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.