"Sing it Back Softly.."

Happy Monday!
Was updating my quote book last night and I felt the need to share a few of my favourites. To my readers (hahaha...as if I have a ton) What are your favourites??


"There's no point to any of this. It's all just a... a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details. You know... a quarter-pounder with cheese, those are good, the sky about ten minutes before it starts to rain, the moment where your laughter becomes a cackle... See, this is all we need. A couple of smokes, a cup of coffee, and a little bit of conversation. You and me and five bucks."
-Reality Bites

"If everything I meant to you, You can lick and seal then fold in two then I've been so blind....You said you'd never have regrets Jesus! Is there someone yet who got that wish? Did you get yours? Babe?" -Jim Adkins





"And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. " -Raymond Carver


"Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read. " -Raymond Carver

"You gave me nothing now its all I got..You ask me to enter and then you make me crawl, but I can't keep holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt" -Bono

"Is not general incivility the very essence of love?"-Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen

"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you"-Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen

"If he loved you with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years, as I could in a day"-Bronte-Wuthering Heights

"I have not broken your heart-you have broekn it-and in breaking it you have broken mind"
-Wuthering Heights

"He is more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
-Wuthering Heights

"I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me." -Humphrey Bogart

"Do you know what this is? It is my heart and it's broken..Can you feel it?"
-Great Expectations

"I have built my entrie life around loving music and I surround myself with it. I'm always racing to catch up on my next favourite song. But I never stop playing my mixes. Every Fan makes them. The times you lived through, the people you shared those times with. Nothing brings it all to life like an old mix tape. It does a better job of storing up memories than actual brain tissue can do. Every mix tape tells a story. Put them together and they add up to the story of a life" -Rob Sheffield

"I wasted all your precious time. I wasted it all on you"
-Rob Sheffield

"What if you believed that everything in life was like a prize? What if you thought of the world as a big random drawing, and you were always winning things, the world offering them up with a big grin, like an emcee's: Here you go, Hollis. Here is a motorcycle. Here is a little boy who loves you. Here is a weird experience, here is something bad that you should mull over because it will make you a better person. What if you could think that life was this free vacation you'd won, and you won just because you happened to be alive?" -Dan Chaon


*blog title: lyrics by jim adkins

Sunday Stealing!

Play it HERE

Part One - Describe:
Your hair? Out of control! Without a proper blow dry, tons of Redken straightener and a curling iron.

Your mother? Caring, loving

Your father? Hilarious, always making me laugh

Your favorite food? Anything Italiano

Your dream last night? Wouldn't you like to know??

Your favorite drink? Ice cold, Coca Cola Classic from a fountain with tons of ice and a straw

Your dream/goal? To learn something new everyday.

The room are you in? My office, It's like my little haven. My guitars and amps are in there, this is where I play most of the time and record. I have the most radical work space for crafting and it's decorated with entertainment memoriabilia. Of course "my" wall is ALL Jimmy Eat World. *sigh* Just put up my signed vinyls last night.

Your hobby? Playing guitar, learning new songs, writing (songs and in general), reading, anything creative

Your fear? Spiders. I hate a spider. They go for the jugular.

Your TV? I have several. My favourite would be the one in my master bedroom. It's a giant flat screen mounted to the wall.

Your Pets? Two darling cats. Johnathan is a very large tabby and Anthony Jr. is a Russian Blue

Friends? I have the most amazing friends. The friends I have made over the past two years are the best friends I have ever had. I have never felt more like I could trust or depend anyone like I can with these people. I hope we keep each other forever. They really make me smile every single day.

Your life? Busy. I can't even describe the amount of shit in my day planner for this coming week. It makes me cringe.

