Holy Batman!

Sheesh- I might regret posting this, but it's funny. Recently, two old friends from my childhood in Illinois and I have gotten in touch, Steve and Bob. Steve (on the left) was the manager of the local movie theater and I met him when I was 15. He introduced me to Woody Allen films, Fellini films, Monty Python, Comicon and Beatlemania. Thank God. Save from spending time my three fabulous friends, Tess, Mary and Nikki, it could get really boring in my small town. He was, and is, hilarious. Bob sent this picture to me today and I thought 'what the hell?" and then I remembered. Steve had a crazy 'Batman' party in HS and this is me trying to look glam at 18---and the second time I ever drank. I am drunk (uh obviously) from two Coors Lights. No joke. That's about all it took- and probably all it would take today, actually.But, you know what's funny? In a shitty pose, drunk and uncomfortable, I still am thinking, "wow I look so young". **Oh, and touching--I always gotta be touchin'--hahaha

BOZO THE CLOWN! Best Christmas Present!

Here's the story:
My friend Randy and I are looking at a catalogue that has all these toys from our childhood and more. It prompts comments like "wow, remember these?" or "I always wanted one of those!" and as I turned a page, I saw this big 1970's blow up Bozo the Clown that stopped me dead in my tracks. You see when I was 5 yrs old, I wanted this blow up Bozo sooooo bad. I asked Santa for it and he brought it- I awoke Christmas morning to it all blown up and waiting for me (alongside an identical Fred Flinstone version as well, which I also really wanted). I loved them, until, just two days later, my sweet little clown got popped! I was so sad. So, when I saw this in the catalogue, I had to tell him the story.
Well, months had passed and what did I open from him for Christmas? BOZO THE CLOWN! I mean, the thought, the memory and all, is just the sweetest funniest kindest thing. I did---I cried.
My favorite Christmas present.

SOTD Leo Sayer - You make me feel like dancing (1976)

I am going to try and post more just 'audio' for my songs in the future as I don't want this to become a you tube video blog, (but some just have to have the video) And boy oh boy, this video just HAD to be posted along with the audio. My girlfriend left me a message today and all the message was, was her singing this song to my voicemail. If you knew her, this wouldn't be surprising.

SOTD Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby

Hey- how's a come noone blogged our sexy little Eartha? Ironic that the little sexy kitten that sang the best Christmas song ever died on Christmas.
Bye Bye Eartha. Boo--she's gone. She was so AWESOME.

Christmas Poodle- Meet Aretha.

I got an amazing 'poodle purse' on Christmas Eve and one of the great sweet gift givers, Richard, and I named her Aretha. When asked "Trenny, are you REALLY going to carry that around?"
My answer- HELL YES! (and proudly I might add!)
****My BESTEST present to be blogged soon!***
I hope you all had a lovely, wonderful Christmas.
xoxoxoTrenny

Love- the book- Leo Buscaglia

I got this book as a present in High School and still own the copy. Been thinking alot about the subject lately. It is not based on any type of love (ie- Romantic, familial, friends)- just the universal concept and feeling.

"Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. "

"Each person lives love in his limited fashion and does not seem to relate the resultant confusion and lonliness to his or her lack of knowledge about love."
Leo Buscaglia

My nephew Jeff- no longer 'Jeffery'

My nephew Jeffrey-- well I guess now 'Jeff' is more suitable- is no longer a boy, but becoming a man-wow!

SOTD Chicago - Feeling Stronger Every Day

If time travel were possible- I would wish to be in this recording studio at that day at that time singin' as a member of Chicago.
That's all

SOTD-I Want You To Leave by Maximo Park

Maximo Park-- I cannot get enough of this band lately. Just can't get enough. Listen to more of them, seriously- they are witty, rough, sexy and brilliant. One of the better Indie bands of 2008.


Yea- bringing back my inner punk rock/new wave girl!
http://www.deezer.com/track/83921

Sag Harbor, NY

This is Sag Harbor, where I lived for 20 years. This is the end of Main Street- what I saw every morning when I went to the post office and picked up my dry cleaning. I miss it so much. I can definately say that I took it for granted. This is why the dirty streets of Manhattan are sometimes so hard.

SOTD Sam Cooke - Wonderful World

I know I 'should' be posting Christmas songs...but this morning as I was waiting to cross the street, this funny older guy was singing this song to his wife/girlfriend and making her giggle like crazy. And I just thought, 'how adorable and what a great song' Remember this great song?
Sam Coooke, another great singer dead at just 27.....

The Ideal Body Type- A reaction to Julia Allison @ Non Society

The below is an email I was inspired to write after reading a blog that I check out weekly. The blog is called NonSociety - www.nonsociety.com - and one specific writer, Julia, has been doing numerous posts lately that have their focus on women's body types. I must note, I like this blog because it can be girly, frivolous, and fun- like an episode of Sex and The City, which is what I think they are trying to do. Yet, like an episode of Sex and The City, it can tend to be extremley narcissitic, somewhat vapid and a little too obbsessive about men and what makes you attractive. This body image topic both angered me and inspired me to share my thoughts with Julia. I wanted to share what I wrote to her here. You should check out the postings at her site to get a full grasp on the topic and let me know what you think.

Hi Julia-

I am writing to respond to your current blogs regarding body image.
I am a 35 year old woman. I am considered attractive, yet despite this, I still have all the same concerns and insecurities that all women seem to have. However, one thing has always been a predominating topic of conversation about me since I was young- my body. I come from a long line of women who are slender (except one grandmother who had lovely hips and a nice booty!) and even still, I saw many flaws in my body. Looking back at photos of myself when I was 16, 17, 18, when I felt the most insecure, I have to laugh out loud at how wrong I was-- I was a brick house,- literally. 36/24/36- yeah, the winning hand. Yet, I did not feel any more special than the average girl. But, because of this genetic disposition, I was never able to forget how 'fortunate' others thought I was-especially girls. At 5'5 and 105 pounds. Girls would snare at me and call me 'lucky' and say things like "oh, Trenny doesn't have to worry about what she eats, look at her body". Guys would look me up and down like a snack at the buffet- It has ALWAYS, always been something that men and women alike comment on and it is always in the sense that I am 'lucky'. And more so now---I get things like "wow, you're 39- and look at your body", etc...and again with the "you're so lucky" comments. (btw it irks me to no end that past the age of 35, people seem to think it is a miracle that you could be in great shape and beautiful! You can be as healthy and vibrant as a 19 year old if you take care of yourself and you choose to be.)
I digress. So, here are the couple of things that I wanted to make a point out of regarding the fact that I seem to have this 'ideal' body that most women, you say, seem to want.
1. When people say I am lucky, I always have the same reaction- which is "my life, my thoughts, my self esteem and my experiences are no more or less fulfilling or worthwhile because I am thin. Girls it DOES NOT MAKE A HAPPIER LIFE! Nor does it get me more men or make things easier. My biggest joys have always come from sharing things that come from my mind, my heart, with others- and many of these times, I was probably eating too much pizza and 20 pounds heavier than normal.
2. And- this is the most ironic/humorous part-a guy that is someone that I was very attracted to made the claim that he cannot be fully attracted to me physically because he likes a girl with a little more hip, more of an ass!!!! And I WANT more of an ass, more hips, more to 'grab' as you will. This Kate Moss/Jennifer Aniston dream is a complete mispercetion. Girls are curvy and bodacious and fabulous in all shapes. Girls, please don't idealize this and waste time not fully enjoying your life, your moments, your days, feeling inadequate because of your body shape. So many shapes are GORGEOUS and you have a lot more to do (laugh, work, share your thoughts, ideas, etc..) than to waste mind energy on that! Be healthy and leave it at that. And know that us girls that you think have the 'perfect' body, think that all y'all with your bellys and butts and hips actually have one up on us. I am actually going to work on getting MORE of an ass! How about that?
Trenny ;)

