living in the ghetto

great article from the onion. a stellar news source. like no other.

don't ask me how i found this

if you know james and anna walsh, you should really check out this photo. someone at the herald-leader took it of those two and seamus waiting in line to get into the legends game where roger clemens was pitching. for some reason the caption needed to let us know that they had gen. admission tickets. i thought they'd have box seats for sure.

walsh link

they are picture number 2. surprisingly enough, i believe that seamus has had a growth spurt since then.

auburn vs. lsu

beside the fact that auburn won this game (whew)...the coolest part of being there was when spirit (the eagle) flew over the stadium before the game. my stepdad and i were in the upper deck, i mean, i was out of breath by the time we arrived at our seats, and the eagle comes from behind where we're sitting and just circles the stadium. so cool. by the way, for folks who are concerned with animal cruelty, the auburn vet school takes in hurt eagles and rehabilitates them. so, war damn eagle.

back on the trolley

for my first blog in over a week, i'm going to suggest five songs that folks should listen to at least once in their lives:

mockingbirdsing-ryan adams
super sexy woman-sufjan stevens
kid A-radiohead
long ride home-patty griffin
sliding down-bela fleck, edgar meyer

feel free to add your own. i'm always in the market for good music.

week of travel

tomorrow i head off for a visit to the beautiful south. or as ryan calls it, "the dirty south". i'll get some beach time and a ticket to the auburn/lsu game. lsu's going down. then, as usual, i'll be more than ready to get back to lexvegas and my hubby. just how it goes.

The Chieftains & Patty Griffin - Whole Heap Of Little Horses

now, here's some real music.

this ain't right

today, while zach was catching some zzzz's, i watched a bit of the view. rosie started today. she took meredith viarra's (that looks too much like viagra) place. she did fine. her normal bit. kind of a camera hog, but i think she's pretty funny.

this is the part that fired me up...they had jessica simpson on as a musical guest. she sang a song from her new cd (which, by the way, got 1/2 a star on a recent review) called "let him fly". stop here. the dixie chicks have already borrowed that song from patty griffin and it was a hit. not to mention, it was actually pretty good. but jessica simpson! no way. how could patty let this happen? she is one of the best female songwriters ever. and this song is jessie's emotional retaliation to her divorce from nick lachey. let him fly? she's the one that broke up with him.

oh yeah, her skirt was so short that she was "accidentally" showing a smidge of her undies when she was interviewed sitting on a couch. this is uncalled for, i tell you.

a visit with the vampire

i've been dreading this day for a week. i had to have some blood drawn. besides the fact that i had to wait almost an hour to see the doctor, it was a good blood sucking. i was nervous b/c the last time i had blood taken (i was 15), i almost passed out at the checkout window. so, this morning, i ate two biscuits (one with egg and cheese and one with syrup) before i went and was fine! praise the maker. i do want to keep this cool blue thing on my arm all day though.