Another day has almost come and gone,
can't imagine what else could go wrong,
sometimes I'd like to hide away somewhere and lock the door
a single battle lost, but not the war.
Cause tomorrow's another day, and I'm thirsty anyway
so bring on the rain!
Its almost like the hard times circle 'round
a couple drops and they all start coming down
Yeah I might feel defeated and I might hang my head
I might be barely breathing
but I'm not dead yet.
Cause tomorrow's another day, and I'm thirsty anyway
so bring on the rain.
No I'm not gonna let it get me down, I'm not gonna cry,
and I'm not gonna loose any sleep tonight.
Cause tomorrow's another day, and I'm not afraid
so bring on the rain.
Tomorrow's another day, and I'm thirsty anyway,
so bring on the rain!
Bring on the rain.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
You know what I love???
I mean really, truly, emphatically LOOOOVE?
The BBC/A&E version of Pride and Prejudice.... I just cannot get enough of it, nor do I tire of it easily... And each time I find something new of interest.
I am amazed at how clever it is!
I LOOOOVE it!!!
Truly, Madly, Deeply... ;)
The BBC/A&E version of Pride and Prejudice.... I just cannot get enough of it, nor do I tire of it easily... And each time I find something new of interest.
I am amazed at how clever it is!
I LOOOOVE it!!!
Truly, Madly, Deeply... ;)
Saturday, February 16, 2008
still around
Noo no no.... I didn't fall of the face of the earth, and I didn't dissappear....
I've just been stressed and worried and stuff.... and when that happens... I withdraw from everything and everyone as best I can.... If I were a turtle, I would just live within my shell for weeks and weeks.... sigh....
Anywho, so that's that. And now I am going to stop beating myself up for not writing on my blog. 'cause I just did! :)
I've just been stressed and worried and stuff.... and when that happens... I withdraw from everything and everyone as best I can.... If I were a turtle, I would just live within my shell for weeks and weeks.... sigh....
Anywho, so that's that. And now I am going to stop beating myself up for not writing on my blog. 'cause I just did! :)
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Blogg wars, tags... watch out I've just discovered them!
So, I've just discovered that there is something fun like blog wars and blog taggs', and though I've neither been "attacked" or tagged... I just thought it sounded so fun, plus it's given me something to write about!
So here goes, and all my friends, to you I say, watch out!!!!! :)
A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
10 years ago: I was serving a mission, this very time ten years ago my depression bloomed, so I was probably sitting in my apartement bawling my eyes out. On a happy note I was in Stavanger, Norway, and I had a great "district" of Elders... and my companion was Sister Noelle Blanc.
5 things on my to-do list today:
1. Fold laundry
2. Put away the laundry I have folded!
3. Write three emails, and on my blog.
4. Make plans for next week, including back-up plans if something goes awry.
5. Snuggle with LuLu (the cat)
5 Snacks I enjoy:
1. Brownies
2. Layes Potato Chips w/Cheddar Cheese
3. Chocolate chip cookies (the ones from Costco)
4. Chips and salsa
5. Dove's Dark Chocolates
What I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:
Pay off my debts. Give my friend Emily a day at the Nail Salon and my friend Heidi a day at the Spa! And find a place to live!
5 places I have lived:
1. Bergen, Norway
2. San Jose, California
3. Provo, Utah
4. Seattle, Washington
5. Stavanger, Norway
5 jobs that I have had:
1. My very first job was to stroll a neighbours' baby around my neighbourhood for an hour or two, three times a week. Guess that's where it all started!
2. Gardener's Crew at the Provo Temple, (Utah), that was actually a very fun job!
3. Grocery Checker at ICA in Stavanger, Norway
4. Substitute Teacher at the International School of Stavanger, Norway.
5. Nanny/Au-Pair in California, Seattle and Utah
5 Things people don't know about me:
Hmmmm.
1. Exactly HOW nerdy I can be?!?!
2. I had a crooked spine as a child and when I learned to walk and run, I ran sideways, like a crab...
3. I talk and walk in my sleep....
4. I am actually kinda shy. (I know it's hard to believe, but it's true!)
5. My pretty extensive knowledge of alcoholic beverages.
Ok, I tag Tamsin, Erin and Julie Donaldson! You're it!
So here goes, and all my friends, to you I say, watch out!!!!! :)
A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
10 years ago: I was serving a mission, this very time ten years ago my depression bloomed, so I was probably sitting in my apartement bawling my eyes out. On a happy note I was in Stavanger, Norway, and I had a great "district" of Elders... and my companion was Sister Noelle Blanc.
