Saturday, December 27, 2008

Mistakes

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

- Albert Einstein

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Pain

Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain.

~Bob Dylan, Dark Things

Monday, December 8, 2008

Tomorrow

If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart, I’ll always be with you.

- Winnie the Pooh

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Goodnight Dear Void

"Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Well, not small, but valuable. And sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void."

~Kathleen, Meg Ryan's character, You've Got Mail

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Snow

Patty: Try to catch snowflakes on your tongue. It's fun.
Linus: Mmm. Needs sugar.
Lucy: It's too early. I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait until January.
Linus: They sure look ripe to me

From a Charlie Brown Christmas

Friday, November 21, 2008

Tied Together with a Smile

Seems the only one who doesn't see your beauty
is the face in the mirror looking back at you
you walk around here thinking your not pretty
but that's not true, cause I know you...

hold on, baby you're losing it
the waters high, your jumping into it
and letting go and no one knows
that you cry, but you don't tell anyone
that you might not be the golden one
and your tied together with a smile
but your coming undone

I guess it's true that love was all you wanted
cause you've given it away like it's extra change
hoping it will end up in his pocket
but he leaves you out like a penny in the rain
oh, cause it's not his price to pay
not his price to pay...

you're tied together with a smile
but you're coming undone...

~Taylor Swift, Tied Together with a Smile

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Dreams

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.

- Henry David Thoreau

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

White Horse

Say you're sorry
That face of an angel
Comes out just when you need it to
As I paced back and forth all this time
Cause I honestly believed in you
Holding on
The days drag on
Stupid girl, I should have known,
I should have known

I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you
And your white horse, to come around

Baby I was naive,
Got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
My mistake, I didn't wanna be in love
You had to fight to have the upper hand
I had so many dreams
About you and me
Happy endings
Now I know

I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you
And your white horse, to come around

And there you are on your knees,
Begging for forgiveness, begging for me
Just like I always wanted but I'm sooo sorry

Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rearview mirror disappearing now
And its too late for you and your white horse
Now its too late for you and your white horse, to catch me now
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Try and catch me now
Oh, it's too late
To catch me now

Taylor Swift, "White Horse"

Sunday, November 9, 2008

A Place in this World

I don't know what I want, so don't ask me
Cause I'm still trying to figure it out
Don't know what's down this road,
I'm just walking
Trying to see through the rain coming down
Even though I'm not the only one
Who feels the way I do.

I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on
Oh I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world

Got the radio on, my old blue jeans
And I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve
Feeling lucky today, got the sunshine.
Could you tell me what more do I need
and tomorrow's just a mystery, oh yeah
But that's ok

Maybe I'm just a girl on a mission
But I'm ready to fly..

I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
Oh I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on
OH I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
Oh I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world

Oh I'm just a girl

Taylor Swift, "A Place in This World"

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Love Story




We were both young when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts:
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air.

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns.
See you make your way through the crowd
and say hello;

Little did I know
That you were Romeo; you were throwing pebbles,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."
And I was crying on the staircase,
begging you, 'Please, don't go.'"

And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'"

So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew.
So close your eyes; escape this town for a little while.
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said "Stay away from Juliet,"
But you were everything to me; I was begging you, 'Please, don't go,'"

And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'

Romeo save me - they're tryin' to tell me how to feel;
This love is difficult, but it's real.
Don't be afraid; we'll make it out of this mess.
It's a life story - baby just say "Yes.'"

Oh.

I got tired of waiting,
Wondering if you were ever comin' around.
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town,

And I said,
"Romeo save me - I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you but you never come.
Is this in thy head? I don't know what to think-"

He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said,
"Marry me, Juliet - you'll never have to be alone.
I love you and that's all I really know.
I talked to your dad - go pick out a white dress;
It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'"

Oh, oh.

We were both young when I first saw you...


"Love Story" by Taylor Swift

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Stupid For You

It's not everyday
That I meet a person quite like you
Perfect every way
I finally found the nerve to confess that it's you - that I want
I don't care if I act a fool
I would damn near beg for you
Put aside, all my pride
So don't keep me hanging here
Cause this girl is falling stupid for you..
Oh, oh stupid for you..
The proper thing to do
Is for me to act like a lady and wait
For you to make the first move
But I don't think you're getting the point
That it's you - that I want
I don't care if I act a fool
I would damn near beg for you
Put aside, all my pride
So don't keep me hanging here
Cause this girl is falling stupid for you
Oh, oh stupid for you
Why's it always feel like I am
Chasing love when nothing's there
And here I go just making the same mistakes...
I've fallen stupid for you..
oh, oh stupid for you..

