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My Acworth Pad

  • the end
    This is how I roll...

That Darn Cat

  • the end
    just some random pictures of dextor... that darn cat... i promise you'll enjoy this...

Misc. Picts

  • Vicious Kitty Warning
    some good pictures that have no real home... or i'm just too lazy to give them one...

I'm a Family Guy

  • The End?
    A collection of stand alone family pictures... It's pretty complex to explain...

Texas Beer Friday 2005

  • Flag Down
    it was so good we had to do it again a year later... this time bigger... this time better...

Georgia Trip: Jan 2005

  • That's the end...
    put a native floridian in the middle of an ice storm and he'll freeze his native ass off... it's true...

Texas Trip: Oct. 2004

  • The End?
    texas, the final frontier. these are the voyages of the bored and hurricane blown native floridian.

Hurricane Season 2004

  • The End?
    four hurricane hit florida all in one year... and i just happen to be there for every one of them...

Texas Beer Friday 2004

  • The End
    1 week, 2,200 miles, 24-pack of shiner bock & lone star, some good friends, 1 crazy night!

Texas Trip: April 2004

  • The End?
    yeah, i'm off to texas to meet my niece, eleanor, for the very first time... yay!

Orlando Beer Fest 2004

  • Orlando Beer Festival
    it was a trip of a lifetime for 5 friends. we went for the beer and stayed despite all of the bad luck

Texas Trip: Oct. 2003

  • The End?
    it was a trip tp dispel demons & forge solace. 2500 miles, 10 tanks of gas, & 5 states.

Mom & Dad's Anniversary

  • Cake
    My mother and father's 30th anniversary

Georgia Flowers

  • Springtime Flowers
    Some of the flowers from around north Georgia.

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

song of the week: calling you and hate me

Blueoctfoiled  i haven't done much musical exploration on here in a while which is quite sad given the fact that there's actually some good shit out there right now... sadly i haven't written anything about music since february... since then we've had a lot of good orginal music come out... one that really tugs at the heart strings is blue october... the texas grown quintet released their fourth studio recorded album this past april title foiled releasing hate me as their radio single.... while you can appriciate this single on it's own, you really can't fully appriciate it without first going back to their 2003 breakout album history for sale and the single calling you. despite the song being one of my favorite songs mostly because it was an upbeat undertone... it was during a difficult time for me and it was more like a song of hope. a reminder for me that there is such a thing as love and being in love... a shot in the arm for a love lost boy struggling to remember the good things in this world. tBlueocthistoryhe song itself seems to completely capture the raw emotion of falling in love in verse and song... in contrast, the 2006 hate me, seems to be the reprise of the song and the relationship, except at the very end... it seems to capture the pure agony, angst, and pain not to mention the pure confusion of the end of a bitter breakup. the clever use of the reprise of calling you before and after the actual song gives a deeper contrast if you're a fan of calling you. it's like depression in a can. yet through all that muck, there seems to be already signs of hope... a silver lining if you will... that he comes out of the relationship better for having been in it than never having it before... who said that lord tennyson was a big unhappiness freak? surely not i! oddly these two songs which got a lot of mainstream play are not always the typical product of blue october which has a rather diverse sound. believe it or not these two songs are the closest to pop as they seem to get... the rest is all indie sound or closer to hard rock/metal with a mix of linkin park sound in there somewhere... anyway, these two songs are my songs of the week, so there...

calling you
by blue october

theres something that i can't quite explain
i'm so in love with you
you'll never take that away

and if i said a hundred times before
expect a thousand more
you never take that away

well expect me to be
calling you to see
if you're okay when i'm not around
asking if you love me
i love the way you make it sound
calling you to see
do i try too hard to make you smile
to make a smile

well i will keep calling you to see
if you're sleeping are you dreaming and
if you're dreaming are you dreaming of me
i cant believe
you actually picked... me

i thought that the world had lost its sway
(its so hard sometimes)
then i fell in love with you
(then came you)
and you took that away
(its not so difficult, the world is not so difficult)
you take away the old
show me the new
and i feel like i can fly
when i stand next to you
so what if i'm on this phone
a hundred miles from home
i take the words you gave
and send them back to you

i only want to see
if you're ok when i'm not around
asking if you love me
i love the way you make it sound
calling you to see
do i try too hard to make you smile
to make a smile

i will keep calling you to see
if you're sleeping are you dreaming and
if you're dreaming are you dreaming of me
i can't believe
you actually picked... me

well i will keep calling you to see
if you're sleeping are you dreaming and
if you're dreaming are you dreaming of me
i cant believe
you actually picked... me

