I tuned in at midnight to watch the ball drop. The first time in a while that I did not attend the festivus in Buffalo. I just LOVE the crazy ball drop! But this year, was quiet and cozy. And I’m NOT complaining, however, it is the first time, in a long, long time that I stayed in.

Listening to Dick Clark made me sad. Made me really, really miss my Grandpa. The Grandpa that first got sick years ago…Although I was glad to see that he recovered from his stroke enough for another appearance, I just felt, well sad.

And I might be getting old(er) but can someone tell me WHY ABC would hire Hillary Duff to be a co-star for the night? What is the targeted demographic for this program anyhow? Doesn’t she sell her records to 12 year olds? My God I heard the girl perform “Beat of My Heart” and I just couldn’t understand how the little blond girl has a record that sells? All I heard was this line “beat of my heart” over and over and over and over and over and over. And I thought perhaps this was a Milli Vanilli incident of her background music being on repeat, but no. Sadly it was not. As I checked out the lyrics here…

To the beat of my,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
It tears us apart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
Now I’m back to the start,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,
Away, away
Away,away
Away, Away
Away,Away
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,

To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
It tears us apart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
Now I’m back to the start,

The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
It tears us apart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
Now I’m back to the start,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,
Away,away
Away,away
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,

To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart.

Yes, those are the real lyrics.

I also wish I could tune out the sea of endless foam 2006 CHEVY hats. Everything, everything has a corporate name attached to it these days. I hate it.