IT'S OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL! Let the Countdown begin!!

I finally registered for the Half-marathon on thanksgiving day!!! I'm super stoked... perhaps I'll go one step further and run the marathon next spring - who knows?!!

26 DAYS!

"Today, if you become frightened,

Instead Become INSPIRED!"

-Grey's Anatomy

...and friday cometh!

Today I'm sharing one of my favorite songs by Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet



I absolutely love the song! And I totally agree with what she says when she's done singing:

"when relationships get healthier and healthier we somehow equate it with not being as passionate and as sexy and i've come to realize that it's sexier when there's less drama. It's been better!... and when i wrote 'head over feet' about this particular person it was the first time I actually had a glimpse of what it would be like to be in love and have it be something that was inducing of heart palpitations and at the same time i could spend minutes and actually not think about this person and it was very new to me. So whenever i sing head over feet, I think about this person basically..."

Been listening to Alanis most of today. I wonder where she is these days?!?!

Anyways, just thought I'd share!

One more day to the end of October! wow!... So much to get done before the end of '09.


LET'S GO!!!

Winner takes it all...

I guess I'm all Ol' School today! I tried to find a video of the original song by Abba but alas, they never made a video so I figured I'd use the one from the Mamma Mia movie. I've been listening to ABBA greatest hits and most of the songs take me back to childhood days singing at the top of my lungs to these songs with my Mama. We actually just got the album again a couple of months ago and played the songs on repeat during a long-distance drive. Good times! Now I miss my mama terribly 'cause i can totally see her belting out the songs :)

if my soul could speak...

"If my soul could speak, 

the words would dry your eyes when you weep. 

Your sad moments would become last week, 

its voice would raise you when you're weak, 

and while you sleep, 

my thoughts will reverberate within your minds walls,

 as my soul speaks soothing words to yours….

"Everything that’s mine is yours,

 and you, you're my everything and more." " 

-C. Ifeozo

Music Thursday!

This song has been singing in my head all morning... even though until i searched for the video i can honestly say I haven't heard it in YEARS!!! Gosh, just watching the video reminds me of muuuch simpler times in life when there was little on my mind.

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(by annabelle cook)

The Proposal!

This part cracks me up so hard!.... enjoy :)

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Seasons Of Love...

I remember the first time i heard this song.... i thought it was absolutely beautiful and so true! How exactly is one's life measured?...


lyrics:
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear,
525,600 minutes - how do you measure,
measure a year? 
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee... 
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife...
In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love? How about love? How about love? 
Measure in love; Seasons of love.

525,600 minutes! 
525,000 journeys to plan...
525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?

In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried...
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died.
It’s time now to sing out, tho the story never ends 
let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends...
Remember the love! Remember the love! Remember the love! 
Measure in love! Seasons of love! Seasons of love.

Don't stop believing...

....hold on to that feeling!!

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via flummoxedbird

Song that's stuck in my head...

ok, don't judge me but I absolutely love this song. And yes I know it's by the Jonas brothers but the simplicity of the guitar chords and the lyrics... i love!... So go 'head and listen - you know you want to :)
(excuse the corniness of the video... afterall they Are disney stars and the video's off an episode of their show)

Rules of the game!

Nobody ever read the rules of the game

The rule page was torn out but we thought we didn't need it
Common sense and honesty should take care of things
We'll define the rules as we go along
But what happens when we can't agree on the rules?
Do we quit the game or act like we're okay - perhaps compromise?
Or do we pick another game and decide on the rules from the start?
Who defines what's fair? Is there ever a final say?

The fight!

Ok, so maybe I totally pissed on 2009 in my post before last - I guess I was in my angry/self-pity place. It hasn't been all bad! In fact, it started off pretty well, I'd say. I officially became a PhD Candidate this year, my sister got married, I gained yet another niece, I got waaay more visits from family and friends this year... and God has been awesome in many different ways that I can't even begin to mention. And yes, I know I did nothing to deserve any of it. I guess a part of me sometimes adopts a feeling of entitlement to things I've barely worked for and in my human nature I get upset when they don't quite work out as I expect. Yes, I just came to the realization a few hours ago that i'm being a big baby! Of course I'm supposed to grieve the loss of dear ones and everything else in between, but sitting in my little corner and feeling sorry about everything won't get me where I need to be in life. So fine, I'm willing to fight for those things that are important to me. Of course I'd really rather not, but if the need comes, I'll fight instead of cowering in the corner and doing nothing like I've found myself doing sometimes.

Ok world... LET'S GO!!

fortune cookie time!

I usually end up trashing fortune cookies whenever I order chinese because (1) I don't particularly care for the taste; and (2) I don't really care to know my "fortune" according to a baker(y)

BUT

I have no snacks at home and I really really needed something to go with my blueberry green tea, So I reached for the damn cookies (just 2:)) and here's what they had to say:

- Now is the time to try something new. (isn't it almost always?)

- You will be wise not to seek too much from others. (so true! where was this damn cookie months ago?)

OCTOBER!!!

Wow... i've been the laziest blogger... ever! October's MY month dammit and I'm taking what i can. I just turned 26 about a week ago *gasp* and so far, nothing! It feels like an uneventful age, but i did have an absolutely fabulous birthday - thanks to family, close friends & especially boyfriend :) He actually found a way to make SC not suck much and this birthday will go right up there in the books with the good/great ones. I'm thankful for another year of life and love and I know i'm surviving simply on God's grace 'cause I've done nothing to deserve anything I have.

Other than that... as i said, it's mid-october, and getting closer and closer to the end of 2009 and I'm really not sure how I feel about that. This year has been a TRYING year for me and my loved ones... just one thing after the other! One of my closest uncles just passed away a few days ago and I'm still really trying to get it to sink in. He was such a beautiful human being with an absolutely pure heart - always there, always helpful, almost always smiling. He was truly like a father to many of us and a fantabulous friend, and I know i can easily say for many that he will be sorely missed! I still don't really understand life & death and everything in between. Every once in a while, beautiful things happen and you meet people that make you feel like everything makes sense and just like that... in a flash.. something happens and NOTHING makes any sense anymore! I've been very blaah in the past few days - exhibiting major symptoms of fatigue even though i've barely done anything that would cause me to be remotely tired. I know it's all mental fatigue but I can't quite figure out how to shake it. Don't get me wrong, it's not depression or anything like it... it's more like the teenage-rebellion- what's the point to life and all the shit we go through - type shit! Even my thoughts are now conflicting - *sigh!*

I'm not giving up on 2009 yet. There are 2+ months left and I know that God is going to surprise me and mine in a major way! I thank God for all He's done and all He's doing BUT there've been too many tears & broken hearts... somehow we keep getting healed but we (I) need more!

Oh, and did i mention that it started snowing 2 days ago. SNOWING! In Mid-October... like, REAL SNOW....not fluff!

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