by Bebbi
I love this song so much! I have Regina Spektor’s cd and for some reason this song just really is uplifting. I play it on my short ride to work every morning. The second part when she sings, “Outside the cars are beeping….” Really touches my soul. What do you think it means? I would love to know everyone opinions. She has a lot of cool songs and the meanings to them intrigue me.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy this.
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SHIRLEY...1st again!!!!! I guess you got here really early so you can clean up the mess you made!! Good thing you have DEE DEE's fore hose to assist you!
BEBBI...I've never heard the song and can't listen to the vid, so no words of wisdom from me.
This afternoon is when we are finally going to see Blind Side. Can't wait!
Bebbi my stupid computer won't let me see videos here so I have no opinions to share. Sorry. It is nice though when you find a song you really like.
Um Maureen you are suppose to be assisting Dianne in the clean up. The By-Laws clearly state that I, as the stats taker, cannot take part in manual labour tasks. I could injure my hands and then not be able to write down all the statistics. So sorry but I can't help, even if I wanted to.
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SHIRLEY...you missed the addendum to the by-laws that states that the writer of the days blog does not have to clean.
Good morning Shirley & Mo. Please don't tell me you can't tell I cleaned, sanitized and fumigated last night? I worked hard.
Bebbi, that Regina woman has a beautiful voice. I enjoyed the video. For those who can't watch it, it would be worth the effort to find a way to listen to her.
DeeDee, how is the back today??
Tina, I am painfully aware that someone with a sense of humor created me. I would just like the chance to return the favor.
CHI CHI...I'm sorry, I still had sleep in my eyes and couldn't see how sparkly everything is. And my nose is a little stuffed, prohibiting the scent of sanitizer to permeate my nasal cavaties.
The place looks awesome. CAROL will never know what went down...unless she actually reads the blog!! Maybe we should delete all the comments!!
Morning Glories!
Shirley is prepared for everything today! She even got first!
Bebbi I interepret this song to be about conquering fear. What holds us back the most as human beings? Fear. Human of the year you are now a brother to all man kind. Stop the fear and accept and you will move forward. Even the saints started out as humans.
Look around even those who rule over us are humans. Weak and fearful just as we can be.
But what do I know it could just be about some idiot honking his horn impatiently.
I see there was a food fight yesterday and I missed it! LOL I found mashed potatos behind the curtains! WTF Oh and here is the gravy to go with it on the curtain.
Deedee I'm sorry you hurt your back! Rest it and no straining today. K?
Bonachichi look behind the curtains. IMJS
Mo have fun at the movies! The one I want to see is not at our theater yet. So I guess I should clean my own livingroom today. Bummer!
Squirrely errr I mean Shirley. Quit rewriting the bylaws! I clearly read that the one who started it gets clean up duty!!!!
Good Morning ladies.....
I think my back is going to be fine....thanks for asking chichi and your comment Maureen....its bad....but its not as bad.....
What the hell is all that screeching and who is banging on that piano!!?
OMG!! Excuse me Bebbi....a video song....I thought someone was strangling a cat....
Just kidding Bebbi...its been such a long time since I "poked" you I didn't want you to think you were immune....lol
I actually enjoy Regina's music. And this song..."Human of the Year"...
I absoloutely adore the melody structure through the bridge thing. It sounds fantastic and I can appreciate her vocal control in that part....it's rare for someone to be able to do vocal gymnastics that well for an entire section...
The catholicism comes through fairly strong...
I think that it may be about the pope...or at least a religious figure of some kind...But I really don't think she's as congratulating as she may sound.
"the icons are whispering to you"... and who are the icons?
"they're just old men"...like the homeless alcoholics in the parks except from the fact that they have been chosen as servants of god..and these are the people chosing him.
Also it seems as if the rest of the world has no saying to this election..."although they do not know it...all mankind are now your brothers" and at first I thought the cars were beeping in his honor...but they beep all the time...his being elected has not changed anything.
And also this..."Until next year's big human winner" tells me that perhaps it isn't such a great honor, and that it may be a much more superficial prize than the way they present it.
The whole song combined seems to be telling me.....We are much too concerned with being "the human of the year" and becoming "something". And even if we are elected we will still just be the person we always were. The icons will always be like dumb old men.. no matter how much gold they wear...and that most of the world won't even care. The people believing it makes a difference are the sinners she speaks about.
