I never thought I would see the day..

1999

 Two words....but first a story -> So as many of you know I am a fan of a very few television programs. One of which is NBC's The Voice, so I am watching this show and they announce a guest appearance from a group called The Wanted.. They sang a song that sounded familiar. I suppose I had heard them on the radio at some point. But it wasn't the song as much as it was the sound and even more than that it was what I saw. The Wanted a group of 5 dudes...singing a song together, each with their own mic. What was happening????? Has it really been that long that the powers that be have decided to bring back "the boy band." I had to consult with the interwebs.. Sure enough according to the wikipedia and I quote "The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band. " There was one last thing that I had to see to prove my theory...a music video. So I fired up youtube and searched for the wanted. Within about 5 seconds of watching the video for a song called Heart Vacancy.. I knew that my fear had been confirmed- 2012 is the year that we DIG so deep into the bag of old redos that we are back to boy bands?? One word- REALLY????? REALLY?????? It's bad enough that Hollywood can only muster sequels and crappy re-makes of 80s movies. Now music is running backwards? How long before disco pops back up on us? I am a fan of Glee but their disco episode still just...sucked! I hate disco and disco...SUCKS! Ok- I am going to hop off my soap box, but be warned...boy bands are not sustainable music- one day we will hear these songs at the local supermarket Or in an elevator. The proof is in the pictures...

1999

 

2012

10K Plan Update!

Hello there all of you all-- Last week I was up @ Wolf Creek staying in my parents time share (many thanks to my parents), and I wanted to see if I could find a good route for a Neff Family Summer Fun Run for Fun 2012 Family Vacation Run for Fun (NFSFR4F2k12FVR4F) <- Sweet Acronym... and as it turns out the great city of Ogden has provided the perfect trail for us. It starts at the bottom of Ogden Canyon (Rainbow Gardens Area) and goes to downtown Ogden- 3.2 miles in 3.2 miles back = 6.4 miles total! Which is a little more than a 10K! So...Eva and I are going to make some shirts for all of you who want to participate (if you can't come because you are in PT Grad school...have no fear - we will still make you a shirt). What I need from you is a shirt size preference so we can get rolling on this :) And PS-- running 6.4 miles is a long run, if you haven't run for a while it may be time to start training and preparing to run a 10K.. and if you don't think you can do it- you can run the 5K and go one way-> I am sure we can make it work :) Ok! Looking forward to this- End of July is the go date..which means you all have plenty of time to prepare-- Take a look at the countdown above :)