Motivational Tunesday

So I have something else to add to my fall changes this month.  I have a new profession.  It's one I've fallen into a bit by accident.  I was asked to speak in an asssembly at the junior high here in my town!  A motivational speech on being healthy, making good choices in health, friends and life.  Seriously.  I will be talking for 15 to 20 minutes to over 600, 12 to 15 year olds.  Help!  I've got a few ideas but I haven't written it out.  I've spoken in front of groups before but this will definitely be the largest and quite possibly the most hostile group.  I'm thinking I need a good activity/object, lesson/interactive game somewhere in between to keep their attention.  And, yeah, this will be taking place Monday morning.  Gotta pull it together or this new profession could be short-lived.  So while I contemplate how best to present myself, to really get through to these tweens, I thought maybe I could do something like this and throw in a couple running rhymes somewhere...( i know, sorry about the ad, couldnt figure out how to edit it out, it's worth the wait, I promise ;)

What do you think?  The kids would dig that, right?  I am such a hip-hop fan.  This was from the late show last week and I gotta give a shout out to my girl, Lady Ace, for sharing.  We've decided to go head to head at an undisclosed location and time to battle out our favorite rhymes from the past few decades...dance moves included.

Focus, focus.  For now I gotta leave the mic checking and b-girl stances for later and get back to the matter at hand.  My big speech.  I'm being serious when I ask for any ideas.  Has anyone done this before?  Good jokes for teens?  Things to avoid?  Maybe I could just get all their cell phone numbers and text them daily affirmations instead.  Maybe I could start by asking if they want to live in a van down by the river...

So blog changes are being put on hold for the moment.  I have to pull my thoughts together.  Bear with me...

Oh, and yeah, my hair is still dark red, my sister said it's copper.  Potato, potatoe.  Waiting for my hair dresser to call me back to get an appointment.  Who doesn't work on Mondays anyways?  Guess I'll be spending another day in seclusion hoping no one comes by for a suprise house visit.  For all you locals, this is not an invitation to drop by.   Aaaah.  The drama of hair color gone wrong.  I mean, really, how hard is it to make someone's hair look like Jen Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, or Sarah Jessica Parker.  Pretty hard I guess...  I'm trying to get up the courage to share a pic.  Maybe after it's fixed...  : )

I said a hip hop, the hippie, to the hippie, to the hip hip hop, you don't stop...running.  : )