OH NO THEY DITTUNT!!!

GOOD MORNING FRIENDS. I HAVE SOME HORRIBLE NEWS TO REPORT. I JUST LEARNED THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN THIS CLASSIC FILM, A FOREVER FAVORITE OF MINE AND MANY OF YOU TOO, I SUSPECT... A FREAKING CULT PHENOM THAT SHOULD NEVER, EVER, EVER BE TOUCHED FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, INTO A... WAIT FOR IT... SEQUEL.



I FEEL LIKE I AM BEING PUNK'D BUT IT IS SO UNFORTUNATELY TRUE. THEY'VE EVEN HI-JACKED THE SOUNDTRACK, MORE SPECIFICALLY MY FAVORITE SONG ON THE SOUNDTRACK "CRY LITTLE SISTER" TO USE IN THE TRAILER. ALSO, COREY HAIM ISN'T EVEN IN THIS MOVIE. I DON'T CARE IF THE GUY IS A TOTAL LOSER, YOU DO NOT DO A SEQUEL TO THIS FILM ANYWAY, MUSH LESS WITHOUT THE BETTER HALF OF THE COREY'S.

THE ACTUAL "LOST BOYS" TRAILER



THE BROKEDOWN SEQUEL TRAILER



HERE'S HOPING THIS CRAP GOES STRAIGHT TO DVD AS TO NOT TAINT THE YOUNGER GENERATION INTO BELIEVING THAT THIS MOVIE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL ONE...

THIS IS A LITTLE REAL LOST BOYS TRIBUTE SET TO THE PREVIOUSLY STATED HI-JACKED SOUNDTRACK SONG THAT A LOVELY YOUTUBER WHO OBVIOUSLY KNOWS GOOD STUFF WHEN THEY SEE IT PUT TOGETHER.



ONE CAN ONLY WONDER WHAT'S NEXT. A RE-MAKE OF "THE GOONIES", "RED DAWN", "FOOTLOOSE" OR MAYBE EVEN "STAND BY ME"... SERIOUSLY AT SUCH A LOSS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL THESE DUMBASS PRODUCERS WILL COME UP WITH JUST TO SCREW EVERY GOOD MOVIE EVER MADE. FREAKING LOSERS.

XOXO,
BOYCOTTING THE SEQUEL BAXTER

PS- WHILE MY BLOG TODAY IS FILLED WITH ANGER, HERE'S TO A BIG ORANGE VICTORY TODAY!! GO VOLS!!

YAY YAY YAY!!!!

FIRST AND FOREMOST MY BIGGEST AND BEST NEWS FOR THE DAY IS THAT THE MAMA'S AND THE PAPA'S WILL BE DEPARTING FOR HOUSTON A WEEK FROM NEXT MONDAY. YES, THAT IS BASICALLY 2 WEEKS FROM NOW BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A DATE THAT IS SET IN STONE. SO A HUMONGOUS YAY FOR THAT!!!

ALSO, LADIES AND GENTS, I AM THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE JUST ACCEPTED A NEW JOB!!! THIS IS EXTREMELY FABULOUS NEWS AS I WAS SLOWLY BUT SURELY DYING OF BOREDOM IN MY CURRENT ONE! I WILL BE WORKING IN KINGSPORT (ONLY 20 MINUTES AWAY) WITH FOSTER KIDS AT THREE DIFFERENT FACILITIES AS A THERAPIST. I MUST SAY THIS IS A DEFINITE UPGRADE IF IN NOTHING BUT THE TITLE. NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM THRILLED AND WILL BEGIN THIS NEW ENDEAVOUR ON MARCH 31st.

NOW, IF MY AMERICAN IDOL BOYFRIEND JASON CASTRO DOES HIS JOB TONIGHT AND MY BIG BROTHER BOYFRIEND ALEX GETS ENOUGH VOTES TO COME BACK INTO THE GAME BY 11:59 TONIGHT ALL WILL BE WELL IN THE WORLD :-)

AND DON'T YOU WORRY... THEY KNOW ABOUT EACH OTHER AND IT'S ALL GOOD.

HOORAY!!! WHAT A GREAT TUESDAY!!!!

XOXO,

BIG SMILE ON MY FACE BAXTER

PS- MY INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT FRIEND NICOLE HAS INFORMED ME THAT SHE BELIEVES I AM CORRECT IN MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FAT K-FED PHOTO. I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN THAT ASHTON KUTCHER HAS A NEW SHOW WHERE HE BASICALLY PUNKS THE PAPARAZZI BY RELEASING A STORY ABOUT A CELEBRITY THAT IS FAKE JUST TO SEE HOW FAR THEY RUN WITH IT. WELL, SHE REMINDED ME OF THIS SCENARIO AND I BELIEVE SHE IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE. THANK GOODNESS BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED FOR THE BABY DADDY. AND I MUST SAY, THAT ASHTON KUTCHER IS A COMEDIC GENIUS. I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS NEW SHOW MISS GUIDED AS WELL!!

PSS- GO RENT GONE BABY GONE. RIGHT NOW. IT IS SO FREAKING GOOD THAT I WATCHED IT TWICE IN ONE DAY BECAUSE I WAS SO STUNNED BY THE ENDING THAT I WANTED TO SEE IF I HAD MISSED ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE GIVEN IT AWAY, BUT I HADN'T. THOSE AFFLECK BOYS ARE QUITE THE DUO!!

PSSS- MY FABULOUS FRIEND AND SORORITY LITTLE SISTER RAVEN IS HANGING WITH SLASH ON GUITAR HERO AS WE SPEAK. I JUST HOPE SHE DOESN'T FORGET THE LITTLE PEOPLE WHEN SHE GETS FAMOUS :-)

PSSSS- IF HEIDI MONTAG APPEARS ON ONE MORE COVER OF US WEEKLY I AM CANCELLING MY SUBSCRIPTION. I AM SO COMPLETELY SERIOUS. HATE HER. MEAN IT.

OH THE DRAMA!!

FAREWELL DANNY BOY. I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THIS YOUTUBE APPEARED ONLY AFTER THIS LOSER GOT THE AMERICAN IDOL BOOT...



