I had lunch with some friends recently and the ever popular game of "Best fill in the blank Ever" began with my friend Jon proclaiming Walking in Memphis as the best song ever! This boy was so confident in this songs position as best ever that when he asked the question he didn't immediately follow with the answer, as in his mind it should have been common knowledge to the other 9 people at the table that this 80's one hit wonder was the best song ever! He even rebuttaled my claim of "one hit wonder" by saying that once Marc Cohen wrote Walking in Memphis he had written the perfect song so why would he need to write another. I got two things from Jon's proclamation that day, first a big laugh... this guy loves him some Walking in Memphis, second the overwhelming need to share my indisputable best songs ever! I have broken them down into categories, that I made up, and included not only song title and artist, but the ever important best line! Songs are about the words after all, and if you are missing the words you are missing the song! So for Jon's sake I will say the the best line in Walking in Memphis is "she asked me are you a Christian boy? and I said ma'm I am tonite"
The following is a list of the best songs in a particular emotional state, a certain social situation, or simply of their genre. Please use this list at your own discretion and if you have never had the pleasure of hearing a song that has been mentioned on the list, google it, download it, buy it from i-tunes, whatever way you choose to get your music and ENJOY!!!!!!
Category: Cheesy
Title: Jesse's Girl
Artist: Rick Springfield
Best Line: "I 've been funny I've been cool with the lines, ain't that the way love's supposed to be"
Yes Rick, yes it is!!
Category: Two steppin'
Title: Fireman
Artist: George Straight
Best Line: "...this buddy left his woman burnin' out of control, with a little mouth to mouth she was rearin' to go, I'm the FIREMAN, that's my name... BURN EM' UP"
I would gladly risk death to have George Straight perform mouth to mouth on me!
Category: Want to hit stuff
Title: Last Resort
Artist: Papa Roach
Best Line: "Losing my sight, losing my mind, wish somebody would tell me I'm fine"
I agree Mr. Roach, sometimes you do just need somebody to tell you, you are fine!
Category: I wish someone would write a song like this about me
Title: Hey there Delilah
Artist: Plain White T's
Best Line: "...the world will never ever be the same, and you're to blame"
I know girl's, I know... we all want to be the one to change someones world.
Category: Drankin'
Title: Jose Cuervo
Artist: Shelly West
Best Line: " Tomorrow might be painful, but tonite we're gonna fly!"
If you have ever taken tequila shots you know of which she sings!
Category: I'm afraid you haven't heard it
Title: Shelter
Artist: Ray Lamontagne
Best Line: "... it's not like we planned it, you tried to stay but you could not stand it"
I don't even have a comment for this song, it is that good! The whole album is AMAZING!
Category: Where is this guy
Title: Everything
Artist: Alanis Morissette
Best Line: " you see all my light, and you love my dark, you dig everything of which I'm ashamed, there is nothing to which you can't relate... and you're still here"
She broke up with the guy she wrote this song about, apparently he is still there for Scarlette Johannson though!
Category: He/She's just not that into you...
Title: Insensitive
Artist: Jann Arden
Best Line: "... I fell to fast, I feel too much"
Uhh... raise your hand if you haven't been that poor shmuck!
Category: You don't want your mom to know you like
Title: Head Like a Hole
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Best Line: "... black as your soul, I'd rather die than give you control."
Best line is best screamed, it's that kind of song, you just have to scream it!
Category: Rainy afternoon
Title: Warm Love
Artist: Van Morrison
Best Line: "I dig it when your dressed up fancy in lace, I dig it when you have a smile on your face"
Who needs fancy lace when you have the smile on your face!!
Category: Journey (they are that good, they get their own category)
Title: Don't Stop Believin'
Artist: JOURNEY
Best Line: all of it, come on it's Journey!
Category: How could you stay mad
Title: Come back to Bed
Artist: John Mayer
Best Line: "I survive for the breath you are finished with"
Did he say survive? Oooohhhh, yea he did!!
Category: I just wanna dance
Title: Rock Your Body
Artist: Justin Timberlake
Best Line: who cares, just dance, let Justin rock your body! Don't judge me, I love Justin!
Category: Musicianship
Title: Hey Ya (acoustic)
Artist: Obadiah Parker
Best Line: It is still Oustkasts Hey Ya, but this guy will blow you away with his interpretation of this song, it is amazing! www.youtube.com/?v=8-8nkkOA_AM
Category: Funny Ha, Ha
Title: Don't Touch my Willie
Artist: Kevin Fowler
Best Line: "I don't pull out my Willie for just anyone, there are plenty of other record you can choose from."
