieve.
Thank u Blue Grumpster. Thank u for putting up with my long comments.
Four days may not be enough. Yes, I know what you're talking about. Prince's 1999... I remember thinking I'l be old then. Now I keep telling myself I was so young. I've got students who were born in the 1990s... How did that happen? It must be great to have someone missing you. Nothing can beat love, Miss Stormy Marples, but I don't have to tell you that. Just be careful, though. Love also make us as blind as a bat. I don't have to tell you that either. Good to hear you had a nice little night at the Coffeehouse. Nice is always good, wouldn't you say?
DeleteDon't make that bucket list to long or it'll outlive you. You're talking to a man who knows from experience.
My pleasure.
I don't like to be away from home for more than a few days at a time. I love home.
DeleteMy bucket list is very realistic but dreamy too.
The "Restorer". I see now that I am attracted to those that need to be "restored". I have been this way since a child. However, I realize as well I don't want someone in my refuge of my home either. Mmm--that's gonna be a tough one. Someone said the other day it appears that "U have companions." And the funny thing is that is what I have always been described as "A very good companion."
Visiting Savannah was "the best present" I gave Buttons and myself.
I had the same thoughts about 1999 and now look how long ago that was.
I am so inspired. So inspired by some many things.
I think I am finally "over my thing". Seriously, I have been working on this for a year and a half. And it just bonked me in the head on my trip. Why love something that does not have the capacity to love u back? It was that simple. And the desire is truly gone.
Miss Stormy Marples aka The Restorer... it does sound impressive. Shake a person's hand and introduce yourself as The Restorer and they will listen, I tell ya. But tell me, how can a bucket list be both realistic and dreamy? I suppose mine is as dreamy as they can get. There's no way I'll ever tick everything that's on my little list. But that's ok. I can't have it all and I don't want to have it all. There should always be something to dream about in my book. Well, that's how I see it. You may disagree.
Delete1999... I remember it sounding like something from a science fiction movie. 1999. Dear Lord, I would be old by then! I was sure people would have flying cars and there would be world peace (yeah, right). And now it seems like a million years ago. It also seems like it was only yesterday. Am I making sense to you? Forgive me if I don't for you see, I've been correcting student papers for a couple of hours now and that kind of makes my head spin like an eighties' mirrored disco ball. I guess what I really need is a cup of hot coco. Or just bourbon, which I know is not a particularly good idea. Luckily I'm not weak in that department, so I'll just stick to my hot coco. What do you say? I know, maybe some coffee...
I always find a way of substituting one desire for another. I do, even when I don't want it to happen. It's a character flaw. :)
Have an awesome 2013!
ReplyDeletePS: Not a fan of 2012.
PPS: You've got mail.
Sorry to hear that, Terra. I had a feeling.
DeleteThanks for the mail. Now all I need to do is check my five email addresses in search of your message. You take care now, will ya, in spite of everything. Let's hope the only way is up this time.
RC
I've got mail... somewhere...
Delete5? LOL. It was sent to bluegrumpster at gmail.
DeleteIt probably went into the spam folder, which is why I tell first time contacts I've sent them mail.
DeleteFound it! But you already knew that. :)
Delete2012 sucked big time at my sea, so be glad when it is gone forever. Hopefully 2013 will be a better one, for all under their sun. And yeah remakes and prequels suck, just walk around bare like a cat and you can piss on them with ease hahaha
ReplyDeleteSo far people have been telling me the same thing... 2012 was not a good year, no sir. Let's keep our fingers crossed when we say happy new year. And knock on wood.
DeleteI tried that once but then I got arrested. Luckily I woke up in my own bed and it was just a bad dream. ;)
haha hopefully it wasn't messy.
DeleteGood thing it wasn't. :)
DeleteHooray, no more 2012! Fresh start. Burn the old calendar. Everything is new again. And don't lie, you're still sick in the mind. And there is no cure, I hope.
ReplyDeleteBurn baby burn... That's a song I remember from Saturday Night Fever too. Yeah, let's hope 2013 is btter than it sound.
DeleteNope, there's no cure, Pickster. When they do find one, I'll let you know. We may get a discount.
where are you Blue?? I dont like 2012:(
ReplyDeleteI'm right here, Gloria. I ain't going no where. Unless I stop paying my bills and get send to prison. You don't like 2012 either? How come?
Deletehappens sad things many..
DeleteI whish you a really wonderful new year dear blue and for Angie too:)
DeleteI understand. Some folk say sad things make us appreciate happy times, but I don't know about that. Seems to me we could do with fewer moments of sadness.
DeleteThanks, Gloria. May your new year be a good year for you and your loved ones.
