One last song...I promise

Okay, I'm listening to this song a lot! It reminds me of someone and I just have to include it in music that is getting me through. I saw Depeche Mode in concert and they were just as good as I thought they'd be and better. David Gahan is the bomb! He is sooooo hot in this pic.

Long live Depeche Mode:

Free Love Lyrics

If you've been hiding from love
If you've been hiding from love
I can understand where you're coming from
I can understand where you're coming from

If you've suffered enough
If you've suffered enough
I can understand what you're thinking of
I can see the pain that you're frightened of

And I'm only here
To bring you free love
Let's make it clear
That this is free love
No hidden catch
No strings attached
Just free love
No hidden catch
No strings attached
Just free love

I've been running like you
I've been running like you
Now you understand why I'm running scared
Now you understand why I'm running scared

I've been searching for truth
I've been searching for truth
And I haven't been getting anywhere
No I haven't been getting anywhere

And I'm only here
To bring you free love
Let's make it clear
That this is free love
No hidden catch
No strings attached
Just free love
No hidden catch
No strings attached
Just free love

Hey girl
You've got to take this moment
Then let it slip away
Let go of complicated feelings
Then there's no price to pay

We've been running from love
We've been running from love
And we don't know what we're doing here
No we don't know what we're doing here

We're only here
Sharing our free love
Let's make it clear
That this is free love
No hidden catch
No strings attached
Just free love
No hidden catch
No strings attached
Just free love

My work as a parent has come to fruition....

Why? You might just ask. I came of age in the '80's; the best decade of epic/big haired rock. Good times indeed. So, my utmost musical goal in life is to impart to my daughter the importance of such things. I have succeeded. My heart swelled two times its size when what do my wandering ears should hear but Journey pumping through my daughter's bedroom the other day. Oh yeah. Don't Stop Believing, Faithfully. Oh, I was proud. I was very, very proud. A goofy smile spread across my face and I actually giggled and clapped my hands. I peeked into her room and just gave her this approving grin. Understood. Now, one might think that was enough to leave this world with. Oh no my friend. More to come. She is now taking an after school program of Blues Guitar and after I picked her up yesterday she said her goal is to learn how to play Sweet Child 'O Mine from Guns 'N Roses. I nearly wrecked the car. Once again, proud, proud moment. To all of you epic/big hair band fans out there, this is for you too. If I can do it, so can you.

Final song for a while...

1000 Miles Away, Jewel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6bUHw3s8B8

It's morning time, wonder where you are
wonder who you're talking to
wonder if the sun has risen where you are
it's morning time, i miss your hands on my skin
this bed's too big without you
oh god, what do i do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and I'm lying next to you.

The sun shines golden, and I feel like my car
a little run down, a little beat up, maybe just a little green
maybe it's my battery, maybe it's my starter,
maybe my heart's too weak
there's just this feeling, thought I had to get going
got too scary, got too big, got to get out of here
but now i don't know how to get home.
oh god, what do I do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you.

Mama says take my vitamins,
daddy says "girl, don't stay out so late"
sister says "there's other fishes in the sea"
but love is not a rational thing, and my heart is beyond advice
no, love is not a rational thing
oh god, what do I do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you.

these fields stretch out like patchwork, on my granny's quilt
she used to tell me that
"life is a series of strange and mysterious things
one minute you think you're up, the next you find you're down"
your mind says "girl, you gotta stick around"
but your heart says "I'm too weak in the knees"
oh god, what do I do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you.

Weekend song.

Nada Surf's "Are you Lightening?" Lovely song that I can't stop listening to.

check it out on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OKNNfD-BRs

And so we meet and there are sparks,
Its gold it's new and free from sharks,
Your house is big it seems so clean,
Your cleaning lady comes and we're discreet.

Are you lightning?
'Cause I'm waiting.
What's the timing?
I'm not playing.

And so I act like I'm 21,
Wide eyed and drifting unto sun,
Pay back is here my legs are numb,
I'm back, it's square one feeling dumb.

The sweet things,
When do they come?
Have I gone deaf?
What's the song?
Are you lightning?
'Cause I'm waiting,
This is frightening,
I'm not playing.

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...

I see you in my sheets, I see you in my sleep,
I see you through the mirror
You sing we're not to steal.

The only thing I'm scared of is the secret that you keep,
I know where you are, I dunno where you are.
Don't make the other wonder the others might sting,
Tell me what you're thinking,
Do not let me twist.
Just look at the size of you.

