Don't mess with a good thing...

I have one radio station that I really listen to - I'm lucky actually because sometimes when I listen to it on the way to work I want to cry because they play song after song that I just love! Do you know how it feels when you scan the radio and you want to sing at the top of your lungs and turn the radio way up? well, i feel that way everyday. 91.3 FM - awesome.

okay, but i am COMPLETELY off subject here, because that is not what i even want to talk about. sometimes, just sometimes, when i am looking for something different - i listen to country. which at times i'm not even sure i love, but it puts me in a good mood. so a lot of times the station i have on is "froggy"

and has anyone else ever noticed this? what these idiots do to songs? in any song they possibly can, they change 'radio' or 'music' or 'song' or an artists name to the word "FROGGY" - the name of the stupid station.

for example: the song chicken fried is supposed to go

You know I like my chicken fried
Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up....

and they change it to "and FROGGY up" instead of "the radio."

it's annoying. as i've already mentioned i love to sing along, and when i'm really into it and i realize i've gotten the words wrong, only i haven't, the radio station just changed the lyrics i am just so PERTURBED. I know I am listening to froggy at the MOMENT, but when i think of turning the radio up, i'm just not thinking of froggy radio. and I bet Zac Brown, or whoever wrote the song wasn't either.

so my big HUGE bother occured when I was listening to the song "small town USA" and they changed the lyrics:

Give me a Saturday night my baby by my side
David Allen Coe and a six pack of light
Old dirt road and ill be just fine

to "Froggy and a six pack of light."

how can you compare David Allen Coe, and old-time, crazy, country legend who is vulgar, awful, and awesome at the same time, to a radio station who couldn't and doesn't even play his music because of the language he uses. honestly it seems like a disgrace. on behalf of froggy, the song butcherers - sorry davey!

Emily's a Quarter Piece!

happy birthday emily!!

last weekend my best friends and i celebrated emily's 25th birthday jersey shore style!!

we all gave ourselves jersey shore nicknames and went out dressed in clothes that you would never find us in on a normal night! well, maybe you would if we were going out dancing or something crazy. but not to our normal hangouts! it was F-U-N!

here's to the start of a fabulous year for em!


FIST PUMP!

I'm Getting a Sister!

Let me just take a moment to congratulate my brother and his fiance, Mid, on their engagment!!

I love my big bro and he is one lucky duck to have found Mid! She is sweet, gorgeous, and smart - everything a little sister would want for their big bro.

I cannot wait to celebrate their big day with them in July!!

my new year's resolution...

...is to kick a really bad habit i have.

don't ask me what it is because part of the resolution is to NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

all i ask is that you send me all your positive thoughts my way!

i do realize that this sounds like i am referring to some sort of illegal or illicit activity. but that is not it. i mean it would probably be cooler if it was. less pathetic, maybe? it's more about being positive and certain that my life is going the right direction with the RIGHT people in tow. & in the meantime leaving certain people (person?) to fall by the wayside and out of my life, mind, and heart entirely! please pardon me while it seems like i am getting mushy or emotional, but writing about it forces me to do it!

my roommate, moog, is taking a similar stand, so send some positive thoughts her way too!!

GIRL POWER... (spice girls reference)

i feel insulted.

okay here's an annoyance.

today on the radio they are advertising some sort of early reading program for babies. something along the lines of hooked on phonics, i don't know. i was tuning it out. until this mother comes on and says "My 3-Year Old is reading at a second grade level." Impossible.

i mean, maybe possible, but not because of any reading program. if your three year old is reading second grade material it is because they are some sort of genius. literally. it wouldn't happen, and if it DID happen, what would be the point because they would likely be incapable of understanding or making any sense of what they were reading. then she goes on to say "all three of my children get straight a's, and that doesn't happen unless you use this product." also, again, inaccurate. considering that i see brothers and sisters all the time, straight A's normally run in the family.

okay, so lady if you are stupid enough to really tell me that you believe this ridiculous program is going to work, then i have no idea how your kids are so smart.

oh i am so mad. i spend countless hours of my life helping kids learn to read... ugh ugh ugh. if it was really that simple then i would be able to save myself a lot of time. but it isn't that simple. & no one else is probably bothered by this, but wow did it ruin my day. why did i even bother going to school for 6 years? I feel bad for anyone stupid enough to buy into this.

don't get me wrong, i love my job. i am pretty much convinced that i have one of the best jobs of all time. however, do you know what it is like to be a reading teacher, the things that go through my head? i sound out everything. i notice rhyming words all the time, i count syllables and take apart words. i think the word 'change' and automatically begin asking myself "could my first graders read this word with a ch digraph, cvce pattern, and a soft g? oh and i am guessing NO.. because they didn't buy this reading program. but they do have me for a teacher and i am BOMB at my job. so yes they will be able to read it, after a week of practice. so please go take your stupid program and get out of my radio."

blah.

happy 2010!

