car crashes, playlists, weeds
i realized this morning that i basically dressed up like neapolitan ice cream: brown corduroy mini-skirt with a pink camisole underneath a white cotton shirt. i told a coworker this and she said that it sounded like a line an actor in a swedish film would recite while standing in the middle of a field. we figured that my camisole was a little too dark to pass for strawberry ice cream. i then remembered a type of brach's candy (the kind in the bulk bins at the grocery store) that was called "neapolitan ice cream" and it was a layered square candy of brown, white, and dark pink. that's what i look like today. all the same, though, i was complimented by one of my coworkers for looking really cute today. go chocolate, strawberry and vanilla!
yesterday, as i was on my way home from work, i was waiting at the light at the end of our street to turn left towards the freeway. i was sorta lost in the music i was blaring in my car as i stared at the opposing streetlight to know when my light was going to turn green. it was changing to yellow, so i put my car in gear, ready to speed home. during that neural process that goes from my brain to my feet, letting the right one know to move from the break to gas pedal and the left one to be ready to release the clutch, i heard the horrible sound of screeching tires. i stared straight ahead as a truck from my left skidded and plowed straight on through one of the cars waiting at the red light. the truck was big: toyota tundra extended cab. the car that was hit wasn't: mercedes clk. i sat there in shock looking at the woman who got hit. her head was slumped forward, chin in her chest, and she wasn't moving. for some reason, it looked like her airbags didn't deploy. wouldn't this be the sorta situation where they would? i noticed at that point, my tongue had gone numb. i then turned my attention to the truck. the passenger, a 12-yr-old girl, lurched out of the truck and puked on the side of the road. her father (assuming it was her father) came rushing out of his truck to see what happened. the car that was waiting next to the mercedes at the light, turned down my street and pulled over to help out. the guy in the truck immediately said "i don't have a cell phone". all of this was happening in front of me. i got out and said "i have one." the other by-stander told me to call 911, which i did. that was done and then the guy in the truck asked me if he could borrow my phone. his truck was dead and, again assuming, needed to call his wife. i couldn't move my car out of the left-hand turn lane on my street, because of all the people that were leaving work - there was just too much traffic to back-up and pull to the side of the road. after i called 911, i went up to the woman in the mercedes, who had come to and was crying, and told her that help was coming and everything was going to be okay. i doubt it did any good, but i didn't know what else to do. the guy and his daughter were done with my phone and by that time a cop had arrived to check things out. when the light turned green, i pulled out of my street and drove around the accident and went home. even though i love driving, car accidents scare me to no end. i've never been in anything more than a fender-bender, but the idea of hitting another car with such force that windows break and plastic and fiberglass is ripped apart... *shudder* as the truck guy's daughter was using my cell phone (talking to her mom, possibly), i overheard her say "this day couldn't have gotten any worse!" no shit - try thinking about the girl you just hit. i'm sure her day isn't ending as well as she thought either!
