*scat*

It's been a long time since I posted song lyrics, but it's really hard not to like the hoppy-poppy stylings of Jason Mraz...

cause really, who doesn't like them some jazz-scatting every now and then?

Well, you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks, now I'm tryin to get back
before the cool done run out I'll be givin it my best test
and nothin's gonna stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some

But I won't hesitate no more,
no more, it cannot wait
I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
open up your plans and damn you're free
look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing
We're just one big family
And it's our godforsaken right to be loved loved loved loved loved

So, i won't hesitate no more,
no more, it cannot wait i'm sure
there's no need to complicate our time is short
this is our fate
I'm yours *scat*

I've been spendin' way too long checkin' my tongue in the mirror
and bendin' over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
and so I drew a new face and I laughed
I guess what I'd be sayin' is there ain't no better reason
to rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons
it's what we aim to do
our name is our virtue

But I won't hesitate no more,
no more it cannot wait
I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
open up your plans and damn you're free
look into your heart and you will find that the sky is yours

so please don't, please don't, please don't,
there's no need to complicate,
Cause our time is short
This, this, this is our fate,
I'm yours

Churn?

I know I'm not supposed to think this is FUNNY, per se.
But it's very truthful in its own way.
And furckin' hilarious. (via Jezebel.com)

Today is gonna be the day when they're gonna throw it back to you

“ Whatever it is, if it doesn’t make you happy, walk away, give it away to someone else who wants it. Let it be their next dream; let it flee from you. You’re emptying out your limitations when you do that. Then you have room to grow, to allow magnificent things to fill the vacuum of those seemingly empty places. When you hold onto yesterday, when you hold onto dead and dying adventures, you have no room in your box for greatness." — Ramtha

I am here when you're ready. (and he calls...)

Y-E-L-L

Today's entry (and quotes) inspired by JennyJennJen's tumblr blog which I CANNOT stop reading. It's making that sleepy part of my brain all awake.

"There’s always a moment when you start to fall out of love, whether it’s with a person or an idea or a cause, even if it’s one you only narrate to yourself years after the event: a tiny thing, a wrong word, a false note, which means that things can never be quite the same again." —Douglas Adams via the ch!cktionary

I'd like to say it isn't so-but it sort of is. There will never be a time where the inner gears of life won't and don't change-by definition that's what time is. The dictionary should just equate change and time. And since none of us, currently, can stop or manipulate time (that we know of)-change for the better or worse or just different is bound to happen. Conversely, though-it offers up space for things just as wonderful and more magical to happen. Take Rawbean for example. I've known her since we were 12. Friends in high school, roomates in college-we've evolved in ways that are more and more interesting to me every year. And even though we have diversely opposite schedules and only occasionally intersecting interests; she continues to improve my opinion of her all the time.

Take for example, our girly outing to see, 'Sex and the City' A packed house, nary a seat between well dressed, finely shod fashionistas-Fendi baguette a LV Speedy. And during a completely critical moment-a vital scene between Carrie and Big, some fluffhead's cell phone goes off. So loudly that I start to wonder if it's part of the movie itself. It finally stops and all 300 of us breathe a collective sigh of relief. Then it goes off AGAIN. Any woman worth her weight in Manolos KNOWS that you do not mess with 300 odd women and gay men trying to enjoy what they may consider to be the cultural event of the decade-the return of LaBradshaw to the silver screen. I grumble to Joolie who is sitting next to me, but continue to wait until the embarrassed or airheaded provocateur turns the phone off. Not Rawbean who sits up and projects in her best, I-work-with-small-children-and-I-can-talk-louder-than-all-of-them voice:

"You need to turn your phone off."

Just like that. Simple. Authoritative. Declarative.I literally leaned over to Joolie and said, "I love Rawbean. Awesome."

“ There are two ways to look at life. The first view is that nothing stays the same and that nothing is inherently connected, and that the only driving force in anyone’s life is entropy. The second is that everything pretty much stays the same (more or less) and that everything is completely connected, even if we don’t realize it."
— Chuck Klosterman, Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs.

Maybe the people in your life will disappoint you. Maybe you'll fall out of love or get past that honeymoon period or just start to lose interest. But maybe, just maybe - your friends and lovers and relatives will surprise you. And they'll do something that'll make you a) remember why you care about them and b) will make you care about them more.

I am in love with my friends and I don't give two shits who knows.

And in this moment, I am happy.

