c.r.i.m.e.a.i.d.

i just got this memo from our office building management.

of all the things to steal ... the back seat of the car?

yes

not proud

i'm sorry, but i cannot deny that i like this song:

when it comes on the radio, i actually turn the volume up. obviously, this is serious.

can we still be friends?

feel that fire - dierks bentley

she wants her nails painted black
she wants the toy in the crackerjack
she wants to ride the bull at the rodeo

she wants to wear my shirt to bed
she wants to make every stray a pet
'n drive around in my truck with no place to go

[chorus:]
but she needs to feel that fire
the one that lets her know for sure
she's everything i want and more
a real desire, and to know i'd walk alone out on the wire
to make her feel that fire

she wants a cabin in the woods
she wants to stand where nobody stood
and someday she wants a couple kids of her own
she wants to make love on a train
and somedays she only wants a break
hey, she wants what she wants, but man i know, i know, i know

[chorus:]
she needs to feel that fire
the one that lets her know for sure
she's everything i want and more
a real desire, and to know i'd walk alone out on the wire
to make her feel that fire
yeah, feel that fire

so as long as there's a breath to take
a smile to share, a prayer to pray
a chance to hold her hand to fan the flame

[chorus:]
she's gonna feel that fire
the one that lets her know for sure
she's everything i want and more
a real desire, and to know i'd walk alone out on the wire
to make her feel that fire
ohh, feel that fire

she wants her nails painted black
she wants the toy in the crackerjack
she wants to ride the bull at the rodeo

picture - kid rock & sheryl crow

[kid rock:]
livin' my life in a slow hell
different girl every night at the hotel
i ain't seen the sun shine
in three damn days

been fuelin' up on cocaine and whiskey
wish i had a good girl to miss me
Lord, i wonder if i'll ever change my ways

i put your picture away
sat down and cried today
i can't look at you while i'm lying next to her

i put your picture away
sat down and cried today
i can't look at you while i'm lying next to her

[sheryl crow:]
i called you last night in the hotel
everyone knows but they won't tell
but their half-hearted smiles tell me somethin' just ain't right

i've been waitin' on you for a long time
fuelin' up on heartaches and cheap wine
i ain't heard from you in three damn nights

i put your picture away
i wonder where you been
i can't look at you while i'm lyin' next to him

i put your picture away
i wonder where you been
i can't look at you while i'm lyin' next to him

[together:]
(sheryl crow) i saw you yesterday with an old friend
(kid rock) it was the same old same 'how've you been?'
(together) since you've been gone my worlds been dark and grey
(kid rock) you reminded me of brighter days
(sheryl crow) i hoped you were comin' home to stay
(sheryl crow) i was headed to church
(kid rock) i was off to drink you away

[together:]
i thought about you for a long time
can't seem to get you off my mind
i can't understand why we're living life this way

i found your picture today
i swear i'll change my ways
i just called to say i want you to come back home

i found your picture today
i swear i'll change my ways
i just called to say i want you to come back home

i just called to say i love you -- come back home

when it rains - eli young band

give me skies of black and blue, the way you make me feel,
give me skies of green and red, cold winds that make it real,
storms are brewing deep within of hurt and loss and pride,
it's good to see the world in pain when i take a walk outside.

[chorus:]
when it rains, i don't mind being lonely, i cry right along with the sky.
when it rains, i don't pretend to be happy, i don't even have to try.
when it rains, some people get down, they're sporting a frown, so i fit right in,
yeah, the sun may brighten your day but if i had my way, i'd take the rain.

i don't care about politics or the hypocrites on my tv,
i'm not mad at the girl who left because she couldn't be with me,
so make up your theories about the scandals and the lies,
start out depressed then everything comes as a pleasant surprise.

[chorus:]
when it rains, i don't mind being lonely, i cry right along with the sky.
when it rains, i don't pretend to be happy, i don't even have to try.
when it rains, some people get down, they're sporting a frown, so i fit right in,
yeah, the sun may brighten your day but if i had my way, i'd take the rain.

when it rains, i don't mind being lonely, i cry right along with the sky.
when it rains, i don't pretend to be happy, i don't even have to try.

[chorus:]
when it rains, i don't mind being lonely, i cry right along with the sky.
when it rains, i don't pretend to be happy, i don't even have to try.
when it rains, some people get down, they're sporting a frown, so i fit right in,
yeah, the sun may brighten your day but if i had my way, i'd take the rain.

johnny & june - heidi newfield

oh there's something 'bout a man in black,
makes me want to buy a cadillac,
throw the top back,
and roll down to jackson town.

i wanna be there on the stage with you,
you and i could be the next rage to
hear the crowd roar,
make 'em want more,
and kick the footlights out.

