i'll cry when this happens in athens

pam, will you wait for me while i tie my shoe....

molly is such a diva

chat transcript with my mother:

4:14:19 PM bobbi parsons: Molly wants nothing to do with me. She is so ashamed of her haircut
4:14:25 PM bobbi parsons: It breaks my heart!
4:14:29 PM Nick Parsons: really?
4:14:31 PM bobbi parsons: yes
4:14:34 PM Nick Parsons: is it bad?
4:14:42 PM bobbi parsons: she acted weird all night and all day today for dad
4:14:51 PM bobbi parsons: she didnt even meet me at the door when I came home
4:14:57 PM bobbi parsons: it is just very short
4:15:00 PM Nick Parsons: you knew she's a diva. more proof.

4:18:26 PM bobbi parsons: she wont even talk to me!
4:18:31 PM bobbi parsons: it is killing me
4:18:40 PM Nick Parsons: you know she's a dog and doesn't speak, right?
4:18:40 PM bobbi parsons: I mean look at me
4:18:44 PM bobbi parsons: duh

molly:

'Cause I'm zero to sixty in three point five

i love this weather. it's perfect driving weather in my car.

all the windows rolled down, sunroof open, and music cranked.

now, about these gas prices...

photo credit: Holly Prouty, 2007.

Get, that, dirt off your shoulder

i blame melissa

as i mentioned below, i saw stop-loss this weekend. if you've seen the trailer, you've heard the song Open Your Eyes by Snow Patrol. if you haven't seen the trailer, scroll down and take a gander.

my friend melissa is obsessed with this song. after this weekend, so am I. it's a sickness. watch it live:

great weekend... depressing ending

I had a great weekend with friends. Melissa came to visit and stay a few nights. Every time we're together, it seems like we've never been apart. I think that's a sign of true friendship.

We finished the weekend by seeing Stop-Loss, the new MTV Films movie. it was.... incredible. It was engaging, sad, funny, depressing, and overall a mind-fuck. they personalized the war, which is just painful to think about. check out the trailer...then go see the movie:

After everyone left, I cleaned my apartment and settled down on the couch to watch my stories. Yes, I'm an 80yr old woman and refer to my tv shows as 'my stories'. I just finished the 4th season of The L Word. You should check it out sometime. Anyways, the point of the story: One of the characters in the show is a solider who is being redeployed to Iraq. damn. i couldn't escape this story all day! 

during the final scene of the episode (which happened to be the season finale), the song they played caught my attention. i like a lot of the music they play in the series, and usually the songs at the end of the episodes catch my attention. they're usually upbeat, fun, and fast. i never listen to the lyrics, especially if there is character dialogue over top the music bed. but today was incredibly different. i couldn't stop concentrating on the words of the song.

i was worried i wouldn't be able to find the song. most of the music the show uses are from smaller 'indie' bands. i didn't think the iTunes store would have what i was looking for. after a quick google search i found the artist. much to my surprise, it was Pink. the song is called Dr. Mr. President. Watch her sing it live and read the lyrics below:

Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me (come take a walk with me)
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep
What do you feel when you look in the mirror
Are you proud

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why

Dear Mr. President
Were you a lonely boy (were you a lonely boy)
Are you a lonely boy (are you a lonely boy)
How can you say
No child is left behind
We're not dumb and we're not blind (we're not blind)
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye

Let me tell you bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How do you sleep at night
How do you walk with your head held high
Dear Mr. President
You'd never take a walk with me
Would you

how sad

it was announced yesterday that Skybus Airlines is shutting down operations. skybus was an ultra low-cost airline based out of Columbus, Ohio. rising jet oil costs and a lagging economy were cited as reasons for shutting down.

i personally used skybus to fly from Ohio to LA for about $250. crazy cheap. since i have friends in California, I'll miss skybus a lot.

ESFJ

my myers brigg's letters.

The Portait of the Provider (ESFJ)

Provider Guardians take it upon themselves to arrange for the health and welfare of those in their care, but they are also the most sociable of all the Guardians, and thus are the great nurturers of established institutions such as schools, businesses, churches, social clubs, and civic groups. Wherever they go, Providers take up the role of social contributor, happily giving their time and energy to make sure that the needs of others are met, that traditions are supported and developed, and that social functions are a success.

Providers are very likely more than ten percent of the population, and this is very fortunate for the rest of us, because friendly social service is a key to their nature. Highly cooperative themselves, Providers are skilled in maintaining teamwork among their helpers, and are also tireless in their attention to the details of furnishing goods and services. They make excellent chairpersons in charge of social events. They are without peer as masters of ceremonies, able to approach others with ease and confidence, and seemingly aware of what everyone's been doing. And they are outstanding hosts or hostesses, able to remember people's names, usually after one introduction, and always concerned about the needs of their guests, wanting to insure that all are involved and provided for.

Providers are extremely sensitive to the feelings of others, which makes them perhaps the most sympathetic of all the types, but which also leaves them rather self-conscious, that is, highly sensitive to what others think of them. Because of this Providers can be crushed by personal criticism, and will work most effectively when given ample appreciation both for themselves personally and for the service they give to others. This is not to say that Providers are afraid to express their own emotional reactions. They are quick to like and dislike-and don't mind saying so-tending to put on a pedestal whatever or whoever they admire, and to come down hard on those people and issues they don't care for.

In their choice of careers, Providers may lean toward sales and service occupations. They have such pleasant, outgoing personalities that they are far and away the best sales reps, not only regularly winning sales contests, but earning seniority in any sales group within an organization. Observing Providers at work in a sales transaction reveals clearly how this type personalizes the sale. They are visibly-and honestly-concerned with their customer's welfare, and thus the customer is not simply buying the product, but is buying personally from the Provider. This same characteristic causes them to be good in many people-to-people jobs, as teachers, clergy, coaches, social workers, office receptionists, and so on. Providers seldom become a source of irritation in the workplace; on the contrary, they are unflagging in their devotion to their company, and show such personal loyalty to their immediate superiors that they make invaluable personal secretaries.

William Howard Taft, Barbara Walters, J C Penney, Ray Kroc, Louis B. Mayer, Sam Walton, Dolley Madison, and Dave Thomas are examples of Provider Guardians.

24. yikes.

today's my birthday.

i have to work all day. then i have class from 5-9:00 tonight. what a crappy schedule!

saturday will make up for today, fosho.