Farrah Flip Fail

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Heidi Ferrer

Heidi Ferrer Braces

Ahh, the iconic Farrah Fawcett Flip hairstyle of the 1970s. Yep, that’s me above in the blue Izod shirt, before I err…blossomed.

I’m still waiting to blossom. *checks watch* *taps foot* *sighs*

farrah flip funny

Has this ever happened to you, when you try to get a popular hairstyle look right, and you fail miserably, publicly and repeatedly? Over decades?

These first two photos are backwards, I mean “flipped,” har...the blue shirt one with the braces came after this charming velour multi-colored sweatshirt disaster and cheesy “H” necklace.

Pretty sure that’s not real gold, Jay Z. Fresh track suit, though.

70's portrait funny

Why did they shoot these studio portrait photos in the 70′s and 80′s with yourself looking off into the distance at…what?

Having braces was a nightmare. Pizza got stuck in them constantly. Boys were not into it, I mean me, ahem. All of these pics are of me, I probably shouldn’t admit that.

At least I was wearing a cross around my neck to seem virtuous and ward off vampires.

80's blonde hair flip

It’s not like things got a lot better for me in the 1980′s, here I appear to be wearing rhinestones, taffeta and I look like I fell head first into a bucket of bleach.

Baby got fat…I mean baby fat. On muh cheeks.

80's modeling shot

Does anyone need a spare can of Aqua Net hairspray and some Lee Press On Nails? Or seven layers of caked on mascara?

I’m actually not topless here, but it couldn’t make it that much more embarrassing.

R.I.P. beautiful Farrah, no one could ever be you. Especially not me. But I tried, I really, really tried.

And…scene.

XOXO-

~ H

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Hang in There Baby Picture

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Heidi Ferrer

Hang in There Baby Picture

When I was a little girl in Hays, Kansas (and to paraphrase Superman, Kansas is about as American as you’re gonna get), I loved a classic poster of a kitten hanging off of a tree with the caption: Hang in There.

kitten in tree

It was on the wall of one of my elementary school classrooms and I recall being really little when I was inspired by it.

I was always a thoughtful child, prone to worry, and this poster gave me one my of very first inspirational quotes and motivational thoughts.

All I had to do was hang in there. It would get better. Indeed.

In my above photo from the San Diego Zoo, new panda cub Xiao Liwu gives us the same lesson. I captioned that pic differently last week, but this seems to fit the image to a bamboo “T.”

cat

Well put, Xiao Liwu and 1970′s kitty cats, thanks for the pep talk, guys! :-)

XOXO-

~ Heidi

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Father’s Day 2013

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Heidi Ferrer

Father's Day Card

Hey. It’s Father’s Day. I wasn’t sure what to write, because it’s bittersweet for me, since I lost my Dad to suicide six years ago, when my little boy was just 4 months old. They never met.

But today is a happy, good day, because Bexon has a father who is the evolution of the species…

While my Dad was very intelligent, a tenured drama professor, an accomplished theater director and and published book author, he was enthusiastic, fun and loved us and paid child support…

He also had regrets about abandoning us after my parent’s divorce when I was 10 years old.

Between that time and age 18 I had little contact with him, which has marked my life, my self esteem, my emotional territory and my relationships with men in many ways. Not all for the better. Possibly I’m still sorting it out.

But without my Dad’s love of theater, TV and movies, I would never have moved out to Los Angeles, never met Bexon’s Dad Nick, never had Bexon…my angel. Continue reading →

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Kraft Zesty Ad

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Heidi Ferrer

Kraft Zesty Ad

Apparently, the conservative women’s group called One Million Moms has issued a press release that Kraft has “gone too far” with this salad dressing ad.

Hmm, no offense to One Million Moms, but I would rather get up in arms about how many millions of children in America go to bed hungry every night than get my panties in a twist over a racy ad. You can click on this link if you want to help Feeding America.

But back to the fun parody ad. I’m in the camp that says turnabout is fair play, baby.

I like it, he’s hot, we see half naked women in our faces constantly.

Wait, what are they selling again? Oh, dressing? Whatever. This is  probably not gonna make me buy dressing, but they have my attention. Good advertising, Kraft “Mad Men.” Well played.

Now remove the picnic blanket, thanks. ;-)

XOXO-

~ H

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Burglaries in Los Angeles!

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Heidi Ferrer

Ringpop

This is scary you guys, there’s been a lot of burglary in the area of Los Angeles where I live. Someone told us there were nine home break-ins in one day.

I was concerned, but thought our house might be safe because:

1.) We have a security system on the house. There’s a sign on the front lawn announcing that.

2.) We live on a busy street with a lot of daytime traffic and people outside. I thought robbers would pick a quieter street where they wouldn’t be seen.

3.) We’re almost always home. We’re both writers, we have a home office. I didn’t think they’d pick a house that has a large man there all of the time.

Plus, I don’t own much more than a ring pop.

Yesterday, the plot thickened: our next door neighbor, a married father of three children, told my husband that one of the suspected thieves came to knock on his door!

We’d been told these guys are well dressed. The word was that if you opened the door, they would pull a gun and if you didn’t come to the door, they’d assume you weren’t home, break in, ransack your stuff and rob you.

My understanding was that the (alleged) potential criminal knocked on my neighbors’ door, he came to the door and turned the guy away. My neighbor then followed him around the block and TOOK HIS PHOTO!

Ack! I couldn’t believe it. How brave. Continue reading →

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Funny Dolphin

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Heidi Ferrer

Funny Dolphin

We could not get this jokester dolphin to stop talking to Bexon at Sea World San Diego two weeks ago.

I mean, you would’ve thought it was open mic night…

funny dolphin

He was trash talking the penguins, too…

funny dolphin talking

Classy! He even insulted Bexon’s Dad…

funny dolphin talking

Ok, that one was pretty amusing. Hey Nick, need some ointment for that burn? :-)

XOXO-

~ H

P.S. None of my recent Sea World posts are sponsored, we just had fun.

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Why Periods?

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Heidi Ferrer

Funny Shark Jaws Song

Periods are mean. Mine is basically over, but it hurt this month, dude, a crampy, achy belly sucks. I know why we get them, but WHY?

Blech! “From now on, my period will be known as Shark Week.” Someone said that, I’m not sure who, but it’s a good idea. “I think we’re gonna need a bigger boat…”

PMS is no party, either, it turns the nicest cheerful cupcake maker of a woman into a she devil succubus who might get her first assault charge.

I’m not saying me, I’m an angel at all times.

I don’t even burst into tears and threaten to throw myself off a bridge when I’m menstruating or anything.

I’m always. Effing. Happy. All women are. Like, all of the time. Hahaha!

Here are 10 Nicer Ways Our Uterus Could Tell Us We’re Not Pregnant every month (this list is assuming you don’t want to be pregnant right now. And it’s totally silly, I think you know that going in.)

1.) George Clooney invites you (via your uterus) to his villa in Lake Como, Italy.

2.) Ryan Gosling feeds you homemade pasta on your couch, announcing “Hey girl, congratulations, let’s keep practicing. By the way, you look too thin, manga.”

3.) Your uterus sends you colorful balloons! Filled with diamonds.

4.) Your happy ovaries spontaneously make you drop 10 pounds overnight. But not of blood, maybe confetti. Wait…that’s still messy.

More like Fairy Godmother, POOF! The fat just disappears.

5.) All of your unused tampons turn into rolled up thousand dollar bills. Continue reading →

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