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Living the good life in Ventura, CA.

A Couple of Things…

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I blame my parents for this fashion statement.

I blame my parents for this fashion statement.

1. Strep Throat sucks.  I don’t recommend it.

2.  Feeling better now and back to living a productive life!  But not well enough to shoot hoops yet.

3. I have another birthday coming up this month.  I haven’t figured out how to make that stop yet.

4. I’ve never been into Astrology, but the fact that I’m a Leo makes so much sense.

5. Just so you know, if it doesn’t get any better than this, I’ll die a happy camper!

6. I was thinking about what are my most treasured possessions? Of course I first think of people or animals, but they aren’t really possessions.  They hang out because they don’t know any better.

7. So what about physical possessions?  My Ibanez guitar, Spalding women’s basketball,  loaded mp3 player, camera.  Luckily all things I could grab all at once in case of fire.   My photos are uploaded in cyperspace.  I don’t really watch TV.  I can’t carry out my furniture.  I don’t really wear jewlery.  So yeah, I’m prepared.   If I’m not home, all these things are replaceable.

8. I find that more times than not, when a person is explaining something and then they say, “To make a long story short…” It’s already too late.

9. It took some time, but Sydney Rose succumbed not too long ago to Facebook, and I was happily surprised when I received a Friend Request from her.

10. I keep seeing posts about privacy concerns on Facebook and people trying to “declare their rights to intellectual property…” blah blah blah.  My thought on the matter, get off Facebook if you are concerned about what you post.  Seriously, it probably isn’t for you!  It’s SOCIAL MEDIA!  Facebook makes the rules clear as a bell when you sign up.  Sorry Charlie!

11. Speaking of which, I do a lot of Facebook posting for VenturaRocks.com.  What I don’t understand is why people don’t message you with a correction, rather than posting a derogatory comment for all to see about what is wrong.

12. A month an a half after Ventura Music Week and I think…yes, I think I’ve collected the last check and it looks like we made enough to cover all our bills.  YES!!!

13.  From my “Favorite Facebook Posts” file:  “I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as making a ‘life’.”  Maya Angelou     WORD

Thanks for listening!

A Couple of Things…

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1.  I love saying, “I’m going to band practice.”  Or, “I’m coming back from band practice.” Or “I just left band practice.”  Or “Band practice was a lot of fun.”  I’m driving Sydney Rose crazy!!

2.  I LOVE BAND PRACTICE!!!  Just saying.

3.  Fortunately, I can only get better on the guitar!

4.  And I thought my wrists were sore from shooting hoops!  I had no idea!!  Standing up playing guitar is a whole different ballgame.

5.  We did a punk version of one of Charles Law’s original country rock songs. We fuckin’ rocked it!!

6.  I imagine I’m a cross between Courtney Love and Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders.

7.  There is no reality in the previous statement.

8.  Someone mentioned recently that life gets better after a certain age.  I have to say that life gets better when you decide to finally chase down your dreams.  You can do this anytime.  Start!!

9.  Next up, surfing!

10.  Speaking of surfing…Surf Rodeo was this weekend.  We had a blast!  Sold all kinds of VenturaRocks.com t-shirts.  Two days of fun at Pierpont Beach with music and surf, Ventura is definitely my kind of town!

11.  The fact that I lost my hat, camera, and purse on three separate occasions during the two days of Surf Rodeo, and I managed to find all three in tact (eventually), only goes to prove how much Ventura Rocks!

12.  From my “Favorite Facebook Posts” file: A friend recently posted a quote, but the author was listed as Unknown. It’s a worthy quote and I found the author:

“Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself” – George Bernard Shaw.   I agree, “WORD!”

Thanks for listening!

Ventura Music Week 2013 Wrap Up

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Ventura Music Week kick off party

Ventura Music Week kick off party

Ventura Music Week (VMW) was put on haphazardly by the City of Ventura the past couple of years.   That’s not a derogatory comment about the City, but rather, a statement of fact.  It wasn’t done properly because they didn’t have a staff and resources backing it up.  They had one individual trying to spearhead it.  Very little support was given.  It was hard work and the end result didn’t get anyone looking forward to the following year.  Eric, our hats go off to you for your efforts.  Eric has since left the City and we miss him dearly.