i will keep calling you to see
if you're sleeping are you dreaming and
if you're dreaming are you dreaming of me
i cant believe
you actually picked... me

hate me
by blue october

i have to block out thoughts of you
so i don't lose my head
they crawl in like a cockroach
leaving babies in my bed
dropping little reels of tape
to remind me that i'm alone
playing movies in my head
that make a porno feel like home
there's a burning in my pride,
a nervous bleeding in my brain
an ounce of peace is all i want for you.
will you never call again?
and will you never say that you love me
just to put it in my face?
and will you never try to reach me?
it is i that wanted space

hate me today
hate me tomorrow
hate me for all the things i didn't do for you

hate me in ways
yeah, ways hard to swallow
hate me so you can finally see what's good for you

i'm sober now for three whole months
it's one accomplishment that you helped me with
the one thing that always tore us apart
is the one thing i won't touch again
in a sick way i want to thank you
for holding my head up late at night
while i was busy waging wars on myself,
you were trying to stop the fight
you never doubted my warped opinions
on things like suicidal hate
you made me compliment myself
when it was way too hard to take
so i'll drive so fucking far away
that i never cross your mind
and do whatever it takes
in your heart to leave me behind

hate me today
hate me tomorrow
hate me for all the things i didn't do for you

hate me in ways
yeah, ways hard to swallow
hate me so you can finally see what's good for you

and with a sad heart i say bye to you and wave
kicking shadows on the street
for every mistake that i had made
and like a baby boy
i never was a man
until i saw your blue eyes crying
and i held your face in my hand
and then i fell down yelling "make it go away!"
just make a smile come back and shine
just like it used to be
and then she whispered "how can you do this to me?"

hate me today
hate me tomorrow
hate me for all the things i didn't do for you

hate me in ways
yeah, ways hard to swallow
hate me so you can finally see what's good for you

Saturday, May 27, 2006

this is the blog that never ends... it goes on and on my friends...

to help cut down on the number of posts (as if there's a post shortage or something), i'm just going to add to this all weekend... just random thoughts... quotes... etc... it probably would be best if you just check this monday...

"it's all stimulation, i like pleasure running through my brain... i'm just looking for the headrush, baby..."

in days of old when knights were bold and toilets weren't invented... they dropped their load upon the road and walked away contented...

"royal canadian mounted police. i first came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of my father, and for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture i've remained, attached as liaison with the canadian consulate."

"not the better half"

red top mountain is aptly named... although in some spots it is more orange than red, but beggers can't be chooser... i think by the end of the summer i will have been on every inch of those hiking trails... that and i will actually be able to run them...

"Siden jeg gik fra dig, Føles livet lang og hård, Men jeg tror jeg kommer mig, for tidlig jeg så.Jeg ved ikke hvor, Ved ikke hvordan, Men jeg håber kun at du en dag, Vil være hos mig igen. Nej, Jeg ved ikke hvor, Ved ikke hvordan,Men jeg håber kun at du en dag, Vil være hos mig igen."

"it's easy to find something worth dying for. do you have anything worth living for?"

i kid you not when i say that in the paper this morning i saw how martha crotchfelt and mark soft will be getting married... 'uh, yes... i'm here for the crotchfelt-soft wedding... that's right the crotchfelt-soft wedding.' man alive!

the more i think about it the more it pisses me off, but if i don't think about it now, when it comes up a wave of pure hatred will just be unleashed from within me... this is why i don't let a lot of people in... it prevents all this thinking...

"i beat my machine it's a part of me it's inside of me... i'm stuck in this dream it's changing me i am becoming... the me that you know had some second thoughts, he's covered with scabs and he is broken and sore... the me that you know doesn't come around much... that part of me isn't here anymore... all pain disappears it's the nature of my circuitry... drowns out all I hear there's no escape from this my new consciousness... that me that you know used to have feelings... but the blood has stopped pumping and he's left to decay... the me that you know is now made up of wires and even when i'm right with you I'm so far away... i can try to get away but ive strapped myself in... i can try to scratch away the sound in my ears... i can see it killing away all my bad parts... i don't want to listen but it's all too clear... hiding backwards inside of me i feel so unafraid... annie, hold a little tighter i might just slip away... it won't give up it wants me dead... goddamn this noise inside my head..."

mr. o'neill: i figured you're be dealing with it. you probably think about the dark side all the time.
daria: the dark side? are we talking about "the force"?
mr. o'neill: yes, i'm sure you're dealing with it... i'm not dealing with it! (starts to cry)
daria: (awkwardly) there. there.

"with your feet on the air and your head on the ground... try this trick and spin it, yeah... tour head'll collapse if there's nothing in it and then you'll ask yourself... where is my mind?"

