Mercy!

OMG. I LOVE this song. Have a listen and see if you don't LOVE it!





Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I love you
But I gotta stay true
My moral’s got me on my knees
I’m begging please
Stop playing games

I don’t know what this is
But you got me good
Just like you knew you would
I don’t know what you do
But you do it well
I’m under your spell

You got me begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
I said you better release me

Now you think that I
Will be some thing on the side
But you got to understand
That I need a man
Who can take my hand, yes I do

I don’t know what this is
But you got me good
Just like you knew you would
I don’t know what you do
But you do it well
I’m under your spell

You got me begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
I said you better release me
I’m begging you for mercy
Just why won’t you release me

I’m begging you for mercy
You got me begging
You got me begging
You got me begging

Mercy
Why won’t you release me
I’m begging you for mercy
Why wont you release me
You got me begging you for mercy
I’m begging you for mercy
I’m begging you for mercy
I’m begging you for mercy
I’m begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
Bring it on

Mercy
Begging you for mercy
You got me begging
Down on my knees
I said mercy
Begging you for mercy
You got me begging

Song Words by Artist / Band : DUFFY
Song Lyrics Title : MERCY
Taken from Music Album : Rockferry
Single Released : 25 February 2008
Music Genre : Soul Music

Cabana Chat

When Suzy and I volunteered to move out into the portables, we thought that we could sway the boys who were already out there to re-name them to cabanas. We told our principal not to say anything about out moving and that we wanted to tell the boys in our own way. We had our building manager call the boys into her office right after school was out and we had taped this segment of Mad TV for them to watch. We were hiding around the corner while they watched this and when we heard the uncomfortable laughter we swooped in with our gifts to them (beach towel and flip flops) and announced that we were coming out to the portables with them. We also announced that we were NOT going to be "trailer trash" and we were re-naming the portables cabanas.




As you can imagine, the Cabana's didn't go over so well and we kind of dropped the idea.

Music Monday

I think that I like this so much that I'm going to post two today...

The Only One

When they all come crashing down, midflight,
You know you're not the only one.
When they're so alone they find a back door out of life.
You know you're not the only one.

We're all grieving,
Lost and bleeding.

All our lives,
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader.
All your lies,
I'm not believing.
Heaven shine a light down on me.

So afraid to open your eyes, hypnotized.
You know you're not the only one.
Never understood this life.
And you're right, I don't deserve
But you know I'm not the only one.

We're all grieving,
Lost and bleeding.

All our lives,
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader.
All your lies,
I'm not believing.
Heaven shine a light down on me.

Don't look down,
Don't look into the eyes of the world beneath you.
Don't look down, you'll fall down,
You'll become their sacrifice.

Right or wrong.
Can't hold on to the fear that I'm lost without you.
If I can't feel, I'm not mine,
I'm not real.

All our lives.
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader.
All your lies,
I'm not believing,
Heaven shine a light down on me.

Evanescence

Music Monday

Something new for your listening pleasure...

Kiss

Uh!

U don't have 2 be beautiful 2 turn me on
I just need your body, baby, from dusk till dawn
U don't need experience 2 turn me on
U just leave it all up 2 me, I'm gonna show U what it's all about

CHORUS:

U don't have 2 be rich 2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool 2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your . . . . . kiss
U got 2 not talk dirty, baby, if U wanna impress me
U can't be 2 flirty, mama, I know how 2 undress me (Yeah)
I want 2 be your fantasy, maybe U could be mine
U just leave it all up 2 me, we could have a good time

CHORUS

Yes, oh
I think I wanna dance, uh
Gotta, gotta, oh
Little Girl Wendy's Parade
Gotta, gotta, gotta

Women, not girls, rule my world, I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama, not your shoe size, maybe we could do the twirl
U don't have 2 watch Dynasty 2 have an attitude, uh
U just leave it all up 2 me, my love will be your food (Yeah)

U don't have 2 be rich 2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool 2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm compatible with!
I just want your extra time and your kiss

Prince

Look What I can Do!

This is my absolutely favorite character on Mad TV. I laugh hysterically everytime I see him...

C'mon Shelly!

