Somewhere between heaven and hell there is love, the most exquisite kind of pain.

“You never did!” she screamed as the glass exploded against the wall. The wine slid down as if clinging to the place where it had hit, a radiant flower of rage.

Ever once in a while a friend emails me one of those lists "You Know You Grew up in the 80's/90's If. . ." and I find myself laughing hysterically and hoping no one is looking over my shoulder. Well, I thought I'd share this one with you just for fun.

1. You've ever ended a sentence with "Psych!"

2. You had a Pound Puppy.

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".

4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.

5. You idolized Cyndi Lauper or Tiffany.

6. You owned a Strawberry Shortcake & Pals scented doll.

7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: MC Hammer.

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock".

10. You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales".

12. Trapper Keepers. Enough said.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

14. You carried an ESPRIT shoulder bag.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

17. You dreamed about being “Footloose” with Kevin Bacon.

18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it.

19. L.A. Gear....need I say more

20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM”.

21. You remember reading the Ramona books.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"

23. You were afraid of Freddy or Jason.

24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.

25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

27. You took a Lunch Pail to school.

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

29. You still get the urge to say "NOT!" after a sentence.

30. You watched Dirty Dancing until the videotape wore out.

31. You one day wanted to own a TransAm with the Firebird on the hood.

32. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up.

33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.

34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes (with matching jelly bracelets).

35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying, "I know you are, but what am I?"

36. You remember "I've fallen, and I can't get up!"

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.

39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.

41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.

42. You remember Magic Johnson “before” AIDS.

43. "Don't worry, be happy."

44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.

45. You wore socks scrunched down.

46. You owned a banana clip.

47. You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.

48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

49. You had a Care Bear or Cabbage Patch Kid.

50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Ponies.

51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.

52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.

54. You knew all the characters on "Saved By the Bell," the ORIGINAL class.

55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi’s “Shot Through the Heart”.

56. You just sang those words to yourself.

57. You pinned your pants and wore shoes without strings. (You're still singing Shot Through the Heart in your head aren't you!?!)

58.You cut your t-shirts in half and wore them with your homemade cutoff Levi shorts.

59. You had a mullet.

60. You still sing "We are the World".

They say everyone gets 15 minutes of fame. I think mine was today. And actually, it was a strangely ordinary day.

I got to be in a Lenny Kravitz video.

It's supposed to be out around the first week of April, I can't wait. The storyline of the video is basically a parody about the ridiculously excessive lives of rock stars. You know - sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. (No, that's not where I come in.)

Toward the end of the video, it's Lenny on stage in a weird leather fringed shoulder harness and a pinstriped suit. (The beaded necklace he has on kept getting tangled in the mic cord. I don't care for the new straight hair, but his belt was hot. He's a lot smaller in person than I imagined - not Prince size, but small.)

Anyway, if it doesn't end up on the cutting room floor. . . There will be an instant where he's on his knees on stage, looks up, points to the balcony and says, "I see you up there girl." That's me.

There were about a thousand extras on the floor, but there were seven of us in the balcony. My classmate, his brother, me, and a couple of the boyfriends of models on stage.

My classmate's wife is the head video producer for Virgin records. She is so cool. (and was a total sweetheart for letting me tag along!) In the past month she's done videos for Courtney Love, Janet Jackson and now Lenny.

What a day.

It would have been on the Sports Center highlight reel. . .

I fell off the sidewalk trying to hail a cab at rush hour this afternoon. Thank god I was wearing tennis shoes because if I had been wearing anything with a heel I probably would have broken my ankle.

Instead I sprained the top and side of my foot - it looks like someone inserted a softball just below the ankle bone, and feels more like a blowtorch set on pulse. It's already purple. . .

and I wish I owned a set of crutches.

Stanley Tucci. The actor whose name I couldn't remember. . . Stanley Tucci.

I couldn't believe it. My sister and I were watching a movie tonight and there he was! And his name came to me instantly.

A celebrity lives in the building next door, though I'm not sure who it is. A few days ago there were paparazzi on the sidewalk when I came home, and today I saw Isabella Roselini and the bald-actor-guy-whose-name-I-can't-remember going in.

"I can't believe I have such a little phone." - my sister

By tomorrow evening I will have taken my last exam for the week. *sigh of relief*

These are some of the great quotes that have been collected in "the little black book". . . Hope you enjoy the irony and quirkiness of them as much as I have. Apologies if I've posted some of these already.

"These programs are like trade schools for business. They produce mindless drones."

"Life is messier than a supply curve."

"It's a little Known Fact: The term 'Dutch Auction' comes from the tulip auctions in the Netherlands."

"There's no limit to how much you can spend on advertising. . ."

"Professor, I'm bored."

"Double-entry accounting began in Renaissance Italy."

"Did you just get up?"
"Why, is my hair messed up?"
"No, you just have that look about you."
"It's apathy."

"Would you like one?"
"Yea, sure. Thanks."
she hands him one -
"Oh no, I'm not into Tootsie Pops,"
he says earnestly and pushes her hand away.

"Isolation in the marketplace can lead to isolation in a jail cell." - Ansari

"Reality might be far different than my plan" - Corp. Fin. Professor

"The market may change, people could stop buying plastic babies or whatever." - ibid

"Interesting. You have deflation in bananas." - Macro Prof

"Economics is understanding the laws of unintended consequences."

"That's so beautiful I want to graph it." and he proceeded to do just that.

"for all you quant-jocks"

"It's a very technical term: T.L.A.R. It stands for 'That Looks About Right'."

"Are you talking about question 1 or question 2, Professor?" His response: "Yea, whatever."

"Let me explain everything so there is no ambiguity in life."

"Very Clever." "Thank you, Matt."

"If spending shifts from star wars to bread & stuff."

"Do we have time to confuse the issue?"
*he looks at the clock*
"Yes, okay, good."

"Finance is a delicate art, an inexact science."

AND MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE:

"quick-back-of-the-envelope-calculation. . ."

I've heard that so much this semester that it's overtaken "at the end of the day" and my thought is. . .
If you have a @#$%@# envelope big enough, you can derive the ^%#%$@#$ Nash Equilibrium on it!

And three from outside school just for fun:
"We don't even have enough bullets for them all." - pmb.
"I don't know, my sexual dreams have never been that ambitious." - brent
"She would be one in a long line of women I would never be involved with." - brent

I felt half decent after the Operations midterm today. Even if I blew it, I know I picked up enough points that I'll still pass the class.

Tomorrow: Macro.

Am I sick? It's one of my favorite classes.

I've been listening to Blk Sonshine all afternoon. . . I'm especially drawn to Born in a Taxi, but the whole cd has me hooked. Not sure why. It could use some work, but I like it.