"our home forever is, outer space... black stars and endless seas, outer space... you hold your destinies, outer space... forever we'll be in outer space, outer space..."

tom tucker: in local news we have more on the approach of hurricane rupaul.. which is working his or her way up the coast, lets go live to ollie williams with the blacky weather report , ollie?
ollie williams: it's raining sideways!
tom tucker: sounds rough ollie, you have an umbrella?
ollie williams: had one!
tom tucker: where is it?
ollie williams: inside out , 2 miles away!
tom tucker: is there anything we can do for you?
ollie williams: bring me some soup...
tom tucker: what kind?
ollie williams: chunky!!!

i went bowling last night with a couple of friends... i bowled the best i ever had... broke 100 three out of the five games... not bad for not playing in a while... not bad for playing completely drunk... man, my hand really hurts today...

"I cant forget you, but i remember... turn my head... turn my head... its aimed at you..."

"tony robbins hungry!"

i don't care what anyone else thinks, i like tatu... and not just because they are very hot pixie and red head lesbians... although, that doesn't hurt...

jo: hey, mrs. garrett, can i ask you something?
mrs. garrett: what is it, jo?
jo: is it a problem if your penis and your vagina touch each other?
mrs. garrett: whaaaaat?
jo: well, i try to keep them separated, but i woke up this morning and they were sort of...together. i just didn't know...is that okay?
mrs. garrett: you have both?
jo: well, yeah. doesn't everybody?
mrs. garrett: nooooooooo!

we're talking away i don't know what, what to say... i'll say it anyway today's another day to find you shying away... i'll be coming for your love, ok? take on me, take me on i'll be gone in a day or two so needless to say, i'm odds and ends, but that's me stumbling away slowly learning that life is ok say after me, it's no better to be safe than sorry take on me, take me on i'll be gone in a day or two oh the things that you say is it live or just to play my worries away you're all the things i've got to remember you're shying away i'll be coming for you anyway take on me, take me on i'll be gone in a day or two

well, if nice guys finish last... baby... i'm training for that marathon... and when that race is run... i'll meet you at the finish line... because i'll be leaving you and everyone else behind...

sometimes when i click on some girl's picture to go see all their pictures, i accidently click on their breasts and feel dirty because i've felt them up in cyber space... the guilt is just too much...

"its just as easy to rip a piece off... ill write all your lies off... and i dont really care what you wear on your sleeve... did you really think... (that you had hidden the pillow)... that covered the weapon... (the knife that cut?)... im still in hiding... (and youre still kidding yourself.)"

i notice that every saturday on my way to work that v-98 plays that elton john/kiki dee duet, 'don't go breaking my heart.' it's always on at the same time... not to say it's a bad thing... just that it seems like it's my opening theme song to the saturday episode of my sitcom

"didnt want to lose you once again... didnt want to be your friend... fulfill a promise made of tears... and crawled back to you... now i'm all by myself... as i've always felt... and i'll betray myself... to anyone, anyone but you"

"what's wrong with you? what you screamin' for? every 5 minutes there's somethin', a bomb or somethin'. i'm leavin'. bzzzz."

"the waiting drove me mad... you're finally here and i'm a mess. i take your entrance back - Can't let you roam inside my head. i don't want to take what you can give i would rather starve than eat your bread. i would rather run but I can't walk guess i'll lie alone just like before."

sometimes i feel like i'm being stalked by the daleks, but then i realize, i just don't have the hearts to be a timelord...

"well my friend sweet jay took me to that video arcade in town, right, and they don't speak english there, so jay got into a fight and he's all, "hey quit hasslin' me cuz' i don't speak french" or whatever! and then the guy said something in paris talk, and i'm like, "just back off!" and they're all, "get out!" and we're like, "make me!" it was cool."

"there's a tear in the fabric of your favorite dress... and i'm sneaking glances... looking for the patterns in static... they start to make sense the longer i'm at it"

"yeah, well it's no toyota rav 4"

"i am grey. i stand between the candle and the star. we are grey. we stand between the darkness and the light."

my top eight is completely random... doesn't mean anything... and is not an indication of your social standing with me... for that you would need to see my cell phone to see if you have a special icon and are part of my vip list... but since i only let my roommate use my phone, that's not going to happen, buster...

"things could be so different now... it used to be so civilised... you will always wonder how... it could have been if you'd only lied... it's too late to change events... it's time to face the consequence... for delivering the proof... in the policy of truth... never again is what you swore... the time before... never again is what you swore... the time before"

"Understanding is a three-edged sword."

even the most disgusting water tastes much better when you are thirty... the worst tasting water is usually the water that you drink right after you've eaten something nasty... the best water is either in austin or a natural bridge caverns... either way, it's texas, baby!