[chorus:]
i wanna love like johnny and june,
rings of fire burnin' with you--
i wanna walk the line,
walk the line,
'till the end of time.
i wanna love,
love ya that much,
cash it all in,
give it all up,
when you're gone,
i wanna go too,
like johnny and june.

i wanna hold you baby, right or wrong,
build a world around a country song,
pray a sweet prayer,
follow you there
down in history.

[chorus:]
i wanna love like johnny and june,
rings of fire burnin' with you --
i wanna walk the line,
walk the line,
'till the end of time.
i wanna love,
love ya that much,
cash it all in,
give it all up,
when you're gone,
i wanna go too,
like johnny and june,
like johnny and june.

more than life itself,
noone else,
this here is promise.
they don't make love like that anymore,
is that too much to be askin' for?

[chorus:]
i wanna love like johnny and june,
rings of fire burnin' with you --
i wanna walk the line,
walk the line,
'till the end of time.
i wanna love,
love ya that much,
cash it all in,
give it all up,
when you're gone,
i wanna go too,
like johnny and june,
like johnny and june.

and when we're gone,
there'll be no tears to cry,
only memories of our lives,
they'll remember, remember,
a love like that.

reminisce

we watched the opening theme songs for like 170 old cartoons today. man, saudades. why don't they make cartoons like these anymore?

how many of these do you remember? (okay, and yeah -- this is really long.)

he bought a ring!?

many of you may not know, but i am kind of easily addicted to television shows. it's embarrassing to admit, but ... i feel it is something i just cannot keep from you any longer.

in elementary school it was darkwing duck and tale spin. junior high and high school i couldn't get through the day without saved by the bell and star trek: the next generation. college was friends -- it was on at least twice day, *4 times* on thursdays -- and then csi, which has carried through until recently. my newest show craving is house, which is all-too-often bumped for dumb american idol (sorry, idol fans -- but don't mess with me and my shows).

wow. memory lane.

okay.

back to 2008.

so in college, a friend of mine tried to get me to watch the office with him at his apartment like every week, but i was too dang addicted to csi to oblige his repeated requests. i thought my life with grissom, nick, and warrick was complete. my life was good.

then i graduated from college, took a *fabulous* job here in l.a., and continued my thursday night csi ritual. and now that i'm not in school and tied to a chair in the periodicals section of the hbll, i have expanded my horizons a little, and added house on tuesdays. life was still good.

when i found out that tbs is showing office re-runs on tuesday nights, i decided to check it out, too -- it was on right after house, anyway, so i was already comfortable in the blue lazy-boy ...

... and i have to say that i am starting to regret a few things from college. i mean, i didn't even *know* i was missing jim and pam, michael and dwight in my life! really!

and here's where you'll all be shocked, so take a seat, please (since i know that there are those of you that use the internet while standing, walking, jumping, bowling, or otherwise not-sitting, uh-huh):

tonight i watched the new episode of the office *instead* of csi.

yeah. i know: this is big.

and i cannot tell you how happy i am with that choice. *especially* because of the shocking revelation that jim made, which i won't disclose here for those of you that haven't seen the episode yet. (oh, and for those of you that haven't seen the episode yet: don't read the title of this post. yeah.)

so.

much has changed: i'm an office girl now, not a csi girl. (note that, house remains untouched since it doesn't conflict with the office in any way and actually promotes this, my new addiction.)

this is a new chapter in my life. welcome, one and all.

just got started lovin' you - james otto

you don't have to go now, honey
call and tell 'em you won't be in today
baby, there ain't nothin' at the office
so important it can't wait

[chorus:]
i'm thankful for the weekend
but two days in heaven just ain't gonna do
yes, it's gonna take forever, darlin'
girl, i just got started lovin' you

what's the point in fightin' what we're feelin'
we both know we'll never win
ain't this what we're missin'
let's just stop all this resistin' and give in

[chorus:]
let me wrap my arms around you
you know you don't wanna leave this room
come back and let me hold you, darlin'
girl, i just got started lovin' you

[bridge :]
what can i say
i've never felt this way
and girl, you're like a dream come true
after all the love we've made
it sure would be a shame
if we let this moment end so soon

[chorus:]
so won't you lay back down beside me
girl, just like i know you want to
trust me when i tell you, darlin'
girl, i just got started lovin' you

i ain't gonna stop, oh yeah

[bridge :]
what can i say
i've never felt this way
and girl, you're like a dream come true
after all the love we've made
it sure would be a shame
if we let this moment end so soon

[chorus:]
i'm thankful for the weekend
but two days in heaven just ain't gonna do
yes, it's gonna take forever, darlin'
girl, i just got started lovin' you

come back and let me hold you, darlin'
girl, i just got started lovin' you
mmm, mmm, oh oh
gonna hang out all week long
i've been lovin' kissin' and huggin' baby
mmm, mmm

silver lining - rilo kiley

and i'm not going back into rags or in the hole
and our bruises are coming
but we will never fold

and i was your silver lining
as the story goes
i was your silver lining but now i'm gold