Marie Digby, "Stupid for You"

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

VOTE

No matter what your political affiliation is, please get out and vote on Tuesday. It's your country. Your vote does count.

Center of the Universe

When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.

~Bernard Bailey

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Calamity

Smooth rides make for boring stories, a little calamity, that's worth talking about.

~Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy

Try

To use the word try is to quit with honor.

~Heard on the Biggest Loser

Never Give Up

Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must, just never give up.

~Dean Karnazes
Starbucks "The Way I See It #263"

Friday, October 24, 2008

SNL Goodness

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Saying "Hi"

I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stumped by this for many years. and then I realized, you just say "Hi". They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.

~Augusten Burroughs, Author of Running With Scissors
Found on Starbucks "The Way I See It" cup

Friday, October 17, 2008

Brand New Day

Some kind of magic
Happens late at night
When the moon smiles down at me
And bathes me in its light
I fell asleep beneath you
In the tall blades of grass
When I woke the world was new
I never had to ask

It’s a brand new day
The sun is shining
It’s a brand new day
For the first time in such a long long time
I know I’ll be ok

Most kind of stories
Save the best part for last
And most stories have a hero who finds
You make your past your past
Yeah you make your past your past

It’s a brand new day
The sun is shining
It’s a brand new day
For the first time in such a long long time
I know I’ll be ok

This cycle never ends
You gotta fall in order to mend

It’s a brand new day
It’s a brand new day
For the first time in such a long long time
I know I’ll be ok

~Joshua Radin, "Brand New Day"

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Skin

Sarabeth is scared to death
To hear what the doctor will say
She hasn't been well
Since the day that she fell
And the bruise, it just won't go away

So she sits and she waits with her mother and dad
Flips through an old magazine
Till the nurse with a smile
Stands at the door
And says will you please come with me

Sarabeth is scared to death
Cause the doctor just told her the news
Between the red cells and white
Something's not right
But we're gonna take care of you
Six chances in ten it won't come back again
With the therapy were gonna try
It's just been approved
It's the strongest there is
I think we caught it in time

Sarabeth closes her eyes
And she dreams she's dancing
Around and around without any cares
And her very first love is holding her close
And the soft wind is blowing her hair

Sarabeth is scared to death
As she sits holding her mom
Cause it would be a mistake
For someone to take
A girl with no hair to the prom
For, just this morning right there on her pillow
Was the cruelest of any surprise
And she cried when she gathered it all in her hands
The proof that she couldn't deny

Sarabeth closes her eyes
And she dreams she's dancing
Around and around without any cares
And her very first love was holding her close
And the soft wind is blowing her hair

Its quarter to seven
That boy's at the door
And her daddy ushers him in
And when he takes off his cap
They all start to cry
Cause this mornin where his hair had been
Softly she touches just skin

And they go dancin
Around and around without any cares
And her very first true love is holding her close
And for a moment she isn't scared

~Rascal Flatts, "Skin"

Sunday, October 12, 2008

I Did It

Oh, what I gotta say to you
You got love
Don’t turn it down
Turn it loud
Let it build
We got a long way to go
But you, ya gotta start somewhere
Go door to door
Spread the love you got
You got the love
You get what you want
Does it matter where you get it from?
I for one
Don’t turn my cheek for anyone
Unturn your cheek to give your love
Love to grow

~Dave Matthews Band, I Did It

Saturday, October 11, 2008

One of Those Days

And everyone keeps saying
Nothing helps but time
Time is all I own
The timings stop replaying over in my mind
I watch the hours slow down
So I crawl underneath my blanket
Where I can hide away
I know I can't take it
‘Cause I see now
It's just one of those days
Now a year has passed
Alone I stay inside
And I await the rain
To wash away your face
So I don’t have to hide
The sight of you is painful
So I crawl underneath my blanket
Where I can hide away
I know I can’t take it anymore
‘Cause I see now
It's just one of those days

~Joshua Radin, "One of Those Days"

Monday, October 6, 2008

Sky Is Falling

And when the sky is falling,
don't look outside the window.
Step back and hear I'm calling.
Give up, don't take the fast road.
It's just your doubt that binds you.
Just drop those thoughts behind you, now.
Change your mind.
Let go too soon.
Sit down, you're sinking,
there's no one to watch you.
Skip time, you're thinking,
there's no one to stop you.
And all the bridges you've burned,
leave you trapped off at all sides.
And now the tables do turn,
and it's all gone, what's left for you.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Go For It

The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. See any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say "no"- they may not be smart enough to say "yes."

