Friday Five

May 2nd, 2003, 12:50 PM by Goddess

*updated*

1. Name one song you hate to admit you like.

Willa Ford, “I Wanna Be Bad”

2. Name two songs that always make you cry.

Fisher, “I Will Love You”

Gladys Knight, “Midnight Train to Georgia” (and there’s a nice remake by the Indigo Girls)

The Carpenters, “Superstar” (honorable mention)

3. Name three songs that turn you on.

Um, I’m terminally horny. It would be easier to name three songs that DON’T turn me on!

Melissa Etheridge, “Like the Way I Do”

k.d. lang, “Constant Craving” (honorable mention)

Beth Orton, “Central Reservation”

Sophie B. Hawkins, “Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover”

4. Name four songs that always make you feel good.

Alanis Morissette, “No Pressure Over Cappuccino”

Don Henley, “Boys of Summer” (also beautifully re-done by D.J. Sammy)

No Doubt, “Hella Good”

Ani DiFranco, “Gravel” (honorable mention)

Evanescence, “Bring Me to Life” (a new addition; CD arrived after I posted this entry!)

5. Name five songs you couldn’t ever do without.

Lara Fabian, “Adagio”

Tara MacLean, “Settling” or “In the Wings” (tie)

Sarah McLachlan, “Elsewhere” or “Do What You Have to Do” (tie)

Jodi Sheeler, “No Regrets”

Joan Armatrading, “The Weakness in Me” (also beautifully re-done by Melissa Etheridge)

Bon Jovi, “Wild is the Wind” (honorable mention)



Better today

May 2nd, 2003, 12:35 PM by Goddess

Okay, the glasses are fixed, but now I think I’ve forgotten my vehicle registration card somewhere in Fairfax County. I swear, I lose everything!

But I heard really good news today about one of my friends, so if it means she’s the one with my overdue good luck, I am completely fine with that.

Today’s priceless comment: I walked into the optometrist’s office and said, “Can you help me? I’ve got a screw loose!”

I’m taking two classes in D.C. tomorrrow — one on how to make a living without a job (by freelancing and/or setting up my own business), and another on how to establish oneself as an expert in whatever the field. Not much else going on, but that’s OK — I look forward to having a couple of days without high drama!!!



Domino effect

May 2nd, 2003, 7:51 AM by Goddess

We all know how rotten the last two days have been for me, but don’t think I’m on the upswing yet … my eyeglasses just collapsed into four pieces. Heh. Figures!



When it rains, it whores

May 1st, 2003, 6:33 PM by Goddess

Er, pours. Christ, I don’t know what the fuck I’m saying today!

Cat costs: $200

DMV: $81

Car wash: $10

Steering wheel cover: $1

Flat tire: $25

Property taxes and penalties: $188

Fuel to run all over Creation: $14

Smokes, gum and iced tea for the ride: $6

Traffic ticket: um, can’t remember, but it’s a LOT

Telling the Property Tax guy, after he asked me if I knew where to place my tax sticker and I replied, “Yes, I know exactly where I can stick it.”: PRICELESS



Temporary insanity

May 1st, 2003, 12:50 PM by Goddess

After five — count them, five! muahahahaha (remember The Count on “Sesame Street”? I’m having flashbacks — hours at the INS … er, DMV … and $81 later, I went out to the parking lot to find a flat tire.

Oh, and I had to pay to get my license reissued, because they had listed me a a male. I told them look, you’re gonna have to take my word for it, but I’m all girl. So they charged me for it. When I argued, the chick said, “Well, you should’ve come in and gotten it changed sooner; it would have been free within one week of the mistake being made.” At said point, I had been there 4.5 hours, so let’s just say I look like HELL in my picture — seventh layer of Dante’s Inferno hell, I tell you!!!

Gotta run … hopefully the flat tire is fixed. I just asked them to put my new Virginia plates on the car as well. What the hell, right? I’m already broke, and knowing me, the plates would sit in my trunk for another eight months anyway if I didn’t ask someone to lend a sister a hand.

Please tell me things are going to get better soon!!!