CLASSY.

ALSO DOES ANYONE ELSE FIND IT COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE THAT THIS IS K-FED?? I AM CONVINCED THIS IS PHOTO SHOPPED!

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE YET TO WATCH "OPRAH'S BIG GIVE" YOU ARE SERIOUSLY MISSING OUT!! I FEEL LIKE I AM HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN EVERY SUNDAY WHEN THIS SHOW IS ON. BUT IT'S A GOOD NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, IF THERE IS SUCH A THING.

THE BACHELOR STARTS TONIGHT AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE "WHERE ARE THEY NOW" SHOWS. I FIND IT INTERESTING THEY WOULD EVEN DO THIS SHOW SINCE THE ONLY BACHELOR TO STILL HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WOMAN WHO GOT THE FINAL ROSE IS BYRON.

AND HIS BACHELOR PICK WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING HIM LATE LAST YEAR.

IN HAPPIER NEWS, THE NEW BACHELORETTE WILL BE ON AGAIN SOON. AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN HER PERFECTLY!! DEANNA FROM THE LAST BACHELOR WHO BRAD THE CAD INITIALLY CHOSE BEFORE HE CHICKENED OUT AND LET HER GO WILL BE THE NEXT BACHELORETTE!

I CAN'T BELIEVE I STILL WATCH THIS SHOW RELIGIOUSLY BUT I DO. I LOVE THE DRAMA OF IT ALL.

XOXO,
BACHELORETTE BAXTER :-)

ACCEPTED...

SO DAD HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE CLINICAL TRIAL PROGRAM AT M.D. ANDERSON. HOWEVER, WE HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST ON WHEN HE WILL ACTUALLY BE GOING THERE. THIS WHOLE THING IS THE MOST FRUSTRATING PROCESS E.V.E.R. - NOT ANYWHERE NEAR AS BAD AS FINDING OUT HE HAS LEUKEMIA, OBVIOUSLY, BUT FRUSTRATING TO THE ABSOLUTE CORE.

I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO KNOW WHO FEELS IT APPROPRIATE TO LET THIS MAN BASICALLY SIT ON HIS HANDS AND DO NOTHING TO COMBAT THIS ILLNESS UNTIL THEY HAVE ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE HIM AT THIS HOSPITAL. HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE ANY DRUGS IN THE MEANTIME BECAUSE IT WOULD ELIMINATE HIS ELIGIBILITY IN THE CLINICAL TRIAL PROGRAM TO BEGIN WITH. SO YEAH. HE IS DEALING WITH HIS LEUKEMIA BY DOING NOTHING RIGHT NOW AND IT IS HONESTLY MAKING ME CRAZY.

I HAD A HORRIBLE WEEKEND DEALING WITH THIS. ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS HOW MUCH WORSE THE LEUKEMIA COULD BE GETTING EACH DAY WITHOUT TREATMENT. FINDING IT EARLY IS ONE THING. WAITING TO TREAT IT IS QUITE ANOTHER.

I CALLED HOME THE OTHER NIGHT AT 7pm AND DAD WAS ASLEEP. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS. IT IS SO COMPLETELY NOT LIKE MY DAD AT ALL. WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM ON SUNDAY HE SAID THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH THE DRILL THESE DAYS. HE COMES HOME FROM WORK, GOES TO BED AND WAKES UP EVERY TWO HOURS TOO EXHAUSTED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT TRY TO GO BACK TO SLEEP.

THIS SCARES ME. HE'S NOW 3 WEEKS TO THE DAY PAST HIS INITIAL PHYSICAL THAT LED TO HIS DIAGNOSIS. WHO KNOWS HOW MANY WEEKS OR MONTHS IT HAS BEEN SINCE HE DEVELOPED THE LEUKEMIA IN THE FIRST PLACE. I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE WAITING FOR TREATMENT THING. AND I CAN'T ESCAPE THE THOUGHT THAT THIS DELAY IS STRENGTHENING THIS DISEASE THAT IS RUNNING RAMPANT IN HIS BODY WITH NOTHING TO COMBAT IT.

DOES THIS EVEN MAKE SENSE OR AM I ACTUALLY LOSING MY MIND OVER NOTHING??

ANYWAY, HOPEFULLY I WILL BE BACK WITH BETTER NEWS SOON. I JUST WANT THE MAN ON A PLANE TO HOUSTON TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF KICKING LEUKEMIA'S ASS. I REALLY DON'T THINK THIS IS TOO MUCH TO ASK.

AGAIN, THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT,

ALYSON

GOD HELP TENNESSEE...

REALLY.

WHERE ELSE COULD YOU FIND SUCH IGNORANCE...



DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE TENNESSEE MOST OF THE TIME, AND I AM ALLOWED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. BUT THANKS TO THE GOOD LORD IT WAS N-O-W-H-E-R-E NEAR THE TOWN OF LYNCHBURG, SPECIFICALLY IN THE CHURCH THESE WELL-EDUCATED WOMEN ATTEND.

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, THIS IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF WHY TENNESSEE ALWAYS GOES RED IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.

FITTING TRIBUTE...

I FIND IT ONLY PROPER TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF MICHEAL JACKSON'S THRILLER ALBUM WITH A VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY THE 1,500+ CPDRC INMATES OF THE CEBU PROVINCIAL DETENTION CENTER LOCATED IN CEBU, PHILLIPINES...

(ALL ARE MALE INMATES BY THE WAY)



I MEAN, IF MICHEAL JACKSON PRESENTLY RESIDED WHERE HE SHOULD BE, HE COULD CHOREOGRAPH THIS STUFF!! AND CHECK OUT THIS SOULJA BOY/MC HAMMER JAM...



IF ONLY ALL INMATES DID THEIR TIME LIKE THIS!! SERIOUSLY, CAN YOU IMAGINE SCOTT PETERSON AND CHARLES MANSON BUSTIN MOVES IN THEIR ORANGE??

