My Choice

Thought this was appropriate!

Road Trip

I really don't know why she is not smiling in this photo! She got a bucket of Sea Trash, got the day off work, is sitting at a table with two beautiful ladies, and is soaking up the ocean breeze :) It's worked! She tried it!

The bird decided to stop by, too! What a nice surprise! Welcome to Monterey!

Waiting patiently ;)Me and Crystal
Here is the story:

My friends call me at work a few months back and ask me if i want to see a concert.

Of course, i said "Yes". Then i hear them giggle,

so then i questioned my answer and asked "Who are we seeing?"

Crystal will all excitement says" Jessica Simpson!"

-Long Pause-

I say " . . . Oh Your Serious?"

Followed by more giggling (not by me).

But then i thought i could get out of work, spend time with the people i love, take a road trip, and i said i would try anything once (i guess that also means questionable artistry).

After a four hour drive following a 10 hour day at work and seventy-five dollars later we embark on what was surprisingly one of the most humbling natural song writers Ive heard. Still not a huge fan but i will give credit when credit is due. Some of the songs were refreshing and nothing less than pure.

Check out the opening band!

Xolie Morra & the Strange Kind

They were really great for a local band - great lyrics and she has a great calm and strength in her voice. Worth lending an ear to! They were worth the ticket to get in the concert - alone!

Giants August 10th

I see Orange People!!!

HHHmmm Baby!

After the Win!

Words From Another

Because sometimes song lyrics are therapy all by themselves . . .

Damien Rice

Cannonball

Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth

Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt

Still a little hard to say what's going on

Still a little bit of your ghost your witness

Still a little bit of your face I haven't kissed

You step a little closer each day

Still I can't say what's going on

Stones taught me to fly

Love taught me to lie

Life taught me to die

So it's not hard to fall

When you float like a cannonball

Still a little bit of your song in my ear

Still a little bit of your words

I long to hear

You step a little closer to me

So close that I can't see what's going on

Stones taught me to fly

Love taught me to lie

Life taught me to die

So it's not hard to fall

When you float like a cannon

A Fine Frenzy

Almost Lover

Your fingertips across my skin

The palm trees swaying in the wind

You sang me Spanish lullabies

The sweetest sadness in your eyes

I never want to see you unhappy

I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you

Can't you just let me be?So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

I should've known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street

You took my hand and danced with me

And when you left you kissed my lips

You told me you'd never ever forget these images

I never want to see you unhappy

I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you

Can't you just let me be?So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

I should've known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean

I cannot drive the streets at night

I cannot wake up in the morning

Without you on my mind

So you're gone and I'm haunted

And I bet you are just fine

Did I make it that easy

To walk right in and out of my life?

Catch, Release, and Miss

The news of someone smiling at your smile:
the news of someone laying under the glide of your hand is breathtaking.
The news coming from anything other than your lips is inadequate.
Seeing you happy brings me ironic peace and a disposition of letting you go all over again.
My share of love did not mirror yours and I could not give you the love language to calm your nights.
My shellfish sanity caused my departure and my indecisiveness caused this friendship to weaken.
Maybe I am asking for affirmation that not all is gone with the love.
You were the first to fall in love with this new person in me; therefore, I shared new enlightenment's with you.
I keep myself in question to why I couldn't give you what you needed and I ask where I was when I wasn't with you.
Why am I so hurt at my own exodus when I know we only held the stars for a moment in life?
I repeat the circles above my head to why we faded but I don't believe in mistakes.
Even so this connection is too strong to let you go without a sting.
Our love child was named.
Our Sunday's were brilliant.
Our vacations were mapped.
I saved every photo in my mind.
You showed me how to love with soul, be friends by heart, and speak with mind.
Besides confusion - what I gave you is still a question to me.
When do I let go of something I already let loose of?

Photo taken October 2007 - Mendocino

Hangin' On

Feeling a little like this today! But the photo makes it so much better!

I love this!

Flood and Recovery

What do you do when the memory-chest burst open?
The lock breaks and memories flood the living room floor.
Candles flare up on the dinning table.
Photos place themselves on the wall.
Lyrics find their way and drown an ear.
Date stamped in the air.
There is stillness - be careful what memory your mind opens to.
Be careful not to taint what is real now.
Soak up the flood and say your good-byes once more.
Get to that place where acceptance of a past does not surpass potential to a future.
Listen to the voice of space.
Space needed to breath out the dust.
Exhale into the humbleness of the human memory.
Can you feel me miles away? I'm sorry - ill come back.
This is a place of utmost pain and happiness piercing my soul.
This is me reaching for what no longer exists.
Recalling the 'almost' moments.
Not sure if the hurt is from the person or the place.
Small conversations and slow walks will prevail.
Wipe up the debris and fall into cotton of familiar comfort.
Wake up to find that her love will triumph any weakness.

Photo taken October 2007 Mendocino County

10 Reasons Why Gay Marriages are Wrong

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage wereallowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.

7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.

9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

One of the saddest parts about our society is that...these arguments, before the humourous common sense, are the real reasons why people can’t accept gay marriages and they always go "straight" (haha) to No.10...which funny enough to me, is probably the last thing a gay couple is thinking about...while the "straight people," who are arguing against gay marriage, seem to be all over it. How interesting!

I can't take credit for this writting masterpiece (only the cartoon).

I took this from Sam, a friend of a friend.

I would add more to it but i don't think it needs anything else!

I surrender

What do you do when you know you just fell in love for the first time?

An Attempt to Describe Love

The most amazing feelings are those feelings that can not be described in one word but in years of paragraphs, sentences, and moments of silence.
When i get lost in your eyes i forget about the compass and stay right where I am at.
At that moment i fall into your arms and drops of love crash my world.
This world that i thought i had figured out - i know nothing - nothing but love - nothing else matters.
You could be miles away and my heart still makes love to you.
But a night without you steals the stars from my window.
The most comforting chaos ever enjoyed.
Sleeping next to you is the perfect dream.
To share every laugh with you is the perfect day.
You have found a way to make me feel protected and weightless.
Love so bare and naked and full of trust.
Loving only you is as natural to me as breathing.