what brings a smile to your face?
i cant help but smile when my wife laughs, or when my kids play outside.
i also smile when my boy, who is 15 wants to talk to me.
My cat.
This duck I saw sittin' on a patch of snow.
My friend Paul.
Sunshine on my face.
Lotsa people on this forum.
Especially Naeblis. He's downright goofy.
And Six of Nine, he's downright sexy.
And Xander, he's just sweet.
Dancing naked. hehe
Surprises....especially when people are pleasantly unpredictable.
Threads that remind me to smile.
SPAZ
Edited by - SPAZnik on 17 June 2002 19:58:30
All very nice.
my father called the other evening.. first time since i left over a year ago.. .
i know how this man operates.
i knew he'd call a year after my departure.
My father called the other evening.
First time since I left over a year ago.
I know how this man operates.
I knew he'd call a year after my departure.
So predictable.
His call employed his double standard that my mother, (his ex since i wuz 6 or 8),
shouldn't have contact with me but he as a now Elder can.
I'd been anticipating the call for a couple weeks now...
but wasn't expecting it to be him at that moment the phone rang...
The call wuz brief, but it involves too long a background story to get into right now.
The short version is this I gave him a few minutes which he used to flexercise what he sees as his Official Right As An Elder, to call me, after not having spoken to me in over a year, and ask a barrage of personal questions as if he is really entitled to any answers from me. The good news is he is really good at nailing that "i'm-a-genuinely-concerned-merciful-elder-wearing-my-non-reactive-game-face-so-answer-all-my-questions-tone" so he wasn't as overreactive or derrogatory toward me as he was the last time we spoke ...except perhaps to virtually insult me if he thinks for a minute that i'm gonna buy into that act (way too much history here).
Just wanted to share a bit...shaking my head and just trying to digest the whole thing...partly sad (for him),...but mostly relieved that the dreaded call is finally over with. Til next year.
Anyway, thx for listening.
SPAZ
Sleepless
{ Jann Arden and Russell Broom }
This song was written in Jeth Weinrichs attic. Russ and I set things up there and we worked on five or six different songs for a few weeks. We had a great time as it was a totally cool vibe with all the wood and the windows looking out over the downtown. The lights at night were fantastic! Jeth really had it fixed up with hardwood and mood lighting. I was so pleased to be up there. The house itself is about eighty years old and that only added to the vibe. Sleepless was one of the thirty or so songs that Russ and I wrote over a period of about ten months. It was an easy song to get through. We seemed to be done in a few seconds, although I know it was longer. The theme was a basic one, which was being alone together. Its nice when you can feel alone with someone right beside you. That to me, is comfort. That is when you know youre onto something. If you dont have that, you dont have much. I know that there are more than four billion people in the world, but it sounded better than saying six billion. I tried to sing six billion but it sounded hard and unnatural. Thats why I just left it at four. I got a lot of letters about that. This was written in 1998, and was one of the first songs Russ and I worked on together.
Sleepless
Take your coat and shoes off
Come and sit beside me
We could talk for hours
Or we could just do nothing
Four billion people surround us
So many souls lose their way
All that we have is each other
And thats all Ive ever wanted
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Dont you think its funny
Tell me what the point is
We could die tomorrow
Might as well enjoy this
Four billion people surround us
So many souls lose their way
All that we have is each other
And thats all Ive ever wanted
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Give me all your disappointments
Ill give you my secrets
We could lay our heads down
Or be forever sleepless
Four billion people surround us
So many souls lose their way
All that we have is each other
And thats all Ive ever wanted
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Written by Jann Arden Richards and Russell Broom
c 1999 Universal Music Publishing, a division of Universal Studios Canada Ltd./Girl On The Moon Music/Russell Broom (SOCAN).
Ok, I'm done.