~Keith Olberman, from Starbucks "The Way I See It #17"

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Pessimism

How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right?

~Robert Mallett

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Listen

"You can learn a lot more from listening than you can from talking. Find someone with whom you don't agree in the slightest and ask them to explain themselves at length. Then take a seat, shut your mouth, and don't argue back. It's physically impossible to listen with your mouth open."

~ John Moe, Radio Host and and author of Conservatize Me as found on Starbucks' "The Way I See It #280"

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Losing Hope

Losing hope is easy
When your only friend is gone
And every time you look around
Well, it all, it all just seems to change
But hanging on is easy
When you've got a friend to call
When nothings making sense at all
You're not the only one that's afraid of change

~Jack Johnson, Losing Hope

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Look What I Found

Just look what I found when I wasn't looking
Look what I found when I was just being me
I turned around and love was mine for the taking
Look what I found when she found me

Now there's a lot of lonely people out there waiting
And there's a lot of lonely people searching too
But if you've got too many expectations
You might miss the one who's right in front of you

~Chris Cagle, Look What I Found

Monday, September 15, 2008

Sometimes

"sometimes your life can crumble
sometimes your soul might make a stumble
but you can't drown in your sorrow
cause you might be found
you might be found tomorrow"

~Donovan Frankenreiter, What'cha Know About

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Destiny

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don't blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the President. You realize that you control your own destiny.

~Albert Ellis

Laziness

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

~Jules Renard

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Today

You looked right through me
When there was no one else
I sat beside you and became myself
Today... today
You are the one
I've been waiting for today
And here comes the sun
That's been baiting on today

~Joshua Radin, Today

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Then Came You

Somehow I'm leading someone else's life
I cut a star down with my knife
And right now I still see the way the moon
Plays this tune
Though our lights died.

My hands shake
My knees quake
It's every day
The same way.
Cos then came you.
Then there's you.
I keep your picture
In my worn through shoes.
Then there's you.
Then came you.
When I'm lost, I look at my picture of you.

And somehow I'll make tonight our own
I'll show you every way I've grown
Since I met you
And right now
I'll be the boy in your next song
I'll learn the parts and play along
If you let me.

If you let me, I'll show the world to you.
Yes, if you let me, I'll know just what to do.
Cos then came you.
Then there's you.
I keep your picture
In my worn through shoes.
When I'm lost
In your eyes I see a way for me

~Joshua Radin, "Someone Else's Life"

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Wonderwall

And all the roads we have to walk along are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you I don't know how
Because maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me?
And after all
You're my wonderwall

~Oasis, Wonderwall

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Little Victories

This time, I'll be sailing
No more bailing boats for me
I'll be out there on the sea
Just my confidence and me

And I'll be awful sometimes
Weakened to my knees
But I'll learn to get by
On little victories

This time, I'll have no fear
I'll be standing strong and tall
Turn my back towards them all

And I'll be awful sometimes
Weakened to my knees
I'll learn to get by
And I'll learn to get by
On the little victories
And if the world decides to catch up with me
It's a little victory.

~Matt Nathanson, Little Victories

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Live

Live the life you love
Love the life you live.

~Bob Marley

Thursday, August 21, 2008

One Step at a Time

You wanna show the world,
but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen and it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

You believe and you doubt
You're confused, you got it all figured out
Everything that you always wished for
Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours
If they only knew

~Jordin Sparks, One Step at a Time

What You Get

Pain, make your way to me.
And I'll always be just so inviting.
If I ever start to think straight,
This heart will start a riot in me,
Let's start... Start, hey!
Why do we like to hurt so much?
Oh why do we like to hurt so much?
That's what you get when you let your heart win!

~Paramore, That's What You Get

Hope

Shadow walks faster than you
You don't really know what to do
Do you think that you're not alone?
You really think that you are immune to
Its gonna get that the best of you
Its gonna lift you up and let you down
It will defeat you then teach you to get back up
After it takes all that
You learn to love

Your reflection is a blur
Out of focus
But in confusion
The frames are suddenly burnt
And in the end of a roll of illusion
A ghost waiting its turn
Now I can see right through
It's a warning that nobody heard
It will teach you to love what you're afraid of
After it takes away all that
You learn to love
But you don't
Always
Have to hold your head
Higher than your heart

You better hope you're not alone

~Jack Johnson, Hope

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Mustn'ts

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child,
listen to the dont's.
Listen to the shouldn'ts
The impossibles, the wont's
Listen to the never haves
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be."

