Remember When

It's been a long time since I heard this song. Heard it on the radio over at mom's place earlier this evening. I've always been partial to it.

Remember When by Alan Jackson

Remember when I was young so were you
time stood still love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
made love and then you cried
Remember when
Remember when we vowed the vows walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when

Remember when old ones died new were born
life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
broke each other's hearts
Remember when

Remember when the sound of little feet was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give it up
Remember when

Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookin' back, it's just a steppin' stone
To where we are, where we've been
Said we'd do it all again
Remember when

Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when

Remember when
Remember when

Farewell

Farewell Luciano Pavarotti. I'm sure you will be missed by many.

Now run out and buy one of his album's. Don't forget to watch some of the retrospective shows on him that I'm sure will be airing in the coming weeks.

Otherwise . . . Rest in Peace Luciano.

Tid-bits

Tonight's Tid-bits !!!

1) Late night snack - Don't even ask where the inspiration for this concoction came from. (All quantities ROUGH)

1 cup spaghetti
1/4 cup ground beef
1/8 cup diced onion
dash sage, garlic powder, and Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup cottage cheese
1 tbsp pure maple syrup

Cook spaghetti til done. Cook beef till done. Drain. Add next four rows of stuff. Simmer about 10 minutes. Combine spaghetti, meat, cottage cheese and syrup. Eat.

2) I figured the hidden song on Kelly Clarkson's My December disc. Song number 13 is just supper long song with about a 1 minute break of silence after the "posted" song. Just be patient!

3) Dishes? Dear God.

4) I'm finally getting some rain in my neck of the woods. Smells nice.

5) Rant! It frustrates me when I say I would like to do something, but get wrapped up in something else that I'd rather NOT have spent as much time dealing with. Time for a L.Y.R. (say it now - like "lurr." Like it's a LYR moment! Know what I mean? OK - Late Years Resolution - Focus more on what I'd rather be doing. Yeah right! We'll see how long that last.

IBS
Spend time with your preferred joys.
Other stuff will simply weigh you down in dissatisfaction.
Making your time feel wasted.

Die'n

Damn! No luck on that hidden song. I'm die'n I tell ya I'm die'n! Some one throw me some pain killers already!!!

Oil Please?

How about an oil change to get the day started. I thought it was a good idea last week and it turned out to indeed be a good day to get it done. Oils changed and the car got a general checkup in preparation for our journey next week. Looks like they have a few cars to sell, but I'm not in the market. I figure I'll drive this one into the ground before I look again. And if it wasn't for the past problems with my last car, a 1989 Pontiac LeMans, I would probably still be driving it. So now your wondering what I'm driving now, are ya. It's a 2001 Nissan Sentra GXE. It's been a good car so far. The best part is it's paid off. YESSSSSSSS!

Since I've gotten home, I've been trying to find one picture from Kelly Clarkson's CD insert from My December. I've found a photo copy of the page, but not of the picture solo. I'll share it when I do find it though. But in the process, I've discovered that there is a hidden track on the disc. That's right, a track 14. How the hell do I find that! I'm on a mission now folks.

But not before I do a little research for my vacation next week. The family is going to Ruidoso, New Mexico. Been there once many years ago. Time to head back for another round. Should be some good relaxing in the woods and a chance to do some touristy type stuff. Can you see the word SUCKER all over my forehead? And your absolutely right, I A M a sucker for it. It's all good in the end. I've got my cloths packed and stacked a few other things to take along.

So it's time now for a shot of something out of the cubberd, grab a late nite bite, do some Ruidoso research, all while trying my best to not grab My December and try to find that hidden track. Think I'll make it?

Yeah RIGHT!

Band Band Band

Alright folks! Back after a day's break. But a break for a good reason. That break would be due to the band I saw last night at the Launchpad. I band I saw was Lennon . . . She did an all solo set. Just her and the piano. Here's a pic to prove it.



You can also see another site here. Her style of rock is one style that goes right up my alley. She said that she gave the band the night off, but I have my reservations about that. Reason? Ah piss poor crowd turn out. MAYBE 30 turned out. AND that's including staff. She said she's been playing with Pat Benatar on the road. So I wonder how it felt to go from thousands of people to a backyard barbecue? She seemed to enjoy herself and personally, I think she liked the crowd break. CD you ask? Got it . . . the other day and didn't think to take it with me. They were selling, but after a ticket for me and my brother and two drinks for myself . . . I'm sure I could have gotten an autograph. I'll have to do that - Next Time. Until then, find CD's, buy CD's! I've got two more to get.

There were two opening bands, Jaime Faux and Leiahdorus group singing mellow rock . Jaimie was a male, female acousticballads. I know there is a band that they sound like, but it's not coming to mind. Leiahdorus was synthesizers galore. With a rock - dance sound popular in Europe. Good stuff all around.

My only complaint was that they did not start in a timely manner since it was a weekday. Turns out first band did not come on until 9:30! I could have had a nap! Opening bands played 30 minutes sets, and Lennon played one hour.

Other than that, same same same. Spent an hour washing dishes when I got home tonight and got started with this blog. Had a surprise phone call from K. in the middle of it. You'll do fine. You KNOW you will.

