A Life Of Illusion

1. Song that mentions (at least) one city

One that mentions (at least) one city, and one with a city in the title:

Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere

The Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

2. Song from your childhood or song that makes you think of your childhood because of the lyrics

Paul Simon - Kodachrome

3. X-Mas song

My two favorite Christmas songs:

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrappings

4. Song that makes you think of a person that means a lot to you

Guns N' Roses was an ex-GF's favorite band, so this song is for her:

Guns N' Roses - Used To Love Her

5. Male/female duet

John Stewart & Stevie Nicks - Gold

Suzie Quatro & Chris Norman - Stumblin' In

6. Song you've formerly misunderstood the lyrics to

Why would I care if Luna Takes French?:

Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe

7. Song with 'rock n roll' or 'rock' or 'roll' in the title

Muddy Waters - The Blues Had A Baby (And They Named It Rock & Roll)

8. Song that comforts you

I really, Really, REALLY like this song:

Van Morrison - Into The Mystic

9. Song with a hidden meaning (like sex, drugs, etc.)

Hidden in plain sight:

Van Halen - Black & Blue

10. Cover song (that you like more than the original)

The Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane

The Sundays - Wild Horses

11. Song you used to hate/not like but grew to love/like

Steely Dan - Cousin Dupree

Puddle Of Mudd - Psycho

12. An instrumental song

There is NO way I can only list one here (in alphabetical order):

AC/DC - Chase The Ace

Black Sabbath - Laguna Sunrise

Booker T & The MGs - Green Onions

Buckethead - Hills Of Eternity

David Stewart & Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here

Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing

The London Symphony Orchestra - Cantina Band

Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honor Or Humanity

Van Halen - Cathedral

Zamfir - The Lonely Shepard

ZZ Top - Asleep In The Desert

Thanks Boz & Curly, I really enjoyed this.

Listen: here

I apologize for not being around much lately.  Last week we had a mother of all ice storms, and like 400,000 other residents of New Hampshire, I lost power.  I was watching TV last Thursday about midnight, and boom, darkness.  All night I listened to huge CRACKING then CRASHING noises as tree limbs and huge fucking trees were falling all over the place.  So no heat, hot water, phone, computer...  It got pretty fucking cold too, single digits at night and 20s - 30s (F) during the day.  I'm just glad my pipes didn't freeze.  I was too stubborn to go to a shelter, so I toughed it out.  When I got home this morning (I work nights) voila! heat! hot water! phone! computer!  Now I can shower and shave.  Six days in freezing weather sucks when you can't get warm.  I spent most of the time in bed, or out in my truck with the motor running listening to the radio.  It really sucks getting up to put on your clothes and it feels like they've been in the freezer.  It was almost painful to get dressed.  Well, I promise to get around, making inappropriate comments and harassing everyone again soon.  I also apologize to everyone that I've encountered in real life for my unkempt mountain man look (and I'm sure smelled like one too).  I'm just too stubborn.  Anyway, I'm off to the shower...

Here are some pictures.  I'll post these later on bigger.

I bought myself a new digital camera for Christmas.  It is a Canon PowerShot S5IS (http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_s5-review/).  It has 8 megapixels, 12X Optical Zoom (& 4X Digital Zoom), movie mode, and tons of other stuff I'm going to experiment with!  So hopefully, I'll post photos more often.

My other "old" film cameras

left: Canon AE-1

right: Canon SureShot "River Run"

I was tagged by my pal Limare

Rules:

1) You post your top 10 fantasy guys/girls.
2) You tag 10 people.
3) You CANNOT tag someone who has already been tagged.
4) You have to let the people you tagged know that they've been tagged.
5) These are the rules that must be repeated every time.
6) THERE MUST BE PHOTOS! AT ALL TIMES!
 

In order from 10-1 (1 being Biggest Crush)

10) Kate Winslet:

 9) Laetitia Casta:

 8) Jewel:

 7) Stevie Nicks:

 6) Angelina Jolie:

 5) Jennifer Connelly:

 4) Rachel McAdams:

 3) Elisha Cuthbert:

 2) Scarlett Johansson:

 1) Reese Witherspoon:

That's it...  This celebrity crush thing has been going on for quite awhile, and I'm probably one of the last to have been "tagged", and after working 14+ hours a day I have neither the time nor the energy to research who's been tagged or not.  So, if you read this and haven't been tagged yet and you want to get in on the action, feel free to consider yourself tagged.

"You ever get the feeling the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?" - George Gobel

"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation." - George Bernard Shaw

"Revenge is a dish best served cold." - Old Klingon Proverb

"Why do you get a penny for your thoughts, but you have to put your two cents in?  Somebody's making a penny." - Steven Wright

"Fish and visitors smell in three days." - Ben Franklin

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato

"The more people I meet, the more I like my dog." - Unknown

"Better done than well said." - Ben Franklin

"There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange." - Daniel Webster

"I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car." - Steven Wright

"I work until beer o'clock." - Stephen King

"God gave every man a penis and a brain, only enough blood to run one at a time." - Robin Williams

"When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'  " - Robin Williams

"We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons." - Alfred E. Newman

"Why is American beer served cold? So you can tell it from urine." - David Moulton

"One day I was so desperate for a beer, I snuck into the football stadium and ate the dirt under the bleachers." - Homer Simpson

"Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!" - Hunter S. Thompson (on the US war against Iraq)

Res Firma Mitescere Nescit (Once you've got it up, keep it up) or (A firm resolve does not know how to weaken.)

(EVIAN is NAIVE spelled backwards)

Feel free to add your own.

I've been "tagged" by kookychick252 & xpix

5 Things in my fridge:
-Fruit2O (orange, lemon, lime)
-Beer (Rolling Rock, Guinness)
-Eggs
-Spicy mustard
-Night crawlers (frog food)

5 Things in my closet:
-Clothes
-Camping stuff
-Empty boxes (computer, stereo, etc)
-College textbooks I couldn't sell & papers (term papers, tests, quizes, etc)
-Collectibles I have no room for anywhere else (collector's plates [Star Trek & baseball])

5 Things in my purse/wallet:
-License
-Spare key
-Business cards
-Lists (of stuff [CDs, DVDs, etc] to look for when I'm out, because I can't remember otherwise)
-$36.00

5 Things in my car:
-Tools (wrenches, screwdrivers, knives, pliers, air pump, flashlight, tow-rope & chain, jumper cables, spare belts)
-CDs (homemade copies of my favorites & mixes)
-Raincoat & extra fleece pullover
-Beckett Price Guides (baseball, football, bb+ & fb+)
-Tons of spare change

TAG to anyone else who wants to play.