Your mood? At this point..pleasant, despite the fact that I have been up since 7:30 am

If you're missing someone? I always miss someone :)

Your best friend? I hate this term. I like to think all my friends are equal. If I had to pick one I would say Jessie. She's amazing. She's thoughtful, hilarious, RADICAL, understanding, caring, talented, smart, she would hug me if I needed a hug, kick someone's ass if I needed it kicked, stand beside me if no one else would, be there no to help me pick up the pieces even if I have broken it a million times before, listen at any hour of any day, laugh with me through everything and most importantly: she loves me for me. 100%

Part Two - The Where's?

Where do you want to be in 6 years? I don't know. I don't even know what I'm wearing tomorrow much less where I want to be in six years..

Where were you last night? Stuck in traffic for like 45 minutes and then hanging out with Rusty, constructing a window seat for Anthony Jr..

Where did you grow up? PG

One place that I go to over and over? Target Dollar Bins

Your favorite place to eat out? Hunan Star. Numba Four!!!

Wish list items? An acoustic guitar, a USB mic, a GPS for my car

Last time you laughed? about an hour ago. I was watching a Dane Cook standup

Last time you cried? Last night during the movie Up! How do kids watch that stuff?? It was mildly depressing in some parts.

Part Three - The What's?

Something that you aren't? Close minded.

Last thing you did? Drank coffee

What are you wearing? Jimmy Eat World T-shirt and boxers

Something you're not wearing? Shoes or socks

Your favorite store? Five Below or Hot Topic

There's A Porcupine in My Troat..

It's Friday. Finally.

Here's to hoping the work day goes by quickly.

I work in a medical office so all day long I hear about the effin' H1N1. We, naturally did not get any vacines, but we receive calls all day long about it. Everyone thinks they have it, are going to contract it, or needs to be vacined for it.

It's the same thing with the flu shots. People go ape over a flu shot. If you are really old, I get it, but mostly it's just hysteria when October rolls around.

On the drive home I was listening to some light FM radio and they did a segment on what people are doing different since H1N1. One lady said she uses her knuckles on the ATM, another dude called in and said he uses his elbows to press the button for the elevator...

I was a little baffled. Hysteria.

I guess I'm the weirdo. I work in a doctors office, where we have come in contact with a few patients that actually had swine and I still don't use my shoe to hit the elevator buttons.

With all of this talk of Swine..I must report I did wake up with a sore throat this morning and a "pup" nose (as I call it...get it?? Pups have cold, wet noses?). We lost power last night due to remnants of Hurricane Ida (raining for 4 effin' days). No power, no heat. This resulted in a porcupine finding it's home in my throat.

Does this provide me with enough of a reason to have more than one cup today??

I think so :)

"Off With You.."

Some random bits for you:

It's been a crazy two days at work. A few changes are taking place. My boss of the past four years left on Tuesday. He was a great guy. We often sang show tune duets randomly. Lots of Sound of Music going on here. So to him I say: "So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye".

I got a big chunk of "new" work added to my already insane work load. I've been trying to sort this out a bit, make things flow. It's been such a long week. It's one of those weeks where the days just flow into each other and you lose track of time. Driving here this morning I was thinking it was Friday.

Nope.

Thursday.

It's been raining cats and dogs for two days with no intentions of ending until Sunday. This makes me want to lay on my couch and read a book. This also makes me sad because my weekly coffee date may be cancelled due to this.

Tuesday evening my Hubs arrived home late night and wanted to go back out to pick up Call of Duty Modern Warfare Two. Which is fine with me, I love CoD. So we braved the weather to purchase it. Of course, since he is a teacher he had off yesterday from work. This equates to Robbie playing XBox all day in his jammies. Yup.

Last night before bed I still heard the television going. I was perplexed because usually he is out like a light long before me. I called out:

"What are you doing?"

To this he says, nonchalantly:

"Saving the world".

Alllllllright.

Carry on then good sir.

Music Memoirs, Tuesday Tunes!

Tuesday Tunes: Week 108
It's November and this month is about giving thanks, tell us a few of the musical things that you are thankful for, be it albums, shows you've seen, electronics you've bought etc. Whatever has made your musical life better in the last year.

