that jeep commercial... it just ticks me off.

they use the song "sunshine (go away today)" by jonathan edwards.  i love the song.  a lot.  however, they rip the song apart and take various lines from various verses... and they don't make any sense and they don't rhyme.  i don't understand.

the lyrics they use are:

sunshine, go away today.
i don't feel ( Read more... )

i literally started jumping up and down ( Read more... )

i just saw a commercial for nationwide car insurance.  the kids were in the back seat playing the "this is a this..." game, like we did obnoxiously in the one-act play "this is a test".  it made me smile and giggle a little ( Read more... )

i've been spending a fair amount of time in beckman.  no one will show up to smyth, even if i invite them... so i just go there uninvited.  it's a good way to be friendly.  i just might actually be making friends.  or enemies.  but those can be fun too ( Read more... )

i never get tired the night before i travel.  usually i stay up all night packing or otherwise getting ready.  sometimes i blame it on procrastination, but tonight, that's not it.  i'm not really in a hurry tomorrow or anything.  i can take all the time i want.  i'm just wide awake.  i'm being productive and all, although i am limited because ( Read more... )

back to dubuque!!!  i just have to sleep, pack, and go ( Read more... )

my horn-playing sounds sooooo much better in the recital hall than it does in my mom's basement.

imagine that.

i'm kind of a wimp.  i never want to play when anyone else is home.  i was proud of myself tonight, though.  i didn't stop playing immediately when i heard the door open.  but i finished the piece then turned on the tv.  i don't mind playing ( Read more... )

i pretty much want today to go away ( Read more... )

on my last break today at work i finished chapter 2 of 5 of wicked.  i'm almost halfway done... i have just over 200 pages left.  the show is in 21 hours.  i can do it.

or at least i'll try.

i decided that i like being operator.  8 hours flew by.  pretty much i got paid to sit in the fitting room, sort clothes and hangers, answer phones, and ( Read more... )

but if eating a bowl of cereal will make me feel better, then i think that's quite alright

pirates (the first) was on USA tonight.  i recorded it while i was at work so i can watch it tomorrow.  and actually stay awake.  maybe then i'll go see the second.  eventually.

i have done more cashiering the last three days than i probably have all summer.  ( Read more... )