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I Can Be Anything I Want To Be

One of my friends here in town is a teacher at a local elementary school. Last night, her students were doing a performance and she had invited several of her friends to attend.  I don't have a lot of little kids in my life and my younger cousins are far away from me, so I had not been to a school performance in years.  It was so much fun! These kids just had energy, attitude, and a whole lot of spunk.  One of my favorite performances was when a group of second graders, the brown bears, declared that they could be anything they wanted to be!  Some of the kids were loving hamming it up and other kids were terrified.  Everyone really liked looking for their family members and waving to the audience.  I would like to have the soundtrack to the performance, so I can play it back and remember that I can still be anything.

 

Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at 08:33AM by Registered Commenter[beastmomma] in | Comments12 Comments

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And what do you want to be when you grow up, missy?
April 27, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterJef
sexually satisfied.
What about you mister?
April 27, 2004 | Unregistered Commenterbeastmomma
OH JASPREET...you are a woman after my own heart! You stole that answer right out from under me! LOL!

I love little kids that have not been tainted and still believe with all their hearts they can do anything.

Not many people use the word "spunk" and I must admit that my favorite use of it is from the old Mary Tyler Moore show:

Lou Grant smiles and says, "Mary, you've got spunk!"

Mary (blushing) : "Thank you, Mr. Grant!"

Lou Grant: "I HATE spunk!"

That cracks me up every time!
April 27, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterJoan
That is very funny Joan. It has just been on my mind a lot. have you seen the movie "Real women have curves?" It is super good and she is my hero.
April 27, 2004 | Unregistered Commenterbeastmomma
I LOVED that movie!

The actress (her first name is America...can't remember her last name) was in a made-for-TV movie that was on last Sunday called "Plainsong." She played an unwed teen mom. It was a really sweet movie and she did a great job.

If you haven't seen it, you've GOT to rent "Shirley Valentine." It's similar in meaning to "Real Women Have Curves," but from a different perspective of life. (IMHO)
April 27, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterJoan
What does IMHO stand for?
April 27, 2004 | Unregistered Commenterbeastmomma
Sorry about that! It stands for In My Humble Opinion.
April 27, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterJoan
Part of me would like to be a therapist and help people. Part of me would have liked to have pursued my acting ambitions, but unfortunately, my family did not know how to support me in this endeavor. Part of me would have liked to have been a pop star with tongue-in-cheek humor and sexy back up dancers. Now, I think I would just like to be a professional writer and travel the world with my laptop and keep in touch with my extended blog family.
April 27, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterJef
That is so sweet Jef. I am glad to be part of the exteded blog family.
April 27, 2004 | Unregistered Commenterbeastmomma
I always thought IMHO meant "In My Honest Opinion", mainly because it is most often used NOT humbly. Like "IMHO, you're a jerk." Humble my ass!

When I grow up I think I want to be one those whatcha-callits... Baby Punchers.



April 28, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterBen
Baby puncher, huh? You are just loving the violence. Are you ever going to update your webpage again? Where is the yeti?
April 28, 2004 | Unregistered Commenterbeastmomma
I think I have seen IMHO listed as both honest and humble, albeit I have seen it as humble more often. He makes a good point.

By the way, Ben, where is the new yeti... in your humble opinion, of course?
April 28, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterJef

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