APPARENTLY, A LARGE AMOUNT OF PHILLIPINE JAILS ARE DOING THESE CHOREOGRAPHED DANCES THESE DAYS FOR PAYING CROWDS. JUST CHECK OUT THIS YOUTUBE PAGE TO SEE SOME OF THE MANY. IF THE UNITED STATES DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS I'M THINKING IT WOULD NOT ONLY BE QUITE ENTERTAINING, BUT ALSO VERY PRODUCTIVE. INSTEAD OF ROBBING BANKS WHEN THEY GOT OUT, INMATES COULD BE AUDITIONING FOR "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE"...

AMERICA...

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR RIDDING ME OF THE SECOND COMING OF SANJAYA MALAKAR...

DANNY NORIEGA.

SERIOUSLY. MY SINCEREST THANKS.

I DO HOWEVER FEEL THAT ASIA'H EPPERSON AND ALAINA WHITAKER (WHO WAS ELIMINATED LAST WEEK) WERE ROBBED OF THEIR TOP 12 SEATS BY KATIE LEE COOK AND AMANDA OVERMYER.

AMERICA, HELP RID ME OF THIS ROCK AND ROLL NURSE. I AM STARTING TO HAVE NIGHTMARES.

ALSO, I DON'T WANT TO JINX IT OR ANYTHING, BUT I AM PRETTY SURE MY MAN OZZY SECURED HIMSELF A SEAT AT THE FINAL 4 SURVIVOR TABLE TONIGHT. HE'S THE BEST ATHLETE TO EVER PLAY THE GAME, PLUS HE'S SMART AND RIDICULOUSLY HOT. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR IN A REALITY SHOW CONTESTANT.

GOD BLESS AMERICA Y'ALL!!!

HERE WE GO...

OKAY, CLEARLY I AM NOT A PHYSICIAN AND APPARENTLY AM UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND 99.9% OF WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY, BUT HERE WE GO REGARDLESS...

BIG POPPA (THAT'S HIS RINGTONE ON MY CELL!) GOT HIS BONE MARROW RESULTS BACK YESTERDAY. I STILL AM QUITE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT THESE RESULTS MEAN, ALTHOUGH FOR THE TIME BEING THEY SEEM TO BE POSITIVE. I THINK SO, ANYWAYS.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC MYLOGENEOUS LEUKEMIA. WITHIN THIS DIAGNOSIS IS THE OVERWHELMING PRESENCE OF A GENETICALLY ABNORMAL "MUTANT" CELL CALLED THE PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME. BASICALLY IF YOU HAVE THIS CHROMOSOME IT STARTS AS ONE SINGLE ABNORMAL CELL AND THEN SLOWLY CONTAMINATES THE GOOD CELLS WHICH EVENTUALLY RESULTS IN LEUKEMIA. AND ALTHOUGH IT IS GENETIC IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT HE GOT IT FROM ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY OR COULD GIVE IT TO ME OR MY BROTHER. IT'S SIMPLY JUST A MUTANT CELL THAT HE HAS WHICH HAS RESULTED IN LEUKEMIA. THIS PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME WAS PRESENT IN 10 OF THE 11 CELLS BIOPSIED FROM HIS BONE MARROW.

ALSO, I LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT THE WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT OF THE HEALTHY PERSON IS 15. MY DAD'S BLOOD WORK HAS BEEN PROCESSED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK AND IT HAS RANGED FROM 188,000 TO 81,000. THIS SEEMS SO RANDOM TO ME, AND IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. HE FEELS FINE THOUGH, EXCEPT MORE TIRED THAN USUAL.

SO, INSTEAD OF GOING THE GLEEVEC ROUTE, WHICH WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED, HE HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A CANDIDATE FOR A CLINICAL TRIAL OF THE DRUG TASIGNA
. APPARENTLY THE DIFFERENCE IN THESE TWO MEDICATIONS ISN'T KNOWN TO BE THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE. THE SIDE EFFECTS OF GLEEVEC ARE PRETTY HARSH. AND THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TASIGNA AREN'T FABULOUS EITHER, BUT THEY CAUSE LESS FATIGUE. LESS FATIGUE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO MY DADDY. HE IS THE MOST ACTIVE MAN I KNOW. I AM AFRAID THAT TAKING AWAY OR INHIBITING HIS ABILITY TO KEEP LIVING HIS LIFE AS ACTIVELY AS POSSIBLE WOULD BE MORE DETRIMENTAL TO HIS HEALTH THAN PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING ELSE.

THIS DRUG IS ALSO FARING SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE GLEEVEC IS. AND IT IS ADMINISTERED TO PATIENTS AT THE #1 LEUKEMIA HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. SO, MY PARENTS ARE EXPECTING A CALL ANY MINUTE NOW FROM THIS HOSPITAL AND ARE ALREADY PACKED AND READY TO GO SINCE THEY WILL BE BOOKED ON A FLIGHT WITHIN HOURS OF THIS CALL.

HE WILL BE ADMITTED FOR A MINIMUM OF 5 DAYS AND THEN WILL RETURN AT LEAST ONE TIME A MONTH FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. IF ALL CONTINUES TO GO WELL HE WILL RETURN A MINIMUM OF ONCE EVERY 6 MONTHS AFTER THAT. I AM ASSUMING THAT THIS WILL BE THE CASE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. AND HE WILL HAVE TO STAY ON THIS DRUG FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, AS WELL. ALTHOUGH IF THE TASIGNA DOES NOT WORK THEN GLEEVEC IS NO LONGER AN OPTION AND A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE AGGRESSIVE FORM OF TREATMENT WILL BE NECESSARY.

SO I AM ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO GO TO THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW DONOR SITE AND CHECK IT OUT. I AM NOT ASKING YOU TO REGISTER YOURSELF AS A DONOR FOR MY DAD OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH A LOOK.

