Be a Patsy!

Downloaded a Patsy Cline album this morning. I'm loving it!

photo via Rolling Stone

lovely.

via ...etc

Deepest Conviction

"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." -Mahatma Gandhi

I need to come to realize this. I am the worst at saying yes when I am screaming, "NO!" inside. I really hate it. I need to stand firm in what I think and believe. Everyone else does. Why don't I?

Falling In Love At a Coffee Shop

Today is the first day of fall and I can't stop thinking about the song "Falling In Love At a Coffee Shop" by Landon Pigg. Something about the song just feels crisp and cool like fall. Or maybe it's because I discovered the song around this time last year. I don't know. Whatever it is, I am loving this song right now!


A video of the song.


Here's the lyrics:

I think that possibly
Maybe I've fallen for you
Yes there's a chance
That I've fallen quite hard over you

I've seen the paths that your eyes wander down
I wanna come too

I think that possibly
Maybe I've fallen for you

No one understands me
Quite like you do
Through all of the shadowy corners of me

I never knew just what it was
About the same coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I never knew just what it was
About this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I think that possibly
Maybe I've fallen for you
Yes, there's a chance
That I've fallen quite hard over you

I've seen the waters that make your eyes shine
Now I'm shining too

Because, oh because
I've fallen quite hard over you

If I didn't know you, I'd rather not know
If I couldn't have you, I'd rather be alone

I never knew just what it was
About the same coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I never knew just what it was
About this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

All of the while
All of the while, it was you

Too cute! :)

My windows...

:D

Life is good. I'm so thankful for my family and friends.

Today, Lauren and I met for lunch and had a good talk. Tonight, I got home and Courtney made me laugh. I have yet to hear Kayla's story about Tom Joles' black eye. Or about Cory's website adventures. But I'm sure they are great.

It's starting to cool down here. I love it. I drove around with my windows down today and it wasn't even hot. Fall, here we come! I even bought a pumpkin scented fragrance for the apartment today. I'm so excited!

If you haven't yet, check this out... Emails From Crazy People. Here's an example of some things you will find there. This is an ad on Craig's List from someone CRAZY.

Clown for Kicks (Mendota Heights)
Date: 2009-08-28, 11:12AM CDT
Reply to: sale-hqu43-1346837248@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
I am looking for someone to dress up like a Clown and hang out with me. I would cook you diner – or we could BBQ something. I’m interested in making my neighbor lady wonder. I have already had a man in a panda costume last month – and also had a heard of sheep come in for the day to cut the grass. (sheep do a good job by the way). A clown would be something.
Maybe you could bring some balloons – or make balloon animals to hang in my tree. I’d like to have this done some evening between 6pm and dark. The longer you can stay the better (like if you could stay for the whole 3 hours). Do you have any tricks you could do?
Like I said – I could cook diner and get you drunk – I’d even be willing to pay your cab fare to and from. I don’t have much to offer – and my neighbor lady is driving me nuts – so I want to drive her nuts. If you had a Mime friend – it would be cool to see you two chase each other around the yard or do relay races while I time you.
Let me know your thoughts – open to Men and Women Clowns.

 Hahaha! Enjoy!

Photo of the Day: September 14, 2009

A nice little book store in Cloudcroft, NM.

Cookie

Photo via beaubeen

Radiate Love

No matter how I am feeling...
I think this is a good summary of how to live life.
Even if I didn't believe in myself, believe in others, believe in God... I'd still think these were honorable things to do.
Even if I don't live my life with love, I still think to love others is the best thing anyone can do.
This quote makes hope well up inside of me.
It makes me feel okay with the world.
That some people are trying their best to make the world a better place.
It really gives me hope.
That everything will be okay.
:)

quote via lelove

Photo of the Day: August 21, 2009

This picture wasn't taken today. I took it four days ago. My older sister and my brother-in-law rented a house near a lake for a week. She invited my roommate and I to stay for a night. The house was amazing. And there was a beautiful pool. I ended up getting very sunburned. Ah, why are people suckers for the sun? It's quite stupid, really.
Anyhow, this picture is of the main living room. I think it was the prettiest room in the house. Funny thing was, I didn't see anyone in it while I was there.
I really like the chandelier and the horse painting on the mantle. Nice and warm.
Have a sweet day! CB

Sugar that ain't so sweet.

Listening to a Portugal. The Man song. I haven't heard them before this moment. They are alright, I suppose.
I don't know what it is, but the past few days I've been so aggravated with someone I'll call Sugar. I like the term Sugar cause it makes me think of things in a bit more humorous light. Any-who... Sugar has been bugging the crap out of me lately. I think that I should really be more sympathetic toward them. They are dealing with some not-so-fun stuff right now. But I am having a really tough time relating to Sugar. They will try to talk to me and I have nothing to say in return. I mean, Sugar will straight up lay their heart out before me and all I have to say is, "Yeah, uh huh." Then tonight I was talking to them and they said something about doing something they had been meaning to do. It annoyed the crap out of me. "Then do it. I'm not helping though. I don't want to. Sorry," I said. Sugar said, "I didn't ask you to. Whatever." I think I'm being sassy because Sugar has plenty of things to criticize me about. They are always warning me about one thing or another. Like I don't realize the so-called danger that is staring me in the face everyday. And my goodness, maybe sometimes I want to make mistakes. Or maybe I just want to see what it will be like to fail big time. I mean, I don't really want to fail. But I want something different out of life for a change.
Lately I've been thinking outside of my box. I feel like I've been rather narrow-minded about some things. And whether or not I change how I think about things, I'm appreciating this time. Because I'm not right about everything. Like, I might think I know the best way to make pancakes, but just because I think that doesn't make it true. I'm testing myself right now. And I think it's rather good.
Back to Sugar... I want Sugar to stop being so damn judgmental all the time. Sugar thinks they have the right to judge people's motives. People's standing in life. Well, guess what??? YOU DON'T. So shut up.
THE END.

(PS. I know all of the "they" and "them" is sort of confusing. But I didn't want to give away who the person is...)