By the way

For you Bloglines readers, the posts have music embedded in them but you have to come to the actual site to hear it.

One More

Since our pal Breezy ain't no blogger, I'll post hers for you to enjoy, too.
Leavin' by Jesse McCartney.

By the way, I love this Imeem site! You can search and listen to pretty much anything. Check it out. www.imeem.com. If you find a song you want to share on the blog, click on "Embed this song" and copy the little string of code and past it into the editor.

So how you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it

Ok ladies, summer is here! Let's talk guilty pleasures! Obviously my summer guilty pleasure (so far) is Damaged by Danity Kane. I know it is repetitive, but if you push through that it will be like a giant light bulb goes off in your brain and you'll be obsessed. Trust me. =)

Life in a Northern Town

I am OBSESSED with this song, y'all. Sugarland (admittedly not my favorite), Little Big Town (I heart them) and Jake Owen sang this 80's song by The Dream Academy at the CMT Awards. The harmonies are ridiculous! I really love it. Check it out.

Kinda faded but I feel all right

Is it wrong, that I want it to be "alright"? I bet you are rolling your eyes, Holli.

What is it about 2:00 p.m.??? Two is the daily struggle for me. I am finding it hard to keep my eyes open and even if I'm not sleepy, I get the urge to not work around 2 every single day. Is it just me? Any cure for the sleepy/I don't want to work problem?

Just Another Manic Monday

Greetings, fellow Committee members, from the long-lost world of Susan-ville! I have been snowed under (and still am) with graduate school work but will try to get on board with this blog and pay attention to all of your witty comments. Happy Birthday (belated) Breezy! I did think of you and I hope you had a great time celebrating (by the looks of the pictures, you did!)Anyway, just a short blog to put in my two cents. Hope they count for something!Love y'all!

Breezy's Birthday

Y'all I am so pleased to have the privilege of posting the pictures from Breezy's birthday celebration! It was LEGENDARY.





Yes that is the infamously tied cherry stem in her hand.

Gotta have it

I'm curious. Which artists do you absolutely have to have every single CD that they make?

Here's my short list (for now, I'm sure I'll remember more later):
Sheryl Crow
Rascal Flatts
Anna Nalick (releasing album #2 this year)
Cyndi Thomson (supposedly releasing a WAY overdue album sometime soon)
Maroon 5
Kelly Clarkson
Marc Broussard

Jon & Kate plus 8

This show has me hooked. It comes on TLC on Monday nights. I love it! This couple had twin girls and then had sextuplets (3 girls, 3 boys). Never would I be able to handle that many children, but watching this family inspires me somehow. And the husband and wife seem like such a good couple. Also, I am very impressed with Kate's organizational skills. It's amazing seeing them manage this family. You should check it out if you get the chance.

POP!

Pop Fiction.
E! channel
Sunday nights at 9:30

You gotta watch. Too funny!

Jury is still out.

No, the title of this post has nothing to do with my day and a half stint on jury duty. However, if you've never had jury duty experience, just remember for the future. It's really boring. Bring a good book to read or a Sudoku book for all you nerdy types like me. That's all I have to say on that.

I just started watching Heroes. All the way back at the beginning. I've only watched the first 2 eps, and I like so far. But here's the thing. I can't seem to get back into watching it. I've had disc 2 sitting in it's Netflix sleeve for over a week now. If you watch, what seems to be the general perception? Should I keep at it? I love Milo (or "meelo," ahem....cough) and Hayden. They're such cuties. Any word of advice would be great. Holli, is it one of your current likes???

Love Child??

Holli - I know you are watching American Idol. So here's a theory that I ran pass Breezy and she agreed that if it were possible (and we all have our opinions on that), this would be a good guess.

Barbara Blue


Plus

Eddie Gentry


Equals

Amanda Overmyer

Movie to avoid

I rented Margot at the Wedding because I'd read such good reviews about it. Unlike Amy, I try to watch movies that get good reviews because I normally see what the reviewer liked about said movie. Anyway, this movie stars Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black. It had funny, quirky movie written all over it.

It was terrible! Actually painful to watch. It was about a strained relationship between two sisters, and they come together for one sister's wedding. In the review I read, Nicole Kidman was described as sarcastic and cynical, so I thought there would be moments where I might identify with her character since I, too, can be sarcastic and cynical at times. But, no, she was slightly deranged and just plain MEAN. I do not recommend this movie, especially if you are looking for something funny and uplifting. Boo, hiss!

Worried about the future...

I really am, y'all. Kids these days have no ability to think and reason. It's scary how little sophomores know these days. For example, we were working on figuring out meanings of words by using context clues in sentences. This activity was multiple choice, by the way. The majority of students did not know that maternal refers to mother. I was floored! I said, "Have you never heard of maternity clothes?? See the resemblance in the two words??" It was a classroom full of "Oooooohhhhhh! I get it now!" Seriously. The future of society will be in the hands of these children one day. Lord, help us.

Here's a simplification of everything I'm going through

You plus me is bad news
-- Sara Bareilles

Y'all, Sara Bareilles is AWESOME. Many thanks to Grace for letting me borrow her CD. She and Breezy had been telling me I'd like Sara but I was a bit skeptical because I'm not the biggest fan of "Love Song." But I am glad to be proven wrong. This girl is amazing. Amazing lyrics, unique melodies, harmonies, etc. Her record was produced by Eric Rosse who also produces for Anna Nalick, so of course I had to love it. Anyway, just letting the rest of you know to get on board with Sara - you'll love her.

Sara's site

Falling Slowly

Last weekend I finally watched the movie Once. I'd been dying to see it for a long time. I'm not usually into movies that get a lot of critical praise (I tend to think Roger Ebert and his colleagues don't really share the average viewer's taste). But you know me, anything about music and you can pretty much count me in. Anyway, I liked the movie. I didn't love it at the time, but the weird thing is that it seems to be growing on me after watching it. I really love the main song and think the Oscar win was well deserved. (Even though I was torn between it and all the AWESOME songs from Enchanted). Anyway, I think y'all might really like the song. Check it out.

And I think you'd probably dig the movie, Holli.

Leap Day

I read earlier on Snopes about Leap Year and all the myths/traditions associated with it. Apparently tomorrow, traditional roles reverse and ladies are supposed to propose to the guys. The most interesting thing about the whole article was the quote from Zsa Zsa Gabor at the end. Zsa Zsa proposed to each of her nine husbands and said, "A woman has to make up a man's mind." I love it. Too funny.

I know that will get some comments from y'all...

This is really awesome.

I know, I'm a newbie with this blogging thing. But I just want to say that I love all of you committee gals, and I can't wait to start discussing the good stuff. Boys, food, movies, boys, music, boys, TV. Did I mention boys? (Why do we even talk about them, really?!?? Are they worth it? No. And yet, we just can't get enough.)

Does anyone watch Men in Trees? A new ep was on last night, but I taped it since I go to bed at 9pm. Let me know if it's good and we'll have to discuss.

Holla back.

(Amy, can I pull that off....the "holla back thing?" Just wondering.....ha!)

What's up Committee!

Let's get to posting, y'all!

- ritz