This is a list of CD's I have right now in my car CD visor thingy..now these CD's I bought b/c I love the music..no other reason, not b/c of a spur of the moment thing..or b/c I wanted to buy it to see if I liked the band. No, these are all Cd's I have b/c I know the talent..and I liked it, therefore I purchased.  :D

Now this is just in random order as I read them off, not of importance. They are all important.

1. Coldplay- Parachutes

2. Coldplay- A Rush Of Blood To The Head

3. Coldplay- Brothers & Sisters(it's a single) includes-Brothers & Sisters, 
Easy To Please, and Only Superstition.

4. REM- Automatic For The People

5. REM- Reveal

6. Radiohead- Kid A

7. Wilco- Summerteeth

8. REM- single, includes- Daysleeper, Emphysema

9. The Glen Miller Orchestra- includes many famous songs- a couple are, 
String Of Pearls, In The Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Indian Summer(one of my favorites)

10. REM- Reckoning

11. REM- Leaving New York-  it's a single off their new album Around The Sun.

12. REM- Dead Letter Office

13. The Wallflower s- Breach

14. Weezer- The Green Album

15. Christmas Concertos- A classical album which includes Vivaldi, Corelli, Manfredini, Torelli, and Locatelli.

16. Coldplay- Live 2003

17. The Roots of Swing- Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, 
Duke Ellington, Count Basie...to name just a few on there.

18. WWII Radio- Live radio broadcasts of a program called the Kraft Music 
Hall, from 1945 hosted with Bing Crosby.

19. Physcotrance 2001- It's an electronica CD. DJ mixed by D:FUSE, an 
awesome CD.
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20. REM- Out Of Time...(my favorite REM album btw.)

Well that's all of them I think..at least those are the ones that are in my CD visors.

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Watch this video ppl! You'll love it...promise!!!!!!! It's a music video by REM called E-BOW THE LETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's featuring PATTI SMITH!...Michael Stipe's idol! She is amazing in the video! Her singing spectacular! It's only three minutes of your time ppl.

Watch it and let me know what you thought of it in the comments section.
THaNK YoU!

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..and THaNK YoU!  :)  P.S. You need quicktime to watch it...if you don't have it, get it! ....please..he he

For those of you that need help to find it...(like it's not only obvious-Links section)...here it is>   & nbsp; http://www.bandbuilder.com/remhqtv/video_pane.php?dummy=blah&" title="http://www.bandbuilder.com/remhqtv/video_pane.php?dummy=blah&" target="_blank"http://www.bandbuilder.com/re...;section=1&video=36&a mp;random=0

Ok NEW PLAN!! ..click on the video in my links section, it's there at the top, off to the left.

I had loads of fun today. I had a dyeing party....I dyed my black jacket...or um faded black jacket to a real black again. Also I dyed some faded black pants and an REM concert shirt. I used one package for three different things! I've never done that before but it should work, I dyed each item by itself..I hope it turns out ok.

It was raining last night a little, today it didn't but it was nice and gloomy. I love gloomy wheather! It just puts a smile on my face....I know, I am odd, aren't I?

I hope my jacket is done in time for tonight...I have some plans for later. I wish I could say I was going to see some cool bands play..but I don't have the money for that at the moment. So I am stuck doing something
that costs little or no money.

This is my new post, it's called nothingness. Hope you like it.

I went shopping today! Yeah! I love shopping, so much fun.

Now what? Humm...I'm hungry! Need food...lol. I was going to make a quesadia, those are yummy to eat. That's not the correct spelling of it, right? I know....

My favorite show is on now! Three's company! It's a classic...It's on TV LAND. Thank goodness they still play these shows...no show nowadays could top the classic shows. ...and back to back episodes too!

Now I must go watch my show.

ONe more thing...I just bought a pack of ciggarettes for $3.79...can you believe that...and they're Marlboro's too!

1) My cat...he is a little runt.

2) My boyfriend....he is pretty..lol., and just think he is all mine! :)

3) My car..it runs so well, never have any problems with it.

4) Music!

5) R.E.M.....it's a band

6) My guitar!

7) My piano!

8) My microphone's, stand, voice equalizer, etc.

9) My PA! ....no, just kidding, I don't have one..at least not yet.

10) Ok, this list is going to be more than 10 things, just so you all know.