I REALIZE THAT THIS POST IS OF THE UTMOST CONFUSION, AND THAT IS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I AM SPEAKING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE WITH MY PATHETIC ATTEMPTS AT ALL THIS MEDICAL LINGO. MOM AND DAD SEEM VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THIS AND THAT MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD BE AS WELL. BUT I CAN'T HELP TO WONDER WHY THIS CHANGE OF COURSE IN TREATMENT IS NECESSARY AND WHAT MAKES DAD A CANDIDATE FOR THIS CLINICAL TRIAL AS OPPOSED TO ALL THE OTHER PATIENTS HIS ONCOLOGIST TREATS.

SO, ALL IN ALL, NOT THE BEST CASE SCENARIO WE HAD HOPED FOR (MIS-DIAGNOSIS) OR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO (IMMEDIATE BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT).

HERE'S HOPING FOR THE BEST!!!! :-)

MUCH LOVE & HUGS TO YOU OUT THERE...

BAXTER

PS- ALSO WISHING PATRICK SWAYZE (WHOSE RECENT NEWS WAS SHOCKING TO SAY THE LEAST) AND THE MILLIONS OF OTHERS BATTLING CANCER THE SAME LUCK WE ARE HOPING FOR. MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL...

I STAND CORRECTED

IN A PREVIOUS POST I ANNOUNCED THAT AMERICAN IDOL ALREADY HAD A WINNER IN DAVID ARCHULETA... AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, HE'S A DEFINITE TOP 5, OR MAYBE EVEN TOP 2.

BUT I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT FOLKS. AND IN THAT LIGHT IS MY FAVORITE CONTESTANT OF THE SEASON...

JASON CASTRO

SEE FOR YOURSELVES...

EXHIBIT A: PERFORMING GNARLS BARKLEY'S "CRAZY" AT A BAR PRE-IDOL

EXHIBIT B: BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE OF JEFF BUCKLEY'S "HALLELUJAH"



EXHIBIT C: NEED I SAY MORE?

SERIOUSLY.

A BLOG UPDATE ABOUT DADDY WILL BE UP TOMORROW I JUST DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO DO MORE THAN WATCH JASON CASTRO TONIGHT. BUT IT'S NOT A BAD UPDATE. IT'S MORE OF A POSITIVE ONE!! YOU NEVER KNOW WITH THIS DAMN DISEASE THAT I DESPISE. NOBODY'S DYING ANYTIME SOON THOUGH!! THIS MUCH I KNOW :-)

XOXO,

BAXTER

PS- FOR ALL YOU IDOL FREAKS OUT THERE... YEAH. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I CANNOT TAKE THE WAITING GAME ON THIS SHOW. PERIOD. SO THERE IS AN EXTREMELY ACCURATE WEBSITE THAT PREDICTS WHO IS IN THE BOTTOM BASED ON BUSY SIGNALS. IT'S NOT ALL THAT ACCURATE UNTIL THEY GET DOWN TO 12 TOTAL AND START THE LIVE SHOWS AT WHATEVER THEATRE. THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS RIGHT THEN. THEY EVEN PREDICTED DAUGHTRY'S DEMISE WHICH I NEVER SAW COMING IN A MILLION YEARS. ANYWAY, IF YOU ARE AS IMPATIENT AS ME, HERE'S THE LINK SO HAVE AT IT. JUST REMEMBER IT DOESN'T GET SCARILY ACCURATE UNTIL THEY HAVE THEIR TOP 12.

AS FOR ME, I'M LOVIN' ME SOME JASON CASTRO!!

ALSO, YOU CAN VOTE AN EVICTED BIG BROTHER 9 HOUSEGUEST BACK IN ON CBS.COM BUT ONLY UNTIL MARCH 11th AT 11:59pm... HERE'S THE LINK, BUT ONLY USE IT IF YOU'RE VOTING FOR MY HUSBAND ALEX. OTHERWISE FORGET I MENTIONED THIS :-)

PS- IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING CAN YOU PRETTY PLEASE HELP TO SOMEHOW RID AMERICA OF THIS IDOL CONTESTANT. SHE'S REALLY STARTING TO FRIGHTEN ME...



NO JOKE. AT ALL. SERIOUSLY.

D-DAY

SO, YES YOU SAW THE TIME CORRECTLY. IT IS INDEED 2:47am AND I AM STILL WIDE AWAKE. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PRIMARY RESULTS, OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. I HAVE BARELY WATCHED ANYTHING TONIGHT, EXCEPT FOR AMERICAN IDOL'S FABULOUS JASON CASTRO TAKING ON JEFF BUCKLEY'S "HALLELUJAH". THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS EVER AND I LOVED HIS TAKE ON IT.

SO TODAY IS D-DAY. DADDY GOES TO THE DOCTOR AT 11:45 AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE THERE UNTIL ABOUT 3. I DON'T TAKE THAT AS A GOOD SIGN, BUT MAYBE THAT'S ME HOPING FOR THE BEST WHILE PREPARING FOR THE WORST.

MY NERVES HAVE OFFICIALLY GONE MAD AT THIS POINT. ETHAN IS ON SPRING BREAK FROM SCHOOL SO I AM GOING TO MY PARENTS TO BABYSIT WHILE THEY ARE AT THE DOCTOR. THAT MEANS I WILL SEE THEM RIGHT WHEN THEY GET HOME. THIS ALSO MEANS THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO SUGARCOAT THE TRUTH BECAUSE IT WILL BLATANTLY BE ALL OVER THEIR FACES.

AND GOD WILLING THEY WILL BE SMILING.

PLEASE SEND A LITTLE PRAYER OUT FOR PAPA BEAR IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO THIS MORNING. I WILL BLOG ABOUT HIS RESULTS OF COURSE, BUT IF THEY ARE NOT WHAT WE ARE HOPING FOR PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IT MIGHT BE SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE I BLOG AGAIN.

GOSH, I HAVE LEARNED THAT NO MATTER HOW POSITIVE AND SURE OF A SITUATION THAT YOU ARE IT FEELS LIKE THE RUG JUST GETS PULLED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH YOU ALL OF A SUDDEN. AND THEN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE AFTERMATH??

THIS IS REALLY HARD. I ONLY HOPE TODAY MAKES IT A LOT EASIER. BUT AT LEAST WE WILL KNOW. THE WORST PART OF THIS SO FAR IS A WEEK AND A HALF OF NOT KNOWING.

