Tuesday, February 27, 2007
This song pretty much sums up my views on country music, thank you Rascal Flatts for suming up all country songs in one:
I was sittin' on a bar stool
In a barbeque joint in Tennessee
When this ole boy walked in
And he sat right down next to me
I could tell he'd been through some hard times
There were tear stains on his old shirt and he said-
"Ya wanna know what ya get when you play a country song backwards?"
Chorus 1:
Ya get your house back-
Ya get your dog back
Ya get your best friend Jack back
Ya get your truck back-
Ya get your hair back
Ya get your first and second wives back
Your front porch swing, your pretty little thing
Your bling bling bling
And a diamond ring
You get your farm and the barn
And the boat and the Harley
First night in jail with Charlie
It sounds a little crazy,
A little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards
Well, I never heard it said quite like that
It hit me in the face
'Cause that's where I'm at
I almost fell flat on the floor-
He said
"Wait a minute, that's not all there's even more"
Chorus 2:
Ya get your mind back,
Your nerves back
Your first heart attack back
You get your pride back,
Get your life back
You get your first real love back
You get your big screen TV
A DVD and a washing machine
You get the pond and the lawn
The bail and the mower
You get to back where you don't know her
It sounds a little crazy,
A little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards
[Instrumental Break]
We sat there and shot the bull
About how it would be
If we could turn it all around
And change this
Ya get your house back-
Ya get your dog back
Ya get your best friend Jack back
Ya get your truck back-
Ya get your hair back
Ya get your first and second wives back
Your front porch swing, your pretty little thing
Your bling bling bling
And a diamond ring
You get your farm and the barn
And the b oat and the Harley
First night in jail with Charlie
Ya get your mind back,
Your nerves back
Your first heart attack back
You get your pride back,
Get your life back
You get your first real love back
You get your big screen TV
A DVD and a washing machine
You get the pond and the lawn
The bail and the mower
You get to back where you don't know her
It sounds a little crazy,
A little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards
*** I can't help but laugh...cause it's so true. Country at it's best!
I was sittin' on a bar stool
In a barbeque joint in Tennessee
When this ole boy walked in
And he sat right down next to me
I could tell he'd been through some hard times
There were tear stains on his old shirt and he said-
"Ya wanna know what ya get when you play a country song backwards?"
Chorus 1:
Ya get your house back-
Ya get your dog back
Ya get your best friend Jack back
Ya get your truck back-
Ya get your hair back
Ya get your first and second wives back
Your front porch swing, your pretty little thing
Your bling bling bling
And a diamond ring
You get your farm and the barn
And the boat and the Harley
First night in jail with Charlie
It sounds a little crazy,
A little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards
Well, I never heard it said quite like that
It hit me in the face
'Cause that's where I'm at
I almost fell flat on the floor-
He said
"Wait a minute, that's not all there's even more"
Chorus 2:
Ya get your mind back,
Your nerves back
Your first heart attack back
You get your pride back,
Get your life back
You get your first real love back
You get your big screen TV
A DVD and a washing machine
You get the pond and the lawn
The bail and the mower
You get to back where you don't know her
It sounds a little crazy,
A little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards
[Instrumental Break]
We sat there and shot the bull
About how it would be
If we could turn it all around
And change this
Ya get your house back-
Ya get your dog back
Ya get your best friend Jack back
Ya get your truck back-
Ya get your hair back
Ya get your first and second wives back
Your front porch swing, your pretty little thing
Your bling bling bling
And a diamond ring
You get your farm and the barn
And the b oat and the Harley
First night in jail with Charlie
Ya get your mind back,
Your nerves back
Your first heart attack back
You get your pride back,
Get your life back
You get your first real love back
You get your big screen TV
A DVD and a washing machine
You get the pond and the lawn
The bail and the mower
You get to back where you don't know her
It sounds a little crazy,
A little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards
*** I can't help but laugh...cause it's so true. Country at it's best!
Labels: Music
Monday, February 26, 2007
So, I have a few things I want to do this year, and I'm hoping I actually do all or at least most of these things, just because why not...it's gonna be a good year!
