Nyquil! I Need Nyquil!

I've got the hippy hippy shake shakes....a cough....a nose that's ready to run away...however the sore throat is gone. Well la di da da for that.

I'm miserable.

I'm cranky.

I want to hurt people that bother me.

I want to never hear the song Monday Morning by Fleetwood Mac ever again. I hate it when people think its funny to play stuff like that just because it's Monday...Well pass the memo on that on Tuesday you play Tuesday Afternoon.

There is no such thing as sick days where I work, so I have to go in and be miserable for 8 very long hours. I don't want to put real clothes on, but I don't think the boss or anyone that might wander into the office would appreciate me in my jammies and my sockies, though it would make me exceedingly happy to be that way.

Actually the only way I'd be happy right now is if I could be in my bed with the covers pulled up to my nose and a buttload of Nyquil lurking nearby so I could get rid of this plague that my family is passing around.

Random 10 - Week 101

From those ladies @ Music Memoirs

10 songs that sum up your weekend...or were on your weekend playlist...and one picture that relates back. (oh, and if you feel like it, tell us why you picked the songs you did)

I've had a horrible weekend....sickness...coldness...blech...and my music was really wack-a-doodle.

Erasure - Sunday Girl
(Quite easily the best song on the soon to be released album, Light At The End Of The World)

The Buckinghams - Kind Of A Drag
(Love this cheesy song...and that sums up my weekend)

The Cyrkle - I Wish You Could Be Here
(Hey, anything but Red Rubber Ball!)

Justin Hayward - I Dreamed Last Night (Acoustic)
(My friend Symon from the UK has been trying to send me a copy of this mp3 all weekend. After about 5 tries I finally got a copy that didn't fubar at the end)

Bobby Sherman - Julie Do You Love Me?
(Hey, it was on one of those Have A Nice Day CDs. And it got stuck in my head too)

Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway
(This is one of my favorite Gordon songs right now)

Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
(sniffle...cry...sniffle)

George Harrison - Horse To Water
(There's someone to be thanked for me playing this song too many times this weekend.)

ABBA - Winner Takes It All
(Erm why did a certain person play this song for someone this week but not me? Huh? Huh? Tell me why? NOW! No I'm not cranky about it, just curious.)

Matchbox Twenty - Disease
(Yeah...that's me)

And the picture

Sunday Morning Blues

~ I want to exercise but I'm coming down with a cold. Actually I've got a nasty sore throat. I probably should stay home today and go throughout the week. It's not as if I can't exercise in my home. I have the mini-stepper and my ski machine. However my abs won't be getting a workout and that makes me sad.

~ I think it rains more in Southwestern PA than in Seattle or even London. I miss the sunshine. Where is the sunshine? Where is the unseasonably warm temperatures? Huh? Huh?

~ I haven't done any cleaning since last week. Well substantial cleaning that is. I really need to start doing something besides pitching old clothes. I also need to buy a new comforter set for my bedroom and curtains...I hate buying curtains.

~ Today is going to be a reading day, methinks. Not that I have anything against reading...I'd just rather be out and about. I'm an out and about kinda girl. I hate sitting around on my ever expanding butt.

~ I need tea. Lotsa tea. With lotsa lemon. Throat is getting worse....bed is calling...so is the book...but first TEA!

Another Boring Saturday

Well, I've done just about all I've got to do today. I've been to the bank. I've been to the gym for over an hour even though I feel a cold or something of that nature, coming on. I've done some grocery shopping. Oh and my very favorite, I've done the laundry.

I need to get a life. I also need to get some money...because you know what? Right now I can't afford to buy a damn tank of gas, to use on something frivolous like going out.

PAH!

Which means the highlight of my Saturday night is going to be heading out to church for evening mass.

~sigh~

At least I got out for a few beers last night. Maybe tomorrow if the slushy snow we are expecting doesn't cause havoc, I'll do something.

Shall I have a pity party for myself now?

Yes, I think I shall.

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Friday The Dorkteenth

In the style of a Thursday Thirteen...

13 dorky things I've done to attract the attention of "The Fishy One." (Some even after I've learned that it will get me nowhere)

1. Did a 101 list of things to do with Fish. (Kept the list semi-clean which is highly unlike me)

2. Called him "sweetheart" when calling in for the Friday Free For all one week when requesting a rather bad song.

3. Sending him e-cards for any holiday and when he was feeling under the weather.

4. Called the station to yell at him when he talked about spending Valentine's Day on Eharmony.

5. Sent him a picture of me at about 13.....

6. Another Friday Free For All dork...told him to stick my phone number in his pocket when I gave it to him for the contest.

