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We have a winner, Tuesday’s tape, and Billy Idol wanted to Rebel Yell with me

Remember how I did a book review and give-away? Well, friends, we have a lucky winner who will receive her very own hard-cover copy of Rubber Band Girl by Jennifer Nielson. As you may recall, I couldn’t be bothered with getting one of those really long “like me like me like me and you get more entries” things. They’re ugly and I’m lazy. But because I am a technological wizard, I created my own high-tech method to draw a winner.

Here, I’ll show you.

First, I wrote everybody’s names down on evenish sized pieces of paper.  Then, I crumpled them so that I could be fair and draw blindly.

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Then, I drew blindly.  And fairly.  And I drew…(drumroll)…LORI!

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Congratulations, Lori!

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In other exciting news, Tucker and I are now DJ’s. We succumbed to industry pressures and are, in DJ circles, known as MC Momee and Tunin’ Tuck.

See? Don’t we look DJ-like?  And NO we are not blind.
We are cool.  Duh.

 

DJJENNYtyedyeTwisted mix-tape Tuesday was created by Jen at Break the Parenting Mold. The gist is that we each choose songs within this week’s category “Forbidden Love.” If you want to, you can even buy them right here. Handy iTunes links are included with each. Fun, right?  Check out her songs today because she actually knows what she’s doing with this Twisted Mix-Tape Tuesday thing and is nowhere close to being as dumb as I am.

On with it!!  First, I’d like to feature the song We Are Young by Fun. “But that’s not about forbidden love” you say? Well, it is for me. Because I love the song and I hate the video. And when I say I hate the video, I hate it hard. To me, it feels like the exact opposite of what the song makes me feel, which is like this:

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Plus, Tucker loves it and sings along to the “we are young” chorus and to his favorite part “nana-nanana na na” every time. Awesome.

Second, I’m featuring Live and Die by The Avett Brothers. It’s not about forbidden love either but it makes me happy. Check it out. Maybe it will make you happy, too.

Finally, I’m going to tell you about Rebel Yell by Billy Idol. Also not about forbidden love?  Oh, but it is.  And here’s why. The first concert I ever saw was Billy Idol. I idolized Idol. I played his record over and over and over and over again. I was pretty sure that at age 15,
I wanted to have his babies.  It was love.

Fast forward eight years and I had a job driving limos. One night, I had the chance to drive Billy.  Yup.  I had the chance to drive BILLY IDOL.

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I know. I was over-the-top excited too. Until I heard from the limo boss that Billy wanted a driver who was willing to Rebel Yell with him.  You know, like for real.  Naked and stuff. Billy Idol wanted to have sex with me.  And my roommate. Sight unseen.  The conversation:

Boss:  Billy wants to have sex.  He’ll pay you.  Or a friend.  Or both of you.  Don’t you have a cute roommate?  Julie?  It’s no big deal, all these guys get it all the time so it’s an honor that he’s even willing to pay you…

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Me:  An honor?  He wants to pay me?  And he wants my roommate too?
EW.  I’m taking off my uniform now and putting on my sweats.  Gross.

Boss:  You’re missing out.

Me: …

Roommate:  …

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Although my 16-ish year old self probably would have been tempted, I’m proud to say that I said no.  But I’m also proud to say that Billy Idol (sort of) wanted to have sex with me.  ‘Cause SQWUEEEE.  Right?

Told you it was forbidden love.

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Fun, We Are Young
We Are Young ((feat. Janelle Monáe) – Single) – Fun.

Avett Brothers, Live and Die
The Carpenter – The Avett Brothers

Rebel Yell, by Billy Idol
Rebel Yell – Billy Idol


by Kristi Campbell

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  • Kerri - Only you would have a chance to have Rebel Yell with your teen age crush and think: Sweatpants. But how cool that you can put on your pre-marriage but still dating resume: Billy Idol wanted to have sex with me and I said no. So, hey aren’t you lucky I said yes to you 🙂April 9, 2013 – 9:36 amReplyCancel

    • admin - Kerri,
      Hahah! And yeah, I have told my husband that. His reply was something along the lines of “Well sure, but that’s when you were young.” Nice, huh?April 9, 2013 – 10:02 amReplyCancel

  • Janine Huldie - Great song and I so would have said yes at 23, but by 26 probably not!! And congrats to Lori 🙂April 9, 2013 – 11:10 amReplyCancel

