It had been 7 days since I picked up my camera and took a photo. Just haven't been feeling it. But last night I figured I should do something. So I thought would try some different lighting techniques and came up with this.

Kinda been a crappy Flickr contact lately too, but I will be checking out your streams to see what you have been up to tonight :-)

Musically Challenged

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

Happy Low Key Lame Ass Thursday!

(48 of 52)²

edit: decided to switch the two shots. i think i do like the pink a bit better...

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4pm yesterday. spontaneously decide "beach time!". pack the camera, tripod, every lens i own, a book, and stuff a sweater in for good measure, as i plan to be there well into dusk, and head out.

driving down the 10 towards Santa Monica, music up high, and the sun slowly sinks back behind the clouds almost sheepishly. more gray clouds move in and by the time i get to the beach, it's overcast as all hell.

which, normally, are my very favorite days - blustery and gray. probably because we don't often get those in Southern California.

but i was counting on the sun. i was counting on flare and silhouettes and that shimmering way it hits the waves.

i almost called it a day before stepping foot on the sand. but i'm so glad i didn't.

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"look for the bare necessities

the simple bare necessities

forget about your worries and your strife

i mean the bare necessities

- The Jungle Book

for Musically Challenged

watch it bring you to your knees.

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

What is it you ask? It's the bridge from my husband's Fender Stratocaster. His 'thing' is music and he's very good at it so he plays the guitars and I photograph them.

I'm not the most musically literate person around...and believe me, that's a serious understatement. A few years ago my husband and daughter were going to a Page and Plant concert and they were chatting away in what seemed like another language to me. Finally, in complete confusion, I asked, 'you keep talking about Led Zeppelin but I thought you were going to something called Page and Plant?!?!' They rolled their eyes in unison and had to explain the connection.

A while back I tried making a youtube video of my husband playing using photographs I'd taken:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHZB5ex23do

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My portfolio: www.hollycawfieldphotography.net/

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A brain that never stops ticking,

sometimes an on-off switch would sure come in handy

A mind that's constantly cutting up and dissecting,

looking for answers, committing murders along the way

when the bomb would explode

- Suicide Medicine, by Rocky Votolato

Musically Challenged, reprise week 8

it came to the end of the day and i had nothing, so i gave this a go. this is too similar to day 99. oh wells. i copycatted myself :)

happy tuesday, my flickroos. ♥

"no sexy time before marriage

we know our Born Again souls had found their mate

they thought us foolish and fucking whackjobs

but we knew that it was fate.

my Connie, my Concetta

my glorious bearer of light.

i will be your Greatest American Hero

you will be my Entertainment Tonight"

"Concetta" by John Tesh

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for: Musically Challenged

July ABC soup: the letter H

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Released in April of 1990 this album just blew minds away.I really enjoyed what was happening musically with rap music in the 80's (Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash, Sugarhill Gang, RUN DMC, Fat Boys, Kool Moe D, LL Cool J, Whodini, 3rd Bass, Eric B and Rakim, Beastie Boys, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul) and this album took all of that and ushered in a new wave of rap music.

The best thing is to share what our friend Wiki says about this album:

Their debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, released on April 10, 1990,was marked by a playful lyrical approach and light-hearted content such as safe sex, vegetarianism and youthful experiences.The music was an eclectic mix of jazz, funk, soul and rock samples."A Tribe Called Quest put no feet in the wrong place here. This is not rap, it's near perfection" The Source gave it the first "five-mic" rating in the magazine's history,and called it a "completely musical and spiritual approach to hip-hop.

Enough chatter here are a couple of musical gems and all time greats from the 90's, enjoy:

I Left My Wallet In El Segundo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILyWmT2A-Q

Bonita Applebum

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xE6ZWwJezg

Can I Kick It

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3pyCGnZzYA

a picture’s worth a thousand words

but you can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered

you should have seen it in color.

"In Color" by Jamey Johnson

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for: Musically Challenged

I put together this shot this morning for the Musically Challenged group. It is a tribute to my parents.

I was going to write a rhyme to match but I think I'll let PEZ lay it down for me.

"I know that I can come and talk to you for anything and you'll understand

and man you gotta know you gotta know that the man that i've become

is pretty simply cos I got to have you as my mum

and dad, without you I woulda never made it through

cos i've emulated you since the tender age of 2

or maybe before, but basically all im trying to say

is that it made me who I am today" Pez, Heavenly

Check out the song - if hip hop aint your thing, thats ok....just listen to the words!

348/365

listen?

...I was here...

I did, I've done, everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be...

