Las Mananitas

"Estas son Las Mananitas
Que cantaba el Rey David
Hoy por ser dia de tu santo
Te las cantamos a ti

Despierta mi bien, despierta
Mira que ya amanecio
Y los pajarillos cantan
La luna ya se metio

Que linda esta la manana
En que vengo a saludarte
Venimos todos con gusto
Y placer a felicitarte

El dia en que tu naciste
Nacieron todas las flores
Y en la plia del bautismo
Cantaron los ruisenoreas

Ya viene amaneciendo
Ya la luz del dia nos vio
Levantate de manana
Mira que ya amanecio"


I heard this song this afternoon in the
car and it made me think of my grandma
Elsie... she loved this song when I was
little. It was really nice hearing it again!

Whew, It's Almost Over!

the work week, that is.

Talked with my girl, Amanda yesterday and happy
to hear she'll be in NM in April... party time!




Went running again yesterday while Craig and
our cool friend , Joffe, talked bathrooms (ours
in particular) and showers and stuff. They will
be (woo-hoo!) finishing the project we started
last year and I couldn't be happier! And yes, our
bathroom was partially un-finished all year, get
over it... we can't all be perfect!

Made some pesto and pasta for dinner and also
had some delish Onion soup Craig made so damn
perfectly.

Today, I laughed at comments Rachael left me on
the old blog-- love that girl!

Also, I caught up on one of my fave sites, Stuff White
People Like and did a little work while anticipating
tonights new episode of America's Next Top Model...
my fave this cycle so far is Amis. She's cute and quirky.
And I'm sorry, but Fatima is a bitch.

Now, I'm patiently waiting for my lunch break so I
can grab a ginger ale and get some sun!

How's your day going so far?

"Evil home stereo, what good songs do you know?
Evil me, oh yeah I know, what good curves can you throw?

Well all that icing and all that cake,
I can't make it to your wedding, but I'm sure I'll be at your wake.
You were talk, talk, talk, talkin' in circles that day,
when you get to the point make sure that I'm still awake, OK?"

~Modest Mouse , Bukowski

Silver Stallion

I'm gonna steal a silver stallion
With not a mark upon his silky hide
Teach him he can trust me like a sister
One day we'll saddle up and ride

And we're gonna ride, we're gonna ride
Ride like the one eyed jack
Of diamonds with the devil close behind
We're gonna ride, we're gonna ride

I'm gonna find me a reckless man
Razor blades and dice in his eyes
Just a touch of sadness in his fingers
Thunder and lightening in his thighs

And we're gonna ride, we're gonna ride
Ride like the one eyed jack
Of diamonds with the devil close behind
We're gonna ride, we're gonna ride

I'm gonna chase the sky forever
With the man and the stallion and the wind
The sun is gonna burn into a cinder
Before we ever pass this way again

And we're gonna ride, we're gonna ride
Ride like the one eyed jack
Of diamonds with the devil close behind
We're gonna ride, we're gonna ride


~Cat Power covering the Highwaymen

You Took My Joy, I Want It Back

one of my faves, Lucinda Williams, will be on
Austin City Limits this weekend! I hope I can
stay awake long enough to catch her awesomeness!

I hope she plays some old favorites!

"I don't want you anymore,
cause you took my joy.
I don't want you anymore,
you took my joy.

You took my joy,
I want it back.
You took my joy,
I want it back.

I'm gonna go to West Memphis and look for my joy,
go to West Memphis and look for my joy.
Maybe in West Memphis I'll find my joy
Maybe in West Memphis I'll find my joy.

I'm gonna go to Slidell and look for my joy,
go to Slidell and look for my joy.
Maybe in Slidell I'll find my joy.
maybe in Slidell I'll find my joy."

Don't Let Me Explode

"he said what about los angeles. she said we never really
made it that far west. we scored big in denver and we
thought it might be best... to go hang around in the upper
midwest. he said what about new orleans. she said i don't
think you understand what that means. all those hangers on.
the girls lifting up their shirts when the cameras come on.
we were tryin' stay away from those kind of scenes. we
didn't go to dallas... 'cause jackie onassis said that
it ain't safe for catholics yet. think about what they
pulled on kennedy. and then think about his security.
then think about what they might try to pull on you and me.

saint barbara i'm calling your name. don't let me blow up.
we'll hook it all up. i guess there's fields of speed where
there's fields of grain. saint barbara don't let me explode.
i can feel the whole scene starting to corrode when we're
fooling around on the frontage roads.

he asked what happened to charlemagne. she just smiled all
polite-like and said something vague. she said charlemagne
got caught up in some complicated things. she wiped at her
nose and she winked."

