Don’t try to read my mind, it’s scary in there.
Okay, so all of this Valentine’s Day crap is making me ill! I realize that I might be biased because I don’t have a valentine this year, but sheesh! If I have to hear another “news” (and I use the term extremely loosely) about how to find the perfect gift for your lover (that’s their word, not mine), I’m going to BARF! It is obviously a very slow news day.
I think I’ll go read my snoozer of a text book for class: Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government.
Uh, thanks Nancy. No, I won’t kill you. I promise. 
1. What is the total amount of music files on your computer?
Just under 300 MB. When I think about all of the music that I have to transfer to my computer (probably close to 1000 CDs) it makes me a little bit pukey.
2. What was the last CD you bought?
Sweet Honey in the Rock, The Women Gather and In This Land
3. What was the last song you listened to before reading this message?
I wish I could remember. It was something by the Romantics I think. I was listening to the radio, and the stations here have been playing them a lot since they will be in town soon.
4. List 5 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.
Lately, Billy Joel’s Lullaby has been important lately. We’re singing it in my quartet, and it always makes me melancholy. I think about my dad when I sing it/hear it - I miss him a lot, and the song really speaks to me.
Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl. I’m a brown eyed girl… it’s one of the few songs about a brown eyed girl, and therefore I like it. Oh yeah, and it’s a good song too. 
Amazing Grace. I sang it at my great aunt and my grandmother’s funerals several years ago. My family asked me to do it, and I’m glad they did. It has given me a new appreciation for the song. I’m not religious, but again, the words speak to me:
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home
Again, I don’t believe in God per se, but I believe that the universe has been looking out for me a lot over the years. Whatever/Whomever has been looking out for me has brought me safe this far, and I hope it will continue to look out for me.
Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle: It’s an excellent song, and following with what appears to be a theme here, it has a great message:
Feed the babies
Who don’t have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Livin’ in the street
Oh, oh, there’s a solution
Kurt Elling’s The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing. Great song, great sentiment!
5. To whom will you pass the stick and why?
Kim. Uh, ’cause she has a blog, and I don’t think she’ll hit me - especially if the Patriots win. TAG!
Craziness, I tell you! I went to Jessica Knits today for more yarn. Two colors of purple to crochet the long scarves with the wine colored Patons “Allure”. I don’t need the yarn… well, I guess I kind of do since I started the scarves and I can’t finish without it.
I’m still working on the Divine scarf, which is not making me very happy. I have probably 65 or so inches to go. Phew! I just hope it will look good. I also found some bright blue yarn at JoAnn Fabrics, that is just calling out to be knit into some socks. Crap, now I’ll have to learn how to do socks. So many projects, so little time!
Whoo Hoo! Actually, I finished it last night but I was too tired to blog. And the day kind of got away from me today.
And now I am starting on the matching scarf. It’s a ribbed scarf, which is interesting with mohair yarn. We’ll see how it goes.
Nancy’s husband made us all Knit 1, Walk 3 Buttons! They are so wonderful. I made one of my own, but this one is HIGH quality.
Click on it! Donate!
I love it!
7744 steps (3.54 miles)! That’s more like it. Yesterday was so sad and pathetic. I drove everywhere. Soon I will have to walk to Changing Hands!
This is ridiculous! Can’t a person walk along the street without fear looming at every intersection? Or is this too much to ask in this day and age?
I was walking home from the bus (from Mill Ave for my walking exercise today) and as I am trying to cross Rural Road (it is far from rural for those of you living in other cities/states), a pickup truck whose driver was on his phone decides to start turning the corner - from a complete stop - as I am crossing the street.
Being who I am, I immediately think that I am doing something wrong, even when I know that I am completely not at fault. If you are stopped at an intersection, you stay stopped until you know that the way is clear. I have the right of way as a pedestrian, and you need to wait until I am out of your way before you proceed. Oh, that’s right. You couldn’t see me because you were paying attention to the conversation you were having with the person on the phone.
Grrr.
All of you people who drive and use your cell phone: HANG UP AND DRIVE!!! Please note my intentional use of exclamation points to indicate the ferocity with which I mean this.
I was trying to cross the street at work today, to walk to another building. As I took a step into the crosswalk, I suddenly heard this very loud “Vrooooooooom!” and looked to my left, just in time to see some butthead (in a State car, mind you) talking on his cell phone while he was accelerating into turning onto the street that I was crossing. If I had taken one more step, he would have been on top of me, and I would be dead (or very badly injured). He only happened to look up at the last minute, and he had the nerve to hold up his hand in the “Oh, I’m sorry, excuse me.” gesture. Jerk!
Number one: what could possibly be so important that you need to talk about it while you are driving? If something is that important, you should not be dividing your attention. Call when you get to your destination or pull into that parking lot about 50 feet ahead of you.
Number two: Even if you don’t care about me, have a thought about your own life, and what it would be like if you were involved in an accident.
Number three: Even if you don’t care about your life, think about your car. Do you have the money to get it repaired when you: scratch/dent another car, damage the hood when I go flying onto it after you hit me, break the windshield?
Number four: Please remember that you are maneuvering at least 1/2 a ton of metal and plastic at high rates of speed. 1/2 of anything is going to beat out 140 lbs of organic material, any day. Think about it.
My cat likes Crocosimia bulbs??
I had purchased some at the 99 Cents Store, and I had them sitting on the floor of the computer room. I’m not sure why they are there, but that’s where they ended up after sitting in my car for a week (are you sensing the pattern?)
All of a sudden, Cleo the Crazy Cat is rolling around on the floor, snarfing on something, and trying to eat through a plastic bag. Of course, I am paying no attention because I am doing something on the computer and she is bugging the crap out of me. Finally, I look down, and there is my fine feline friend, going to town on the Crocosimia package. She hasn’t gotten it open yet, but she is doing her darnedest without having the luxury of opposable thumbs. And then she starts nuzzling the bag like she does with catnip. Hmmm…. I have to find out what these plants are related to!
I am usually not quite so much of a naysayer. But what I discovered last night was disturbing. I only walked 800 steps yesterday! It was actually something like 788 steps. I felt sad… and then I felt sad for all of us suburbanites who drive everywhere and never walk anywhere. 788 is pathetic when you consider that that was the tally for the whole day yesterday, and it is only 8:15 AM and I have walked 1149 steps. I took the bus to work today which is part of why I have so many steps already, but geez, how sad was 788 steps!?