What a cool musically challenged set of lyrics! I have wanted to find a tunnel somewhat like this since I started messing around with a camera, and this one was way cooler than any of the tunnels and shots I had imagined. I ran around out of town today and enjoyed just having a partial day off. It's nice to get out and drive for a bit, even if it wasn't exactly what I had hoped for :P I seem to always have a wee bit too high of expectations for my life :) It will be good to work for awhile tonight and then blast out early to grab my guy and go with friends to Cowboys and Aliens, woohoo! I hope the seats rumble and the screen thunders!!

ghosts and clouds

and nameless things

squint your eyes and hope real hard

maybe sprout wings

- The Mountain Goats, Maybe Sprout Wings

Ok, yes. It's the same sweater I wore in yesterday's shot. Sue me. I was in a rush this morning and grabbed the first thing I saw in my closet. I've also had a horrible day, but you know what? I feel like all I do lately is talk about the stuff that's bringing me down. So instead of rehashing it all, I'm just going to let it go. I'm home now. I'm eating leftover chili. My dog is curled up on the floor at my feet. So I'm just going to relax and move on and hopefully have a decent evening. I hope you're all doing the same.

Musically Challenged: The Mountain Goats - Maybe Sprout Wings

Sunshine On My Shoulders by John Denver

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5sbTHMP0Ig

I'm not a huge fan of Local Natives musically-not sure why-I don't dislike their music but nothing has really clicked with me yet about them. They do have a great energy live, though, and I really appreciated these fans and their moustache signs. Local Natives rock the 'stache.

Local Natives live shots on Pfork facebook start here:

www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150350979891000&set...

Myspace: www.myspace.com/localnatives

**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**

Never heard this song before, but I kinda dig it.

Musically Challenged

Eminem - No Love

(46 of 52)²

what you own is your own kingdom

what you do is your own glory

what you love is your own power

what you live is your own story

in your head is the answer

let it guide you along

let your heart be the anchor

and the beat of your own song

- Rush, Something for Nothing

Spent the day packaging 8x10s for Art Fair. Getting very excited to set up at the coffee shop tomorrow. Planning on spending my days getting some writing done on my book while I hang out and wait for sales. :)

So this cute little camera was a gift from my friend Marcy who I got to spend a little (emphasis on little) time with on my road trip. Wish I'd had more time to hang out with her. But now whenever I pull out this camera, I'll think of her and that makes me smile. She also gave me this awesome vintage suitcase that I will definitely be using in some of my upcoming newborn shoots. :)

Off to help the hubs make dinner! Hope you guys are having a great day! I should be online a lot this week, so I'm hoping to catch up with most of you then!

Musically Challenged: Rush - Something for Nothing

*yeah, I totally replaced the original with this alternate. I was messing around with processing and just liked this so much better.

i think i'm growing feathers...

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for Musically Challenged: "Journey of the Featherless" by Cloud Cult

for TOTW: It's All in the Details

There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea.

You became the light on the dark side of me.

Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and,

The light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.

The more I get of you,

Stranger it feels, yeah.

And now that your rose is is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the grey.

There is so much a man can tell you,

So much he can say.

there's so much inside.

You remain,

My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby

To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.. yeah.

Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.

Ooh, the more I get of you

Stranger it feels, yeah

Now that your rose is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the grey,

three.six.four.whoa.

and as i'm posting this, i just realized i have a make-up shot to do from my first week hosting musically challenged. so i'll do it and post it tonight and be caught up! ha! and then tomorrow, i'll be done.

Really loving this song.

[V1]

Hello little boys, little toys

We're the dreams you're believing

Crawling up the walls

Running down your face

Razor sharp, razor clean

Feel the weapon's sensation

On your back...

With loaded guns

I will never fall in love with you

~ Le Disko, Shiny Toy Guns

Well this did not turn out as planned :-(

FYI: Peach pits provide a very formidable barrier against the pellet of a pellet gun. I was hoping for some serious SPLAT but not so much. So I ended up having to take the pit out of the peach just to get something worth posting. Still not thrilled with the results. I guess I would need to shoot it with a real gun or some larger projectile. Maybe I should make a small caliber air cannon??

This is for my week in Musically Challenged.

Presidents Of The United States Of America - Peaches

mothers day was spent down in Newport Beach at a gorgeous open air restaurant overlooking the back bay. mimosas and unreal delicious food and moms and oceans and the days just keep getting better.

when we were leaving i noticed some young boys playing near the waters edge, feeding some wayward crabs their shrimp they had in a to-go box. i joined in and was cheering on the ravenous crabs with them. i can't wait till i can go searching for little creatures and insects with my son. :)

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for Musically Challenged: City of Angels by The Distillers

Created for The Hypothetical Awards' 4th Annual, Musically-Themed challenge..."Album Cover Design!"