1) Go and learn how to surf...either in California or B.C.
2) Go white water rafting...hopefully in Ottawa for the Canada Day long weekend
3) Ride on the VIA Rail...hopefully to Ottawa when I go white water rafting :)
4) Go camping
5) Go snow camping, and rough it!
6) Go sky diving - though I will need someone to push me out of the plane!
7) Go snorkeling with Nick...off some wrecks somewhere
8) Go to Europe with Jello...
9) Go on at least one road trip...Cedar Point anyone?
10) Run at least one 5k, and complete a triathalon!
So, what are your plans for the year?
1) Go and learn how to surf...either in California or B.C.
2) Go white water rafting...hopefully in Ottawa for the Canada Day long weekend
3) Ride on the VIA Rail...hopefully to Ottawa when I go white water rafting :)
4) Go camping
5) Go snow camping, and rough it!
6) Go sky diving - though I will need someone to push me out of the plane!
7) Go snorkeling with Nick...off some wrecks somewhere
8) Go to Europe with Jello...
9) Go on at least one road trip...Cedar Point anyone?
10) Run at least one 5k, and complete a triathalon!
So, what are your plans for the year?
Labels: Ramblings
Thursday, February 22, 2007
For some reason, February has been a brutal month, as far as people going through tough things in their life. I think our youth pastor Aaron was right, when he told us to watch out for each other especially this month, as it is known as the worst month for depression and things of that nature. It's been a rough month, not because I am going through junk, but because it seems like all my friends are. These are the times that you wish you could take everyone's pain away and keep to to yourself. I hate seeing people have to go through junk in their life, and being unable to stop it for them.
On a more upbeat note...I went to the auto show last weekend, man, I added about 12 cars to my most wanted list. Seriously, I needed a mop with me to get rid of all the drool. I hopefully should have pics up soon...and then you can all see what you missed :)
On a side note, I dyed my hair..so the ditzy skunk blonde is gone now (pics on my flickr account). It's al ittle more red then I thought it was going to be, but hey...red is something new, so we'll see how much fun red heads have!
On a more upbeat note...I went to the auto show last weekend, man, I added about 12 cars to my most wanted list. Seriously, I needed a mop with me to get rid of all the drool. I hopefully should have pics up soon...and then you can all see what you missed :)
On a side note, I dyed my hair..so the ditzy skunk blonde is gone now (pics on my flickr account). It's al ittle more red then I thought it was going to be, but hey...red is something new, so we'll see how much fun red heads have!
Labels: Ramblings, Relationships
Friday, February 16, 2007
I trust God exists.
As I most likely mentioned before, Travis (pictured above) is a friend of mine from Alberta. This summer he was in a car accident, and was paralyzed for life.
Thursday night I found out that he was intensive care with no brain activity. They figured he had over dosed on drugs.
He passed away Friday.
Please pray for the family and friends involved. It's extremely tough, because these are the times you ask yourself, what if I had made one more phone call, hung out one more time, or wrote one more card.
It's hard being here, and not there right now.
How quickly life changes, and your priorities, which seemed so important five minutes ago, seem non-existent now.
Labels: Relationships
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of valentines day, as I do believe Hallmark created it just to sell cards...however, the past two valentines have been an absolute blast, and tonight was no exception. Lots of chocolate, laughter, and good times all around. Gotta love girl nights!
So yes, hope you all had a wonderful holiday, whether you celebrated it or not.
Labels: Ramblings
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
well, maybe not the entire world, just anyone associated with Canada Post and all the drivers and their vehicles on my way home from work this evening.
You see, I haven't been getting mail for almost two weeks now. Of course, you may think "Well Mary, some times when you are a loner and you have no friends, you don't get mail." I realize that is a very valid point; however, I am expecting three things, and have been expecting them for almost a month now, and yet none of them have arrived. I am happy that my bills seemed to have disapeared, but I don't know how I am going to explain that when I get interest charges on their overdueness.
