Deep In The Forrest

Here's today's entry for the WWC (Weekly Words Challenge), brought to us by our favorite friend, Tink of Pickled Beef blog. The words are "Orange" and "N". I'm running and short on time so I won't babble. Slight manipulation made my Nikon logo appear Orange. Napa (Orange and N) "N"o longer in business. Last letter is "N" No Idea Where I Am! Orange Street Sign for Dead N'd :) Season Fry "N" The Season Fries Are Pretty Orange Naughty The Colored Lights On Stage Look Pretty Orange An Orange-tinted Sunset Orange You Glad I am Finished???

I got this from my good buddy Kcinnova over at Kcinnova's World I copied and pasted, and using the exact questions from there... Let's give it a go, Just for fun. I'm not going to "tag" anybody, but if you like it, feel free to do one. ————————————— 1. Your rock star name (first pet, current car) - Tobie Honda 2. Your gangsta name (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe) – Everything But The Flip Flops 3. Your Native American name (favorite colour, favorite animal) – Black Cat 4. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born) – Dawn Memphis 5. Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name) Oodja 6. Superhero name (2nd favorite colour, favorite drink) – Green Tea 7. NASCAR name (the first names of your grandfathers) – Gene Clifton 8. Dancer name (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy) Eternity Dove 9. Movie Star name (grandfather/grandmother on your dad's side and you

Just a quick post here from the ol Crackberry. This has not been one of those exciting days (or weeks for that matter) that pass quickly like when you're having fun. It's not even a question of there being plenty of work for me to do because there are things I could go ahead and get done before time, and things I need to take care of, but for some reason I am just distractable. This causes me to go out of my mind with some strange type of "self-inflicted boredom". Sounds crazy I know, but it's like I can't keep my mind on business or important issues. So I doodle around, getting necessary stuff done but daydreaming and clock watching way more than I need to. The funny thing is that I work well under pressure, so when I do this and it comes down to a crunch, I excel with flying colors but in seeing how easy it was to complete said mission, I think to myself, "why didn't I go ahead and get this done weeks ago??" I used to do it in school too. Wait

Thursday's odds and ends These strange and unusual stories caught my eye today. Guess sometimes love just really isn't enough!! lol Woman Arrested After Shackling Self To Husband Girl Marries Dog In Bizarre Ritual :

Sorry for the delay, I am finally posting my WWC for this week, just haven't been able to get to it. Words "Black" and "Natural Life". Yes I really should be spanked for taking so long on this, it's appalling... anyone?? anyone?? Just kidding. :) The WWC as always is brought to us by the not-so-black, but always natural and worldly Tink of Pickled Beef (see her for details if you wanna join! ) Well I'm late enough already, let's get right down to binnesss. Pictured above, a Mother in The Natural World. Blue and Black Photo, Picturesque Scene In The Natural World Modern World Collides With The Natural World. The Soil Is Almost Black In This Part Of The Natural World. Club Scene Barely Illuminated by Light, Looks Almost Black. My Mom Is Most Happy and At Peace In The Natural World. So there you have it... finally! Now, I have to play catch up and get to a possible entry for today. Thanks for being patient with your Aunt Jackie... now, go play outside i

Semi-quick little weekend update(s): Saturday night's gig went off without a hitch on our part, and it was nice to get out for a change and hang at the Stage Stop , and hear some other bands too. As I may or may not have said, I elected to do a keyboardless set due to our time constraints and just to see how much more "relaxed" I could be and I really have to say that I enjoyed it immensely, so I might make some permanent changes. Of course not to leave keyboards out totally, but I might set-up next time where I can run over and play a song on the keys, and then have some where I just sing at the mic and can go back and forth instead of feeling awkward behind the keyhboard during a song where I don't play. So it was quite a late night, as it always tends to be when we gig, but I'm glad this week will be sort of a let up from last week's hectic schedule in preparation for the gig. I can take a deep breath and feel a little lighter (mentally speaking). Other tha