To conclude....Hypocracy and Vanity....are the our greatest flaws.
Should it be "Praegektorinski"?... an anagram of "Reginka I. Spektor"
that was my delete...sorry...I was all logged in for my alternate farms....lol
What?? Do I have BO or something!?
Where'd everybody go?
I have bathed... applied antiperspirant and FDS'ed myself into a stupor....
and for what!!
Well I certainly have BO, I'm still in my pj's!!!
My last day of Thanksgiving vacation.
We just decorated the tree and took our xmas card picture.
Bebbi what a cute song! :)
Jennifer/iteach; You mean to tell me you just took your Christmas card picture... In your BO PJs?? I want one of those cards!
I am sorry I didn't clean behind the curtains. I didn't think the food could get there. I hope it's food.
DeeDee, you do have BO. But you always have. We were just elsewhere. BTW... you slime. I don't have enough square footage on my island to accomodate all the damn animals you're sending me.
Oh wow. That was my delete. It was just a double post of the previous comment. I don't know what's going on with my computer. Lots of strange things I can't explain and I'm supposed to be able to do that.
Bobachichi....lol....
So what are you saying? Your island is too crowded??
you know you can save them until you move to more spacious island accommodation.....of course the ostriches might be to old to lay eggs by then.....ijs...
Would you prefer that I send pear trees? You know...the ones that have the holes in the tops....I'm not sure what those holes are for but they are great for hiding your weed....
Perhaps bamboo plants for when you have your next public caning.....
or maybe some chicken shit.....its great for your wrinkles and those bags under your eyes......
DeeDee: Wow, that could be. I never thought of it at all like that and I love the anagram too.
I have been sleeping all darn day, about to head out to the gym to make up for it. I will be back in a bit.
I wonder if the turkey I have been eating is making me so tired..haha.
I am back........
:O)
Lots to catch up with.. I have to unpack first.. and relax a little.. late hrs laughing and drinking can surely take its toll
I had a blast..
Love my fam...
I will be back later..
Missed ya all.
The Blind Side was sooooo good! If you can, go see it. And as someone here advised...take kleenex! I was so shocked at how good Tim McGraw was!
CHI CHI...not only do you need to check behind the curtains, but behind the couch pillows, the furniture and over the door jams!
Something smells in here...kinda like B.O!!
Uh oh. Carol's back. Now we're all in for it. Enjoy your last minutes, girls. Our clocks are gonna get cleaned.
CRAP...is there food on the clocks, too???!!!
CAROL...it wasn't my fault. Nope not at all. Ignore what you may read!!
I've been pondering what DeeDee said about Regina's song. Is it not strange that so many people get different meanings from it?
We are having Santa Ana winds today. It is such an easy thing to say, but a most miserable thing to live through. Leaves and shit blowing all over the place. My long hair has turned me into Cousin It. I can't see for crap because my hair's in my face. I've got "allergies" and the damn wind isn't helping at all.
I am in the process of stealing... wait. Borrowing. No. Sharing. Yes, sharing some really cool things for everyone.
Mo, yeah. You were most helpful. Did you have a nice NAP today?
CHI CHI...no, no nap today! Just a movie and hanging out with my friend.
Afternoon....well, I can see you all didn't cheer for the San Diego Charges to lose as I had requested last night. I ask just a couple of things and no...I can't hear the cheers.
And another thing....SHIRLEY AND MO: So the by-laws say the person that wrote the blog doesn't have to clean up and status keeper doesn' t have to clean up so that once again leaves me alone. I thing it's not too fair when it is usually SHIRLEY that makes the mess in the first place. I am lucky this time that BONACHICHI came to the rescue and cleaned up the whole place except the drapes. The naughty mat is still a little sticky too. I think I will re-write the by-laws for our next meeting and make them fair!
BEBBI: I haven't listened to the song and video yet so no opinion. It is interesting to read the others though when I don't know the song.
DEEDEE; I am glad your back in better. Now whose advice did you take...no sex (mine) or sex (TINA'S) to make it better? I was just wondering in case I ever do a term paper on back pain.