Willie Nelson, what did YOU think he was talking about!
Category: Not your mom's church music
Title: 737
Artist: Shane Bernard
Best Line: "How'd you get that color of green, awesome, splendor Majesty?"
LOVE this musician, highly recommend him!!
Category: New, new wave
Title: Steady As She Goes
Artist: Raconteurs
Best Line: "you have to much to think, now you need a wife"
Jack White... 'nuff said
I think, as usual, I may have gotten a little carried away!! I get a little excited about music! And, I'll be honest this is just the tip of the Best fill in the blank ever iceberg! I am thinking up themes right now... Best movie lines ever, Best cartoons ever, Best cancelled to soon shows ever...
Okay I want to know what your best song ever are!!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Calling all NERDS!
You KNOW who you are, don't make me call you out!
I am inviting anyone reading (which is probably only my mom, but whatever!) to post a comment on the thing that is just plain NERDY about you, it can be one thing, it can be 12! I have decided it is time to break the shackles of nerdiness and just revel in all that makes you nerdy!
I will start...
I can't fall asleep at night until I have watched at least one episode of the West Wing on DVD.
My Current celebrity crush is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey Corey Booker.
I am obsessed with documentaries, I can't get enough of them! You name a subject I can give you a corresponding documentary! My current favorites in no particular order are:
#1 Cowboy Del Amor about an American Cowboy who fixes up other American cowboy's with wives from Mexico, this guy is funny and ridiculous!
#2 Street Fighter about the 2004 Mayoral campaign in Newark, I loved Corey Booker before this documentary, I sent him a fan letter after it... I am ridiculous.
#3 Wordplay about the competitive world of... wait for it... Crossword puzzles... some of you are honestly considering not talking to me anymore aren't you!
#4 Boys of Baraka about a group of inner city African American boys who are chosen to attend school in Africa, until the school loses funding and these kids are forced to try and re assimilate to there hometown. This one was pretty hard to watch.
# 5 Paperclip I HIGHLY suggest this movie about a group of kids from an all white, protestant tiny town in Tennessee do a project on the Holocaust, they collect a paperclip for each of the the 11 million people who died on the Holocaust the kids and their town are transformed!
I am counting down the days until the Journey Sing-along at the Drafthouse, do not think for one second I haven't been practicing my falsetto for Open Arms! I pity the person who has to sit next to me!
I constantly humanize inanimate objects, I name them, I assign a gender and if they are really important to me I have been known to sing them song or right them a nice haiku.
Example my car in college "Lolita" got her name for being a big temptress! She would make you think she would take you places, then half way there she would decide she didn't feel like going anywhere... brat! I'll be honest her haiku had a couple choice words in it... if you know what I'm sayin'!!
And the list could go on and on!!
Okay friends your turn!!
I am inviting anyone reading (which is probably only my mom, but whatever!) to post a comment on the thing that is just plain NERDY about you, it can be one thing, it can be 12! I have decided it is time to break the shackles of nerdiness and just revel in all that makes you nerdy!
I will start...
I can't fall asleep at night until I have watched at least one episode of the West Wing on DVD.
My Current celebrity crush is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey Corey Booker.
I am obsessed with documentaries, I can't get enough of them! You name a subject I can give you a corresponding documentary! My current favorites in no particular order are:
#1 Cowboy Del Amor about an American Cowboy who fixes up other American cowboy's with wives from Mexico, this guy is funny and ridiculous!
#2 Street Fighter about the 2004 Mayoral campaign in Newark, I loved Corey Booker before this documentary, I sent him a fan letter after it... I am ridiculous.
#3 Wordplay about the competitive world of... wait for it... Crossword puzzles... some of you are honestly considering not talking to me anymore aren't you!
#4 Boys of Baraka about a group of inner city African American boys who are chosen to attend school in Africa, until the school loses funding and these kids are forced to try and re assimilate to there hometown. This one was pretty hard to watch.
# 5 Paperclip I HIGHLY suggest this movie about a group of kids from an all white, protestant tiny town in Tennessee do a project on the Holocaust, they collect a paperclip for each of the the 11 million people who died on the Holocaust the kids and their town are transformed!
I am counting down the days until the Journey Sing-along at the Drafthouse, do not think for one second I haven't been practicing my falsetto for Open Arms! I pity the person who has to sit next to me!
I constantly humanize inanimate objects, I name them, I assign a gender and if they are really important to me I have been known to sing them song or right them a nice haiku.
Example my car in college "Lolita" got her name for being a big temptress! She would make you think she would take you places, then half way there she would decide she didn't feel like going anywhere... brat! I'll be honest her haiku had a couple choice words in it... if you know what I'm sayin'!!
