some favorites

of mine lately are:

1. Homemade apple cider... yum.

2. Re-connecting with this old girl... stay tuned!

3. Using the excuse "It's the holidays!" to eat what-
ever the hell I want.

4. A very Wham! christmas.


5. HAM.


wham! ham! wham! ham! wham! ham!

I've Searched The World Over...

we're going to see cracker tonight at summerfest .
i saw them in '99 or so in santa fe and it was fun.
a lot of their songs from 'kerosene hat' totally
remind me of high school and this was a favorite
of ours... i remember listening to it while driving
richard, my little '76 toyota corolla. good times.

for amanda:

heard them today thought of you.

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!

This One's For The Children...

is a song from New Kids On The Block's Christmas Album...
from the 80's. I'm sure all you ex-lovers of NKOTB have heard
the hiARious news that our favorite Bean-Towners are making
their comeback... lovin' it! As an awkward mid-schooler, (horrible
photos coming soon!) I loved me some New Kids. I was sure I was
going to marry Donnie Wahlberg one day... I just knew it.

Anyhow, needless to say, that didn't pan out, so I'll just
Hang Tough for the next few days and wait to see
if they are as awesomely bad as before!



** Who was your favorite New Kid?

Barrier Reef

"My names Stuart Ransom Miller, I'm a serial lady killer..." ~Old 97's

Just Back Butterin'

is a term used in tiling and construction...
"Hey, man, I need some back butter NOW!
Keep it comin'... I need it all day long!"
(you had to be there.)


Anyhow, I had the day off so I got to sleep
in with the boys (my favorite thing to do!) and
then Craig and I drove up to East Central for
some delicious breakfast @ Perea's. The drive
to "that part of town" is always a blast as it
is the perfect area for some prime people watching.

We both had Huevos Rancheros.



And these are some shots, some played with,
of the drive back down East Central:







Then, upon return home, the 3 of us hopped back into
bed and took a nap for about an hour or so while listening
to re-runs of Craig's homies on the Don and Mike Show.
We woke up to Bombs flippin' out over the mail delivery.
At that point, we got up and had some tasty iced coffee
and did some chores. I got into some overalls and a
pink tee 'cause it was/is hot and Craig flirted with
me by saying I looked as though I was starring in a
porno 'cause of my outfit. Gosh, he's so frickin' sweet.

Now we're about to head out to the sto' fo' something
for supper. I really don't feel like cooking, so who
knows, we may have leftover pizza and a salad. We are
also going to watch World's Fastest Indian tonight, so
I'm looking forward to that. I love movie night with my
sweets.

As we say in these parts..laterzzz.

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

Rise Up With Fists!!

here's a great song by jenny lewis + the watson twins:



i love the hee- haw inspired theme... and the
loretta lynn act. i saw loretta in seattle in 2001
and she was just awesome.

of course.

Fans Of: Lists and Music...

head over to Music Mamas to list your Friday Fives...
this week is heartbreak and break-up songs.

and this was harder than it sounds to pick just 5...
i love me some sad, sappy, feel so bad music.

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

Love is a Battlefield

(inspired by the South Park episode on Indian Gaming...)

Damn.

With every cheesey ounce of my almost 31 year
old being, I love being a child of the 80's... lucky bitch.


(did you notice 'Nathan Arizona' as her pops?)

My favorite part is the "Slutty Shoulder Shimmey Dance Off"
between the pimp and the sluts... so. dang. awesome.
I'm almost sure I've mastered the dance myself...almost.

"We are strong... no one can tell us we're wrong!!!"

FLAHSBACK!!!

Craig and I heard an interview with Steven Tyler and
Joe Perry on talk radio this morning in bed and it made
me remember this video. I loved all the videos for this
album in high school. ahhh, good times.

Cryin':

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