Sherri Ross

This is great! I saw this as a post on my local Freecycle today and nearly peed my pants on the last line:

This is probably a crazy thing to offer, but I am going to anyway.
This morning was a birthday for our toddler, and about half a cake is left. It’s yellow cake with white frosting, home made. I would just put in on a plate or two (a fun Diego plate!) with saran wrap for you if interested.
We are not going to eat it; we’ve had enough sweets!
Obviously pick up needs to be today, I think, so it’s fresh.
It’s clean and no one even blew on it since we didn’t light candles.

So my friend recently moved. While I was catching up on the past 5 months of her life via her blog, I read a post not unlike one that I’ve written before. She and her iPod have gotten very close the past few days and she commented that a lot of times the songs that play somehow reflect on your current situation (or mood, in my case). I remember saying that long ago when I used to Metro to and from work in downtown D.C. and the songs that played on the train were many times like a mantra or my song of the moment. That still holds true for me – even with the radio – these days. I am not sure if we mentally project the song (you know what I mean) to reflect our current emotions or state at the time or if it’s just random acts of weirdness, but I like it. “Lightning Crashes” is on right now and guess what?? It’s all stormy and lightning and all that jazz.

I heard two songs this morning on the way to work that almost brought me to tears (for different reasons): “Wake Up Exhausted” by Tegan and Sara and “Someone To Say Hi To” by K’s Choice. I gotta unplug the iPod. lol. It’s been a few rough weeks. And “Better Days” by Goo Goo Dolls just came on. Seriously…it’s crazy.

I’m still playing “Let My Love Open the Door” each day in the hopes that it will give me enlightenment or something.

People are strange. I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again. Why, oh, why would you stop talking to someone for no apparent reason? I don’t get it. People kill me! And it’s just JUVENILE. If there’s a reason, so be it – it’s all good (or it will be). But with no reason, no nothing…it’s just crazy. (yes, I know how rich that is coming from me)

I’m addicted to Freecycle.

I’m also reading 3 books right now – ‘Are You the One for Me‘ & ‘Broken Music: A Memoir‘ by Sting and ‘Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy.’ And my Rolling Stone. It’s no wonder I can’t keep my head on straight.

I’ve realized I’m much funnier in real life than on here. I love my friends who can post on here and it be the funniest thing I’ve read in weeks…especially the kid stories. Too cute!

That’s all from the mosh pit for now.

I need to get back on Weight Watchers. Single life makes me eat. Ack!

Ok, so it’s been a while since I watched “Dan in Real Life”, but my favorite part was this song as a theme throughout the movie. It was fantastic. And it’s been my mantra as of late. I remember what it was like to have that feeling and to feel that optimistic about love. I still am, it’s just a bit harder when the waves keep crashing down on me. Don’t get me wrong – I love water. But you can only take so much before you just drown.

Anyhow, those are my random thoughts for the day. And that song keeps me hopeful.

Happy Monday all! Enjoy the song again if you haven’t heard it lately:

Thanks to Sophie for passing this along!

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

Here’s my mosaic: