Weighing It All...

So when someone tells you to make a list of all the pro's and con's you're really gun-ho on it THEN!! Then you sleep on it, come to work, work like crazy most of the morning...and have no desire to do it what-so-ever. So that's where I am right now. Trying to weigh in on the issue on my mind. Think things over and decide what to do, what to do...maybe i'll visit the ladies room, throw lunch in the microwave, and then start on that list. We'll see! May the force be with me! :o)

Better Get to Livin' (The Movie of My Life)

QUESTION: If your life is a movie, what songs are on the soundtrack?

Here's how it works:

1. Open iTunes (or whatever ya got)

2. Put it on shuffle and press play

3. For every question, type the song that's playing

4. Make up a Title and choose your Cast




Cast:

Drew Barrymoore (as Jenna)

Jason Stathem (as Joey)

Sally Field (as Gramey)

Sean Connery (as Grampey) (b/c it'd be kewl)

Monique (as CW)

Susan Sarandon (as Mom)

Bruce Willis (as Dad) (this just keeps getting better)





Opening Credits (and DVD Menu): Van Zant- That Scares Me

I think it's a good one b/c it talks about all the different mile stones that one goes through getting older and growing up.



Waking Up: Martina McBride- For These Times

This song talks about the things we face in life that we may not want to...that's how i feel when I have to wake up for work! lol



First Day At School: LeAnn Rimes- Good Friends and a Glass of Wine

Well if you're talking about the first day at college this is PERFECT!! Well when you're younger i guess it's good friends and a juice box! lol This is pretty fitting for my life, especially pertaining to school.



Falling In Love: The McClymonts- Favourite Boyfriend of the Year

well if he's my favourite then i'd be falling in love...right?!?! lol



Fight Song: Justin Moore- Back That Thing Up

Not sure how this coincides w/fighting. Maybe it's telling me i'm more of a lover than a fighter?!



Breaking Up: Taylor Swift- Picture to Burn

WOW!! This is perfect! This is pretty much how i'd be reacting! lol



Prom: Carrie Underwood- All-American Girl

Aww...all american=prom memories!



Life: Trace Adkins- You're Going to Miss This

Another perfect song. All about how you shouldn't look too far to the future b/c you're going to miss things the way they are.



Mental Breakdown: George Strait- How 'Bout them Cowgirls

Another one where i'm not sure how it goes. Maybe if i were to have a mental breakdown i'd like girls?!?! hehe



Instrumental Intermission (two): Jack Ingram- Measure of a Man; Bomshel- Power of One

Both great songs...especially the later. I really like to try to live by that one.



Driving: Crossin Dixon- Guitar Slinger

Sure...i'm a slinger! lol



Flashback: Terri Clark- In My Next Life

haha It could be used for looking back on how you'd do things differenly the next time around. Great song though!!



Wedding: Crystal Shawanda- You Can Let Go

This one is beyond perfect. It's the song my father and I danced to at my wedding. Great song...always makes me want to tear up. I'll forever think of my wedding when i hear this song.



Birth of Child: Kenney Chesney (ft. George Strait)- Shiftwork

I guess the shiftwork would be the several hours of labor. My mom went through 32 for me...let's hope mine is a lot less than that. ;o)



Final Battle: Rodney Atkins- Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)

Maybe the final battle is my daughter dating? lol Who knows...or maybe i'm really a guy and I get shot b/c i bring her home too late!? hahahaha



Death Scene: Josh Turner (ft. Trisha Yearwood)- Another Try

I can only guess that this song is a sign that i will die b/c of love ending. (I swear next time i'll hang on for dear life...if love ever gives me another try!~Yeah sounds like i'm dying b/c love left me)



Funeral Song: Jeff Carson- When You Said You Loved Me

Again, I believe i'm going to die b/c love leaves me. And this song talks about all the good things that this guy felt when she said that she loved him. Or maybe my lover realized how he really felt, and this song is what makes him think of me. B/c that's always how it works...you realize a minute too late!

End Credits: Dierks Bentley- Trying to Stop Your Leaving

Well the movie is ending so he's trying to stop viewers from leaving! lol I think it's a good closure song. Slow enough to signify an ending, but fast paced enough not to be boring.

End Credits (Secondary): Toby Kieth- Love Me if You Can

Another good slow but not too slow song. (Hate me if you want to...Love me if you can) I think this would have been a better funeral song...but it'll do here as well! :o)

This was fun...I think I might do it again! ;o)

Movies- Comedy

I just had to say I'm a little disappointed that comedy's now-a-days aren't straight comedies any more. They all have to have some damn moral lesson in them. What happened to movies like Cheech and Chong used to put out. Straight comedy. The two movies I've found to be nearest this is the Broken Lizard crew's set of movies, and Super Bad. I'm sure there are a few others...but the majority have some sad, down parts. I want to watch a movie sometimes and just have it make me laugh like 95% of the time. Not 75%!! ugh...is it too much to ask?!

Relationships

Why is breaking up so hard to do? And why is it the nobody realizes how hard it is until they're doing it?

