Well...I thought I had only intentions for the new year and not resolutions. But I was wrong. As it turns out, I have quite a few musical resolutions. Let me let my playlist do my talking for me:
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Showing posts with label new politics. Show all posts
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions
Yes, the road to hell may indeed be paved with good intentions - yet here I am with mine for both myself and the blog this year.
This is the post I meant to write for publication last Thursday, but that was when all the electrical outlets in my living room stopped working, causing me to vacillate between bouts of the following: uncontrollable sobbing. Wanting to take the extension cord I'd been using to power a heater in my bedroom (because during the summer, all but one wall of outlets stopped working in there) and severely beat floors, walls and windows with it - but I couldn't because I knew repairing and replacing them would be too expensive! And lastly, once tired and spent from all the distress, having zero fucks left to give it, only to re-energize myself enough during those calm periods to get worked up all over again. But back to my good intentions for the year...
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Another taste of spring
has come, and will be going again soon. We went from iced over roads two or three weeks ago to thunderstorms with the threat of tornadoes last week to beautiful temps in the seventies this week. And later this week? Highs in the upper 30s. NO! Well, I sure hate to see my warm weather come to such an abrupt halt, but such is the way of things down here this time of year.
Still, spring IS coming. It will be here eventually, and I am so inspired to get more home stuff done in the house, to finish (and what I mean by "finish" is to start, then finish) upcycling and repurposing projects. You know, same as every season, every year. Perhaps this will be the year I get some stuff done? Who knows. But I'm certainly in the mood to!
For Music Monday, let's have some inspiring music, shall we? Some of us are going to need it to forge through the last few weeks of winter with our sanity intact!
New Politics: "Overcome"
The Smashing Pumpkins: "Today"
(somewhat risque video for those sensitive to such!)
Breaking Benjamin: "Until the End"
John Lennon: "Imagine"
MUSIC MONDAY
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Hello, 2014!
You and me? We are off to an amazing start! So far I have lost three pounds, purged a ton of stuff from the house, folded lots and lots of laundry and tackled the massive piles of papers and junk on my desk. I even have my work clothes ready for tomorrow. I will be well on my way to accomplishing everything I hope to if this momentum holds!
With this new year, I am following fellow Music Mama Mari's lead (sort of) and chose a word to define what I want to do in 2014. Or, for me, a word to define what I need in order to accomplish my goals for the year. My word is persistence. After the divorce of last year and the fallout which ensued in its wake, I have a LOT of cleanup left to do. I- Health
- Fitness
- Financial well-being
- Frugality (*not* the same thing as financial well-being as I see it)
- Happiness
- Creativity
- Knowledge
- Patience
- Serenity
Those are just the building blocks, and not by any means a complete list of goals. And it should go without saying that I plan to spend as much time as I can with family and friends.
Also new for the new year? Well, the blog got a makeover. (Link provided for those of you reading in a reader. Yes, you can subscribe now!) It was about time, too. Gone are the magazine-style front page and Facebook comments. I lost them when I tried to re-position them, but hopefully someday they'll be back. What do you think?
I am excited about so much for the coming year, but especially music! The Girls at the Rock Show have their first concert of the year planned for later this month, a band I've been wanting to see since I saw them for the first time in September, and also a band which made my favorite albums cut over at The Music Mamas: New Politics!!
Today's Music Monday selection is New Politics' "Tonight You're Perfect":
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