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"