SOTD Sewn by The Feeling

Give me the song and I'll sing it like I mean it

Give me the words and I'll say them like I mean it

Coz you got my heart in a headlock

You stopped the blood and make my head soft

And you know,

You've got me sewn

http://tinyurl.com/5fmgtk

*They will never get the critical acclaim they deserve. (which you know makes them good) To me, one of this year's great new bands. A bit of a Paul McCartney solo esque kind of a thing. They are coming to NY in January, date to be posted. If you can go, you should.

Beatles Cover - If I Fell

Okay- I gotta give Richard two. He deserves it!

*Even though I think this cover is so cute, I've got to sort of apologize (sorry Richard) that the beauty of the harmonies that make this song so pretty are missing, but he is just one guy!! ;)

SOTD Pete Townshend Cover - Pinball Wizard

This is sweet Richard Clee. I befriended this online aquantince through you tube when I was really, really, doing nothing and I ate up his videos. Not only because of my love of music and playing guitar, but because I was amazed to discover that he learns everything by ear. The 'by ear' is what intrigued me. You'll understand the intrigue if you watch just a few of his performances. I also used to work for Billy Joel and he was a big fan,so for any little snippet or story I could share, he would indulge me with a request. Check out his cover of Angry Young Man by Styx- and he does tons of great Beatles covers. Anyway, it's worth a look through some of his videos- he is truly a naturally talented guitar player and on top of that- extremley humble. He loves any feedback and is a very very sweet guy. Anyway, I thought he would like to see himself making an appearance here on my blog.
Hey Richard!

*Just a fun musical historical act: Did you know that this is the song that used to crack the skin on Pete Townsends fingers at live shows and is the cause of those bandaged, bloodied hands you see in old rock photos of him. I can see why.

Blue Sky Seagull

So, you know how when sometimes you read inspirational things-- even me, the corniest cornball of them all--that kinda of are so sappy that you just want to gag? For example "Take a moment and watch a puppy playing in the sun" or "go to the park and indulge in the joy of kids playing"? or some sort of face caressing, over the top love poem? RiYou all know what I mean.
Well, this morning I had a Jack Handy moment like that, that actually made me feel really sappy and good and I kind of got the jist. I was walking to work early -7:45 am, ugh- and it was very quiet and the sun was just sparkly and all full plus, the sky is very very blue today. I had some Mozart on the headphones and I just happened to look up and I was feeling really peaceful and thinking to myself what a pretty sunny blue sky morning it was. When all of a sudden a lone little seagull came into the picture of the sky and he was flying all swoopy and curvy and really gliding through the sky and it made me feel so nice. Like 'look at that pretty little free flyin' bird'- such a simple little free pretty sky flying moment. I was looking up smiling-and I think I felt that little feeling they talk about. It looked so clean white and pretty against the blue sky.

**Then I looked down and someone was looking at me like 'who is that clown?' ....and please lets's just forget that the bird was proabably on it's way to pig out a dump site.....but the moment was nice.

SOTD GLORIA-THE DOORS

I went through my whole Doors phase at about 15----and it was pretty heavy. I had read the recently released Jim Morrison/Doors autobiography (at the time) 'Noone Here Gets Out Alive' (a GREAT read if you like autobiographies- especially ones about rock stars, poets and self destructuve druggies. lol) I had the whole long Pamela red hair and hippie dresses, just waitin for my own type of Jim.
Anyhow, this is and was always my favorite by them. And I am always surprised that many fans of the group are not familiar with this cover. Even though it's a Van Morrison cover, Jim does a sexy job.
I still can't believe he was only 20 freakin 7 when he died- 27!

My Family 'Elfing' themselves.

My funnier than funny family as elves.....Holiday giggles from far away......

LOVE YOU GUYS XOXOX

More....

I promise to have more interesting journal like entries on my blog. I have just been too busy doing the really important things I need to be doing to dedicate time and brain energy to this, but I don't want those of who you read my blog and have sent me nice emails to think that this is going to become a 'song of the day' lame boring blog. Honestly, as much emotional time and energy as I am trying to devote to other things, the 15 or 20 minutes I can take to make a blog post is soooo helpful and healthy for me as I have always been a writer, need to express myself. I got my degree in Journalism infact, and I always have so many things to say, I just don't get around to it as often as I like. But it does make me feel good to share things, so thank you for reading, even if it is pretty mundane at the moment.
That's all.....so stay tuned!
xoxo Me

SOTD Beyonce - Single Ladies

DDDDDAAAAAAMMMMNNNNNNN!!!!!!
Can I pleeeeaaaasseee Have an ass like that!!!!
DDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNN!!

SOTD Cat Stevens

Do yourselves a favor and put at least ONE Cat Stevens song in your musical library What a sweetie pie he was before he went all underground and religiously overboard on us.

SOTD Badge- Cream

Happy Thanksgiving -eve that is.....Just got two nice bottles of wine and look forward to a nice yummy glass and good happy times tommorrow!

http://www.last.fm/music/Cream/_/Badge

My poor guitar teacher Mike - rather than coming and getting down to business each lesson, I would come in the door and sit down and say "hey, can you play this?" He could play anything- and he would alwyas dutifully crank out whatever request I had- from The Beatles to Led Zeppelin or Van Halen. He is married and outside of the studio, with the absence of a guitar slung around his shoulders, I would not be attracted to him. But boy, with that guitar, in that studio setting, I crushed hard on him for years. We would just sit and he would play and I would sing. (or stare googley eyed in groupie wonder, as the case may be) I am surprised that I can play considering how hard it was for us to 'buckle down'. I had been playing Cream on the way to his studio one day and as I pulled in, the song Badge was playing. I walked into his studio and said "can you play Badge by Cream?" Of course he could. Let me tell y'all, when he played that Clapton solo in the bridge, it was all I could do to keep myself restrained.

Boys, it's true. Learn to play guitar. You'll get all the girls. tee hee

The 'un' coveted shoe

Sorry for the blur----but I had to snap these. Every morning when I walk to work, I eye these shoes in this boutique window. I hated the whole gladiator sandal thing, but these somehow were doing it for me each time I would gaze as I passed. They are a little bit gladiator, a little bit S&M, a little 'girly' high heel and a little mid calf boot. Just a little bit sexy everything. I eyed them enough the other night to notice the name- Prada- and the price tag- $1035.00 Not even Carrie Bradshaw would go there. Come on. My desire for them turned to disgust after that--thankfully!

Bruising and overheard conversations

Today I experienced a couple of disturbing things.

