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So I Haven't Done This for Awhile...

There is this song on a soundtrack that I've been listening to obsessively for a couple months now, to an old movie called "Threesome". And there's a song on this here soundtrack that I love, because it is so silly and so much fun. It's called "Boomshackalak" and it's by "Apache Indian". I was just reminded of it, and the fact that I've strayed away from my SOTD posts, because I heard it on a "Wallace and Gromit" commercial, of all things. It turns out that Apache Indian is a British guy of Asian Indian (not Native American) descent who has settled on a combination of bhangra, reggae and dancehall music as his spiritual musical home, for lack of a better term. Okay. That explains the...confluence, shall we say...of styles in this one little four-minute ditty. He's done all sorts of different appearances in a variety of media, including some work for Bollywood. If you've never watched any of these movies, and have any appreciation for cheesy, funny stuff, you should. Bride and Prejudice was one of the most ridiculous films I've ever seen, but I enjoyed it beyond reason.

So, this song is one of the most enjoyably tacky guilty pleasures ever. With all the stress I've been under that's stealing my smile, all I need to do is turn this baby on and I'm cracking up before I know it.

And sometimes that's all you need.

Some statistics

Number of pages of strippers listed in the Las Vegas phone book: None, although under the  "stripper" category, one is encouraged to "See "furniture stripping" also "singing telegrams".

Number of pages of "Entertainers" and "Entertainment" in the Las Vegas phone book: 114

First listing in these categories: "Full service ladies of the night"

Last listing in these categories: "Imprisoned with Ivana: Adult female entertainers"

Nice.

Page half ripped out (guess which half...) of the Las Vegas phone book in my hotel room: "Signs - maintenance and repair - singing telegrams".

Number of couples in wedding attire seen in Las Vegas this week: 16

Pages of attorneys in the phone book: 205

Pages of churches: 11

Gotta love a town with a one-track mind, and its priorities in order.

Last Dialogue (hopefully...) in Vegas...

While handing my bag off to a friend who's going to watch it for me while I roam around before our flight, I smell the very drunk man sitting next to me before I see him.

"Well, hello," he said, giggling to himself.

"Hello. Sorry, I'm just looking for my wallet, I'll be out of your way in a second," I said.

"Uh, that's fiiiiiinnnnneeeee....You jus' go ahead and do what you need to do," he said.

"Well, that's generally how it works."

"Riiiiiiiiiigggggggghhhhhhhhtttttttttttttttt, that's just how you ROLL YOUR GAME. Right. Cool."

The entertainment never ceases here. Really.

Laurie Needs

Go to Google. Type in your first name and the word "needs". Write the first ten complete thoughts/sentences involving those two words. It's fun. And odd.

*"Books Laurie Needs to Read for CBE Certification." GOD, not more books! And what in the hell is CBE? Next...

*"And I thought Laurie needs Flight School." Sure, why not?

* "Laurie needs to know that a family will help him maintain contact with his two
siblings." Sure... because I've been real worried about that. Right. And I'm not a boy. ; ) 

*"Laurie needs a check for $8482.14 to pay for fund raiser merchandise." That's NOT what I need it for, but I'll take it...

* "Laurie needs to be less lazy." True dat.

*“Laurie needs protection,” Mike says. "She needs to be protected and shielded from
all of the speculation regarding her possible involvement in the crime." Okay, that's weird. And amusing.

*"Laurie needs your help to reach all the voters he can before the next election." I'm happy to do my civic duty, but I'm still not a boy.

*"Laurie needs to take parenting classes." Not yet.

"Laurie needs help." Well...duh!

Things got really weird after that. Gotta love Google.

Rainbow Supremes Countdown

Singing on stage tonight for the first time in oh...more than fifteen years! Surprisingly, I'm really not that nervous. It's been really fun, putting the outfits together and practicing with the girls.

But still...the show is sold out. And there will be a lot of people there who I have to see again. My God. Ha!