I'm BACK!! okay, after having a few people tell me i need to get back to my blog this weekend, i realized that yes - i must have some fans. so i should probably find a better way to procrastinate than daydreaming.

I wanted to make a top 9 of 2009 list... but honestly 2009 was a horrendous year. if i thought i could actually come up with 9 things in 2009 that were even enjoyable i don't think i could do it. bottom 9 of 2009.. yeah i probably could - that list would include such non-favorites as in "moving into 6111 Alder Street" & "spending my entire summer inside studying and doing homework." but i'm a positive person and i'm all about spreading happy thoughts so i'm not going to do that.

what i am going to do is talk about this show "Jersey Shore" & how if MTV was smart they would have done a show on the summers my friends and i spent at "The Shore" in college. we are not guidettes and i honestly have no idea what a "juicehead" is but i am positive that our nights in brigantine, nj were superior to the nights that those people have.

what character was I? probably Pauly D. i'm not embarassed to put this picture up here, but please realize that I have changed. i no longer wear the poof, have red streaks in black hair, wear sunglasses at night time, or worst of all spend all night getting dressed and doing my makeup.



anyways, i miss ross drive. my friends & i were, i think, legends of this small beachside town by atlantic city. i think we would have made excellent entertainment, but now it is too late. Now when we visit Thea's home at 21 Ross Drive, it is normally with her Mom....... who, i am sad to say... stays awake longer than us. we have, in fact, fallen asleep in the casino while mrs. meyers was still out playing slots.

take me away...

i've just been thinking lately about the places that i want to live someday. preferably soon. i would gladly ditch this apartment i am currently living in to get away to... practically anywhere.

even though i went to the school in the city and still live here, i really consider myself to be a small town girl. i just love mountains and the woods and beautiful scenery. I could probably live in a small town or in the country in any part of this world, but i have a few places that are my top choices.

1. Prince Edward Island/Nova Scotia/New Brunswick. Well let's just say that this girl has ALWAYS wanted to live on Prince Edward Island. I could have picked to go anywhere when i graduated college and I chose to take a 10 day long bus tour of these three GORGEOUS provinces. First of all, there are still actual small towns up there. Second, I have a fascination with Canada for oh so many reasons. Third, there is a HUGE Irish/Scottish influence way up north... and i have a HUGE love of Irish folk music! I have been looking up teaching jobs in Canada for the past few weeks. however, i am just not so sure on how someone would go about moving to another country - even if it is Canada. can anyone help me with this?

2. New England. Have you ever seen Gilmore Girls? I would like to move to New England... any state... and live in a real life Star's Hollow. I have in fact googled that - "Real Life Star's Hollow" - and have gotten some promising leads. In fact small towns in New England are very similar to those in the ones listed in #1 above. & moving within the U.S. is slightly more realistic, so I may have to shoot for there.

3. Utah. hands down i just love utah. everyone there is just so friendly and welcoming - just tons of people with beautiful personalities! i have friends that are dying to get out of utah, and i may just have to take their place when they leave, because the mountains are to die for and there is always something fun to do. LOVE it.

4. Portland. I have never been & i know that Portland is not a small town, but it seems like a place i would love to live! sipping on coffee, wearing cool rain boots and wearing a totally awesome coat.. that is what i see myself doing in portland. so maybe i could do the city for a little bit and then move out to the suburbs, i'd figure it out.

6. Washington, D.C. If for no other reason than it would be my dream come true to work at the Holocaust Museum. oh yeah, and my big bro lives there. so we could hang out all the time!!!!!!

so i am never too sure what the future will hold for me, but maybe someday you will be visiting me in one of these wonderful places!