I was up really late last night and slept until this afternoon. I even wrote a blog for this week and that was without anyone here to "encourage" me to do so.
Looks like there is a good Hallmark movie on tonight called A Dog Called Christmas. It looks pretty cute in case anyone is interested.
CAROL: MO, SHIRLEY, BONACHICHI,DEEDEE, LYNN AND MANY OTHERS MADE A BIG MESS IN THE NEST AND HAD FOOD FIGHTS AND DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW AND YES I KNOW I AM YELLING! They tried to make me clean it up. (shh..it was mostly MO and SHIRLEY that started it and then just left the big mess and said not to tell y ou. MO even suggested that we delete all the comments from yesterday so you wouldn't know. I am the hall monitor and wanted you to know plus they always always try and make me do the work of cleaning up.
On a serious note and kind of what you were talking about the other day SHIRLEY.
As you know my husband is in VA visiting his 88 yr old mom. Louis has two daughters and one lives there and is about 35. His mother had never treated this GD the same as the other one plus she has two grandsons living there. She has made my husband's life not good for this trip and he has been wanting to come home for a few days now. She is mean to his daughter and told him on Thanksgiving AM that she can't stand her. He told his mom that this is his daughter and that it not only puts him in the middle but hurts him to hear this. She apologized for not what she said but for telling him. She doesn't like to share him much when he comes to visit but especially with this daughter. He went to see his daughters apt today and mom is not talking right now. She told the GD that she wanted Louis for herself. I don't know how a grandmother can not only feel this away about a grandchild but then to express it to her son. I had a talk with her before Louis arrived and told her not to express her feelings to him She was so excited for him to come and this has really put a cloud on the visit.
I told my husband to try and not let it make his feelings for his mom bad (easy for me to say) because who knows at her age if this is the last time they will see one another. I found when I was doing volunteer work with Hospice and the nursing
home that the older people go back to being children and you know how that child in the grocery store may look at you and say anything that pops into their head. I think maybe that is how Louis' mom is although I know it has always been an issue but not spoken about. He told me that last night his daughter was crying not understanding why her grandmother hated her so much. She won't even return a hug.
I just wanted to talk to someone (all of you) about this as it makes me sad to see my husband feel so bad and then I really do like his mom too. I know I made the right decision by not going on this trip as he needs to deal with his mom with his sister and family.
Ok..done ....thanks for listening.
Wow Dianne, that is a very interesting story. I'm so glad your husband has you to talk too.
Everything you said about older people, I think is true. Everything you said reminded me of how my grandma was towards the end of her life. We never knew what was going to come out of her mouth. lol
When does your husband come home? I bet he will be running to that plane.
Diane, you Finker!
About your Mr., I think at some point we have to just let peoples' comments roll off our shoulders. The GD needs to understand the problems isn't her; it's her grandmother. A very wise person once told me something I use often: You can't reason with someone who's unreasonable. Let them have their say, forget it, then walk away.
DIANNE...that is so sad the way your MIL is treating her son and gd. Louis' daughter must be hurting so bad over this. When my cousin had her stroke, she started saying terribly hurtful things to people. She told her daughter that she never liked her as a child and still doesn't like her. Can you imagine saying that to your child? Then expecting same child to be her caregiver?
{{hugs}} to you and your family.
DIANNEtattletaleINDENVER...I don't think I ever said you should clean up...just that I don't hafta!
My mom never really cared for my SIL from day one, but she was always cordial to her. When she was in the hospital and nursing home before she died, whenever my brother and SIL would come to visit my mom would pretend to be asleep. As soon as Jan went to the bathroom or for a walk, she would "wake up" and soon as she returned she would go back to "sleep". It was rather funny, but she would never come right and say she didn't want her there.
Welcome back Carol!
Well once again Dianne has made another drunkin rant! When will she learn that booze and football are not a good combination. tsk tsk.
I have no idea what she is talking about in regards to events around here yesterday. I was infront of the TV most of the day watching the 4th season of "The Waltons". I know nothing about a food fight or any other goings on. It is clearly the ramblings of an old drunk!
Evening all!
Dianne confused in Denver. I was not even here for the food fight yesterday. I showed up this morning and found missed gunk here and there.