I see you in my sheets, I see you in my sleep,
I see you with something that's funny I hear you I almost weep,

I see you from my steps, you're walking up my street,
But just look at the size of you.

I see you in my sheets, I see you in my sleep,
I see you from my steps you're walking up my street.

And just look at the size of you,
The sun shine on and on...
The sun shine on and on...

Today's song

I plan on maybe spinning some wool tonight and I always love to hear a little Kate Rusby to go along with it. She delivers me to a different level of thought. Those of you who love a little Irish music, listen to her "10" album. It won't disappoint.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmWv0ho9IVc&feature=related

Lyrics to Over You Now :
Although I once feared I'd be lonely
Although I once feared I'd be down
Although you once cradled me only
Just look at me over you now Just look at me over you now

Although I once slept by you soundly
Now awake and alone I lay down
Although my heart grieved for you loudly
Just look at me over you now Just look at me over you now

As I followed you I was learning
But my heavy heart slowed me down
It felt like my whole world was burning
But look at me over you now
Oh look at me over you now
Oh look at me over you now
I hope that I'm over you now

Today's Song

Damien Rice's Blower's Daughter. I don't think this one needs an explanation.

Lyrics

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

Tori Amos

Tori has gotten me through some pretty rough times. Today, it's her song called "Strange" from Scarlet's Walk, 2002 release.
This song resonates with me on many, many levels.

Lyrics

strange
thought i knew you well
thought i had read the sky
thought i had read a change
in your eyes to strange
woke up to a world
that i am not a part
except when i can play
it's stranger
after all what were you really looking for
and i wonder when will i learn
blue isn't red everybody knows this

and i wonder when will i learn
when will i learn
guess i was in
deeper than i thought i was
if i have enough love
for the both of us

"just stay"
you said "we'll build a nest"
so i left my life
tried on your friends
tried on your opinions.
so when the bridges froze
and you did not come home
i put our snowflake
under a microscope
after all what was i really looking for
and i wonder when will i learn
maybe my wish knew better than i did
and i wonder so strange now
i'm finally in
the party has begun
it's not like i can't feel you still
but strange what i will leave behind
you call me one more time
but now i must be leaving

All about the music

Music is playing a significant role in my life right now. Posts are primarily going to be lyrics to a song that resonates with me for a while. Today it is a song from KT Tunstall's 2006 Acoustic album, called "Throw Me A Rope." It's a beauty of a song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSkmtJfu3WY




Lyrics

I want you between me and the feeling I get when I miss you
But everything here is telling me I should be fine
So why is it so, above as below, That I'm missing you every time

I got used to you whispering things to me into the evening
We followed the sun and its colours and left this world
It seems to me that I'm definitely Hearing the best that I've heard

So throw me a rope to hold me in place
Show me a clock for counting my days down
Cause everything's easier when you're beside me
Come back and find me Cause I feel alone

And whenever you go it's like holding my breath underwater
I have to admit that I kind of like it when I do
Oh but I've got to be unconditionally unafraid of my days without you

So throw me a rope to hold me in place
Show me a clock for counting my days down
Cause everything's easier when you're beside me
Come back and find me

Whenever I'm falling you're always behind me
Come back and find me
Cause everything's easier when you're beside me
Come back and find me Cause I feel alone

Dylan

I've never been a huge Bob Dylan fan. I think it has more to do with watching him than it does listening to him. His lyrics are hard not to like. For some reason, I've been listening to the Jason Mraz cover of "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall" for quite some time. It resonates with me lately and I have no reasonable explanation why, only that I it makes me feel sadness and relief all at the same time. It covers me like a my favorite blanket.

Take a listen.
http://www.last.fm/music/Jason+Mraz/_/A+Hard+Rain's+A-Gonna+Fall

Why I love the color Green...

How can one not love Kermie?

The Color Psychology of Green

• Green is a cool color that symbolizes nature and the natural world.


• Green also represents tranquility, good luck, health, and jealousy.


• Researchers have also found that green can improve reading ability. Some students may find that laying a transparent sheet of green paper over reading material increases reading speed and comprehension.


• Green has long been a symbol of fertility and was once the preferred color choice for wedding gowns in the 15th-century. Even today, green M & M's (an American chocolate candy) are said to send a sexual message.


• Green is often used in decorating for its calming effect. For example, guests waiting to appear on television programs often wait in a “green room” to relax.


• Green is thought to relieve stress and help heal. Those who have a green work environment experience fewer stomachaches.

