Saturday, October 21, 2006
testing 1, 2, 1, 2
Post-Lost tonight, I may come back to try a new post. Isn't the anticipation just too much?
Thursday, October 19, 2006
warped
Today is Love Your Body Day. I say, love it every day.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
the men of television
Alas, there is a bigger quandary. The leading men of these shows are the unwitting participants in a fantastical duel for my attention. Move over, Dr. McDreamy (I've never seen one minute of Grey's Anatomy), Sheriff Carter and Agent Booth are here!
Sure, they're easy on the eyes; handsome in conventional ways. But there's more there there. Could it be the man in uniform phenomenon? Nah, the FBI guy just wears a suit. It's more that. They're both funny. And smart. With warmth that just exudes from what is undoubtedly their own personalities.
OK, so they're well-written characters portrayed by good actors... who just happen to be seriously hunky. A third clearly in the running -- although too skinny to earn this last descriptor -- is Dr. Gregory House. He is the king of well-written, well-acted, and he's sexy in that I-know-he's-really-got-a-British-accent-under-that-American-one way. Scrawny, really, but funny.
"Is this an intervention? You're a little late since I'm not using drugs anymore. I am, however, still hooked on phonics."
But all three of them are really funny. When Jack's daughter, Zoe, grabbed a wheat grass for herself and scolded her father for drinking too much coffee, his response was, "I'll stop drinking caffeine when you stop drinking the lawn."
Why am I blogging about this? Perhaps it's because I'm dealing with the anxiety of Eureka's season finale. It's just wrong for a show to END at the beginning of October! But hey, Mr. Monk left me weeks ago. I'll just have to suffice with my favorite FBI Agent, the cranky Doctor, and iTunes downloads (and SciFi webisodes) of the Sheriff for now.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
growing strong
"Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind, the stronger the trees." - J. Willard Marriott
And now the photo project:
Cool.
Monday, October 02, 2006
the playlist
Anyway, it was fun to have much of the family together for chatting and barbecue (nephew Dan quite adeptly manned the grill) and our family's famous Cox Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting. I'll upload current pictures later this week. Well, hopefully. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as I still haven't finished the Seattle & Alaska trip installments (see here and here)!
In the interim, here is the list of songs originally compiled for Caitlin's correspondence book. I got so carried away, it ended up being a 4-CD set, which I also burned and sent in similar goodies boxes to nephews Andrew and Josh. Spreading music love everywhere I go. I'm digging on this list. Here goes:
Hockey Monkey
James Kochalka Superstar
Steady As She Goes
The Raconteurs
Exeter, Rhode Island
Jennifer O'Connor
Holla!
G. Love
Alright
Supergrass
Sewn
The Feeling
The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
David
Nellie McKay
Change The World
Nellie McKay
Mary Shut the Garden Door
Donald Fagen
I Don't Feel So Well
Vienna Teng
Chicago
Sufjan Stevens
Push Th' Little Daisies
Ween
Nemo
Umphrey's McGee
Put Your Records On (Acoustic)
Corinne Bailey Rae
A World That Passed Me By
Chris Difford
Everybody But You
Dave Barnes ****
**** This is the song that I'd mentioned earlier. It should be a HUGE pop hit. I predicted it on August 24th. Let's see if the rest of the world comes around to it. By the way, poor video quality, but a good way to convey the song in this medium. ****
Don't Wake Me
Toby Lightman
The Mess
Fivespeed
Sails
Megan Slankard
Until You Came Along
Golden Smog
I Can't Get Behind That
William Shatner featuring Henry Rollins
Liar
Rollins Band
The Diary of Jane
Breaking Benjamin
Why Me?
Planet P Project
Nobody Not Really
Alicia Keys
Keep On Hoping
Raul Midon & Jason Mraz
Chasing Strange
Lizz Wright
Heaven or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Black Swan
Thom Yorke
Elvis Is Everywhere
Mojo Nixon
Connecticut's For F***ing
Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse
_Title Unknown
_Artist Unknown
Barely Breathing
Duncan Sheik
The Reluctant Deity
Fernando
Get Up
Amel Larrieux
For a Change
Chris Difford
James River Blues
Old Crow Medicine Show
Thinking About You
Fred Eaglesmith
Greyhound
Dave Barnes
Here (In Your Arms)
Hellogoodbye
Watch Your Step
Anita Baker
River
Madeleine Peyroux f/k.d. lang
Through Glass
Stone Sour
Blue Caravan
Vienna Teng
Burning In the Sun
Blue Merle
Love Me Like You
The Magic Numbers
All These People
Harry Connick, Jr. f/Kim Burrell
Tears, Tears, & More Tears
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
I'm Gonna Love You Anyway
Buckwheat Zydeco
Pontchartrain
Vienna Teng
La Vie en Rose
Edith Piaf
Call Me When You're Sober
Evanescence
Fighting For Your Life
David Mead
All Fired Up
The Brand New Heavies
The Word
Prince
'Bout a Thang
Tonéx
Half My Height
Sunday Runners
Mama's Room
Under the Influence of Giants
One Last Time
Frog Holler
Seether
Veruca Salt
Paperback Bible
Lambchop
The Incredits
Michael Giacchino
I tried to focus mostly on new music, but couldn't resist the occasional flashback. The "Title Unknown" by "Artist Unknown" is a song in my iTunes library that had its data scrambled during a bad synchronization. Because I love new music and seek it out all the time from various sources, I don't always know the artists' names until I've had a good chance to listen to and absorb them into my psyche. I came to really love this song after it scrambled, and so I have no idea who it is. It doesn't help that the song is not sung in English. So, I've thrown down a challenge to Andrew, Caitlin, and Josh that if they can find the information for me, I'll reward them warmly (I think I said I'd give 'em a buck!).
Enough chattering tonight. Maybe I'll be better about posting this week. Maybe I'll finally catch up on vacation stories. Maybe.