So, I went upstairs and talked to my landlord today, and she assured me that they have not seen any of my mail (though she did have an evil grin on her face, and I heard her laughing when I left later). I did notice some suspicious footprints from the neighbours house to our mailbox in the snow...but really, why would someone steal my mail? So yes, I'm not really sure where lost mail goes...perhaps into a great black abyss never to be seen again.
Also, we are getting a slight amount of snow...and by slight, I do mean slight. However, all the drivers on my route, seemed to think that the few snow flakes falling from the sky means you should drive 10k an hour, and do idiot things, like merge lanes in front of faster cars just because that's what you do when it snows apparently.
I am happy to say I made it home alive, though I definately wondered if I would at various points in my drive.
All that being said - I think I sound a bit like a baby complaining about this...I promise life is good, and these small "disturbances" make me much more patient...or something :)
You see, I haven't been getting mail for almost two weeks now. Of course, you may think "Well Mary, some times when you are a loner and you have no friends, you don't get mail." I realize that is a very valid point; however, I am expecting three things, and have been expecting them for almost a month now, and yet none of them have arrived. I am happy that my bills seemed to have disapeared, but I don't know how I am going to explain that when I get interest charges on their overdueness.
So, I went upstairs and talked to my landlord today, and she assured me that they have not seen any of my mail (though she did have an evil grin on her face, and I heard her laughing when I left later). I did notice some suspicious footprints from the neighbours house to our mailbox in the snow...but really, why would someone steal my mail? So yes, I'm not really sure where lost mail goes...perhaps into a great black abyss never to be seen again.
Also, we are getting a slight amount of snow...and by slight, I do mean slight. However, all the drivers on my route, seemed to think that the few snow flakes falling from the sky means you should drive 10k an hour, and do idiot things, like merge lanes in front of faster cars just because that's what you do when it snows apparently.
I am happy to say I made it home alive, though I definately wondered if I would at various points in my drive.
All that being said - I think I sound a bit like a baby complaining about this...I promise life is good, and these small "disturbances" make me much more patient...or something :)
Labels: Ramblings
Monday, February 12, 2007
Yes ladies and gentlemen, I managed to get my couch into my livingroom. After much pushing, laughing at myself, and almost knocking my house down, my new couch is now displayed within my living room walls. It may never leave, after the effort it took to get it into the room. But I must say, the room looks more cozy now that I managed to convince it to come in.
Now, the picture isn't very good, and I still have some furniture to move around, so it's messy...but at least you can kind of see my couch :)
Wednesday we are having a girl's valentines day party...it's going to be quite the blast...I believe I gained five pounds just planning the chocolate fondu and fountain with cheesecake and fruit. Yum.
Labels: Ramblings
Sunday, February 11, 2007
I went to an auction this past week, not because I needed anything really in particular, but because a friend of mine wanted to go. So, we got the directions and headed out to the middle of nowhere. Now, I've been to auctions before, but it's definately been quite some time. So, apparently this place has an auction every Thursday night, and we decided to see what all the fuss was about. Long and short of it...I bought a couch for $10. I also met a guy who knew my grandparents, and he offered to drive it to London for me :)
Now, it's a decent couch for $10, and my current couch is extremely uncomfortable...only problem is, it's bigger then my house. Well, not really my entire house, because then I would be living in a cardboard box, but bigger then my door ways. After much shoving and pushing, we managed to get it into my kitchen, now I am trying to get it into my living room - which is proving to be quite amusing. I have taken every thing off the walls, I just took the light fixtures down, and I'm contemplating living the rest of my life in my living room. As, my new couch is currently in the hallway, blocking me into the room, and making it so that if any body was to come over, they would have to hop over my couch to get into my living room or bedroom.
Now, there is the small fact that I may starve to death in my living room, but at least it will make an interesting headstone "Here lies the girl who bought a couch much to large, and starved to death in her living room because said couch was too large for her house. She should of learned to be less greedy."