7. Posted the sign from Giant Eagle that had Herring for sale...and commented that for $3.99 I wouldn't mind having one of these



considering his name is Robert Herring. And then sent him a link to the post

8. Continuously posted this picture on the Hump Day Hunks posts....



knowing full well he stopped by the blog every now and then.

9. Took a picture of him at the Peter Noone concert because he was so darn cute.



10. Shared more personal information with him than I've done with people I've known much longer.

11. Did a Valentine's Day Striptease (don't worry I didn't really take off my clothes) for him via a Top 5 On Friday which he provided the topic....mind you...I probably would have had I had the opportunity.

12. Still email him on a fairly regular basis...because I like "The Fishy One"

13. Sent him two mix CDs as a "peace offering."

I am the lord goddess queen of the doralopes...pass my crown and robes please.

Top 5 On Friday - Week 119

Brought to you by the ladies @ Music Memoirs

Top five cheesiest and / or worst lyrics ever written?

I love cheese.....

Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy
(Arthur Resnick - Joey Levine)

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I got love in my tummy
And I feel like a-lovin you
Love, you're such a sweet thing
Good enough to eat thing
And it's just a-what I'm gonna do

ARGH! This song is so bad..and suggestive...and so weird. I don't want to know how he got love in his tummy either.

The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball
(Paul Simon)

And I think it's gonna be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

Paul has written so much better, however this one has "stick in your head" power like no other.

Paul Revere & The Raiders - Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon

Mr. Sun make it fine
Shine on down for this baby of mine
Mr. Moon come on through
When Mr. Sun goes we'll be counting on you

Dum. Dum. Dum. Dum. DUMB!

Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

She talks kinda lazy
And people say she she's crazy
And her life's a mystery
Oh, but love grows where my Rosemary goes
And nobody knows like me

And this was a hit? Lordy...and please get it out of my head.

The Hollies - Stop Stop Stop
(Clarke - Hicks - Nash)

Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Give me time to breathe
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Or I'll have to leave

I can't believe Graham Nash is party to this badness...and why does it have to be catchy badness too?

I'd like some wine now...to go with this cheese, or at least a lambic beer. All these songs are good in that silly cheesy bubblegum kinda way.

I Confess!

I'm a shopaholic! I need a 12 Step Program. And J. C. Penney's needs to stop making really cool clothes that I'm going to want to buy.

I just spent 62 bucks on a pair of shorts, a skirt and a sweater.

Someone stop me!

This is madness!

I can't even wear the stuff yet, because the weather is so anti-spring/warm.

I just can't help myself. I love clothes. I love clothes almost as much as I love music. Almost. And really that's a pretty close almost.

I've always had a passion for clothes.

It comes from my strong desire to fit in...which never quite worked, because I have a strange style unto myself. I can gravitate from super conservative to trendy to sleazy (though not that often) to vintage.

Now I've got to figure out how I'm going to pay off the Penney's charge now that I've run up a sizable bill.

Please don't let me go to Macy's...because I might be able to pay that bill off this month.

Thursday Thirteen

Today we're doing another episode of

Thirteen things I'd rather be doing right now

1. Sleep! Since the wild wacky Easter weekend of church...where I didn't catch up on my sleep...I've actually lost more sleep. I'm such a tired little girl.

2. Walk the boardwalk in Atlantic City and I don't even care if it's raining there.

3. Make some more mix CDs, because most of the ones I have in my car are dying.

4. Be curled up somewhere with a nice blanket and a book.

5. Shopping! I'm pretty sure there's something that I need to buy. OK, there are things I want to buy, namely a 30 GB Zen Vision.

6. Filling the Zen Micro...only this time getting a better distribution of music that I like. I left off Herman's Hermit's, Grey Eye Glances and Oingo Boingo. GASP! The horror.

7. Playing with my elusive Bootsie kitty. She's still the amazing hiding cat. My mother doesn't believe we have her..she thinks we have a "ghost" cat, because all you hear is her bell...but you never see her.

8. Exercising! I'd love to be able to spend more than an hour at the gym...but as I don't get to go until about 5 o'clock...and I need my sleep...and there are so many things I need to get done at home....ARGH!