This year, Peter Brown in Economic Development put out feelers to see if community members would want to take over .  So Kevin Clerici of Downtown Ventura Organization, Kat Merrick of Totally Local VC, David Comden of the VC Reporter came together to see if they could pull it off as a group under the limited guidance and small funding by the City.  Sam Benner of Benner Marketing was invited as his expertise in website design would be valuable, and Gary Stewart of Four Brix Winery had a graphic design background plus he could rally some of the wineries to participate.  I was the last to be invited to the table as a representative of VenturaRocks.com.

There were seven of us working to pull of Ventura Music Week 2013.  No one was being paid.  This was solely a volunteer effort to see this through.

There were a number of meetings before I came on board and there were a number of decisions made that I was not a part of including changing the dates so that VMW aligned with Cash Fest (Roadshow Revival a Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash).  Another decision made was having highlighted events listed on posters.

The changing of the dates affected few, but those it did, it was a very big deal.  VC Buzz had scheduled (actually rescheduled) their Ventura County Music Awards to align with VMW.  I’m sure they were counting on the momentum of VMW to generate additional interest in their event.  That was unfortunate, but I believe it was done with all the best intentions for VMW itself so there was a major anchor event (Cash Fest).

As for the highlighted events listed on posters, again I believe it was done with the best of intentions so that the venues would work hard on getting extraordinary talent for at least one of the evenings.  If they didn’t, then it would be like any other week in Ventura (which is pretty awesome).   So the group was hoping to inspire highlighted events which would be rewarded with placement on posters and on the VMW website.  The problem?  Venues don’t want to inspire their patrons to go to someone else’s event!    So many of the venues not only didn’t place the posters on their windows, but they verbally complained, and one of them originally refused to pay the agreed fee of $100 to participate.

I still believe the highlighted events is a great idea, but separate posters need to be designed for venues.  Venue posters should state how they are an official VMW venue, and generic info on VMW itself.  Highlighted event posters should be distributed throughout the Ventura county, Santa Barbara county, the Valley and the City of Los Angeles.   They need to what we have to offer so they would want to come to Ventura to hear our music and support VMW.

So you live and learn.

Also, the work load was not distributed evenly.  After the intitial first few meetings, there was never another meeting where all parties participated.  I would say that Kat pulled off at least 50% of the work, I did at least 30, maybe more and the rest was distributed by the remaining members.

Yes Sam created the website from a WordPress template.  And yes Gary created amazing artwork for us and did all the promo for us. David arranged for all the media buys and Kevin helped with Treasury functions and some networking.

But the majority of the work fell on Kat’s shoulders.

My 30-35% including uploading venue information for the VMW weeksite and Facebook page, running around trying to sign up the venues, distributing products to the venues, party set up and tear down, running errands, and then showing up each and every night during the ten nights where I took pictures, and uploaded them at the end of the night, sometimes after 1:00 in the morning.    VMW Facebook page was posted to dozens of times during every day with the events for all the venues, plus a calendar listing for that day.  These I shared on our VenturaRocks.com FB page as well.

The uploading of venue information sounds easily enough, but there were photos to hunt down, upload resize, create posters for, and post for each event for each venue.  We had 100 bands.  30 venues.  10 tens.  1 city.    There was a lot to process just for the web presence.  Plus there were always changes to schedules, and venues were not always available to answer questions or help with the data.  They are busy too after all trying to make a living!

And again, keep in mind, as much work as I personally put into VMW, Kat did even more running around having meetings and getting this thing done.  Crazy, no?

Trying to get venues to sign up was a real interesting exercise.  As VenturaRocks.com, I haven’t had to really work with the venues.  We just helped them (whether they liked it or not.  The Golden China wasn’t even aware of us…Really?  After 4 years guys?).  But now with VMW, we were asking them to participate and to pay $100 to become an official venue.  It wasn’t pretty for some.  There were a few that didn’t participate and it blew my mind!  One of them didn’t pay and the DVO stepped up to grant the money for them…and still they ended up calling it MY VENUE Music Week instead of Ventura Music Week on their personal promo.

And then there were certain musicians who didn’t make it easy on me as well.  They weren’t happy with a photograph, or I had to get their authorization to help promote their gigs.  OUT-FUCKIN’-LANDISH, no?

So I learned that some personalities make doing such an event more of a challenge.  For me, the bottom line is to help make this City prosperous for all.  To make Ventura known as a music destination where people come and spend money in our venues supporting music and our artists and musicians.

For some of the venues, they got it.  For others, they had tunnel vision and it was not about the group effort for our town, but about what was in it for them.    If the town wins and we pull this off, then they win.