A number of years after Lead Singer Devanna Heikoop’s mysterious death, Lorne Carvalho and Margret Van Rooy, two of the founding members of the now defunct Tempora Equinox, gathered in a Geneva recording studio with the original 24 track, 2” tapes from the Dead Album sessions. Working with a looped bedtrack taken from Ultrahybrid #4 and Devanna’s “ghost vocals” from various other outtakes, the song Fallen was completed.

The song was released as a limited edition single and within weeks skyrocketed to #1 on the Billboard charts. Such was the success of the song that, ten live shows were staged, featuring the heretofore unknown singer KayCee and three members of the original sextet. The Coachella show was truly the last time any version of The Tempora Equinox performed together.

Front cover Here

maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole

wondering, who I am when I ought to know

straighten up now time to go

fool somebody else, fool somebody else

- Ben Folds Five, Best Imitation of Myself

Listen.

Got a little participation out of Samson today. Though not for long. He's a bit of a nervous nelly when there are strange noises (i.e. me moving around on a chair above him), so he stuck around long enough to scarf down a treat and then high tailed it out of there. I'm putting a picture in the comments from back when I first got him. It always amazes me to look at how damn tiny he used to be. The shot is from fall 2002, back during my second year of law school. It's scary that I look at myself then and think I look young. I guess I really am getting old.

As a side note, I am SO not a skinny jeans person. I cringe to even post this, but I'm really not in the mood to shoot something else right now. I never wear these jeans without my knee-high Northface boots over them. I've always hated my legs. Soccer made them super stocky with muscle, and age (and laziness) has not helped the situation. But whatever. I am who I am.

I realize the chair's not all that big, but it is cushy. It's part of our dining set with the awesome green table. My mom tells me (since this was her breakfast table growing up) that these chairs used to match the table exactly, but at some point my grandma reupholstered them. I'm planning to cover them in a new, brighter fabric soon. Happy Big Cushy Chair Tuesday!

Musically Challenged: Ben Folds Five - Best Imitation of Myself

HBCCT!

Alt title: Brokeback Tapper

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for the weekly song in Musically Challenged

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"In the Sun," by Joseph Arthur

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(B/W outtake in comments!)

through this doorway

what's on the other side?

never knowing

exactly what I'll find.

- Offspring, Hammerhead

Yeah. I have a feeling I might be doing glass door shots all week. They're quick, easy and you can't tell how dead tired and allergy-miserable I look.

First day at Art Fair was great other than the fact that the coffee shop's power kept going out and there was basically no a/c or air moving. I stopped by the drug store on the way home and picked up a personal fan that should make the next few days more tolerable. Made a few sales and picked up (hopefully) a few new clients who said they'll be calling to set up photoshoots. Also got to visit with some family and friends who stopped in and met eyesontheskies too. It was a really good day until my allergies knocked me on my ass about a half hour before my husband came to pick me up. I'm sure I'll sleep it off, though.

Musically Challenged: Offspring - Hammerhead

204/365

Bam!! You know when it's red's week at Musically Challenged, and you get a flickrmail specifically linking all the songs, and the lyrics...there really is no choice left but to play along :D And this song is a pretty fawking kick ass song taboot, so you know you all love it.

I'll have to add the lyrics for you because they really inspired my little photoshoot today. I had been nagging my friend David to let me go hand out at his studio, and he so politely obliged today :) He is a major badass, and hopefully I can come up with some good marketing or hookering skills so he can keep his studio :P Anyway, I'm gonna try and get something else to go with the week so here we go :))

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How come I end up where I started

How come I end up where I went wrong

Won't take my eyes off the ball again

You reel me out and you cut the string.

How come I end up where I started

How come I end up where I went wrong

Won't take my eyes off the ball again

First you reel me out and then you cut the string

You used to be all right

What happened?

Did the cat get your tongue?

Did your string come undone?

One by one

One by one

It comes to us all

It's as soft as your pillow

You used to be all right

What happened?

Et cetera et cetera

Facts for whatever!

15 steps

Then a sheer drop

How come I end up where I started?

How come I end up where I went wrong

Won't take my eyes off the ball again

You reel me out and you cut the string.

316/365

TOTW - Musically Inspired

"...I think I built the fence a little late

The deamons were already in now they can't escape

I been toe to toe with most of em' though

As a whole they must parish in order for me to grow

Huddled in the gloomy little cracks that they inhabit

They pass away the day I deactivate my habits

Each one gets buried in the back yard

In tiny little graves marked only by a black scar

Kindly watch your step

The silence isn't finished being awkward yet

Trophies lay in the basement to stay safe

Today's mistakes are in a lighted trophy case though..."

