Dear Miley........

Thinking a lot today about the skit on SNL where the 45 year old Miley Cyrus addresses the 20 year old Miley Cyrus....

What would I advise the 20 year old me?  At first I thought of all the changes I WOULD make, mistakes I would NOT make, fears I would address, decisions I would think twice about, etc.  Who wouldn't want a do-over?    After a few moments of reflection, I can say that person would be me.

If I changed and had a do-over, I would not be in the place I am today.  I would not know the people I know or love the people I love.  I would have regrets- just different ones.  Things happend the way they were meant to be.

Dear Chica,

You're something!  Everyone is something!  Be the best you can be.  Help everyone else be the best they can be.  Always be kind, but don't mistake being kind for letting someone take advantage of you.

You're doing okay.  Don't change ANYTHING.  The path you are taking is leading you to some really, really cool, unexpected, wonderful people and places.  It's gonna take you a little longer to get there than most, but I PROMISE it will come when it is supposed to.  (And the naysayers of the world can suck it if you end a sentence in a preposition)

Forget fear and practice forgiveness......Those two things are your biggest challenges.

Learn to love yourself.

Love, 

The Future Woman waiting for you.

P.S.  Please, DO NOT wear your hair like that. Seriously?  Permy Wormy hair.... The mall rat look will last forever in those pictures.  Just be glad Facebook, Instagram or Twitter do not exist to archive the little wild streak your 20 year old self is currently enjoying in fashion, dating and other extra curricular activities.  Oh, Lord, be glad!

Really?  Who gave you that perm?

Xo and don't change a thing.  Except for that coif!

Dancin' Your Pants Off!

Short and sweet today, dear 5 readers who read my blog.  I just wanna tell ya to dance your pants off!  Just do it!

On Sunday I saw one of my fave bands in the world, Old Man Markley.  Impossible not to shake your arse when you see and hear them.  I LOVE THEM!  Saw them on a side stage at Stagecoach a couple of years ago and then saw them again in San Diego at The San Diego Music Thing a few months later.  They were hanging out in front of the venue and were the coolest people ever.

They showed up yesterday at Adams Avenue Street Fair and well, I danced with joy and abandon.  I didn't even care.  It felt good to jump around like a heathen banshee in a short dress and cowboy boots.  I highly recommend it.    This is what's WRONG with this world!  There's too much bullshit and not enough dancing!

All those tight-ass wads up in Washington need to freaking DANCE.  And not just pussy shuffling from one foot to the other.  They need to dance and flail their arms. legs, tongues, eyelashes and bang their heads to the beat against the wall.  That makes a whole lot more sense in the long run.  Crazy Pants Dancin' is good for the soul!  In this case, it might remind them that they HAVE a soul. 

Lawmakers, forget your agenda referenda and go on a rhythmic twirl whirl  zenda' benda' full of groovy splenda'.

In the immortal words of Caddyshack's Al Czervik: "So what? So let's dance"

Put these tunes on and get to it!

Hitchhiker Joe - The Rugburns

Hey Ya - Outkast

I'm Alright (Live Version) - Kenny Loggins

Add It Up-  Violent Femmes

Mama- Steve Poltz

Journey- Anyway You Want It (Must be done at full volume on a golf course)

Justin Timberlake - Senorita

Old Man Markley-   For Better or Worse  (Yeeeeeehaw!)