IT FEELS SO WEIRD BLOGGING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW KNOWING THAT THIS WILL BE MY LAST ENTRY BEFORE WE GET THE NEWS. I'VE BEEN DOING THAT ALL DAY. "THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL LEAVE WORK WITHOUT KNOWING, THIS IS MY LAST STARBUCKS RUN, THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL WRITE MY RENT CHECK..." AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO WEIRD ABOUT THAT. BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.

THESE ARE ALL "THE LAST TIMES" BEFORE I KNOW IF MY DADDY WILL LIVE OR DIE.

I HAVE HONESTLY NEVER BEEN SO TERRIFIED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS AND OUR FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS.

MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL,

ALYSON

PS- IN SIGNIFICANTLY FABULOUS AND LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM THIS SITUATION NEWS, I WANTED TO SEND AN OFFICIAL CONGRATS TO MY DARLING NICOLE AND WAYNE ON THEIR NEWEST ADDITION THIS PAST MONDAY! LOVE YOU GUYS!! XOXO

HIP HIP...

HOORAY!!!

MY FRIEND RAVEN JUST INFORMED ME THAT MY FAVORITE SHOW EVER WILL BE RETURNING MARCH 24th!!! I COULD JUST DIE OF EXCITEMENT!!!

HERE'S THE PREVIEW:



OMG I CANNOT FREAKING WAIT!! I DON'T CARE IF I SOUND 12. PLUS I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW MANY BLOGS I CAN POST IN ONE DAY. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE MY LAST UNTIL TOMORROW...

AND SINCE THE NEW EPISODES WILL BEGIN IN PARIS IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT I CONCLUDE THIS POST BY SAYING...

AN AFTERTHOUGHT...

I JUST READ THE COMMENTARY OF WILL.I.AM ABOUT THE VIDEO BELOW AND I FELT IT VERY IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY TO SHARE:

(EXACT COMMENTARY TAKEN FROM WWW.DIPDIVE.COM)

The We Are The Ones Song
by will.i.am

people say Obama’s words are just words...
but...
when was the last time "words" weren’t important...???...

when was the last time a great leader didn’t use words to lead...??...
when was the last time a person didn’t use words to describe how they felt...?...
when was the last time "words" weren’t empowering...?...

and we can all recall the last time "words" were used to divide us and install fear...

Bush used words to fear us into voting for him the second time around...
terror this...
terror that...
nuclear here...
weapons of mass destruction there...

and those words effected a lot of people’s choices...

"enough is enough"...
let’s rebuild...

let’s change ourselves...
let’s allow positivity to guide us...

let's take action....
let’s activate our passion...
we are Americans....

and this is the first time in forever that someone running for president represents "US"...

some say this is all excitement...
I call it “proud to be an American”...

some say this whole Obama movement is "cult like"...
well...
if it comes across cult like...
then...
the cult is called America...

the Obama movement is connecting America.
and it has made "US" realize our importance...
the youth is excited and activated...
adults are passionate and motivated...
the elderly are proud to know the country they built is in safe hands...

we are one...

for too long politics has been corrupt...
separate from the American people...
with agendas that go against what the American people "need"...
education...
health...
safety...
jobs
etc...

politicians have spoken a different language...
making it so the youth and poor people feel as if voting was only for the wealthy and old people...
making "US" feel as if "we" had no voice...
making "US" feel powerless...
making it feel like if "we" did vote it wouldn’t change anything...

but wait...
that did happen...
some of us voted, and it didn’t change anything...

we were in the dark...
we had no voice...
we were powerless...

because America was not a united America...
and "they" spoke a different language...
and they had an agenda different from our well being...

correct me if I’m wrong... or speak up if I’m missing something...

we want education, health, safety, and good jobs...right???...
oh yeah...
and "a healthy planet to live on"...

but here we are...

in a war... poor education... poor health programs... the dollar is down... the planet, polluted...
the rich, richer... and the poor, struggling...
with sky high gas prices to top it all off...

and now even the rich aren't really rich internationally because our dollar is has fallen so far down...

in our slumber... a very small few got really rich...

because when you’re sleeping...

"it’s hard to change agendas"...

we know what happened in 2000 and 2004...
but in 2008...
it’s different...

we are awake...
and there is a movement...

and "it’s hard to change a movement"...

last time "we" didn’t have a movement...
America wasn’t united...

and now "United and "Standing"...for something...
we know the power of "US"...
and we have a person who represents the "U.S."...

"US"…

"we are the ones we’ve been waiting for"...

I’m proud to be an American...

will.i.am

POLITICAL SLACKER

I JUST REALIZED I HAVE BECOME A POLITICAL SLACKER AS OF LATE!!

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF...

IN THE HOPES OF REDEMPTION I AM POSTING THE FABULOUS NEW WILL.I.AM VIDEO WHICH I MUST REMIND YOU WAS MADE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN.



THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS VIDEO IS THAT RYAN PHILLIPE IS IN IT AND SAYS THAT HE WANTS A BETTER FUTURE FOR HIS CHILDREN. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS HE PROBABLY RUINED THAT POSSIBILITY HIMSELF WHEN HE CHEATED ON REESE WITHERSPOON???

WHO CHEATS ON REESE WITHERSPOON FOR GOD'S SAKES!!!

I'M JUST SAYIN'...

CELEBRITY LOOK-A-LIKES

YOU KNOW HOW EVERYONE HAS BEEN TOLD THAT THEY LOOK LIKE SOMEONE?? AND ALMOST EVERYBODY HAS A CELEBRITY THEY SORT OF RESEMBLE.

WELL I DO TOO. AND IT'S SCARY...

REMEMBER CAROL ANNE FROM POLTERGEIST?? YEAH. SHE'S THE ONE WHO DIED, MAY SHE REST IN PEACE. MY CHILDHOOD WAS FILLED WITH "OH MY GOODNESS, YOU LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THAT LITTLE GIRL FROM POLTERGEIST!!"

