tattoo fixing.

old v. new

i have scarred, learned from my mistakes, and finally love one of my favorite tattoos again.

rant!

i left work early today so i could curl up on my bed with cramps. i went out to my car, started it, got half a block down to the corner. i saw two beautiful golden-colored dogs running around the intersection, so i started yelling (my windows were down) because that's all i could think to do. a car drove through the intersection rather quickly, and from what i can figure out, one of the dogs hit his(her?) head against the car as it drove by. i put on my blinkers, got into park, and got out of my car. i tried so hard to get the dogs to come to me so i could look at their tags and call the owners (they were really friendly dogs, with good tags on their collars), but they wouldn't hold still long enough for me to see a number. the one that got hurt had a bloody nose, but was running around fine with the other. i walked from door to door ringing doorbells and knocking, and nobody came to the door. my hands were bloody from the dog, and i was walking around with the dogs following me. something spooked them, and they ran off. i drove a bit farther, after wiping my hands off in the grass, and couldn't find them again when i got out. total, i stopped three times, each time the dogs thought i was playing with them when i tried to get them to settle down. i just wanted to scream at that car for going through the intersection so quickly, injuring a dog, and not stopping.

i tend to really beat myself up over things like this... not able to forget them for days. so, i'm trying to remind myself that the dog couldn't have been that badly injured if it was able to run around just fine... so that's good. i just hope nothing else happens to them, and they get home safely. and people slow the fuck down. what the hell.

questions

1. When someone says "brb," how much time does that really allot them?
(It was suggested to me that a better idea may be IBLFAIAOT, I'll be leaving for an indefinite amount of time)
2. Is there anyone more charming and frustrating on television than Steve Carrell?
3. Autumn is the best season. Is it not? Shut up.
4. With what would you like your ideal gift basket to be filled?
5. What color earrings should I make for you?
6. Which character currently on a television show are you the most like?
7. What should I do with my last few weeks in Minnesota?

mp3 madness

A week or so ago, I realized that the little mp3 icon on the cd player in my car really meant something. This something is greatly welcomed in my life, and I don't really know how I didn't do something about it earlier. I found the program on my computer that will allow me to burn mp3s to disc, and I made a disc with all the soundbites from the Office Jamie has sent me. There are 175 of them. It's a pretty amazing disc. I also made what I shall refer to as a hella-amazing creation. I went through the folders of music on my computer and chose a couple songs I like from the good ones. Doesn't work with purchased music, though, so no Jason Castro for this mix. :(

The contents of said hella-amazing creation (all 191 songs):