I hope your husband and his daughter can work all of that out. It breaks my heart but also makes me wonder what I will be like when I get that old.
I have been working on my living room since early this morning. I am done!!! I feel like I was beat to death with a swiffer and smell like the bottom of a bottle of bleach.
Love you all!
WHAT THE HECK HAPPEN HERE???
OMG..
Why CAROL, what r u talking about?
Eggs, Cream Pie, Spaghetti, Mashed Potatoes, Shirley's Splats, Brown Running Stuff, Corn?
Who the hell broke into Walmart?
And why did Shirley need a Hazmat Suit?
And why was Mo taking a nap?
And why does SacBarb not have her hazmat suit on, and is nekkid?
And why is Bonacci playing with DeeDee's poop?
Hmmmmmmmmm
And and if Shirley was sooooo busy flinging food, how the heck did she get 69?
Bonacci..
Your wit yesterday cracked me up.. OMG..
Mo..
Evidence..
This is from a comment you wrote..
"Since today's blog was about food, it only seems appropriate food fights took place!"
Carol, nothing happened here yesterday. Nothing at all. We were all watching cartoons. Alone. At home.
Dianne_tattle_tale_in-Denver..
Thanks for being the brown nosier, You sure did earn brownie points..
Shirley on our next update, please make a category for Brownie Points and give Dianne 10! she gets a high number because its warranted..
Mo...
You have disappointed me.. so no shaving your arse for at lease a month, you have to get use to a big butt.. and that also means no bacon..
Shirley..
I am shocked and cornfused.. soooo no water soakers for at least a 2 months( well I will make a exception during our Christmas Party, with supervisor of course)
Soooo put those water soakers in the basement of owl manor NOW!
I was napping. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Someone musta been logging in as me :)~
The only thing I can't find and perhaps missed.. who cleaned up?
Shirley wrote:
Um Maureen you are suppose to be assisting Dianne in the clean up. The By-Laws clearly state that I, as the stats taker, cannot take part in manual labour tasks. I could injure my hands and then not be able to write down all the statistics. So sorry but I can't help, even if I wanted to.
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Mo wrote:
SHIRLEY...you missed the addendum to the by-laws that states that the writer of the days blog does not have to clean.
OMG..
Sooooo funny...
LOL
Bonacci..
You cleaned up, I was looking in area 51.. soooooo you get 5 brownie points, you did not get 10, cause by cleaning you were kinda hiding all the evidence..
Dianne_tattle_tale_in_Denver..
I am glad you did not clean up, I am glad I awarded you the 10 points..
You are a very good brown noser....
Bonacci and Mo and Shirley..
Your cover up comments smell of Poop..
I guess according to Bonacci that would be DeeDee's poop..
On advice from council I am taking the 5th on any and all questions concerning yesterday.
(damn you Dianne-ass-kisser-goody-two-shoes-in-Denver!)
Carol, do I lose the 5 points because I accidentally fumigated Tina?
Bonacci..
I am taking away the 5 brownie points, why, well just cause I can, but I will give you 2 for cleaning up..
LMAO @ Shirley and Bonacci!
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More Evidence of Mo!
puts on helmet*
*dons waterproof coat*
*slips on pair of rubber thigh high waders*
*goggles in place*
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Bring it on!!
Shirley..
That Hazmat suit.. OMG.. LOL
Bonacci..
This is why you dropped down 3 points..
"Let's not tell Carol what happened here today. Maybe we won't get in trouble. She'll never know."
Against the advice of council I will just say that you will find no evidence that I threw anything yesterday, if you look over the comments.
Shirley I have plenty of evidence..
"WHO IN THE HECK SHOT ME WITH A SLEEPING DART????? SHIRLEY???????"
That is purely circumstancial.
Plus it's hear-say! I watch Judge Judy you know!
I was napping, damn it!!!!
SHIRLEY...ummm, looks like you took cleaning up and dumping stuff in the trash can to a whole new level!!!!
Let's blame Bebbi. Yeah. She never gets in trouble.
DIANNEtattletaler,ratfink,asskisserIN DENVER...did you write a blog about tattling on friends? ija!!!!
It's all BEBBI's fault. Uh huh, yep it was.
Good night Carol!