THEN THE LITTLE GIRL FROM POLTERGEIST DIED AND I WAS COMPLETELY TRAUMATIZED.

SEE FOR YOURSELVES...

HEATHER AGE 6-7

ALYSON AGE 6-7

WHAT DO YOU THINK??

FREAKS ME OUT A LITTLE TO BE HONEST...

MEAN GIRL

OKAY FIRST OF ALL, WHERE OH WHERE WAS KATE BECKINSALE WHEN THE OSCAR RED CARPET NEEDED HER?? BECAUSE SHE SHOWED UP TO THE GOVERNOR'S BALL AFTERWARDS LOOKING LIKE THIS, WHICH WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY ENSURED HER THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ON MY BEST DRESSED LIST...

SECONDLY, WHAT SCHMUCK OUT THERE LEAKED THE STORY ABOUT PRINCE HARRY SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN?? THAT IS JUST WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS. THE GUY GOES OFF TO ACTUALLY FIGHT IN THE REAL COUNTRY WE SHOULD BE AT WAR WITH, AND HIS COVER GETS BLOWN. SINCE THE STORY BROKE THEY HAVE, OF COURSE PULLED HIS DUTIES THERE TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF HIM AND HIS UNIT. HASN'T THE KID BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH IN HIS LIFE?? LET HIM SERVE IN THE MILITARY AND FIGHT THE WAR WE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE FIGHTING BECAUSE HE ISN'T PRETENTIOUS ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT THE TITLE OF "PRINCE" MAKES HIM ANY BETTER THAN HIS FRIENDS AND FELLOW SOLDIERS. SCREW WHOEVER IT IS THAT BROKE THIS STORY AND LET HARRY AND WILLIAM TOO FOR THAT MATTER ACTUALLY LIVE THEIR LIVES THE WAY THEY CHOOSE TO.



AND FOR THE RECORD, YES I DO BELIEVE HARRY TO BE THE HOTTEST OF THE TWO. I CAN'T HELP IT.

HAVE Y'ALL SEEN THIS YET??

RACHEL BILSON. HER NEW BANGS ARE THE BOMB. IF I COULD PULL OF WEARING BANGS, THIS IS HOW I'D DO IT. IT'S FABULOUS.

SO MY FRIENDS, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THAT I HAVE SOME MAJOR COMPETITION FOR THE MAN OF MY DREAMS. APPARENTLY SCARLETT JOHANSSON HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SHE IS ENGAGED.



GOOD FOR HER, RIGHT??!! NOT SO MUCH SINCE SHE SAYS SHE IS ENGAGED TO MY MAN...

I'D SAY BARACK HAS SOME EXPLAINING TO DO!! HAHA :-)

IN CELEBRITY TRAINWRECK NEWS, LINDSAY LOHAN'S LITTLE SISTER ALI HAS DECIDED THAT HER BIG SIS IS SO TOTALLY AWESOME THAT SHE IS PLANNING TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS AND RECORD AN ALBUM AND DO SOME ACTING.

GOSH, THAT SURE DOES SOUND LIKE A GREAT IDEA TO ME. LA LOHAN IS THE PERFECT ROLE MODEL, YOU KNOW.

SHE'S FALLEN OFF THE WAGON TOO BY THE WAY. UNLESS SHE JUST ENJOYS FALLING DOWN OUTSIDE OF BARS IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING...



OH, AND BY THE WAY IT APPEARS PARIS HILTON IS NOW A HOMEWRECKER...

THIS IS THE OTHER BROTHER FROM GOOD CHARLOTTE. HE BROKE OFF HIS ENGAGEMENT TO HIS LONG-TIME GIRLFRIEND LAST WEEK. WONDER WHY??

IN EVEN MORE RANDOM CELEBRITY DEVELOPMENTS, THERE IS SPECULATION THAT ORLANDO BLOOM HAS GONE FROM DATING HER...

TO DATING HER...

BESIDES THE WORDS "ARE YOU JOKING?", "YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!", AND "WTF" I REALLY HAVE NO COMMENT ON THIS PROPOSTEROUS TURN OF EVENTS.

MOVING ON, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I HEART REALITY TV. WELL, IN ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC AND DEVASTATING NEWS, MY BEAUTIFUL ALEX WAS EVICTED FROM THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY. I AM NOT TAKING THIS WELL.

I MEAN LOOK AT HIM!! WOULD YOU BE TAKING THIS WELL?? I THINK NOT!!

THE ONLY POSITIVE TO THIS AWFUL TURN OF EVENTS IS THAT THERE IS APPARENTLY A HUGE BIG BROTHER TWIST COMING UP THIS WEEK AND THE COUPLES WILL LIKELY BE BROKEN DOWN TO PLAY AS SINGLES. IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE SHOW THIS SEASON, JUST SKIP OVER ALL THIS BECAUSE YOU CLEARLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

THE BIG RUMOR IS THAT ONE OR TWO OF THE ALREADY EVICTED HOUSEGUESTS THIS SEASON WILL BE VOTED BACK IN BY AMERICA AFTER TUESDAY'S SHOW AND WILL RE-ENTER THE GAME ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IF THIS IS THE CASE (THIS BETTER BE THE CASE!) THEN MY ALEX IS IN LIKE FLYNN BECAUSE AMERICA LOVES HIM. NOT AS MUCH AS I LOVE HIM OF COURSE, BUT THEY DO LOVE HIM.

WHILE I AM AT IT, I SHOULD MENTION MY OTHER TWO FAVORITE MALE REALITY SHOW CONTESTANTS OF ALL TIME. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE ALL JUST ABSOLUTELY DYING TO KNOW.

ALSO FROM BIG BROTHER, SEASON 6 AND ALL-STARS SEASON 7, I PRESENT TO YOU KAYSAR RIDHA...

I FREAKING LOVE HIM.

AND LAST BUT NOWHERE NEAR LEAST WE HAVE SURVIVOR'S MAIN MAN OZZY. HE IS THE BEST PHYSICAL PLAYER TO EVER PLAY THIS GAME. HE CAME IN 2nd ON THE COOK ISLANDS SEASON AND THANK GOD IS BACK ON THE CURRENT SEASON JUST KICKING ASS AND TAKING NAMES.