We kicked off VMW with an official party at the W Gallery at the corner of California and Main in downtown Ventura.  The VIP portion of the evening saw venue owners, some musicians, key players and councilman Carl Morehouse as well as Mayor Mike Tracy in attendance.  The musicians who played were amazing.  Dan Grimm kicked off the night, then Spencer the Gardener, old school favorites Raging Arb and the Redheads, then the McEuen Brothers.  It was a success and we have the pictures to prove it!

For ten nights we helped to promote Venture Music Week.  Some of the highlights included a screening of Dave Grohl’s film, Sound City: Real to Reel, a visional arts exhibit at the Museusm of Ventura County, a full day all ages concert at Plaza Park called Rock Picnic which included sets by 8Stops7, Army of Freshmen and Rubberneck Lions.  Zoey’s pulled out the stops by having shows which included a show with surfer turned recording artist, Timmy Curran.

It was a great 10 days.  We pulled it off!!!

After all was said and done, I sat down in Peter Brown’s office at City Hall for a short debriefing.  I was tired to be sure, but satisfied until he asked me, “What’s in it for you?”

Stumped, I asked myself, “Jesus,  can’t I just help?”

But now I’ve had time to think about it, and how much work was involved, and how I took seven of my own vacation days to devote to VMW, and how I used my own resources and how I wasn’t able to generate income during those days doing my own website work.  And I have to re-evaluate, “What is in it for me?”

Next year we want to bump this up ten-fold.  We’re going to start working on it 10 months in advance getting sponsorships lined up.  We want to shut down Main Street and have a free concert with a national touring act to kick off the week.  It’s going to be amazing!

But at what personal cost?  How much am I willing to invest in this town for nothing in return?

It’s something I’m going to try not to dwell on as we gear up for 2014.

(See VenturaRocks.com Music Week Kick off party photos)

A Couple of Things…

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1.  Made the three hour round trip to Camp Scheideck last Friday with Syd Rose, and Jonny and Susan from Amigos.  I’ve been watching the photos being posted on Facebook and I’m super glad we made the trip, because WE NOW KNOW BETTER!  It’s a Hole-in-the-Wall dive bar with a fenced in backyard with dirt everywhere!  Scheideck is three days of all our favorite local bands we can typically see any given week in Ventura.  We had some fun, but stayed less than four hours.  The highlight was driving back with Syd behind the wheel dodging wild deer.

2.  A friend recently explained to me that it just might be better to change my Number One rule about NOT dating musicians to JUST dating musicians.  Well I don’t know if it would be better, but it would be far easier!

3.  A dear friend of mine told me this week that she and her husband would like to help make a dream of mine come true (k, get your head out of the gutter).  I’ve been invited to play rhythm guitar on one of his songs with his band during his next gig at the Tavern.  Then of course there will be the mandatory drinking of shots until drunk afterwards to feel like a real rock star.  HELLYA!!!

4.  I have to admit, every time I think about #2, I can’t help but smile ear to ear.

5.  Had our first practice this week.  Shit!  There’s a B chord.

6.  I’ve loved bad men.  Does that make me a bad woman?

7.  Being a judge for Zoey’s One’s to Watch was really HARD!!!  So much great talent out there!  I was very honored to be asked.

8.  I keep teasing Sydney that the guys she’s been hanging out with likes her.  She keeps insisting that they are JUST FRIENDS.  And I almost believed her until she made the Freudian slip and said their relationship was just Playtonic.  I laughed until the tears were rolling down my face.  Too funny!!!

9.  Speaking of Sydney… Years ago when Sydney learned that Prince is in fact actually a man, her response was, “Prince?!!! Sounds more like Princess.” Yeah, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

10.  How is it when a group of people sing Happy Birthday, the one who is tone deaf always sings the loudest?

11.  Today is Independence Day.  My friend Kat posted on Facebook the first line of the second paragraph of our Declaration of Independence:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
So I took a moment to review our Constitution.  It really is incredible.  Perhaps it should be mandatory reading to review it annually on July 4th.  But seriously, if it were, it could start a whole new Revolution!

12.  From my “Favorite Facebook Posts” file:   “If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. BE KIND ANYWAY.” –Mother Theresa

Thanks for listening!

Jury Duty

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As a civil servant, I don’t balk at jury duty like I use to.  For starters, my job with the City covers my pay when I’m serving, plus, I would hope if I ever find myself in trouble, or if I were to need to address a civil matter through the court process, that I would have an eager panel of jurors who were fair and impartial.  But more than that, I find the process utterly fascinating.

