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Final editing to my National Board entry, packing my box soon, but this song hit me full in the chest.


"On The Bound"

All my life is on me now, hail the pages turning
And the future is on the bound, hell don't know my fury

You're all I need, you're all I need, you're all I need
You're all I need, You're all I need, you're all I need
Youre all I need - and maybe some faith would
Do me good.

I don't know what I'm doing, don't know should I
Change my mind, I can't decide, there's too many
Variations to consider
No thing I do don't do no thing but bring me
More to do, It's true, I do imbue my blue unto myself,
I make it bitter

Baby, lay your head on my lap one more time
Tell me you belong to me
Baby say that it's all gonna be alright
I believe that it isn't.

You're all I need, you're all I need, you're all I need
You're all I need, You're all I need, you're all I need
Youre all I need - and maybe some faith would
Do me good.



Ok, back to work.

I avoid the Grammy's like the plague. Kind of like the Super Bowl. But I did want to see Radiohead. Thank you, YouTube, for allowing me to see my favorite musical geeks.

It began raining tonight, which suited my mood. I had a long day at work, an emotional one, and I'm feeling kind of raw. I can't seem to explain why I feel the way I do to anyone (suffice to say I felt pushed into a corner and my immediate reaction was blind rage) so I've been tense and quietly seething since 4ish. Maybe I can put it into words later.

Then came the rain while I was waiting for the girl at Choral Society. And this song came on my Zune. And I just let go. It was what I needed to hear.


This Road
by Jars Of ClayAll heavy laden acquainted with sorrow
May Christ in our marrow, carry us home
From alabaster come blessings of laughter
A fragrance of passion and joy from the truth

Grant the unbroken tears ever flowing
From hearts of contrition only for You
May sin never hold true that love never broke through
For God's mercy holds us and we are His own

This road that we travel, may it be the straight and narrow
God give us peace and grace from You, all the day
Shelter with fire, our voices we raise still higher
God give us peace and grace from You, all the day through.




Would love to sing this someday, maybe as a duet with T. It's so gorgeous. Myabe by then I can hear it and not bawl like a baby.

When I Close My Eyes
by Jim Papoulis

When I close my eyes I can see,
When I close my eyes I'm alive,
When I close my eyes then I can see
And I am not afraid.

When I try not to see the reasons why,
If I ever could understand,
I would find the hope to let me try
And I am not afraid.

Take me to the river, take me to the sea,
Climb the highest mountain
And go there with me.
When I close my eyes then I can see
And I am not afraid.

Now I am learning the magic within me
and that is the reason I am standing so tall.
Deep in my heart is a voice that is speaking,
If I keep believing then I will not fall.

Take me to where the wind blows,
Take me to the sun.
Take me to the river that flows to the sea.
When I try to see the reasons why,
If I ever could understand.
I would find the hope to let me try
And I am not afraid.


from SOUNDS OF A BETTER WORLD
ed. by Francisco J. Nunez



Sung by an incredibly talented group of young singers, of course that brought tears to my eyes. My daughter was part of the older group, the Youth Chorale, who followed the littler ones. I'm glad I came out of my routine enough to let her join the Choral Society. She obviously loves singing and has great respect for the music they chose. I watched proudly as they sang songs in German, Latin, Hebrew and finished up with a good ole' American Folk Song. She stood tall, strong, brave ... I thought she looked very professional. Was that my girl?  *checks program* Yeppers. Who knew?

A few days ago, I joined StumbleUpon and I have not been disappointed. I have been pointed to delicious recipes, gorgeous photography, and gems like this.

If you haven't tried it, you may want to look into it. I find that with my busy schedule, I have very little time to surf and I usually end up wasting what little time I do have. Now when I'm bored, I click the Stumble link in my browser and I'm taken someplace new. Also, the extra cool thing is that, when I Stumble across something I like, I can recommend it to others that have the same interests (everything from Astronomy to Web Development) as I do.

UPDATE: and then I find THIS! just. wow.

UPDATE to the Update: and THIS. Can't help but smile.

(clicking on a link will take you to a spoiler ... you have been warned!!!)

Holy Crap!!!

What a difference a year makes. Last year, we were absolutely falling all over ourselves for Rockstar:INXS ... it was SUCH a good show and we had a big dog in that fight. We had to make sure our beloved INXS wasn't going to besmirch the memory of our even more beloved Michael Hutchence. Every week we tried to imagine someone in front of our favorite band and, every week, there was a new debate as someone showed their true colors and had to be cut. We loved the show, we loved the guys, we loved the performers. We even saw the new incarnation of INXS in February.

