I'm sure they don't even know that my blog exists, but I felt so clever when I combined gnome and the Spanish word for name, "nombre," for my web address.
And now, there's some Hispanic gnome masquerading under that name.
How lame. What if I wanted to make a "Gnombre" someday? Hm?
Now it'll look like I stole the name from them. Even though I had it way before!
It's not like I have any ownership of the name, but I'm sad... Haha.
Imma go muffle my sorrows with some ice cream. Kbye!
Continued perfecting a song I'm learning on the guitar.
Ran five miles.
Forgot I had work.
Came dreadfully close to passing out after I actually made it to work.
Received packages in the mail.
Listened to jazz music.
Looked forward to tomorrow.
But even though some of my adventures were not super fun, it was a good day. :)
For instance:
My voice teacher said she can hear my voice getting better (it was all icky and reflux-y and fail)!
I discovered the Logan River Trail - guess where I'll be running forever?
I can play my current favorite song on the guitar. :) Which is this -
And here's a cover of it that I liked. :)
I'm playing it at a program my building is doing tomorrow - Ping Pong and Pancakes. Usually we just eat pancakes and play ping pong, but tomorrow night we're Unplugged. That's right. Acoustic goodness. I'll make people take videos or something and hopefully post stuff here!
On a related note - one of the packages I got was a guitar strap!
Isn't it pretty? I'm in love.
And last but not least, Hunger Games comes out tomorrow!
I'm dressing up and it's gonna be the bomb diggity.
Yesterday marked the five-year anniversary of my Grandma McMullin's passing after several years of battling with cancer.
What a horrible disease. Not only does it slowly and painfully take its toll on the afflicted, but it slowly and painful affects the people that love that person.
It was hard to watch her go. I remember going to visit her one day near the end of her life. We walked into the living room, where she lay in her hospice bed, and said hello to her. She returned the greeting, but then said, "I should probably be saying goodbye, shouldn't I?"
Needless to say, all of the Anjewierden women commenced sobbing uncontrollably.
My Grandma Florence was an incredible woman. She loved and served everyone that she knew as best she could, and it was hard for her when the tables were turned and we were serving her. I think that she felt out of her element.
She always knew just what to say to make bruises or hurt feelings feel better. You could feel her love for you in the way she treated you and spoke to you. She was selfless in every way.
It's not great quality, but I love it nonetheless! One of the last family pictures with her.
I think about her often. She was an important part of my life, and I miss her.
However.
I know that I will see her again.
Like I talked about in this post, I am so grateful for my knowledge of forever families.
I am beyond thankful to know that, though she's not physically with me now, she can be with me spiritually, and, one day, I will be able to see and talk to her once more.
Normally my music taste is centered around mellow indie rock with beautiful lyrics.
Or indie rock without any words at all...
Or basically just hipster music.
However, sometimes a song outside of those boundaries catches my attention somehow.
With these songs, my taste becomes basically just hipster music with some random mismatched stuff mixed in.
Anyway, maybe it's free on iTunes, or it's in a movie, or I hear it on a commercial, but no matter how I find it, it's usually either a) utterly beautiful, b) lyrically ingenious, or c) both.
Though it's almost never county, so this is kind of unique.
(Next thing you know I'll be posting heavy metal, or hip hop, or rap, or something else totally out of my character. ;) )
I think that this song falls into both categories.
It's all over the radio, so lots of y'all have probably heard it, but now I want you to analyze it.
I think that not only is it pretty, but it has a wonderful message - one that most celebrities/popular musical artists don't understand and/or care about.
The lyrics to this song more or less explain some of my standards. Which is neat to me!
Enjoy it. Tell me what you think after reading the lyrics more carefully. :)
I also really like the music video.
Just a Kiss
Lady Antebellum
Lying here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe Caught up in this moment Caught up in your smile
I've never opened up to anyone So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms We don't need to rush this Let's just take it slow
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight Just a touch of the fire burning so bright No I don't want to mess this thing up I don't want to push too far Just a shot in the dark that you just might Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
I know that if we give this a little time It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find It's never felt so real, no it's never felt so right
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight Just a touch of the fire burning so bright No I don't want to mess this thing up I don't want to push too far Just a shot in the dark that you just might Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
No I don't want to say goodnight I know it's time to leave, but you'll be in my dreams
Tonight Tonight Tonight
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight Just a touch of the fire burning so bright No I don't want to mess this thing up I don't want to push too far Just a shot in the dark that you just might Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life So baby I'm alright, oh, let's do this right, with just a kiss goodnight With a kiss goodnight Kiss goodnight
Nerdy "yup, Kira's a stereotypical girl" moment - Someday I hope that this will be my "song" with someone, because it's adorable...