It was standing room only on Monday, the day I decided I would report (instead of calling day by day to see if I would be needed).  There were 108 cases pending.  The clerk assured us that 108 was below average and that a busy day would be over 200 cases pending.  My name was included in the first group of 70 to be called up to Court Room #26 presided by Judge Young. As we entered the room I noticed the defendant with headphones on and his Defense lawyer was a pretty blonde.  The DA, a pretty brunette was looking professional yet somber.  There was the judge’s clerk, court reporter, an interpreter for the defendant and two bailiffs.  There wasn’t an empty seat by the time everyone was herded in, and some of us had to take seats up on the juror’s stand.  We were asked to rise as the judge entered the chambers.

I thought I was ready for what was about to unfold as I’ve been summoned over a dozen times, and the last time I served I actually was selected to be a juror; I passed muster so to speak.  It was for a DUI case which the defendant was found guilty.  Why people push the envelope hoping to be found not guilty when clearly, they are, is beyond me.  But we are all given a chance to have our day in court, on our dime.

I have always feared that I would be called upon for a murder trial or worse a trial having to do with gang activity where I would be afraid of the repercussions for serving on that trial.  But it turns out that there is something worse that I hadn’t imagine and I immediately found myself in a cold sweat as the judge disclosed the charges against the defendant sitting quietly in his chair with the translator headphones on.

This was a case of child molestation.

You could see some of the people start to visibly shake as the judge named off five horrific charges this man allegedly did against a child under the age of ten. We would soon learn that victim would be called upon to testify and she would be asked about what body parts he touched and what he did to her and what he made her do to him.  We also learned that the defendant would not be taking the stand.

I’ve known two people personally where a former spouse had lied or had threatened to lie about child abuse or molestation to get custody of their kids, so after the initial shock, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt.  It became just a little bit harder to be prepared as the defense attorney on more than one occasion said her client was guilty of certain inappropriate acts, but that we needed to take each charge separately, and not to lump them all together.

For two full days I sat in wait as the judge, DA and Defense attorney grilled prospective jurors.  There were 70 of us at the start, twelve were finally selected, and two were chosen as alternates. There were only ten of us left who were not called upon to be questioned.

During our last break I overheard one of the gentlemen whose name had not been called yet say that he was planning on buying a lottery ticket if he didn’t get called up.

I’ve been thinking about that. I can’t imagine anyone ever wanting to serve on a case like this.  But worse yet, is thinking of all the children who never have the chance to get justice.  And I think of all the people who don’t have the backbone to withstand the duress of going through such an emotional trying process. I would like to think I would man up.

Yes, I would have proudly served; and I pray I would have been fair and impartial.

A Couple of Things…

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Syd's 19th Birthday Lunch with Grandpa

Syd’s 19th Birthday Lunch with Grandpa

Ventura Music Week ended this past weekend, but I think I will take some time to gather my thoughts and evaluations of how it went before I write about that.  So for now…A Couple of Things…

1.  A friend recently posted on Facebook that she always felt a little less sexy because she couldn’t wear high heels.   In my opinion, one out of five women pull wearing high heels off.  The rest, look so freakin’ awkward it’s ridiculous!

2.  The same thing with contact lens wearers.  Some people you would never guess they’re wearing contacts, others make such a production out of it.  Blinking all the time or opening their eyes wider, over exaggerating looking at things.  Seriously, wear glasses!  You look silly.

3.  And while we’re at it, how about those women (mostly teenage girls) who wear sleeveless short short dresses.  They are forever pulling them up, and pulling them down at the same time.  Such a production! And again, they look utterly ridiculous!

4.  In my opinion, sexy is being comfortable.  Sexy is smiling at people because you enjoy their company.  Sexy is a mindset.  Sexy is not about the clothes.  Sure, the clothes may get you noticed, but they won’t close the deal.

5.  There is a BIG difference between worshipping bodies and connecting with an individual.

6.  I’ve yet to find a drunk man or a stoned man attractive. Just saying.

7.  Do I prefer the athletic man or the don Juan lovey dovey type? Intellectual type or simple and sweet? Dresses to kill or dresses for the occasion. Tall dark and handsome or short light and comfortable in his skin? I have to say yes to all the above, but he also must be ethical, kind and have a wicked sense of humor (bonus points for being able to keep up with me).

