Category Archives: Going Out

Ready to Fly

Posted on May 24, 2012 by judisunshine

If a wave rolls down from heaven With the turning of the tide You’re pulled in all directions Only for awhile ~ Colin Hay, “The Flying Song” I’d tried before, many times. Flying. Here and there, I’d been able to … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Romance, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged 1995, basements, broken glass, brown refrigerators, church, Colin Hay, crushing weight, Dreams, flying, flying in dreams, Flying Song, Grandmother, IMAX, Mickey Mouse ice cream pops, Nightmares, pink and purple wind, Ready to Fly, secret passageways, waking yourself up from a dream | 8 Comments

Salem’s Lot & Sleepless Nights

Posted on May 19, 2012 by judisunshine

I have been terrified of horror for as long as I can remember. Ghouls, mainly, when I was younger, scared the heck out of me. And even at five, I could tell that part of vampires’ power came from their … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Movies, Supernatural :o | Tagged Adventureland, Beverly Cleary, Buffy Innocence, buried alive, Eerie and Creepy comics, Farmingdale, ghouls, Hempstead, Home Depot, horror movies, little brother scratching at the window, Long Island, made for television movies, Merrick, Nickelodeon, parents, peach paint, Ramona the Brave, Salem's Lot, Saw 3, suburbia, The Adventures of Black Beauty, The Vanishing, vampires | 6 Comments

Goodbye, Cigarettes.

Posted on May 4, 2012 by judisunshine

‘Cause I don’t know who I am, who I am without you All I know is that I should ~ Missy Higgins As Jerry Seinfeld said, a breakup is like pushing over a soda machine. Smoking cigarettes is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Food, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Romance, Women | Tagged blackened lungs, breaking up, cigarettes, gaining weight, Jerry Seinfeld, losing weight, Marlboro Lights, Metabolife, pushing over soda machines, rebellious spirit, smoking | 5 Comments

Ask The Waitress: “Officer, He Swore He Was 21!”

Posted on April 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Q: Is “Dude. Seriously? These are our parents, ” a valid ID in the state of Colorado? A: No I don’t mean to be a jerk, but is it truly a hardship to carry a valid form of photo identification … Continue reading →

Posted in Coffee, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Work | Tagged alcohol, bartender, beer, cigarettes, Colorado state, Denver, Dr. Pepper, drinking, Dude, Fat Tire, liquor, mofo, paperwork, photo ID, server, smoking, sting operations, tipping, undercover, valid ID, waitress | 10 Comments

The Gift of Fear

Posted on April 7, 2012 by judisunshine

I thought about posting the following link at the end, but I’d rather people buy this book, than read my blog. Truly. And no! I am not in book cahoots with Gavin De Becker (I could only wish!). I just … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Friends, Going Out, Sports | Tagged 1991, cheerleading, cheerleading uniforms, cool geek toys, creepy dudes, fundraising, Gavin De Becker, get away, Keds, no nonsense suntan hose, not trying hard enough as a kid, Olympic Sales Club, scrunchee socks, The Gift of Fear, Tri-County Flea Market, uniforms, youngster | 7 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 9: Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

Posted on March 21, 2012 by judisunshine

My brother recapped it first! Click here for his take, and awesome site in general! We begin with an extensive montage, where everything that you remember from the mid-’80s flashes across the screen in lots of color! Boomboxes! Fashion! Dancing! … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Friends, Going Out, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Romance | Tagged '80s, 1984, aerobicizing, all-purpose room, Annie, Audiotron, boombox, bow ties, breakdancing, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Britney Spears, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Byron, Chatterton Elementary School, city hall, cockblock, community, cut-off shirts, Dead Man's Party, destroying records with knives, developers, Electrorocks, ginormous earring, headbands, helium balloons, Ice-T, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Merrick New York, mimes, Miracles, Mr. Bundles, mullets, nunchucks, Oz, Ozone, Paris, Pepsi, Princeton, Ralph Macchio, rapping, rec center, Rhonda, save our streets, Seth Green, sleeveless leather vest, South Shore Christian School, The Karate Kid II, Turbo, twisty red headbands, WASPs, Willow, Willow Rosenberg, Xander | 2 Comments

5 Reasons To Watch Funny Games (2007 Remake)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by judisunshine

Spoiler alert! Though I think one could watch “Funny Games” and enjoy it after reading my blog, I do give potential spoilers for the movie! 1) The Soundtrack/Score I’ve always had a predilection towards metal and other scary sounds that … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Books, Cats, Celebrities, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Theater, TV, Women | Tagged 1987, Adventureland, Alanis Morrissette, awesome kid actors, Balls of steel, Bonehead, Brady Corbet, classical music, Devon Gearheart, Devon Gearheart is a prodigiously awesome actor, emoticons, every woman should read Gift of Fear and Tomato Nation, Funny Games, Funny Games 2007, Gavin De Becker, Gift of Fear, idyllic vacation spots, IMDB, Michael Haneke, Michael Pitt, Naked City, Naomi Watts, Naomi Watts 'cause she is a fucking rock star, Naomi Watts acting the hell out of all of it, score, Soundtrack, sympathetic character, T. S. Eliot, Tm Roth | 5 Comments

Russian to Get Rid of The Bar Hunter

Posted on March 3, 2012 by judisunshine

You know who I’m talking about. He comes in all shapes, sizes, ages, races, levels of intelligence – but he is That Guy. The guy who goes to a bar, and may as well have a bow and arrow in … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Romance, Women | Tagged awkward conversations, Bar hunters, bars, Clubs, drinking, flirting, jukeboxes, love connections, Russian, Spokoinoi nochi, Stingers Rockville Centre | 1 Comment

They Will Only Make You Feel Ugly

Posted on February 29, 2012 by judisunshine

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. ~ Baz Luhrmann I bought my first beauty magazine — an issue of Teen — in 1989, the summer before ninth grade. It was time, I understood, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Childhood, Food, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women, Work | Tagged attempts to be demure, bad photos, Baz Luhrmann, Beauty magazines, blue eyeshadow, boots, browns, Cosmo, diet pills, embarrassing pics, floral vests, jewel tones, lack of interest in purses, long skirts, pearl-buttoned blouses, pissed off canaries, plums, puffed sleeves, straight bangs, Taffy Sinclair, Teen Beat, Teen Magazine, The Wizard of Oz, touch of sun, waitressing, weight loss, yearbook pictures | 3 Comments

Let’s Get Purse-onal

Posted on February 21, 2012 by judisunshine

So basically if my brain is not kept under constant maintenance, bad things happen. Like I buy a leopard-print dress, or decide that today I will learn how to make soap. More often than not, I just get completely stopped … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Celebrities, Food, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Women | Tagged hairbrushes, Hogs 'n Heifers, Into the Wild, lotion, No Country for Old Men, Olsen twins, ominous dolls, perfume, Pocketbooks, purses, scissors, Sin City, stamps, tattoos, unused coupons | Leave a comment

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