last week, while marshall and i sat in the movie theater keeping ourselves busy and waiting for harry potter to start, i created a playlist on my ipod. i can't create playlists by just sitting down and putting songs together. i have to be in a certain mood and if i don't make it right then while i'm in that mood, it's lost. i can't recreate the playlist i was thinking of at a later time. i was feeling mellow and had a taste for a certain kind of music: soft and sorta love-song-related. nothing corny and a few have nothing to do with love at all. i listened to it only for a little bit before it was time for the movie to start, so i wasn't able to full appreciate the fruits of my labor until the next day. seven full days later i'm still listening to the same playlist. i have it on repeat shuffle. it's a total of 48 songs from artists ranging from kelly clarkson to bob dylan, melissa etheridge to depeche mode. when i sync'ed my ipod over the weekend, i didn't think to give my new playlist a name. still can't think of one. maybe i'll just keep it as "on-the-go 3" for now... for those who are curious as to what's in my playlist -
alanis morissette - everything
alanis morissette - head over feet (from jagged little pill acoustic)
anna nalick - breathe (2AM)
barbara streisand - cry me a river
the beach boys - kokomo
the beach boys - in my room
bob dylan - series of dreams
bob dylan - mississippi
bob dylan - shelter from the storm
bob marley - stir it up
coldplay - the scientist
coldplay - talk
corinne bailey rae - like a star
corinne bailey rae - put your records on
corinne bailey rae - choux pastry heart
the cranberries - dreams
dave matthews band - where are you going
death cab for cutie - i will follow you into the dark
depeche mode - precious
depeche mode - the love thieves
depeche mode - home
depeche mode - useless (remix from the k&d sessions)
dixie chicks - easy silence
frou frou - let go
harry connick, jr - don't get around much anymore
imogen heap - goodnight and go
imogen heap - closing in
imogen heap - the walk
kelly clarkson - because of you
kelly clarkson - the trouble with love is
maroon 5 - she will be loved
melissa etheridge - i want to be in love
melissa etheridge - lover please
melissa etheridge - come to my window
melissa etheridge - i'm the only one
melissa etheridge - i really like you
melissa etheridge - an unusual kiss
melissa etheridge - i want to come over
melissa etheridge - shriner's park
new found glory - it's not your fault
pat benatar - we belong to the night
the postal service - such great heights
rob thomas - little wonders
rob thomas - ever the same
snow patrol - run
zero 7 - in the waiting line
last night marshall and i watched the first disc of the first season of weeds. i'm hooked. i had heard from other people that it was a great show, but i didn't realize how good. everyone in the show is so great. first off, i love mary louise parker. i fell in love with her in fried green tomatoes and loved her performances in the client, boys on the side, and red dragon. i absolutely loved her and her character in the episodes she appeared in for the west wing. when i first heard of this show, i wanted to watch it. the concept seemed thoroughly interesting. sadly, i've never had showtime, so i never got the chance. when we got our netflix account, i found it and put in our queue. it's been a long time coming, but we finally go to watch it last night. seriously, laugh out loud funny! of course, there were times when i cried, too. also from what i've heard from people, the first episodes play a lot with the fact that her husband had just died unexpectedly from a heart attack. it's the flashbacks they use that get to me. the other people in the cast are fantastic, too. elizabeth perkins is fantastic and so is kevin nealon. really, everyone in the show is great. one of the episodes we watched last night had allison janney as a pot-loving attorney. the best line: "canada!! the BEST pot and the greatest chinese food!" overall, i love it. i think it'll make my "must buy" list. :) the only downside? watching it makes me want to get high.
yesterday, as i was on my way home from work, i was waiting at the light at the end of our street to turn left towards the freeway. i was sorta lost in the music i was blaring in my car as i stared at the opposing streetlight to know when my light was going to turn green. it was changing to yellow, so i put my car in gear, ready to speed home. during that neural process that goes from my brain to my feet, letting the right one know to move from the break to gas pedal and the left one to be ready to release the clutch, i heard the horrible sound of screeching tires. i stared straight ahead as a truck from my left skidded and plowed straight on through one of the cars waiting at the red light. the truck was big: toyota tundra extended cab. the car that was hit wasn't: mercedes clk. i sat there in shock looking at the woman who got hit. her head was slumped forward, chin in her chest, and she wasn't moving. for some reason, it looked like her airbags didn't deploy. wouldn't this be the sorta situation where they would? i noticed at that point, my tongue had gone numb. i then turned my attention to the truck. the passenger, a 12-yr-old girl, lurched out of the truck and puked on the side of the road. her father (assuming it was her father) came rushing out of his truck to see what happened. the car that was waiting next to the mercedes at the light, turned down my street and pulled over to help out. the guy in the truck immediately said "i don't have a cell phone". all of this was happening in front of me. i got out and said "i have one." the other by-stander told me to call 911, which i did. that was done and then the guy in the truck asked me if he could borrow my phone. his truck was dead and, again assuming, needed to call his wife. i couldn't move my car out of the left-hand turn lane on my street, because of all the people that were leaving work - there was just too much traffic to back-up and pull to the side of the road. after i called 911, i went up to the woman in the mercedes, who had come to and was crying, and told her that help was coming and everything was going to be okay. i doubt it did any good, but i didn't know what else to do. the guy and his daughter were done with my phone and by that time a cop had arrived to check things out. when the light turned green, i pulled out of my street and drove around the accident and went home. even though i love driving, car accidents scare me to no end. i've never been in anything more than a fender-bender, but the idea of hitting another car with such force that windows break and plastic and fiberglass is ripped apart... *shudder* as the truck guy's daughter was using my cell phone (talking to her mom, possibly), i overheard her say "this day couldn't have gotten any worse!" no shit - try thinking about the girl you just hit. i'm sure her day isn't ending as well as she thought either!