    • admin - Janine, I didn’t really want to work that night anyway 😉April 9, 2013 – 11:23 amReplyCancel

  • Stephanie @ Mommy, for real. - Are you making that up? Is that for real? BIlly Idol really wanted to have sex with his limo driver? That is the best story ever. I haven’t seen that “Fun” video, but my girls and I love that song. And their other one, “Carry On”. My 18 month old even “sings” along to it. “O-o-o–n!” Yes, that’s singing.April 9, 2013 – 11:40 amReplyCancel

    • admin - Yup, totally for real. And dude, that’s not just singing, that’s GREAT singing. You should hear Tucker sing. 😀April 9, 2013 – 11:47 amReplyCancel

  • Dana - 1. Love your old school raffle. 2. You rocked the blue eyeshadow and flip bangs. 3. That is the coolest story ever. What an awesome claim to fame!!April 9, 2013 – 12:03 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - Dana, thank you for noticing my blue eye shadow and flip bangs! 😀April 9, 2013 – 12:45 pmReplyCancel

  • Jen - SO GROSSS!!!!!!! Oh my gosh, what a story you will have for your grandchildren someday. Unless they want to be prostitutes, then don’t tell them.
    AND YOU ROCK THE MIX-TAPE LADY!!!!!April 9, 2013 – 12:21 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - Gross? Are you jealous? Not a fan of Billy’s? I’m sure my son will appreciate me telling his grandchildren about it! Ha. And the mix tape thing is fun! Thanks for letting me play.April 9, 2013 – 12:46 pmReplyCancel

  • Alana Terry - Absolutely hilarious! And now you’re a double winner, you still have your self-respect, and you can tell the world that Billy Idol was practically begging you to sleep with him!April 9, 2013 – 12:39 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - So true! Hehehe! So glad I was able to hang onto my self respect!April 9, 2013 – 12:47 pmReplyCancel

  • Melissa S. - Ah, good times. Times to be hidden away in a box where our kids can’t see.April 9, 2013 – 2:38 pmReplyCancel

  • Henriette - First the botox story, and now this?! Girl, it’s almost like you could have had Billy’s baby! Fo’real! 🙂April 9, 2013 – 3:33 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - Maybe I should have had his baby because I’ll bet the child support payments would have been awesome back in the day!April 9, 2013 – 4:53 pmReplyCancel

  • Jean Heff - In reality, I shouldn’t be surprised about a rock star wanting that sort of deal but reading it still sort of shocked me. Were these the same sweatpants that you wear now? He probably would have been interested in those.April 9, 2013 – 8:10 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - You crack me up. He’d probably be VERY interested in those ones! Heeheh! Luckily for everybody, it’s getting warmer out so now I’m wearing shorts. No holes or anything. Even I, in my infinite laziness buy new sweatpants once in a while.April 9, 2013 – 8:39 pmReplyCancel

  • Tom Rieger - wtf? where was i during this? army? i knew that dirt bag boss of yours was a scum bag. actually, one of many dirt bag bosses you had ^^April 9, 2013 – 8:41 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - Tommy Wommy, it was such a brief moment of “ew” that I can’t even remember where you were. I probably never told you about it ’cause you would have kicked EVERYBODY’s ass.

      Oh and the rest of you? This is my brother who is commenting on this blog FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.April 9, 2013 – 11:08 pmReplyCancel

  • Shay - I’M bloody hilarious??! No, YOU are bloody hilarious! Once again, I found myself laughing out loud at so many parts that I’m not even sure my comment can be specific–and dammit, I try so hard to make them specific so they don’t seem all spammy! But seriously–“They’re ugly and I’m lazy,” “We’re not blind, we’re cool,”–funny, funny, funny! And guess what–that’s the same high-tech method I use for all of my giveaways! I’ve only had one on my current blog, though–I think I need to round up some more shit from my house that we’re not using anymore and see if anyone wants it. LOVE your stuff! (I don’t mean your shit from around the house–although I’m sure it’s lovely. I was referring to your writing. 🙂 )April 9, 2013 – 10:15 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - Shay – I know all about making sure comments aren’t spammy-like and THANK YOU huge for taking the time to make yours, well, not. And honestly, I censor myself here a little bit. Dumb, I know. Today, on Twitter, I had some uncensored ones. ‘Course I just had to remove my find me widgets because of that stupid virus. But I’ll see if we know each other there. ‘Cause I can’t remember. I’m old. And dumb.
      Oh and the Rubber Band Girl is the ONLY giveaway I’ve ever done. And I’m pretty sure there won’t be more coming any time soon. Because pressure.April 9, 2013 – 11:13 pmReplyCancel