11) ...and I don't think it will end on an even number....but we'll see.  :)

12) My boyfriends mouth...he does have a lovely one too, good for kissing, you know.

13) My boyfriend's eyes...aww, they are beautiful.

14) Ok, the rest are going to be of my boyfriend...yeah..uh huh,ok.  :)

15) My boyfriend's forehead.....ok, don't laugh people please, he has a nice forehead, ok, if you guys could see it you would agree.

16) My boyfriends hands....for those of you who's mind wanders- I mean that in a non-sexual way.

17) My boyfriends scent...it makes me smile.

18) My boyfriends cuddly side..... 

19) Hey!...bet you thought I'd make it to 20....

20) Well, sorry to disappoint you all, but I can't think of that many things I love! Give me a break ppl!  :)

Deep Thoughts About Life

• Do you live in the moment?: Yes...at least I try to!

• Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?: Yes, of course...always.

• Do you have any secrets?: sure doesn't everybody....I have one really big secret too, it's so amazing...wish I could tell, but I cannot.  :(

• Do you hate yourself?: NO!

• Do you like your handwriting?: No...it can be pretty messy, unless I try hard to write neat.

• Do you have any bad habits?: Yes...I bite my nails and the insides of my mouth when I'm nervous. Don't tell anyone, K? It's our secret.

• What is the compliment you get from most people?: You have a cute face...and, you have nice eyes.

• If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?: Person of ambition and brilliance. :) Yeah!!!....LOL.

• What's your biggest fear?: My dreams not coming true....but they will, no worries!

• Can you sing?: Most definetly...only if you all could hear me!

• Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool?: humm.....  NO!

• Are you a loner?: no, not really. I can be at times though.

• What are your #1 priorities in life?: Music!!!!!!!!!!!!...and Music!!!

• If you were another person, would you be friends with you?: Yes, of course...lol.

• Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself?: Humm...can't think of anything...NO!

• Are you passive or agressive?: I'm agressive...I go after what I want.

• Do you have a journal?: my blog is my journal.

• What is(are) your greatest strength(s) and weakness(es)?: my greatest strengths are my kindness and my open mindedness(ok, now this doesn't seem like a real word..but I don't know what else to write in stead of that).  My weaknesses are I tend to believe anything is possible and I have a wild imagination.

• If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be: humm...to be a bit taller.

• Do you think you are emotionally strong?: yes

• Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life?: yes...a few different things, no big deal though.

• Do you think life has been good so far?: Yeah, I guess...but what I get in the future is what matters, that is worth the pain I've been through.

• What is the most important lesson you've learned from life?: well..In my opinion, I do believe anything is possible, if you put your mind to it!

• What do you like the most about your body?: My eyes, my face, my mouth...humm, ok I'm sure that's plenty.

• Do you think you are good looking?: well honestly...I'd have to say, yes!

• Are you confident?: yes, I am.

• What is the fictional character you are most like?: Baron Maunchowsen!!! .....no, just kidding (I'm sure you guys don't even know who he is) I suggest you rent/buy the movie, it's GREAT!!! The Adventures of Baron Maunchowsen.  No, really I don't know how to answer this question. I will get back to it when I think of an answer.

OMG I have writers block again, I can't beleieve it. Well, it looks like it is something that is going around right now, Irishred has it too, and probably many countless others. I think we all should ban together in our time of need, and lift each others spirits up!...LOL

So...anyways...I was thinking about watching some tv, not much else to do right now. I was thinking about watching E.R., I noticed about two other people commenting on watching this show tonight, it is one of my favorites, just hope it is still on.

For dinner...humm..not sure what to make. I could always eat out..but I really don't feel like driving anywhere right now. Too tired and drained from this writer's block that's going around.

I was at my boyfriends house for like 3 days and I just got back late last night. He needs new paint in his house, the white paint that was on the walls is yellow. That's how old the paint was, so I helped him a bit to paint the living room. It was scary and fun at the same time because I don't know how to paint, never done it before so I was scared I might mess it up, or that I wouldn't do a good enough job. His painting was excellent....mine, I don't know about...I guess it was ok. He did alot more painting than I did though, we almost finished the whole living room except for this hall in the front entrance.

I wish I could tell some exciting story that happened to me while I was there  but there wasn't really anything else we did that you guys would be interested in.
We spent alot of time with each other, and slept in the same bed.....which I enjoyed, I missed sleeping with him at night... Anyways...now I am here at home, with my cat, "meow, meow"..yeah, that is his name, that is my cat's name. He missed me so much I can tell, I think he was lonely here without me...poor thing.