~the Hold Steady

Good Day...

it has been so far. My Sweet Baby was a bit
under the weather yesterday and he's feeling
better today so YAY. I got to stay in bed for
a while with our very own monster and then
I listened to some good music on my way to work.

oh, and tonight is America's Next Top Model. yay.


"I say to myself
Self, why are you awake again? It's one a.m.
Standing with the fridge wide open, staring
Such a sight, florescent light
The stars are bright
Might make a wish, if I believed in that shit but
As it is, I might watch TV
Cause it's nice to see people more messed up than me
I say to myself, as I smile at the wall, just let myself fall

It's gonna be all right, no matter what they say
It's gonna be a good day, just wait and see
It's gonna be alright, cause I'm alright with me
It's gonna be, it's gonna be, it's gotta be

I shiver, shut the door
Can't think standing here no more
I'm alone, my mine's racing, heart breaking
Can you be everything I need you to be?
Can you protect me like a daughter?
Can you love me like a father?
Can you drink me like water?
Say I'm like the desert, Just Way Hotter.

The point of it all
Is that if I should fall
Still you're name I'll call

It's gonna be all right, no matter what they say
It's gonna be a good day, just wait and see
It's gonna be OK, cause I'm OK with me
It's gonna be, it's gonna be

As long as we laugh out loud
Laugh like we're mad
Cause this crazy, mixed up beauty is all that we have
Because what's love but an itch we can't scratch, a joke we can't catch
God, but still we laugh

Get back in bed, turn off the TV
You say "I'll be alright baby, just wait and see."

~Jewel

L-O-L-A, Lola

a friend and I used to LOVE this song in highschool:

I met her in a club down in old Soho where they
drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry
cola C-O-L-A cola
she walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said
Lola L-O-L-A Lola Lo lo lo lo Lo - la

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she sqeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well, we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candle light
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
and said "dear boy won't you come home with me?"
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy,
but when I looked in her eyes, well I almost fell for my
Lola Lo lo lo lo Lo - la Lo lo lo lo Lo - la
Lola Lo lo lo lo Lo - la Lo lo lo lo Lo - la

I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Girl will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola

Well I left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said "Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man"

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad that I'm a man
And so is Lola...

~the Kinks

Stephenville, Texas

I went to see Jewel last night (2nd row!)and
she was just gorgeous! She played acoustic
and I teared up several times because
her lyrics are so touching and real.
Anyhoo, it was a great show and she
even yodeled for her encore! She had
a super cute outfit on too... similar to
this one, but in black.


Housewives told to recapture their youth
By wearing floral print and suede
Fixing their hairdos with PC, chemical-free hairspray
Martha Stewart taught them to make on TV
I was raised a farmgirl
I'm too far from home, all alone on the road
Trying to figure out who I am now the the stardust has turned to sand
And the sand has turned to stone on the starmaking machine

I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began

And my daddy, he wrote songs and he broke colts
And he went back to school to get a degree
Now he teaches music to kids, he taught music to me
And this Alaskan girl was living in Stephenville, Texas
Yes, you guessed it, I moved here because I fell in love with a man
And I moved his ex-old lady's things out of the closet
The same closet I had to move my things back in
It didn't make me feel that great, as if to demonstrate
Everything's temporary if you give it enough time
But hey, I'm just a kid, I've got nothing to lose
I'm a singer of songs, I'm a player for crowds
Hey Mom, look, I'm an entertainer
I'm a modern day troubadour trying to find justice with six strings
Trying to make the world make sense out of me
Trying to be loved completely, trying to love honestly
Trying to find a decent high noon cup of tea
In another shitty hotel
I'm trying to listen to the leaves speak
Trying to steal secrets from fishes in the creek
Trying to figure out who I am
A pretty mediocre cook, an even worse mathematician, maybe a mother one day
What will it be?

And I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began

I'm trying to figure out who I am
But there's no hand to hold, no Doctor Martin Luther King
There's just syncophants
And the mindlessness on TV
We all read magazines for the latest ways to behave
So why not follow me, the blond bombshell deity?
I'll sell you neat ideas without big words
And a little bit of cleavage to help wash it all down
Hey, everybody thought Godard was a clown
And that ain't gonna be me

And I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
And I'm 31 years old
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
Guess that just means I'm in Texas

Soul Rebel

This lovely tune was on the playlist
while I was making my baby some dinner
last night...and he totally loved my
cooking outfit! And my fried chicken
also kicked ass!