Good night Maureen!(it was fun though wasn't it?)
Good night to all the other owls that don't live in Denver!
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Good night SHIRLEY. Why what on earth could you ever be talking about??? LOL!!!
Yes, it was ;)~
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Oops, sorry Tina!
Good night!
I think what made yesterday so fun is that we were so insulting to each other, but we all knew it was in good fun.
Good nite Shirley..
;O)
HA!
Shirley got 100 and bumped Tina to 101!
Congrats Shirley....
Sorry Tina... but you loss..
Mo and Bonacci.. blaming Bebbi..
Wait till she finds out, cause I'm telling..
lol
Shirley..
Judge Judy.. LMAO
My head need a pillow..
I am tired..
Glad all have fun while I was gone..
However the punishments still stand!
:O)
Nite
Hi everyone (in my most cheerful fun-loving voice). SHIRELY, why don't you like owls that live in Denver and no...I was not drinking and watching football today. I slept late and then turned on football and saw the wrong team winning in California and caught up on Amazing Race all night. I am sure you tell CAROL that I was drunk talking to her.
CAROL: Here is something for you to learn..when someone tells you a secret (like who trashed the nest) you don't tell everyone who told you. Now I will have the other owls mad at me BUT I love that there is a new category and I have 10 points!! Maybe from now on I will show my strength and the owls will put on their Bronco shirts when I ask them to and cheer for my team...you think?
Thanks for the comments to me on my husband's situation. I just talked to him and things were not any better today and now he will just visit with his daughter on Tuesday at the airport for awhile and spend tomorrow with his mom. I guess his sister talked to the mom too and told her she was just upsetting Louis but at dinner tonight things were still not good. So again...thanks for the comments.
MO: No, my blog is not about telling on people and maybe CAROL just got names mixed up on who told her everything...did you ever think of that Missy?
I can't believe for once TINA AND ZONA were not involved in getting in trouble or even TINK. I think that is a first for all of them. Yup, mostly MO, SHIRLEY AND BONACHICHI.
Carol As you know, I've been out of town and had nothing to do with the food fight that took place here yesterday. But if I was here, I'm sure that I would have kept everyone under control and the nest would have remained spotless. I wouldn't have even let Birdee poop in here, let alone DeeDee. xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
J/L Glad to see you back safe and sound. Hope you had a good trip and vacation.
If you read the comments please do not believe the things you are reading about me from SHIRLEY AND MO (MONTH). They are trying to stir up trouble and using my good name to do it. I have been having a hard time with them while you were gone. They were ganging up on the "older generation": so I am extra glad you are back to help me.
Dianne_also_blameless_in_Denver I am putting on my most innocent face. Can you tell? I feel really badly for Mr. D. Has his mother always treated his daughter that way or is it just since she started losing her faculties. I have heard that people with Alzheimers or dementia can become very unpleasant. Perhaps in her fog, the granddaughter reminds her of someone from her youth who was always mean to her or that she was jealous of. I know this sounds weird, but she may be thinking of Louis more as a boyfriend/husband and is jealous of the granddaughter as she is "the other woman".
Dianne_ageless_in_Denver Apparently, you think I am part of the "older generation". I don't know where you heard that vicious rumor.
Bebbi I've never heard that song before. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
DeeDee Very interesting interpretation of the lyrics. I enjoyed reading your comments. I'm glad your back is getting better.
Dianne_pouting_about_Broncos_in_Denver I think my 49ers won today, didn' they? :)
I guess I'm using my magical powers.
JUST LIN...OMG, DIANNE is halucinating again...you're NOT part of the "older" generation!
Welcome back
Yes,....it's all my fault..story of my life. I just say, go ahead , blame me. I have big shoulders and I can carry the weight of the responsibility. I do so in my family and work life, why not on the nest too! :) EVERYBODY loves to blame Bebbi! Story of my life.
Human of the Year..that's me..hehe. :) Okay, sorry I went MIA but I was a serious couch potato today (which is actually yesterday, but who's looking anyway)..
I figured out something!
Watching tivo'd Biggest Losers all day is no way to help me to be the BIGGEST LOSER! haha. I was Biggest Couch potato.
Okay..going to the new blog to make an appearance..shhhh don't tell anybody I was here.
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