Sappy Love Songs

So I've said I LOVE sappy love songs. Most of them happen to be Country songs, but not all. So I was inspired today to (start to) list the songs that fall into the "I-wish-these-songs-were-written-about-me" list (in no particular order)

- It's Your Love * Tim McGraw (with Faith Hill)
"Better than I was, more than I am... all of this happened by taking your hand"

- Making Memories of Us * Keith Urban
"I wanna be here for you baby, this I know somehow, you've been stretched to the limit, but it's alright now."

- Love Song - Cure
"Whenever I am alone with you, I feel like I am home again"

-You Save Me * Kenny Chesney
" I know I don't tell you nearly enough.... I couldn't live one day with out your love."

- She's Everything * Brad Paisley
"She looks great in cheap sun glasses, she looks great in anything"

- Come a Little Closer * Dierks Bentley
Sends shivers down my spine (Of course the vision of DB half naked in his video doesn't hurt)
"Come a little closer baby, I feel like stripping it down" Need I say more?

- You Got It * Sung by Whoopie Goldberg
"Anything you want, you got it, anything you need you got it, anything at all, you got it"

- Better Together - Jack Johnson

- I'll Be * Edwin McCain

- In Your Eyes * Peter Gabriel

- Every Woman * Garth Brooks

- No Ordinary Love - Sade

- I'll Be There For You * Bon Jovi Oh So 80's hair-bear, but I just can't help it!

- Gravity - John Mayer I'll be the planet that seems to pull him ANYTIME!

- Fade Into You * Mazzy Star

- Come Away With Me * Norah Jones

- For You * Tracy Chapman

- Kissing You * Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack

Honorable mentions:

- Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N' Roses

- More than Words * Extreme

- For me, it's you * Train

- Amazed * Lonestar

Dick Read Error... Ever heard of it?

I work at a Help Desk and at least once a day I have a moment where I pause and marvel at the joys of my job. Here is my story of the day.

I get a call from a user whose computer shut down (on its own) and is now displaying the error "Disk Read Error". While scribing the call details I type in Dick Read Error. thank GOD! I proof my calls before I page them. But when re-reading this typo and trying desperately not to burst into fits of uncontrollable laughter (the kind where tears are streaming down your face and try as you might to relate the story to your co-workers, here on after: "helpies" you can't seem to get the words out in a fashion that makes any sense through your laughter) I backspace and type again DICK. OMG do I have some sub-conscious horny lust thing going on here?

Geez.. get a grip! Good thing it is 3:30 and I'm off for the day!

I'll add that error to the documentation tomorrow lest anyone else encounter this one and not know what to do with it. Cheers!

Last FM

So, while cruzing through a particularly funny and informative (in a pop culture kind of way) blog I happen to LOVE these days (Legwarmers) I came a cross a link to this site called LastFM that you can create your own music playlist and hear old favs and new suggestions based on the artists you say you like. Log on, enter artist(s) that you like and it will play songs related to your pick(s) and you can tag them/love them and LastFM will continue to "suggest" music you might like. It gives you information about artists and albums so if you REALLY love it you can buy it. I am currently listening and lovein' my way through the day!

And best of all (unlike some other music sites like this that look pretty cool), I can listen to this one on my side of the firewall. Yeah!

You can try it without creating an account, but I think if you want to get full versions of the songs to play, you need to create an account. Pretty painless, but one more password to remember. UGGGG!

UPDATE: My new FAVORITE music website! Pandora is a bit easier to navigate than lastFM and I like that you can add people who are also users on Pandora by entering their e-mail address. You can see what music your friends like! You can bookmark artists and songs in your profile and even shuffle different stations. However, you can't rewind a song or play a certain song on demand. But so far I'm liking it!

Where do I Surf?

As most of you know... I spend most of my day on a computer. Ah, such is the life of a Tech Support Rep. Between calls I do, well... many things, but mostly I surf the net. I read Blogs, watch on-line TV and generally satisfy my curiosity about the many things that float through this mind of mine. So when I find something cool, I will pass them on and hopefully you will enjoy these forays into the vastly great unknown: The Internet.

Control

I had the dream again. The one where I am traveling in a car, sitting in the passenger seat enjoying the scenery. When suddenly I "know" we are going to hit something. I look forward to see a big (usually a truck parked sideways in the road) obstacle in the way. It is then that I also realize that there is no driver of this car. I frantically try to change seats as we get closer and closer, even trying to somehow reach the brake....

And then I wake up.

All is Well

All is well, and you will never get it all done.
Life is supposed to be fun.
No one is taking score of any kind,
And if you will stop taking score so much, you will feel a whole lot better -
and as you feel better,
more of the things that you want right now will flow to you.
You will never be in a place where all of the things that you are wanting
will be satisfied right now,
Or then you could be complete -- and you never can be.
This incomplete place that you stand is the best place that you could be.
You are right on track, right on schedule.
Everything is unfolding perfectly.
All is really well.
Have fun. Have fun. Have fun!
---Abraham

Bitch

I once had a guy tell me when he heard the song Bitch by Merideth Brooks, it made him think of me. In my early 20's I was deeply offended by the implication that I was a bitch. After all, how could I be a bitch? I try so hard to have people like me, and this man who claimed to love me, thought I was a BITCH (even if only some of this time).

Now in my early 30's I embrace the bitch in me. Well, actually, I've learned that there are many piece and parts of me that make up the whole of me, and yes, sometimes I am a bitch.

I hate the world today
You're so good to me, I know, but I can't change
Tried to tell you, but you look at me like maybe
I'm an angel underneath… Innocent and sweet
Yesterday I cried, must have been relieved to see the softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

So take me as I am
This may mean you'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that when I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing

Just when you think, you got me figured out
The season's already changing
I think it's cool, you do what you do
And don't try to save me

I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way