And the list could go on and on!!
Okay friends your turn!!
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Love the touchie!
I am a cuddler... I know not a shocking revelation to anyone here! But I thought I would wright about it none the less! As you all know I have no, nor do I understand in others personal space. I blame and thank my family. You have all heard the stories of the lack of privacy in my family. The multiple people not only in the bathroom but in the shower. 11 of us in one bed. Using each other as human chairs and blankets!
My touchie is a quality I both love and loath, but mostly love, about myself!
Love for the following reasons:
If you need a hug Jan's your girl.
If you need a pat on the back b/c of a job well done, Jan is first in line.
If you need a hand to hold (without fingers) in good times or bad Jan's hands are small but equal to the task.
If you need a reassuring shoulder squeeze Jan can squeeze with the best of them.
If you need a place to rest your weary head Jan has the shoulders of a linebacker!
If you need a gentle nudge to motivate you in times of fear or hesitation, Jan is small but stout.
If you need someone to run their fingers through your hair Jan will even do that folks, why, BECAUSE SHE HAS NO PERSONAL SPACE... which is our segway into the reasons for loathing!
Loath for the following reasons:
Jan never lets go first and apologizes if she has made you feel uncomfortable, she doesn't know when to stop.
Jan's pats on the back, like the hugs, are never ending and have been blamed for bruises and/or chapping the receivers back.
Jan's hands get sweaty real fast which makes the whole hand holding thing a little awkward and sometimes sticky.
Jan doesn't know her own freakish strength sometimes and has injured those with the more delicate shoulders.
Jan has her dad and her swim coaches to thank for the shoulders!
( Just a quick side note Jan would like to apologize for talking in third person, but once she started she couldn't stop)
Jan's nudging which more often than not unprompted by the receiver has been cause for explanation and even humiliation.
And ditto the above reason for the fingers through the hair segment!
So, in closing Jan would like to thank all of you who have endured all of her Lovin', Touchin', and Squeezin and she can't wait to hug on you for an inappropriately long time again soon!
My touchie is a quality I both love and loath, but mostly love, about myself!
Love for the following reasons:
If you need a hug Jan's your girl.
If you need a pat on the back b/c of a job well done, Jan is first in line.
If you need a hand to hold (without fingers) in good times or bad Jan's hands are small but equal to the task.
If you need a reassuring shoulder squeeze Jan can squeeze with the best of them.
If you need a place to rest your weary head Jan has the shoulders of a linebacker!
If you need a gentle nudge to motivate you in times of fear or hesitation, Jan is small but stout.
If you need someone to run their fingers through your hair Jan will even do that folks, why, BECAUSE SHE HAS NO PERSONAL SPACE... which is our segway into the reasons for loathing!
Loath for the following reasons:
Jan never lets go first and apologizes if she has made you feel uncomfortable, she doesn't know when to stop.
Jan's pats on the back, like the hugs, are never ending and have been blamed for bruises and/or chapping the receivers back.
Jan's hands get sweaty real fast which makes the whole hand holding thing a little awkward and sometimes sticky.
Jan doesn't know her own freakish strength sometimes and has injured those with the more delicate shoulders.
Jan has her dad and her swim coaches to thank for the shoulders!
( Just a quick side note Jan would like to apologize for talking in third person, but once she started she couldn't stop)
Jan's nudging which more often than not unprompted by the receiver has been cause for explanation and even humiliation.
And ditto the above reason for the fingers through the hair segment!
So, in closing Jan would like to thank all of you who have endured all of her Lovin', Touchin', and Squeezin and she can't wait to hug on you for an inappropriately long time again soon!
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
A collision of favorites!
If you have ever had a conversation you know I "LOVE" almost everything! My love knows few boundaries... I "LOVE" Journey, I "LOVE" my chancalas ( flip-flops to my Anglo friends) I "LOVE" the guy who signed me up for on-line DVD rental... just to name a few!
I sometimes fear my constant proclamations of "LOVE" make them disingenuous, but I can promise I really do "LOVE" these things! And two things I "LOVE" almost above all are movies and books!