I'm a rebel, soul rebel
I'm a capturer, soul adventurer
I'm a rebel, soul rebel
I'm a capturer, soul adventurer

See the morning sun, the morning sun
On the hillside
If you're not living good, travel wide
You gotta travel wide
Said I'm a living man
And I've got work to do
If you're not happy, children
Then you must be blue
Must be blue, people say

I'm a rebel, let them talk,
Soul rebel, talk won't bother me
I'm a capturer, that'w what they say
Soul adventurer, night and day
I'm a rebel, soul rebel
Do you hear them lippy
I'm a capturer, gossip around the corner
Soul adventurer. How they adventure on me

But, see the morning sun, the morning sun
On the hillside
If you're not living good, travel wide
You gotta travel wide
Said I'm a living man
I've got work to do
If you're not happy, then you must be blue
Must be blue, people say

I'm a rebel, soul rebel
I'm a capturer, soul adventurer
Do you hear me
I'm a rebel, rebel in the morning
Soul rebel, rebel at midday time

~Bob Marley

HOPE

How can you say. "You torture me", when
you're already thinking about someone else.
When he comes home you'll be in his arm
and I'll be gone. But I know my day will come,
I know someday I'll be the only one.

So now you wait for a spark, you know it
will turn you on.He's gonna make you feel
the way you want to feel.When he starts to lie,
when he makes you cry you'll know I'll
be there. My day will come, I know someday
I'll be the only one.

Call me selfish, call it what you'd like
I think it's right. To want someone for all
your own and not to share their love.
But I'll have my way. You don't stand a
chance anyway. Cause I got to you...
you don't stand a chance.

So now you wait for his spark, you know it
will turn you on. He's gonna make you feel the
way you want to feel. When he starts to lie, when
he makes you cry you'll know I'll be there.
My day will come, I know someday I'll be the
only one. My day will come, I know someday
I'll be the only one.

You say you want perfection, I feel your
self-destruction. You don't know what you want,
it's gonna take you years to find out. I am not
giving up. And when you've had enough, you'll
take your bruised little head and you'll come
running back to me -
I know that I will be the only one.

~Descendants or Sublime version, you decide.

Knock Loud

some favorites...

666 - the sign of the beast(s)...

yum.

anxious before all the rocking out...

craig making prickly pear butter... he took the last shot.



halloween in our front yard... coming soon!



Knock loud, I'm home
Just sleeping to pass the time
Wondering if you'll come by to visit me

Ten years have passed
Since you walked out of my life
But late last night in the pharmacy
You were in the line in front of me
So I ran away to hide

Knock loud I'm home
I wrote in black felt pen
Took that sign and taped it to the door

If you come in
To see how I have been
Make sure the door is closed behind you

Stand above me
While I poised do plunge
Through my heart attack
Kills the worst of me
Said I was sorry
Drink to forgive
I wake up alone
Knock loud I'm home

~Neko Case

Kissing the Lipless

Of course we had a great time at the Shins show
and while sounding just fabulous, they played all
my favorite songs! Craig and I sat sweetly in awe
while they just rocked the place. It was soooo nice
of **** to hook us up w/ tickets even though he's a
flippin' rock star! Thank you baby for taking me on
one fun ass date!

here's some of the playlist that i remember:

Know Your Onion
Kissing the Lipless
One by One All Day
Sea Legs
Pressed in a Book
Young Pilgrams
Caring is Creepy
New Slang (overplayed but AMAZING live!)
Phantom Limb
Girl Inform Me

i know there were more, these are all i remember.

here's a video for your viewing pleasure:

It's Wednesday, Stay Gold

Seize upon that moment long ago
One breath away and there you will be
So young and carefree
Again you will see
That place in time...so gold

Steal away into that way back when
You thought that all would last forever
But like the weather
Nothing can ever...and be in time
Stay gold

But can it be
When we can see
So vividly
A memory
And yes you say
So must the day
Too, fade away
And leave a ray of sun
So gold

Life is but a twinkling of an eye
Yet filled with sorrow and compassion
though not imagined
All things that happen
Will age too old
Though gold...

~ Stevie Wonder

Outro With Bees

"How's hope feeling today?
Tired and sick of this place...
Red wine is fast,
At the lip of your glass,
Saying I'm going to ruin
Everything.
Everything...
So its better my sweet,
That we hover like bees...
'Cause there's no sure footing,
No love, I believe."

~ Neko Case
my favorite.

