"Happy Birthday America!"

"You finally qualify for the Seniors Discount at Denny's."

Hello children! It has been quite, quite, quite a while. Yes? Yes. I'm sorry. I said in my last post that I would, hopefully, be posting my Summer Playlist, and I have kept my word. That's one of the reasons why it has taken me so long to post again. I've had to go through all my music, choose songs, and then weed out and condense down...to 25 songs. It was originally at 100. That, my friends, is an accomplishment for me...

Before I post that list I must mention something that I really should have posted but did not. I played (my 3rd time, but 2nd time at this particular place) at Smoothie Joe's on 6/28. I'll hopefully have a few pictures up from that later on.

So, without further delay, my Summer2008 Playlist:

All That Matters, Addison Road

Suzie, Boy Kill Boy
How Love Goes, Brandon Kelley
Until You, Dave Barnes
Yours, Dizmas
I Could Be There For You, Eisley
Unglued, Fair
The Minnow & The Trout, A Fine Frenzy
Lost Without Each Other, Hanson
Call Me Mister, Heath McNease
Goodnight and Go, Imogen Heap
Let It Fly, Jackson Waters
Sula, Jeremy Fisher
Industry, Jon McLaughlin
Become Who You Are, Mainstay
Home, Marc Broussard
Love Like This, Natasha Bedingfield feat. Sean Kingston
Lovefool, New Found Glory feat. Adam Lazzara
The King of Wishful Thinking, New Found Glory feat. Patrick Stump
All Fall Down, OneRepublic
Trouble, Over The Rhine
Forever My Friend, Ray LaMontagne
Better, Regina Spektor
Falling, Tyrone Wells
Check Yes Juliet, We The Kings

So, that is my Summer days list. I also compiled a drive-at-night-with-the-windows-down Summer Playlist. It has 80 songs and not condensed at all.

Still Alright, Adam Merrin
This Time The Dream's On Me, Alison Krauss
Two, Amber Rubarth
Falling Out Of Love, Aqualung
Sunday Best, Agustana
Kiss The Rain, Billie Myers
Throw It All Away, Brandi Carlile
Make You Feel My Love, Bryan Ferry
One More Day With You, Chauntelle DuPree
Fix You, Coldplay
Cannonball, Damien Rice
9 Crimes, Damien Rice
Until You, Dave Barnes
What Am I Gonna Do, Dave Barnes
#34, Dave Matthews Band
Satellite, Dave Matthews Band
Nature Boy, David Bowie & Massive Attack
LA, Dean Fields
Yankess Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then), The Decemberists
Walk With You, Dispatch
A Drop In The Ocean, The District
Take You Away, Drew Kuehner
If You're Wondering, Eisley
Marvelous Things, Eisley
Past The Stars, Eric Skelton
Almost Lover, A Fine Frenzy
Be Good Or Be Gone, Fionn Regan
Homebird, Foy Vance
Let It Go, Freddy Litwiniuk
How We Operate, Gomez
Bound By Love, Gran Bel Fisher
The Walk, Hanson
Dark Waltz, Hayley Westenra
Wuthering Heights, Hayley Westenra
Center Of Attention, Jackson Waters
Save Me, Jem
Scar That Never Heals, Jeremy Fisher
Take Your Steps, Jimmy Eat World
No One Cares, Jimmy Eat World
May Angels Lead You In, Jimmy Eat World
Far Away Blues, Joe Purdy
Pearls, Johnnie Shaneyfelt
Close Your Eyes, Jump Little Children
Scratch, Kendall Payne
All I Want From You Is Love, Let's Go Sailing
Simon, Lifehouse
Somewhere In Between, Lifehouse
I Need You, Lionel Neykov
Hang On, Mainstay
Wild Hope, Mandy Moore
I Will Not Take My Love Away, Matt Wertz
Falling Off The Face Of The Earth, Matt Wertz
Tracing Paper (An Argument), Monarch
Holiest Of Thieves, The Myriad
Rosie's Lullaby, Norah Jones
Won't Stop, OneRepublic
Taking My Chances/One Big Love, Patty Griffin
Creep, Radiohead
Crazy, Ray LaMontagne
Shelter, Ray LaMontagne
Real Love, Regina Spektor
You Didn't Know, Renee Stahl
Paper Doll, Rosie Thomas
Much Farther To Go, Rosie Thomas
Gravity, Sara Bareilles
Closing Time, Semisonic
The Lines Of My Earth, Sixpence None The Richer
Quicksand, Sleeping At Last
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, The Smiths
Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol
Run, Snow Patrol
Flower In Rain, Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers
Out Of My League, Stephen Speaks
When The Stars Go Blue, Tyler Hilton and Bethany Joy Lenz
Ships, Umbrellas
Life Is Beautiful, Vega4
Somebody Loved, The Weepies
World Spins Madly On, The Weepies
City Of Devils, Yellowcard
How I Go, Yellowcard

Well, kiddies. That's it. Those are the soundtracks to my Summer...as things stand right now. Hahaha!

P.s., I finally watched The Wizard of OZ while listening to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon. Please, if you haven't, do so. It's hilarious. Especially when you have the matchup list... (I don't have the link on the desktop so I'll have to post that later from the Mac).

Enjoy your Holiday! Peace out.

The End.

"If Death does comes to claim you, I'll beg him to let me come with you."