*First of which were these bruises on my legs. I very often hit my upper thighs on my desk at work when I go to stand up, and though slight little taps, I get incredible bruises like those you would get falling off your bicycle as a child----I take a multi vitamin with iron, so this bothers me a little and I need to look it up. Like, ouchy big purple bruises.

*At lunch today, I overheard what I think was a mother and daughter having a very serious discussion about what appeared to be an accidental pregnancy (the daughter) and the daughter's determination to keep the unborn child and her mother's worry that maybe she should abort. First of all, I can only speculate that it was, infact, a mother daughter and secondly, I found it very disturbing that they would be so vocal in a public cafe settting to discuss this. I really wasn't trying to hear,but it was unavoidable considering the proximity. I am not going to do a long blog post about my feelings on this subject, but just wanted to note that hearing such an impassioned, real life discussion really gave me pause. I am sure when I have mulled it over, I will blog about it. It opened my mind, to say the least.

****PS From the NY Times yesterday. Interesting. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/fashion/23irony.html?em

SOTD Silver Echo and The Bunnymen

1992-- I am at the landfill/junkyard in East Hampton,NY with my girlfriend Maria getting rid of all the things that I had been dragging around with me from my teenage years in Illinois. Felt like I was getting rid of the little girl in me- the bad furniture, the bad clothes. Last to go was a couple of milk crates (I know, milk crates!) filled with amazing 12" mixes of really great music, alot of which my gf Nikki had gotten for me in London during trips in high school and carefully brought back for me. Maria says "are you sure"? and I tell her yes and toss them. That is actually pretty symbolic for me- to toss without thinking first. hmmmm..

It took me a couple of years to regret it, but I eventually did. Deeply. I have been able to find most on Last FM, Rhapsody,itunes or through ebay, but one of my favorite songs and my fav groups, I could never find this mix until today.

"The sky is blue
my hands untied,
The world looks true through our clean eyes
Just look at you
with burning lips,
you're living proof at my fingertips"


Take in a little Echo and The Bunnymen. ahhhh..found!
http://tinyurl.com/5wx3a9

NARS Blush in Orgasm

Girls, do yourselves a a favor and just get this blush already. It is everything 'they' say it is.

Forget the newly released "Super" Orgasm--tried it today and it is not as good. (I'd like to know what a Super Orgasm is anyway. right?) Plain old Orgasm is the way to go.

You will look peachy, blushy, and beautiful.

And the listed site -makeupforlife- is an easy way to get EVERYTHING that you can get at Sephora and MORE online!

http://www.makeupforlife.com/

ok- my girlicious post duties for the week, out of the way. ;)

SOTD OOH BABY BABY - LINDA RONSTADT

With all due respect to Smokey Robinson and The Miracles- Linda does a mighty fine remake
Sing it Sister!

SOTD Maybe I'm Amazed- Paul McCartney

I have thought the exact same thing every time I hear this song, since it's first listen as a child to present day: 'I wish someone would write a song like that to me.'
http://www.deezer.com/track/8679

Once in a Lifetime

If I knew I wouldn't have more to say, I would just get it over with and call this a music blog. :)

Before MTV, there was this music channel from California that played for an hour after school. I would rush home to get every last drop of music in. Before these visuals and new, avante garde, intellectual bands, popular music was Rock and Roll, lots of Journey, REO Speedwagon, just weird late 70's (not the cool early stuff of the 70's)and eary 80's like 38 Special and ZZ Top. When I saw this video and discovered The Talking Heads, I remember sitting cross legged in front of my TV with my head cocked thinking, 'hell yes- This guy is a genius.' It changed the whole landscape of music for me.
Do yourselves a favor and watch their live DVD "Stop Making Sense" someday.
So ahead of it's time.
Check out David Byrne's website, he's a pretty brilliant guy
www.davidbyrne.com

Foot Problems Be Damned!

I just ran into someone who said that she was getting rid of a bunch of her shoes (she dresses really, really kick ass cool) and had this brief exchange:

*Hey Trenny what size shoe do you wear?
"Size 8, sometimes 7 and 1/2, if I really love the shoe and it's a nice high heel."
*Oh, too bad, I'm getting rid of a bunch of high heels, I have a really nice pair of Christian Loubitains that I've never even worn, but I am a 6 and 1/2
"Wait, I could try to squeeze my foot into them!"
*Trenny, you're so funny
"Uh...I'm serious"

I really meant it for a split second. Me and my size 8's!

Head Games- Foreigener

On my headphone shuffle now reminds me that this is, STILL, 25 years later, my favorite album cover of all time. I tried to replicate this skirt in Junior High with black felt, a glue gun and my cheerleading skirt with disasterous results all around.

As I try to re-invent my life, it's funny, because all I can think of is how I can help other people with my hopefully triumphant, small or big, victories. When you go through something tragic, you learn a lot of life lessons, if you choose to wake up.

What I have come to find, ironically, is that for all of my hopes and desires over the years, all I ever really wanted out them was to touch other people. I realize that one of my favorite things ever is to make people laugh. I have made so many people I love sad the past few years, when I used to bring them laughter and happiness, that I feel a great desire to bring joy again. To give love and receive it in return. I want X amount of money or X career,(I never by the way, thought in terms of money- which has it's good and bad points) in the end is just a means to bringing people, especially those you love and that love you, joy. It all comes back to this desire. That is why I so strongly believe you should do what your heart tells you to do, otherwise you will be too unhappy to bring it to anyone else. That's all we are trying to do, give love (in it's many forms) and get it. You know I always knew this and tried to live this way, but when I became so self consumed with my own mis perceived troubles (meaning: things were not as bad as I made them to be) , I had nothing to give. You cannot make everyone happy, but if you do all you can to make your life happy, the things that make you healthy and happy, the rest will follow and it will happen by default.

Funny how things can be so clear in the midst of turmoil. I am ever hopeful.

In staying with that feeling I guess my SOTD should be my sweet James Taylor favorite:
http://www.deezer.com/track/1013780

SOTD Amy Winehouse - Valerie

I highly reccommend you play this and just listen and appreciate her for her raw talent. Really. Just to see her for who she is musically, instead of all the crap that has made her so unattractive to us.

I liked Rehab ('no, no no') when it came out, but all her mayhem took center stage before I got a chance to really delve into what she had to offer musically, so I never knew. This was on my co-workers IPOD and it was piercing. I love watching someone who is just singing from their soul like this- it's so real and such a gift. This makes me want to give her a break. I hope she gets herself together. I hope she doesn't do a Janis Joplin on us. Her twitchy, buggy drug adled state as she sits in the chair cannot go unnoticed. Sad.

I love Eleanor Roosevelt

"One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else. "

"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events and small and unhappy minds discuss other people"

Eleanor Roosevelt

When I was looking for something by a meaningful President to post regarding election day, I of course, found many by the wonderful Eleanor Roosevelt. I loved these.

SOTD Heart - Barracuda (1977)

THE. SINGLE. MOST. INFLUENTIAL FEMALE MUSICAL GROUP OF MY LIFE.
I WOULD SING THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNG TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN. MY POOR BROTHER! IT WAS THE SONG THAT NAILED ME A SPOT IN THE COLLEGE CAMPUS BAND. AND IF I EVER WIND UP AT A KARAOKE WITH ANYONE OF YOU, I WILL GRANT YOU A PERFORMANCE.;)

Rachel Maddow is a smarty pants

I read this today in a MC Q&A with Rachel Maddow from CSNBC

Q: So, what do you read daily to keep up on the current news and events?