Because Tina and I were sometimes bored out of our everloving minds at RA, we took to looking up our favorite funnies from SNL and Mad TV. Here's my contribution:

Things I Learned at RA

I have been to RA for the last 4 years. Honestly, I have to say that this year was the best yet! I roomed with my friend Tina and I am SO glad that I did. Tina has become a friend that I treasure very much. She is the kind of person who has fun everywhere she is and whoever she is with. She is hysterically funny, insightful, reflective (no, not like neon), and sweet. You know that she cares about you. (She also doesn't parade around the hotel room naked and try to have a conversation with you while doing so. Another plus!)

This year at RA I learned MANY new things.

I now have a vocabulary that is very extensive:
1. hot lunch
2. butt monkey
3. monkey fucker
4. penguin butt
5. "rack" star
6. pindergarten
7. equipments
8. butt burp
9. coin purse
10. bloody eye disease
11. pressed fruit
12. Schultzy
13. Pantaloons

(If you happen to be wondering about number 4, read here and you will understand exactly what I am talking about. )

I learned several important lessons at RA:

1. If you ever want to steal the silver wear from a restaurant, slip it in your friend's purse.
2. NEVER fight a penguin butt for garbage.
3. ALWAYS take your ear buds from your iPod out of your ears BEFORE having a conversation with another adult DURING a professional conference. (Especially when the speaker is very soft spoken.)
4. Captain Kangaroo is a pervert.
5. The most annoying sound in the world WILL NOT win a girl's heart.
6. Giant Radio Flyer wagons are dangerous.
7. Even first grade teachers say "fuck".
8. Smuggling a drink into a conference can be a good thing.
9. Tulips on an organ are not always pretty.
10. Nine men in a hotel room... well, need I say more?
11. ALWAYS room with a great friend.
12. Make sure to check your t-shirt in the area around your belly button for sweat when exercising.
13. The things you find hysterically funny are usually not so funny to your guy friends.
14. Always push for ass.
15. Drink extensively at every meal break.
16. DO NOT go to Friendship Night. (They might talk you into doing Karaoke.)
17. NEVER tuck your shirt into your panties. (Especially if they are granny panties.)
18. Asking eighteen million questions does not win you any friends. (Is that OK? Did you like that? What do you want to do now? Is that all?)
19. Captain Kangaroo's friends are perverts too.
20. Karma IS a bitch.

I have to say that I can't remember a time when I have laughed as much as I did last weekend.My stomach and ribs still hurt. Even as I write these things, I am laughing hysterically. Here. Alone. In my office. Alone. At Home. Yeah.

So, if you ever get a chance to go to RA, please be sure to take my list with you. These new vocabulary words and lessons will definitely be extremely helpful if you want your time there to be enjoyable. Also, you could fashion it into a blunt instrument to stab repeatedly into your eye when needed.

I Am My Mother's Daughter

Yesterday at lunch we decided to go to Cyrus O'Leary's to eat. It's a short distance to the restaurant from the convention center so we walked when we were dismissed. We were commenting on what a beautiful day it was and Mark and I were lamenting the fact that neither of us had our motorcycles.

The city of Spokane has a huge park near the convention center and as we skirted the outside edge of it, Tina commented that she wanted to ride the merry-go-round. We all looked at the carousel and also noticed that they had a GIANT Radio Flyer wagon all wrapped in plastic. They were painting it so they had it all wrapped up to keep the smell down and the paint from flying everywhere.

So, because I was watching the damn Radio Flyer, I didn't see the little, tiny hole (translation: BIG GIANT CRATER) in the sidewalk and being my mother's daughter, I stepped in it. What happened next is MY interpretation of the event:

It's a beautiful sunny day in Spokane. A TL goes by and I mention it to Mark. Hey, look! There's giant Radio Flyer. Holy Crap! My shoe is sideways on my foot. Oh my God. I think I tripped! I'm falling down. Shit. Everyone is going to see this. Don't fall down. DON'T FALL DOWN! Crap. I'm going down. I better sit sideways so that I don't totally screw up my knee. Oh shit. People are going to wonder what's wrong with that big fat lady. Is she having a fit of some kind? Ouch my hand just scraped the pavement. Get up. Get up right now. RIGHT NOW!!! Maybe no one saw you. Right. You're sitting on Tina's foot. Get up FAST!!!

And this all happened in 1.7 seconds. Seriously. Everyone said it looked like it happened in slow motion but it felt like it happened really fast. One minute I was on my feet talking about a damn Radio Flyer and the next minute I was trying to save face from my genetics.

