Little Lies, Fleetwood Mac

If I could turn the page
In time then I'd rearrange just a day or two
Close my, close my, close my eyes

But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day to believe in you
Tell me, tell me, tell me lies

Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
You can't disguise, no you can't disguise
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies

Although I'm not making plans
I hope that you understand there's a reason why
Close your, close your, close your eyes

No more broken hearts
We're better off apart let's give it a try
Tell me, tell me, tell me lies

Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
You can't disguise, no you can't disguise
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies

If I could turn the page
In time then I'd rearrange just a day or two
Close my, close my, close my eyes

But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day to believe in you
Tell me, tell me, tell me lies

Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies...

Hoping everyone had a fun and enjoyable Halloween (I worked, ugh... or should I say boo?)

Slowly catching up on calls, email, messages, etc... still have a ways to go. Just been a superbusy week for me, time has been at an absolute premium... I saw these when I was at CVS earlier today; Christmas is coming! (Yes, I'm a geek... but they're less risque than this!)

Speaking of football, a decent week ATS; not my best, but a winning week, and I'll take it, given that I didn't have as much time to spend on it as I usually do. College picks: winners Cincinnati -15, BC -4, Wisconsin -6.5, Ga. Tech -11.5, Penn St. -13.5 (I went heavier on Wisconsin and Ga. Tech, yay!) losers West Va. -3, Miami -7, Michigan -7, Michigan St. -3.5. Pro picks: winners Chicago -13, Houston -3, Tenn -3, Oakland +17.5, Minnesota +3; losers Indy -11.5, NYJ -3. Still mulling if I want to get down on the NO-Atlanta game tomorrow night...

Some more news you can lose...
Right-wing women rock: Come for the culture war ... stay for the chicks!
Works for me! (Easy lefties, it's just satire... :)

The healthiest places for women
New England cities fare pretty well (#12. Boston-Quincy, MA)

And not necessarily news but an item I found thoughtful:
What Works: Baggage Letting go of our burdens

I'm looking at a lil down time later this week... for some reason this one has been rattlin' 'round in my head a lil bit...
No One Needs To Know, Shania Twain
Am I dreamin' or stupid?
I think I've been hit by Cupid
But no one needs to know right now

I met a tall, dark and handsome man
And I've been busy makin' big plans
But no one needs to know right now

I got my heart set, my feet wet
And he don't even know it yet
But no one needs to know right now

I'll tell him someday some way somehow
But I'm gonna keep it a secret for now

I want bells to ring, a choir to sing
The white dress the guests the cake the car the whold darn thing
But no one needs to know right now

I'll tell him someday some way somehow
But I'm gonna keep it a secret for now

We'll have a little girl a little boy
A little Benji we call Leroy
But no one needs to know right now

And I'm not lonely anymore at night
And he don't know only only he can make it right

I'm not dreamin' or stupid
But boy have I been hit by Cupid
But no one needs to know right now

No one needs to know right now...

(Hey- it beats Don't Fear The Reaper! ;)

I have several calls, emails, messages, etc... to catch up on- just been flat out most of this week. Besides all of the usual my mom has come down with a touch of the flu, so between everything else and travelling to and from to see/get what she may need there time has been at an extreme premium this week. Not complainin', just explainin'...

Be patient with me- I'll catch up soon :)

"Sometimes I feel/Like I been tied to the whipping post/Good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'..."

Sunday evening sipping on an Ipswich Oatmeal Stout and wondering how many times I'll hear Monster Mash this week...

My newest good/bad snack: Ostrim sticks! I like the pepper ones best: 80 calories, 14g of protein, 2g of carbs. You can find 'em at your local GNC...

I found this one: HOW TO SNOOP INTO A PERSONALITY kinda interesting. I'm not sure what my "stuff" says about me- hopefully something good! I often wish I could read others' agendas, intentions, motivations, etc... better. Sometimes I don't know if I'm too jaded or too naive regarding others- I'm pretty much a WYSIWYG kinda gal...

drinkboston.com is a good website for bars, bartenders, & imbibing in beantown as they put it... Another website I recommend: The Frisky... This isn't good: The Boston Police Department is investigating a report of a sexual assault on a female victim early this morning in the Fenway. Some will ask what was she doing alone in the Fens at that hour, and yes, everyone should always be cognizant of their surroundings. But people ought to be able to come and go as they wish, at any hour they wish. Hopefully the perps will be apprehended.

