Paula_Abdul, originally uploaded by Klick Here.

I will admit that I am a victim of pop music. Love. It. I like the boppy beats, the brainless lyrics. I love the music videos with lots of flashing lights and lip synching.
When we were at a super bowl party, we all saw Paula Abdul’s performance of “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow.” Everyone there was about 10 years older than Dan and me, so when they started making fun of her I kept my mouth shut. But secretly? I became a little obsessed. And when she called into John Jay and Rich this morning? Fell a little more in love with song.
Don’t get me wrong, I still think she says some very weird things on American Idol and I made fun of her the entire time “Hey Paula” was on TV. But her new song? Her catchy song that basically just repeats the chorus over and over? I keep calling the radio station to request it. They ignore me, so I’m going to have to purchase it on iTunes. Heck, I’m going to probably purchase the entire Randy Jackson CD when it comes out.
I’ve officially lost all street cred.

Taken by Tom Cammett, originally uploaded by Klick Here.

It’s my little sister’s birthday. She turns the big 2-2 today. It’s so weird, realizing that my little sis has not only been old enough to legally drink for a year, but that she’s also about to graduate college.

Highlights About Amy

- She is spastic. High strung. Whole lotta energy. She’s a gymnast at Kent State University in Ohio, which means she willing throws herself at inanimate objects.
-She’s a psychology major. If you knew her, you’d think this was funny.
-She’s about 5′2″ but for some reason seems even shorter than that when you’re standing next to her. She is also mistaken for a 16-year-old fairly frequently. While it ticks her off now, she’ll love that in 15 years.
- She’s 4 years younger than me. We weren’t very close in grade school because we only went to the same school for one year. But we get along much better now. I haven’t had to pull her hair in years.
-She hates bugs. Some of our favorite stories of her involve her abandoning her car on the side of the road because there was a spider in it, or trying to use bug spray on the entire exterior of her house.
- She can laugh at herself, which is good because she can be a pretty big klutz.
-She’s adopted and dyed her hair for my wedding so she would look more like the rest of the family. (Note: I did not have a Bridezilla moment. She decided to dye it herself.)
- She’s so tiny that she wears jeans from the kids’ clothing section. This makes me hate her. (Joking… Kinda.)
-She’s been dating her wrestler boyfriend, Kurt, for longer than Dan and I have known each other. And total side note, but Kurt stole my birthday present idea for her, which means I have less than 24 hours to think of something else. Stupid Kurt.

Anyway, Happy Birthday Amy! We hope it is fun and memorable and that you get lots of goodies! (And hopefully you go somewhere other than Sheetz for dinner tonight.)

Love,
Sara and Dan

Disney’s “Enchanted”, originally uploaded by Klick Here.

I was only excited about one catergory from last night’s Academy Awards. “Best Original Song.” It’s no secret that I adore flamboyant musicals and Disney and happy, catchy tunes that can make people’s eyes twitch. Enchanted was a fabulous mix of all three.
3 of the major songs in the movie were nominated – “That’s How You Know,” “Happy Working Song” and “So Close.” While I love the first two, sung by Amy Adams, my favorite is “So Close,” sung by Jon McLaughlin. It’s sappy and sweet and is sung during a scene when Patrick Dempsey is wearing a prince costume.
What’s that noise? Oh. That would be my heart fluttering.
I Tivo’d through most of the award show, pausing to listen to John Stewart’s jokes and to see my favorite actors presenting awards. I don’t think I listened to a single acceptance speech though. The only time I was transfixed was during the performances of the 5 songs that were nominated. Amy Adams sang “Happy Working Song” beautifully of course, unfortunately without little animated pigeons and cockroaches prancing around her. Kristin Chenoweth sang “That’s How You Know.” Now, I love Kristin Chenoweth. I’ve been a big fan since Wicked, liked her bubbly character in Bewitched and absolutely adore Pushing Daisies. But I just didn’t like her singing the song during the awards. It should have been Amy Adams up there. Not only to keep the original feeling from the song, but also because Amy Adams has the fairy tale princess vibe while Kristin Chenoweth is more…well, Glinda the good witch. OK, off my Cinderella soap box. So Close was performed by Jon McLaughlin and had Amy Adams and some dude who was definitely not Patrick Dempsey dancing around. Boo. I wanted to see Patrick Dempsey dancing again.
A song from Once won in this catergory and I was thoroughly depressed. I’ve never seent he movie, so maybe it was a great fit for the film. However, in the 3 minutes it was onstage, it didn’t grab my attention. If Enchanted couldn’t have won, I thought the song from August Rush, with a solo done by a little girl who has more talent in her tiny pigtail braid than I do in my entire body, should have won. All in all, I turned off the tv feeling very bitter. I would not make a good Oscar nominee. I would be the one mouthing swear words as the camera caught my reaction to the winner announcement.
Oh yeah, and some other awards were won.
This ends Sara’s Academy Awards recap. You’re welcome.