Breakin' Up

"it's not as if new york city
burnt down to the ground
once you drove away
it's not as if the sun won't shine
when clouds up above
wash the blues away

are we breaking up?
are we breaking up?
is there trouble between you and i?
did my heart break enough?
did it break enough this time?

here's to all the pretty words
we will never speak
here's to all the pretty girls
you're gonna meet

am i breaking up?
am i breaking up?
is there trouble on the line?
did your heart break enough?
did it break enough this time?

ooh it feels good to be free
ooh it feels good to be free
ooh it feels good to be free

betrayal is a thorny crown
you wear it well
just like a king
revenge is the saddest thing
honey, i'm afraid to say
you deserve everything

am i breaking up?
are we breaking up?
is there trouble between the lines?
did your heart break enough?
did it break enough this time?

ooh it feels good to be free
ooh it feels good to be free
ooh it feels good to be free"

-Rilo Kiley



new favorite album...
it'll make you want to put
on some roller skates and
dance along to the funky lyrics!

Put Your Records On

Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

Maybe sometimes, we've got it wrong, but it's alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don't you hesitate.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in the bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love that afro hair do.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don't you think it's strange?

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

'Twas more than I could take, pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realise, that you don't even have to try any longer?
Do what you want to.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, you're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow


-Corinne Bailey Rae
(my middle name...corinne. ew.)

In Your Eyes

"Love, I get so lost, sometimes...
days pass and this emptiness fills my heart.
when I want to run away
I drive off in my car,
but whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are.

All my instincts, they return,
and the grand facade, so soon will burn.
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside.

In your eyes,
the light the heat.
In your eyes,
I am complete.
In your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches.
In your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches.
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat..
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes.

Love, I don't like to see so much pain...
So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive

And all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn.
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside..."

Peter Gabriel

Factory Girl

So, the factory girl she listens
For the sound of her daddys engine
Till the work bell sounds and she leaves town

Oh, the summers here are hot
All she seems to do is work and sleep
I wish that she was still with you

Now you dont know where she is
Lying in her mothers bed
Or who shes sleeping with.

Oh, the kids will laugh at her
Cause she seems so sweet and pure
Oh, I took this shift because of her.

Oh, Ive never said a word
I once smiled and looked at her
Till the shift-boss said get back to work.

Now you dont know where she is
Or whos bed shes sleepin in
Or what man shes sleeping with.

Whiskeytown, Faithless Street

Let There Be Rock

Drive-By Truckers:
Southern Rock Opera, act 2.



Dropped acid, Blue Oyster Cult concert, fourteen years old,
And I thought them lasers were a spider chasing me.
On my way home, got pulled over in Rogersville Alabama, with a half-ounce of weed and a case of Sterling Big Mouth.
My buddy Gene was driving, he just barely turned sixteen.
And I'd like to say, "I'm sorry", but we lived to tell about it
And we lived to do a whole lot more crazy, stupid, shit.

And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Molly Hatchet
With 38 Special and the Johnny Van Zant Band.

One night when I was seventeen, I drank a fifth of vodka, on an empty stomach, then drove over to a friend's house. And I backed my car between his parent's Cadillac's without a scratch.
Then crawled to the back door and slithered threw the key hole, and sneaked up the stares
And puked in the toilet.
I passed out and nearly drowned but his sister, DD, pulled me out.

And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Molly Hatchet
And the band that I was in played "The Boy's are Back in Town".

Skynyrd was set to play Huntsville, Alabama, in the spring of 77, I had a ticket but it got cancelled.
So, the show, it was rescheduled for the "Street Survivors Tour".
And the rest, as they say, is history.

So I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoads in 82
Right before that plane crash.
And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw AC/DC
With Bon Scott singing, "Let There Be Rock Tour".

With Bon Scott singing, LET THERE BE ROCK!

~this was on the playlist today... so. damn. good.

Heaven is a Place on Earth...

"When the night falls down
I wait for you
And you come around
And the world's alive
With the sound of kids
On the street outside

When you walk into the room
You pull me close and we start to move
And we're spinning with the stars above
And you lift me up in a wave of love...

Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth ?
Ooh heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh heaven is a place on earth

When I feel alone
I reach for you
And you bring me home
When I'm lost at sea
I hear your voice
And it carries me

In this world we're just beginning
To understand the miracle of living
Baby I was afraid before
But I'm not afraid anymore

Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth ?
Ooh heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh heaven is a place on earth..."

-Belinda Carlisle

I heard this song today and it reminded me
of the dance I did in the 5th grade talent
show with Charmaine... we literally wore
matching acid wash denim skirts, pink pocket
tees, pink socks, white keds and pink Madonna
like lacey gloves. I really wish I had a photo!