"can we get kinky tonight? like coco, so-so you don't wanna play with my Yo-Yo i smoke my hydro on the dee-low... i can't stand the rain! (uh-huh, uh-huh)... against my window..."

"mankind, probably the most mysterious species on our planet. a mystery of open questions. Who are we? where do we come from? where are we going? how do we know what we believe to know? why do we believe anything at all? innumerable questions looking for an answer, an answer which will raise the next question and the following answer will raise a following question and so on and so forth. but in the end, isn't it always the same question and always the same answer?"

i'm not too much interested in loosing weight... no, that makes it sound like i need to file paper work to get it back... that i need to check the lost and found box for those pounds... put up posters in the neighborhood asking where my poor, little, precious weight has gone... no, i'm not loosing weight, i'm getting rid of it... and it ain't coming back... ever again... (besides, the folks at mcdonalds would call up and be like... 'you left it here, you can pick it up anytime... just drive to the next window, bitch!')

"i'd like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. i want to look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this. [waves]"

"why do you come here? and why do you hang around? i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry... why do you come here when you know it makes things hard for me? when you know, oh why do you come? why do you telephone ? and send me silly notes? i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry... why do you come here when you know it makes things hard for me? when you know, oh Why do you come? you had to sneak into my room 'just' to read my diary... it was just to see, just to see all the things you knew i'd written about you... oh, so many illustrations oh, but i'm so very sickened... oh, i am so sickened now... oh, it was a good lay, good lay... it was a good lay, good lay... it was a good lay, good lay... oh..."

"i got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell."

i was watching this show about the string theory and was going, 'wow... i really get this...' i watched it again, but this time sober and thought, 'wow... i really get this...'

"sometimes i doubt your commitment to sparkle motion."

"you'd better hope and pray that you make it safe back to your own world... you'd better hope and pray that you wake one day in your own world... cause when you sleep at night they don't hear your cries in your own world... only time will tell if you can break the spell back in your own world..."

"now as i rest my feet by this fire those hands once warmed here, but i have retired them. i can breathe my own air and i can sleep more soundly Upon these poor souls, i'll build heaven and call it home."

"so brown eyes i hold you near, 'cause you're the only song i want to hear, a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere..."

"hey where did we go, days when the rain came. down in the hollow, playin' a new game.

laughin' and a runnin', hey hey, skippin' and a jumpin' in the misty mornin' fog with our hearts a thumpin' at you, the brown-eyed girl... you're my brown-eyed girl..."

the worst feeling in the world is to feel hungry when you have already eaten... especially when you are really full...

"life... mysterious life... we're moving around, dancing the rhythm of life... time... mysterious time... we're counting the hours and days to the end of all time... and we're feeling the change and we don't know why...choose one direction just one more time... don't say i'm thinking too much if you see what's behind... and these are mysterious times... mysterious times... no trick of the mind... for this moment i feel like we live in mysterious times... if you see what's behind, these are mysterious times..."

"feeling bad... not feeling worse... good."

when you leave someone, you might think you will only need an overnight bag or just a small suitcase, but sometimes you need a steamtrunk...

i don't get laguna beach... it's appeal... i mean, is it like crack for the eyes and brain? you watch it... it makes you feel really good that you aren't some vapid little blonde haired hussie who only cares about boys and looking good... beyotch puhlease... give the fucking history channel any day of the over crappy assed stuff they put on mtv now... remember when they used to play music... i do... i was watching then... remote control... hell yeah! the 'real world' san fran. was the last good show on there... well, except for that 'your mama' show... that's pretty damn funny... the rest is vapid... void of any reasonable substance... it's like drinking a diet caffine free coke... you might as well just drink water... because you aren't getting anything out of it... least bit taste... and don't get me started on vh1...

"heaven holds a sense of wonder and i wanted to believe that i'd get caught up when the rage in me subsides... in this white wave i am sinking in this silence... in this white wave in this silence i believe..."

my right hand hurts a lot from when i went bowling on friday night, not from masturbating too much... besides, you can never masturbate too much...