I kept on walking like it was no big deal. Everyone kept asking if I was OK. Of course I said that I was fine. And I was. Just a little bruised ego. Nothing worse for the wear. Or so I thought. We ate lunch and on our walk back I realized that my foot really did hurt. And by the end of the day it was really swollen and starting to bruise.

It still hurts this morning but if I keep my tennis shoes on, it doesn't hurt as much. I texted Ed to check in and he texted back wondering if I could wait until Monday to go and see Dr. Doerfler. I don't think it's broken. I wouldn't be able to get my shoe on if it was and it feels better when I rub it. I'm sure that I just twisted it.

The Tale of the Giant Pantaloons

Dude. Have you EVER seen underpants so HUGE that if you jumped out of a plane without a parachute, you'd survive???

I have. And they were actually on a real live person. Hanging out her pants. With her shirt tucked in. To the underwear. Yep. It was pretty.

Tina said it was "down-right runway hot." That's funny.

Tina's job is to sniper- cam a photo. We have to have proof...

WEA-RA Part 1

Yesterday Tina, Scott, Mark, John and I met at my house to leave for Spokane to go to WEA-RA. WEA-RA is the teacher's union conference where we hear about business items that people write to help guide the direction our union is going to go. The business items range from a vote of no confidence of our Superintendent of Public Instruction to voting to financially support the Take the Lead Campaign to lobbying to retirement.

RA also means a TON of partying. We really work hard when we're here. But working that hard also means that there needs to be a release at the end of the day. I mean, dude, we sit in meetings from 7-12, then 1:30-5:00 and then 7-10:30-ish PM.

They have a friendship night where you get to "dance" and buy $7.00 beers. YIKES.

Not very fun. At all. Seriously.

It's only Friday, half way through the day. I am DEFINITELY drinking at dinner. I don't think that I'll be able to make it through the evening without it...

The New and Improved Taj Mahal

HOLY SHIT!!!! We purchased a camper on Sunday. I'd like to say that it was my "mother's day present" but, I'm not a mother. It's made by Bigfoot Industries in Armstrong, BC and it's 9.6 feet long. DUDE! It's huge. We have a bathroom. We have a galley (a kitchen in campers is called a "galley"). We have a dining room. We have a bedroom. The damn thing could sleep 4 comfortably (3 adults, 1 child). Be careful. You might get lost going from the galley to the dining room!

Here's what the floor plan looks like:

I know. Kinda hard to see. But, you get the idea. It's VERY clean and plenty big for both of us.

We bought it from a retired couple in Port Orchard. They bought it from a lady in Ellensburg who bought it brand spankin' new from Apache RV in Tacoma. They told us she used it like 8 times to take her daughter to horse shows. I believe them too because there's a sticker in my kitchen window that says "American Paint Horse Association" that the retired couple couldn't get out of the window. The retired couple bought it because they thought they might do some camping outside of going to their property in Trout Lake where they park their travel trailer. They told us the camper's been parked in their driveway since last July, untouched.

It's got the "Nordic" color scheme. VERY light wood and with fabric in cream's, blues and silvers. There's a sky light in the galley that has a shade to slide over it for sleeping at night.

I've been trying to talk Ed into sleeping out here for the last two nights, but, he really wants to sleep in our own bed. But, this IS like our own bed! We'll be living here for days at a time (hopefully). We need to try it out to make sure everything works!!! Our friends and neighbors, who shall remain nameless, bought a camper about a month ago, and decided to take it for a dry run in their driveway. They cooked and ate dinner in their new purchase, and decided to sleep in there as well. The husband didn't realize how close the ceiling was going to be when he laid down and he got claustrophobic so badly that he had to go inside the house to finish off the night. They ended up making a modification to the bed area that they hope will alleviate some of the claustrophobia, but, as far as I know they haven't tried it out yet.

Being the last of our group of friends to buy a camper was a curse and a benefit. We were cursed because we got teased and berated for still sleeping in a tent. But we benefited because we got to hear the trial and tribulations everyone else had with their campers, so we go to use their knowledge when purchasing our own. Pretty sneaky if you ask me!! Besides the fact that we got to look at the campers of our friends and decide what we liked and what we didn't. It helped to narrow down what we wanted in the camper and helped to put us on the same page quickly!

As soon as I take some pictures, I'll post them. I just haven't gotten the camera out of the car yet to do so.

Besides, it's raining so damn hard that I'd be afraid of ruining my camera.