Rachel A: Well, I usually do most of my reading in the morning before or during breakfast as my days are usually so busy. I read the Drudge Report, The New York Times, Huffington Post, BBC online, Chicago Tribune, Mccarthy, LA Times, Wired, Wall St Journal, Boston Globe, and a couple of others.

Q: This, all before breakfast?

A: Well, and during, rememeber?

......of course Rachel, just like me.....ahem...

SOTD Madness - Our House

Man, A week and a half into my whole 'Song Of The Day' thing and I am finding that it might be a little more than I can deal with committment wise. However, I persevere!
Funniest thing I can think of about this is that because this groovy great band and video came out as I was coming of age along with MTV- I insisted, four years ago, when I went to London for Christmas to visit my ex English boyfriend Gile's parents, that we go to this row of houses where this was filmed. I emailed him today to see if he even has the photo he took of me standing there. I'll post it if he does! I just do things like that.....oh boy.

Still.......my fav Halloween photo.

I meant so much to blog this on Halloween. Damn. Belated, anyway.

My friend Sam is so pretty. One of those girls that is a total tomboy, doesn't think of herself that way, (which, of course, always makes a girl even more beautiful) but looks just like a 1940's Vargas pinup girl. A few years ago, she and her friend Maggie did a 'last minute' Halloween costume and went to this Variety store and bought Batman and Robin cotumes, which none of us thought much of. They got to the house, went into the bathroom with scissors and slashed the shit out of them to fit them..well....like they fit. Though I love being girly and sexy, on Halloween, I have always been of the mindset to dress really clownish or goofy, sexy always seemed too nauseting, unoriginal and uninventive to me. Yet, when they emerged in these getups, I was pretty jealous. Though a few years old, it is still my fav Halloween duo among photos of friends dressed up and it just needed to be shared.

New York Fall and The Impending Winter.

This morning when I woke up and looked out the window I saw my very first Fall tree that had lost every single leaf and, against the rainy day gray sky, looked so sad. I sighed and counted and named the months ahead in my mind. November, December,January....I just stopped because I didn't want to torture myself with the cold and tree-less outlook. It was 48 degrees, rainy, gray and bleary here today. No green, no blue sky, no sunshine is just no fun. The philosophy that we 'need the bad to appreciate the good' (ie: dark gray and cold makes you appreciate warm and sunny) is CRAP! I was speaking to a guy the other day from Barbados and just as another guy was preaching that philosophy, he chimed in and said in his warm as tropics accent "I grew up in Barbados my whole life, 33 years, and I NEVER got tired of it, it was beautiful and it made me so happy. I miss it!" I high fived him and told him I was with him! So, here's to making it through the Fall and Winter with grace...ugh...

The 7 Dollar Wedding Ring

You would really have to know me to know the full effect of just how interested in people's stories I am and how unafraid I am to talk to anyone or ask a question if I am just so curious I have to know. This afternoon, I went to grab some lunch for everyone up the street at this little cafe/deli. The line was a little long and as I was waiting, I casually mentioned to the woman standing in front of me, "I like your scarf", which she in turn replied, "I like your hat". Because of the longish line, we began a casual conversation. Casual went to solemn when Frank Sinatra came over the speakers and she said "Oh, my husband loved Frank Sinatra, we saw him at the Cotton Club the day after we were married........he passed away 2 months ago." I said how sorry I was, to which she replied, "we were married 63 years. We met at the beach when I was 15 and he was 18 and I knew I loved him the minute I looked at him." She went on to tell me that he had been shipped off to World War II and she promised to wait for him and when he got back (she was 17), they ran off and eloped to City Hall, to the horror of her disapproving parents. I said, "Weren't you scared, weren't they angry" And cutie pie said "Oh hunny, I was in love, you know how you are when you are in love. He was the love of my life, I would have followed him to the ends of the earth." She said they had $75.00 IN TOTAL to their name, to put a down payment on an apartment, buy a week's worth of food, a wedding license AND a wedding ring! She said her wedding ring was $7.00 from a street vendor in Brooklyn and the most precious item that she has ever owned. In fact, when he once tried to replace it years later when he became an officer, she was offended and said that the one she already owned was just perfect.
And the whole time she told these stories with a smile. I could have listened to her life biography if I had had the time. All we had at the moment was my co-worker's phone camera and I made her stop for this picture. ***She pulled a chain from beneath her sweater just before I left and said "Oh, this is the ring, I wear it close to my heart." And there it was, a little tiny lookin' gold ring. A lifetime of love and memories circled inside. It warmed and broke my heart at the same time.

***This is just an interesting historical fact that I learned that I had to include. When she had said her husband was in WWII, she said that what he had been trained to do in combat, specifically, was drive those little boats to the shore to drop off soldiers and ammunition and that he was infact driving one of the boats on D-Day. Some of you may find it in odd that I asked this, but I did (and she was excited to answer!) I asked her if she had seen Saving Private Ryan. She said that she and her husband 'of course' had. I then asked her if the opening scene of the D-Day invasion was, according to her husband's recollection, totally overblown or pretty close to actuality. She said that throughout the whole opening of the movie her husband kept tugging on her arm and telling her, "that's what it was like, that's just what it was like!" She said that he had actually been driving his boat to shore and one soldier got shot and they really DID throw him overboard. (though she said that he laughed at the idea that guns were fired underwater as he was adamant that this would 'never work'. funny what you would notice after having been there.) Ittotally amazes me, and gives me great pause that these things were just not in the movies and that people really are able to thrive and survive through ordeals like that. Gives me alot of hope for life.

SOTD John Denver - Annie´s Song

To the right and to the left of me in Junior High Choir---oh yes, I was TOTALLY in the choir-were boys, who mostly mouthed the songs we had to sing because they really didn't want to be there. On Fridays, we had what were called "Pop Song' days- where we could raise our hand and pick any song from this kinda outdated 60's and 70's sheet music folder. I ALWAYS wanted to sing this one and everytime I would raise my hand, Stuart and/or Darren would pull it down or tug on my pigtails or step on my foot. I think this made everyone gag, but I loved it.

SOTD HIgh School Musical 3 - HSM3 - I Want It All (Extra, Exclusive, Full movie version video, HQ)

My niece loved these movies and I must admit, I like them too. Colorful, fashionable, musical, and young will always appeal to the girl in me. My friend Jane went to see this and loved it and she is one of the most pragmatic women I know, so you can't deny the appeal if you like music and performance! I just love it!

SOTD GWEN STEFANI - EARLY WINTER (Official Video)

I had the good fortune to see No Doubt really really early in thier career. They were the opening band for a ska festival that I went to see back in 1996. From the moment little Gwen walked onstage and opened her mouth to sing, I was in love. With her style, her voice, I don't think there has been a female 'pop' star that I adore more than her. The sound of her voice, I relate to and, for some reason, just makes me feel at home. And her style- take a look. I tried sooo hard a few years ago to just even get an interview with her fashion company L.A.M.B here in NY. Some snotty English guy always put me off, but maybe someday. Maybe.... I am sure you will see more of her on my blog.