HE IS SO THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY THURSDAYS!!

ONTO MY LAST TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IN THIS RIDICULOUS POST ABOUT PEOPLE I DON'T AND NEVER WILL KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION AMERICAN IDOL.

WE ALREADY HAVE A WINNER HERE FOLKS...



AND HIS NAME IS DAVID ARCHULETA. SERIOUSLY HE IS ONLY 17. EVEN IF YOU DON'T WATCH AMERICAN IDOL YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THE AMAZING CLIP ABOVE. IT'S TWO MINUTES OF GREATNESS...

BUT I'M ALSO PULLING FOR THESE GUYS IN THIS ORDER...

JASON CASTRO

MICHAEL JOHNS

AND DAVID HERNANDEZ

I ALSO LIKE CHEKEZIE EZE, BUT HE HAS APPARENTLY OPTED TO DROP HIS LAST NAME AND IS NOW JUST CHEKEZIE. I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAND IT WHEN PEOPLE ON IDOL CHANGE THEIR NAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOW OR DROP THEIR LAST NAME ALTOGETHER. UNLESS YOU ARE BONO, MADONNA OR PRINCE, KEEP YOUR NAME AS IS PLEASE.

I ONLY LIKE TWO OF THE GIRLS. THE REST I JUST DON'T GET. AND ONE OF THE TWO GIRLS I LIKED WAS ELIMINATED IN A COMPLETELY SHOCKING TURN OF EVENTS THIS WEEK...

HER NAME IS ALAINA WHITAKER

THE OTHER ONE I LIKE IS BROOKE WHITE. SHE SHOULD BE AROUND FOR QUITE AWHILE.

IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN IDOL VIEWER, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A VOTER... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE REMEMBER SANJAYA MALAKAR!!!



DO YOU NOT SEE THE SECOND COMING OF SANJAYA??? DEAR LORD PLEASE VOTE THIS DANNY NORIEGA KID OFF THIS SHOW IMMEDIATELY. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. I REALLY CAN'T. IT'S LIKE HAVING FLASHBACKS EVERYTIME I SEE HIM. LAST YEAR WE WERE AT A PATIO BAR NOT EVEN WATCHING THAT WEEKS' IDOL RESULTS, AND SOMEBODY CAME OUTSIDE AND SAID SANJAYA HAD GOTTEN THE BOOT, AND PEOPLE WERE HIGH-FIVING. IT WAS CRAZY AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW WE ALL GOT A FREE SHOT FROM AN OLDER MAN SITTING AT THE BAR TO TOAST SANJAYA'S DEPARTURE. WHILE FUN THEN, I CAN TAKE NO MORE OF HIS REINCARNATE DANNY...

AS FOR IDOL SCANDALS, THOSE RACY PICS OF THAT TINY PHILLIPINO GIRL THIS YEAR ARE NO BIG DEAL IN CONTRAST TO THESE...

ROCK AND ROLL NURSE WHO ISN'T EVEN GOOD ON THIS SHOW HAS A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN DUI RAPSHEET...

AND OH-SO-RECENTLY-OUSTED ROBBIE CARRICO, YOU KNOW THE RESIDENT "ROCKER" WITH THE LONG BLONDE HAIR, HAS BEEN BUSTED FOR WEARING A WIG AS TO PRETEND HIS HAIR IS INDEED "ROCKER-LIKE LONG". WHO CARES IF THIS IS TRUE REALLY. IT'S FUNNY TO TALK ABOUT REGARDLESS...

SO THAT JUST ABOUT CLOSES OUT MY RANDOM CELEBRITY POST FOR THE DAY. BUT BEFORE I GO, I MUST ANNOUNCE THAT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WILL BE IN A MOVIE THIS SUMMER CALLED "THE LOVE GURU"...



AND SOLELY BECAUSE OF THIS SHOT, I WILL BE SEEING THIS MOVIE THE DAMN SECOND IT COMES OUT.

HAPPY LEAP YEAR FOLKS!!
XOXO,
BAXTER

ONLY IN THE TRI!

SO, MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE MASS SHOOTING IN BRISTOL, TN FOLLOWED BY THE GUNMAN SHOOTING HIMSELF SMACK DAB IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS TODAY. IT WAS ON CNN. I SAW IT REPORTED A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THERE. WE NEVER MAKE CNN UNLESS SOMETHING TOTALLY COO-COO HAPPENS. AND WHEN IT DOES THE STORY ALWAYS GETS COMPLETELY LOST IN THE "DID YOU SEE WHERE WE MADE CNN??" CONVO.

AS I SPEAK THERE IS A LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE THEY ARE CARRYING ON ALL OUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS (YES WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH). THE POLICE ARE BEING SO SERIOUS, AS THEY SHOULD BE SINCE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT 4 PEOPLE WHO WERE MURDERED IN A MASS SHOOTING. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT CNN HEADLINE NEWS IS CARRYING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE TOO. I JUST CHECKED.

GLAD EVERYONE GOT TO SEE THIS SERIOUS NATIONAL DISPLAY OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE'S FINEST, BECAUSE MIDWAY INTO THE FIRST QUESTION I HEARD SOMETHING IN THE BACKGROUND. I COULDN'T MAKE OUT WHAT IT WAS AT FIRST BUT THEN I REALIZED WHAT IT WAS.

KENNY CHESNEY.

YEP. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEONES RINGTONE AND I FELT BAD FOR THEM. BUT IT WASN'T. IT WAS REALLY A KENNY CHESNEY ALBUM PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE ROOM FOR THE LENGTH OF THE ENTIRE PRESS CONFERENCE ON CNN. SERIOUSLY. I'M NOT EVEN SURPRISED.

IF THIS WAS IN YOUR WORK PARKING LOT WOULD YOU BE SURPRISED??




YEAH. I DIDN'T THINK SO.