~ Shel Silverstein, Listen to the Mustn'ts

Thursday, August 14, 2008

What's Up Now?












"The Americans? We're going to smash them," Bernard said. "That's what we came here for."

~Alain Bernard before the 4x100 Freestyle Relay in which the USA won after coming from behind and beating the French who were talking trash.

Perdant.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Rotten Mood

I'm in a rotten mood today,
a really rotten mood today,
I'm feeling cross,
I'm feeling mean,
I'm jumpy as a jumping bean,
I have an awful attitude-
I'M IN A ROTTEN MOOD!

I'm in a rotten mood today,
a really rotten mood today,
I'm in a snit,
I'm in a stew,
there's nothing that I care to do
but sit all by myself and brood-
I'M IN A ROTTEN MOOD!

I'm in a rotten mood today,
a really rotten mood today,
you' better stay away from me,
I'm just a lump of misery,
I'm feeling absolutely rude-
I'M IN A ROTTEN MOOD!

~Jack Prelutsky, poet, "I'm in a Rotten Mood"

* I highly recommend any of his books, but especially The New Kid on the Block, it's still one of my favorites

Friday, August 8, 2008

Olympics Time!



"There are 6 billion of us, we all come from unique places with unique ways of looking at the world, we don't always agree, but for a few shining weeks we set it all aside, we come together to stand and cheer and celebrate as one. We forget all the things that make us different and remember all the things that make us the same."

~ Visa Commercial, Morgan Freeman's voice

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Life is a Highway

Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside every darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where the brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate break down the garden gate
There's not much left today
Life is a highway
I want to ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I want to drive it all night long

~Tom Cochrane, "Life is a Highway"

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Change

"I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out."

~ David Sedaris, one of my favorite authors

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Come Away With Me

I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Normal

"Don’t let the feeling of being normal inhibit you from achieving something extraordinary."


~Jon Rankin's blog post

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Who I Am



And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Think

"The world is moving so fast and our plates are overflowing with the things we feel we have to do. But all we really need to do is take a day and sit down and think."

~Maya Angelou

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Who You Are

"As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you- the first time around."

~Oprah Winfrey

Monday, July 14, 2008

I Believe

I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner,
I believe in kissing, kissing a lot,
I believe in being strong when everything seems to go wrong,
I believe that tomorrow is another day,
And I believe in miracles

~Audrey Hepburn

Friday, July 11, 2008

Smile

"Let's put a smile on that face."

~The Joker, The Dark Knight

Dark Knight opens July 18th (ONE WEEK!!!!!!!)

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Time

Time, why you punish me?
Like a wave bashing into the shore
You wash away my dreams.
Time, why you walk away?
Like a friend with somewhere to go
You left me crying

Can you teach me about tommorrow
And all the pain and sorrow
Running free?
Cause tomorrow's just another day
And I don't believe in time

Time, I don't understand
Children killing in the street
Dying for the color of red
Time, hey there red and blue
Wash them in the ocean, make them clean,
Maybe their mothers won't cry tonight

Can you teach me about tomorrow
All the pain and sorrow
Running free?
But tomorrow's just another day
And I don't believe in...

Time is wasting
Time is walking
You ain't no friend of mine
I don't know where I'm goin'
I think I'm out of my mind
Thinking about time
And if I die tomorrow, yeah
Just lay me down in sleep

Time, you left me standing there
Like a tree growing all alone
The wind just stripped me bare, stripped me bare
Time, the past has come and gone
The future's far away
Now only lasts for one second, one second

Can you teach me about tomorrow
And all the pain and sorrow
Running free?
Cause tomorrows just another day
And I don't believe in time

Time, why you punish me?

~Time, Hootie and the Blowfish

Against the Wind

And the years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded bv strangers I thought were my friends
I found myself further and further from my home
And I guess I lost my way
There were oh so many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worried about paying or even how much I owed
Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breaking all of the rules that would bend
I began to find myself searchin
Searching for shelter again and again

Against the wind
A little something against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter against the wind

~Bob Seger, "Against the Wind"

Monday, July 7, 2008

Unwritten

I am unwritten,
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten, yeah

~Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten

Friday, July 4, 2008

Declaration

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

~Declaration of Independence

Happy 4th of July!!!