Brother Ali - Here

and the lyrics

There really is no way to make a tribute to this song, but the song talks about one's mind, but also shows how optimistic he is...he shows his insecurities, but really how even though he didn't want other people there but once they showed they were encouraging if he let them in a bit.

Total. Sick. Song. I love alot of what he's put out, but this one is genious. I strongly encourage you to check him out, and really listen to what he's layin down :P

bigger flare!

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i want to spend my life with you.

don’t want to live all alone

i can’t conceive of the years left in me

without you in our home

"Life With You" by The Proclaimers

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for Musically Challenged

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Dear LOST:

nooooooo! i'm not ready to say goodbye yet...

Created for The Hypothetical Awards' 4th Annual, Musically-Themed challenge..."Album Cover Design!"

The stunning and critically acclaimed debut album by Amoricide, Overdosed and D.O.A. left many wondering if Jeff Scott Baines and the boys could live up to the hype with the release of their sophomore effort. The first single released, Raining On My Parade broke only the smallest of sales records, stalling at #19 on Billboard's Top100. In an odd turn of fate, a relatively unknown Canadian musician, Jazlyn Shaw recorded a version of Shouldn't You Marry Him...Dumb Ass! which went totally viral on You Tube, bringing attention to her, as well as Amoricide. Months later, with record sales skyrocketing, Amoricide launched a world-wide, ten month tour...with Jazlyn as their opener...does it get any better than that?

This is what Amoricide would sound like: 'Paris in Flames' - Thursday

Amoricide's Scorched Earth Policy (Front cover) Here

Jazlyn Shaw's (Amoricide cover) of Shouldn't You Marry Him...Dumb Ass! Here

Flickr Group Roulette: Silhouette's Galore!

The Rogue Players:♫ Musically Inspired ♫

It's Badder Large and on Black

Strobist: AlienBee 800 with HOBD-W, behind grey fleece directed at camera. Triggered by Cybersync.

♫ ZZ Top ~ Cheap Sunglasses ♫

♫ But can Billy Gibbons really play blues guitar? ♫

♫ Just one more...... ♫

*as the title suggests, this is a musically inspired painting from a old revolutionary ballad of the late 60's titled "Clandestino" which I recently encountered on YouTube, beautifully rearranged and brought up to date by Manu, for those wishing to hear this so modern version go to You-tube: "Manu Chao-Clandestino /live/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzafK1HIro

via Instagram ift.tt/2jnAEef

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Fuel~Bad Day

Had a bad day again

She said I would not understand

She left a note and said "I'm sorry, I had a bad day again.

She spilled her coffee, broke her shoelace.

Smeared the lipstick on her face.

Slammed the door and said "I'm sorry, I had a bad day again."

And she swears there's nothing wrong

I hear her playing that same old song

She puts me off and puts me on

And had a bad day again

She said I would not understand

She left a note that said, "I'm sorry, I had a bad day again."

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

Happy Low Key Lame Ass Thursday ;-)

I think it's time for a shave.

Guess who doesn't work tomorrow.....yup, ME!

Musically Challenged

Hell in a Bucket by Grateful Dead

(34 of 52)²

Harvesting the inner song.

This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C with a Carl Zeiss S-Planar 1:5.6 f=120mm lens mounted on a Hasselblad 10mm extension tube using Kodak Portra 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitalized with Photoshop.

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

Inside my head there lives a dream that I want to see in the sun

Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long

Cause I've been too afraid to let it show

Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow

Always putting off my living for tomorrow

It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face

It's been elusive for so long, but freedom is mine today

I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my face

Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found

Inside of me

- India Arie, Strength, Courage and Wisdom

Had a really good day. My mom and I had lunch with my best friend, and then we stopped by my grandparents' house to visit. And I spent some time drooling over my grandpa's old camera (seen in this shot) and my great-great-grandpa's even older camera (seen on my instagram stream). I wish these babies lived at my house.

Just waiting for the call from the groomer now so that I can go pick up my fresh and clean pupper. He got his hair cut today and I get mine cut tomorrow. SO excited! :)

Musically Challenged: India Arie - Strength, Courage, and Wisdom

Seeing things from a

Clearer side than most can dream

On a better road I feel

So you could say she's safe

Whatever tears at her

Whatever holds her down

And if nothing can be done

She'll make the best of what's around

- Dave Matthews Band, The Best of What's Around

Having a really good day today. And I'm determined never to take those for granted again. Sometimes you have to kick off your shoes and feel the ground beneath your feet.

And dance.

Musically Challenged: DMB - The Best of What's Around