[WARNING] - Clicking on the link below may cause an overwhelming rush of nostalgia and an uncontrollable urge to waste an hour - or at least several minutes - reliving the past. Everything was going so well today. Getting lots of work done, making plans for dinner with friends tonight, fixing a few things around the house. Then, outta nowhere...BAM! It happened. All productivity came to a screeching halt. I stumbled upon a website of nothing but 80's music videos, and before I knew it over an hour of my life was gone. Vanished. Lost somewhere between John Cougar Mellencamp and Quiet Riot. Actually, I'm a little embarrassed to admit that after Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, the 2nd video I watched was Thriller. Oh, whatever.... stop laughing. Like you didn't idolize Michael Jackson when you were in 6th grade, and like you didn't almost freak out when his hair caught on fire during that whole Pepsi commercial taping debacle. What? Oh, and I dare you to click on the Air Supply video and tell me that's not the worst acting you've ever seen. Good grief, how did people [and by people I mean me and you] ever get suckered into thinking that garbage was good back in the day?

Just playin' around today in dining room before we find a dining room table. Today's recipe is super easy. FInally a recipe you can cook-up as fast as Rachel Ray. Ingredients: - 1 Tripod (or someone with a really, really, really, really steady hand to snap the pictures) - Enough room to allow yourself or your subject room to pose a couple different ways - 1 tutu you won in a Austin photographer's workshop (optional, but adds a little flair) Prep Time: - Appx 15 minutes (depending how long it takes you to squeeze into the tutu meant for a 3-5 year old) Directions: Set camera shutter release to Timer mode. Camera should be in manual shooting mode to get consistent exposures making it easy to blend images in post production afterwards. Just start firing away and have fun. (Be more creative than I was... I shoulda thought this through and done something a little more cohesive. Maybe next time). Open up Photochop, and combine all the images into one file on individual layers. Then just use layer masks till everything looks good. Sprinkle in some texture to taste (optional). # of servings: - Unlimited. This never gets old.

Give it a try and put a smile on your face. Leave a comment below with a link to your masterpiece for fun if you do.