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Never Let Me Down

"I can't stop, that's why I'm hot
Determination, dedication, motivation
I'm talking to you, my many inspirations
When I say it I can't, let you or self down
If I were on the highest cliff, on the highest rift
And you slipped off the side and clenched on to your life in my grip
I would never, ever let you down
And when these words are found
Let it been known that God's penmanship has been signed with a language called love
That's why my breath is felt by the deaf
And why my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind
I, too, dream in color and in rhyme
So I guess I'm one of a kind in a full house
Cuz whenever I open my heart, my soul, or my mouth
A touch of God rains out"

~Kanye West, Never Let Me Down, rapped by J. Ivy

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Quotes

"I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself."

~Marlene Dietrich

Friday, June 27, 2008

Bleeding Love



Closed off from love
I didn't need the pain
Once or twice was enough
And it was all in vain
Time starts to pass
Before you know it you're frozen
But something happened
For the very first time with you
My heart melts into the ground
Found something true
And everyone's looking round
Thinking I'm going crazy
But I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

~Song: "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis
~Dance: So You Think You Can Dance, Chelsy and Mark

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Rock Star

But you don't even know me
Guess you don't need me
Sad your not seein' what your missin'
On the outside shying away
On the inside dying to say

I'm unusual
Not so typical
Way too smart to be waiting around
Tai chi practicing
Snowboard champion
I could fix the flat on your car
I might even be a rock star

~Miley Cyrus, "Rock Star"

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling, "If"

Friday, June 20, 2008

Car Crash

I'm wide awake and so alive, ringing like a bell
Tell me this is paradise, and not someplace I fell
Cause I keep on falling

I wanna feel the car crash
I wanna feel the capsize
I wanna feel the bomb drop, the earth stop, til I'm satisfied
I wanna feel the car crash cause I'm dyin' on the inside
I wanna let go and know that I'll be alright, alright

Just push me til I have to fly
I've shed my skin, my scars
Take me deep out past the lights
Where nothing dims these stars

I wanna feel the car crash
I wanna feel the capsize
I wanna feel the bomb drop, the earth stop til I'm satisfied
I wanna feel the car crash cause I'm dyin' on the inside
I wanna let go and know that I'll be alright, alright

~Matt Nathanson, Car Crash

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

All We Are

And in the end the words won't matter
'Cause in the end nothing stays the same
And in the end dreams just scatter and fall like rain

'Cause all we are we are
All we are we are
And every day is a start of something beautiful, something real

~Matt Nathanson, All We Are

Get it Done

"Just do it."

~Nike slogan

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Better Man

"There was a time
I had nothing to give
I needed shelter from the storm I was in
And when it all got too heavy
You carried my weight
And I want to hold you
And I want to say

That you are all that I need
For you, I give my soul to keep
You see me, love me
Just the way I am
For you I am a better man
I said you are the reason
For everything that I do
I'd be lost, so lost, without you

Under the stars
At the edge of the sea
There's no one around
No one but you and me
We'd talk for hours
As time drifts away
I could stay here for ever
And hold you this way"

~James Morrison, Better Man

Monday, June 16, 2008

Faith

"At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away."

~Meredith Grey

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Everything's Not Lost

When I counted up my demons,
Saw there was one for everyday.
With the good ones on my shoulder,
I drove the other ones away.

So if you ever feel neglected,
And if you think all is lost,
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah,
Hoping everything's not lost.

When you thought that it was over,
You could feel it all around.
Everybody's out to get you,
Don't you let it drag you down.

If you ever feel neglected,
And if you think all is lost.
I'll be counting up my demons, yeah,
Hoping everything's not lost.

~Coldplay, Everything's Not Lost

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Everything'll Be Alright

Way down, in New York town
Thinking about the way she loved me
There's a hole in my pocket
That's about her size
But I think everything
Is gonna be alright
Yes I hope everything
Is gonna be alright

The smiling face, straight in LA
The gifts are found at the bar
But I wish my car
Could drive to her tonight
Then I'd know everything
Is gonna be alright
Yes then I'd know
It'll be alright

The rain in New Orleans, forgot to end
But the mouths of the people are dry
And we watch and wait
And do nothing but sigh
And hope everything
Is gonna turn alright
But I don't know
If it'll be alright

But I look at you, warm in your dream
While your mobile dances above
And I think to myself
It's a beautiful night
And I know everything
Is gonna be alright
Yes now I know
It'll be alright

~Joshua Radin, Everything'll Be Alright (Will's Lullaby)

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Irreplaceable

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

~Coco Chanel

Who You Are

"Sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is to get to that place where you don't have to be anything else."