Another good win by the Pats today, 35-7 over Tampa Bay, in London... A very good week ATS: on the collegiate side, winners Fla. St. +3, Rutgers -10, Syracuse -10, Ga. Tech -5, Penn St. -4, Pitt -6.5, Iowa +2 (hadda sweat that one out!); losers West Va. -7, Northwestern -4.5. On the professional side, winners Green Bay -7 and -9, Indy -13, San Diego -5, NYJ -6, NO -6.5; losers Chicago +1, Carolina -7, and SF on the push at +3, with NYG -7 and Phila. -7 yet to play. I had someone who was a lil surprised at the effort I put into this, as well as the fact that it's not simply a hobby but a part of my income stream- sometimes I feel like I spend time here like other spend following the stock ticker; not all that different when you think about it... College hoops will be starting up next month, too.

Whaddya gonna do...

"Well don't skip romance 'cause you're old enough to/Dance the night away..."

News you can lose...
Coming soon to a theater near you: The Boondock Saints II- All Saints Day
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is the much-anticipated sequel to the indie cult classic, The Boondock Saints. The film is the continuation of writer/director Troy Duffy’s tough, stylized cutting edge saga of the MacManus brothers (Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery). The two have been in deep hiding with their father, Il Duce (Billy Connolly), in the quiet valleys of Ireland, far removed from their former vigilante lives. When word comes that a beloved priest has been killed by sinister forces from deep within the mob, the brothers return to Boston to mount a violent and bloody crusade to bring justice to those responsible. With a new partner in crime (Clifton Collins Jr., Star Trek) and a sexy FBI operative (Julie Benz, TV's “Dexter”) hot on their trail…the Saints are back!
Scheduled to open October 30...

Killer plucks at judge’s heartstrings
Still roots for taxpayer-funded hair removal
How can we miss you if you won't go away?
I've opined on that individual before. While I realize it may get me kicked out of the Sisterhood I have no sympathy for that individual, for that person's plight. Kosilek states the “painful truth . . . that I am essentially alone when those in control decide that money or political expedience are more important than my suffering.” No, you are "essentially alone" and not in control and are "suffering" because you committed murder, you strangled your wife. There are many transgender women (not to mention GGs) in Massachusetts who might like hair removal on the commonwealth's dime who haven't committed murder, yet that clown has the nerve to demand the taxpayers pony up for theirs?! (And it's also worth asking just who is footing the bill for Kosiliek's hormone therapy? I know I pay for my own... ah, our tax dollars at work.) Folks such as Kosilek- and her supporters- do transgender individuals no favors; they create the fodder others use to scorn us. Hopefully Judge Mark L. Wolf will deny this motion as he did Kosilek's previous one...

New medical marijuana policy issued
The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.
A small step- but a step nevertheless- forward in creating some sanity in our drug laws. I've stated before; while I'm not a recreational illicit drug user- my substance of choice comes in a bottle; smoking, snorting, or shooting aren't my things- government has no right to proscribe which substances adults may choose to ingest, whether medicinally or recreationally. (Of course, concomitant with that, individuals who run into trouble as a result of the substances they choose to ingest have no right to expect that their fellow citizens, via government, must care for them due to their choice. With rights come responsibilites.) But on this one- being the fair and balanced kinda gal that I am!- an 'attaboy to the Obama Administration.

Govt.-Run Health Care Isn't the Answer
Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D., and GOProud's Christopher R. Barron say that the inefficiencies of the Ryan White CARE Act suggest that a government-run program is not the key to quality health care.
Worth considering for the open-minded...

Nippy run this am- brrrrrrrr! And a good workout @ the gym a lil while ago, felt good...

What I'm Reading Now: Southland, Nina Revoyr

This one's been rattling around in my head the last few days (wish it were Stairway To Heaven that was rattling around, but... ;)
One, U2
Is it getting better, or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you, now you got someone to blame?
You say one love, one life, when it's one need in the night.
One love, we get to share it
Leaves you baby if you don't care for it.

Did I disappoint you or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love and you want me to go without.
Well, it's too late tonight to drag the past out into the light.
We're one, but we're not the same.
We get to carry each other, carry each other... one

Have you come here for forgiveness,
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus to the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much, more than a lot
You gave me nothing, now it's all I got.
We're one, but we're not the same.
Well, we hurt each other, then we do it again.