9. Spa Day! A facial would be really nice right now. Why do they have to be so damn expensive though. I've priced them at The Mountaineer and the cost is out of this world, but one I wouldn't mind paying. (Anything to boost ye olde self esteem)

10. Play with the new camera I bought last month that hasn't been used yet, because I hate to make my other EasyShare feel unloved.

11. Update my CD-Tracker list. We're up to 1850, but I'm not done yet. Plus there are things on my computer that aren't on there as well.

12. Get my first quarter local taxes paid. Have I mention that local taxes are a boil on the backside of mankind, because they aren't required to be taken out of the paycheck?

13. Have a lambic beer or two or ten.

I Think It's Going To Be All Right...

I think the worst is over now..

Will someone please please please do something to rid my noggin of this song.

Yeah. I've got Red Rubber Ball stuck in the big ole jukebox in my head. It started with this live version by Simon & Garfunkel...and then I found the first recorded version, which was done by the Cyrkle. Now the damn song won't leave. It's packed it's bags and moved into my head.

Most of you know that I get the cheesiest most obnoxious songs stuck in my head. Most of them can be blamed on 99.3 The Pickle...with a vast majority of the blame being laid at the doorstep of a certain DJ.

He has laid off playing Yummy x 3 for quite awhile and for that I can only extend my heartfelt thanks. I really hate when that song takes up residence in my head.

The other thing that I tend to do is attach songs to people. There are some songs that for some reason or another will always make me think of a person. I'm not always sure that's a good thing, because if it's someone I'm involved with and we part ways I end up disliking the song..or even the band that does the song because of it.

I'm warped that way, I know.

Music is intensely personal for me, if you haven't noticed. That's why when I share music I always want to know how it was received by the listener, especially if I share stuff that's not too well known. I'm waiting not so patiently to hear if my latest mix was enjoyed. I think I'll be heart broken if it's not.

But until I do know...I'll just go on humming

And I think it's gonna be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

The Hunks Return

Lent is over and the hunks begged to come back from their exile.

Just because he's attached doesn't mean I can't think he's a hunk, cos well, in my eyes, the Fishy is a hunk.



Oh and remember that bit about "The Fishy One" looking like David Duchovny...well see I think otherwise. I think he looks more like Richard Coyle. (Who is a hunk of the first water)



Richard is on the right...Fish also has the personality of Richard's character, Jeff from Coupling on BBC.

And now for some of my usuals

Take Me Back Tuesday - Week 118

From the ladies @ Music Memoirs

Do you have any friends online or otherwise that you share similar musical tastes with?
I'm weird. I think most of my friends share the same musical taste as I do. I tend to gravitate towards people that like at least one or more of the bands that I do. It makes conversation easier. I also tend to gravitate towards DJs that work at stations that play music that I like. I tease them mercilessly and probably make their life a living hell, but it's all in the name of friendship etc.

Have you ever made a new friend because of a band that you both like?
90% of my online friends share the same musical interest. I think my "Fishy" friend falls into this category too. I bow to the DJ that like EC...The Beatles...and Tim Burton films...oh and gasp...Chess the Musical.

What's the best musical gift you were ever given by a friend and in return...what is the best musical gift (IYO) that you've given a friend.
Callie sent me a wonderful DVD called The Other Side of Red Rocks...which is a Moody Blues DVD. That made me happier than a clam. I also had an online friend send me a whole shoebox of Moody Blues photos. Again...this girl was happier than a clam.

If I was going for a family member, the best musical gift was given to me by my sister who bought tickets and paid for the hotel room when we went to our first Atlantic City Moody Blues concert.

The best musical gift I gave? I think it's my Christmas mix CDs that all my friends and family get from me each year. I work hard on those. My compilations are loved by many, damn it!

Pick one of your friends...and tell us a few songs that remind you of them...and tell us why you picked those songs.

I pick "Fish" just because Mr. DJ is the easiest and the funnest to pick on.

Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (Played when feeling snarky or when he really wants to annoy one particular listener who gets this piece of poo stuck in her head as soon as she hears it)

Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine (Random song the fishmeister likes)

Jimmy Buffett - Fins (For obvious reasons)

The Damned - Fish (A song that I wanted to put on a mix that I sent him, but was too afraid too)

The Moody Blues - Question & The Story In Your Eyes (Two Moodies songs he plays quite often, bless his cotton socks)

Caption This

A few week's ago the Pickled Herring (PH) posted pictures of his pets on the station's website. "The Fishy One" has a dog Molly and a cat Sally. Both are adorable...but that's not the point here. The point is....the photos were captioned..but the captions weren't amusing.