At a cafe
Round the corner
We sit at the table
And don't say a word

It's a slow afternoon
Scribbling, flowers and
Holding hands
And drinking our coffee

Chocolate for him
Mint coffee for me
It's a quiet afternoon
And I love it

Contentment to have someone to just BE with.
Spending time
With a guy round the corner.

Take a chance on me...

"Hey, I put some new shoes on
And suddenly everything is right
I said, hey, I put some new shoes on
And everybody's smiling, it's so inviting"
-New Shoes by Paolo Nutini



Rarely do I post my shopping images. Partially because I'm quite anxious and paranoid about revealing my purchasing habits, but also because I don't often think they're that spectacular. But today, today was different. Look at these beauties!

I am totally enamored of my new heels.

Ok, yes, they are lace up, knee-high, patent leather, platform boots. The kind that are usually associated with slightly seedier professions. But, as LilMermaid said, every girl wants an excuse to buy these kinds of shoes. And why not?! They're hot. I truly adore them. And look how normal they seem under pants! The platform is pretty extreme, but under a long pair of pants. They just seem like-you know-normal boots.


And if you must know, they were purchased for an upcoming callback for the Rocky Horror Picture Show. LilMermaid found them as we were shopping around Berkeley today-she grabbed them up and promptly ushered me to the dressing room to try them on. Putting them on, listening to the squeak and sound of the patent leather, zipping them up the side of my calf and finally standing-well, felt like that opening scene in Pretty Woman. Sexy and slightly naughty and definitely dirty. These shiny, chunky shoes changed my posture and my attitude-I was ready to kick some ass in these shoes. I just want to wear them around my room. Bonus? They were on clearance for TWENTY BUCKS. So...

LESSON #1: SHOES ARE AWESOME.

But the main reason I wanted to write this entry today was to talk about LilMermaid. I spent the night at her place helping her watch over her menagerie of animals whose newest member, BatBoy is a 4 month old 1/2 papillion 1/2 mini Alaskan husky mix. This may possibly be the cutest dog alive. Because he's so little and hasn't had all his shots yet, BatBoy has to stay in his puppy bag quite a lot. LilMermaid feels bad about it, but there's nothing she can do. She has to be able to bring him places and to compensate, bought him a pretty rockin' puppy bag. (see photo at right)

I mean, it's got rock and roll embossed leather, purple leopard print fur interior, and embroidered peace sign. Still, when you're a dog, you sort of don't care how cool your bag is, a bag is a bag. So feeling bad when were were cruising stores-LM felt the need to let her little guy out. At the last store, the manager was a gothic poster child. Long black hair, white make up, black eye liner flourishes, long fingernails, black trench and quasi victoriana gear (did I mention that we were in Hot Topic? Yeah, this actually happened). But, he did not AT ALL have the disposition to match. Far from being surly or complacent, he was sweet as pie and asked to hold BatBoy. And also let LM walk around the store with him out of the bag.

To her credit, LM was nothing short of an adoring owner totally, and without any reservation, handing BatBoy over to GothDude. And I love her for it. I've told her a bunch of times, she has an old soul. She can read people right away and know if they are good cookies or not.

“Everyone you meet in your life - even total strangers - are already intimately connected to you. The idea that we are all separate and distinct beings is nothing but an illusion. We are all parts of a larger whole, like individual cells in a body. (…) When you look at other people, you’re really looking at yourself. “
– Steve Pavlina

I respect the fearlessness and lack of prejudice LM had in handing over her sweet angel of a puppy over to a man who looked like he might eat him. I wouldn't have had the same gumption, I hope that I will one of these days. As we were leaving (so yes, the shoes are from Hot Topic-deal with it), the GothDude asked if he could hold BatBoy one last time. And as he did so, gave BatBoy a blessing; to give LM at least 30 years and health and happiness. That is probably one of the sweetest spontaneous things I've ever seen someone do.

And it just goes to show-we're not all that different. We are all the same being, just in different packaging. 99.99% of humans are the same and it's that .01% that keeps us apart. Celebrate our singularity today, and take a chance on someone you may have preconceived notions about.

LESSON #2: LilMermaid IS AWESOME.

Weekend.

From Wordle.com-a great site for word collages.

Have a great weekend everyone. I've had a restful, fatty (read burger) Friday and am off to see my friend in a free preview of her show. Then I get to go see some cute. And sing a little.
Peace.