33 Zen Lane – Bitch and Animal
About Nothin’ – The Murmurs
Across the Universe – The Beatles
Adam & Eve – Ani DiFranco
After the Gold Rush – Natalie Merchant
Airport Song – Guster
All That I Need – Blind Melon
American Girl – Tom Petty
Another Lonely Day – Ben Harper
As Cool As I Am – Dar Williams
Because The Night – 10,000 Maniacs
Best Cock on the Block – Bitch and Animal
Betty Ford – Bitch and Animal
Black – Pearl Jam
Born to Hum – Erin McKeown
Breakdown – Jack Johnson
Candy Says – Blind Melon
Cannonball – Brandi Carlile, Indigo Girls
Center of Attention – Guster
Changed – Blind Melon
Closer to You – Brandi Carlile
Country Song – The Murmurs
Crazy Baby – Joan Osborne
Creepin’ In – Norah Jones, Dolly Parton
Cynical – Chris Pureka
Daylight Fading – Counting Crows
Dear Mr. President – Pink
Demons – Guster
Do You Love Me Now – The Breeders
Do You Remember – Jack Johnson
Don’t Have a Cow Man – Kevin Jay Schatz
Don’t Leave Me Here Tonight – Goldmine Pickers
Dreams Be Dreams – Jack Johnson
Drivin’ On 9 – The Breeders
Easy’s Getting’ Harder Every Day – Iris DeMent
Either Way – Guster
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town – Pearl Jam
Elephant Shoes – Mutual Kumquat
Everybody Hurts – REM
Fallin – Alicia Keys
Far Behind – Candlebox
February – Dar Williams
Feminist Housewives – Bitch and Animal
Fidelity – Regina Spektor
Fixing a Hole – The Beatles
Fixing Her Hair – Ani DiFranco
Follow – Brandi Carlile
Freedom – Ellis
Fuckin’ Up – Pearl Jam
Galileo – Indigo Girls
God of Wine – Third Eye Blind
Gone – Brandi Carlile
Grand Exit – Ellis
Greed – Goldmine Pickers
Grown Up Christmas List – Amy Grant
Guaranteed – Eddie Vedder
Hag – The Breeders
Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
Hard to Handle – Black Crowes
Help! – The Beatles
Hey There Fancypants! – Ween
Hitchin’ a Ride – Green Day
Holyman – Blind Melon
How Many Miles Must We March – Ben Harper
Human Behavior – Bjork
I Can’t Get Next to You – The Temptations
I Have Seen the Rain – Pink
I Know – Fiona Apple
I May Know the Word – Natalie Merchant
I Will Survive – Cake
I’d Like To – Corinne Bailey Rae
If It Isn’t Her – Ani DiFranco
In My Own Eyes – Brandi Carlile
It’s All Understood – Jack Johnson
It’s Been Awhile – Staind
James! – Erin McKeown
Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam – Nirvana
Jesus on the Radio – Guster
Knock Me Down – Red Hot Chili Peppers
La Vie Boheme – the cast of Rent
Lesbian Lover – Mutual Kumquat
Let It Be Me – Indigo Girls
Let the Mystery Be – Iris DeMent
Letter to a John – Ani DiFranco
Letters From a Porcupine – Shannon Hoon
Life Ain’t so Shitty – Blind Melon
Life Support – the cast of Rent
Lilac Wine – Jeff Buckley
Lithium – Nirvana
Lonesome Gone – Goldmine Pickers
Long May You Run – Neil Young
Look at Miss Ohio – Gillian Welch
Lover, You Should Have Come Over – Jeff Buckley
Make Them Apologize – Ani DiFranco
Mama’s Got a Girlfriend Now – Ben Harper
Man on the Moon – REM
Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
Monkey Wrench – Foo Fighters
Mother Mother – Tracy Bonham
Mother Nature’s Son – The Beatles
Motorcycle Drive By – Third Eye Blind
Mouthful of Cavities – Blind Melon
Mud – Goldmine Pickers
My Dear Country – Norah Jones
My Friends – Red Hot Chili Peppers
My Life – Iris DeMent
My Number – Tegan and Sarah
Napoleon – Ani DiFranco
Navy Bean – Tracy Bonham
New Life – Blind Melon
No – Shakira
No More (Live) – Eddie Vedder
No Rain – Blind Melon
Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks
Nothin’ New – Ellis
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
Nugget – Cake
O Child – Trent Wagler
Old Man – Neil Young
Once – Pearl Jam
Hey Ya! – Outkast
Pagan Poetry – Bjork
Paper Bag – Fiona Apple
Pea – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Cake
Picture of Jesus – Ben Harper
Played Like a Pawn – The Story of Ourselves
Please Please Please – Fiona Apple
Porch – Pearl Jam
Porch Songs – Chris Pureka
Redundant – Green Day
River – Natalie Merchant
Rocket – Smashing Pumpkins
Rocketship – Guster
Romeo and Juliet – Indigo Girls
Sad Songs and Waltzes – Cake
Santeria – Sublime
Say Hello 2 Heaven – Temple of the Dog
Seed to a Tree – Blind Melon
Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
Seven Years – Natalie Merchant
Seven Years – Norah Jones
Sexy Back – Justin Timberlake
Shame on You – Indigo Girls
She Talks to Angels – Black Crowes
Sleepless Commotion – The Murmurs
Sleepyhouse – Blind Melon
Slip Slidin’ Away – Simon and Garfunkel
Snow Day – Lisa Loeb
Soup – Blind Melon
Stardog Champion – Mother Love Bone
Stupid Girls – Pink
Summer Camp Slut – Kevin Jay Schatz
Sweet is the Melody – Iris DeMent
Talk to Me Now – Ani DiFranco
Tell it to the Sky – Tracy Bonham
That Time – Regina Spektor
The Christians and the Pagans – Dar Williams
The Horizon Has Been Defeated – Jack Johnson
The Letter – Natalie Merchant
The Living – Natalie Merchant
The Other Side – Melissa Ferrick
The Story – Brandi Carlile
There You Go – Pink
This Time – Tracy Chapman
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
Tigers Above, Tigers Below – Ellis
Today – Smashing Pumpkins
Tomorrow – Silverchair
Tones of Home – Blind Melon
Tragedy (Austin Cello Version) – Brandi Carlile
Tremor Christ – Pearl Jam
Two Points for Honesty – Guster
Underdog – The Murmurs
Untitled – Mutual Kumquat
Waiting for Wednesday – Lisa Loeb
Walk – Blind Melon
Walk On By – Cake
Warning – Incubus
Wasted – Brandi Carlile
What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? – REM
What’s the Matter – Doria Roberts
When I Was a Boy – Dar Williams
When They Ring the Golden Bells – Natalie Merchant
Will I – the cast of Rent
Wishlist – Pearl Jam
Wrong Way – Sublime
WTC – Bitch and Animal
Yellow Ledbetter – Pearl Jam
You Part the Waters – Cake
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go – Bob Dylan