(A Memo From Jimi) To Whom It May Concern [This means you... all of your self-absorbed, rude, greedy, thoughtless drivers on the roads and highways of this world full of increasingly endangered beauty and love for your fellow man]. What a gorgeous day it is. Just breathe in the delectable scents and flavors of nature and sunshine. Feel that cool, fresh air enter your lungs. Take the speed down a notch, enjoy the sights and sounds all around you in this multi-dimensional universe that you happen to be cruising your way through. Everywhere you look there is something to see... and if you listen closely, yes open up your ears, you can understand exactly what the birds are singing about. As the fish immerse themselves wholly in the rivers and the streams, and they swim bravely against the currant to where they know they must go, I blaze my trail, flames flying high, leaving my smoke signals behind me to lead the way. We could all arrive together in this majestic celebration. But you, all o

A couple of weeks ago, I made a very half-hearted attempt at reanimating my Strength Training routine... I lifted weights one night, and then let nearly another two weeks follow without so much as a bicep curl. So last night, I got Mr. J to write up another routine for me to try and I began again. I started out with Chest Press, followed by Bench Rows, Pull-Overs and finally Military Press. Most of these were 5 sets of 5 reps each (give or take). I am slightly sore today but for the most part, I usually get most sore the 2nd day after for some reason. However, I did drink Surge by 'Biotest' (not Surge the soft drink) afterward. That is a product that has protein as well as BCAA's (Branched Chain Amino Acids) , and the right type of sugars necessary for fast muscle recovery. Good product, if you are into strength training, lifting, body building, or whatever, I highly suggest trying any of the Biotest Laboratories products. Not to make this a total lesson in muscle and st

O nce again, I feel I am barely skating by on my entries, but at least I am participating! I have a couple of revisited photos. I promise to be back in full force one of these days soon with my photos, that is, if I even survive and feel like I should continue blogging. I want to, I love blogging, guess that should be enough, right?? Just enjoy it and stop overthinking? We'll see... thanks anyway for the couple or so who have begged me to stay and who do at least enjoy the read... I appreciate that. This week's Weekly Words Challenge (WWC) , is as always brought to us by the lovely Tink, and this week by the keywords, "One" and "Diamond" . Here goes... enjoy. :-\ One Man at One With His Guitar Expression of "Oneness" One Strange Tree Trunk! It's 1:11 Do You Know Where Your AJ Is?? One Ring With Multiple Diamonds Turning One And there you have it... Happy Tuesday and Happy Snapping One and All! You're All Diamonds In My Book. Oh yeah, and H

This week begins with me staring through the barrel of such a hot pistol of a week. I shudder to think on it really, and I know that I'll get through it somehow, but there's just too much on my plate for comfort. For starters, band practice not one night, or two but three whole nights this week just to CRAM and get ready for the gig on Saturday night. That means tons of extra miserable driving around for me, late nights, exhausting early mornings and then to top that off I am trying to finalize my tax junk so I can try to file asap. Yeah I know, I have been saying that for a while, I had trouble with some of the forms from my company, and I DID in fact get those all resolved, but It doesn't make things easier to file unfortunately this time. I may owe, and I want to double check that with a good source before sending it off so I can be sure. I know it will all work out, and I shouldn't sweat it, but I am just at the beginning of the trail and just need to take a deep br

Yeah it's a long title, and I have a slight OCD-type obsession with making sure that my titles are neat and tidy... what's that all about?? But I forfeited that for you guys today. Well a few people have expressed that they were looking forward to my thoughts and couldn't wait to see my junk. That's quite interesting, and could be construed as dirty, but I'll let it pass without giving you guys a hard [time]. The days continue to fly by and the time continues to slip through our fingers like monkey grease. So completely unorganized, busy and random (just like my brain), I will spill my thoughts out today as I go until I am ready to put these up for human eyes. Speaking of Grease, "Monkey Grease" I thought was what it was called... When my Dad used to work on automotive stuff, and I was hanging around him, he had this canister of really green looking "grease", and I thought I remembered him calling it Monkey Grease, but it might have been som

Heaven Tonight Just thought about that song today and while I am still going to post more in detail later, some thoughts and junk, I thought I would leave you with a video to enjoy.