Did you know it's a good idea to keep a gas can in your car?
Today I ran out of gas, and unlike the other three times, my car didn't start up this time. So I was left with the option of having to walk two blocks in the dark, in a bad part of town to go get some gas at the gas station. Well, let me tell you, now I wish I would've gone to Wal-Mart before this happened to buy a gas can because they have to cost much cheaper there than the $10 I payed for it at the gas station. Ater I had payed for that luckily I had about $4 dollars left over in my purse to buy the actual gas, but gas cans only fit one gallon, so I filled it up with the one gallon, then headed back to my car.

When I got there I then had to try to figue out how to work the nozzle thing, there were two parts to it, two completely different nozzles and I had to figure out which one to put on. So finally after about 10 minutes, I figure it out. Putting the gas in took about 15 minutes, it was going in my tank so slow, I didn't know if this was normal, but I had no choice I needed to put in as much gas as I could.

In the meantime while I'm doing all this, there is this wierd guy across the street at this restaurant watching me, pacing back and forth looking right at me, then he decides to get on a bike and ride back and forth across the street. I was completley afraid out there, I didn't know what this guy was doing and there was no one else around, plus there were dogs barking, I thought for sure I would see one running down the sidewalk just waiting to take a bite out of me, but luckily no dog.Then a van pulls up behind me as I was just about done putting the gas in, so I quickly opened my trunk and put the gas can in there, opened my door, jumped in, and drove home. Whew....that was a close call. It's times like these I wish I had a cell phone, you know just in case something could've happened to me, then I would've at least had the chance to call 911!

REM are on a world tour right now, they most recently played in Madrid, Spain on the 8th of January. This is one of two photos that was taken of Michael at that show, which were posted on their band website, I thought how eerie this photo because....well you'll see.

I have one word for you all:  Spotlight

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I wasn't going to bring this up, but I changed my mind. I had this strange dream two nights ago, which had Michael Stipe in it. I for one have some ideas myself as to what this dream might be telling me but nonetheless, I'd still like to get your guys' view on it. Any interpretations will do, any conclusions that you come to.
So here is my dream, word for word how I wrote it down after I woke up that morning. One more thing, this dream was almost lucid but not quite, it just seemed so real and I remembered it so well....almost sort of scary in a way.

The setting: We were outdoors in the snow, there was snow all around
    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p; us.There were green pine trees in the background too, but 
    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p; they were all in rows, which I thought was sort of odd. We
    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p; were all seated in fold-out chairs that were also placed in
    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p; rows. 

When I say the words "you" and "we" I am referring to Michael in my dream.

Situation,
after years of walking past each other at events,
everytime I walked past you I wanted to say hello, but I didn't. We were at this party,(which was outdoors) a fancy party with alot of other celebrities. There were two rows of chairs or so outside, there was a game that dared you to do something courageous, to take a chance.....so the spotlight was on me( it was my turn for this game) I looked at you, and I said " I know what this is......the chance I'll take, this time I'm going to do it"! And you knew........but you didn't think I'd go over to you this time for sure, till I came closer to you and then you had a look of utter surprise on your face b/c this time you knew I meant this and this was going to happen....then you smiled a huge smile and you covered your mouth, your face blushed. Then you looked at me like you've been waiting your whole life for me to come over to you. I came over to you, with this huge spotlight still on me, I bent down and kissed you, a deep kiss, then afterward you whispered into my ear (no more spotlight on me)
" You know what, it snowed on the day you were born.......and no one listened to you, but I did....." (there was a long pause) ...I could hear your cries, I stopped to listen, I could hear something in your voice."

Then I woke up.

I want this picture, only I have no clue where it comes from, a website perhaps, but where??? I saw this first on hotlipz blog and I asked her about it but she hasn't responded back yet. I love this picture it is so cute, it is so adorable, I want to make my own. Ppl please help me if you know where this is from.

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Thanks!!!  :)

These are all legitimate near death experiences from NDERF, the Near Death Experience Research Foundation. I find these one's particularly exciting.