~Anonymous

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Heart of the Matter

"I've been learning to live without you now
But I miss you sometimes
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning them again
I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore"

~Heart of the Matter, originally by Don Henley

Monday, June 2, 2008

Lost

"You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come
A bigger one
And you'll be lost"

~Coldplay, "Lost"

New CD "Viva La Vida" comes out June 17th, 2008 : )

Friday, May 30, 2008

SEX AND THE CITY.... TODAY!!!!

Carrie: Have you?
Big: Have I what?
Carrie: Ever been in love?
Big: Abso-fuckin-lutely

Enjoy the movie everyone!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

SATC T-Minus 2 Days..... (aka TOMORROW!)

"If you can only have one great love, then the city just may be mine. And I don't want nobody talkin' shit about my boyfriend."

~Carrie Bradshaw

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

SATC T-Minus 3 Days....

"I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties."

~Samantha Jones

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

SATC T-Minus 3 days...

"It's really hard to walk in a single woman's shoes -- that's why you sometimes need really special shoes!"

~Carrie Bradshaw

Monday, May 26, 2008

SATC T-Minus 4 Days...

"Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered off course we wouldn't fall in love, have babies, or be who we are. After all, things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. But it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart... and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away."

~Carrie Bradshaw

SATC T-Minus 5 Days (40 minutes late)...

"You're the loves of her life, and a guy would be lucky to come in fourth."

~Mr. Big to Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, last episode : (

Saturday, May 24, 2008

SATC T-Minus 6 days....

"Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free til they find someone just as wild to run with them.”

~Carrie Bradshaw

Friday, May 23, 2008

SATC T-Minus 7 days...

"Life doesn’t always turn out to be your fantasy, that’s why you need friendships that are real to get you through it all."

~Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City: The Movie

Sex and the City

In honor of the Sex and the City movie USA premiere next FRIDAY(!!) I will be posting a quote from the movie and show each day (or as much as I can).

www.sexandthecitymovie.com (check it out, it's AWESOME)

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Angels

I hear you walkin around this house sometimes
I wish you never chose to cross that line
Now you walk among the famous ones
You're the angels' sun, but now you're gone
And you chose to shine
Sorry, but you know that we're
Far from fine

She won't be comin' home for quite some time
Guess I'll have to see you on the other side
Now you walk among the famous ones
You're the angels' sun, but now you're gone and you....
You chose to shine
Even on the line
Sorry, but you know that we're
Far from fine
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, no I won't hide....
No I, I won't hide

I feel you next to me, your eyes so bright
Never thought I'd see the world so kind
Now you walk among the famous ones
You're the angels' sun, but now you're gone and you...
You chose to shine
Sorry but you know that we're
Far from fine
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, no I won't hide
No I, I won't hide, I won't hide

I know you're watching me
Your father's so proud
You were born to be the talk of the crowd
But now you walk among
The famous ones
You're the angels' sun, and now you're gone and you
You chose to shine
Even on that line
Sorry, but you know we're far from fine

I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, no, I won't hide
No I, I won't hide
I won't hide, I won't hide, no, I won't hide

~Pat McGee Band, Shine

Fall Apart

You got to hold on to what you got
Things might fall apart
But it don't mean nothing
Less you stick to your ways
You got to hold on to what you got
Before you get burned

~Pat McGee Band, What Ya Got

Look Around

"Take a look around you and see what's within you
Is there room in your life, can I fall down beneath you"

~Pat McGee Band, Fine

Monday, May 19, 2008

Saving Grace

"Suppose I said you're my saving grace..."

~John Mayer, Not Myself

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Outlast

"The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that outlasts it."