Happy Birthday Jolie We Miss You Every Day R.I.P. March 11, 1978 - May 16, 1998 Was going to post more than just a photo but I just have been really busy at work as well as I guess feeling down from missing loved ones. We've all had so many lost these last few years. Life, Love and Then Life And Love Eternal...

Am I still caught up in some whirlwind? It seems like my energy just waxes and wanes. I know it's been a few weeks now, and my family has good days and bad days, but we are still all in quite a bit of grief and emptiness without my father. Things are just very hard. My mother, of course, has it the worst because she was there with him day in and day out for 48 years, my other sisters had him longer than I did, but still there is a huge empty well that used to be filled with his laughter, spirit and love. Lately, it seems that I can't do anything without thinking about Daddy. Washing my motorcycle, I was reminded of how often we would wash cars together or when he would do his part to try and teach me about automotive things. I can't ride my bike either without remembering him teaching me how to drive everything, since I was just 2 years old, teaching me to shift and always allowing me something to drive. Certain television programs only echo his laughter. The house is blue

Blessed was the day that our best-blog-buddy, Jayman (From "Cynical Bastard") was born!! Today is his Birthday... so go over and wish him a rockin and bad-assed day! He's probably the glue that keeps us all sane ;) Have a great day Jay!! And here's to many more... Birthdays, Blog Posts and just all-around "CYNICAL" Magnificence from YOU!!! Here's his fantastic Blog-O-Mercial (courtesy of Mattman!! Photo also from Mattman's blog, sorry Mattman--I didn't have a good one).

The day started off cloudy and windy, but Mother Nature has promised us partly cloudy and 72 Degrees or so by this afternoon. So it looks like it will shape up to be quite a lovely Friday. I was sitting at my desk first thing this morning, and some noise that I heard reminded me of Bugs Bunny cartoons, it was some little "ditty", just the tune of the very beginning of some of the cartoon episodes on there. Suddenly, I was transported back in time to a simpler, more secure era... I am six years old and it's a lovely, cool Saturday morning... Daddy "marked off" so he could be home with his family like he does sometimes. He doesn't care as much about the money as he does about being with us... I mean, he wants to make sure that the bills are paid and that we have food to eat and clothes on our backs, but he hates to be gone from us. So he takes off when he can. I love it when Daddy is home because we wake up like this and watch cartoons. He's my best buddy

Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. ~Author Unknown Why do we worry and stew over things, just giving faith to the "fact" that things are always going to end in the worst case scenario?? How many times have you worried yourself sick over something and it nearly resolved itself, or you got such great relief when you found out the outcome that it was a heavy weight lifted from your chest? Worrying does nothing but wear us out, emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. It does nothing to solve our (mostly imagined) problems. But yet we become a ball of nerves in anticipation of whatever we think some problem is going to bring us "tomorrow". Seriously, couldn't you use the extra energy that your nerves are draining you of to accomplish so many other things?? Couldn't it save you money on all those cigarettes you might be chain smoking, or just help you feel better? Signs and synchronicity everywhere point to the answers. You can get your very

You've probably noticed (or maybe you haven't), that the last post I did was on February 28th. Well, I made it through my month-long vow of "a post a day" for the month. Yay me! So since I was out from under my NaBloPoMo responsibilities, I just thought I'd chill for a couple of days. What better day to make my March comeback then Weekly Words Challenge Day! (See the lovely Tink for details if you'd like to participate. This week's WWC Words are "White" and "Mailbox / Slot" . I had no trouble at all with the "White" part since we had a nice little snow to end February and begin March. It still didn't last that long, but for our area, I guess it was pretty good. Anyways, I caught a few snapshots from my Mom's house in the snow with my Blackberry's camera phone. Those are not that great quality. Let's have a look. Shot of the front yard the next morning, the sun was out and it was pretty. The corner of the h