Summertime is so telling when you live amongst a community of shared walls. In Philadelphia we always shared walls, rowhome after rowhome after rowhome, and no real yards to speak of (we lucked out though the further South we went into Philly and had this beautiful Italian marbled backyard - a little precarious when the boy was born but super cool none the less). Here...
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stiles:
Ah, Philly. Rowhomes (or townhouses in the part of town I grew up in). At least my place later on had enough parking and fenced yard to ensure a modicum of privacy. I miss that place sometimes... but I sure don't miss dealing with the city government, L&I or the PPA.
yossarian_22:
Thank you! I just found some Hello Kitty Vans this weekend. I would have bought them for her but the store was full of (and staffed by) surly teens. I'll get them early one morning before the mall gets going.
Well...I recently pulled this out for a friend, and being as I am in some kind of creative mind crunch I thought I would just recycle. I am a recycler by nature you see. I worked at a goddamned book store called RECYCLOPEDIA fer crissakkes. How fucking clever is that? We had books and they were recycled and a rad clientele - Michael McKean actually...
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yossarian_22:
I love it! Especially--but not limited to--the final stanza.
Happy Day of not being British to all y'all American types...hope you celebrate your "freedom" accompanied by large coolers filled with many cocktail options. That is what exercising your rights as an American Citizen is all about you know - the freedom of choice. 
This morning, while baking in the sun, drinking coffee and welcoming the inconsistent breeze when it would flow through, the...
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lilli:
That is one of my all-time favorite albums. No lie. It's so cool to hear how it all affected your life. *blessings*
el_diablo_blanco:
Nom nom nom.....
So here is something you may not know about me...
Sunday, April 12, 2009
The note
I get passed between them all
Like a note
They shake their heads
And look at me with an
Unmistakable pity in their eyes
But nobody knows what to do about it
Nobody knows how to make it stop
They throw possibilities at me like darts
In the hopes...
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
The note
I get passed between them all
Like a note
They shake their heads
And look at me with an
Unmistakable pity in their eyes
But nobody knows what to do about it
Nobody knows how to make it stop
They throw possibilities at me like darts
In the hopes...
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lilli:
*huge love*
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legman:
"So it is actually likely that at some point or another paths were crossed."
maybe... though i don't go out much. did you go to many music stores when you were here?
"So it is actually likely that at some point or another paths were crossed."
maybe... though i don't go out much. did you go to many music stores when you were here?
nene:
Thank you so much for that. I'm getting there but I'm thinking it may still take a little time. 
While I wasn't a Prince fanatic, I still think he's a musical genius. I was more into the music than the actual personna though I would seriously do Geoff Tate from Queensryche rotten.
While I wasn't a Prince fanatic, I still think he's a musical genius. I was more into the music than the actual personna though I would seriously do Geoff Tate from Queensryche rotten.
If you stripped away all the kid shit in our house - there would be nothing left but me, spouse and house. Okay, that's not entirely true. In fact, it's not even sort of true. I am a hoarder...but not in the collect garage sale junk and Burger King giveaways and lawn gnomes and never throw away trash way. I just save and have boxes...
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fashionista:
Sorry it's taken me so long to write back...I'm usually on here everyday but it's been a crazy week.
I DO know how North and South Jersians are...when people ask me where I am from, I usually say NORTH Jersey ha ha. We don't like to associate with the shore peeps. HA HA I am so close to NYC that I wish I lived there! I do enjoy the beach though, but don't go very often.
I know where Cherry Hill is, I actually went ot school (in Florida) with a few people from there.
But Jersey Girls must always unite, whether they are Northern or Southern.
I love that picture. I would actually love finding old letters and pictures of my parents and grandparents. They would be like treasures to me. Even if it was just a napkin, I'm a weirdo like that. I save everything. lol
I DO know how North and South Jersians are...when people ask me where I am from, I usually say NORTH Jersey ha ha. We don't like to associate with the shore peeps. HA HA I am so close to NYC that I wish I lived there! I do enjoy the beach though, but don't go very often.
I know where Cherry Hill is, I actually went ot school (in Florida) with a few people from there.
But Jersey Girls must always unite, whether they are Northern or Southern.
I love that picture. I would actually love finding old letters and pictures of my parents and grandparents. They would be like treasures to me. Even if it was just a napkin, I'm a weirdo like that. I save everything. lol
fashionista:
Oh wow, no I don't remember that...that's crazy. I was like 9 years old though. ha ha I do remember Donahue though!
I tend to bong with "Jerseyites" as well, even though I've lived in Florida, Arizona, Alabama and North Carolina. (Florida twice and Jersey three times! lol) I am a Jersey girl at heart...born here. And there is nowhere like it.