~ William James

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Whatever it Takes

She said "If we're gonna make this work
You gotta let me inside even though it hurts
Don't hide the broken parts that I need to see"
She said "Like it or not it's the way it's gotta be
You gotta love yourself if you can ever love me"

I'll do whatever it takes
To turn this around
I know what's at stake
I know that I've let you down
And if you give me a chance
And give me a break
I'll keep us together, I know you deserve much better

But remember the time I told you the way that I felt
That I'd be lost without you and never find myself
Let's hold onto each other above everything else
Start over, start over

~Lifehouse, "Whatever it Takes"

Monday, April 14, 2008

Stand

You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless like you've lost your fight
But you'll be alright
You'll be alright

Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you stand
Then you stand

Life's like a novel with the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon with only one way down
Take what you're given before its gone
Start holding on, keep holding on

Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you stand (then you stand)
Yea, then you stand (then you stand)

Everytime you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece of you
Starts to fall into place, yea

~Rascal Flatts, "Stand"

Friday, April 11, 2008

Days Go By

Days go by
I can feel 'em flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind as the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start livin' right now
'Cause days go by

~Keith Urban, Days Go By

Flip Flops and Pop Tops

I blew out my flip flop,
Stepped on a pop top,
Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home.
But there's booze in the blender,
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on.

~Jimmy Buffett, Margaritaville

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Fix You

When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
When the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

High up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
If you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Tears stream down on your face
I promise you I will learn from the mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

~Coldplay, "Fix You"

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Sex Appeal

"I believe that sex appeal is something we all have. It's up to you to show it."

~Jane Krakowski, of 30 Rock

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Dream BIG

When you cry, be sure to dry your eyes,
'Cause better days are sure to come.
And when you smile, be sure to smile wide,
And don't let them know that they have won.
And when you walk, walk with pride,
And don't show the hurt inside,
Because the pain sill soon be gone.

And when you dream, dream big,
As big as the ocean, blue.
'Cause when you dream it might come true.
But when you dream, dream big.

And when you laugh, be sure to laugh out loud,
'Cause it will carry all your cares away.
And when you see, see the beauty all around and in yourself,
And it will help you feel okay.
And when you pray, pray for strength to help to carry on,
But when the troubles come your way.

And when you dream, dream big,
As big as the ocean, blue.
'Cause when you dream it might come true.
But when you dream, dream big.

Dream big.
Dream big.

When you cry be sure to dry your eyes, cause better days are sure to come.
And when you smile be sure to smile wide,and
don't let them know that they have won.
And when you laugh be sure to laugh out loud,
'Cause it will carry all your cares away.
And when you see, see the beauty all
around and in yourself, and it will help you feel okay.
And when you pray, pray for strength
to help to carry on when the troubles come your way.

And when you dream, dream big,
As big as the ocean, blue.
'Cause when you dream it might come true.
But when you dream, dream big.

~Ryan Shupe, "Dream Big"

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Bullet Proof

Do you listen to yourself
Never live for someone else
Do you like the way you feel
Nothing hurts when no one's real

- Goo Goo Dolls, "Bullet Proof"

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Kelsey (that's me!)

So take one word you said
You put it in your bed
You rest your tiny head on your pillow
You wonder where you're going next
You got your head pushed to my chest
And now you're hoping that someone let's you in
Well I sure'll let you in
You know that you're in
Oh kelsey, you
So don't let anyone scare you
You know that I'll protect you
Always all through the thick and thin
Until the end
You better watch it
You know you don't cross it becauseI'm always here for you
And I'll be here for you
(I know x3) I know how it feels believe me
I've been there
(I know x3) I know what it feels like
Tell me kelsey
I'd swim the ocean for you
The ocean for you
Whoa, oh kelsey
And I'd swim the ocean for you
Swim the ocean for you
Whoa, oh kelsey
Yeah.
It's going to get harder
And it's going to burn brighter
And it's going to feel tougher each and every day
So let me say that I love you
You're all that I've ever wanted
All that I've ever dreamed of to come
And yes you did come
I want you so bad
Can you feel it too?
You know I'm so, I'm so in love with you
I want you so much
I need you so much
I need you, I need you, your touch
And I'd swim the ocean for you
The ocean for you
Whoa, oh kelsey
And you never, ever let me in (let me in)

~Metro Station, "Kelsey"

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Middle

"Hey
Don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best
Try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away

It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right

Hey
You know they're all the same
You know you're doing better on your own so don't buy in
Live right now
Just be yourself
It doesn't matter if that's good enough for someone else

Hey
Don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just do your best
Do everything you can
Don't you worry what their bitter hearts are going to say"

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Regrets

"Part of growing up is that you can not go back in time, you have to live with your regrets and things you leave behind."

~Alice Peacock, "Some Things Get Lost"

Friday, March 7, 2008

Possibilities

"The most important thing in life is to stop saying "I wish" and start saying "I will." Consider nothing impossible then treat possibilities as probabilities."