[chorus:]
hooray hooray i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray but now i'm gold.

and i was your silver lining
high up on my toes
well you were running through fields of hitchhikers
as the story goes

[chorus:]
hooray hooray i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray but now i'm gold
hooray hooray i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray but now i'm gold

and the grass it was a ticking
and the sun was on the rise
i never felt so wicked
as when i willed our love to die

and i was your silver lining as the story goes
i was your silver lining but now i'm gold

[chorus:]
hooray hooray i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray but now i'm gold
hooray hooray i'm your silver lining
hooray hooray but now i'm gold

but now i'm gold
but now i'm gold
but now i'm gold

watching airplanes - gary allan

sittin' out here on the hood of this truck looking up
at a caramel colored sunset sky
checkin' my watch doin' the math in my head
counting back words to when you said goodbye
well those runway lights are gettin' brighter

[chorus:]
i'm just sittin' out here watching airplanes
take off and fly
tryin' to figure out which one you might be on
and why you don't love me anymore
right now i'm sittin' out here watching airplanes

i would've lied, could've cried, should've tried harder
done anything to make you stay
i wonder what you'd do if you looked out your window
saw me runnin' down the runway just like i was crazy
that fence is too high, so am i

[chorus:]
so i'm just sittin' out here watching airplanes
take off and fly
tryin' to figure out which one you might be on
and why you don't love me anymore

by now i know you're thirty thousand feet above me
but a million miles away, a million miles away
by now i know i oughtta act like you don't love me

[chorus:]
but i'm just sittin' out here watching airplanes
take off and fly
i'm just sittin' out here watching airplanes
take off and fly
tryin' to figure out which one you might be on
and why you don't love me anymore

yeah, i'm just sittin' out here watching airplanes
go by, by, by
i'm just sittin' out here watching airplanes
baby bye, bye, bye

a pastime

if any of you guys haven't yet checked out "the pioneer woman" blog i have listed over there on the left, you are missing out!!

lately, she has been posting the story of how she met and fell in love with her husband, which has been hilarious! (and a story that any woman will love and wish she were the one living it.)

i have found her site to be the best way to waste time here at work -- way better than updating my own blog ... which i usually find entertaining enough ... but seriously: reading hers is way better. promise.

she also posts recipes and cooking tips on her linked site.

(and she takes really cool pictures. honestly, i don't know what she *doesn't* do.)

tu compañía - keith urban

if i could be anywhere with anyone
you know exactly where'd i'd be
under the covers waiting for the sun to rise
your head on the pillow next to me

your feet propped up on that kitchen chair
morning papers scattered all around you
coffee brewing on the cast iron stove
and the pleasure of just knowing that you're mine

[chorus:]
well, i love the way you look
love the way you feel
and the way you roll your eyes
at the kisses that i steal
love the way you stare
when you're staring right at me
i just love your company
oh, yes, i do

arm in arm on some spring sidewalk day
laughing just because it feels so right
wrapped up under the blankets all cozy by the fire
as long as you're here close enough to touch

[chorus:]
well, i love the way you look
love the way you feel
and the way you roll your eyes
at the kisses that i steal
love the way you stare
when you're staring right at me
i just love your company
oh, yes, i do

[chorus:]
well, i love the way you look
love the way you feel
and the way you roll your eyes
at the kisses that i steal
love the way you stare
when you're staring right at me
i just love your company
oh, yes, i do
oh, here we go now

a day off

the day started for the first time on friday at 430 in the morning. as i was laying down for bed thursday night around 1230, it suddenly occurred to me that friday comes after thursday: my friend vanessa asked me to take her to the flyaway friday morning. so i set my alarm for 4, knowing that i never wake up when it goes off the first time. at 430, my cell phone alarm went off. i texted vanessa to see what the plan was and she arrived at my house about 10 minutes later. we headed out to the flyaway: she had a 7 o'clock flight. she wouldn't make it if she tried the flyaway, so i drove her down to lax. got home at 6 -- back to bed!

the second time i woke up friday morning was at 730. should have been 7 o'clock, but, yeah, that didn't happen. got to becky's around 815 and we went to breakfast at marmalade cafe, bringing along her tourbook and my list of "fun things to do in l.a." so we could plan the day over breakfast: breakfast was so good!

around 915 we headed out to the zoo. i called and spoke to my sister eden on the way -- we were meeting her and her baby at the zoo. fun times. i love the hippos. the rhinos weren't out, so we didn't get to see them. but the baby orangutan was fun to see.

