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Oh, Once In Your Life You Find Someone, Who Will Turn Your World Around, Bring You Up When You're Feeling Down

Published on 2010-08-26 03:32:00

--"Heaven", Bryan AdamsI met Jina first in December of 1992. We bonded over our shared love of Avonlea, thought we didn't quite get off on the right foot since Jina called Sara Stanley, my favorite character on the show, "boring." However, once that small faux pas was behind us, we got along swimmingly. I found her intelligent, funny, and possessing a strong sense of spirit that I find lacking in most individuals. If anything, I thought Jina and I would be best friends forever. It's her tha

Our Last Wishes Know We Cannot Chase, One, Played Calm, The Song Strings Belong, But Please, For Keys, I Turn To Hear You Sing A False Reprieve

Published on 2010-08-24 14:28:00

--"An Anniversary Away", Reverie Sound RevueIn a few days it will officially be ten years (!) since I first moved in with DeAnn. First in Ontario, then later in Fontana--we stayed together for about fifteen months. Some of the days were better than others, but on the whole it was a very trying experience.At the time I thought she would be the only girl I ever lived with and, so far, it's proven to be true.I can't place the blame on her, though. The bad taste I have in my mouth regarding with

And Maybe Then You'll Hear The Words That I've Been Singing, It's Funny When You're Dead How People Start Listening

Published on 2010-08-22 05:11:00

--"If I Die Young", The Band Perrycontinued from I Won't Ask For Promises, So You Don't Have To Lie, We've Both Played That Game Before, Say I Love You Then Say Goodbye...When Eddie Evans agreed to go on this blind date for his buddy Dave he was sure of who was doing whom the favor. From the moment he sat down to dinner with Sylvia, however, he had begun to rethink his theory. As the night wore on, he became more and more convinced that he would be owing Dave big time for setting him up.To say

I Won't Ask For Promises, So You Don't Have To Lie, We've Both Played That Game Before, Say I Love You Then Say Goodbye

Published on 2010-08-17 05:30:00

--"I'd Really Love To See You Tonight", England Dan & John Ford ColeyNovember 5th, 1985Nauvoo, ILPOLICE STILL SEARCHING FOR MISSING GIRLPolice are searching for a teenage girl, who has been missing for over two days. Though they haven't given up hope, they are baffled as to her whereabouts. Sylvia Dunning, aged 7, was last seen in Nauvoo Town Centre accompanied by her mother Ariane and sister Lily on Sunday, November 3 around 3.20pm.Ariane Dunning, 37, has been quoted as saying she had been hol

What's Written In Sand Disappears In The Rain, With Life You're Never Sure How Close You Came, It's Turning To Dust, It's Turning To Gold

Published on 2010-08-14 08:20:00

--"Days", SambassadeurI had the opportunity to look through my senior year yearbook yesterday morning. Leafing through, it surprised me how much I've forgotten of those formative years. Every other page had me remarking, "I remember that," in mild surprise. It's remarkable that in seventeen short years I've managed to obscure some of the facets of my life I used to think vital to my existence.For instance, a lot of pages journal my exploits in campus ministry and public service. I used to be

I've Liked You For A Thousand Years, I Can't Wait Until I See You, You Can't Stand To See Me That Way, No Matter What I Do, No Matter What I Say

Published on 2010-08-11 04:59:00

--"Scott Pilgrim", PlumtreeWhen Scott Pilgrim vs. The World opens this Friday one can expect me to be there. I have been anticipating this movie for some months and I'm glad it's finally coming out. I mean--this is right in my wheelhouse. It's basically a romantic comedy with farcical elements and a very radio-friendly soundtrack. I also appreciate that the whole premise is predicated on video game tropes since it's been well-established that I'm of the generation that grew up playing video

Somebody Tell Me, Won't You Tell Me, Why I Work So Hard For You, All To Give You Money, All To Give You Money

Published on 2010-08-09 05:45:00

--"Everything She Wants", Wham!It's a little known fact that I tend to whistle when I lay eyes upon something I covet. It's a habit--neither good nor bad. I don't even know when it started. To me it feels like I've been doing it all my life. It's just one of those idiosyncrasies that make little 'ole me who I am.We all have them. We all have quirks and instinctual responses that we are powerless to suppress. Mine just happens to be the inability to disguise my emotions to any sizable degre

The Way That You Look At Me Now, Makes Me Wish I Was You, It Goes Deep, It Goes Deeper Still, This Touch, And The Smile And The Shake Of Your Head

Published on 2010-08-04 02:52:00

--"A Night Like This", The CureWhen I wandered in from the hotel hallway I didn't know what I was expecting. I had left Breanne sleeping in the bed while I had gone exploring the rest of the hotel. Rather than wake her I had decided to go wandering, which was pretty much my standard routine when I don't have anything else better to do. I wasn't gone that long--twenty minutes at the most. When I came back I fully expected her to still be sleeping.No such luck.I came through the room door hea

