Monthly Archives: May 2007

Lyrics

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I was listening to my iPod on shuffle today, and this song shuffled in…it’s on Garth Brooks’ album Sevens*, and I remember almost immediately zeroing in on it as a favorite.

This is how it seems to me
Life is only therapy
Real expensive
And no guarantee

So I lie here on the couch
With my heart hanging out
Frozen solid with fear
Like a rock in the ground

But you move me
You give me courage
I didn’t know I had
You move me on
I can’t go with you
And stay where I am
So you move me on

This is how love was to me
I could look and not see
Going through the emotions
Not knowin’ what they mean

And it scared me so much
That I just wouldn’t budge
I might have stayed there forever
If not for your touch

Oh but you move me
Out of myself and into the fire
You move me
Now I’m burning with love
And with hope and desire
How you move me

You go whistling in the dark
Making light of it
Making light of it
And I follow with my heart
Laughing all the way

Oh ‘cause you move me
You get me dancing and
you make me sing
You move me
Now I’m taking delight
In every little thing
How you move me

I’m not sure who the songwriter is, and I’m not sure where my actual physical copy of the CD is right now, but it’s a beautiful, beautiful song.

I remember feeling the fear and paralysis the songwriter describes. This song found me at a time when I was raw and ragged with the loss of my first real love. I was sure I would never feel that way again. And in a way, I was right.

It got so much better.

*Dear God, this album really came out ten years ago?

Hodgepodge

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Well, I’ve been busy working…subbing and getting the last of my grading done. I’m almost finished! Woohoo!

People keep asking me what I’m going to do this summer. The answer to that is…um, I have no idea. I’ll be subbing until the last possible day to sub, and my pays are two weeks behind. That’ll get me through to the end of June. I start teaching a college class in mid-July, which will get me through half of July and most of August. So I have a couple of gaps that I’m going to need to fill in…I don’t think I can bring myself to work retail or restaurant again. I suppose I might put my name in at a few temp agencies, but they have so few actual temp positions. Hrm. Suggestions are welcome. 🙂

I hope all the mothers out there had a lovely Mother’s Day. I met my parents in Ellicottville for lunch, which was very nice. My mom and Rand’s mom both got the Mother’s Day calligraphy gifts I had made and posted on my Etsy site. I think they were both pleased.

Yesterday was my Dad’s birthday, which I forgot to mention on the blog, but did not forget to acknowledge. Happy Birthday, Dad!

I finished a couple of books yesterday…As Seen on TV, chicklit by Sarah Mlynowski (borrowed from LT!), and The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke. I enjoyed both. I didn’t like The Thief Lord nearly as much as I liked Inkheart, though. Today, I’ve started The Amber Spyglass, the third part of the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman.

Monday’s Heroes was awesome, of course. I’m both excited and a little sad about next week’s season finale.

Watched Idol last night, and I think maybe Jordin’s going to go this week. I think Melinda’s proven herself to be an incredibly versatile performer over the past few weeks, and she rocks! Also, Blake was very good, and he’s very popular among the young girls. We’ll see how that goes… 

Say “si!” to MexAmerica

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There’s a company based in my hometown called MexAmerica…they make tortillas and chips and the like. Their tortillas are good (and are available at Wegmans!), and I pretty much always buy them when I’m buying tortillas. In fact, I’m eating a fajita made with a MexAmerica tortilla right now. 😉 I heard that Mighty Taco uses their tortillas, but I can’t confirm that.

Anyway, MexAmerica used to sell fajita kits…just tortillas and a seasoning packet…it was the best fajita seasoning in the history of packaged fajita seasoning. I don’t know what it was…a sort of smoky flavor. Nothing else even comes close. (I’ve been using Ortega, which is okay, but…) A while back, they stopped selling it. This made me very, very sad. 🙁

I just sent an email to the company, but in the meantime, does anyone have a recommendation for me?

Week in review

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Well, I’m finally able to breathe a bit…grades for two classes are DONE. I’m reading portfolios for my third class, started today, and I have plenty of time to finish them. I’m calculating their final grades as I go along. The fourth class finished up their writing exit exams yesterday. I’m in the home stretch!

I’m working today, and I’ve found myself with an extra free period, so I figured I’d share what I’ve been up to in the past week other than grading papers!

Last Saturday was Free Comic Book Day. Rand and Wolfram made an appearance at Queen City Comics on Main Street.

wolfram and rand

We started the day with breakfast with Wolfram and his wife Rai-an at Amy’s Place, then headed over to the shop at around 11. The guys played three sets with short breaks in between. Small crowds would gather now and then, and several people bought copies of Super Secret. Emil got us pizza from Just Pizza for lunch, which I didn’t realize how much I’d missed until that moment. Later, I was browsing a discount rack in the shop and came across a fun Alias book (a book about the tv show, not the comic). It came with a bonus DVD and has a full episode guide–something the box set is missing. I was contemplating buying it when Emil told me to take it as a gift. Aw…thanks, Emil!