~ "The Way I See It #283", Starbucks cup

Thursday, March 6, 2008

No Regrets

"No regrets. I played the game one way. The only way I knew how."

~Brett Favre, News Conference annoucing his retirement, March 6th, 2008

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

City of Blinding Lights

The more you know the less you see
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then than I do now
Neon heart day-glow eyes
A city lit by fireflies
They're advertising in the skies
For people like us
And I miss you when you're not around
I'm getting ready to leave the ground
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
Don't look before you laugh
Look ugly in a photograph
Flash bulbs purple irises
The camera can't see
I've seen you walk unafraid
I've seen you in the clothes you made
Can you see the beauty inside of me?
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?
And I miss you when you're not around
I'm getting ready to leave the ground
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
Time...time...time...time...time
Won't leave me as I am
But time won't take the boy out of this man
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
The more you know the less you feel
Some pray for others steal
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel... luckily

~ U2, City of Blinding Lights

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Favre Forever

"I know I can still play, but it's like I told my wife, I'm just tired mentally. I'm just tired,"
~Brett Favre, March 4th, 2008, on his retirement

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Well Behaved Women

"Well behaved women rarely make history."

~Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Let Me Know

"You only call me after you've had a few
You only want to hang out when you've got nothing to do
Don't tell me you love me and act like you don't
Oh, if you really want me you just gotta let me know"

~Plain White T's, "Friends Don't Let Friends Dial Drunk"

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

It's Beginning to Get to Me

And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed
Are you beginning to get get my point
That all this fighting with aching joints
It's doing nothing but tire us out
No one knows what this fight's about
It's so thrilling but also wrong
Don't have to prove that you are so strong
'Cause I can carry you on my back
After our enemies attack
I tried to tell you before I left
But I was screaming under my breath
You are the only thing that makes sense
Just ignore all this present tense
We need to feel breathless with love
And not collapse under its weight
I'm gasping for the air to fill
My lungs with everything I've lost

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

I'll Back You Up

"Do what you will, always
Walk where you like, your steps
Do as you please, I'll back you up
I remember thinking
Sometimes we walk
Sometimes we run away
But I know
No matter how fast we are running
Somehow we keep
Somehow we keep up with each other"

~The Dave Matthews Band, "I'll Back You Up"

Sunday, January 20, 2008

I Want to Live

Sometimes I wonder
Why I work so hard to guard my heart
Till I hardly feel anything at all
I've spent my whole life building up this ivory tower
And now that I'm in it, I keep wishing it would fall
So I could feel the ground beneath me
Really taste the air I'm breathin'
And know that I'm alive
I want to cry like the rain
Cry like the rain
Shine like sun on a beautiful mornin'
Sing to the heavens like the church bells ringin'
Fight with the devil and go down swingin'
Fly like a bird, roll like a stone
Love like I ain't afraid to be alone
Take everything that this world has to give
I want to live

~Josh Gracin, "I Want to Live"

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Life

"Life is beautiful, but it's complicated, we barely make it, we don't need to understand, there are miracles."

~Vega4, "Life is Beautiful"

I Want To

"I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down these walls
The hold me inside
I want to reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name."

~U2, "Where the Streets Have no Name"

Nobody

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Say

"Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for getting older
You better know that in the end its better to say to much
Than to never to say what you need to say again
Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open
Why?
Say what you need to say"

~John Mayer, "Say"

Monday, January 14, 2008

Pack That

"Listen, Lloyd, I want you to put all my files, folders, binders, *everything* into a box! If you find a used condom, an executioner's mask, and a fucking spike paddle, don't think, just pack that bitch! Chop suey!"

~Ari Gold, Entourage

Charlie Bit My Finger

"Ouch Charlie that really hurt..."

Time

"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

~Andy Warhol

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Believe

"Everything is going to be alright. Be strong. Believe."

~Yellowcard, "Believe"

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Each Day

"Finish each day and be done with it, you have done what you could, some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day, begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yourself

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hearts

"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable."

~Wizard of Oz

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Smile

"At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes my smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile."

~Lily Allen, "Smile"

Standing Still

"It's only when movement becomes the most natural state in our lives that we can finally begin to enjoy the motion. And it's only when standing still becomes impossible that we can finally embrace the kinds of changes that are inevitable in our lives."

~From "Running for Mortals"

Teardrops

"He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do
He's the time taken up, but there's never enough
And he's all that I need to fall into.."

~Taylor Swift, "Teardrops on my Guitar"