  • Kate Hall - OMG! Are you for serious?!?! That is crazy gross. And that was like 8 years after he was cool. I still need to read Jen’s post because I love me some mix-tapes (so does my husband) and would love to rock out with you guys, especially if it involves big hair and blue eye shadow.April 9, 2013 – 10:40 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - Totally for serious and crazy gross, yes.
      And yeah it was 8 years after he was cool, but he was still cool enough to me that I was super-psyched about the chance to drive his crazy butt around town.

      You should link up! It’s fun and we’d love to have you do your mixed-tape post. How awesome would that be??!?!?April 9, 2013 – 11:14 pmReplyCancel

  • Emily - I don’t know which impresses me more — the fact that Billy Idol wanted to have sex with you or that you were a limo driver…I love that! What a cool job! Just think of all these fun stories you can tell your grandchildren some day. Or maybe not…?April 9, 2013 – 11:08 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - Emily! Nobody else commented on the fact I used to drive limos. How awesome that you did, because in real life, everybody’s always fascinated by it. Suspicions that my commenters do not actually READ my words….hmmmm…

      And yeah, there were some crazy fun stories…I got to drive Raymond Burr (do you know who he is?) and a whole bunch of bachelor parties and saw some crazy sh!t.

      Oh and just for the record, it’s not like Billy wanted ME because he’d actually met me or anything. Had that been the case, who knows? 😉April 9, 2013 – 11:17 pmReplyCancel

  • Rich Rumple - Strange … I never wanted to have sex with Billy Idol. Gives new meaning to the title Rebel Yell though. I think the movie Deliverance might have did it first. Something like, “Suuuueeeeeiiiiieeeee!” Nope, Not interested. Funny post! Really cool the way your son interacts with music.April 10, 2013 – 12:21 amReplyCancel

    • admin - Rich, you never wanted to have sex with Billy? Huh. We can still be friends though.
      And I love (!!) how my son interacts with music. So much.April 10, 2013 – 7:57 amReplyCancel

  • The Sadder But Wiser Girl - Billy Idol? Really? 😉 He did have one of the best scenes in The Wedding Singer, which is one of the best movies ever. I have both soundtracks.April 10, 2013 – 11:55 amReplyCancel

    • admin - I LOVE The Wedding Singer which is So one of the best movies ever. And by then he was already old. When he was new, he was cool. I promise. (ach and I am old too)April 10, 2013 – 1:19 pmReplyCancel

  • Kenya G. Johnson - Wow! Now I’m on my computer and could only think of one word to say. Murphy’s law of commenting.April 10, 2013 – 4:45 pmReplyCancel

    • admin - I’m pretty sure wow is enough in this case. For me, too.April 10, 2013 – 10:28 pmReplyCancel

  • christine - That story is fantastically awesome and horrible at the same time. As for sharing this story with grandkids, I’m thinking it won’t have the same punch as it does here. Will any of the grandkids even know who Billy is? I’m thinking not.
    Milk the oohs and aahs while you can.
    Great song choice in We Are Young. My family belts it out on a regular basis.April 11, 2013 – 7:53 amReplyCancel

    • admin - Christine, yeah, the grandkids probably won’t get it. And you have great taste in We Are Young. It’s one of my favorites. Tucker’s too, which makes it that much better.April 11, 2013 – 5:25 pmReplyCancel

  • Debbie McCormick - That is a serious awesome story! lolApril 15, 2013 – 9:57 pmReplyCancel

  • Alicia - Lost In Holland - Laughing. My. Ass. Off.
    !!!!! Life in Hollywood… unbelievable…April 17, 2013 – 6:57 amReplyCancel

  • DAVID RIEGER - Hey, I’m your Dad, and I never knew…
    I’m proud of you too!April 17, 2013 – 3:05 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi - HAHAHH Perekums! Too embarrassing to tell ANYBODY. Plus, I said no. So a win for you, right? 😉April 17, 2013 – 10:01 pmReplyCancel

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