This season, I started out ambivalent. I mean, I LIKE Tommy Lee, saw him in concert in March and was sufficiently starstruck. Jason is an awesome musician and I respect him so much more after watching his behavior on this show. Gilby, well, I didn't know him before *shame* but I am a fan now. One thing that has sold me on them all is how giddy they are after performing. They aren't tired or out of breath or even sweaty ... they are like little kids on Christmas, all hopped up on adrenaline and candy canes.

The performers were ok, very few standouts. There are some freaks, some geeks, and some very talented people that need to be doing something else. Jill, Storm, Josh, Ryan ... they all could be stars on their own. Jill and Storm make questionable performance choices and Josh and Ryan may be too unique to be molded to Supernova. Oh, and Patrice is already in her own little niche, too.

I like Dilana (who knew?!) and I really like Lukas (especially after the goosebumps he gave me tonight during Creep) ... Magni is getting stronger in my eyes and let's see, who did I forget? Only the forgettable ones.

The eliminations leave me confused and disappointed. One person (Zayra) needed to go home week 1 but was kept around for questionable reasons. Let's just say it's not because she can sing. I know she has some fans (I'm thinking these are the same people that listen to Celine Dion and think Cher is a fashion diva) but she does not belong in this competition. Tonight proved it. She's got to go.

And maybe that's why I'm not as excited about this season. Each week she stays, I question the integrity of the show. I'm going to watch to see if it will redeem itself (and because I love LOVE the shared experience with my sweetie) but I don't have high hopes.

Your thoughts?

What I played today: F1 2001 and Sly Cooper: Thievius Racoonis (PS2) and trying to knock my son off the high score board in Bejeweled 2 (Classic Mode).

Home after a most excellent weekend, unable to sleep. Not exactly sure why since I only got about 4 hours of sleep before waking up at 6 to watch the F1 season opener from Bahrain this morning (they couldn't have it in a later time zone???), had half a pot of coffee and an AMAZING breakfast cooked by T's dad, then went to church until noon, finished off the pot, had a FAB lunch cooked by T's mom (killer. chocolate. pie.) then took about a 45 minute nap (sweet downtime) before having to drive 3 hours home. I actually was tired earlier so I climbed in bed at about 9 to watch TV for a few hours but I woke up at 1 WIDE AWAKE. My system is all out of whack right now so I figured I might burn off some of the excess energy babbling on about the weekend until I either fall out of my chair or my alarm goes off.

I think I know the problem, though. As soon as everything gets quiet, all I hear is a ringing in my ears. Yes, I have a concert hangover.

Whew, I know Valentine�s Day is SO over but 1) I�m still basking in the afterglow and 2) I�ve been crazy busy since and I�m just getting some downtime this weekend. And by downtime, I mean getting an oil change, an inspection and renewing the registration on my �Yota, cleaning my house, doing homework, doing piles of laundry, preparing for a Monday morning training session and putting in some serious Chibi Robo time.

I�m sitting in Greenville Toyota right now getting two of the above things done and while I have crowed about how nice it is here in the past, I�ll be holding off on that today. They are going through some serious renovations and I�m currently sitting in a doublewide that is serving as their waiting room. Hopefully, they are updating their old waiting area to match the rest of their dealership, particularly the Scion area (though they are tearing the roof off the Scion area right now so who knows what they are planning?) All I know is I'm in a car dealer on a Saturday morning and I haven't had coffee yet and I'm not exactly feeling fresh & fruity.

I�ll be leaving here to go to Starbucks to fuel up with a venti Caf� Americano so I can get through all the rest of my stuff. I'm hoping they still have free wireless ... it seems during the renovations here, their router ended up somewhere in a box so I'm reduced to writing in Word and posting later. Oh well, the best laid plans and all that.

Back to Valentine�s Day. Valentine�s Week, I should say. WARNING: If you have an aversion to reading lengthy posts that quite possibly contain giant hunks of cheese, and you know who you are, stop reading now! If you do decide to stop, though, you'll miss a review of a pretty awesome concert and more details of a childless weekend away in a hotel room and you'll never know what I said to the Internets about it. Just sayin'.