Deep In The Forrest

I'm not feeling very wordy today, so my blog post will be composed of videos. Have been digging through old photos and of course I am torturing people with those, but it got me feeling like old 1980s videos, commercials and so forth. Here are a few that might take you back in th' day. Enjoy. The "Mikey" Life Cereal Commercial The Wendy's "Where's The Beef" Commercial I remember "Mr. Roboto" being a big deal... so here is: Styx - "Mr. Roboto" And finally, today I have for you... 80s One Hit Wonders Grab the popcorn and watch all those and I'll be back tomorrow. Happy Hump Day Y'all!

Hi there. I am always a day late and a dollar short it seems. These days maybe two or three dollars short, but I digress. I am late for this week's WWC (Weekly Words Challenge), but I am doing my best this week. This week's words were "Diversity" and "Desire", & still provided by the by NOW Very Married, Tink (of Pickled Beef). We're all very happy for you Tink! Since she is away doing those things that Honeymooners are prone to doing (at least for a while), she has left a very worthy "Grand Poobah" in charge. Our leader for this next week is that suave, debonair, rowdy and raunchy Viking that we all know and love, Jay of Cynical Bastard . He has presented us with NEXT week's words, "Public" and "Private" (which are still apt to cause a stir eh?). Ok, ok... I'll get to my entries for this week since it sounds like I am beating around the bush... I promise I'm not. Here you go... My Slideshow . Voila! Let...

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...

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...

My sincere apologies this week. Seems I haven't been in to post since Friday. Well, it happens. I had stuff going on over the weekend and didn't get in to sit down and do any weekend posts, and then this week for the last couple of days I wasn't feeling well at all, so I was off on a sick day if you will. I'm feeling better this morning. Don't really feel like I have the time to catch up on the Weekly Words Challenge (WWC) ... sorry Tink! So I'll pick that up again next week. Hope you lot are not too disappointed... I'm sure you will survive. ;) **News Update** At our Gym, just FYI "The Clacker" has officially been reported and they asked me details, she's been profiled, and they are going to "take care of the situation" they tell me. So it will be nice to have a less-noisy workout. That is, if she doesn't figure out it was me who ratted her out and she isn't waiting for me in the parking lot. She better hope she doesn't...

It's been a lovely, delicious rainy day. I love storms, just so relaxing and sexy! Yes, I said storms are sexy... haha. I'm weird though. Anyways, a rainy day is just perfect for a good movie, and a great cup of hot cocoa... make me look forward to winter with great fervor. Today I saw this painting, which I thought might illustrate a cool rainy day well...

As always, I'm a day late and a dollar short, so I call today "Fat Wednesday" . :) And why not, I feel fat today, and there are plenty of fat people around the world, so it is declared. I thought about it when I saw This Article About A 44-Pound Tabby Cat (who I believe was or is up for adoption). From reading around the net, it appears that Cat Diabetes Is Becoming A Weighty Problem . So, whether you love or hate cats (or others), CHILL--all animals deserve to be well taken care of, and kept safe from harm. If you are in the market for a new pet, don't forget it is so much better to Adopt A Pet instead of buying from pet stores and all. And once you own one, keep it safe and give it lots of love and care... PLEASE! There are so many stories we hear every day of animal abuse, true horror stories. I must say that anyone who would do such cruel deeds to helpless creatures should be given the same type of justice. "Eye for an Eye" I say... whether human or ...

Sure, it's supposed to be Hump Day, but honestly, I'm not 'feelin it'. I am tired, I need a vacation, I feel grumpy and irritable, and anti-social, and I just wanna go home and lay in my bed in the quiet and meditate. When I am feeling that way, I like to keep to myself. I will usually do lunch alone, try to crank up the tunes, etc. I'll block out everyone and their noise, and of course, every little noise will agitate me and get on my last nerve... Everything from the jingly-dingy-ringer on the cellphones of my neighboring cubicle-dwellers to the giggling of other cubicle-dwellers around the office. Treating myself to a tasty gourmet coffee can sometimes ease my pain up a little, or just the getting away from the office and taking a lunch time drive might help as well. Hopefully, these feelings of ill-will and general malaise will fade by tomorrow. Until then, tell me... What do YOU do on Grumpy Days??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Later That Afte...