SPAZ
I was surprised to get a response on this one. (and i dooo lub a surprise Thx4dat)
Yep, Jann wrote "Unloved"..that one is very poignant. And this...is what she wrote about writing it:
This is quite a unique tale. I had been reading John Steinbecks The Grapes Of Wrath for the first time, and I could hardly put the thing down at the end of the day. I read one morning until about 4:00 am. After lying there for maybe a half an hour, I kept dreaming, or hearing, (or something) these words over and over again, There will be no constellation prize. I had no idea what they meant, and frankly, I still struggle with them to this day. I turned the light on and wrote them down on the cover of Johns book, which I still have, and tried to go back to sleep. No such luck. This was one of the few times that I had started writing in my head without the guitar, and was worried that I would forget the melody I had come up with. So, I finally got myself up, grabbed the Martin, and began to jot down the words I had circling in my head, and somehow find some chords to go with it all. I didnt know what the song was about, I didnt give it any thought at all at the time, I just wrote. I ended up changing the first line to consolation rather than constellation - I knew that I had heard that wrong. That in itself seems strange to me now. Anyway, after all that, with the sun coming up, I discovered that I had no batteries in my crappy recorder. Being the crafty person my parents taught me to be, I sang it as my outgoing message on my answering machine. It worked just fine, and I could finally lay down knowing that the song without a title, was safe for the moment.
My other fave of hers is the one called "Sleepless". Oh hell, I like all her stuff.
I love this song:
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Never mind what you think you know about me
Never mind what you might have seen on the tv
You cant believe every single word youre gonna read
What I am is too far in for you to see
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Never mind who said that I was a bit far gone
Never mind when they tell you sex is all I want
You cant believe that Im every word that I write down
What I am is too far in and cant be found
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Ah ah ahah ah ah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Never mind what theyre gonna say is probably wrong
Never mind aint about the singer its the song
You cant believe how a person looks is who they are
What I am is too far in and cant be found
What I am is too far in and cant be found
What I am is too far in and cant be found
What I am is too far in and cant be found
Written by Jann Arden Richards
c 2001 Universal Music Publishing, a division of Universal Studios Canada Ltd./Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN).
my sister sent me this article from the june issue of ladies home journal.
here are some excerpts... .
the daddy difference .
Creating a family in which Dad plays a strong nurturing role takes more than just a father who's up for the challenge: What mothers do as parents affects what fathers do as parents. Historically, women often have been gatekeepers to their children and managers of their schedules. Therefore, mothers have a special responsibility for creating devoted dads. It's important for mothers to actively encourage father involvement: *blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda*
I loooove how it's also the woman's "responsibility for creating devoted dads". According to this scapegoater, the woman needs to "actively encourage father involvement", cuz uh, yeah, that's exactly what men want....someone nagging them about how to fulfill their role. So, I guess this means that if the Dad isn't devoted, the fault naturally defers to the woman. Who the f*ck writes this sh*t?
Anyway, sure Dad's make a dif in the lives of their girls (and their boys). The stories I could tell stories bout the helluva dif my "Dad" made.
Instead, i will just say "happy fathers day" (manana) to all the good daddy's out there doin' their best to shoulder the enormous responsibility of raisin' a family.
SPAZ
Edited cuz the system won't accept the "tilde" over the n in manana (tomorrow)
Edited by - SPAZnik on 15 June 2002 20:54:19
i just wanted to share the following personality test with all of you: .
i've found it to be extremely interesting and helpful in my relationships with those of different personality types.
http://www.davideck.com/links/keirsey1.html.
Yeah Lizard, I guess my bazillion posts on this thread give me away eh.
Ok, i confess, I dig this kinda thing. heeee. Your thread is a hit....
Checked out that "typelogic" site you posted a link to and
i had to laff when i looked up the "type" relationship descriptions for my type and ENFPs are labelled as a "novelty". LOL (or "counterpart"....depending on which mood i'm in...haha)
goofySPAZ
i just wanted to share the following personality test with all of you: .
i've found it to be extremely interesting and helpful in my relationships with those of different personality types.
http://www.davideck.com/links/keirsey1.html.
Hey Lizard,
thx again for posting this. it was really neat and actually helpful to me in a practical way.
i'm in the midst of a major career change and many decisions in the works about
how best to do this...ie wanna make best use of my resources, time wise and money wise.
it is challenging, intimidating to pin myself down to one course or another
reading this profile of myself really helped me feel a lot more sure
about some of the "tactical" choices i've made, that they are a great fit
for me and my circumstances......
it wuz reassuring. thx for pointing me that way
(so if things don't work out i'll blame you....LOL kidding)
SPAZ
i just wanted to share the following personality test with all of you: .
i've found it to be extremely interesting and helpful in my relationships with those of different personality types.
http://www.davideck.com/links/keirsey1.html.
Lilacs...
If your test result was EXFJ that means it's saying you are predominantly
Extrovert
X - divided between Sensing & iNtuitive
Feeling
Judging (not to be confused with judgemental)
So did you read the ENFJ and/or ESFJ profile descriptions? See if they match ya?
SPAZ