Don't Unplug Me, Or Just Shut Me Down, Please Just Love Me, With Your Steel Heart, I'd Reboot You, If You'd Look At Me, With Those Cold Eyes

Published on 2010-08-02 04:01:00

--"Don't Unplug Me", All CapsThe problem with fighting with one's friends is that it never ends well. No matter what the root cause or who started what, fights with people you care about inevitably lead to truths that probably weren't worth revealing. I mean--I'm not talking about the tiny quibbles that blow over in the span of a day or so. I'm speaking about those knock-down, drag-out fights where two people don't speak for months (or longer). Those are the fights that kill, those are the m

Now I'm Back Here At Your Door, To Apologize Once More, We Can End This Pointless War

Published on 2010-07-31 07:19:00

--"I Know What I Want", Math And Physics ClubThere's a saying that you have to pick your battles. That implies that there are battles which are simply aren't worth fighting for. I happen to disagree with that statement wholeheartedly. I reckon every battle is worth fighting for to some degree. Sometimes you're well justified in pitching a fit and other times you're well justified in really going too far. But it's my belief that everything that raises your ire, becomes a burr in your britche

'Cause I'm Carrying Your Love With Me, West Virginia Down To Tennessee, I'll Be Movin' With The Good Lord's Speed, Carrying Your Love With Me

Published on 2010-07-29 06:28:00

--"Carrying Your Love With Me", George StraitGreg and I watched an interesting movie over the weekend. I don't recall the title, but it involved a bit of time travel and continuities. It was all real fascinating stuff. What I found most fascinating though was a scene where they had to seal the female lead in some sort of time capsule not to be opened for two thousand years. The male lead who, apparently, had just found out he wasn't a real boy but some sort of android, was told to jump forwa

Well, Baby, I Surrender To The Strawerry Ice Cream, Never Ever End Of All This Love, Well, I Didn't Mean To Do It, But There's No Escaping Your Love

Published on 2010-07-27 03:23:00

--"Accidentally in Love (cover)", Alissa PepperoniIt's been mentioned before that I tend to write more than a few pieces backwards. When I say backwards, that is to mean I don't start with a central idea or even any semblance of what the bulk of these paragraphs will contain. Nope, I'd say about half of the time I write blogs or anything personal I'm writing from the starting point of somewhere else. Most times that means a title (or a song lyric if it's something for this site). But other t

Come Out Upon My Seas, Cursed Missed Opportunities, Am I A Part Of The Cure? Or Am I A Part Of The Disease?

Published on 2010-07-22 02:46:00

--"Clocks", ColdplayBreanne has extended me a most generous offer of coming to work with/for her over in Macon. And as much as I want to just dismiss it out of hand due to my many concerns, there's a strong part of me that is at the moment considering it. I mean--I'm not having much luck here and it would be nice to have her close by for a change.Never mind that the summers there are horrible. Never mind that it breaks one of the big stipulations of our long-standing arrangement. I could use

And If I Could Reverse It I Don't Think It Would Be Worth It, I Know In My Heart I Would Never Let You Tumble To The Ground, No I'll Never Let You Go

Published on 2010-07-20 03:32:00

--"Fell Down The Stairs", Tilly and the WallMy friend Slicks recently informed me that plans have been made to bring One Day to the big screen. It will star Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess as Emma and Dexter, respectively.I'm ecstatic that they will be filming this adaptation of what has quickly grown to be one of my favorite novels. However, I'm very much paranoid that it will not live up to the source material. So much can go awry when making an adaptation and I have already grown so attache

My Girl, She's One Too, She'll Go And Get Her A Shirt, Stick It Under Her Skirt, She Grabbed A Razor For Me, And She Did It Just Like That

Published on 2010-07-17 05:38:00

--"Been Caught Stealing", Jane's AddictionI had never heard of the term "latchkey kid" growing up. It came as quite a revelation to me when I did happen upon later on in life as it nearly applied to me. Oh, I never had to come home to an empty house; my mother was always there to greet me when I got home from school. However, there were plenty of nights where my folks would be gone and it would just be cooped up like a hen in that big 'ole house of theirs.At first I had the requisite babysitt

I'll Find Repose In New Ways, Though I Haven't Slept In Two Days, 'Cause Cold Nostalgia, Chills Me To The Bone

Published on 2010-07-13 05:24:00

--"Vanilla Twilight", Owl CityWHISPER IN YOUR EARWhile you were busy complainingabout my posture,I'd already found out a dozen of yourfailings.But I never said a thing.That's not what I do.While you were telling me what I was watchingwas horse shit andthat I spend too much timewatching baseball and not enoughtime with you,I'd already felt your coldness when you walkedinto the room.But I never told you.I never said a word.oh, if my voice could reachback through the pastI thought the point of the

Oh, Oh, Oh, Who's That Twisting? Who's That Crunching? It's Oreo Action For Oreo Munching