Happy 2013, my Blue friend! Let's hope your health only improves from now on (and mine too for that matter :P)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from the city of Waregem, Belgium (of all places...)
Thank you Debz. You're in... Waregem? How in the world does one pronounce that word? Well, there's always hope. You never know. May 2013 prove to be a pleasant surprise - I mean that in an atypical nonblue, nonsarcastic way.
DeleteYes, I'm in Waregem, of all places ;) Unfortunately I can't add phonetic writing on this page, but I could write it like this WAArugem (e like in bed, u like in rub, stress on the first syllable)
DeleteYou can just say it in a blue way too, I know what you mean ;) To you and Angie: nonsarcastic best wishes for 2013!
Why, thank you Debz. Nonsarcastic best wishes... sounds like I'm off to a good start already. Now all I need to do is stay inside and not get hit by a truck before that clock strikes twelve.
DeleteYou brought up Total Recall and I immediately thought this "Two weeks." ha ha ha
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the exact same Thing... Talk about scary...
DeleteNow that is scary, Randy, very scary! Maybe cause it's one of the best parts of the movie!
DeleteMost people I asked don't even know that scene. So it's one point extra for you, Elsie. Happy new year :)
DeleteHAHAHAHAHA... You've outdone yourself Randy. Really, for someone with so many PHD's you'd think I'd have more cash.
ReplyDeleteAnd happy new year to you too. Yes it's been one of the toughest - but here's to twenty thirteen being the prettier sister ;)
And I outdid myself just in time. What are you saying... is there a correlation between money and the number of PhD a person has? Last time I checked you were loaded. Stop renting that Love Boat, Az.
DeleteBottoms up. And I mean that literally. (Our glasses... literally... yeah, right.) ;)
Hello RCB! How's it going? Sorry for being a total washout the last 8 weeks but my life went crazy bananas. Anyway, now then, TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTEEN. It seems to to take ages to say it. The most important thing is this: I don't think you've really got rid of those photos of you looking like Rambo have you. No, that's what I thought. I think you should do a showcase of "RCB through the decades" I'm sure everyone else will agree :) Nice new blog by the way.
ReplyDeleteFinally... a message from Jules, the woman with the beautiful voice. Hello Jules. I'm doing just fine. Handsome but poor. Hope your life isn't crazy bananas anymore. Normal bananas? As for the most important thing, I've got this secret safe. The combination is 1-2-3-4. You open it and what do you find? My secret pics. That's right. All of them. You know, the ones that miraculously escaped the aforementioned fire. What do you mean I should do a showcase? Do you want my friends to go blind forever? Not to mention the shock of having seen that which should not be seen? Sounds like a plan.
DeleteAh, The blue Grumpster with the nicest of compliments! Handsome and poor is good - you can't fail.
DeleteYes I'm quite prepared for your friends to go blind, it's a risk I'm more than willing to take!
Hope you have a good New Year. :)
You, too. Don't drink too little! ;)
DeleteDisco, Rambo and Schwarzenegger. I'm just taking a wild guess: you weren't born in 1985... ;)
ReplyDeleteDisco was never really one of my proclivities, although some of the songs were pretty catchy! "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang, that song "Funky Town", and pretty much everything The Bee Gees did on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack - to name but a few tunes - were hard to resist, even for a guitar afficionado like me. However, what I remember most vividly from that era (late seventies/early eighties) is listening to Van Halen's eponymously titled debut album on my uncle's stereo and hearing "Eruption" for the first time (I must've been about seven or eight years old at the time). My uncle had just come back from New York where he had been studying for his MBA or he was going to go there soon (I forget the exact chronology), but - at any rate - he had bought that record and was playing it for me (at a moderate volume, don't worry). Man, that was something else indeed! Move over, Hendrix, Page and Clapton, there's a new kid in town! Nowadays, it's seen as a bit of a joke if you're into the two-handed tapping technique, artificial harmonics, sweep-picked arpeggios et cetera, but back then it was a genuine challenge and a bit of a revelation. How did he play that? It was genuinely exciting; this wasn't just one of 10,000 tracks on your iPod, you know? It was a lifestyle and it required devotion and commitment, that much was clear. If only I'd been eighteen years old at the time.
Here's a clip. Some might think it's a bit loud, but I still get goosebumps between 0:58 and 1:24 (yep, that's a guitar, not a harpsichord). Don't worry, the doctor says it's not contagious...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti1BWGgdGL8
... and here's some '68 Elvis, to wash it down...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK2jWI5f1RY
A Happy New Year to all of you!
Cheerio,
D.
I wasn't born in 85... very funny, D. I had a predilection for moaning Donna Summer, G rest her soul, and you know I own 500 Elvis tracks. That's right.Yeah I remember Eruption.Made me think of an actual one. Oh wait I was thinking about Donna. Anyhooters, I was thinking of buying you a retro iPod but I guess that's a definite no-no...
