This popped up on my iPod yesterday while I was listening at work. I’d bought it a while ago. It was featured in an episode of The Greatest American Hero, one of my favorite shows, and it puts me in a very sentimental, if somewhat melancholy, mood.
It also sort of inspires me, too. I don’t want my dreams to exceed my grasp and I don’t want to chase a piece of the corporate pie. I have many goals and dreams I want to reach my own way. I have many like-minded friends, my closest friends. However, I have known people that have pretty much stayed right where they’re at or have fallen behind. And I’m not sure where they are today. I think all of us do.
You just have to keep motivated and working towards those dreams. No one will give them to you.
Some of my old friends
Have fallen behind
Seems like their dreams
Just exceeded their grasp
With too much to do
And too little time
How quickly the years go past
Some move up, some move out
And some stay right where they are
Some give in, some give out
And some never even get that far
Climbing the ladder of social acceptance
Chasing a piece of the corporate pie
Keeping an eye on the minutes and seconds
How quickly the time goes by
Some move up, some move out
And some stay right where they are
Some give in, some give out
And some never even get that far
We were gonna make our mark
We were only shooting in the dark
Some of us were on our way
Where are they today?
Some move up, some move out
And some stay right where they are
Some give in, some give out
And some never even get that far
So, a friend of mine was telling me about going through some of her old collectibles to sell. I decided to go look through the garage for my old baseball card collection. Well, after about 5 minutes of staring at a virtual mountain of crap behind a barrier of flotsam beyond a wall of garbage and recycling containers, I decided the baseball cards would probably remain hidden until I completely clean out the garage.
I couldn’t leave empty handed, so I rummaged through the closest accessible box. I found two unopened VHS tapes, A Bug’s Life and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original, not the lesser Depp one I refuse to acknowledge exists in my happy Wonka World). Those are either goin’ up on eBay or getting donated to some charitable children’s organization that is somehow still stuck in the 80′s and never heard of dvds.
But the REAL treasures I found were a Dave Brubeck cd, a Blues Traveler cd, and… wait for it… a Three Dog Night cd. SCORE!!!!
I can’t get enough of it!
I can’t get enough of it!
I can’t ever let you go
I feel like I need you so
It was the Naturally cd that I think I posted about a while back. Yes, the one with Fire Eater. Time to get my jam on!
These tunes are headed for my Web Workin’ Playlist, which, if you’re nice to me, I might share here someday.
Back to my tunes…
Joy to the World!
All the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me
Exactly 67 years ago today, my maternal grandfather took part in one of the biggest and most important military operations of all time, D-Day… World War II.
My grandfather was a Navy Frogman, the precursor to the Navy Seals of today. Specifically, he was in the Navy Combat Demolition Unit Force “O” that landed in the first wave on Omaha Beach. His unit was to remove the obstacles on the beach, but nearly all their explosives went overboard during the assault. Under heavy machine gun and sniper fire, he and the men of his unit did what they could to punch through the German lines. Eventually they did, but his unit took heavy casualties. He was one of the few survivors.
The heroic actions of his unit earned them a Presidential Unit Citation, which is included below. Though Memorial Day is behind us, take some time today to remember those that sacrificed some 67 years ago for the cause of good and freedom. This page on the Navy website gives information on the actions of the various Navy Combat Demolition Units on D-Day.
Got this stuck in my head today… and I haven’t even been watching [Adult Swim].
If you’re curious, the song is Kansas Intermede by Jean Soullier & Fabrice Ploquin.
I loves me some banjo, bass, ‘n drums. The graphic totally reminds me of those old Peechee folders I used to have in school. I have no idea why, because I don’t think Peechees ever had unicorns on them. Or atom bombs, for that matter. LOL.
When I was little, I watched a lot of tv. I mean, a LOT. This was mainly before VCRs became popular. Once we had VCRs, I taped ALL my favorite shows. I loved to replay my favorite episodes over and over… nearly wore out some tapes. And then DVDs came along. Woo hoo! Even better. But still, for years and years I had in the back of my mind that someday in the future we’d be able to just select our favorite shows (no matter how old or obscure they were) from our tv set and watch them whenever we wanted, unencumbered by network scheduling.
Well, that future has pretty much arrived. We have a Netflix subscription and we stream video through our Nintendo Wii. Not only can we watch the newest movies, but they’re also constantly adding old tv shows to their offerings. My husband has been on a b-movie kick lately, including episodes of MST3K. We’ve also been investigating old shows we’ve never seen before (Rat Patrol to name one) and re-acquainting ourselves with old favorites like Gunsmoke.
While Netflix is still a ways from what my “vision” of the future would be, it’s well on its way. It’s well worth the $8 a month we’re paying. That’s pretty much unlimited movies at home for about the cost of one movie ticket to a theater. And with the 30-day free trial, we got a whole month to decide if it was worth keeping. It was. If they add just a few more offerings, we might just cancel the cable.
P.S. If you click through my links and try out Netflix, I might make some pizza money.
