Author: Jen Rios

Friday, on GMFB, Peter Schrager told a story about seeing a movie star at his local coffee shop. He immediately recognized the man but the man did not recognize him. He began talking football with Peter and another person.

As the story went on, Peter let the table and the viewers know that the person he saw was Ethan Hawke. Ethan Hawke just wanted to talk football and he asked the question, “Is this Andy Reid’s time?”

The table was amazed that Peter was NOT recognized and they all started talking about Ethan Hawke movies. Nate said that he’s favorite Ethan Hawke movie was Training Day and Peter said that his was Reality Bites.

Of course, Kyle had to make a remark about this song, “My Sharona”:

I think that that movie is the best, even though I haven’t seen it in so long, but that song is the best. I would agree with Peter about that being the best Ethan Hawke movie.

Now,I am not rooting for them so much but I like the idea of Andy Reid finally winning a Super Bowl. I guess it depends on who they play. That game is just about to start so I will wait to make that decision.

Lately, live symphony orchestra and choir versions of popular songs that I love have been showing up in my YouTube feed. The first one I saw was a Keane song which I hadn’t heard in a long long time. I shared that one here on my blog. The second song I saw, and I was really debating about sharing this one was, Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” But then, that song was completely eclipsed by this one:

Anyone who knows me or has read my blog knows that I absolutely, unquestionably LOVE U2 and Bono!!! This one is my jam!!! I shared the version on Facebook with Mary J singing not too long ago:

Both of these versions came out of the original song which I absolutely love! I can no longer song out loud along with it but I know all of the words and I mouth them with unapologetic tears streaming down my face!:

I LOVE YOU, BONO!!! 😍😍😍!!!

I got my taxes done on Thursday and I got a haircut and eyebrows waxed on Friday. I told the woman who does them that now, I can stay holed up in my house for the next month while this impending snow goes away. She laughed and told me that I should NOT be an outside at all! I told her that now that my hair is cut and my eyebrows are done, I won’t need to be.

As we drove to the salon, my Mom lets me choose the station we will listen to because we drive in my car and I have XM radio. I DON’T listen to commercials! All of my preset stations are Mostly 90s and early 2000’s radio stations. I like them! As we drove there, I heard this song that I haven’t heard in so long!:

I laughed when it came on and I told my Mom that my co-teacher probably my second or third year teaching had this song as her entrance song when she and her husband entered the reception.

I’m not sure what it was but maybe it’s the fact that I miss teaching, or the fact that she and I had so much fun, or the fact that this is a really funny entrance song for a wedding reception but either way I will begin to cry.

My Mom asked me what was wrong and I just shrugged. I can no longer control my emotions and I cry at the drop of a hat and I never know why. I also laugh inappropriately as well. regardless, the song has not gotten out of my head since I heard it in my car!

I shared this video on Facebook this morning when I saw it in my YouTube feed:

When I saw it, I waited until a commercial break on GMFB and watched the entire video. It brought back tons of memories! Memories of my first apartment with Sean and also, my first year teaching! I wrote that on my post on Facebook, “Vintage Ms. Rios in room 106” I pulled up the actual video and watched it and reminisced as it played as well.

I woke up a little late this morning but once I was out of bed and in my living room, I turned GMFB on. I still had not put my contacts in and I’m not sure one he was talking about but Nate said that a player would be, “Fresh and Clean” like Outkast. I was too tired to tweet at him but i immediately got that song in my head!

I think I didn’t tell Sean that he looked, “So fresh and so clean” until he go to high school and would be in his suit for homecoming or prom. I asked him if he knew what I was talking about and he nodded and told me that it was Outkast but it was really old! Wow, I am really old! It was cool 20 years ago when I came out!

Kyle started talking about the Packers versus 49ers upcoming game and he recalled the week 12 meaning in which the Packers laid an egg. He was specifically talking about Aaron Rodgers and I had my contacts in by that time so I tweeted him this:

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This Eminem song came out when Sean was still really little and I could still drive back then. Just hearing Kyle drop the line,”Mom’s spaghetti” with search nonchalance made me laugh really hard! And really took me way back!

I absolutely love that I am contemporaries of the entire breakfast table (Kay is a little bit younger than me but…) and I completely get these random, off-the-cuff pop culture references.

So, this morning, Peter and Nate were talking about the Grammys and I can’t even remember how Nate got to singing “Rollin’ with my Homies” which launched a whole discussion about clueless with Nate, Peter, and Kyle. I ABSOLUTELY love the ease with which they have random conversations! I was too tired to tweet any of them but I have been singing this song all day long!

I wanted to find the movie clip and the best one I could find was this tribute to Brittany Murphy.:

I haven’t seen this movie in close to 20 years as a racer board I think I’m going to have to watch it again!