It's... you guessed it: My Wednesday Post. Today is just "ok". I'm not fueled up about anything in particular, although I'm sweaty from walking at lunchtime, and the bottoms of my feet are slightly sore because we did all that walking when I was only wearing flip-flops. Flip flops don't travel well on the cobble stone of Main street... but that's "ok". It's Wednesday and "Things" are "Ok". We started out heading South on Main with full intentions of hitting up The Arcade Restaurant , Memphis' Oldest Cafe (1919). It's down in the South Main district downtown, and can boast involvement in some movie filming, and patronage from many celebs, having served the likes of Cybill Shepherd, Robert Duvall, Dennis Quaid, Susan Sarandon, Rufus Thomas, Elvis and his buddies, and many others, as well. If you're ever in Memphis, and you have the time, I highly suggest popping in, even if just for the history and the memorabili...

I've got good news to tell. Hopefully, it won't jinx anything (I don't think it will, well it sort of did-the phone rang just as I was trying to post this, so I am going to stop until I have the definite resolved situation. I'm just superstitious like my Mommy). O.k. So until I get through the day, I will just say that I get my car back today. Exclusive on tonight's 10:00 news with your host, AJ! It's a Wednesday... so I think I will touch on a few of those topics I've been meaning to bitch about. First of all, the last few days being on the phone with the Service Department at Honda, I have to say they have the worst hold music ever. It's this little 'dingly' piano piece that plays over and over, so it is stuck in my head for hours after I get off the phone. Not only that, but it's a 'repeat advertisement' for Honda and its superior customer service. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Honda fan and I love my car, but really, coul...

I've had a hard time lately posting early, but I'm at least making my daily post as vowed when I decided to participate in the April "NaBloPoMo" daily post-athon. :) Here we are already half done, because April is zooming along so fast. Lots going on this week, just been a little busy so bear with me. I'll try to get around and catch up on visiting maybe tomorrow! Meanwhile... Today's "letter" is a note-to-self, I guess you could say. Wrote it to Me this morning upon starting the day. Dear Me, When you finally wake up, I'll be gone. So I am leaving you this list of things to do today. As it is Hump Day and I know how much of a lazy-ass you are, I thought I would give you a break and let you do something I felt you might be able to handle. All you need to do today is the following: Get Out Of Bed. Survive. Go Back To Bed. How's that for generous?? I'll see you whenever... maybe tonight if you're lucky. Love, Me Yeah... makes as much s...

That was another lovely thunderstorm this morning. In fact, things sounded so tranquil upon waking that I didn't want to eject myself from the bed at all. It would have been a wonderful morning to sleep in, long and late... just listening to the rain. Unfortunately, I could not do that (no thanks to you, Wednesday). You have never given me half the pleasure that Saturday does. I'm sorry to be mean, but I can't lie about that. You fall short in so many ways. Perhaps if you would offer me more holidays, or at least a few then we could work something out. I just don't see how this is going to work... I think we should just be friends. It's not me, it's you. Sincerely, AJ Readers! I know that our lovely day must go on, and some of us will have fantastic Hump Days! If you're actually doing something fun today, or you're retired/independently wealthy/just don't give a shit and you are not a slave to the man, then good for you. I hope you enjoy, and I have ...

Happy Hump day everybody... I trust your Wednesdays are going well. As promised, here is my WWC entry for this week. The WWC, is brought to us by The very glassy Classy Tink of Pickled Beef . This week's words, as you can see were "Glass" and "Stone". I'm keeping with my slide show method, which seems to be working out rather well. You must have guessed that with one of the keywords being "Stone" that it would take me back to Historic Elmwood Cemetery once more. I have so many photos from there already, but I took this batch specifically for WWC... Hope you like.

Hard at work on some issues today, so I won't have time for any in-depth post. However I hope you all have a fantastic Wednesday ("Hump Day"). I guess I will share a video for you to enjoy. I'll be back soon... xoxo AJ Who doesn't love Johnny Cash? This is a cool song, always has been always will... here's Folsom Prison Blues

Lately, aside from my philosophical stent with Picasso the other day, I have felt rather wordless. Wordless is kind of unusual for me... normally, I have a great deal that I can usually carry on about (interesting or not). So I'm trying to work myself out of that. I tend to get worked up sometimes, and I crawl up into my shell and try to retreat from the world, and can become anti-social when that happens... wanting to keep to myself, and hide. This week, so far hasn't been that ecstatic for me. We had the holiday Monday, as I mentioned yesterday, and that was o.k. because I got to visit my Mom, Dad and Sisters. Yesterday was one of those hum-drum days though. I think it was a full moon, and it was so uneventful and boring to me. Nothing seemed to go right, and also I didn't eat right and ended the day feeling like shit... I managed to walk a mile before band practice, which got me feeling a little better, then practice went not-too-bad, so I felt better after that too, the...