SOTD I Believe - Stevie Wonder

ahhhh-- Stevie Wonder. This has always been my favorite Stevie Wonder song. It was also wisely and beautifully well placed by the ever musically evocative Cameron Crowe as the 'closing credits' song for the movie High Fidelity.
http://www.deezer.com/track/2505672

Ahhh, in an ideal world.......

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

Teddy Roosevelt

Isn't that the way it's spose to be? ;( What's wrong with a little idealism?
Big Sigh.

Killer Queen- Queen

Because this was playing when I stepped into a cafe this morning
Because Queen was one of the best bands ever
Because Freddy Mercury shouldn't be dead
Because Freddy was FUCKING FABULOUS!

"...She'll absolutley drive you wild, -------- she's gonna get you........."
http://www.deezer.com/track/658

Seal: Whirlpool

My blog used to have, what I now consider, sadly, kind of a corny name "I want to see as clear as my eyes can see" which I have since changed. I had pulled it from this gorgeous Seal song. Three years before the whole Batman, horrible (sorry Seal) 'Kiss From A Rose' thing and him becoming a household name and a radio staple that played over and over at nauseum- he was Mr. Underground cool dude with this fabulous, out of left field debut record. From beginning to end an incredible,incredible piece of work.
Before Heidi Klum, and millions of dollars, the life he had lived and the pain he had experienced (he went through some tough shit)allowed him to pour into this record that really amazing stuff that makes any kind of art truly great.
This was always my favorite song.

Song of the Day The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Around the Bend

Finally!!! I have scratched the itch I have had to find this song since I love it everytime I see the new IPOD touch commercial. Cool ass tune

Language Barriers and Cosmopolitan Magazine

Every Wednesday at work there is a sweet girl who comes in to do a few hours of cleaning. Usually by the time she is finishing up, we are ordering delivery for lunch, so she will hang out and wait and lunch with us. She speaks pretty fluent English, but her native language is Spanish, so alot of times she will have me translate some things for her that she doesn't understand. Today she was sitting next to me reading one of our many fashion magazines as we waited for lunch and periodically she would look up and say "Trenny, what does 'chick' mean" or "what does 'metropolitan ' mean?" I would answer and she would go back to reading and then, the following exchange in sued and it made me laugh so hard I HAD to share it.

Jeanette: Trenny, what does 'junk' mean?
Me: Uh, well, like garbage or yucky stuff you want to throw out.
Jeanette: No, that doesn't make sense with the sentence I'm reading.
Me: (noticing she is reading Cosmopolitan magazine) Oh, like 'junk in your trunk', A nice ass.
Jeanette: Ah, no I don't think that's what this is saying.
Me: Let me see what you are reading.
So, from a 'man on the street' type article it reads:
"One time I am out partying all night at this club and I meet this girl. We decide to go home together and I realize as we get to my place, that I am all sweaty from dancing and hanging out in a crowded bar and I am worried that my 'junk' is not so fresh down there.

Me: OHHHH, junk , that means um, you know, his thing, his stuff. (as I point to my nether regions)
Jeanette: That's what they call it, like the same word for garbage?
Me:Uh, yea, that's kind of ironic huh?
Jeanette: What's Ironic?
Lunch arrives just then anyway--saved by the bell!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANNON!

Yesterday was my sister's Birthday and I wanted to make a special Birthday toasty post then, but wanted a cute pic to accompany it which she has yet to send So, in the meantime:
***********HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANNON! ***********
This is what is great about my sister:
*She is really really really funny. I laugh harder with my sister than anyone else in the world
*She is extremley independent and tough and has been through things that I am not sure I could have endured
*She is an AMAZING dancer! (One of her secret wishes -sorry Shannon-was to be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and she would have been great!)
*She is my favorite singing partner We can put on music and sing all day long
*She is a wonderful mom and has two beautiful, funny, sensitive, caring and cool kids
*She can make a killer Halloween costume- like Moulin Rouge and Thriller proportions
Well, I could go on, but I'll leave with you with a quick story:
When I was little she and I shared a bedroom. It was good to always have a buddy to talk to in the dark and play records and hang out with, but we also got on each others nerves as brothers and sisters will do. I was always a natural perrfomer from a young age and there was a period where I had this game going that the circus was coming to town and that we had to rehearse our 'routines' for the upcoming audition. (Yes y'all I was well aware that this was a game and that the circus was not really coming to town:) But no matter how irritated or tired she was- I would say "Come on Shannon- we have to practice!" and I would teach her dance routines and stand on her sholders and do all sorts of goofy stuff. Later in life when I was home for the Holidays we were laughing about that story and I asked her "Why did you always go along with that and put up with me?" and she said,
"Because you were my sister and that was what I was supposed to do, it seemed to make you so happy."
I love you Shannon-Happy Birthday!

Coconut Oil

What I consider one of the great gifts of my life came in a disguised package (as they ususally do) when I was 19 years old. I had been dyeing my hair all shades of red and had run into a girl on main street in Sag Harbor with the prettiest shade of red hair and told her how much I liked it. "Oh , it's Henna" she said and proceeded to tell me that it was a natural dye and that I could find it in the local Healthfood store 'Provisions' just up the street. I went directly to the store and there was this funky chick named Kim who was really cool and funny and helped me out. Flash forward to she and I becoming great friends and me getting a job at Provisions. I kept this job all through college and actually managed the cafe for a year upon gradutaing and figuring out what I wanted to do. Because of this, I was blessed to be able to change sooo much about my eating and body care habits and am so grateful. So,I would consider myself schooled in alot of things that are good for your body, as I not only learned from products in the store, but also through getting to know all the vendors, local organic farmers, and customers who would tell me life changing health and anti aging miracles that had taken place in thier own bodies and lives. (and yeah, I also met the 'freaks' that usually inhabit these places, but all thier stories I took with a grain of salt! You gotta have balance and enjoy life too, so please don't take me as a healthfood nut!)

Anyhow, I figured I would periodically share some of the things that I find are really beneficial and you can take em or leave em.

My first is my FAVORITE!

COCONUT OIL

Did you know that what you put on your body is just like putting it into your mouth? It's true- your skin is the largest organ of your body and it is pourous, so when you rub something onto your skin or get in yucky dirty water it goes right in directly to your bloodstream. Look at the ingredients of any of your lotions and potions and think about this- all the metylyparaben and crazy shit you can't pronounce going on and into your body. I always find it such a waste of money all the lotions and anti aging potions that we spend billions of dollars a year on! Most of them are 75% made of chemicals! Take a look!

So, here is a tip for a smooth, less wrinkly healthy body:

Get some *Coconut Oil, *Grape Seed Oil or even Olive Oil, put it in a pretty decanter or jar in your shower and it will warm up and soften by the time you are done with your bath/shower. Slather it onto your body and even dab on your face as moisturizer and you will have such yummy healthy skin! Also, health wise these oils are full of nutrients and anti-oxidents and because it seeps into your skin and goes into your bloodstream, you are getting nourished as well.

