SIDENOTE: for the kids … and the four adults in the back of the theater

Sup. Good to be back after a long week/weekend. Reading a great book, enjoying the 60 degree weather turned winter snowstorm, and so ready to get my spring on.  Here goes:

• I recently led a focus group of driven teenage girls who will honestly go on to do great things. After wow'ing them with my teenage charm, I asked them what the one thing they couldn't live without is. I shared that for me, for example, it is bronzer in the winter.  Ummm, can we say ROLE MODEL?
• This past weekend I saw the Justin Bieber movie, in 3-D. That's right. Judge me. I laughed, I cried, I danced in my seat … and I'd do it all over again.
• As luck (and coincidence) would have it, I came down with a slight bug of sorts.  Lying in bed after my 3-D movie experience I was fighting off a temperature.  Come on, you know where I'm going with this …  you can't make this stuff up. Bieber fever.  Turns out advil and a glass of red wine - plus the full season of Shameless - are the cure for pre-pubescent boys with great hair. 
• While laying low, chatting on the phone and lazily resting the iPhone screen on my face, I hung up to find my cheek (my face cheek) accidentally texted my HS ex-boyfriend's best friend the following not-embarrassing-at-all message: "woopooppppoopoop" Dear Life, seriously?

And not to belabor the topic, but in getting to know the Biebs (please note, we're besties after he reached out to touch my hand), I most admired his appreciation for his young fans and not wanting to ever disappoint those who brought him to fame.  A moment to all the students who put themselves to the test this weekend. Who showed their appreciation to the children who must brave cancer. Who canned, supported, donated, and danced in this year's Penn State Dance Marathon (THON). Years ago when my friends danced for 46 hours straight we broke records at $4.5 million.  This year, efforts raised an impressive $9.56 million FOR THE KIDS. Still makes me so proud :)  

Off to break it down at my hip-hop class.  Hoping I've actually convinced my coworkers to pull some awesome guest posts together. Stay tuned, never say never and FTK.


-HMOH