LIVE LIKE YOU’RE LEAVIN’
Posted on | May 21, 2009 | No Comments
I love this phrase and think it will be my mantra for the remainder of 09 and then fully executed in 2010. It comes from a friend of a friend, the story, as I politely lift the an excerpt from her:
“A good friend of ours coined this term some years ago when she was living in Vail, Colorado. After years of working way too much and enjoying life too little, she took a new job which was to take her away from Vail. So in the last month of her ten-year residence in Vail, she adopted the motto “Live Like You’re Leavin!” and hiked, biked, skied, danced, partied and otherwise had a blast and lived life to the fullest.”
So with permission, I use it here, tell the story and pass it along. My friend, Stacy who took this phrase to heart, embarked on a 6 month tour to visit some amazing places:
Japan – 1 week
China – 3 weeks
Taiwan – 1 week
Thailand – 6 weeks
India & Bhutan – 6 weeks
Dubai – 3 days
Egypt – 2 weeks
Turkey – 3 weeks
Spain – 1 week
London & Amsterdam – 3 days
Using the following set of rules, she and her husband have an amazing story to tell.
8 Rules of Serendipity
1 Forget brochures
2 don’t dither
3 trust hotel maids
4 listen to people around
5 if it’s cooked eat it
6 get on the bus
7 get off the bus
8 talk to taxi drives who would be in a better way to guide you are the tips provided
~ Peter Greenberg, the travel editor of NBC’s Today show and author of the ‘Travel Detective’,
Book Of Love
Posted on | May 7, 2009 | No Comments
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It’s full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that’s where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It’s full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we’re all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings
I Saw
Posted on | April 29, 2009 | No Comments
It’s amazing the look in your eyes
Like you could save me
But you won’t even try
Then you tell me again
How everything will be alright
If I told you that I’m sorry
Would you tell me you were wrong?
Or would you hold me down forever
If I came to you for answers
I saw pictures in my head
And I swear I saw you opening up again
And I would be heavenly if baby you’d just rescue me now
While I’m surrounded, you spill
All alive and brand new
And I’ll forget about you long enough
To forget why I need to
I saw pictures in my head
And I swear I saw you opening up again
And I would be heavenly if baby you’d just rescue me now
The days are drifting away from me
I still wake up burning through everything
It’s all I know
Somebody save me now
I saw pictures in my head
And I swear I saw you opening up again
And I would be heavenly if baby you’d just rescue me now
Hey Ya….
Posted on | April 16, 2009 | No Comments
Fantastic song… shows what great talent on an acoustic can do to a grammy song. I never really listened to the lyrics…. amazing and sad and wonderful.
Here he is doing it live…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM
My baby don’t mess around
Because she loves me so
And this I know for sure…
Uh, But does she really wanna
But can’t stand to see me
Walk out the door…
Can’t stand to fight the feelin’
Because the thought alone is killing me right now…
Thank god for mom and dad
For sticking two together
‘Cause we don’t know how…
[Chorus:]
Hey… Ya…
Hey Ya…
You think you’ve got it
Ohh, you think you’ve got it
But got it just don’t get it
Till’ there’s nothing at all..
We get together
Oh, we get together
But seperate’s always better when there’s feelings involved
If what they say is “Nothing is forever”
Then what makes, Then what makes, Then what makes
Then what makes, then what makes, Love the exception
So why you, why you
Why you, why you, why you are we so in denial
When we know we’re not happy heeeerrreeee…
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Alright now fellas
Now what’s cooler than bein’ cool?
I can’t hear ya’ now
I say what’s cooler than bein’ cool?
Now alright (repeats multiple times, just play verse chords)
Now ladies, yeah we’re gonna bring it down in just a few seconds here
Don’t make me bring it down for nothin’
I wanna see you on y’all’s baddest behavior
Lend me some sugar
I am your neighbor
Shake it, shake it like a Polaroid Picture (Multiple times+scratches and the first chord of every change)
[Chorus]
Zoe
Posted on | April 7, 2009 | No Comments
Great shot of a happy little dog with her new collar and charm… she has 2 new collars and 3 new charms, because you never know what outfit will be required for the day.