Two people in my life are ending some pretty long term, serious relationships. One is a co-worker friend of mine (age 25), who had been w/his girlfriend for about 7 years. They've been having some problems lately. Mainly they're realizing that they've grown into two completely different people from the ones at the start of the relationship...two people who aren't compatible anymore. So he's going through that right now. And to boot they just bought a house together in May of this year. So she's moved out and he's working on renting it out for a few years in order to sell it.
He thought he was going to bounce right back from all of this. Split, take care of business, and then be fine. I tried to tell him that clean breaks are good, and make the getting over things easier...but things still aren't that easy to get over. He didn't believe me...I think now he does. I feel really bad for him, but being married it's a little weird trying to reach out and be there for him. I don't want it to seem to anyone that i'm interested in him...b/c that's not the case. I just know what it's like to get out of a serious relationship...so I can understand a little bit of how he's feeling. I just figure he might need someone to listen and talk about things w/. I think I'm doing pretty well at not coming on too strong about it. I think I'm putting the right amount of effort into it to show that i'm just here for moral support. Hopefully i'm right in my assumption.
The other person is my sister-in-law. She and my brother-in-law (husband's brother) are going to be splitting up soon. He has cheated on her several times, and once even had a full on relationship with another woman. How she has put up with antics for 10+ years is beyond me.
Anyway, she finally told him that he either cleans up his act or she's leaving him. Well he decided that he wasn't going to clean up his act...she said that as soon as she found a new place to live (there lease is just about up) it would be over. It seems to me that he is getting his cake and eating it to. I get the impression he considers them over, but if she's going to give him the benefits of a marriage w/none of the long term commitment...he's all for that. I am trying to get her out in the dating pool. Not so much as to find a new boyfriend...but to help her feel desirable, worthy, and wanted again. I'm not expecting her to find anyone new anytime soon...I don't know how smart it'd be...but I am hoping she has some fun and does some stuff that makes her feel good. But she won't do anything, or really talk to anyone, or even meet them while other people are around until she's not living with her husband. I tell her that I feel it's not wrong for her to meet people in a group setting. Then it's just like friends hanging out. She says that while her husband may not be being completely faithful right now, he still does stuff that shows he cares...so she wouldn't want to do that to him. I get it, but on the other hand I don't. That's why I said earlier that clean breaks are best (is that what I actually said? if not i should have)!! This break is messy and very drawn out.
I guess not all things in life can be simple. I just worry that she's disillusioned and thinks that he's going to not want it to end at the last second...and so she's holding out. I've talked to him and he's ready for the split. I just hope for the best for her.
Anyway, that's my stories about two different types of break ups and how it's a hard thing to do. Best of luck to both of the parties involved. And best of luck to everyone who's trying to have a relationship now-a-days. It's hard what w/the economy being so poor...causing stress to a lot of people. And so many other factors. Best of luck to us all...

Hypocrasy At It's Finest

So i was clearing out my junk e-mail folder today and what do i find in there? Something that i personally feel is super racist but somehow socially exceptable. Meet Black People is the recipient and Meet 1000's of Black Singles in Your Area is the subject. Now had that said Meet 1000's of White Singles in Your Area there would have been hell being raised. People would have been accused of trying to set up a KKK throw-back meeting. As the title says...it's hypocrasy at it's best. As many comedians says as well, there's no WET (white entertainment television)...but there is BET. And as there is Little Japan or Little China in certain parts of town (San Francisco as an example)...you won't go to Japan and find a Little California. Ok, I'm getting off on a tangent now. I just wanted to say that b/c that spam mail ticked me off pretty good. And I'm sure that by complaining some people would think I'm being racist. "Oh, white woman wants to complain about inequality"...well you can't give something to some and not to others. Otherwise you're being just as bad as the system was before the change. You can't crave equality and then not give it when it's given to you. Or worse...reserve it only for some. And just as an FYI...where I grew up I was the minority. I kid you not...i was like one of only a handful white people at my school. There was a much larger hispanic and african american population. Especially in middle school. So i know what it's like to be picked on and hated for my skin color. You didn't have people who wouldn't talk to you infront of their friends b/c you were white...no you had your pals would stand behind you no matter. When you did face some adversity they were the people to stand behind you. If another white student had stood behind me they would have been called racist...and had a student from some other ethnic group stood behind me they would have been treated as a traitor. So don't go preaching to me about how your ANCESTOR'S had it tough. Yeah, THEY did...you didn't. You don't see people who are of the Jewish faith (and have long family ties to it) complaining do you? They aren't out there saying oh well my great-grandparents or grandparents were affected by the Holocaust. Now i want special treatment. NO!!! They know that the only people who deserve the special treatment were those that lived it. Those are the ones who deserve the respect....they with stood the event. Not their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Try to follow their example. And i know that some who may read this will say well i faced adversity as well...great. sorry to hear it...but i'm sure it made you the person you are today. But not everyone has. Not every person in this world has. And it seems to me that now-a-days the ones who complain the most have faced the least. So to them I say, "shut up and sit down...You can't fight for what you know nothing about!" aaggh....frustration seeping out! lol ok...i feel better. and i will stop w/my rantings.

Presidential Election

I remember when I was younger my mom said something about voting for Bush or Gore was like having to chose the lesser of two evils. I now know what she was talking about. That's how I feel with the current presidential run off. I am very torn as to which way to go. My step-dad always jokes that I'm a republican...but on my voter registration I marked Reform party at age 18. Personally, now, I don't really feel as though I associate myself with any one party. No one party speaks to my needs, wants, likes, dislikes, etc on some vast level.
Maybe one day I'll be able to make more sense of what is going on. But it's so much to take in it honestly makes me want to throw my arms up and say screw it! lol I'll slowly start reading more and more into the candidates. Hopefully by voting time I'll have a better idea of who I want to represent me! HOPEFULLY!!!!