Lets talk about singers.

Yes, lets. Well, lets at least talk about a few of my favorites.

SHAKIRA


Shakira Shakira! That last sentence only makes sense if you sing it in the voice of Wyclef. Well, maybe that doesn;t help it make sense, but it will give you an idea of what I was trying to sound like. Anyway! Shakira is one of my most favorite and beloved singers of forever and for always. I have loved her since about 1995 (when Pies Descalzos came out). I was just thinking about this the other day, and it struck me that 1995 was 13 years ago. In some ways it went fast, in other ways slow, yadda yadda. But the thing is that it is kind of depressing, the passing of 13 years. I guess the last 13 weren't that bad because it turns out that I am only 26 right now. And the next 13 won;t be that bad either, because they will take me right up until 39, which sort of sounds like a hot age. But none of this is the point. The point is that intervals of 13 years years will continue to pass in our lives, until one day we are dead! Just dead. I am kind of hoping that now that I set up this pattern of 13s that God will let me finish them out and not make me die too early. Like, 39 turns to 52, and 52 to 65, and 65 to 78, then 91. And at the beggining of each interval you can think, "no need to worry about dying. Nope. Got at least 13 more years. Maybe another 13 after that." It's like in the Golden Girls when Sophia starts to shop at a Sams Club type bulk savings place and she keeps coming home with useless things like 5 gross of toothbrushes, and 8 cases of graham crackers, and then she buys 5 cartons of sardines. Dorothydemands that she stop becausethey have no use for all this stuff. Sophia explains that it is a little insurance policy. You buy 5 cartons of sardines, and you know it's going to take a long time to get through them. You think, "God doesn't want me to waste perfectly good sardines. He's going to keep me alive long enough to eat these sardines." I tell you it makes good sense to me. But enough about Shakira.

REBA!


You do not know how much I wish that I could just put up her picture and enough said. But some of you freak dirtybirds are haters. You know who you are! Reba rules. Reba's voice is the voice of an angel. Reba's t.v. show is funny. Reba's "Harmony for the Home Collection" (yes, she makes homewares) is inspired. Reba designs shoes for God's sake! Her entire band was killed in a plane wreck and she soldiers on! I really want to post a Reba song right know, but I can't figure out how :(