LULLABY

SO, I MUST ADMIT I HAVE HAD A ROUGH EVENING. IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT TO SMILE ALL DAY AND PUT ON A BRAVE FRONT WHEN IN ACTUALITY MY HEAD IS SPINNING 24/7. I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S FAIR THAT I LET MYSELF HAVE A HARD TIME, WHEN CLEARLY MY FATHER IS THE ONE WHO IS SUFFERING. BUT, SELFISH OR NOT, I AM. THIS SUCKS. AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO HANDLE IT, EVEN THOUGH WHEN I SEE YOU OR TALK TO YOU I MAY PRETEND TO.

I AM ALSO BEING A BAD FRIEND. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PHONE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES AND E-MAILS Y'ALL HAVE BEEN SENDING MY WAY. IT REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. MOST OF YOU HAVE GOTTEN MY VOICEMAIL. AND I'M SO SORRY FOR THAT. I JUST CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS SOMETIMES. AND THEN SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THIS IS ALL I AM ABLE TO TALK ABOUT AND I CAN'T ESCAPE IT. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND WILL CRY ON YOUR SHOULDER WHEN I AM READY TO WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE...

SO YEAH. THIS IS TOUGH. AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS IN YOUR OWN FAMILIES AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR BEING BRAVE IN THOSE BATTLES. I HOPE THAT I TOO WILL BE ABLE TO BE BRAVE IN THIS ONE. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T. LIKE TONIGHT. I WAS LITERALLY 5 MINUTES INTO THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE AND I STARTED BAWLING. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HILLARY CLINTON (HA HA!).

I DO HAVE A VERY AMAZING AND DEAR FRIEND WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO HAROLD FOR BEING THERE EVEN WHEN I AM A WALKING DISASTER. HE HAS REALLY STEPPED UP SINCE I FOUND OUT ABOUT MY DAD AND I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM AS MY FRIEND.

I DECIDED TO SHARE A FAVORITE DADDY STORY WITH YOU TONIGHT. THIS STORY MIGHT EVEN BE MY FAVORITE DADDY STORY. OBVIOUS DISCLAIMER: SURELY YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY BUT I AM A DADDY'S GIRL FROM HELL. I'M NOT SURE ANYONE BEATS ME ON THAT ONE!!

SO, I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE (THE #1 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY IN NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT ALREADY!!). IT WAS QUITE DIFFICULT FOR MY PARENTS, ESPECIALLY MY DADDY, TO MOVE ME INTO MY DORM AND THEN WALK AWAY. MANY OF YOU HAD THIS EXACT EXPERIENCE.

SOMETIME DURING MY FRESHMAN YEAR, BILLY JOEL RELEASED A SONG AND IT APPARENTLY TOUCHED A CHORD WITH MY DADDY THE FIRST TIME HE HEARD IT. ANYONE WHO KNOWS MY DAD AT ALL KNOWS THAT HE IS A WORK-A-HOLIC AND IT'S QUITE A DIFFICULT ORDEAL TO TEAR HIM AWAY FROM WORK FOR 10 MINUTES. IT'S NOT THAT HARD ANYMORE, BUT IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THEN. I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS MY 1st OR 2nd SEMESTER BUT I CAME BACK TO MY DORM AFTER CLASS AND IN MY MAILBOX WAS THIS CASSINGLE (REMEMBER THOSE??) IN THERE WITH A NOTE ATTACHED THAT SAID "WHEN I HEARD THIS SONG I THOUGHT OF YOU AND JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW. I LOVE YOU, DADDY". I IMMEDIATELY CALLED HIM BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW HE GOT THIS TO ME. HE SAID THAT HE HEARD THE SONG ON THE RADIO AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO BUY IT AND DROVE TO KNOXVILLE TO BRING IT TO ME AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND DROVE BACK. I WAS JUST STUNNED HE HAD DONE THIS! THEN HE ASKED ME IF I HAD LISTENED TO IT YET AND WHEN I SAID I HADN'T HIS RESPONSE WAS "JUST LISTEN"...

THE SONG WAS CALLED "LULLABY" AND BILLY JOEL WROTE IT FOR HIS DAUGHTER. AND I THINK I CRIED FOR DAYS AFTERWARDS. NOW, I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HAVE HUNG ONTO THAT LITTLE CASSINGLE. BUT I HAVE HUNG ONTO THAT SONG. I WILL ALWAYS HANG ONTO THAT SONG. I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL HANG ONTO THIS SONG TOO. EVERYONE HAS A FATHER, AND SOME OF YOU ARE FATHERS. AND THIS SONG MEANS SO SO MUCH TO A DAUGHTER...

Billy Joel - Lullaby (Goodnight, my angel)

THERE IS A LINE THAT SAYS:

"I promised I would never leave you
And you should always know
Wherever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away"

... AND I'M HOLDING HIM TO THAT.

THANKS FOR LISTENING :-)
XOXO,
DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL

HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE??

I SAW RICK SPRINGFIELD ON OPRAH TODAY, AND CANNOT BELIEVE THAT HE IS POSSIBLY HOTTER NOW THAN HE WAS DURING THE "JESSIE'S GIRL" DAYS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT MY DAD TOOK ME TO SEE RICK SPRINGFIELD AT FREEDOM HALL IN JC WHEN I WAS IN THE 6th GRADE. THIS WAS MY FIRST CONCERT EVER AND IT WAS SUPA-FAB.

IN ADDITION, MY DAD GOT ME AN AUTOGRAPHED POSTER OF RICK WHICH I PROMPTLY PLACED ON THE OUTSIDE OF MY BEDROOM DOOR. BEING THE ABSOLUTE MENACE THAT HE WAS, MY LITTLE BROTHER JOSH DECIDED TO RIP THIS POSTER RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. THIS CAUSED THE BIGGEST FIGHT WE HAVE POSSIBLY EVER HAD AND WE LITERALLY ALMOST KILLED EACH OTHER.

SO YEAH... THIS MAN IS ALMOST 60 YEARS OLD.





HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?? DOES HE REMOTELY LOOK 60 TO YOU??

XOXO,
STILL CRUSHING ON RICK SPRINGFIELD BAXTER