So, since I'm full of snark....I'm going to caption them on my own...



Molly: Gee, Fish, just what I always wanted a kitten! Now I have a pet too! Pant Pant...slobber....
Sally: The two of you will pay for this when I rule the world, and I will rule the world!



Sally: Ah...erm, excuse me...I didn't realize you were in here, Fishy. AHHHHH! My eyes! I didn't need to see all that!

Suddenly the forces of evil overtake the cat...



Sally: It's time for payback for all that dry food you've been feeding me. This is freezing cold water and I know how to use the shower nozzle. Muhahahaha!

Sally takes aim....

I told you I would rule the world! Now open a can of cat food now or else your Fishy butt is going to have icicles hanging from it!

When They Fall

Pattie Boyd Harrison Clapton has an autobiography coming out in the UK in August. I must have it, however I know it's going to cause me great pain when it comes to reading it.

George Harrison was and always will be my favorite Beatle. I'm sure when I read this book all my illusions about the man I crushed on for most of my teenage years will be ruined. I've read some stuff about George already that made me sigh and wish I hadn't read it.

I hate when that happens.

I have a bad tendency of putting people up on pedestals and when they do something that makes me shake my head sadly, they tumble down.

So I'm hoping Pattie dishes more on Eric Clapton, a rock god that I truly can't stand, even though I've loved some of his music. Hell at one time I even crushed on Eric...and saw him in concert at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh...but when Eric came down off the pedastal he crashed and burned. I have no respect for the man now. Everything I've read about him points to him being a world class sleaze bag and that ruins the music for me.

I don't want George to tumble like that. I can deal with him cheating at every turn. After all, in his position it would be damn hard not to be unfaithful, though knowing that he probably "did" just about any female that was still moving kinda makes me wonder. But hey...the 60's were about "Free Love." Damn it, I miss out on all the good stuff.

Because of these feelings alone, I should stay aways from Pattie's book, but I can't. Pattie's always intrigued me. I want to hear her story. I never thought she was incredibly beautiful, but she was cute with her bucktoothed grin, and she's an extremely talented photographer, which makes her my official idol.

I will shell out $40 for this book in August and I will try to read it with an open mind and pray that I don't have to pick up the pieces of my idol and that I can put it down without anger or disgust at George. Again...I can feel anger and disgust for Eric, because that's no different than the way I feel now.

I'm so glad there haven't been any books written about my Moody guys.

Random 10 - Week 100

From the ladies @ Music Memoirs

10 songs that sum up your weekend...or were on your weekend playlist...and one picture that relates back. (oh, and if you feel like it, tell us why you picked the songs you did)

Most of these were from the winamp or the CD player..

Claire Moore - Could We Start Again Please?
Paul Nicholas - Gethsemane
Matchbox Twenty - Last Beautiful Girl
The Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Cher - All Or Nothing
Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway
Emm Gryner - Beautiful Things
Grey Eye Glances - Promise
Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone
Elvis Costello - Coal Train Robberies

And now for the picture



Sing with me...Rubber ducky...you're the one.

The Attack Oogie

I never know what my Oogie cat will be up to next. He's got the most personality of all my many pets. He's full of cat-itude.

Allow me to illustrate...


The attack Oogie spies his prey, sitting atop the dining room table. Salt and pepper shakers in the form of a rabbit and a carrot. Imagine the treachery they will cause! The attack Oogie must rid the world of these menaces. After all, Oogie's grandma has high blood pressure and needs to cut down on her sodium intake.



Slowly and stealthfully the attack Oogie creeps closer. The shakers won't know what happened to them. But wait...Damn they are empty....



ARGH!

Easter Recap

~ Can I just say..."I'm so full" I'm full of tasty Easter goodies....I'm full to the gizzard, and I don't even have a gizzard. I've also been told "I'm full of shit" but I think that's a given to those that know me well.

~ Don't ever start cleaning closets etc on Easter. I makes for a large mess. Honest. I've got 3 more bags of old clothes for Goodwill. I need to do this to make way for the new clothes I've bought. And how is it that I can get rid of 3 bags of stuff and still not have room for the stuff that I do have?

~ I listened to this CD way too much this weekend.



Jesus Christ Superstar is one of my favorite musicals. I've seen it twice and both times loved it.

