Deep In The Forrest

Happy Halloween, Happy Samhain, Happy Diwali, fall, whatever you are celebrating, may you have a beautiful season. Hope you guys have a safe night, and if anyone is taking kids out for Trick-or-Treat, be safe, and above all ENJOY! I plan on coming back later this evening with more Halloween post, but this will have to do for now, it has been a busy work day. TGIF!

In Lieu of my painful misunderstanding, the latest "Fiasco", please remember not to send me forwards anymore if at all possible. If you simply MUST include me in your next e-mail forward, or anyone else for that matter, then please read this article. Learn How To Protect Privacy Of Those In Your E-mails . Mistakes can easily happen. An accidental "Reply All" when attempting to be helpful can land you in hot water with someone very quickly... as it did with me. By hiding the e-mails in the B.C.C. field, nobody else can see them, much less "reply all" and create a bad situation. It is the responsibility of someone upon forwarding an e-mail to keep their intended recipients private. Being "in the know" helps. So please read the article above, and be informed so you don't get into some real trouble like I did. Mistakes do happen, and everyone deserves a chance to explain themselves... really. So if you guys happen to read this, please know that I...

Yesterday, I arrived home and I trusted my husband to actually give me a Vitamin B-12 shot. I'm not afraid of needles, just didn't really trust at first if he was able to do it, but he succeeded. Here I am, still alive. Let The Music Play Band practice went o.k. last night. Our bass player has still been having "issues", just various things preventing him from being able to function on a normal basis. So he was out again. Richie, Rob and I went on and worked through some new material, as well as a song that we began a few weeks back. I guess we made some progress, I don't know. I had lost the lyrics to one song, so I had to go and listen to the practice recording of it and try to write the lyrics back down. I made it through most of them, but there were a couple places I couldn't hear the vocal and couldn't get the words. I know, I wrote them, and you'd think they would just "come to me", but sometimes you lose words, and if it's not rec...

Earlier, I was trying to get around to comment on some blogs, and one of the Captcha's I got was actually "spooky". I thought that was pretty cool so close to Halloween. Yesterday I honestly did blog. I sat down with my microphone and made it nearly all the way through a podcast (which I haven't done in a long time, so I thought might be cool), and just as I tried to edit the thing, the application froze up and I lost it all. It was a big bummer, as I thought it was going to be pretty good and all. Maybe it was meant to be. I did discuss some emotional things, and things I probably shouldn't have brought up so I guess it's just as well. However, after the fact, I was in no mood to re-record, or attempt a new one, so I ended up not blogging at all. Psshht... what-eva. I'm also having a greasy-hair day. It makes me mad. I can't even look in the mirror really because the sight of it just makes me sick. As soon as it grows long enough again, I intend to ge...

Been a semi-busy weekend, I just got caught up and didn't really find the time or inspiration to post I guess. Nothing really struck me. We went to my niece's party Friday night, it was really fun, I'll recap that more tomorrow, along with the rest of the weekend such as it was. I want to apologize for being lax on visiting this last week or so, just have had a hard time with scheduling and I've been a bit foggy and unable to get around to doing everything I need to do. I'm hoping this week I can remedy that. I assure you, I haven't forgotten about any of you. I will be by very soon, and play catch up. Hope you're not disappointed in your ol' Aunt Jackie. Hope you all had a nice weekend as well.

What defines "Hardcore"? It depends on what you're talking about. There are hardcore criminals, and hardcore bodybuilders. There is "hardcore gay", there is Hardcore Pornography, and then there is a hardcore that you couldn't compete with if you tried. Take for instance what I am about to show you... Perhaps put on your corpse paint, and spiked leather outfits if you want to even get into the same league. Better yet, tease your hair to dangerous heights, and throw on your best parachute pants... because there is no way you're going to "Top" THIS... I don't know how he dragged it up, but Richie showed me This Painfully Ridiculous Video this morning, and I thought I was going to get a stomach cramp from laughter. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHH!!!! What would you do if you saw 3 guys on the street doing that?? I personally would kick their asses, and then feed them to my vicious cat. I mean, really... That is just sad. What was with Dude's "S...