I have this completely useless, yet very entertaining talent of memorizing every line from every movie I see. And if you have ever spent any time with my family you find out very early on in any of our conversations that talent is apparently hereditary! We challenge each other to put the best movie line with the appropriate situation for the biggest laugh! My sister and I dream of our wedding day not so much for the beauty, and magic of the day but for the opportunity to say " My legs are sweatin' mama" (if you can name that movie you are officially a member of my family)! On par with my "LOVE" for movies is my "LOVE" for books! Since as long as I can remember I have "LOVED" to read, I read three books at a time, one before bed, one on my lunch breaks at work, one when I wake up on the weekends. Books are my constant companion! I "LOVE" a good book! If I am reading something I really like, I force myself to read only one chapter a day or I will finish it in hours! SOOOO, ALL of this to say I recently saw a movie about a book, not a movie that was once a book, any true reader know that the book is ALWAYS better. No, it was a movie ABOUT a book! My aunt Sue (who is quite a reader herself) and I watched Stanger than Fiction with Will Ferrell. Didn't see that one coming did ya? You are thinking who gave this crazy girl a blog and WHAT is she babbling about!! It's true this whole blog has been leading up to a plug for a little known, two year old Will Ferrel movie. I am afraid no one has seen this movie b/c Will Ferrel isn't burping, making poop jokes or have white man fro' and I can honestly say I think this best I have ever seen him! The movie has all the makings of a great movie! It is funny without going for the easy joke, it is romantic without being cheesy, it is thought provoking without being depressing, it is surprising without selling itself out!! See it and let me know what you think!!
I sometimes fear my constant proclamations of "LOVE" make them disingenuous, but I can promise I really do "LOVE" these things! And two things I "LOVE" almost above all are movies and books!
I have this completely useless, yet very entertaining talent of memorizing every line from every movie I see. And if you have ever spent any time with my family you find out very early on in any of our conversations that talent is apparently hereditary! We challenge each other to put the best movie line with the appropriate situation for the biggest laugh! My sister and I dream of our wedding day not so much for the beauty, and magic of the day but for the opportunity to say " My legs are sweatin' mama" (if you can name that movie you are officially a member of my family)! On par with my "LOVE" for movies is my "LOVE" for books! Since as long as I can remember I have "LOVED" to read, I read three books at a time, one before bed, one on my lunch breaks at work, one when I wake up on the weekends. Books are my constant companion! I "LOVE" a good book! If I am reading something I really like, I force myself to read only one chapter a day or I will finish it in hours! SOOOO, ALL of this to say I recently saw a movie about a book, not a movie that was once a book, any true reader know that the book is ALWAYS better. No, it was a movie ABOUT a book! My aunt Sue (who is quite a reader herself) and I watched Stanger than Fiction with Will Ferrell. Didn't see that one coming did ya? You are thinking who gave this crazy girl a blog and WHAT is she babbling about!! It's true this whole blog has been leading up to a plug for a little known, two year old Will Ferrel movie. I am afraid no one has seen this movie b/c Will Ferrel isn't burping, making poop jokes or have white man fro' and I can honestly say I think this best I have ever seen him! The movie has all the makings of a great movie! It is funny without going for the easy joke, it is romantic without being cheesy, it is thought provoking without being depressing, it is surprising without selling itself out!! See it and let me know what you think!!
Friday, May 4, 2007
Not my MAVS!
It is a sad, sad day friends... The Mavs losing to #8 Golden State!!
Texas sports fans can only handle so much disappointment! Every win the Mavs had in the regular season was like a little antiseptic to the wound left by Tony Romo... I don't want to talk about that.
But, alas here I sit still devoted to my team after yet another embarrassing, crushing blow wondering who to blame. Maybe God is trying to tell Mark Cuban something, what goes around comes around perhaps!! Though I don't think God is really one for karma. Maybe like my friend Jeff says the Mavs are the only team that are able to make Stephen Jackson play like Kobe Bryant. Maybe it's my fault for not BELIEVING the way all of the Warrior's fans did. I will be honest I got cocky... oh, yes fellow sports fans you know the cocky of which I speak the kind that a 7 footer that is fast, can shoot from anywhere on the floor and does not miss free throws can bring, the kind that a Coach of the Year that pounds defense, defense, defense brings, the kind that your team being the team with the most wins in the regular season brings, the kind of cocky that makes you miss a game because we are #1 and they are #8. All of this to say that I have learned my lesson! And the lesson here being I apparently BELIEVED in my Mavs a little too much.
Texas sports fans can only handle so much disappointment! Every win the Mavs had in the regular season was like a little antiseptic to the wound left by Tony Romo... I don't want to talk about that.