You say love is a temple, love a higher law
Love is a temple, love the higher law.
You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt.

One love, one blood, one life, you got to do what you should.
One life with each other: sisters, brothers.
One life, but we're not the same.
We get to carry each other, carry each other.
One...

Sippin' on a Sam Adams Cream Stout (or two!) on a raw, rainy/snowy Sunday evening... and it's been cold this past week! I don't mind it in the fall, it can be kinda nice, a nip in the air (tho' not the rain- yuck.) It's January... and February... and March... and on into April and it's still cold and raw here that sucks! If someone wants to invite me for a weekend getaway to Florida this winter, I'm listening! ;)

If anyone still wants to check out my website you have maybe a week left to do so! Geocities is ending their free web site hosting later this week, meaning my site will no longer be accessible. (Yes, I'm cheap.) I never did as much with it as I would have preferred (I don't believe I've even updated it in months) time constraints- and laziness- being the primary reasons. But it was a good service they offered, for several years. I'll open a Flickr account for any and all pics, past, present, and future, and keep profiles on Yahoo, Facebook, URNA, perhaps a few others... as well as my blog (here!)

A few folks have remarked that I've been sparing in much political commentary recently. This is true, for a few reasons. As anyone who knows me (or has read this blog) knows, I didn't support nor vote for President Obama- his politics are not mine. (This was the first Presidential election that I didn't vote Republican, tho'- I voted Libertarian.) But I've been willing to give Obama time, give him some benefit of doubt, even as I've had differences with his policies and proposals already; I refuse to be like the knee-jerk (emphasis upon jerk) critics of President Bush, who seemingly criticized his every waking breath, blamed almost every ill in the world upon him, almost from the minute he won (yes, won!) the tight Florida vote to win the Presidency back in 2000. Also, while his politics are not mine, I find Obama- as I found Bush- to be a fairly likable, amiable sort. I want to support my President (and unlike the extreme anti-Bush nutjobs, I do consider Obama to be my President, even tho' I didn't vote for him) as best I can. And he did inherit some problems (as every President does.) But it is his baby now, and he will be deserving of criticism as warranted.

A truly dominating performance by my Pats in the snow of Foxboro this afternoon! (It wasn't snowing in Boston, nor @ my mom's, just a few towns away from Foxboro.) 59-0, 600+ yards of offense, obviously a shutout defensively. Nice to see- go Pats! And for any fellow degenerates out here; a so-so week ATS, been grinding out enuf to make a steady profit so far this season, continue to pay some bills, and put a small amount back in my bankroll (need a bigger win, tho'!) College plays: winners Cincinnati -2.5, Pitt -3, Miami -14, UConn -10, Northwestern +14; losers Ohio St. -13, Minnesota +17.5, Va. Tech -3. Pro plays were lackluster: winners NE -9, Carolina -3, GB -14; losers Cincinnati -4.5, NYG +3.5, Seattle -2.5... I hope yours went well!

Sometimes I fear people take what I say too seriously. There are many things in this world that I do take seriously but I'm seldom one of them.

I hadn't done any creative writing in a l-o-n-g time but I've recently started working on a short story, a semi-noirish thriller; still have a ways to go before I'll feel comfortable sharing it, but...

In a recent post I wrote: I'm usually a pretty patient, understanding, caring, and willing-to-give-benefit-of-doubt kinda gal; I just hope that no one confuses my kindness with weakness... A sentiment that bears repeating.

"I used her, she used me/But neither one cared/We were gettin' our share..."

Middle Cyclone, Neko Case

Baby, why am I worried now,
Did someone make a fool of me
'Fore I could show 'em how it's done?

Can't give up actin' tough,
It's all that I'm made of.
Can't scrape together quite enough
To ride the bus to the outskirts
Of the fact that I need love.

There were times that I tried,
One for every glass of water
That I spilled next to the bed,
Wretching pennies in a boiling well
In a dream that it once becomes
A foundry of mute and heavy bells.
They shake me deaf and dumb
Say, "Someone made a fool of me
'Fore I could show 'em how it's done."

It was so clear to me
That it was almost invisible.
I lie across the path waiting,
Just for a chance to be a spiderweb
Trapped in your lashes.
For that, I would trade you my empire for ashes.
But I choke it back, how much I need love...