Alright so I never got to finish up my WWC for this week, o.k. I feel bad about it, but I'm way behind and I am just going to have to try for next week. At least I did offer up my husband as some comic relief. :) This is Wednesday. It's the day that I thought was yesterday when yesterday was the day before, making yesterday's yesterday only Monday when I thought it was the day after... Make sense?? Well nothing else does today, so glad you could join me. Since it is "Hump Day", maybe a little good clean fun is in order. Watch The Video , it is the Sticky Note Experiments . It is fun-looking, and the colors are cool, but honestly (hate to be a stick in the mud, but...) what about all of this paper?? is it just being wasted? Did they use the sticky notes and then maybe even recycle rather than waste or discard them? O.k., I know I should be enjoying the display only, so go ahead and enjoy... Here's The Link Again . Enjoy! In other news, last night was Band Pract...

Today is WWC Day, yes... I am still working up the photos I want to use. I haven't had much time to think on the keywords for this week, "Plain" and "Adorned". I hate lagging behind, but I will have mine up, hopefully soon. That is, if I can find decent subject matter. It may be later in the evening, or possibly tomorrow before I get them up... My apologies. Meanwhile, enjoy this hilarious composite I made of my husband... I laughed so hard when I created this... I give you, the fabuloso Guitar Player, "Mr. Awesome!" === If you haven't joined the fun yet, go here (Tink's Blog) for details. Don't forget, we also have a Flickr group for easy shareability. Plus, you get to find out the new words at least an hour earlier. Happy snapping! The words for next week are: Then and Now.

Lawd-have-mercy it sho is Monday! :) As we all know, there just aren't any good Mondays. Unless, of course, you always have Monday off, or you don't buy into the farce of 'the existence of time', and don't worry with it. I would do that, but I bind myself to a job because I have some things and am unable to let go of the imprisonment of my earthly greed and obsession with material things... I'm not the worst in the world mind you, but I do have some things I don't want to part with, my home (even though it's humble), my motorcycle, and some electronic gadgets. Anyroad, I had an overall o.k. weekend, Friday night we went to the Young Avenue Deli to chill with Rob and Meg. There was NOT a band playing that night, so there was no cover charge. We just snacked and visited for a while. Saturday was not a productive day at all, mostly lazy I guess. I rather enjoyed sleeping in, I slept wayyy late, and then just vegetated a lot it seems. Yesterday (Sunday, D...

The weather is cool, the sky is clear, and I find myself without anything to really say. Therefore, I will just wish you all a fantastic weekend. If I have an epiphany, I will be back.

Is it ridiculous that I occasionally check to see if I have made Blogs of Note ? Has anyone else been guilty of this pointless search, or has anyone actually been "cool enough" to make it? Just curious. I wanted to post today, something, just because I don't like to go so many days without putting at least a few thoughts in. I know it's not crucial, not everyone blogs on a daily basis, or should feel they have to, but I enjoy it and don't want it to slide. I can still say that after two (2) years, I still blog on a pretty regular basis. Sometimes daily, sometimes I skip a day, or two... But I still love putting my thoughts down, or just sharing some rants, or joys. I have made some very cool connections here. Today has been a rainy one, which is actually kind of refreshing since it hasn't rained much in a few days. The air is cooler, it's kind of "Cozy" actually. Now, I've been trying to work at this post a little off and on today as I had a ...

It's Weekly Words Challenge (WWC) time again, thanks to our favorite host, TINK!!! :) This week's words are "Me" and "Them". Enjoy... "ME" behind the Mic... (photo by Marguerite Hibbets) "ME" getting ready for Saturday night's Gig. Richie and Gary, a.k.a. "Them" from one of our bike rides Goofing around at the Windy City Grille, Como MS Finally, "Me" with "Them" on a special occasion Have a great day, and if you've not been by in a while, please do catch up on your reading, below is the story of my fateful meeting with a Cow! Thanks for being here. -AJ

"All the world's a cage." -Jeanne Phillips It is Monday (cubed again). My body is tired, my mind is tired, but I've got to keep moving. Old age cannot creep up on me. The years may pass, but I will stay here, just ten years old, running barefoot in the wet grass and daydreaming in the fields. I am grounded for life. Just to prove that I occasionally peek my head into the real world, I'll make brief mention that while preparing breakfast this morning I heard some of a newscast stating that Bush's approval rating has actually fallen below that of President Nixon's during the time of Watergate. No wait, let that sink in for a moment... WATERGATE!! That's powerfully shameful... The net actually states, "A Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday finds only 25% of Americans approve of the way Bush is handling the job of president; 70% disapprove." That gives us 25% idiots, and leaves 5 percent who just don't give a damn. It's not that I do...