8.  I hate shopping:  shopping for food, clothes, men…you name it.

9.  Do you think someone who is crazy knows they are crazy?  I wonder because I know people who work really hard at appearing normal.  But trust me, they are CRAY CRAY!!!

10.  I ran into one of those “quiet” Facebook friends recently, you know, the ones who never post.  I had written recently about whether they were creepers or actually had a life and were never on Facebook.  He gleefully admitted he was a creeper.  I kind of admire that about him.

11.  From my Favorite Facebook Posts file:   “Is an argument between two Vegans still called a ‘Beef’?”

12.  Happy 19th Birthday Sydney Rose.  I Love You!!!

Thanks for listening!

A Couple of Things…Ventura Music Week

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Kat Merrick, Totally Local VC, David Comden of VC Report & Me.

Kat Merrick of Totally Local VC, David Comden of VC Reporter & Pam Baumgardner of VenturaRocks.com.

1. Ventura Music Week is underway.  I have no idea how we’re pulling it off, but I’m thinking the endless hours of planning and running around rallying the troops might have something to do with it.

2. I love the venues and the people who have stepped up to help with Ventura Music Week.  They get it.  It’s not about what’s in it for them…but about coming together as a community to brand Ventura as a music town.

3. Monday night is a special screening of Dave Grohl’s film, “Sound City, Real to Reel.”  There are obligatory rumors of a special guest showing up…just saying.

4. Our kick off party on Friday was amazing. Music from Dan Grimm, Spencer the Gardener, Raging Arb and the Redheads and the McEuen Brothers all performing in the historic Erle Stanley Gardner Building (known as the birthplace of Perry Mason). Plus we had City Councilmen, Carl Morehouse and Mayor Mike Tracy in attendance.

5. Went to a private Whiskey tasting event Sunday afternoon at The Tavern. I’ll be honest, I was a little scared of overindulging.  Especially having not eaten all day long. Highlight was finally getting to see Rey Fresco perform.

6. I love when I go out to shoot a show that I’m never alone.  I always run into friends to hang out with.

7. One of the perks of Ventura Music Week is establishing new relationships with and getting to know business owners. Most are extremely hard working individuals who deserve help.  Some others…not so much.

8. I am grateful I was wise enough to take vacation time from my day job so I could focus entirely on pulling off Ventura Music Week.  Plus I don’t have to worry about a curfew.

9. 100 bands – 30 venues – 10 days – 1 city.  Yeah, that’s Ventura Music Week baby!

10. Many thanks to Kat Merrick whose drive, expertise and commitment to seeing this through.  Seriously, without her…well  I couldn’t even imagine!

11.  Ventura Music Week was put together by a committee of business owners who donated their time and/or resources:  David Comden, publisher from the VC Reporter, Kevin Clerici of Downtown Ventura, Sam Benner of Benner Marketing, Peter Brown of The City of Ventura, Gary Stewart of Four Brix, Pam Baumgardner (me!) of VenturaRocks.com and of course Kat Merrick from Totally Local VC…thank you for all your hard work.  We did it!!!

12. From my “Favorite Facebook Posts” file:   “I would rather die of passion than boredom.” Vincent van Gogh

Thanks for listening.

(Photo above is from the Ventura Music Week kick off party)

A Couple of Things…

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The Predator (the cat, not my daughter Sydney)

The Predator (the cat, not Sydney)

1.  It’s the first day of June.  How did that happen?

2.  There’s something magical about that moment when two strangers acknowledge with “the head nod” that they both just saw something weird.

3.  Final grades for the semester in, I am jazzed to report that I am maintaining the “A” average.

4.  Sydney Rose’s final grades in, 3 A’s and 2 B’s.  She killed her semester in Culinary Arts at Santa Barbara City College.  But I may be more pleased with the fact that she now makes some pretty awesome bread from scratch!

5.  I struggle internally when I see people support someone they know behaves poorly to another or others.  I understand there is such a thing as freedom of choice, but unfortunately it shows their true colors.    It makes me a bit sad. No, make that disappointed.

6.  I hate to use public bathroom facilities when there’s a woman in another stall speaking on her cell phone. I get gun shy. She could be speaking to George Clooney for all I know!  TMI?

7.  I saw a book recently called, “Your Hidden Food Allergies are Making you Fat.”  So I guess I’m allergic to Cake, French Fries, Doughnuts, Bread and Snickers candy bars.  Who knew!