ReplyDeleteShit there's this cat licking my toes as I'm writing this, so I'm-a keeping this one short. Have fun tonight. Day hi to the ladies who lament my being off the market and fill up that outdoor tub you call a jacuuuuuuuzi. ;)
A retro iPod? Wasn't that called a Sony Walkman (c) when we were young? ;)
ReplyDeleteCheerio,
DVK
Mine was called... a Walkwoman. :D
DeleteIf you thought Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot was bad, don't forget that both Stallone and Schwarzy are currently clowning it up with those Expendables movies. It's great seeing Stallone as roided out as ever, the head of a corpse plopped on top of a young man's body.
ReplyDeleteThe Expendables are expendable. I know, it's not very original, but I'm hungry so it's the best I can come up with.
Deleteme was a tinsy bitsy baby Dezzy in the early 80s :P but I do remember the nom nom thriller with Sly and Sharon, they were oh so steamy together especially in a shower scene... there was a shower scene.... or have I dreamt that ... with Luke Evans.... am I still dreaming? Why is everything blue here.... somebody wake me up..... no, no, don't,.... I can see Luke coming..... pun intended...
ReplyDeleteBaby Dezzy hahaha... With or without flashy shades? Like that dream, do you? You should become a director and plug your own dreams.
DeleteDon't drink too little tonight, Dezzmeister. What... you've started already?!
Bottoms up... pun intended ;)
mmmm someone forget me so fast:(
ReplyDeleteHow can you say that? You're breaking my little blue heart. Now you'll have to send me cranberries to make it up to me, Gloria dear.
DeleteI said that because you dont visit me, (really I break your heart?) haha I dont believe anyway I will send you cranberries:)
DeleteForgiveme dear blue:)
DeleteThe Cat gave me superglue in case someone breaks my little blue heart haha. So tell me, how has January been so far? :)
Deleteaha the cat, THIS cat we know??
DeleteI think all the months go so far dear blue!!
We sure do. Pat 'the cat' Hatt is his name... Time flies, don't you think so? I've already started working. I've got a million deadlines.... I need a vacation.
Deleteah... Disco!! And Lycra pants!!! And the awesome 80s!! I remember them all.
ReplyDeleteSo do I. Just don't show me any videos :)
DeleteTime is rushing by so qickly. Can't imagine it's already 2013. To me it seems like 2012 started just yesterday, or even 2000.. It feels like every year is passing by faster and faster. When I think back of my childhood, time seemed to be endless. I remember when I went to elementary school and I thought I'd never become a college girl but forever stay that small and young.
ReplyDeleteWell, we have all these memories no one can take away from us, they are all part of our life, and maybe we wouldn't be the person we are now without them - the good and the bad ones. But the past is past, we live here and now, and the only thing we can change is our future, so let's focus on it ;)
Happy new year 2013, may it be a wonderful one for you!!!
-Sanny
Quickly and unrelentingly at that. Yeah, you're right... 2000 seems like it was only a couple of years ago. I was still handsome back then...
DeleteHappy New Year, Sanny! May all your dreams come true. (Or at least some of them.)
Grumpy, how can u forget Basic Instinct n our subsequent fixation fr police chairs? Police interogations were never the same again...
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Grumpy.. may '13 b our lucky number! :)
Why do you think I still wish I'd become a police officer rather than a teacher? (Some would say they're the exact same thing.)
DeleteHappy New Year, R-A-J! May I become as fashion-conscious as you are! (One resolution down the drain...)
I like your attitude Grumpy. BRING IT!!
ReplyDeleteI knew you would! Now all we need to do is win the lottery and 2013 will be our new best friend. What do you say?
Deletewe want a new post, we want a new post, we want a new post, we want a new post.....
ReplyDelete(I make you feel crazy?)
we want a new pot!
in sspanish, queremos otro post, cuando puedas of course mi querido blue
Cuando puedo, si. Pero la problema es que tengo que trabajar mucho. Gloria Dear, I have hundreds of student papers to grade and my deadline is next week. But I'll be back. I promise. I think with a story about ants in my pants. :))
Deleteants in your pants???! omy
ReplyDeleteMore than one...
Deleteluck with your students papers! I have to make loads of things too but Im not inspired
ReplyDeleteYou may not be inspired but... you are inspiring. Or, as Az said, 'a breath of fresh air'. :) Good luck.
Deletereally? Thanks I love Az
DeleteI'm a little late to the party (I've resolved to refine my procrastination skills) but HAPPY NEW YEAR!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm impressed by your procrastination skills.
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