Yeah, looks like I got lazy and took another break, but it truly was still quite a busy work week for me, there have been so many issues and deadlines I've been worrying over. Not that many people are missing me, I only have a handful of regulars sometimes, and not nearly as many comments as the rest it seems, or as I would like. But I guess I have to religiously get around to comment on alot more blogs to gain them myself... Sometimes it's just hard, so I will try not to beg or complain. My blog's not that ground breaking, and it's honestly not for everyone, so I have learned from past experiences. Tonight we gig... opening up for a band called "Virginia Grant", they know how to rock out. We will probably play for about an hour. I'm honestly not really that pumped up about the gig, and otherwise, I would feel like staying in the house and vegging out in front of some movies or something. It's not the band, Virginia Grant dudes are cool, and they actua...

I meant to do this at the beginning of the month, but with so much going on, and my fragile scatterbrained condition, I let it slip my mind. October is "Breast Cancer Awareness Month". So squeeze boobs and save lives. Ladies, DO THIS SELF-EXAM , and if you have someone who cares, have them do it. I'm sure they won't mind. Make it fun AND life-saving... why not. So In remembrance of all those lives and families who have been touched by this terrible disease, I want to offer my condolences, and also Hope and Love at this time. I've had family members with various types of cancer, so not just breast cancer, but everyone affected by this altogether... There is always hope, and people to be there for you when the going gets rough. Today has been another busy day of course, but I just had a moment to stop and ponder, and update you all. This week's Fitness hit a snag just because I had some back problems earlier in the week. I gave my back a rest although I still g...

Seems that work just never lets up lately, so this is short and sweet... It's a 6-slide slideshow (had to take the quick route), with captions. I hope it does the job. :) If you cannot view the slideshow, Click Here . Thanks again, to Tink of Pickled Beef for her continued excellence in hosting the Weekly Words Challenge (WWC). Check Her Blog for details if you wanna play along!!! Have. Nice. Day.

Do you remember the last time you just sat around thinking up perverse names? You know, like "Peter Hertz", and "Mike Hunt", and "Anita Dick", etc?? Well I was innocently surfing the web for something altogether different, and found one that I hadn't really noticed before. It was (wait for it)... {{Drum Roll Please}} "Dick Tucker" Bwwwahahahahah!!! Dick Tucker! What else is HE hiding?? ;) I mean, just think about how much some of these names might have scarred, or screwed up people so attached to them... The possibilities are infinite! So anyway, this got me curious about other Funky names, and I ran across a site that really listed tons of them, and invited other people to share some of the ones they had run across. The website is: Funny Names . Just in case you get bored or something, or feel curious. I will share a few favorites here... First off, my sister and I laugh about the Doctor's names, as she once went to a proctologist call...

I'm starting this Friday post. I'm not sure where it is going to take me. I've been really edgy today, so ready for the work week to be over. I have no real plans for the weekend, but I just wanted to get started enjoying I suppose. I watched the debate last night, it was quite painful. If I heard the word "Maverick" (pronounced Meeyaaverik) one more time, I think I might have gone all "Elvis" on their ass and shot the t.v. What is with her?? Geez. I just googled the word "Maverick", and as I guessed, a news article about her pulled up first. The next thing I saw was that the definition of Maverick from Wikipedia: "A maverick is an unbranded range animal, especially a motherless calf; it can also mean a person who thinks independently; a lone dissenter; a non-conformist or rebel. The word first arose in mid-19th century America from Samuel Augustus Maverick, a Texas politician with a large ranch full of unbranded cattle. [1] " I li...

I'm just running out of titles again, but it brings about a good topic I guess... "Tickle Fights". Do you have them? Do you like them?? Does anybody really win in a tickle fight? Ok, talk amongst yourselves and discuss. :) Today the weather is lovely here along the muddy Mississippi. It was quite cool this morning, and the temps have been mild enough all day. After lunch, I dearly wanted a nap somewhere out in a big field on one of my mom's quilts maybe, out with my notepad by my side where I could jot any ideas down I had while relaxing under the vast blue sky... I used to do that a lot. Gonna have to on my next visit to Mom's. This morning, I slept late so I haven't gone for my cardio yet today, I feel bad when I don't go, I mean, it's funny not like I feel "guilty", I just don't feel as good physically when I don't start my day with some cardio. Can we say I might be actually enjoying it?? Hmmm, shudder to think. Well I found this ...