Been in the Band?

Driving home today I started to smile. The Outfield came on the radio. They were singing "I don't want to loose your love tonight."

Now, regardless that this is a great song and I haven't heard it in ages, it got me remembering a part of my life that was kind of forgotten. Not really lost but it just never comes up.

Yes, when I was in college, I was in a band. (Probably everyone else was too huh?) And no, we never played out anywhere. That just never seemed to be the point.

I don't remember the name of the band. I only remember the members' first names - Paul, Henry, Mario, Brian, a drummer who I can't even picture, and me (the keyboard and backup vocals girl).

We practiced once or twice a week in the basement of one of the campus buildings. We were loud. We had fun. We played the same songs over and over until we got them right. And it kept me out of trouble :) Well, at least some.

But that Outfield song was one I remember we played a lot. A very lot. And I never got tired of it. The male singer (Brian) we had was amazing and could hit all the high notes.

Nowadays, I sing to the radio and in the shower. If I get near a karaoke, my hubby wants to crawl under the table. It's not that I sing bad - he just hates attention of any kind. I also sing in my classroom to the kids sometimes. (silly stuff) And then I sing when I am with my sister. Or my dad. Or my mom. (We all sing) And then of course there is Guitar Hero.

I bought hubby a shirt a while back that says "I'm in the band." (of course, I am the groupie this time!!)

Fun stuff.

Did You Know? BARBIE

Did you know that you can play Barbies for four hours straight????

Maybe I knew a long time ago but I had forgotten.

I just had my 3 year old niece spend the night. She was non-stop Barbieing. She would want me to be a particular Barbie and then proceed to tell me I couldn't do anything with my Barbie. I'm just supposed to sit there and hold it???

So on the sly I would change Barbie's clothes. (one of the things I always loved about Barbies - we had the fanciest, coolest homemade dresses when we were little) It was funny. Barbie has changed. Her hips are bigger and her boobs are littler. This was really evident when I put on some of the dresses that I still had from when I was little and put them on my niece's newer Barbies.

So what is up with that?? Is Barbie getting old? Has Barbie had children and now her hips are bigger? Are her boobs sagging now due to being, what, 60ish? This all seems kinda wrong to me. Are they going to start giving her wrinkles too?

I don't want reality in dolls. After all, who can jump up to the top level of a house really? Who sits to go upstairs in their own house elevator when it only has two floors??? Whose TV never changes and only shows horse movies??

Barbie should always be the same. How else will we know if we have "outgrown" her? After my niece's visit, I feel more like Barbie than ever!