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Laser Light Shows and Skanks

This is going to be a post about laser light shows and skanks.

If either of those things bother you, please come back tomorrow.

In other news, my friend Rachel wrote me a love letter today. Check it out. She’s one kickass writer.

Still here? Cool. Have you ever been to a laser light show? They changed my life. One night, in my early years, a friend enlightened me. Transformed me even.

Me, before said transformation:

Teenage girl lying on floor 80s floyd_edited-3

You see, my friend took me to see the Pink Floyd laser light show at the Denver planetarium.

Later, I went to see a Metallica laser light show.

(Sorry for the crap quality of the videos. I suspect some audience stoner was capturing his memory on a smart phone. With that said, in the 80’s, there were no smart phones.)

Turns out, holiday lights are pretty lame in comparison to a laser light show. But those holiday lights were mine, and so I continued to enjoy them.

For years and years.

The end.

Oh except I have to tell you about how Facebook IM made me a jerk. First, I should say that some bloggers choose to remain anonymous. My friend Shay is one of them (Trashy Blog).

Anyway. That part’s important. As is that her name is Shay Trahsay. Following?  Ok good. As in, when you see it, it looks like this: ShayTrashay or um I dunno, something like it…

I’m in this writers group run by Lisa Nolan (Life Happens, Then Write) with some awesome excellent people. We were trading Twitter handles over a FB IM (mine’s @findingninee if you are too lazy to click the button at the top of the blog).

Rachée Fagg:  Hi ladies. I have been MIA as I wrangle with work and a teen (shoot me!) Here is me: https://twitter.com/sayitrahshay I think I am following most of you and will be more present.

Obviously, when I saw this, I assumed that Rachee Fagg was Shay Trashay – I mean look at the twitter handle.

Kristi Rieger Campbell:  Holy crap, Skankster. I didn’t even know you were on the twitter!

I then IM’d Rachel and said something like “Hey, Shay is out of the anonymous closet! She’s Rachee Fagg and I think she’s black! I always assumed Shay was white! Is that weird and bad that I’m surprised?”  Now, back to the FB chat:

Rachel started laughing her ass off at me. And then Jen piped in with “um, that’s not TraSHAY.”

Thanks, Jen.
(OMG I am such a freaking dipshit)

Jen Lauren Schneider Kehl:  Lol! Say it rashsay is not trashy blog

Kristi Rieger Campbell:  Um. Yeah, I got that. Maybe a little late? SORRY. I am dumb.

Rachée Fagg:   No! The first time I saw her name I was all, “What?!” You are not dumb. It took me a minute too!

Kristi Rieger Campbell:  Phew. So Rachee – was calling her a skankster – not you (blushes and runs away).  But followed you on twitter and fb!

Rachée Fagg: Bwahahahaha.
  • LOL’ING !!!!!!
Linda Roy:  Damn those emoticons are huge!
Lisa Nolan  Deep down aren’t we all just skansters at heart? What is a skankster anyway? I’m Googling skankster… Bwaaaaa! Um, you really stepped in it Kristi!
I read the Urban Dictionary and it was HILARIOUS! And scary.
Crack pipe anyone?

I’m going dress up as a skankster for Halloween. I’ll probably get arrested.
I’m laughing so hard I can’t breath!

Meredith Spidel:  xo, Lisa!

Kristi Rieger Campbell:  HAHAHAH now that will make for one excellent blog post. I dare you!

Lisa Nolan:  Where can I buy a crack pipe? Or can I make one out of a beer can?

Kristi Rieger Campbell:  Ya, make one out of a 40 can

Lisa Nolan:  All I need is some crack.

Marcia Kester Doyle: LMAO! I just caught the tail end of this thread. You could make a blog post out of this conversation!

Yes, Marcia.  And so it came to be.

And this, my friends, is how Lisa became a skank. Here’s what she looks like now. It’s quite tragic. You can tell that she’s a for-real skank due to her feet being so dirty. Sigh.

Lisa Nolan Skanknewkrc

This has been a Twisted Mixed Tape Tuesday post. What? Jen said that we could do anything this week. I took that to mean actually anything.

Poor Lisa, though…

 


by Kristi Campbell

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  • Kenya G. Johnson - I am CRACKING up. Because I know @sayitrahshay, the whole mix up is HILARIOUS.

    As for the laser light show I went to one with my grandparents. I was in the first grade and so that was 1976 – in my memory it didn’t look like either of those. Maybe the 1976 one was low tech.September 17, 2013 – 9:08 pmReplyCancel

  • Kate - I would have thought it was Shay too!! I am laughing so hard- I’m glad I’m alone tonight or Joe would think I was even crazier than he already does.September 17, 2013 – 9:39 pmReplyCancel

  • Janine Huldie - Seriously no words. Have such a head cold right now, but thank you for a real, good old laugh from this tonight. And the memories of have of laser shows from my past, too. Definitely some fun times and things I hope my kids never find out I did during this time in my life!September 17, 2013 – 9:39 pmReplyCancel

  • Rachee - Golf clap.September 17, 2013 – 9:44 pmReplyCancel

  • clark - dudette… I am always in awe when I come here and read this stuff.

    I am currently in a phase of not believing I have the skills to properly compliment people (long story…remind me to tell you at another time). But you do in your blog *most* of the time, what I on very rare occasion succeed in doing in mine… which is ‘push’. push myself, my boundaries…whatever the term is.
    I take heart, cause what you do here reminds me that it is the ‘oh man! no way am I going to hit ‘Publish” feeling that is behind most of the really good stuff I put out.