The only other point of activity to look forward to would be my vacation next week. Going to do some camping and touristy stuff. More on that later. Time for a break from the blog (I'm sooooo slow ya know) and some R-n-R.

Judas

OK OK, I'm seriously buzzed on Presidente Brandy -Brandy- 100% De Uva totally engrossed to Kelly Clarkson's My December once again. Go'en with Judas on repeat for the last hour so so. Not that I've ever been treated as the song depicts, but it has one hell of a beat to it !!

Here's some lyrics for you all.

Kelly Clarkson - Judas from My December

The only one who took you in
The only one who held your hand
Defended you against the others
Had your back on everything
Never let you down
You turned around betrayed your only brother

Forgetting me, you took things in your hands and left me out
After we'd been through so much, how could you let me down?

I didn't know, I didn't know
I couldn't see, I couldn't see
Never thought you'd forget me
Couldn't believe, couldn't believe
How you deceived, you deceived
I never thought you'd do that to me

I will never be like you
I'll never do the things you do
Selfish and lonely, what's your problem
Letting go of you and this
Is harder than I thought but I will not be poisoned by your actions

Forgetting me, you took things in your hands and left me out
After we'd been through so much, how could you let me down?

I didn't know, I didn't know
I couldn't see, I couldn't see
Never thought you'd forget me
Couldn't believe, couldn't believe
How you deceived, you deceived
I never thought you'd do that to me

Forgetting me, you took things in your hands and left me out
After we'd been through so much, how could you let me down?
Down, you let me down

Noth'en but heat

I made it folks! The week is over and Iaammmm heading into the weekend. Tomorrows plan - 1) haircut, 2) visit mom to go through MY garage crap in preparation for a garage sale she is planning next weekend, 3) unknown (suggestions?). I'm sure I'll be having supper and all over there as well as getting a chance to check out the new hot rod of a car they picked up. Should be fun I tell ya. Good ol hot garage sifting through crap. The sweat rolling down your face, arm pits, legs, feet. Gotta love it man!!!

Tonight's adventure though was checking out some Celtic music a the Albuquerque Zoo. The have this thing called Zoo Music (creative, huh). Tonight's featured band was Gaelic Storm. Pretty good stuff. They played from 7 to about 9:30 with one intermission. But . . . we were busy checking out the animal kingdom since the Zoo allowed the exhibits to stay open later than usual. Good stuff, and good viewings as well. Many of the lions that I've never seen during the day were out! Must be something with dusk and the night coming and maybe - just maybe - the nocturnal side of there nature shining through. Hmmmm.

Anyways, I went with my mom and brother and they've just left a while ago (around 10:30 or so). So I'm chilling with a late night post and some more Disaranno. Good stuff I tell ya. So now that we have some decent weather in our neighborhood, guess what I've got planned on Sunday? You guessed it - more hiking in the Petroglyph park. This time a different trail. Should be fun. And the best part? Sunday's anticipated high will be 98F. Oh YEAH!

Salsa Java

Well here's the photo you've been waiting for. Son Como Son played last night at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater as part of the New Mexico Jazz Workshops Jazz and Blues Under the Stars summer series. Here's a shot for ya.


A bit on the blurry side, but all my photo's of this event seemed to land in that category. It was a good time. The band played from 7 to 10pm (almost) with two intermissions. And the weather? Cozy warm. Check out the attached links info on the band, etc.

I managed to make it through the second day of the Javascript class. Got a certificate out of it too. Now, if I can only say that I actually know what was taught. Hmmm. At least it will look familiar when I see it in the book. Does that count?

Well, I'm outta here to do I still don't know what for the rest of the evening. I'll come up with something. Maybe I'll analyze the paint deterioration on the wall. I've always wanted to do t h a t.

MySpace

Why MySpace. Well there is a music event happening this weekend and I'm looking through the list of bands playing at the various bars downtown. I'm looking the bands up on the web and finding a lot of them with MySpace accounts to give folks a taste of their music. Some of it is okay, other stuff is not-no, fuck-no. We shall see how my search continues to go. In the end, the event will probably be a play it by ear event. Walk around, hear something interesting, move in for a closer listen until whenever. Sound good. I know you know so.

What else is up. Well no Internet at home until I get my DSL stuff going. The new computer does not have a standard phone jack so I can't get my dial-up fix. I feel so . . . SO . . . upgraded. Quick, call a doctor. So I'll have to suffer for a week or so. [Where did all the so's come from?] I think I'll live, but I think I'll be checking out more MySpace stuff once I get things setup at home. If nothing more than to see the fun stuff people have out there. Now, let's try to calculate just how many hours I'll burn doing that. Hmmmm. OR!!!!! We could try to calculate how many hours I'll burn playing Dungeon Siege. Played it a bit last night and WOW. I had played it at a friends house some years ago, and forgot just how much fun the game was.

What's next on the day's list? Head home and play. I think I'll try to get the digital camera software loaded and download all the photo's from my camera. First time since I bough the thing. See, my darling just wasn't able to handle camera's software. I will miss her. Or maybe NOT. She was great in her youth. And then . . .