Bored.

This always happens with me.

I want summer to be here, and once it's here, I'm bored. Then, when school comes along, I want it to be summer again.

*sighs* It never, ever ends. What a vicious cycle.

Summer is just around the corner...

...and I am definitely ready for it.

Not much of an entry, but then again, I don't have that much to say.

That is all.

Graduation

From left to right: My sister, brother, me.

My brother graduated high school today.

I have to wonder: where does time go? It was just yesterday I was holding him in my arms and tickling him, listening to his little laugh. Now, he's going off to college in August. We're a close-knit family, and though I am happy he's going off and starting his life, I'm going to miss him terribly.

*sniffles*

Taking On Water

...I never thought I could love another song as much as I love Slow Dancing In A Burning Room.

But I was wrong.

On John Mayer's blog, he's doing a "Take Your Fans To Work Day" or TYFTWD for short. He's given his fans a sneak peek of one of his new songs, titled "Taking On Water"...for now. Whatever it's titled, it's absolutely beautiful.

Take a listen.

:)



P.S. John, you've done it again. :D

Makin' Music With John Mayer

Okay, as if I didn't love the guy before...I want to marry him now! He is so hilariously funny, and this video is proof.

Number of times watched so far: 10.
Number of times watched consecutively: 10.

The movies I'm looking forward to this summer.

It is known amongst my friends and family that I am one of the biggest movie buffs in the entire world. This will be the summer of awesome, as far as movies are concerned. Each day, I will post a movie I am looking forward to seeing this summer.

Here's the first:

1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

I loved the first movie. So of course, I am wanting to see the second. My brother read the book and said it was the best out of the series. Hope the movie will live up to his praise of the book!

Comes out: May 16

Sonnet 144

I love Shakespeare. In fact, while I was in college, I was a Creative Writing minor, and took several classes on Shakespeare. My professor was a soft-spoken woman, but I could tell she had an incredible passion for the Bard.

Some call him a plagarist. I learned from my classes that back in the Elizabethan era, mimicking someone else's work, and tweaking it, improving on it, was actually the highest form of praise. True, Shakespeare did that a lot on his plays, but his poetry...no.

While perusing the Internet, I was trying to remember the title of my favorite sonnet. So I typed in a line, and got back Sonnet 144:

Two loves I have of comfort and despair,

Which like two spirits do suggest me still:*

The better angel is a man right fair,

The worser spirit a woman colour'd ill.

To win me soon to hell*, my female evil

Tempteth my better angel from my side,

And would corrupt my saint to be a devil,

Wooing his purity with her foul pride.

And whether that my angel be turn'd fiend

Suspect I may, but not directly tell;

But being both from me, both to each friend,

I guess one angel in another's hell:

Yet this shall I ne'er know, but live in doubt,

Till my bad angel fire my good one out.*

knock on wood...

I've never once broken a bone.

Not ever.

Everyone in my family has broken something: my mom's broken her foot, arm, and toes; my dad, multiple bones; my brother, his nose; my sister, her arm and her toe (that was my fault...left my big size 12 shoes out in the hallway and she tripped over them).

Ask anyone, and I am the biggest klutz in the world. I trip over everything and anything. Hell, I've even tripped down STAIRS and came out unscathed.

I think I'm pretty strange. But I've never broken a bone.

Knock on wood...

sinusitis SUCKS.

Yes, I'm still up. I've been multitasking and I should really really be in bed.

But see this guy? This is how I feel right now.

Yep, I have sinusitis. And it SUCKS.

That's all I wanted to say.

sometimes, I really love the government.

I love refund time. Especially when you get money back you don't even realize you have coming.

$352 dollars, baby! :D

Very, very nice to achieve goals.

What I'll be seeing John Mayer doing on 7/3/2008 at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre in Maryland Heights.

I love achieving goals.

Everyone has their major and their minor goals they want to achieve in their life, whether it be as simple as wanting a hamburger for lunch, or as large as achieving a high-ranking position in a company.

My major goals in life were to graduate from college and be working. I've achieved both of these goals.

Another one of my goals was to see Nickelback live. Been there, done that.

Now, I am going to achieve one of my other goals: I'm going to see John Mayer, live. From what I hear, he puts on a great show. And to top it all off, I'm in the right section, row K. The seat, spectacular. The view, spectacular.

This is going to be something I'll remember for the rest of my life.

You hear that, John? I'm coming to see you live.

Hopefully, I'll win a chance to meet you at the eat-and-greet as well.

But that's a story for another time.

Site popularity

Okay, so I check to see how my blog is doing at times. Call me self-indulgent...I'm just curious. I like people looking at my site and reading what I term to be my useless and inane thoughts.

So I went to www.addme.com, and clicked on Site Popularity. I looked through the links, and saw some other blog linked to one of my posts I wrote back in June of 2007, my post about quarter-life crisis:

http://www.zandria.us/archives/main/2007/07/

I'm so excited to see that some people out there in the WWW read what I have to say. Whether they like it or not, remains to be seen. Either way, I'm cool with it. :)

Loreena McKennitt

I suppose the reason why I love her music SO MUCH is that I am part Irish. Irish/French/Russian, but anyway, yes. The woman has a gorgeous, soothing voice that puts me entirely at peace. God truly touched her with extraordinary talent.

I was perusing youtube, and I found this picture video, set to my favorite song of hers, "Dante's Prayer." You need to watch this, and listen to this song. I hope her voice and words have the same peaceful, healing quality for you as they do for me.

The Landlord

Funny stuff.

I Wanna Be A Pop Star!

Very funny parody of Nickelback's Rockstar...I bring you, Popstar. :)

my newest addiction...

I love the show "Gone Country." Basically, here's what it's about: John Rich, of the MuzikMafia and the country group Big and Rich, took seven people: Maureen McCormick, Carnie Wilson, Diana DeGarmo, Dee Snider, Bobby Brown, Sisqo, , and Julio Iglesias, Jr., and they get to experience country living. They are also competing for the grand prize...Rich sees who can "make it" in country music.

It's quite the interesting show. It's on CMT, on Fridays, at 8 pm/7 pm CST.

Rest in Peace, Heath Ledger.

I didn't post when this tragic event occurred.

Heath Ledger, rest in peace.

This is what my heart looks like...

Maybe not exactly like this...I graduated in December of 2007. Wooooo! :D

I am now a substitute teacher, and I am looking for a job.

That's not fun. :|

That's why I haven't posted in so long...life was hectic. Now, life is where I want it to be, except for the whole job thing.

I will post more often. :)