    (old person story: “well, Missy. We I went to concerts, they just invented ‘light shows’ which pretty much consisted of classroom-type overhead projectors with blobs of colored liquid on the platen and the lighting guy would move the lens in and out. You might surmise from this that those of us who made up the audience must have been pretty fucked up!”)September 17, 2013 – 9:51 pmReplyCancel

  • donofalltrades - Hahaha, you’re a doofus! I love sluts though, they’re great!

    Oh wait, you said skankster? Lol, yeah skanksters are cool too!!

    Great job fucking up and making it funny as usual, Ninee!!September 17, 2013 – 10:09 pmReplyCancel

  • Shay - I was ROLLING the whole way through this post. Kristi, if it makes you feel any better, I would have thought I’d outed my blogger self, too, and I KNOW that I’m not on Twitter, so what kind of a dipshit does that make me? And OMG–I need to get a Twitter (Make a Twitter? Start tweeting? Get on Twitter? What’s the lingo?) I love all of the bloggers you were tweeting with. (ARGH–I can’t end a sentence in a preposition, no matter how dorky the real way makes me sound. So let me rephrase: I love all of the blogger with whom you were tweeting!) And I love you, too, you big skankster. I SO NEED A TWITTER ACCOUNT!!

    Oh, and skankster’s even better when you say it “skanksta.”

    One more thing: I am white, but if it makes you feel any better,I’ve always wanted to be black, so there’s that. Love this post, and thanks for the hilarious shout-out!September 17, 2013 – 10:19 pmReplyCancel

  • Rachel - I laughed so hard the first time around. I did NOT think it was possible that you could make this funnier, but you did. Thanks for the shout out about my love letter post to you! Mwah!September 17, 2013 – 10:34 pmReplyCancel

  • Jen - I love you sooooo much! This is exactly what I needed today! You are freaking highsterical and I did say anything and “Hey, you wanna rebel yell with me?” priceless.September 17, 2013 – 10:45 pmReplyCancel

  • Jessica - LMAO! Thanks for the much-needed laugh! I almost did a Metallica song this week, too, but the video I found disturbed me too much. Maybe next time. 😉September 17, 2013 – 11:03 pmReplyCancel

  • Lori Lavender Luz - LOLing!

    I know Rachée (well in the way you know people in Twitterville, where she’s @SayItRachee) and when you mentioned Shay Trahsay, *I* thought they were one in the same. I felt a little smug because at least I could spell it right and you can’t. Hehe.

    But I get it’s my turn in the Dunce Chair now.September 17, 2013 – 11:38 pmReplyCancel

  • Lanaya | Raising Reagan - Bahaha … this is hysterical. I have attended a laser light show once. I think I did more of the lasering though {that’s a blog post for another year!} Yikes!
    And I’m so glad you gave the skank dirty feet because that is just realistic. LOL

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    (¸¤ Lanaya | xoxo
    Raising-Reagan.comSeptember 17, 2013 – 11:47 pmReplyCancel

  • Slu - Wow… All I will say is: “You never fail.” Ha!!!

    Enjoyed, SluSeptember 18, 2013 – 6:09 amReplyCancel

  • Lance - You had me at metallica light show

    hilarious postSeptember 18, 2013 – 8:43 amReplyCancel

  • Tamara - Oh my god, this is brilliant. How did Norine get in this conversation? Why wasn’t I invited? Next time.
    I saw a laser light show on the walls of a gorge in upstate NY. It had no music – but it was kinda a story about the history of humanity. Lasered onto the great walls of a gorge. I recommend it if you’re in the upstate NY market for something weird to do.September 18, 2013 – 9:20 amReplyCancel

  • Michelle Liew - Things that make you go bang! You’re rockin’ girl!September 18, 2013 – 9:34 amReplyCancel

  • Natalie - The Cat Lady Sings - Hahaha, oh bloggers. So entertaining.
    And a Pink Floyd laser show sounds AMAZING.September 18, 2013 – 11:34 amReplyCancel

  • Dana - No wonder you didn’t open my email yet; you’re too busy shoving your (hopefully clean) foot in your mouth! You crack me up, Kristi! Fortunately all those women (and why am I not one of them?) have a good sense of humor!September 18, 2013 – 11:38 amReplyCancel

  • Kerri - Holy crap I am so glad I became a twit so now can actually follow along with this post. Of course it really is a PSA.September 18, 2013 – 12:55 pmReplyCancel

  • Melissa @ Home on Deranged - And because no one can trash it up or skank it up or crack pipe it up like a bunch of Moms Who Write and Blog…we proudly present, embarrassing moments in reading too quickly. Holy crap, I’m still laughing.
    And I still want to know what’s wrong with being a skank. Sheesh. Elitists.September 18, 2013 – 2:23 pmReplyCancel

  • MJM - Pure awesomeness…funny as a mofo.September 19, 2013 – 1:14 amReplyCancel

  • Kimberly - OH. My…skank.
    I like TraShay.
    I also love that you thought that she was a different race and talked about crack pipes. The best ones are made out of…kidding…I wouldn’t know…actually I do but it’s only because I watch Intervention more than I shouldSeptember 19, 2013 – 6:44 pmReplyCancel

  • Mike - Very funny dialogue between you girls! And I thought Lisa was just wearing socks. 1984. Rush concert. Best laser light show ever. Thank you for the memory, Kristi! Btw…your pic. I totally have a thing for half tops on women. So sexy hot 🙂February 7, 2014 – 8:10 pmReplyCancel

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