5 things on my to-do list today:
1. Fold laundry
2. Put away the laundry I have folded!
3. Write three emails, and on my blog.
4. Make plans for next week, including back-up plans if something goes awry.
5. Snuggle with LuLu (the cat)
5 Snacks I enjoy:
1. Brownies
2. Layes Potato Chips w/Cheddar Cheese
3. Chocolate chip cookies (the ones from Costco)
4. Chips and salsa
5. Dove's Dark Chocolates
What I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:
Pay off my debts. Give my friend Emily a day at the Nail Salon and my friend Heidi a day at the Spa! And find a place to live!
5 places I have lived:
1. Bergen, Norway
2. San Jose, California
3. Provo, Utah
4. Seattle, Washington
5. Stavanger, Norway
5 jobs that I have had:
1. My very first job was to stroll a neighbours' baby around my neighbourhood for an hour or two, three times a week. Guess that's where it all started!
2. Gardener's Crew at the Provo Temple, (Utah), that was actually a very fun job!
3. Grocery Checker at ICA in Stavanger, Norway
4. Substitute Teacher at the International School of Stavanger, Norway.
5. Nanny/Au-Pair in California, Seattle and Utah
5 Things people don't know about me:
Hmmmm.
1. Exactly HOW nerdy I can be?!?!
2. I had a crooked spine as a child and when I learned to walk and run, I ran sideways, like a crab...
3. I talk and walk in my sleep....
4. I am actually kinda shy. (I know it's hard to believe, but it's true!)
5. My pretty extensive knowledge of alcoholic beverages.
Ok, I tag Tamsin, Erin and Julie Donaldson! You're it!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Getting to know you....
Inspired by my dear cousin, I am posting this for those who want to get to know me! :)
Directions: Place an X by all the things you've done,or remove the X from the ones you have not. This is foryour entire life thus far:
(x) Crashed a friend's car...
( ) Stolen a car
( ) Been in love with a someone in a cowboy hat! (if Garth Brooks counts I am guilty!)
(X) Been dumped
(x) Been fired
(X) Snuck out of your parent's house (my fathers', my cusin and I, we were 13 I think...)
(X) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) Been arrested
( ) Gone on a blind date
(X) Lied to a friend (No I am not going to tell you who!)
(X) Skipped school
( ) Seen someone die
( ) Been to Canada.....
( ) Been to Mexico
(X) Been on a plane
( ) Purposely set a part of yourself onfire...........
(X) Eaten sushi.
(X) Been water skiing
(X) Been snow skiing
(X ) Met someone from the internet---
(X) Gone to a concert
(X) Taken pain-killers (Not the serious ones!)
(X) Love someone or miss someone right now
(X) Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(X) Made a snow angel
(X) Had a tea party
(X) Flown a kite
(X) Built a sand castle
(X) Gone puddle jumping
(X) Played dress up
(X) Jumped into a pile of leaves
(X) Gone sledding
(X) Cheated while playing a game
(X) Been lonely
(X) Fallen asleep at work/school
( ) Used a fake ID
(X) Watched the sun set
(X) Felt an earthquake
(X) Slept beneath the stars
(X) Been tickled
( ) Been robbed/mugged
(X) Been misunderstood
(X) Petted a reindeer/deer/goat/kangaroo ORjackalope....JUST A GOAT
(X) Won a contest
(X) Run a red light/stop sign. (it was a stop sign...not a proud moment!)
( ) Been suspended from school
(X) Been in a car crash?
( ) Had braces
(X) Felt like an outcast/third person
(X) Eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
(X) Had deja vu
( ) Danced in the moonlight
(X) Liked the way you looked
( ) Witnessed a crime
(X) Questioned your heart
( ) Been obsessed with post-it notes
(X) Squished mud through your bare feet
(X) Been lost....
(X) Been on the opposite side of the country (Does Chicago O'Hare Intl. Airport count?)
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Felt like dying maybe from embarrassment!
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
( ) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang karaoke
(X) Paid for a meal with only coins
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(X) Made prank phone calls
( ) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose...
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Danced in the rain
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe.
(X) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about
(X) Blown bubbles
(x ) Made a bonfire on the beach.
(X) Crashed a party-
(X) Gone roller-skating
(X) Had a wish come true
( ) Jumped off a bridge to swim.
Directions: Place an X by all the things you've done,or remove the X from the ones you have not. This is foryour entire life thus far:
(x) Crashed a friend's car...
( ) Stolen a car
( ) Been in love with a someone in a cowboy hat! (if Garth Brooks counts I am guilty!)
(X) Been dumped
(x) Been fired
(X) Snuck out of your parent's house (my fathers', my cusin and I, we were 13 I think...)
(X) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) Been arrested
( ) Gone on a blind date
(X) Lied to a friend (No I am not going to tell you who!)
(X) Skipped school
( ) Seen someone die
( ) Been to Canada.....
( ) Been to Mexico
(X) Been on a plane
( ) Purposely set a part of yourself onfire...........