*The only reason I recommend Coconut Oil the most, is that it is clear and will not leave residue on your towel and/or cozy bathrobe. Also it is smell free, so you won't smell like you have been cooking :) and you an also have the option of adding your own favorite oil to scent it up (ie; Sandalwood, Jasmine, etc...)

And how can you beat the price of 10 bucks for a big ole jar that will last you a couple of months?

Forget La Mer and and all that crap-- try this!!

**PS- Provisions Healthfood store and cafe is still out in the Hamptons on main Street in Sag Harbor. Next time you are out there, stop in, the food and smoothie bar is delicious!

***http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-oils/organic-coconut-oil/health-benefits-of-coconut-oil.html*** read here for more

Song of the Day The Sylvers - Boogie Fever

While all of my sister Shannon and I's friends were happy to flip the off switch on thier TV after the conclusion of American Bandstand, we were just warming up for the SOOOULLL TRAAAAINN! Now that was the schnizzle- where is the Soul Train dance line of today? Damn. And boy you better milk that 15 second spotlight you get too- check out some of the fine moves.

Song of the Day

Last Goodbye- Jeff Buckley

It was like three in the morning and I couldn't sleep, so I got up , went downstairs and flicked on the TV. It was, as it usually is, on a music station. The Canadian channel Fuse to be exact. Just as I flipped the switch in the dark, a song was just starting that featured a really cute guy and a haunting bass line. As I sat in the dark and heard this song for the first time I fell love and was captivated with it. I couldn't wait to see who this guy was so I could get the record. As the liner notes appeared at the end of the song with Jeff Buckley 'The Last Goodbye', I made a mental note and was excited to have discovered him-- then I was quickly brought down by the appearance of the VJ:
"That was Jeff Buckley who was sadly found dead earlier this evening of an apparent drowning" I cried. So young, so talented- it was a haunting, odd moment in the dark. And the stranger thing I came to find out, was that his father, a musician also, died years before at around the same age of a drowning. Weird, huh?
A great song to have in your collection. A good 'go to' for a cry after a breakup!
http://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Buckley/Last+Goodbye
**Sorry guys, I can't link you to a full version-I am going to figure out how to let you just click here on my blog to hear in the future. :(

Walmart- who knew???

I think I have been to a Walmart once or twice in my life. Out where I used to live in Sag Harbor there were not any chain stores like Target, Walmart etc....well, except for the big kMart in Bridgehampton and thankfully so- cuz at least there was one place to get all those cheap little necessities that we all need. So, on a trip to Walmart for just that, I eyed this little cute sweater dress as I was standing in line- for a mere $12.99!! And it is pretty darn cute.

**Oh---and they have really awesome leggings for 5 bucks in all the basic colors a gal needs- black, brown charcoal and white.

So, sneak a peak at the cheap clothes next time you're there, if you pick the right thing, noone has to know!

let's keep this between us! xo

W

You will find it rare that I would review a movie on my blog, but I knew that I would write about this movie or have some strong feelings about it the moment I heard it was being made. I do not come from a hugely savvy political standpoint as much as I do a woman with a natural, inherent fascination with artists who are compelled to document, so closely - and try so hard- to portray the life of an individual. I think it takes a lot of balls because, with so much speculation it could either be a huge success or a horrible failure. I can't say this film was either one for me. What elements of GW Bush as a man, a President, was Stone so driven to expose and convince us of? And how would the mainstream American public leave the theater feeling about the Bush administration as a whole? I think a huge portion of the public do not really understand the horrors of his last eight years in office and I think many people hope this film will teach them, in a fun, soundtrack filled two and a half hour romp. I made it a point not to read any of the reviews, so my viewpoint could be unbiased, as naive or unschooled as it may be.

As I prepared to watch it, I pretty much had an idea what I was in for, with this being an Oliver Stone film (remember The Doors, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street, Platoon, JFK, Nixon, etc...). A politically, socially and 'of the times' charged script with an easy to follow cut from scene to scene and always a clever,constantly present and very intentional, well thought out soundtrack. These things always make it easy to digest his films.

If you know nothing about Bush, here is the first Presidential impression that Stone gives you with the obvious intention of making it stick:

Speech Writer: How about Axis of Terror?

Bush: Don't get cute, the word terror would scare people anyway.

SW: What about Axis of Evil?

Bush: (pacing the room and biting his nails) Now that I like, it's got a ring to it.

'A ring to it'- what a fucking line. And if you don't think to yourself 'oh shit, what an idiot, he doesn't know what he is doing'- which I can't imagine Stone DOESN'T want you to think, then Stone hasn't grabbed you. This scene is followed by a flashback to his college days pledging for a fraternity and having Jack Daniels poured down his throat. This is followed by the next scene which has him lunching with Dick Cheney being briefed on WOMD as he sloppily and aggressively eats a bologna sandwich and guzzles, and I mean purposefully, guzzles a Dr. Pepper. See where I am going with this this? From drunken frat boy to a White House lunch briefing on war tactics and chemical weaponry, with the image and actions of a frat boy still very present in your mind and apparent by his over the top body language and line delivery scene to scene. The whole film is pieced together so as to make you feel as if Bush was just this 'guy' who, stumble upon stumble, ended up in the White House- like Alice through the Looking Glass. (I kind of agree with this theory by the way) Stone makes him consistently insecure, sarcastic, flippant, narcissistic, and don't even get me started on the whole 'father and son' relationship which paints him to be a simple psychological breakdown of the boy who just wanted to constantly please a father that he is always disappointing. You know the old 'living in his shadow' cliche. Stone has Brolin play the character as just that : a cliched portraylof a faulted man who should never have become President.

It was ok, but too simplistic and candy coated a script that it became almost satirical to me.

I hope that I am right about Oliver Stone's intention with his portrayal of Bush. He wanted to give the public an easy way to, at the same time, be entertained and yet horrified by what we have done as a collective society by voting such a person into office. He used a reverse physcology by making you see and hear one thing, yet as a whole wanted to make you feel another. If this makes any sense. He wants you to either feel a little sorry for Bush or think he is an idiot , but at the end he wants you to be convinced that this man has, simply put, made a terrible mess of things. Stone is good with this kind of tortured soul, this fumbling through life kind of man (there is a great line that Val Kilmer- as Jim Morrison- has at the beginning of Stone's biopic the Doors "I am just a tortured clown who gets thing right for a minute and then messes them up in the end") and he is good at bringing it out in his actors. I have to applaud Josh Brolin for his outstanding job impersonating Bush. There were times where I purposefully closed my eyes and I could have sworn I was listening to GW. He did a brilliant job in my opinion. Also to be noted, Richard Dreyfus portrays a smarmy, slimy Dick Cheney brilliantly. Curious to see who might get an Oscar nod.

**Whomever played Condoleeza Rice was cast terribly wrong. Be prepared to be annoyed by this character..

***And big final applause to one of my favorite elements of the film--listen for it- it's brilliant. Stone's use of the original theme to Robin Hood throughout the movie ("with a cap in his hat, he comes to save the day......")which plays for mere seconds during any scenes prior to Bush taking the podium. This, I thought, was clever and HILARIOUS!

Definitely worth seeing, but go in expecting a satire, not a true and serious documentary. And it is always fun to see an Oliver Stone character portrayal from a psychological point of view- if you areas interested in that kind of thing as much as I am.