I do remember Donahue though!
I tend to bong with "Jerseyites" as well, even though I've lived in Florida, Arizona, Alabama and North Carolina. (Florida twice and Jersey three times! lol) I am a Jersey girl at heart...born here. And there is nowhere like it.
The industry in which I work (deeply I might add) is rampant with uneducated buffoons who make shitloads of money. They do not know how to read, type, text, fax, answer or receive phone calls, in an effort to sell, buy, market or represent their product nor can they hold any sort of mundane/obvious/necessary/legal conversation. They don't need to know these things you see, because...
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legman:
"I was a ROCK GODDESS fer crissakes! "
what band?
"The industry in which I work (deeply I might add) is rampant with uneducated buffoons who make shitloads of money"
and it's not just in your industry!
what band?
"The industry in which I work (deeply I might add) is rampant with uneducated buffoons who make shitloads of money"
and it's not just in your industry!
viejo:
*ahem* "Mile high" is a drop for me, dearie... I live at 7,000'.
I love coloring. I have just the right artistic attention span for it - no wait - make that just attention span in general. I love the smoothness of the marker, crayon, pencil, whatever it may be...i love the way it has guidelines to glide you through so you don't even have to think about it. I love that it has always been something both...
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jonas_thorazine:
I meant to say relatively clever---relatively compared to my 17 y/o lyrics.
Are your kiddos musically inclined? Family band!
Are your kiddos musically inclined? Family band!
kay:
That cracked me up that you said that. Because often I find the outside voice talking to the computer often. Particularly when I spend a lot of time alone.
This is the third time in as many days that I have typed out my nice little blog with photo and/or video accompaniment, only to go wandering off in search of said accompaniment which inadvertently wipes out the entire blog. It is so fucking aggravating to me that I am this much of a fucking Homer Simpson that I just end up stupid pissed and...
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stcyr:
interesting, I had an alternate Buffalo Tom song in mind:
and "Enemy" is one o' my favorites ♥
jonas_thorazine:
Judging by the lyrics, you were way more clever at 17 than I was.
The only time my songs are performed are when my best friend in Oakland puts a band together for a couple weeks. I wish the bastard would move here with his drum kit so we could make sweet punk love together.
The only time my songs are performed are when my best friend in Oakland puts a band together for a couple weeks. I wish the bastard would move here with his drum kit so we could make sweet punk love together.
Fascinating or fascinated
The quandary becomes clear
Manipulates or manipulating
Those she holds dear
The question becomes about who she is
Not me or you or them
Truth becomes what she becomes
Regardless of how or when
We raise her up
We wave her high
Like our own continental flag
Truth becomes what we fear
It is all she wants to have
We reprimand
We...
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The quandary becomes clear
Manipulates or manipulating
Those she holds dear
The question becomes about who she is
Not me or you or them
Truth becomes what she becomes
Regardless of how or when
We raise her up
We wave her high
Like our own continental flag
Truth becomes what we fear
It is all she wants to have
We reprimand
We...
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stcyr:
lovely blog.
Treasure these moments.
Again, she'll be home before too long & you may want to remember treasure these moments apart. They could help get you through the next 11 months together.
Treasure these moments.
Again, she'll be home before too long & you may want to remember treasure these moments apart. They could help get you through the next 11 months together.
lilli:
Awww... it does suck that we are so far apart.
And I feel you on your girl, too. *huggles*
And I feel you on your girl, too. *huggles*
My own father is such a remarkable man...prior to meeting my husband I had never met another fella like him. He was the most caring, supportive, nurturing, intelligent, driven, and insightful father to his kids and I spent many years believing I would never be blessed with someone of that ilk in the developing of my own family. When echomnemonic entered my world time stopped....
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jonas_thorazine:
Agreed. Beautiful sentiment and expression.
texaspsych:
I am not used to being bored. LOL
Oh Christ -it's bed time.
I need this moment to say:
My man, husband, the father to my children
( and not intentionally-to all of "them") , (like there are 60 of em- chillens everywhere)
My love I have this to say to you:
Goddamn - I just love you so much.
You are a miraculous miracle maker.
And I adore the shit out of...
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I need this moment to say:
My man, husband, the father to my children
( and not intentionally-to all of "them") , (like there are 60 of em- chillens everywhere)
My love I have this to say to you:
Goddamn - I just love you so much.
You are a miraculous miracle maker.
And I adore the shit out of...
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balanchesko:
You have helped me reach heights I never thought possible my love. I love you and these kids so very much. These are truly salad days baby....and the kids can't live here forever...
xoxoxoxoxox
xoxoxoxoxox
stcyr:
that's the type of love we need more of here, in this trailer park
that's the type of love we need more of here, in this trailer park