last week, while marshall and i sat in the movie theater keeping ourselves busy and waiting for harry potter to start, i created a playlist on my ipod. i can't create playlists by just sitting down and putting songs together. i have to be in a certain mood and if i don't make it right then while i'm in that mood, it's lost. i can't recreate the playlist i was thinking of at a later time. i was feeling mellow and had a taste for a certain kind of music: soft and sorta love-song-related. nothing corny and a few have nothing to do with love at all. i listened to it only for a little bit before it was time for the movie to start, so i wasn't able to full appreciate the fruits of my labor until the next day. seven full days later i'm still listening to the same playlist. i have it on repeat shuffle. it's a total of 48 songs from artists ranging from kelly clarkson to bob dylan, melissa etheridge to depeche mode. when i sync'ed my ipod over the weekend, i didn't think to give my new playlist a name. still can't think of one. maybe i'll just keep it as "on-the-go 3" for now... for those who are curious as to what's in my playlist -
alanis morissette - everything
alanis morissette - head over feet (from jagged little pill acoustic)
anna nalick - breathe (2AM)
barbara streisand - cry me a river
the beach boys - kokomo
the beach boys - in my room
bob dylan - series of dreams
bob dylan - mississippi
bob dylan - shelter from the storm
bob marley - stir it up
coldplay - the scientist
coldplay - talk
corinne bailey rae - like a star
corinne bailey rae - put your records on
corinne bailey rae - choux pastry heart
the cranberries - dreams
dave matthews band - where are you going
death cab for cutie - i will follow you into the dark
depeche mode - precious
depeche mode - the love thieves
depeche mode - home
depeche mode - useless (remix from the k&d sessions)
dixie chicks - easy silence
frou frou - let go
harry connick, jr - don't get around much anymore
imogen heap - goodnight and go
imogen heap - closing in
imogen heap - the walk
kelly clarkson - because of you
kelly clarkson - the trouble with love is
maroon 5 - she will be loved
melissa etheridge - i want to be in love
melissa etheridge - lover please
melissa etheridge - come to my window
melissa etheridge - i'm the only one
melissa etheridge - i really like you
melissa etheridge - an unusual kiss
melissa etheridge - i want to come over
melissa etheridge - shriner's park
new found glory - it's not your fault
pat benatar - we belong to the night
the postal service - such great heights
rob thomas - little wonders
rob thomas - ever the same
snow patrol - run
zero 7 - in the waiting line
last night marshall and i watched the first disc of the first season of weeds. i'm hooked. i had heard from other people that it was a great show, but i didn't realize how good. everyone in the show is so great. first off, i love mary louise parker. i fell in love with her in fried green tomatoes and loved her performances in the client, boys on the side, and red dragon. i absolutely loved her and her character in the episodes she appeared in for the west wing. when i first heard of this show, i wanted to watch it. the concept seemed thoroughly interesting. sadly, i've never had showtime, so i never got the chance. when we got our netflix account, i found it and put in our queue. it's been a long time coming, but we finally go to watch it last night. seriously, laugh out loud funny! of course, there were times when i cried, too. also from what i've heard from people, the first episodes play a lot with the fact that her husband had just died unexpectedly from a heart attack. it's the flashbacks they use that get to me. the other people in the cast are fantastic, too. elizabeth perkins is fantastic and so is kevin nealon. really, everyone in the show is great. one of the episodes we watched last night had allison janney as a pot-loving attorney. the best line: "canada!! the BEST pot and the greatest chinese food!" overall, i love it. i think it'll make my "must buy" list. :) the only downside? watching it makes me want to get high.