John B's NDE. Teenager bicycle accident.    & nbsp;   &n bsp;  

At that moment , I realized that it really was me down there...in my blue shirt and jeans, laying in the middle of rt 31. My beautiful metalic blue Schwinn 5 speed was mangled. :-(  A few seconds later...judging by the activity i was seeing).....I wondered how i could be up here and down there at the same time. Then a few seconds later...i was "sucked" for lack of a better word, back into my body.

Keith P's NDE. 

the thing I most remember is the feeling it was like a very gentle very warm wind was on my back pushing me , it also felt like I was enveloped in a feeling of total peace, love, and continment , a feeling I can only describe as heaven.  In the initial moments I got the impression of others standing around me much like you would experience in a crowded bar but that quickly faded. I remember looking through the bedroom adjacent to the bathroom and down the hall and seeing my wife in the dining area where we had the computer desk, she was on-line and in a chatroom. I then remember her getting up and coming my way and walking directly through me.
(Didn't realize he wasn't solid until his wife walked through him.)

Dan T's NDE. This NDE comes from the OBERF website www.oberf.org (This one's really good, read it!!!)

I died for about 3 or 4 minutes 11 years ago and entered this other dimension that I took as being Heaven, certainly an afterlife. It was really beautiful, with gardens and fountains and small, countryside hills. The people appeared in Greek or Roman dress, very comfortable with white robes and sandal type shoes. A pocket of females were conversing near a majestic water fountain that also displayed Greek decor, with Seraphim, ivy and fruit. I didn't know what to do or say, so I just stood there and looked at them. A gorgeous blonde haired one lifted her head my way and the others turned to greet me with very warm smiles. Then a man walking down a brick path to my left  suddenly appeared waving his arms to the group of women calling to them, "No! Do not speak to him, it is not his time."

Joni H's NDE from drug overdose. (another good one)

There were no tunnels or sense of being transported...just there, above me was an indescribably WHITE wing. It had no beginning and no end. I could see the feathers in great detail.  There were two voices, but were not speaking directly to me, but to each other, it went as follows " We are going to give her, her new name. " The other voice replied " But it hasn't been three days yet " and the first voice said back " But we are going to give her, her new name anyway. "

Glenda H's NDE.  Teenage NDE from carbon monoxide poisoning.

i remember being with a being that was so wonderful. there was all kind of others in the background, i ask are those angels. "yes" a reply. then i asked if i was a angel. i was told that at this time "no" for my life was not intended to be taking by another, that i had to return to life to learn the first part of living. i than began to plead to stay that i like it here this is better i don't want to go back. i could hear the voices of the angels saying, oh we'll miss you, it will be ok, you'll be back. it seemed to comfort me .

Please click on:
(they are to the left, my little imood symbol is down to the right)

REM MUSIC VIDEO!!!

RIZI

my little imood symbol

Then let me know what you think of them. If not all three at least click on one please. This is a post about my links. I want to see what ppl think of them.

Thanx   ;)

This is the first time that I have experienced a writer's block on a blog entry...I am not going to sit and try to wait till something comes to me, I think it's not such a big problem. So i'll just write whatever happens to be on my mind.

I want to talk about my friend Rizi, he is amazing, I love what he writes, everything. I just put up his blog as a link on my blog, please feel free to take a look at it. He writes on science, philosophy, or just his day to day life. Either way I think he is an interesting person and quite bright too. He is from India, so if you have trouble reading his english take that into account.

Another link on my blog is the REM video link, I just put it back up yesterday. I would love it if you guys could look at it. Just one video, at least, it's only like 3 minutes but you have to have quicktime to watch it. I also have a small imood symbol, below the black and white Michael picture on the right side of my blog, if you click on it, it takes you to imood(a great little website btw) and tells you my mood in detail. Also, feel free to join them, it's free, they have a wide assortment of smiley's, hearts, etc.

The REM video link and the imood link...if you have clicked on these let me know, I want to take a poll. I was thinking how many ppl have actually clicked on other peoples links section. i'm sure not too many, cause I know I rarely do it either, unless something  catches my eye. Don't be afraid to click on them, they don't bite, trust me. Their just helpless little links.

Thanks

you are lost,

alone

he doesn't see you,
he doesn't want you

he never did
he sleeps inside....
his time  not yours

his heart,
plays shadows
gives nothing.... wants nothing

it tears you
it breaks you

thunder in your soul
memories lost..
taking your hope, dignity
your life...his eyes

decieving glow,
decieving glance...decieving path,

you will go