becky had a dental appointment at 1, so our time at the zoo was a little short -- though we didn't leave before hearing the howling monkeys that really just sounded like they were burping. like, amazingly long and *loud* burps -- any self-respecting man over 200 pounds would have been intensely jealous.

we left the zoo around 1220, and thankfully traffic wasn't too bad so we made it to becky's dentist appointment at ucla in pretty good time.

while the dentist was polishing becky's pearly-whites, i spent some time in the botanical gardens at ucla ... with my sister inge. she lives in texas. here's a photo of us at the botanical gardens:

beautiful smile, inge!

leaving ucla, becky and i grabbed some teriyaki at a nearby restaurant then headed up 405 to the getty museum and spent a couple hours enjoying the art and playing in the rain. i love museums. there are so many just truly talented people! makes me wish i could do so many things! in fact, i was talking to a friend last week about giving up the exciting world of accounting to become a painter. of course, i wouldn't be famous until after i die ... so i would have to fake my death and then my art would be discovered. and i could get rich! while dead -- err, hmm -- still gonna have to figure out that one, i think.

the gardens at the getty museum are beautiful! just amazing.

around 630, becky and i got tired and went home. i dropped becky off at her house then hurried home, changed, fixed my hair, and went out with a friend for dinner: yummy dinner! i don't remember the name of the restaurant, but it's an amazing mexican place in northridge. i'll need to ask him for the name of the place again. it was *goood*!

home from dinner at 103o, grabbed my flip-flops and picked becky up again to go dancing up in santa clarita. there weren't too many people at the dance that night, but becky and i danced our hearts out anyway. after the dance, a cute guy asked becky to meet up with a bunch of people at denny's, so we went -- i couldn't deny her after all the begging. ha. we met lots of new people and hung out at denny's until about 230.

*finally* got home for the night at 3am. man, that was a *loooong* day!! used almost every one of those 24 hours.

o.t.s.

santa monica 3rd ward -- film festival -- july 2007

less effective

santa monica 3rd ward -- film festival -- july 2007

the chase begins

wicked witches.

flying pirates.

a star falls.

the chase begins.

last night my new friend becky and i went out to work with the sister missionaries and visit a new contact -- yay for referrals! (i haven't gone out with the sisters *at all* since getting back from my mission over 3 years ago! yikes! -- but ... how exciting to do it now!)

well, becky and i were running a little late, but got to the park where we were to meet up with the sisters just after they arrived -- they were running late as well ... perfect -- *love* it when that happens. after finding each other at the park and making our introductions, we all got back in our cars and headed off to go to the appointment. parked our cars. walked to the apartment. she wasn't there!! argh!! (*that* happened too many times in brasil.) so, the sisters tried to think of someone else we could visit, but it was kinda late to make an unannounced visit, so we split ways

becky and i had set out for an adventure, though ... so ...

... why not go see stardust?!?! sure!!

been looking forward to this movie for so, so, so, so long. and it was definitely worth the wait! and becky was super excited because she studied stage makeup and this movie had great makeup and hair.

i loved the story. and i loved the way it was told. just completely captivating. and we discussed later how much we loved that it was a completely new story -- not a re-make nor the second or third in an episodic sequence, which stories have completely overtaken the box office lately.

highly recommend this movie.

i'm not that girl - wicked

hands touch, eyes meet
sudden silence, sudden heat
hearts leap in a giddy whirl
he could be that boy
but i'm not that girl

don't dream too far
don't lose sight of who you are
don't remember that rush of joy
he could be that boy
i'm not that girl

every so often we long to steal
to the land of what-might-have-been
but that doesn't soften the ache we feel
when reality sets back in

blithe smile, lithe limb
she who's winsome, she wins him
gold hair with a gentle curl
that's the girl he chose
and heaven knows
i'm not that girl ...

don't wish, don't start
wishing only wounds the heart
i wasn't born for the rose and pearl
there's a girl i know
he loves her so
i'm not that girl ...

ahh, traffic ...

traffic can be frustrating. but it's not always bad.

last night, i was headed home from my harp lesson a little after 9. needed to stop at the grocery store on the way, but otherwise, just enjoying being out in the evening. traffic was by no means heavy on the local streets, but when i got stuck behind a slow honda civic i started to get a little annoyed. as soon as i could, i sped out from behind him and got into the other lane. as i passed him, of course i looked over -- not to give him a stink eye or anything, just mostly out of curiosity. but i couldn't really see into the car. oh, well.

we came to a red light. he pulled up in the lane next to me and looked over. he smiled and waved. i smiled back. green light.

he pulled up next to me at the next red light, smiled and waved. i waved back. he said, "we're going to starbucks if you want to come." i smiled and said "i can't." the light turned green. he was still looking in my direction and said, "you have a beautiful smile." i said "thank you," (with a big smile) as i eased on the gas.

ahh, traffic ...