• It's the color of the heart Chakra

In many folklores and literatures, green has traditionally been used to symbolize nature and its embodied attributes, namely those of life, fertility, and rebirth. Green was symbolic of resurrection and immortality in Ancient Egypt; the god Osiris was depicted as green-skinned. Stories of the medieval period further portray it as representing love and the base, natural desires of man. Green is also known to have signified witchcraft, devilry and evil for its association with faeries and spirits of early English folklore.

Why I love Moths

My business is called LunaKnits. I was recently asked by someone I met the other day why I like moths and butterflies so much. I answered it was their process of life. How they progressed, yet lived for such a short bit of time. Here are some interesting thoughts on moths and butterflies I found on various internet sites.

Sensuality It may be somewhat difficult to understand why a moth or butterfly could symbolize sensuality, and the symbol does trace a rather circuitous route. Because a moth is physically attracted to light, and because sensuality involves physical attraction, the moth has come to symbolize sensuality; it physically succumbs to seductive light. Also, because butterflies represents femininity, and females are most often associated with the word sensual, the butterfly has also become associated with the word sensual.
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Beauty of Color, Shape, Pattern, Symmetry

Lo, the bright train their radiant wings unfold!
With silver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold:
On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower
They, idly fluttering, live their little hour;
Their life all pleasure, and their task all play,
All spring their age, and sunshine all their day.

Butterflies and moths are "Nature's canvases with the gift of flight." Even in death, their mounted beauty can remain intact for centuries. Nature's genetic paintbrushes have "painted" hundreds of thousands bilaterally-symmetrical butterfly and moth works of art. When one considers that both the topsides and the undersides of these specimens are "painted" with equal skill, and that smaller, isolated sections of these masterpieces can be viewed apart from the total specimen, one becomes aware of the virtually unlimited number of artworks in this "traveling" art show of the air.

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The moth continues to be under the influence in matters of love. She emits pheromones that are powerfully strong, attracting her male counterpart through the dark nights. These scented trails can be followed for remarkable distances. Here we see animal symbolism of:

• Suggestion
• Attraction
• Allure

The female moth is subtle in her scent, wafting out like a loving tendril pulling in her mate. She has no doubt about her ability to attract her lover (those pheromones are powerfully effective!). Us humans would do well to follow the same cue. We do not have to be overt in our advances to attract our mates. Rather, the art of subtle allure can be learned from the moth.

The New

Awake is the new sleep

Melancholy is the new happy

Accidental is the new intentional

Animal is the new human

Middle class is the new poor

Passivity is the new sincerity

Sunday

Late Sunday afternoon. Two sisters, making their way through all the muckety-muck of the city, enjoying a sunny, although a bit-too-warm of a day. Too much sun means nap time. Sitting in my sun-drenched apartment I get my sister's feet soaking in my foot tub. The smell of Sweet Pea permeates the room. Enya is playing on the computer and I am asked to turn off the lights and "rest a bit."

"This music is nice," she says.
"Yes, it is very relaxing," I mumble.
"It makes me think of a certain shade of blue," she says.
Suzy makes that cozy sleepy smile you get when your belly is full, your feet are soaked and you're ready for cat-nap time in a soft red blankie.
"It makes me feel like I'm in the 1700's heading for the guillotine to get beheaded on orders from the King," I flatly say.

Two hours later...I have obviously watched too much of The Tudors and my sister obviously knows how to relax.

I love ya sis. I hope you are feeling better today.
Big pumped up heart to you!

Laughing ensues. Ahhh...it's good to be sisters. How different we are.

Theme song for the year

Everyone needs a theme song. This is mine, at least until the end of the year. Then, I'll have to chose a different one. Until then, all you Guns 'n Roses fans out there....rock on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEzuC5UoM8g

Just a little patience.

New Music

Two Words:
Liam O Maonlai

He is amazing. Gaelic is pretty much a dying language and he has brought it back, in full swing. I've always loved the name Liam. If I ever had a boy, his name would be Liam.
Check him out!

I should be sleeping....

It's 11:32 and I just finished a knitting project. Must share the knitting. It's gorgeous. An orange one to come. Friends on Ravelry, you must try this one! I feel like a movie star when I wear it.

also, my friend gave me a doggie bed and my little guy just loves it!

Strumpets

A word that is not used enough. It's a great word. I'm on a mission today to find any quote that contains the word "strumpet." http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strumpet

I've recently started watching The Tudors and besides being nothing but eye candy for lusting women, they happened to use the word strumpet last night and then well, my mind couldn't stop repeating the word. It just rolls off the tongue. I think it's even better than your average curse word. It's as if you spit it out. You don't say it, you spit it out.