"do you ever question your life? do you ever wonder why? do you ever see in your dreams all the castles in the sky? oh tell me why do we build castles in the sky... oh tell me why all the castles way up high... please tell me why do we build castles in the sky... oh tell me why all the castles way up high..."

never watch wolf creek... no really... just don't do it... otherwise, i'm going to think that you are a sick sadomasocistic person... it's true... you probably are... i bet you want to watch it now... i bet you like to see people get cut up... you are part of the 'hostile' fan club i bet... damn, you are one sick motherfucker

"baby' got an atom bomb, a mother fuckin' atom bomb, twenty two maga tonne, i ain't ever seen so much fun, baby got a poison gas, baby got a heart attack, baby got a pain on tap, baby gimme some of that, baby got a satellite, baby got second sight, baby got a master plan, a foolproof masterplan, baby got purple hair, baby got a secret lair, baby got an army there, i ain't ever seen baby scared. baby got a nobel prize, given for the perfect crime, baby got an alibi, baby got eight more lives, baby got a crystal ball, baby doesn't care at all, baby's having too much fun, she's got a shit kickin' mother fuckin' atom bomb. baby got a fleet at sea, and a submarine called emergency, she got a motorcade, she got a monorail, going coat to coast on a campaign trail, playing deck of cards in an armoured car, she got a kung fu star as a body guard, she got a juju charm, she got a magic spell, she got a genie, all three is working well, she got a t.v. show, she got a shopping mall, she got a miracle, she doesn't want at all, she got a monument and at a great expense, she got a head of state and a president, she got destiny, she got supremacy, she got everything from a - z, she got it all down tight, she got nothing wrong, she got the whole wide world singing baby's song"

"one time, okay, see, one time randy beaman's mom had a dream that she ate a *big* marshmallow, and it was really good, and she-and when she woke up her pillow was gone, 'cause she ate it! 'kay, bye!"

i'm the one i've been here for you all along i'm the one who's shoulder you've been crying on nice guys finish last no one knows as good as me. we're just good friends and you come to me for sympathy you tell me that i'm not your type still you call me late at night, everytime he picks a fight after all he's said and all he's done i'm the one i've been here for you all along i'm the one who's shoulder you've been crying on"

last january when i was visiting atlanta, keith and i went up to ashville for the day... on the way, we passed through jahblowmee county... and passed through haywood county... and a few hours later ended up in asheville... on the way back we cross the haywood-jahblowmee county line... hand-to-god on this one... he also got a speeding ticket and we saw a par of balls hanging from the back of a pickup truck...

"he was a "rock and roll messiah," she was known for her childcare. the truth is gonna give up the world, if you can give up the stage..."

"i'm stressed but you're freestyle. i'm overworked but i'm undersexed. i must be made of concrete. i sign my name across your chest. give out the same old answers. i trot them out for the relatives. company tried and tested. i use the ones that i love the best. like an animal you're moving over me... like an animal you're moving over me. when did i get perverted. i can't remember your name. i'm growing introverted. you touch my hand and it's not the same. this was so unexpected. i never thought i'd get caught. play boomerang with your demons. shoot to kill and you'll pop them off. bang! bang! like an animal you're moving over me. like an animal you're moving over me. you should be sleeping my lover tell me what you're dreaming of... you should be sleeping my lover tell me what you're dreaming of... you should be sleeping my lover tell me what you're dreaming of... you should be sleeping my lover tell me what you're dreaming of... i knew you were mine for the taking... i knew you were mine for the taking... i knew you were mine for the taking... when i walked in the room... i knew you were mine for the taking... i knew you were mine for the taking... your eyes light up when i walk in the room... a hammering in my head don't stop from the bullet train from Tokyo to los angeles... i'm leaving you behind, a flash in the pan, a storm in a teacup, a needle in a haystack, a prize for the winning, a dead for the raising, a catch for the chasing, a jewel for the choosing, a man for the making in this blistering heat... sweat it all out... sweat it all out... with your bedroom eyes and your baby pouts... sweat it all out... in our electric storms and our shifting sands... our candy jars and our sticky hands... sweat it all out... sweat it all out... sweat it all out... sweat it all out... sweat it all out... sweat it all out... don't forget what I wrote you then... and don't forget what I told you then... and don't forget i that meant to win... and don't forget your ventolin... so a hammering in my head don't stop in the bullet train from tokyo to los angeles"

what's really sad is all the above phrases is a quick sample of some of the pop culture references that flood through my brain on a daily basis... scary i know... geting inside my brain even for an instant... 'let me out! let me out!'

