So we mounted the heavy bag out back on the porch where the ONLY WOOD IN THE APARTMENT is...And When Jack was up in the attic, well LOOKING INTO The attic he said he saw sunlight in places because it's so cheaply made. 3/4" freakin' plywood and metal girders that look weak to him...It never would have held the bag. It would have brought the ceiling down. And that makes us nervous over Huricane season, if we get hit while living here it's going to be simply awful, we'll lose our stuff because the roof will fly off this place!

As for the contest, once Jackie falls asleep I am going to color my hair so it has the night to rest, I don't want to do it in the morning and then do the video, because I dye my hair dark and there will be dark spots on my forehead and what not. I wish I could pin down what song I want to do. I might end up doing two, there is no limit on how many you can do they said. I have it down to three choices, and leaning towards the one Mari Liked, "All I want is Everything" or one I truly love called "When Love & Hate Collide" or one other one that is kinda sexual, not sure I could do it...

What worries me is people's reactions to it, I have had a youtube acct for years and never posted a single video, now I think I'll be posting two. I don't want to get told I'm too old to do this, but I think that is inevitable and WILL happen. Just need to thicken my skin so it won't hurt as much. I really want to win tickets, we hope they would give us three so Jackie and Jack could come because I can't go alone and we do NOT have a baby sitter of any kind.

Oh well, still fun to dream about winning, if they were only picking ONE winner I doubt it would be me, but they are picking TEN winners, so that makes me think I DO have a shot at this. I wouldn't do it otherwise you know?

Just sitting here with color on y hair, gonna blow it dry once I rinse the stuff out and wash it thouroughly that is. I am really hopeful it will look good, I put vaseline on my forehead and ears so they won't be all brown from the color. I just hope the color looks good. I always worry about it going unevenly since I kinda have weird hair at this point. It's like layered but I am growing it out to try to make it one length, getting rid of the bangs.

Wish me luck! Ten minutes to go!

Dear Pam,
Can't you block the comments on youtube?
Or set up a new name and password -- just wondering?

I am sure that the hair color came out great.

Have you starting practicing a few songs yet to see which one seems to work?

Regarding age: I'm guessing that their fan base ranges a great deal in age -- don't worry about that.

Have fun.
M.

so glad that you got the bag up...you house does sound a bit thin skinned...yikes!
have fun with the video...rooting for you on this end.
((((HUGS))))
beth

Thanks Mari, thanks Beth! I am realy excited, my hair looks awesome! I have been practicing in my mind but can't with Jackie here, he yells "NO singing!" and the only one who can sing is him....Annoying to say the least, that is why he can't be in the video with me. WIsh me luck on this today, I hope I can make it work well.

I hope you can pull this off Pam. I don't know the song you mentioned but I hope it comes out well. It's good to see you so upbeat and positive.

Just want to know, are you going to post it here so we can here it?

Absolutely! I want you all to see it and hopefully get a laugh or two out of me acting silly. I am dressed in a black concert shirt and black pants so hopefully I won't look so fat. I think I will be doing two songs since I can't seem to pin down one, so I will wear something else for the second video. Thanks for the encouragement BJ. I don't know if I will get Jack to edit the video and have it up by today or if it will be tomorrow, but as soon as it's posted on my youtube acct I'll link to it here.

Dear Pam,

'Sending encouragement and good lip synching / air guitaring vibes

M.

Thanks Mari! I should be getting to work on it soon. In a couple of hours. Jack has to work out and then I have to make breakfast and then we can start on it.

Here is a pic of Jackie and I wearing my concert shirts from the 88' show:


And I don't know if I have posted the banner before but this is the banner:

I did some test video shots today and am glad I did, I need to change outfits and go with something better, the glittery shirt I had in mind didn't show up enough to make it worthwhile so I am wearing the shirt Jackie's got on in the above pic with white jeans. Gonna wear sunglasses and a chunky blue beaded necklace. Should be interesting. No way can I look anything other then fat, so I just have to suck it up and hope for the best.