(X) Eaten sushi.
(X) Been water skiing
(X) Been snow skiing
(X ) Met someone from the internet---
(X) Gone to a concert
(X) Taken pain-killers (Not the serious ones!)
(X) Love someone or miss someone right now
(X) Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(X) Made a snow angel
(X) Had a tea party
(X) Flown a kite
(X) Built a sand castle
(X) Gone puddle jumping
(X) Played dress up
(X) Jumped into a pile of leaves
(X) Gone sledding
(X) Cheated while playing a game
(X) Been lonely
(X) Fallen asleep at work/school
( ) Used a fake ID
(X) Watched the sun set
(X) Felt an earthquake
(X) Slept beneath the stars
(X) Been tickled
( ) Been robbed/mugged
(X) Been misunderstood
(X) Petted a reindeer/deer/goat/kangaroo ORjackalope....JUST A GOAT
(X) Won a contest
(X) Run a red light/stop sign. (it was a stop sign...not a proud moment!)
( ) Been suspended from school
(X) Been in a car crash?
( ) Had braces
(X) Felt like an outcast/third person
(X) Eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
(X) Had deja vu
( ) Danced in the moonlight
(X) Liked the way you looked
( ) Witnessed a crime
(X) Questioned your heart
( ) Been obsessed with post-it notes
(X) Squished mud through your bare feet
(X) Been lost....
(X) Been on the opposite side of the country (Does Chicago O'Hare Intl. Airport count?)
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Felt like dying maybe from embarrassment!
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
( ) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang karaoke
(X) Paid for a meal with only coins
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(X) Made prank phone calls
( ) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose...
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Danced in the rain
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe.
(X) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about
(X) Blown bubbles
(x ) Made a bonfire on the beach.
(X) Crashed a party-
(X) Gone roller-skating
(X) Had a wish come true
( ) Jumped off a bridge to swim.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Austenpalooza
So, waiting for many many months now, half agony half hope, the time did now come... Did I prepare properly? Did I raise or lower my expectations according to the reviews I'd read on directors, actors and writers? Would I EVER be satisfied??This was bigger than christmas, bigger than any promotion, or graduation, the wait has been sooo long, and yet, it seemed only like yesterday I was rejoicing in the news of the makings of an "Austen Season".
I had my hopes very high. The British have always, I thought, been good at preserving their own, and surely, Miss Jane Austen is as sacred as they come... But then, I had to remind myself, I am a Purist. In the very essence of the word. And like so many, I have my particular favorites, and opinions....
Persuasion - possibly my most favored book... possibly the "heroine"(Anne) I identify with the most, and the 1995 movie version (starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds) is the equivalent of perfection, in my mind.....
So why is it that we humans feel this indescribable need to mess with perfection????
The nicest thing I can say about the re-make, provided by Masterpiece Theatre is that Rupert Penry-Jones is very handsome, but NOT handsome enough to tempt me!! He did do a good job. But he's THE ONLY thing I found worth my time.... and that just isn't enough!
They butchered all my favorite scenes, the characters were just not enough of their characters to make me believe in them, and, again, why mess with perfection?
So, as I brush all my dissapointment aside, I straighten my back and square my shoulders in anticipation of the next showing, which is a version of the only book of Jane's that I had a hard time with, and no strong feelings to speak of...
BRING IT ON!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Elections 2008
So I was taking this test, for fun, to see which candidate in the 2008 elections I "should" support, and well.... though the result was a bit surprising, what really bothered me was the questions asked.... There are just some things I don't think the government should not decide or regulate on such a high level. I think it should be made down, closer to the people on a state level. There are many things where there are areas that are so gray and many different ways of looking at issues.
So here is my Political Compass-ness ;)
The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.36
(Apparantly this is close to someone named Ralph Nader... for those who care...)
And if you want to measure your own whatever-ness.... here are a link or two of some pages I think were pretty good.
http://www.onlytheissues.com/politics.cgi?page=test and
http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/libvsconserv.htm
Gave me a bit of a brain-itch, but hey that might not be such a bad thing!! :)
And lastly the shocking result:
So here is my Political Compass-ness ;)
The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.36
(Apparantly this is close to someone named Ralph Nader... for those who care...)
And if you want to measure your own whatever-ness.... here are a link or two of some pages I think were pretty good.
http://www.onlytheissues.com/politics.cgi?page=test and
http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/libvsconserv.htm
Gave me a bit of a brain-itch, but hey that might not be such a bad thing!! :)
And lastly the shocking result:
Who should I vote for for president in 2008? (If I could, that is....)
DELAWARE SEN. Joseph Biden (D)85.00% Match
Other Top Matches:
Senator John Edwards (D) 80%
Senator Mike Gravel (D)
Senator Barack Obama (D)
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