PS There are 3 people in particular that I know of who read my blog and are extremely political. I'm very much looking forward to their reviews, they should be good. I will re-blog them if, and when, they are posted.

Summer Breeze- Seals and Croft

My mom was a sucker for them when I was little, and I am a sucker for them too. I'm talkin' about the soft rock songs of the 70's. This song always makes me miss my mom. I can still picture me in the backseat of the groovy Chevy with both of us singing along.

http://tinyurl.com/6k5krv

Salon 8 am

Getting ready for an early 8:30 am blowout at the salon---which fun frivolous magazine to choose?

Meghan Fox was the hands down stand out. ***I refused to take my hat off until they got me at the sink, that's how bad it was! And even in the midst of my tired little cranky self, I still managed to put my big ass earrings on. Only me.

Devil in my Car- The B-52's

I dug this song up the other day when I read that the B-52's were playing at Hammerstein Ballroom in NY. I discovered this band way back in the eighth grade and they were a happy, happy, unique, quirky breathe of fresh air. I fell in love with them and I credit the two girls in this band, Cindy and Kate, for helping me find the real strength of my singing voice. Funny but true- singing that shit is HAARD. I really love them for the girls to tell you the truth. Everytime I would have to really warm up or open up my voice, or just want to sing along to something that makes me happy, all I have to do is sing along to a couple of these oldies but goodies. Always a fun sing along.

From their album Wild Planet
http://www.deezer.com/track/1560771

Red Lips!

I am not the biggest makeup wearer-even though my lifestyle should really warrant it--but I own ALOT of it and love to play with it, especially lipstick. Even I have to admit, this shade of red is a bit toooo Bozo the clown!

THE pink bikini

My new bikini - coming soon!!!!!!!!!!!

KATY PERRY

I have heard the song I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry numerous times and I really really like it. Yet, it wasn't until a live MTV performace that I caught a few nights ago that I really SAW the phenom. In a red gingham shorty short jumper and pink stilettos, she jumped and slithered along the sides of the stage holding hands with girls and boys alike, winking and inviting them to dance and purely enjoying herself. And I thought to myself, uh yeah, I 'll kiss you too!

http://tinyurl.com/3hzgh5

One way to possibly land your dream job

**I was prompted to do this blog after someone asked me today how I got such a great job right out of college.. It's a funny story that I don't always think about, but when I do, I really like that did it.


When I was 20, I did something that I didn't think was wrong, yet everyone told me that it was. The more that people told me not to do it, the more ambitious I was TO do it. Of course.
I was the assistant editor of my college newspaper and in addition to my editing work, I also handled the entertainment section of the paper where I contributed anything I could that related to the arts in and around my school, which was, luckily, just outside of Manhattan, so there was never a shortage of happenings to report. Besides my regular college work and my work for the paper, I was mad focused on an intership- not just any internship- I was going to intern at Rolling Stone Magazine. When I was young, getting the new issues of Rolling Stone and Vogue every month was an event. I would literally make sure I had a couple of hours of solitude in front of me, a nice cup of tea and a cozy spot to relax before I turned that first glossy page. I poured over every article, every story and envied those that were the 'by' person of each story. "Bob Dylan-unmasked" by David Harfrome 'At Home in Italy with Yves StLaurent" by Rachel Davis. I had grand visions- "On Tour with The Rolling Stones" byTrenny Lowey "A Chat in Chelsea with Calvin Klein" by Trenny Lowey
Luckily for me, these dreams seemed semi touchable, now that I had left Illinois and was studying Journalism a stone's throw away from the city that housed the offices of both of these publications. But there was a problem. Upon inquiring about interns at both Vogue and Rolling Stone, I was told that there were only 5 and 3, respectfully, intern positions availble each semster and not only did hundreds of students apply, they were applying from ALL OVER THE WORLD, and that the chance of landing a spot were slim to none.
Fuck. That news sucked. But I suppose I really wasn't surprised.
Back at the apartment I told my roomate Karen and she gave me the old "apply anyway, you never know" speech, but I didn't think like that. I was more 'realistic' than 'idealistic'. Having my application thrown into a pile with thousands of other hopefuls would not do. So this is what I did. I was never afraid to do things like this and I don't know why.
I dressed up, put my best game face on and went to the Rolling Stone offices directly. No, I didn't bring a resume, I didn't ask to speak with someone in HR and hopefullly sit in the waiting room. I went to the front desk and when I was asked 'how I could be helped', I said -and I quote- "Hi, my name is Trenny Lowey and I am from the Purchase Press and I have a 2:30 appt with Jann Wenner"
(Jann Wenner was/is the editor of Rolling Stone- I know, I know, idiot right?) My heart was beating, my face was red and I was prepared for both rejection and arrest when they found out I was a fraud. He proceeds to pick up the phone, dials a number and says, "Yes, I have a Trenny Lowey from Suny's Purchase Press here who says she has a 2:30 appt with Mr. Wenner. Ah huh, yes , no? Uh, okay, okay thanks."
I knew what had happened. He, the 22 year old desk person- looked at me and said "I'm sorry it's not on his calendar. But here is his assistant's assistant's direct line if you want to call and discuss." I took the card and turned and felt like an asshole. Then I had a thought, I had come this far, why not try it. I turned around and asked the guy at the front desk if he wouldn't mind trying that line for me since I was there and maybe his assistant's assistant (shit the third rung down) might have time. He complied and once called had a brief exchange and handed the phone to me. I made up some sob story that I thought my editor had scheduled it and I had come all the way to the city, skipped my afternoon classes and just wanted to get a story on the innner workings of a magazine that was a campus favorite. Maybe she had some time? SHE DID-- and up the elevator I went.
My luck didn't stop there. She had started her job as an intern and this made the conversation easily flow into my desire to posses an intern position there. Long story short, she personally walked me down to HR and introduced me to half of the HR staff, I filled out an application right there, had an hour discussion with 2 great hr people, Keith and Jana (I'll never forget them), used a little charisma mixed with subtle pleading and 6 weeks later found out I had gotten a Fall internship.
Moral of this story is- never be afraid to approach a situation that you think is unreachable- because every person you admire, no matter how huge, was you, is you. Life is too short not to make your desires known and try, the worst you can hear is no.
Though I did not stay at Rolling Stone, I did get an AMAZING first job out of college with one of the world's biggest selling artsits because of my connections there. Nothing is unreasonable if handled with passion, gratitude, grace- and let's face a good set of balls!

Weird

get me outta this car! on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

My friend Paul sent this to me and asked if this was me- no- but it sure looks like it! Freaky!

Madonna Truth or Dare

This is on the Logo channel in NY right now and I had to post something!

Madonna: I am going to do book about sex

Rosie: Why?

Madonna: Because it's natural and beautiful and noone really talks about it.

Rosie: Are you going to be naked? You're not going to do any weird S&M stuff are you?

Madonna: Yes- why do it if you are not going to go all the way?

Rosie: Oh Maddie, please please don't do it.

*Madonna looks at her and gives her a deliciously wicked grin

"Oh, I'm gonna do it" she says.

Sales to date are well over 10 million. We all know that Sex sells and Madonna was no idiot.

A book worth having in your coffee table collection........

