Playlist

New playlist based on reader comments and recommendations (so far).  I love my readers!  What an eclectic selection.

• “Once” by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
• “Hey Jude” from Across the Universe (Beatles cover, and I like it better than the original)
• “Come Together” from Across the Universe (Beatles cover sung by Joe Cocker, and he SO still has it)
• “Most People are DJ’s” by The Hold Steady
• “Your Little Hoodrat Friend” by The Hold Steady
• “Sorry” by Buckcherry
• “Crazy Bitch” by Buckcherry
• “Click Click Pull” by Saliva
• “Beat Your Heart Out” by The Distillers
• “Golden Days” by The Damnwells
• “Heart It Races” by Architecture in Helsinki
• “Sunshine Superman” by Donovan
• “All That’s Left” by Thrice
• “Chasing Pavements” by Adele (what a cool voice)
• “Stare at the Sun” by Thrice (acoustic version)
• “I Believe (When I Fall in Love With You)” by Stevie Wonder
• “Shipbuilding” by Elvis Costello
• “Benighted” by Opeth
• “Eleanor Rigby” by Thrice
• “Blue on Black” by Johnny Lang
• “Missing Your Love” by Johnny Lang
• “Daydreamer” by Adele
• “London Town” by Laura Marling
• “Candlelight” by Laura Marling
• “Better be Good to Me” by Tina Turner
• “Simply the Best” by Tina Turner
• “Chocolate” by Snow Patrol

I’m only happy when it rains.

Well, no, that’s not true.  I’m not ONLY happy when it rains, but rainy days sure do make me happy.  I woke up this morning to a dim outdoors and pattering on the roof and WANTED to get up.  Which is rare, for me.

So now I’ve got, “I Love a Rainy Night” stuck in my head. 

Calvin and I are meeting up with his sister and her husband at Fogo e Brasa for dinner tonight for a belated Valentines dinner. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it and have been dying to go. I mean, look at the pictures on this page and tell me who would NOT want to eat there? I’ve been looking forward to this so much that I’ve been saying idiotic things like, “Tomorrow I get to have dessert!” Or, “I’m not eating lunch today so that I’m extra hungry tonight!” There is a REASON, people, why I’m a chubby (yet hot!) chick. I love me some eatin’. And if it’s eatin’ that I don’t have to cook, even better. And if it’s eatin’ that’s in the form of meat that is delivered to my table in SLABS on SWORDS (well, really big skewers), even better.

It’s my early Friday today so I’m going to get on the housework when I get home in case my sister-and-brother-in-law want to hang out after dinner. It’s also nice to start off a long weekend (well, I have Monday off but Calvin doesn’t) with the housework done so that I don’t have to interrupt or postpone anything fun we might want to do, in order to get the mundane out of the way.

“Anything fun” currently has several possibilities in the running. There’s a beer festival going on over in Mesa, the Renaissance Festival is in town, or we might take a drive up to Sedona to do some hiking (quoth Calvin, “So, is there a lot of walking involved in hiking?”). Any direction we choose to take will involve a picture taking extravaganza, so you all have that to look forward to. Because my life is fascinating, and you? You’re fascinated.