Yummy..I like this topic. Here it goes: In list form, because I can.

-Clarity X10-Two shows, two nights in a row (Jimmy E.W)

-Free tickets to Philly show (Jimmy E.w)

-Upcoming Atlantic City gig (Jimmy E. W)

-Muse-The Resistance

-Lady Gaga, in all her splendor. She's a nutter, that one, but I quite frankly, I love her.

-New amp cord that allows for recording input and microphone inputs. (thanks j)

-My new computer that has more musical capabilities for recording

-Pearl Jam-Backspacer and really "finding" Ed Vedder. He's seriously amazing.

-Chopin's Raindrop Prelude

-Patsy Cline's greatest hits-For helping me make all of those beautiful cakes along the way..

-My ipod. Okay, it's not new and I did not buy it this year, in fact, it's old and clunky and ridiculous but it's mine and I love it. It completes me. <3

-to keep with this: My iLuv headphones. They are intense.

-The new Jim stuff

-That amazing Travis show I attended several months back. Religious.

-Dustland Fairytale by the Killers

-Rob Sheffield's Love is a Mix Tape. Incredible book.

-Warm days, playing guitar in the sunlight at lunch or break. Singing in the sunshine.

I think that sums it up!

Oh, and P.S., By the way:

"It's Reality Show Clip Time!!!!!"

I am not surprised to report that my haircut didn't go as planned on Saturday. I showed the new girl the picture of what I wanted. She proceeded to cut all of my hair off. I got the basic style, just about two inches shorter than requested. Oh well, right??

What can you do? I am so accustomed to this action that I just kind of deeply sigh and say: It will grow back.

To completely change the subject: Does anyone watch the Soup with Joel Mchale? Well the clip of the week was freaking hilarious. Everytime I think about it I chuckle out loud. Which makes my co workers give me odd looks. I despise the Today Show. I always end up watching it though. I watch my local NBC news in the morning and in the process of running around to get ready the Today Show comes on immediately after. Well on Halloween, I left super early so I missed it that day. Apparently, thanks to the Clip of the Week, the cast of the Today Show dressed as Star Wars characters. They hired some dudes to play Ewoks. They were full garb, real deal ewoks. Super cute. Well they were NUTS! They were grabbing/drinking martini glasses, fighting and kicking each other and the one playing Wickett moon walked, grabbed his self and then proceeded to hump Al Rokers leg and then the ground. It was seriously the funniest thing I have seen in a long time.

Check it out:

Wild Nights in Merryland..

I am very excited that today is Friday. I have some wild stuff going on this evening and weekend. (quiet down Mrs! I really do!)

First of all, this evening I am going to Dunkin Donuts with Jzill to get some coffee. Coffee after 5 pm is probably a bad idea for someone who doesn't sleep much like myself, but I need an extra kick today. So coffee it is. J and I have been going out once a week to get coffee. The weather is just right for sitting outside at the tables and talking.

After cowfee tawk..I get to go to Wally World. *insert sarcastic smile* I really hate grocery shopping. Nothing good comes from this. In my next life I will be rich and famous and I will never ever grocery shop. True story.

Hubs has a late soccer game this evening so I am going to get extra cleaning done. I like help around the house but sometimes it's just easier to plow through on your own. Plus, with no one in the house I can blast New Kids on The Block or Britney Spears without getting moans, groans and eyebrow lifts. After work is done I will be going on a date with Christopher Straub. Mmmhmm...Can't wait. I hope he kicks some serious ass and is NOT in the bottom three again. No worries Christafa love-you are always in my top three *wink*

Tomorrow I have a hair appointment and mild shopping with Amber. I have not had a hair cut since February. My hair is out of control. I gave my lady a picture of what I wanted last time and she just went to town and did her own thing. I have had a sort of phobia since then. Amber has been on my case to trust again :) So I am off to a new lady tomorrow.

So yeah, that's it. Big wild evening/weekend. Hold on to your hat folks!

What are your plans??