Tapp and Randy

These are my freinds Tapp and Randy. I love this picture because they are the two people in the world who make me laugh the hardest

*I always told Tapp that when she smiles, her eyes smile too- isn't that true?

The secret of life?

"IT'S ALL JUST A GAME TRENNY"

My friend Jim to me after I explained to him how I was down about certain aspects of my life.
hmmmm

I really wish I was 21 in the 70's!

Who knew that the voice of Another Brick in the Wall- David Gilmour- was so damn beautiful back in the day?

**A post blog edit on comment::: Whoa- I just said David Gilmour was the voice and I got reamed for not giving props to Roger Waters. Yea, he wrote most of Floyd's stuff- he just wasn't as hot! ;)

Hey- I want a pretty daisy guitar!!!

Kind words from a stranger

Never underestimate the power of saying something sweet to someone out of the blue. I just got this email and it just made me happy because I am hot and cranky today. And the comment about my voice, if you should ever hear me speak is hilarious, because most of the time people tell me I sound like an eighth grader, not cool water!!

Hi Trenny! I came across you from Robert Taylor's vid about the book, and I wanted to let you know that you seem so genuine, sweet, and adorable:) If you have time, make more vids, you're voice is like cool water on the back of my neck in the sticky heat of a Louisiana summer:P

I just found this randomly in an old folder!

Me and old boyfriend Giles laughing and attached at the hip as per usual.

This makes me miss him! Wonder where he is right now.

Playing this right now on Ipod. This album, Roxy Music-'Avalon' ,from beginning to end, is so sexy and timeless and fabulous- it was the first CD that I heard the very first day I moved to New York as I sat on the back deck of my teeny little apt with a glass of wine.

And talk about the last of the smooth sophisticated singers- props must be given to lead singer Bryan Ferry.

Three weeks ago I was in the Barnes and Noble in the Time Warner building just kind of looking around. I have way too many books at home that I still want to begin, finish or even read again, that I have a deal with myself- that I always break- that I won't buy another until I am completely caught up.

This was sitting on the 'best seller' table and I kind of randomly picked it up.

I have nearly finished it and I highly recommend it.

Though I am a big fan of non fiction, you will very rarely find me reading something on world

economics - cut to my Dad laughing and very boisterously agreeing-this was a quick lesson on the present and possible future of the global economy that was very easy to digest.

At least 18 years old LOOKS great!

There's Jack and me in Illinois for the Friendship Festival on our first ferris wheel ride. He was 21 and I was 18. He was amazing and as romantic as this picture looks, I told him later that I don't think that I was truly in love with him- I was too young. He humorously admitted to me over dinner one night, years later when I was in LA for work, that he thought that I was simply a really young hot piece of ass........oh and that I was funny.

Love is very very mysterious, very elusive, there are so many people that you can be THIS close to feeling it and it just doesn't go all the way. The real thing is something that I believe you know the moment you see them. You just know.

**Now, enough blogging on boys!***

The College Boyfriend

http://tinyurl.com/53l3q2
My college boyfriend Jack Hannibal was an actor- he's now an acting teacher in L.A.
When we first started dating, I had asked him what he had done up to that point
Him: Well, mostly commercials, because they were easy to get and a good way to pay for college.
Me: What commercials, would I know any?
Him: Well, I did one for Reeses Peanut Butter Cup. I was in a movie theater......
Me: .......And you were in the balcony and dropped your chocolate into her peanut butter??
Him: hahah, you remember that?

I was 18, just 4 months out of Illinois, and thought I was dating a movie star.
he is still a good friend and reads this blog, so I hope he forgives me for posting this!

"I just think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness. "If somebody walks into a room and they're drop-dead gorgeous and sexy, it's really fun to look at. But if somebody is giving of their spirit and they make you laugh and feel good, that's a whole other level of beauty."

-Drew Barrymore Vogue March 2008

*I just read this in an old issue of Vogue that was sitting on my desk and this is so true. I've always much more preferred someone who can make me laugh and who has a happy genuine spirit over someone who is considered physically very attractive. And.. I just discovered she and I share the same Birthday!

"It's the difference between motivation and inspiration. Motivation is when you get hold of an idea and don't let go of it until you make it a reality. Inspiration is the reverse—when an idea gets hold of you and you feel compelled to let that impulse or energy carry you along. You get to a point where you realize that you're no longer in charge, that there's a driving force inside you that can't be stopped. "
Wayne Dyer

***I love that***

I hope all my Rock and Roll birthday wishes come true!

My friend Paul just sent this to me from my birthday dinner .

And that is complete giddy & joyful bliss from the combination of Martini, chocolate, good friends, good conversation and lots of laughter- topped off with a roomful of people singing to me!

A man and his truth

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."-- Albert Einstein

The below is the closing statement from a friend's current blog. I was so moved by it's sincerity, eloquence and honesty that I had to share it. If you want to subscribe to a great blog, may I suggest his

From http://www.thetaylorincipient.com/ by Robert E Taylor:

"The person I strive to be is an individual who attempts to uphold the standards of the social contract, and admits to his faults--not an individual of public perpetually hypocritical acts.It's now obvious that I am destined--and perhaps doomed--to rewrite this sentiment for as long as I hold an opinion on any subject. A seasoned reminder for anyone who will, does, or has ever disagreed with me. I am well aware of my fallibility, but I amiably challenge you to ask yourselves who exercises in discussing their own, so candidly and unabashedly. My aggressive nature as a writer, thinker, filmmaker, and man will undoubtedly plague me with aggression and disapproval. I am, I have been, and I will be wrong. The point is I think, and therefore, I am."

This is why I am friends with him.

This is him- Giles. All 6'4 of him

He worked on a yatch that spent half the year in Barcelona, Spain

and we tried to make it work for a good year and a half, but I don't

want my man away half the year, so it had to end.

His mom Annie still sends me a Birthday and Christmas card

every year, 6 years later and I still love him

very much. Logistics......suck.......

Zero 7- An Ipod Must

My first visit to London was to see my boyfriend at the time Giles ( a post on him will no doubt happen soon, he deserves one) and as a special treat for me, he had gotten tickets to a 2 day outdoor music fest which was heavenly the first day and turned into a soaking wet Woodstock like mess the second. We tolerated the rain as much as we could until we decided, no matter how good the band, we were too wet and miserable to stay. As we were walking out, a band took the stage, complete with an 8 piece string section and an etheral like quality took over the previous muddy messy field. The music stopped us dead in our tracks, it was so fucking beautiful. I mean this band live and outside, just no words to describe. The band was Zero 7- popular now, but 6 years ago pretty much unknown. One of my favorite songs is Somersault. Melodically, it's beautiful and I always liked the idea of what I thought she was saying, but I never knew EXACTLY what she was saying until today and it reaffirms just why I love it:

You're the prince to my ballerina
You feed other people's parking meters
You encourage the eating of ice cream
You would somersault in sand with me
I fear the unknown You feel like home, you feel like home

You put my feet back on the ground
Did you know you brought me around
You were sweet, and you were sound
You saved me

You're the warmth in my summer breeze
You're the ivory to my ebony keys
You would share your last jelly bean
You would somersault in sand with me

Take a listen! http://tinyurl.com/5ar936