Thursday, February 23, 2006

song: vermont

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they say vermont is for lovers... well at least that was campaign during the 1990's for the poor state... i had to look up to see if this was still part of the union... i mean, it's vermont... you know rhode island is there because, but ever since newhart went off the air, you don't hear too much of the little state... or was it set in oregon... man, whatever... anyway, there were bumperstickers and a movie that surround that whole thing... but really that's not my intention for this being my song right now...

no, that honor of it being my song right now is that this song is done my my all-time favorite band cruiserweight.... yep, there has not been a band that has come along yet that has knocked them out of that spot yet. sad i know...

why this particular cruiserweight song? simple... for it's creative use of the word "gesticulate." how often do you hear that in a song... especially a high-powered song like this? i mean really, how often?

this song is particularly interesting... first off it leads off the lp, but besides that, it seems to be a continuation of the first lyrical song on their second self-made album this will unfortunately come out wrong. this is evident by the use of similar metaphors in both songs. the line from the song i'm back from that self-made album goes "whoa, watch me now, i could do my dance anyhow, but i wanted you to see it." in this song, it's "you dance the same dance as everyone." the use of the metaphor of dancing being living is certainly not new. garth brooks used similar turn of phrase in a handful of his songs, but most notably "the dance." as obvious as it sounds, equating living to a dance is actually quite complex. in i'm back, stella, the lead singer and songwriter of cruiserweight, is basically lamenting over the fact that she can no longer share her dance or her life with the subject written about in the song. yet, in vermont, stella speaks of someone else's "dance." she claims that this individual is leading the same life as everyone else and is in no particular way special. she seems to egg the subject on to not conform. so, my question i pose, are the two songs about the same person? is this just the other half of the story? the other side of the coin?

the interesting thing is the complete difference in style from i'm back to vermont. it's obviously a much more refined product with a record label behind them, but i think if you will listen closely, i think you will also hear an obvious maturity in their craft. which makes it quite ironic that they are singing on the topic of everything being "high school."

vermont
by cruiserweight

in the background there's a noise
all the feet marking time in a straight line
and you can't turn back
'cause you're better off
you gotta maintain your stance
in the background, there's a voice
singing softly but surely to break you down
that no, no, no, no matter what they say
what you're wearing still matters
in an unmotivated crowd
blood, sweat, and tears poured into staying safe
like tenth-grade apprehension - oh
and my navy blue
isn't black enough so i'll keep my head down
was it innovation or formal?
(you dance the same dance)
you dance the same dance as everyone
in the background there's a noise
all the feet marking time in a straight line
and you can't turn back
'cause you're better off
you gotta maintain your stance
in the background, there's a voice
singing softly but surely to break you down
that no, no, no, no matter what they say
what you're wearing still matters
smash your equipment in a rage
it's all the rage
and a guaranteed way to heaven
hallelujah! we're all saved!
and though heather said i should write it down,
well, i will be forgotten.
but the eternal face for prom queen is here to stay.
(you dance the same dance)
you dance the same dance as everyone
gesticulate
(try to make a move and break free)
and you thought
(and you thought)
conformity was so passe`
(was so passe`)
(but no matter what they tell you)
everything, well everything is high school
and it's ob-la-di-bla-da and you walk away
you can try to make a change
more like
try to shift in a straight jacket
no matter what they say
no matter what they say
they say
you walk away
(everybody's part of the dance craze)
cause you dance the same dance
(you'll never, ever get away.)
you dance the same dance
(oh la-di-bla-da)
just walk away
(just walk away)

Sunday, February 12, 2006

song: now is forever

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sad and hopefuly at the same time... i like this song for its looking at life in a pure and simple way. it has been stuck in my head all week... i'm not quite sure why... this was a song that was around during a time in my life that was just too odd for me to comprehend and too foreign for me to explain. almost like many of my dreams, my reality does not always make sense and most of it never really happened, but you have to live through it... this song just reminds us to take our time doing it.

now is forever
by eiffel 65

the past is all that's gone,
the future is yet to come.
this moment is all our own.
we should live this way,
just building up our day,
now and forever.
the past is all that's gone,
the future is yet to come.
this moment is all our own.
we should live this way,
just building up our day,
now and forever.

we should think about,
what we got right now,
cause the good things are made up of time.
smile to your problems,
leave the past behind.
never forget this.
find the truth in your soul,
keeping you alive.
going on from minute to minute.
don't shade the future,
with all that's behind.
live for today.

the past is all that's gone,
the future is yet to come.
this moment is all our own.
we should live this way,
just building up our day,
now and forever.
the past is all that's gone,
the future is yet to come.
this moment is all our own.
we should live this way,
just building up our day,
now and forever.
don't shade your future,
with what you don't have.
keep your mind on that's here today.
now and forever,
build the future now.
keep this mind.
though you will take your time,
to get what you need,
but you'll do it step after step.
yet to come is all that's gone,
learn to live this moment.
live for today.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

song: castles in the sky

castles in the sky
by ian van dahl


do you ever question your life
do you ever wonder why
do you ever see in your dreams
all the castles in the sky

oh tell me why
do we build castles in the sky
oh tell me why
all the castles way up high
please tell me why
do we build castles in the sky
oh tell me why
all the castles way up high

do you ever question your life
do you ever wonder why
do you ever see in your dreams
all the castles in the sky

oh tell me why
do we build castles in the sky
oh tell me why
all the castles way up high
please tell me why
do we build castles in the sky
oh tell me why
all the castles way up high