Wish me luck folks...if I ever do manage to get this couch into my living room, I still have to get the other one out. I think it's a sign that I should never go to an auction!
Now, it's a decent couch for $10, and my current couch is extremely uncomfortable...only problem is, it's bigger then my house. Well, not really my entire house, because then I would be living in a cardboard box, but bigger then my door ways. After much shoving and pushing, we managed to get it into my kitchen, now I am trying to get it into my living room - which is proving to be quite amusing. I have taken every thing off the walls, I just took the light fixtures down, and I'm contemplating living the rest of my life in my living room. As, my new couch is currently in the hallway, blocking me into the room, and making it so that if any body was to come over, they would have to hop over my couch to get into my living room or bedroom.
Now, there is the small fact that I may starve to death in my living room, but at least it will make an interesting headstone "Here lies the girl who bought a couch much to large, and starved to death in her living room because said couch was too large for her house. She should of learned to be less greedy."
Wish me luck folks...if I ever do manage to get this couch into my living room, I still have to get the other one out. I think it's a sign that I should never go to an auction!
Labels: Ramblings
Monday, February 05, 2007
My car grumbled this morning when I started her up, and I was told it's something like -20 but -30 with the wind chill or something when I walked into work this morning and said "Can I please have global warming back." I am currently wrapped up in two sweaters hoping that I don't die of hypothermia, and attempting to keep my limbs moving at all times, or they just might freeze and break off.
I had a great weekend...in which I actually made it to the gym a few times (perhaps my dedications is finally kicking in), hung out with some great people and got to sleep in...so in my books, a perfect weekend!!
On a side note...someone stole my tire gauge thing out of my car...and I think my tires may be soft. So...I need to make a trip to Canadian Tire...oh, and I think I should buy some power tools, cause that would be really cool to have sitting around :)
Try not to freeze people...
I had a great weekend...in which I actually made it to the gym a few times (perhaps my dedications is finally kicking in), hung out with some great people and got to sleep in...so in my books, a perfect weekend!!
On a side note...someone stole my tire gauge thing out of my car...and I think my tires may be soft. So...I need to make a trip to Canadian Tire...oh, and I think I should buy some power tools, cause that would be really cool to have sitting around :)
Try not to freeze people...
Labels: Ramblings
Thursday, February 01, 2007
I am starting to realize that often addictions, negative behaviours or attitudes can depend on control. Now, this might seem like a little bit of a strange statement, I mean we don't normally attribute an addiction to a control issue. Yet, as I look in my own life, and those around me, I realize that the times when my addictions/negative behaviours/attitudes are at their worst, is when I feel like I am losing control in other parts of my life.
I do believe that we are people meant to function in a world that makes logical sense and has a sense of balance and control to it. Most people function best on a regular schedule, or when knowing that certain things are going to happen. We seem to be less stressed out when we are going through a daily routine that is familiar to us.
Yet, when mayhem hits our life, we often seem to grasp for the thing we can control the most, whether it be an eating disorder, a relationship, drinking too much, abusing pills, or whatever your weakness may be.
It's like we can comfort ourselves by controlling at least that area of our life, thus feeling like we still control it all. The problem being, that we often abuse that control (addiction, negative behaviour, or attitude) in over to overcompensate for the rest of our life being in complete upheaval.
Perhaps I am completely off, but that is my observation today.
I do believe that we are people meant to function in a world that makes logical sense and has a sense of balance and control to it. Most people function best on a regular schedule, or when knowing that certain things are going to happen. We seem to be less stressed out when we are going through a daily routine that is familiar to us.
Yet, when mayhem hits our life, we often seem to grasp for the thing we can control the most, whether it be an eating disorder, a relationship, drinking too much, abusing pills, or whatever your weakness may be.
It's like we can comfort ourselves by controlling at least that area of our life, thus feeling like we still control it all. The problem being, that we often abuse that control (addiction, negative behaviour, or attitude) in over to overcompensate for the rest of our life being in complete upheaval.
Perhaps I am completely off, but that is my observation today.
Labels: Ramblings