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FIFI'S THOUGHTS 1/1/2009 5:49:51 PM
ALLE ALLE UM COME TEE A HAPPY NEW YEAR'S TO ALL OF THEE RING IN 2009 RING OUT 2008
IT IS THE FIRST DAY THE JOVIAN CALENDAR YEAR 2009.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DEAD YEAR 2008 FIRST........
A YEAR OF BAD MOVIES EXCEPT AN AMAZING MONTH OF DECEMBER WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER
A YEAR IN WHICH WE PICKED THE FIRST MINORITY PRESIDENT IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. ISN'T ABOUT TIME AFTER 2OO PLUS YEARS?
AN OLYMPIC YEAR IN WHICH A SWIMMER NAMED MICHAEL PHELPS WON 8 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS, BREAKING MARK SPITZ'S LONG TIME OLYMPIC RECORD.
A YEAR OF A TOUGH TOUGH ECONOMY, LONG UNEMPLOYMENT LINES EVERYWHERE, PLUNGING HOME PRICES, A PLUNGING STOCK MARKET, WELL KNOWN STORES LIKE MERVYN'S SHUTTING THEIR DOORS FOR GOOD......
A YEAR IN WHICH THE CUBS FAIL TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES FOR THE HUNDRETH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, FALLING ON THEIR FACES IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAINST THE DODGERS
AS FOR ME WELL ANOTHER YEAR OF FRUITLESS AUDITIONS TRYING TO LAND A TV OR FILM ROLE.....
SO WHAT WILL 2009 LOOK LIKE? WE SHALL SEE.....WE SHALL SEE......
DID YOU PEOPLE PARTY LAST NIGHT 'LIKE IT WAS 1999?' I WENT TO THIS LIKE 'YOUNG SINGLE PROFESSIONALS PARTY' IN HOLLYWOOD LAST NIGHT WITH ALOCKI, HELLOS, AND DICK, (BIFF IS VISITING HIS FOLKS IN SOME SMALL OUT OF THE WAY TOWN NAMED HEMET). WELL I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY MEANT BY 'YOUNG SINGLE PROFESSIONALS.' I'M LIKE A WAITRESS, NOT SOME 'BIG SHOT' PROFESSIONAL, I SAW SOME PEOPLE AT THE PARTY WHO LOOK LIKE THEY WERE BORN DURING THE 'JURASSIC AGE,' AND I DON'T BELIEVE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AT THE PARTY WERE TRULY SINGLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY CAME BY THEMSELVES.
BUT I DID LIKE THE MUSIC AND I DID DANCE YOU KNOW TO OLD SONGS LIKE 'THE HUSTLE,' AND 'BOOGIE FEVER' BY THE SILVERS. OMIGOSH THEY EVEN PLAYED LIKE 'BENNY GOODMAN' MUSIC AND LOOKING AT THE AGE OF SOME OF THE PARTYGOERS, I BELIEVE THAT MUSIC WAS APPROPRIATE AS THEY WERE PROBABLY IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THAT STYLE OF MUSIC WAS POPULAR. A FELLA WHO LOOKED TO BE ABOUT MY LATE GREAT GRANDFATHER'S AGE ASKED ME TO DANCE WITH HIM AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT OLD COOT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DANCERS AT THE PARTY........
YOU PEOPLE REALIZE YOU HAVE TWO BRAINS IN YOUR HEAD THAT TALK TO EACH OTHER? YOU KNOW YOUR EMOTIONAL RIGHT BRAIN AND YOUR LOGICAL LEFT BRAIN? THAT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE ENJOY 'TALKING TO THEMSELVES.'
MY OLD MAID AND LIFELONG BACHELOR FRIENDS TELL ME THE ONLY ADVANTAGE THEY SEE IN GETTING MARRIED IS BEING WITH PEOPLE DURING THE HOLIDAYS, HAVING KIDS TO CARRY ON YOUR LEGACY, AND 'YOU KNOW WHAT.' THEY SAY THAT STILL DOESN'T REPLACE ALL THE FREEDOM FROM RESPONSIBILITY THAT SINGLE PEOPLE GET.....WHATEVER....WHATEVER....ONE OF THESE DAYS I MAY TRY MARRIAGE....I MEAN I GOTTA SEE AT LEAST WHAT IT'S LIKE...BUT IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE I TRY IT...
OMIGOSH YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LIKE TELLING YOU PEOPLE HOW THE MOVIES TODAY ARE SO BAD. WELL AMAZINGLY I WOULD TO GIVE A 'THUMBS UP' TO MOST OF THE MOVIES THAT WERE RELEASED THIS PAST DECEMBER. I ESPECIALLY LIKED 'FROST/NIXON,' 'DOUBT,'THE WRESTLER,' 'THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BRATTON' AND 'MARLEY AND ME.'
'MARLEY AND ME' WHICH DEALS WITH A LOVABLE LABRADOR RETRIEVER BUT HAS A VERY SAD ENDING HAS TO BE THE MOST ENTERTAINING ANIMAL FILM TO COME OUT SINCE ANOTHER FILM THAT WAS MADE ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO WHICH ALSO DEALS WITH A LOVABLE LABRADOR RETREIVER AND ALSO HAD A SAD ENDING, 'OLD YELLER.'
MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS ARE.....
I WILL NOT THROW MONEY AWAY ON FRIVOLOUS THINGS LIKE HAND BAGS AND TEE SHIRTS
I WILL CUT DOWN ON MY CRAVINGS FOR BUTTERED POPCORN AND SWEETS
I WILL 45 MINUTES OF EXCERCISE A DAY A MINIMUM 5 DAYS A WEEK
I WILL LAND A ROLE IN A FEATURE FILM/TV SERIES
I WILL BALANCE MY LEFT BRAIN AND MY RIGHT BRAIN AND MY CHAKRAS BETTER