Published on 2010-07-10 05:33:00

--"Oreo Jingle"I love their jingle, but my secret shame is that I can't stand Oreos. They never tasted right to me. I don't get the chocolate cookie and I certainly don't get the creamy middle. I've always been a straight-up no-nonsense chocolate chip or peanut butter cookie man. I probably always will be.I remember growing up people would always peddle Oreos as being the end-all, be-all of cookies. I'd go over to my friends' house and there they would be. My friends' moms would offer me a

Summertime And The Livin Is Easy, Fish Are Jumpin', And The Cotton Is High

Published on 2010-07-08 01:43:00

--"Summer Time", Renee OlsteadCertain activities I've come to expect from my summer. One might say I've gotten spoiled by having the same routine. Some time during May or June I take a trip to visit one of my friends or else take a trip with one of my friends. If it's an even year that trip is usually to Boston; if it's an odd year that trip is usually to a city I've never visited before. Some time during the week before the trip I buy a pack of new socks and underwear (LOL) and I usually pi

But Don't Ask Her On A Straight Tequila Night, She'll Start Thinking About Him, Then She's Ready To Fight

Published on 2010-07-06 07:13:00

--"Straight Tequila Night", John AndersonYou realize it's been awhile. You haven't had to rely on your old habits in quite some time. But the last few weeks have been particularly stressful for you.First, there were the two cancellations. Both were long-time clients who you were sorry to hear go. You understood their reasons, but it's always hard to say farewell to folks you considered friends. Second, there's the sense of sameness with you and Greg. It's not a new problem. It still takes

Jane, Divided, But I Can't Decide Which Side I'm On, Jane Decided Only Cowards Stay While Traitors Run, Jane, Jane

Published on 2010-06-30 04:00:00

--"Jane", Barenaked LadiesWhen I told Casey and Laurel that my parents were selling their home I'm sure they didn't how I wanted them to feel. Honestly, I didn't know how I felt about the decision. I still don't. On one hand, I haven't lived there in almost five years and the majority of my time there was thinking about either how to get out or feeling sorry that I was compelled to move back. On the other hand, it is the home I think of as my childhood home. Even though my family and I had

But I Can't Live Forever, I Can't Always Be, One Day I'll Be Sand On A Beach By A Sea, The Pages Keep Turning, I'll Mark Off Each Day With A Cross

Published on 2010-06-29 04:02:00

--"Calendar Girl", StarsI finished one of the best novels I've read the other day. One Day by David Nicholls on the surface sounds like something I would've liked if it had been recommended to me. However, I actually heard about it from having read the author's previous effort, Starter for Ten (another good book if you've ever read it).From the product description:'I can imagine you at forty,' she said, a hint of malice in her voice. 'I can picture it right now.'He smiled without opening his

Baby You Know My Love For You Is Real, Take Me Where You Want To, Then My Heart You Steal

Published on 2010-06-25 02:35:00

--"More, More, More", Andrea True Connection1996Dear Breannie,I'm answering this letter fairly quickly so you simply must forgive me for its expected brevity. You know how much I detest short letters. You also know that of anyone I do so relish the opportunity to bore you to death (LOL). I don't know--it's currently 3:12 in the morning and I'm not entirely sure tonight is a night for letter writing. Letter reading definitely, but maybe not letter writing. Perhaps I might have to continue my

And I Wish I Was That Friend, Flying Away, But I Got My Feet Right Now On The Ground, So If I Leave Right Now, Would You Come With Me?

Published on 2010-06-21 05:43:00

--"Would You Come With Me", The Elected1996Dear Eeyore,I'm writing this after only recently going to a Braves game with my parents. My mother, as usual, complained most of the time, but in the end I reckon she still had fun. My daddy, as also is usual, and I had a good 'ole time (yes, a regular 'ole hoot-and-a-half) mostly because our team won. I'm always in better spirits when the Braves win, haven't you noticed? It's strange that my moods would depend so much on whether one team wins or lo

Not Even The Mighty Sky Could Fill The Space You Left Behind, Not Even When It Rains, No, Nothing Takes Your Place, Your Emptiness Too Great To Fill

Published on 2010-06-17 05:47:00

--"Pollen and Salt", Daphne Loves DerbyDo you remember the first peanut butter and jelly sandwich you ever had? I certainly don't. I mean--ask anyone--I'm probably the biggest fan of peanut butter you'll ever meet. I have been known to take an ice cream scooper in order to just eat two scoops of peanut butter in a bowl. Despite that, I cannot even hazard a guess how long ago it was when I had my first taste of the good stuff. Whether it was before I knew words or after, before or after I st

When I Say Out Loud, I Want To Get Out Of This, I Wonder Is There Anything, I'm Going To Miss, I Wonder How It's Going To Be, When You Don't Know Me

Published on 2010-06-15 03:27:00

--"How's It Going To Be", Third Eye BlindAs far as girlfriends and break-ups go I'm batting .500. I've been dumped exactly twice. I've been the dumper exactly twice. In both cases, it fell to me to be the one who offered the opportunity to remain friends. While that offer hasn't always been accepted, I'm coming to terms with the fact that when it comes to forever I'd rather believe in the concept than not believe. I'd rather be the one who is gracious enough to at least put the notion that