to sisky, from santa...awesome!

i'm watching harry potter and the goblet of fire right now and cedric is about to die :( oh rpattz. i like how i watch harry potter movies when they're on tv even though i have the dvds but never watch them. neville's so cute dancing around in this movie...though we all know he is not the one who originally tells and gets harry gillyweed. i wonder is they're ever going to bring dobby back into movies. i mean he has a huge role in the last book, so sad. ugh, half-blood prince is still so far away and these sneak peeks for hbp is making me want to watch it now.
i am also trying to clean up my room which also means moving things around. how is it that i have so much stuff?
anyway after my last post about tbs's 12 days video, it reminded me of all the other holiday/christmas type videos on youtube from bands and stuff. the first one that came to mind was the tai tv episode of sisky and butcher buying christmas gifts. it's weird that i don't even really listen to the academy is yet, i really like sisky and the butcher. sisky just reminds me of two guys i know and the butcher is just plain awesome.

this is probably one of my favorite tai tv episodes (i don't even know why i started watching them, like i said it's not like i'm a huge fan) since it's all about the butcher and his artwork:

it's crazy how talented he is. i wish i could do half the stuff he does. amazing. and his tattoos are pretty amazing as well. one of them is even an elephant! wait, so he's a tall, lanky, artist/painter, who's covered in tattoos...no wonder i like him so much. then again, been there, done that and it did not end well. um, maybe i shouldn't like him?
haha, i'm such a dork and this post only provides more proof of that.
till later!

and a donny bonaduce...

sometime shortly after halloween our store started playing christmas music. first it was instrumentals and then not too long ago we had vocals. one of the songs that is on one of the cds is 12 days of christmas and i always think of taking back sunday's version of the song, "and a donny bonaduce..."

i can't decide which video of the song i like better. the cartoon one is really cute and funny. but adam lazzara is just too pretty, how can you not like watching the live verison? sidenote: i can't believe he got married and is a daddy now (wait, was the baby born yet?)...just like pete, at least they do the honest thing and marry the girls they get pregnant. that's a good thing...right? um, yeah. anyway, man this video is so old fred was still part of the band. and i like how fred's doing all the work, playing and singing, while adam's just there for the witty banter (and to stare at, hehe).

cartoon vs. live

which is better?

i like how they sing danny's name wrong in the song. i've forgotten about taking back sunday. it's been awhile since their last cd. a new one is due out next year though.

anyway, while i was at starbucks today waiting in line two things happened:
1. i saw that they have gingerbread lattes now, though i didn't get one since it was like 1pm and way too hot for it. so, i stuck with strawberries and cream.
and 2. some teenage girl and her mom in front of me were talking about new moon and i really wanted to butt into their conversation. but i didn't want to be a creeper so i held back even when i thought the mom was explaining something wrong. oh well.

till later.

i'd never thought that it'd be so simple but...

work today consisted of:
helping with centerpieces for a party.

finding, counting, and needing 85+ red roses.

cleaning, wiring, and puting water picks on the 85 roses.

making a trip to ralph's.

getting to go into wine country (love it there, so pretty) to help deliver centerpieces.

getting to tag along on an actual flower delivery (though, i just sat in the car).

sitting in some sweet traffic...and getting paid for it.

getting to see some sweet firefighters carrying boots on the side of the road and collecting donations in them.

and the other regular work task i do...answer phones, take orders, help customers, help the designers, process flowers, etc, etc...

then i came home and at 8 i watched this:

ngl, i actually like drake & josh. i remember when they were on the amanda show and i often catch myself watching episodes of their show whenever it's on. i thought the movie was pretty good, you know for a nickeloden/christmas movie. though, i thought it was funny how some of the stuff in the movie was kind of dirty with all the innuendos in there...which interestingly enough seems to happen in a lot of kid related movies/shows.

this is my sack...

of toys.

i've watched some recent interview with them and it's nice to see that they still like working with each other (so they say). i mean they've been working together for so long now. it's cool that they were willing to come back to these characters after being apart for awhile. they really did grow up though. especially josh. i mean after losing all that weight and everything. though after watching him in the wackness (which btw, is an awesome movie) it was hard at first to see him again as dorky josh nichols of drake & josh and not as pot smoking, hip-hop/rap loving, drug dealer luke shapiro.

i need to re-watch this movie.

and yay for crazy steve for coming back for the movie. he is just too awesome!

till later!

slow dance...

Have you ever watched kids
on a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain
slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic
flight
Or gazed at the sun into the fading
night?

You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Do you run through each day on the
fly
When you ask "How are you?"
do you hear the reply?

When the day is done,
do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
running through your head?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste, not see his
sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
'Cause you never had time
to call and say "Hi"?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting
there.
When you worry and hurry through your
day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away...

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
-david l. weatherford

*****

sometimes it feels like 2009 won't come soon enough.
sometimes it feels like the days are rushing pass.

i always think the new year will be better than the last.
i always start out hopeful...
then things just seem to stay the same.

but i'll just keep on hoping.

hmm, the last two post are about dancing and life.
interesting.

till later.

dance with my father...

Back when I was a child

Before life removed all the innocence

My father would lift me high

And dance with my mother and me and then

Spin me around till I fell asleep

Then up the stairs he would carry me

And I knew for sure

I was loved

If I could get another chance

Another walk, another dance with him

I'd play a song that would never, ever end

How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again

Ooh, ooh

When I and my mother would disagree

To get my way I would run from her to him

He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, yeah, yeah

Then finally make me do just what my mama said

Later that night when I was asleep

He left a dollar under my sheet

Never dreamed that he

Would be gone from me

If I could steal one final glance

One final step, one final dance with him

I'd play a song that would never, ever end

'Cause I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again

Sometimes I'd listen outside her door

And I'd hear her, mother cryin' for him

I pray for her even more than me

I pray for her even more than me

I know I'm prayin' for much too much

But could You send back the only man she loved

I know You don't do it usually

But Lord, she's dyin' to dance with my father again

Every night I fall asleep

And this is all I ever dream
- Luther Vandross

i often think about how much better life would be if he was still here.

i miss you and i love you.

happy birthday papa.

till later.

today was a long day...

maybe it was because i haven't been to work in 5 days.
or maybe it was because it was flower day...
and it seemed as if the flowers were never ending.

to be honest though, i sort of like flower day.
i get to hang in the back and kind of keep to myself.
besides having to process all the flowers, i don't really have to all the other busy work.

anyway...

i want pho and green tea pocky.
too bad i'm not sure where to get them here.
if i was back in hawaii, i'd be over at ba-le and 7eleven.
random, i know but i've been wanting them for awhile now.
i did find some places online that show restaurants here that have pho.
maybe i'll check one out soon.
now, if i could only figure out how to get a hold of some green tea pocky.

till later.

we’re never going to change, you and i, we’re damaged goods...

i want a sylar poster.
but the ones online are way more $$$ than i want to spend.
plus, i don't think i have any more room for big posters.
:(
i wish i could find a smaller/cheaper one somewhere.

so, is the old sylar back?
did he really kill elle?
i thought she was the mother of future sylar's son.
hmm.
whatever, i had a like/hate reaction to elle...and sylar and elle.
though i did like her way more than maya...and sylar and maya.

till later.