~ I discovered a new artist this weekend. Yay for the ever expanding CD list.



If you like artists like Charlotte Martin, Susan Werner and Lene Marlin...you'll probably like Emm Gryner. Why does the CD have to be so expensive though? I'm glad this one resides on my hard drive at this point.

~ I had a philosophical discussion with mom about Judas. It was a discussion on whether he's a saint or if he was "Damned for all time" as a result of his actions. A tricky religious discussion that's for sure.

~ I spent way too much time in church. I was at the Easter Vigil service last night that lasted 2.5 hours and I woke up to make sure my dad got to the 8 a.m. mass. My priest told me I was a glutton for punishment. Funny..I think I've heard that before...and yes, I am. Always have been. Always will be.

~ Bootsie poked her head out of the door. She's been getting braver and braver. I even managed to snap a picture of her when she ventured out from behind the bed to a perch in full view of anyone walking into my bedroom.


Bootsie: I'm not going to kill Kenny, but I will if you don't stop looking at me!

Happy Easter

The Mistress of the Dark would like to extend the warm wishes for a blessed Easter on all of you.

It's a time of renewal and a time of forgiveness....

I hope that if I've done something to you, you have it in your hearts to forgive me and thus I shall do the same for you.

It's through forgiveness that we find peace.

And because I find my peace in music...I leave you with a beautiful song from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

Could We Start Aga...

And The Weekend Begins

A few thoughts to go with it...

~ Going to Phipps at night is lovely but getting the pictures to turn out is not always easy. The place is insanely dark and night shots are not what I do best at this point. ARGH!



~ Someone forgot the memo that its Easter and not Christmas and there shouldn't be snow outside for crying out loud! This is just ridiculous! I'm done with winter damn it.

~ The cajun fish sandwich at Arby's is good, but lordy it will come back and kick you in the ass a few hours later. Can I get a woot that lent is over and I can eat normally on Fridays again. I hate fish. Blech!

~ This is the mix I made for "The Fishy One."

Songs For The Fishbowl



Grey Eye Glances - Big Red Boat
Brinsley Schwarz - What's So Funny (Bout Peace, Love & Understanding)
Billie Myers - Am I Here Yet (Return To Sender)
Elvis Costello - Puppet Girl
Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind
Justin Hayward - The Way Of The World
Jeremy - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Oingo Boingo - Skin
Elvis Costello - Basement Kiss
Jann Arden - You're So Vain
Herman's Hermits - Saturday's Child
Cliff Richard - Climbing Up Mount Everest
Bernie Barlow - Sexy
Annie Haslam & Steve Howe - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Simon Le Bon - Magic Bus
Oingo Boingo - Happy
The Proclaimers - Get Ready
Red Dwarf - Tongue Tied Full Smegmix
Glenn Tilbrook - Genitalia of a Fool
Erasure - Everyday
The Moody Blues - Fly Me High
The Tremblers - Green Shirt

I'm A Happy Girl

I sent "The Fishy One" an Easter e-card yesterday, and I kinda fretted over the intelligence of doing that, but I couldn't not send him something for the holiday.

See I have this thing...I like "The Fishy One" and I really miss his emails and whatnot. He was my friend in the box and well he's brought me a lot of joy and amusement that I've missed.

Well he viewed the ecard and sent me a thank you email this morning.

Big sigh of relief.

We won't even discuss how happy I was to get that email, because it makes me look like a goober of the highest degree.

Suffice to say I think I've made peace with "The Fishy One," and that is a very good thing.

I extended the olive branch and made a peace offering of a George Harrison bootleg...I'm going to copy it for him...and well...don't tell him...but I'm going to make a mix cd for him too, just because. Well, just because...I want to. I'd do it for any of my other friends and I do, so why not him?

I hope he enjoys them.

Top 5 On Friday - Week 118

From the ladies @ Music Memoirs

Top five songs that are track # 5 on the album.

I think I did a whole mix this way once. Maybe it's time to revisit.

1. From the album Long Distance Voyager



The Moody Blues - Meanwhile

2. From the album Blood & Chococlate



Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Want You

This is actually one of my all time favorite songs ever.

3. From the album I Say, I Say, I Say



Erasure - Run To The Sun

4. From the album Songs Of Leaving



Grey Eye Glances - You Bring Me Back Home

5 From the album The Girl In The Other Room



Diana Krall - I've Changed My Address