Shamelessly stole from Violet_rain.

My iMac is currently stuck in the off position. Taking it too Apple for repairs. Hope to be back up soon. I miss my lj world very much. Hope all is well. Hugs and loves.

The kids just requested "I'm On Fire"...really it is "Good Day" Here is what we found on you tube. I LOVE that my kids LOVE The Dresden Dolls as much as I do.

Gravity plays favorites, I know it cause I saw.
Honest to god officer it's awful. [Awful...]
Down at work, I'm getting too familiar with the floor
Trading in my talents by the mouthful.

Hate to break it to you, but it's out of my control,
Forces go to work while we are sleeping. [Sleeping...]
If I could attack with a more sensible approach
Obviously that's what I'd be doing [Right?!]
Someone tell her,
Someone get her off!

[Now!]
Necks are cracking sideways,
Hit me from the back side.
I am on the white side,
You are on the black side.
Cut a piece that's bite size,
Shoot me from my good side.
If you got a straight line,
This would be a good time.

Gravity works slowly if you notice it at all,
Some of us are getting mighty lucky [aren't we?]
If you had to live with this, you'd rather lie than fall,
[You think I can't fly...?] Well you just watch me! Watch me!

Someone tell her,
Someone get her off!

-You can do it
Good girl (recites ABC's)
[Right] Right foot
[Left] Left foot
That's just the way we showed you
Look it's in colour!
Someone's in our seats dad!
Posture, Oh oh oh
Posture, Oh oh-
Look I think he's going now...
Oh my god I'm gonna see if he's moving ok?

I think we've lost him!

[Now!]
Necks are cracking sideways,
Hit me from the back side.
I am on the thin side,
You are on the fat side.
Cut a piece that's bite size,
Shoot me from my bad side.
If you want a straight line,
This would be a good tim


The sky is always falling down on me,
The sky is always falling, falling.
The sky is always falling down on me,
So officer, forgive me, please!

Today was a good day. Things have settled a bit. I am in love with The Dresden Dolls...I get to see Amanda Palmer in February. Yes. Life is good.

And this is beautiful...

*article can be found at http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2008/11687.html

January 4, 2008
Now Is The Time
Bloom Where You Are Planted

Having a vision for our future that differs from our current circumstances can be inspiring and exciting, but it can also keep us from fully committing to our present placement. We may become aware that this is happening when we notice our thoughts about the future distracting us from our participation in the moment. We may find upon searching our hearts that we are waiting for some future time or situation in order to self-actualize. This would be like a flower planted in North Dakota putting off blooming because it would prefer to do so in Illinois.

There are no guarantees in this life, so when we hold back we do so at the risk of never fully blossoming. This present moment always offers us the ground in which we can take root and open our hearts now. What this means is that we live fully, wherever we are, not hesitating because conditions are not perfect, or we might end up moving, or we haven’t found our life partner. This can be scary, because we might feel that we are giving up our cherished dreams if we do not agree to wait for them. But this notion that we have to hold back our life force now in order to find happiness later doesn’t really make sense. What might really be happening is that we are afraid to embrace this moment, and ourselves, just exactly as we are right now. This constitutes a tendency to hold back from fully loving ourselves, as we are, where we are.

We have a habit of presenting life with a set of conditions—ifs and whens that must be fulfilled before we will say yes to the gift of our lives. Now is the time for each of us to bloom where we are planted, overriding our tendency to hold back. Now is the time to say yes, to be brave and commit fully to ourselves, because until we do no one else will. Now is the time to be vulnerable, unfolding delicately yet fully into the space in which we find ourselves.

2007 Book list:

January
Wonder Woman - The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess by Scott Beatty
Weight by Jeanette Winterson
Into the Wild by Jon Kraukauer
Strangers in Paradise: I Dream of You by Terry Moore
Windflower by Nick Bantock
Weaveworld by Clive Barker

February
If the Buddha Dated by Charlotte Kasl
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a writing life by Amy Tan

March
The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Strangers in Paradise: Immortal by Terry Moore

April
If the Buddha Got Stuck by Charlotte Kasl
THe Complete Moonshadow by John Marc DeMatteis

June
Tori Amos: Piece by Piece by Ann Powers
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman

July
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

August
Watchmen by Alan Moore
300 by Frank Miller

November
The Dance of Intimacy- A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships by Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Ph.D.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Surviving Separation and Divorce: A Woman's Guide to Making it Through the First Year. by Loriann Hoff O'Berlin


I gave up on a handful...
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Currently reading...
Sacrament by Clive Barker
Radical Forgiveness by Colin C. Tipping
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Blood Rites by Barbara Ehrenreich

My favorite book of the year would be Piece by Piece. I also really enjoyed The Strangers in Paradise graphic novels.

Thank you Chris.