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

song: vacation

Cruiserweight7inchmini so, i'm on vacation this week... apparently, i have vacation days built up... which is weird since i just started... but anyway, i have to burn them before the end of the year otherwise, i can't use them and i don't get paid for them either... so, this thing was sprung on me short notice, so i didn't make any plans... so, i pretty much am sitting around all week doing nothing... what else is new...

you ever take a vacation to get away from someone... i have... and yet, that's the only thing you can think of the entire time you are gone... screw the fact that you are with family or in a really cool theme park or festival... no, your still thinking about it... but trying to forget about it... it sucks... i would recommend not getting into relationships to begin with, they just all end in disaster anyway... screw the "tis better to love and loss than never love at all" i mean the guy who said that was just a big unhappiness freak anyway...

so, why is this the song of the week is i actually want the "operation eyes closed 7 inch record" that is in limited edition... that's right, if you haven't gotten me a christmas present yet, here's the perfect gift!!! just make sure to coordinate with all of my family members and such... by the way, i've gotten the new family guy dvds already... but not the stewie griffin special dvd yet... no, that's quite open for someone to buy for me... so, what do you want for christmas...

vacation
by cruiserweight


can't seem to get my mind off of you
back here at home there's nothin' to do
now that i'm away
i wish i'd stayed
tomorrow's a day of mine that you won't be in

when you looked at me i should've run
but i thought it was just for fun
i see i was wrong
and i'm not so strong
i should've known all along that time would tell

a week without you
thought i'd forget
two weeks without you and i
still haven't gotten over you yet

vacation
all i ever wanted
vacation
had to get away
vacation
meant to be spent alone

a week without you
thought i'd forget
two weeks without you and I
still haven't gotten over you yet

Thursday, December 08, 2005

song: bad day

Rembadday Rembadday2 so, two big things have become apparent overt the past couple of weeks... first, i live just minutes for athens, georgia... one of the meccas of the rock alternative movement during the late 80s on into the mid 90s. this was the birthplace of r.e.m. and hot spot for many influential bands during said time period... the second, is the fact that r.e.m. has never been a song of the week in the entire time i have been actually doing a song of the week... so, i figured the least i could do is have one of the songs of the week feature an r.e.m. song... and what's a more appropriate song than "bad day?" i mean, have you heard the song? it's just crying out for me to do a write up on it... lampooning and nearly attacking the media for all their efforts... now you might think that i would be defensive about that, but no... no, i'm not... in fact, sometimes i think the media is surprised at how we get ourselves... but anyway, i'm lucky to be working for an organization that believe that good news is news... so, i really can't say that i am apart of the typical media. i think to some degree what i do on a daily basis is nothing short of sado masochism... anyway, this song has some very strong undertones of the national situation shortly following the september 11th attacks... it's just very synical of the whole situation and while it casts a dark shadow of gloom and doom on the current situation, it offers a plea for things to get better... call that a silver lining if you will...

anyway, since i am so close to athens, i think i will stop in to see dexter weaver at weaver d's fine food... where it's "automatic for the people!" i think i will take a day trip there next week during my week off and take the athens music history walking tour... sounds like fun... but i'm sure it will be freezing... but it probably won't be a bad day...

bad day
by r.e.m.


a public service announcement followed me home the other day
i paid it nevermind
go away
shits so thick you could stir it with a stick-free
teflon whitewashed presidency
we're sick of being jerked around
wear that on your sleeve

broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord
count your blessings
we're sick of being jerked around
we all fall down

have you ever seen the televised st. vitus subcommittee prize
investigation dance?
those ants in pants glances
well, look behind the eyes
it's a hallowed hollow anesthetized
"save my own ass, screw these guys"
smoke and mirror lock down

broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord,
count your blessings.
the papers wouldn't lie!
i sigh, not one more

it's been a bad day
please don't take a picture
it's been a bad day
please

we're dug in deep the price is steep
the auctioneer is such a creep

the lights went out, the oil ran dry
we blamed it on the other guy
sure, all men are created equal.
heres the church, heres the steeple
please stay tuned-we cut to sequel
ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord,
count your blessings.
ignore the lower fear
ugh, this means war.

it's been a bad day.
please don't take a picture.
it's been a bad day.
please.

broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord,
count your blessings.
we're sick of being jerked around.
we all fall down.

it's been a bad day...