Wow, I am going through a little writer's block it seems this week. I haven't written any lyrics, I can't really think of anything to blog about and I'm just feeling sort of lazy. I got off work and I came home, soaked my feet for like an hour and pretty much glued my ass to this green recliner that I love so much. I ate chinese food today, that's probably what it is... I'm probably lagging from the effects of the m.s.g. Wish I hadn't eaten it now... I'm getting sleepy, and maybe will go ahead and hit the sack. We're going to try to get up early and hit the gym, so why not get a good night's sleep. Oh wait a second, Ghost Hunters is on so I have to watch a little of that... then I'll get a good night's sleep. :) It looks like a re-run... Tomorrow being Thursday, the light at the end of the weekday tunnel will be in sight. I hope I can get some decorating done this weekend... I need some Holiday spirit to strike me!

You know your morning is getting off to a great start when you get behind the absolute most dilapidated, beat-up work truck (complete with run-down wooden bed on the back), going all of 20 miles per hour and bearing a bumper sticker that boldly states "Nowhere to go and all day to get there". I sighed, and waited patiently, driving along behind him without even a toe on the gas pedal. Isn't that irony at its best? And just my luck to get behind that guy... It seems like I have a knack for it. If you've ever seen the movie "Office Space" you know that first scene where Peter is trying to get to work and he constantly changes lanes trying to get into the one that is "moving", but just as he does it is that lane that screeches to a halt while the one he just left begins to go? Well that's ME! If there is an idiot on the road, you can rest assured you will find him driving blissfully ignorantly in front of me. Either that or they're behind or ...

Not only am I trying to battle "mid-week", I am playing catch-up from having been on vacation, this being my first day back to the grind. My morning began less-than-delightful with a power outage on my entire block, so I was late, as well as attempted to get beautified by the soft glow of candlelight (this was not a successful venture). So scarecrow me, has finally added the remainder of the photos to my Hot Springs 2007 gallery... Here for your review... Hope you're all liking them (there are a good many photos here, and some of them may be repeats at this point so my apologies). Just Click To Play The post from yesterday was quite long, as Blu pointed out, but it details our trip mostly, so if you feel like the read, then catch up... If not, you can view the trip in pictures, which always speak for themselves! :) XOXO --> AJ

Meetings and agendas, work and general stuff... It's mid week, we don't have much longer before weekend time again. Crossed the bridge on my lunch break, and jumped over into Arkansas for a minute, then came back to prepare for my 1:30 meeting. I love to get out sometimes in the car, even if only for a few minutes to listen to some music because it always relaxes me. I'll often be caught listening to oldies, or old "feel good" rock music. Today I happened to get stuck on some Van Halen. I love original "Van Halen". I was feeling in the mood for this today, and I thought it was a good video to post for Wednesday (Hump Day)... Hope you enjoy this, and I hope it gets you over the Hump and Rocks you on to the weekend... So Stay "Unchained"!!

There are people that revel in the summer heat... I am not one of them. This Memphis helter-swelter has been dragging me down. Our air conditioner has just not been able to cope, even when I walk into the house I'm not getting any relief. Last night, I took a cold bath. That's right, as much as I like a hot-boiling bubble bath soak, I reclined back, basking in the chilly water until I felt like my body temperature had significantly reduced. Also, I don't know if it is partially the heat, but I have just been drained of all energy. I've been Dog Tired... I don't feel like moving. I wake up and just want to lay there, not moving a muscle. But I force myself out of bed and drag my 'zombified' ass through the house, searching for clothes to wear, and knowing I'm going to sweat to death and smell like a swamp by the time I get home. I can't take it anymore. I am so ready for fall. Mr. J says I have been "extra-cranky" and irritable the last few ...