"And we'll pass on over together, hand-in-hand."

So today has been a very, not so much, productive day. And boy howdy have I enjoyed it! Hahaha!

I did make new ringtones for my celly phone and a few wallpapers for it as well. Happy about that, definitely. P.s., amongst those ringtones are NKOTB's "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" and the theme song to Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. All of you laughing can shut it...*mumble*just jealous*mumble*.

Anyway. I started a new part-time job at Smoothie Joe's in Trussville about two weeks ago (although it doesn't feel like that long). P.s., No, I can't get you free smoothies. Not even for myself, so don't ask... June 20th will be my last day with A.R.M., which I am quite the happy about; no more drives to Tuscaloosa for a few hours twice a month.

Any-who. That's basically all I got for now. I thought I'd update since I haven't in a few weeks. I do plan on having a more entertaining blog next post. It shall (I'm shooting for it containing this) consist of summertime playlist(s) which was inspired by J-Rock Simz (Jenny Simmons of Addison Road) who posted one on her Blogger a few posts back. Btw, check her blog out if you haven't done so already.

Well... Peace out.

The End.

"If you just have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad..."

"...wouldn't it make more sense to say something that's actually pertinent, like 'Put Down the Hammer' or 'Vehicular Manslaughter Is Wrong', or are you just picking on us?"

Who? Who? Who is stoked? My hand is in the air! The 2008 American Idol is.... David Cook! Wahoo!!! (P.s., I don't know why I've started using that word.) He rocks my face right off. It's funny to admit that because (if you check my earlier AI posts) I did not start off a David Cook fan. I wanted him voted off at the Top 24. Hahaha! But! He did redeem himself in my eyes, so. Here's to you Mr. Idol.

I am very much enjoying the song that he performed at the end. Whoever wrote that has some skillz.... Me = Fan. Anyway. I am really sleepy and barely making it through National Treasure 2 (but it's okay 'cause I watched it earlier when I got home from work, watching it with the 'rents).

So, leaving you tonight with David Cook and the announcement of his title and the winning song, peace out.

The End.

"So take me where You want me."

"Take me 'cause I wanna be Yours."

Music recommendations...

1. Mainstay, Become Who You Are

2. Dizmas, Dizmas

3. The Myriad, With Arrows, With Poise

The opening quote(s) come from the song "Yours" off of the Dizmas album. Do yourself a honkin' favor and go listen to this song. I will post the entire lyrics to the song and the title track from the Mainstay album as well. So, so good. You need to hear both. The Myriad cd, just go buy it. Don't preview listen to it and then make your decision to get it. Just get it. So good. Mine came in the mail the day after it was released (I pre-ordered it at their concert back in April when they came with EISLEY). So good.

Prayer recommendations...

What? That sure is an odd way to phrase that. I like it.

I is in need of prayer (who isn't?!). I keep pushing aside the chances and opportunities to grow close to God. I can hear Him calling to me. I can feel Him taking my hand and lacing his fingers through mine and trying to pull me back into his arms. But I keep turning my attention to other things. I am completely aware of all this and aware of my responses, and I am absolutely not liking it.

So, yeah. I could use some prayer about that. I need some strength, some self-discipline, some a lot of things. Thanks.

Whatever else that aren't really recommendations...

I am doing some serious purge, Spring Cleaning in my room. Boy, does it ever need it.

I am a serious pack-rat, and this is because of genetics. My dad is like this and even my mom, but not as bad as my dad. Okay, that's a lie. She is. She just doesn't want to own up to that. But as I sit here and think about it, she is. My grandmother (Dad's mom) is like this. I'm sure my mom's mom and/or dad were the same. So, there are no telling how many generations of Branyons, Murdochs, Bowens, Williams, and so forth there are that were pack-rats. *Side note to my future children: You are all hopeless cases. Sorry. You got some bad habit genetics.

I have decided to take all those episodes of organization and cleaning and etc. from watching TLC programs and clean my room. Properly. *Revised  side not to my future children: I am stopping the cycle here. We shall concur this!

Song lyrics that I almost forgot to post...

"Yours"

by Dizmas

Feels like the sky has never been so blue

But that's not the way it used to be

'Cause there was a time that I was without You

Before I said that I believe

Oh, I need a Savior

Oh, I need a Savior

I want to give this up

I want to hold Your hand

Take away this fear that's like an ocean in my head

I want to tell You now

What I couldn't say before

You are my everything that I was always looking for

So take me where You want me

Take me 'cause I wanna be yours

I've got pride that I still have to break

It's keeping me away from You

But You stay patient while I make mistakes

I'm learning how to trust that You

Are always a Savior

Oh...

(repeat chorus)

In the good and the bad times

Oh, it don't really matter

I want to know You

"Become Who You Are"

by Mainstay

So it seems that I'm wrong,

cuz you said that I would never want for anything again

But my eyes are set low

and I'm holding to things I know I can't keep

I keep on chasing the wrong things

and coming up empty

This isn't who I'm supposed to be

I keep on learning the hard way from every mistake

And I'm finding each time you fall,

you're just becoming who you are

So it seems that I'm wrong,

cuz I keep on searching for the answers that I don't need

I know I don't need

(repeat chorus)

Okay. Enough stalling. I am going back to cleaning.

Peace out.

The End.