"There's not a modest maiden elf
But dreads the final Trumpet
Lest half of her should rise herself
And half some sturdy strumpet!" Thomas Hardy


Jack Sparrow: You need to find yourself a girl mate. Or perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you already found one, and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch are you? Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Depp.

Oh ya! Hottest Pirate EVER!

Buffy, Buffy, Buffy, keep those Buffy's coming...

Quirk No. 10

I consider myself one of the biggest fans of Joss Whedon out there. There may be others; in fact I'm sure of it, but that I am a crazy fan, is worthy enough to make it quirk no. 10. I even had the Buffy theme song as a ring tone on my cell phone for a few years. I might even be Buffy for Halloween this year. :) Blonde wig and all.

Quote of the Day:

“Bottom line is, even if you see them coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So, what are we, helpless? Puppets? Nah. The big moments are gonna come, you can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that count. That's when you find out who you are.” Joss Whedon

Quote of the weekend...

“When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman.”

Joss Whedon (Spike to Buffy)

I am the biggest Buffy fan ever. I've converted another one..my sister. Last night, Buffy episodes. Good, good, good times. I want a Spike.

Quote of the Day and Action Heros

I'm really into Pooh quotes right now. A.A. Milne was a genius. I loved Pooh. Still do. It's the sweetest out there as far as innocence goes.

"Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake."

Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)

Onto other important matters: ACTION HEROS

Well, I'm on okcupid.com. Not necessarily serious about it, but they have these really fun tests like, what kind of dog would you be, or what kind kitchen appliance are you? It's totally insane and fun to answer and few questions, and BAM! you're it. I took an Action Hero test yesterday and I'm proud to say that I am John McLain from Die Hard! I love those films. I rock!

Here is what it said about me:
You Have A Very High Sense Of Humor, And Love Leaving The Bad Guy To Feel About An Inch Tall. Not Only Can You Deliver A Knock Out Punch, But You Also Deliver A Knock Out Laugh. Though, The People Would Appreciate It If You Wouldn't Destroy So Much Of The City.

Memories

This morning I got up, first day of school for my daughter, turned on the radio and OMD was playing. Ahhh, OMD. Good times. I remember, my family living in a 3-bedroom town home in Yakima, summer time and the living was rather good. Nothing had happened in my life yet, so no need for regrets or sadness. All I worried about was how good my tan was going to get and how soon my boyfriend could come over. I had my walkman on, tuned in to OMD, "I Was So In Love With You" playing as I squirted lemon juice on my hair so that I could get primo highlights. Of course, I'm Irish and German, so the tan was more a joke than anything. The only reason I was a bit darker was due to the enormous amounts of freckles that popped up as each hour went by.

I got a bit of advice the other day: Do what I enjoy in life and good things will come to me. Well, I think I already do that, but patience has never been one of my virtues. Stellar in the patience department, I am not. But I'm willing to continue on. In the past I've left my life, I tried on my significant other's friends and thoughts and turned into someone that wasn't me. I vow never to do that again. Maybe that was where I went wrong in a big way. I won't apologize for who I am, what I look like or the way I feel any longer. I'm me, I'm stellar in my own light and those who choose to be in my life will have to just love the whole of me. Onto enjoying a beautiful life!

Quote of the Day

"I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying."
— Nelson Mandela

Bobbles & more bobbles

I have a theory about bobble heads and stuffed animals in peoples' car windows. First of all, why? I'm driving along and pull up behind a car filled with stuffed animals and/or bobble headed creatures. I've been assaulted by inanimate objects! The theory is that these people have nothing better to do than stock-pile stuffed things and wobbly-bobbly things in their car. Somehow, these people have been deprived of their childhood and now they are just screaming for attention and they are sure getting it, just the wrong kind. I can just imagine the big haired woman in the driver's seat smoking a cigarette with her ugly rat-dog on her lap, adjusting her windshield pets thinking back on all the birthdays she never got a single stuffed animal she wanted. But, now! Look at her go. She has 500 of them in her car window. The pride is overwhelming and as she adjusts that hideous wiener bobble dog, she swerves into my lane and I give her my best stink-eye and am reminded how much I hate those stupid things in the window.

Onto other subjects: I taught my knitting class last night. They are women I've had in classes before and I am just delighted that I get the privilege to help them continue their knitting journey. I had a bad day yesterday; working on two hours of sleep and unbelievable loneliness and I see the yarn shop and instantly know that I am where I'm supposed to be. I have my students to thank because they give me what I don't get enough of. So, if my students are reading this, thank you for being there! I slept well last night. :)