brothers & sisters

i love how real this show is.

i love how each episode finds me tearing up over a different character.

i love how i can plow through five episodes back to back and still want more.

i love getting hooked on a new show that actually gets picked up for a full season.

dear chris,

it's a well documented fact that i'm pretty oblivious when it comes to knowing when a guy is flirting with me, just ask nikki. i'm way too old and far too tired to be putting all of this energy into going out of my way to have a conversation with you on a daily basis if this isn't going to amount to anything. small talk is hard. so could you please just jump my bones, or at the very least ask me out, so i can put all of this wonder to rest. i would greatly appreciate it.

all the best,
J

bits & pieces

-somehow i accidentally muted the sound on my computer.

first i thought i went deaf.
then i thought my computer was about to kick the bucket.
i'm glad i was wrong.

-i saw marie antoinette.

i wanted to love it.
i neither loved nor hated it.
it was good, sad, but something i could have netflixed.
shivvy was right.

-today was another IV treatment.

this cute little old lady was in the bed next to mine.
on her trip back from the restroom she almost crawled into my bed.
she was embarrassed and kept giggling.
the nurse even made a comment about her trying to mess around with me.
sadly, that would have been the most action i've had in quite some time.

-after trips to two different best buys i finally tracked down candyman.

the special edition.
wide screen.
$4.99, thank you.
now i can add that to my blair witch halloween tradition.

-and i picked up season three of the facts of life.

some (kia) might call it gay.
i call it reliving my childhood.
or refusing to grow up, whatever the case may be.

-monday night's studio 60 made me tear up.

i don't understand why this show is struggling.
maybe for the same reason felicity got the axe.
and everwood.
maybe it's because no one dances or sings for votes on it.

meme

tagged by Josh

1. what song are you listening to now, or did you most recently listen to?
"waste of paint" by bright eyes

2. who gave the best live performance you've ever seen?
tonic. they did this acoustic show in this tiny club, in cleveland, that was my favorite place for concerts. then the house of blues came to town and shut it down.

3. who gave the worst live performance you've ever seen?
grandaddy, i wouldn't call it a performance it was more a series of grunts and mumbles.

4. do you have a favorite musician that would surprise people?
i still heart the wallflowers, even if most people are over them.

5. do you have a favorite musician that would embarrass you?
bbmak, i wouldn't call them a favorite, but i do own all of their cds.

6. which two musicians do you want to have hot, passionate sex with?
matt nathanson and brandon flowers

7. which musicians have you been listening to most lately?
the new killers cd, the new mindy smith cd, josh ritter, and the regina spektor cd my sister sent me.

8. who did your parents listen to while you were growing up?
a lot of motown, 50s and 60s stuff, elvis. my dad LOVED peter, paul and mary. we used to tease him about that. perhaps that'?s where my love of folk rock came from?

9. which musicians do people say you resemble?
jack johnson

10. who do you need to see live before you die?
patty griffin and heather nova are the last two on my list i believe.

11. which musician do you find overrated?
norah effing jones

12. what were your first three cassettes?
loverboy
michael jackson
quiet riot

13. how many songs are on your itunes/ipod?
6295 songs

14. name 5 obscure bands/musicians you think people should try:
the submarines
the weepies
the essex green
amos lee
bob schneider


15. put itunes on random and name the first 15 songs to play, no cheating:
wes cunningham - so it goes
garbage - when i grow up
keane - nothing in my way
cyndi lauper - time after time
sia - the bully
the original broadway cast of RENT - take me or leave me
aqualung - extra ordinary thing
third eye blind - wounded
collapsis - two egrets
the jackson 5 - the love you save
jamie cullum - nothing i do
lisa loeb - underdog
patty griffin - top of the world
ryan adams - boys
howie day - perfect time of day