Sunday, December 04, 2005

song: you're beautiful

Blunt fantasy... reality... sometimes it is so hard to determine what is what... you want the romantic, so seek it out in the reality of the world and yet, it is never obtainable... that's what this week's song of the week is all about.

this bittersweet song by modern folk singer james blunt talks of a man's simple encounter... it is funny one can relate just a brief glance as being a world of love and lust unleashed... eternity in an instant... and that you need not go further with this person because you've experienced life's true happiness in that instant... yet, is it so much that you are saying that every joy that could possibly relate to love, lust, or any other emotion... or is it just you talking yourself out of the misery that you will never know this person?

this is also a great metaphor for picking out that one in a million person... a person who is just truly beautiful among the crowd... but that you will never be with her...

in a more simpler explaination, this is a love at first sight relationship that will never be... but could he help it...maybe that other man is her brother... maybe you are not seeing it all... maybe you are so taken by her that you don't see that she is miserable with this person... that she needs rescuing... maybe you are stopping yourself from approaching her... maybe she's too beautiful...

or maybe you need to stop smoking the dope before you hit the subway... either way... this is the song of the week for this week... (odd that james has a funny way of putting things blunt-ly...)

you're beautiful
by james blunt


my life is brilliant.
my love is pure.
i saw an angel.
of that i'm sure.
she smiled at me on the subway.
she was with another man.
but i won't lose no sleep on that,
'cause i've got a plan.

you're beautiful. you're beautiful.
you're beautiful, it's true.
i saw you face in a crowded place,
and i don't know what to do,
'cause i'll never be with you.

yeah, she caught my eye,
as we walked on by.
she could see from my face that i was,
fucking high,
and i don't think that i'll see her again,
but we shared a moment that will last till the end.

you're beautiful. you're beautiful.
you're beautiful, it's true.
i saw you face in a crowded place,
and i don't know what to do,
'cause i'll never be with you.
you're beautiful. you're beautiful.
you're beautiful, it's true.
there must be an angel with a smile on her face,
when she thought up that i should be with you.
but it's time to face the truth,
i will never be with you.

Monday, November 21, 2005

song: fallout boy

okay, so this really isn't my song of the week... it's my roommates... he's be listening to this song all morning... hey, i'm not complaining, i like the song too... so, really there's nothing to more to this one... except that his computer makes this "matrix" sound when it gets too busy and he is playing music... it's kind of freaky!

anywho, enjoy!

sugar were goin down
by fallout boy


am i more than you bargained for yet?
i've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear
cause that's just who i am this week

lie in the grass next to the mausoleum
i'm just a notch in your bedpost but you're just a line in a song

drop a heart and break a name
we're always sleeping in and sleeping for the wrong team

we're going down, down in an earlier round
and sugar we're going down swinging
i'll be your number one with a bullet
a loaded god complex
cock it and pull it

we're going down, down in an earlier round
and sugar we're going down swinging
i'll be your number one with a bullet
a loaded god complex
cock it and pull it

is this more than you bargained for yet?
oh, dont mind me. i'm watching you two from the closet
wishing to be the friction in your jeans

isn't it messed up how i'm just dying to be him
i'm just a notch in your bed post but you're just a line in a song

drop a heart, break a name
we're always sleeping in and sleeping for the wrong team

we're going down, down in an earlier round
and sugar we're going down swinging
i'll be your number one with a bullet
a loaded god complex
cock it and pull it

we're going down, down in an earlier round
and sugar we're going down swinging
i'll be your number one with a bullet
a loaded god complex
cock it and pull it

down, down in an earlier
and sugar were going down swingin
i'll be your number one with a bullet
a loaded god complex
cock it and pull it

we're going down, down in an earlier
and sugar we're going down swinging
i'll be your number one with a bullet
a loaded god complex
cock it and pull it

we're going down, down
down, down
down, down
a loaded god complex
cock it and pull it

we're going down down in an earlier round
and sugar we're going down swinging
i'll be your number one with a bullet
a loaded god complex
cock it and pull it

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

song of the week 11/15/05

indifference
by pearl jam

i will light a match this morning
so i won't be alone
watch as she lies silent
for soon light will be gone
oh, i will stand arms outstretched
pretend i'm free to roam
oh, i will make my way through
one more day in hell

how much difference does it make?
how much difference does it make?

i will hold the candle
until it burns up my arm
oh, i'll keep taking punches
until their will grows tired
oh, i will stare the sun down
until my eyes go blind
hey, i won't change direction
and i won't change my mind

how much difference does it make?
how much difference does it make?

i'll swallow poison
until i grow immune
i will scream my lungs out
till it fills this room

how much difference…
how much difference…
how much difference does it make?
how much difference does it make?