8a.  I so rolled my eyes when I found out recently that Sydney Rose had her grandpa come over to handle a “HUMONGOUS” moth the cat had been batting around in the house.
8b.  Glad Grandpa was around to handle the lizard the cat dragged in this week.
8c.  The recent baby snake eating incident was hard to witness.
8d.  Sydney and I have decided that the cat is NOT offering up gifts to us when she brings in the occasional bird, Humongous moth, lizard or baby snake.  If she were, she’d leave them for us.  Instead, she maims, tortures, and then devours her prey.
8e.  We may have to feed the cat more often.

9.  My friend just went in for reconstructive surgery after her mastectomy earlier this year. Now just recovery time.

10.  Ventura Music Week is less than a week away now.  It’s all a volunteer activity.  No one is profiting.  Actually, I think our community is profiting.  This year will be solid.  Next year off the hook!!!

11.  From my Favorite Facebook Posts file:  “Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.”  Jack Handrey

Thanks for listening.

A Couple of Things…

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Eve, Me and Kat with members of Mandex

Eve, Me and Kat with members of Mandex

1. I’ve been holding my breath waiting on my final grades for the semester.  Why are they so important?  Why do I place so much value in them.  Either I know the material or I don’t.  It really should be pass or fail, no?  Education is a privilege I don’t take lightly.

2.  So far, I got an “A” in Photography.  Neener Neener Neener!!!

3.  Another semester done.  It always feels slightly weird that I no longer have to encorporate studying into my regular schedule.  Kind of afraid my mind will turn to mush.  But it’s funny how time is like a vaccuum.  I clear up four nights of school, and immediately it’s filled with webwork.

4.  As you can tell by the photo above, I’ve been working very hard on making this music scene happen here in Ventura.  It’s really a tough gig to have sometimes!

5.  When asked what my favorite decade of music is, I’m always quick to say the 90s. But after seeing Mandex (above), I’m leaning towards the 80s more and more.  Guns n Roses, Bon Jovi, the Crue.    Good times!

6.  I’ve been putting in mucho hours toward making Ventura Music Week a success this year.  But I have to be honest, I’m so tired of whiners!!!!!

Oh wait…Was I just whining?

7.  I’ve been crazy busy.

8.  I recently had the singer of a band come up to me as I sat at a wine bar, he seranade me as he rocked me gently with his arms around me from behind.   I was very flattered until I heard he was a player…then not so much.

9.  I’m proud to say I’ve never read “50 Shades of Grey”.

10.  My father was hospitalized recently for dehydration while away on vacation in another state.  It wasn’t critical by any means, but there is nothing worse than feeling helpless.

11.  Today is Memorial Day:  “We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.” — Francis Amasa Walker.  WORD

12.  From my Favorite Facebook Posts file:  Audrey Hepburn quote from the movie “Charade”:     “I don’t bite, you know…unless it’s called for.”

Thanks for listening.

A Couple of Things…

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Mother's Day dinner with Nancy, Dad, Syd Rose, me, and Staci Brown

Mother’s Day dinner with Nancy, Dad
Syd Rose, me, and Staci Brown

1.  Mother’s Day was great fun. Felt the love for sure!

2.  I hate falling for someone’s social veneer.

3.  Alright, I admit it.  I love a man in a uniform!

4.  If a cup of coffee costs $2.00 and the same sized cup of hot chocolate costs $1.50, then how come a cup of half coffee and half hot chocolate cost $2.50?  When a coffeehouse charges me more than $2.00 for the combo, I never return. EVER!!!

5.  VenturaRocks.com is really becoming a mover and a shaker here in Ventura.  Plus I have to admit, I love the hugs I get when I go out.

6.  I’m in the middle of finals.  I have just two this semester.  One down, one to go.  Confidence level remains moderate.

7.  I hate being mean, even when it’s warranted.  But sometimes you have to let the other person know enough is enough.  It still leaves my stomach in knots.

8.  When I was married, Chris and I started what we affectionately called, “The-Kevin-Costner-Movies-That-Matter video collection”.  Really, the only ones that really continue to matter in my book are Bull Durham and Field of Dreams, both about baseball, odd.

9.  I’m now on a quest to spot my first owl in the wild.

10.  I’m not a fan of the accordian.

11.  From my “Favorite Facebook Posts” file:  “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!  Hell, who am I kidding? I hope you fall down the fucking stairs too.”  Yeah, it’s been one of those weeks.