But, alas here I sit still devoted to my team after yet another embarrassing, crushing blow wondering who to blame. Maybe God is trying to tell Mark Cuban something, what goes around comes around perhaps!! Though I don't think God is really one for karma. Maybe like my friend Jeff says the Mavs are the only team that are able to make Stephen Jackson play like Kobe Bryant. Maybe it's my fault for not BELIEVING the way all of the Warrior's fans did. I will be honest I got cocky... oh, yes fellow sports fans you know the cocky of which I speak the kind that a 7 footer that is fast, can shoot from anywhere on the floor and does not miss free throws can bring, the kind that a Coach of the Year that pounds defense, defense, defense brings, the kind that your team being the team with the most wins in the regular season brings, the kind of cocky that makes you miss a game because we are #1 and they are #8. All of this to say that I have learned my lesson! And the lesson here being I apparently BELIEVED in my Mavs a little too much.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Blogging Etiquette
I am THE GIRL WHO...is so new at this that I don't know blogging etiquette.
Am I allowed to blog hourly? I have a feeling that much like most things in my life I will become obsessed with this for a little while and will check it and think about it and post things and I will pet and love it, I love my little blog, your naughty... sorry but what blog is complete without a Tommy Boy reference!
Other blogging etiquette inquires:
Is it okay that I sent my blog address to every person I have ever met?
If yes, is it still okay that as we speak I am getting estimates from printers to have cards made up with my blog address on them to hand out, and is 500 to many?
If no, I apologize for sending you the address and more sorry for having the time to ramble on aimlessly in a blog, but not having the time to see how your new husband/child/job/house are doing, I stink!!
Is it okay to post things from other people's blogs?
If yes then I will be honest my sweet, hilarious friend Marianne and her husband were my inspiration to start blogging, and I realized that I want to talk about all the stuff they have posted, I want to add all of the side sections ( I don't know what they are called in the blogging world) that they have added i.e "Blogs we read" "Music we are listening to" and the like.
If no is that stealing, or is it that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
Is it okay to post things about other people?
If yes, even if they don't know?
If no, even if they don't know?
Is there an expected blog length?
If yes, is this one already to long?
If no, maybe you should suggest one to me so I don't get carried away!
I can see how to the veteran blogger these questions may seem benign, I mean it is after all MY blog, right? I can write what I want ,when I what, for as long as I want... OOHHHH, I am going to LOVE blogging!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am I allowed to blog hourly? I have a feeling that much like most things in my life I will become obsessed with this for a little while and will check it and think about it and post things and I will pet and love it, I love my little blog, your naughty... sorry but what blog is complete without a Tommy Boy reference!
Other blogging etiquette inquires:
Is it okay that I sent my blog address to every person I have ever met?
If yes, is it still okay that as we speak I am getting estimates from printers to have cards made up with my blog address on them to hand out, and is 500 to many?
If no, I apologize for sending you the address and more sorry for having the time to ramble on aimlessly in a blog, but not having the time to see how your new husband/child/job/house are doing, I stink!!
Is it okay to post things from other people's blogs?
If yes then I will be honest my sweet, hilarious friend Marianne and her husband were my inspiration to start blogging, and I realized that I want to talk about all the stuff they have posted, I want to add all of the side sections ( I don't know what they are called in the blogging world) that they have added i.e "Blogs we read" "Music we are listening to" and the like.
If no is that stealing, or is it that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
Is it okay to post things about other people?
If yes, even if they don't know?
If no, even if they don't know?
Is there an expected blog length?
If yes, is this one already to long?
If no, maybe you should suggest one to me so I don't get carried away!
I can see how to the veteran blogger these questions may seem benign, I mean it is after all MY blog, right? I can write what I want ,when I what, for as long as I want... OOHHHH, I am going to LOVE blogging!!!!!!!!!!!!
A blog is born...
I am The Girl Who after much consideration has decided to enter the world of blogging... I know, I know how very 21st century of me! I have recently come to the realization that I needed a place to put all of my wit!!
I tried going on stage, but it was way to nerve racking and between you and me a little disconcerting hearing what people think is funny. I tried writing a book, and by tried I mean opened up a "new file" in microsoft word, I tried sending out my thoughts, theories and stories out in e-mails to countless family members and friends and realized someone inevitably got left out so here I am... how do I look? Am I pretty in pink? It was a template, they say I can create my own... oh google blog spot you have no idea how much creating of my own will be done here!! Stay posted!!!!!
I tried going on stage, but it was way to nerve racking and between you and me a little disconcerting hearing what people think is funny. I tried writing a book, and by tried I mean opened up a "new file" in microsoft word, I tried sending out my thoughts, theories and stories out in e-mails to countless family members and friends and realized someone inevitably got left out so here I am... how do I look? Am I pretty in pink? It was a template, they say I can create my own... oh google blog spot you have no idea how much creating of my own will be done here!! Stay posted!!!!!
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