Saturday evening, we met up with jennimi and Scott for dinner at Anchor Bar, and then went to see the Shredd & Ragan Comedy Fest. The Comedy Fest featured Mike Birbiglia, a very, very funny comedian. He was the reason we went. The rest of the so-called fest featured Evil Jim (who really shouldn’t ever do stand-up…eep.), Tom Tran (very funny) and Matt Bergman (pretty funny).

On Sunday, we spent some time visiting Rand’s brother and SIL and their new baby, Aiden.

rand and aiden

What a little cutie, eh?

The rest of the week has been kind of a blur. I finished reading The Golden Compass and am nearly finished with The Subtle Knife. I’m really, really liking them. Heroes and Lost both rocked my world this week. I was unsurprised that LaKisha was voted off of Idol this week. (by the way…TiVo is the best thing EVER. I can zip through an episode of AI in 20 minutes.) Yoga continues to be amazing.

There’s probably more, but that’s gonna be it for now, I think. Back to class for me.

Happy Friday, everyone!

What I’m reading

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This is fun! I don’t really like the sidebar widget, but here’s a peek at what I’m reading (and what I’ve read):

Getting there…

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Two of my four classes finished today. A third will finish tomorrow afternoon, and then it’s just grading portfolios for the fourth one.

I can see the light!

Free book?

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Weird.

A few days ago, I randomly received a book in the mail. Now, Rand and I both frequently order books and have book-shaped packages delivered on a regular basis, but this one wasn’t anything either of us had ordered.

It came from the Annenberg Public Policy Center. If anyone has the slightest clue as to how this happened, I’d love to hear it.

One bit of coolness–it has original cartoons by Signe Wilkinson, a political cartoonist I enjoy. 🙂

Busy workin’

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I’ve been working a lot to bring home the big bucks (ha), which means less computer time. I managed to upload some photos to flickr this morning, so you can check those out.

I’ll have more details up when I get the chance.

free comics!

Happy Monday!

Favorite photo

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Today’s challenge at Create a Connection was to post your favorite photo of the year so far. I had a hard time choosing, but I think this is mine:

judi's backpack

Reading, watching, listening

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Reading: For as busy as I’ve been, I’ve certainly found time to read lately. I’ve kind of put other projects on hold for the time being, but I squeeze in reading whenever I can. Here’s what I’ve been up to…

Buffy Season 8 (issue 3)–Rand picked this up for me on his weekly comics-buying venture. I’m enjoying it quite a bit. The first issue was bumpy, but it’s now settling into a great rhythm.

Fray — Joss Whedon’s story of a future slayer. I read this in pretty much one sitting, and I was so disappointed to find out that there was no more Fray. Boo! It did tell a complete story, but left you with the implication that there was more to come. Ah, maybe one day.

The Last Unicorn –When I was maybe 10 or so, the movie version of The Last Unicorn ran on HBO. My dad taped it for me, and I remember loving it. I watched it over and over and over again. It wasn’t until years later that I realized it was based on a book. Recently, I came across a used copy of the book and picked it up. It was interesting how the story came back to me as I read. It’s a lovely and sad fairy tale, and it was as good as I remember. After finishing the book, I promptly went to the Conlan Press website and ordered the 25th anniversary edition DVD. (orders from this website directly benefit the author.) I can’t wait to see it again!

Twisted –The new novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. I loved it, and I will be posting in more detail on my book blog.

I’ve also just started The Golden Compass, which I somehow missed out on when I was younger. So far, I’m loving it!

Watching: Well, American Idol, of course…it was Bon Jovi week, after all! 😉 I thought Jordin’s performance was one of the weakest this week, but I didn’t think there was any way she was going to be sent home. I was right.

I actually kinda liked Blake’s funky hip-hop beatbox version of You Give Love a Bad Name. It was certainly brave, and no one can accuse him of not “making it his own.”

LaKisha and Melinda both rocked the songs they chose. Melinda even made me like Have a Nice Day, which I hated when I heard it on the radio. (I did not purchase that album. I think the last one I bought was Bounce, which didn’t do a whole lot for me.)

I thought the audience chose wisely, with Phil and Chris going home this week.

I liked the new Bon Jovi song. Maybe I’ll buy the new album when it comes out…

This week’s Heroes and last week’s Lost both made me squee with delight! I did not watch last night’s Lost yet.

Kind of randomly, TiVo started recording early episodes of Family Ties, so Rand and I have been watching those. That’s been interesting. 😉 It’s been a little while since I’ve watched any movies.

Listening: I recently listened to Ryan Fitzsimmons’ Open All Night. I enjoyed it very much.

As always, I’m open to suggestions!