Perfectly Insane

Unconscious Mutterings

2006-06-25T00:57:00.000-04:00

Voice :: Power

Us :: Happiness

Passionately :: Kissing

Humbly :: seeking to hear God when he's speaking

Love songs :: Tears

Dim :: Lights

Calendar :: Birthdays

Careless :: Driving

Block :: Legos

Goal :: World Cup

The Departed

2006-05-18T10:23:00.000-04:00

I'm all stoked that the newest of Martin Scorsese's babies, set to hit the big screen October 6th, has called in an amazing cast of actors including Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen. And although this is not a Scorsese Original, as a huge fan of GoodFellas and Gangs of New York and everything else Scorsese puts his Midas Touch on, I hope this one is as dark and wiseguy as the rest.

The film's predecessor is the 2002 Asian Hit Thriller Internal Affairs. The fact that Scorsese has decided to make a reproduction of Internal Affairs so soon after it's release has made some Asian Film Fans a little unhappy but I wish the film, Scorsese, the cast and crew much luck with this one.

Quote of the day...

2006-04-07T14:47:00.000-04:00

"The real thing about evil," said the Witch at the doorway, "isn't any of what you said. You figure out one side of it - the human side, say - and the eternal side goes into shadow. Or vice versa. It's like the old say: What does a dragon in its shell look like? Well no one can ever tell, for as soon as you break the shell to see, the dragon is no longer in it's shell. The real disaster of this inquiry is that it is the nature of evil to be secret."

From the book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Macuire

GO GATORS!!

2006-04-04T09:30:00.000-04:00

They did it! They pulled it off. Not only did they win:: They stomped 'em!! Take your UCLA azz back to Cali!! I had doubts in our Glorious Gators but they did it!! GO Gatorss!!!

beach_pinwheels

2006-04-04T09:05:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by mylissa.

Tre & the "Keep Off" Lifegaurd Chairs

2006-04-04T09:04:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by mylissa.

Taken in front of the Jax Beach Pier

Nathaniel & the new Jax Beach Pier

2006-04-04T09:04:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by mylissa.

Sunrise

2006-04-04T09:03:00.000-04:00

Sunrise Jason Kurtzo
Originally uploaded by mylissa.

Model: Jason Kurtzo.

2006-04-04T09:02:00.000-04:00

SunriseJam Jason Kurtzo
Originally uploaded by mylissa.

Sunrise Jam including Jason Kurtzo

Sunrise Jam ~ Jeremy, Micah, Jason

2006-04-04T09:01:00.000-04:00

Sunrise Jam ~ Jeremy, Micah, Jason
Originally uploaded by mylissa.

At precisely sunrise every morning the infamous deck at Beason's house yearns for gatherings of musicians and friends, most weekends we ablige.

Couldn't get it much better than this

2006-04-03T16:38:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by mylissa.

A day of kayaking with J in Heugenot Park, just south of Fernandina Beach. BEAUTIFUL!

I AM Procrastination.

2006-03-30T10:39:00.000-05:00

Why ever would a word like procrastination have a prefix of pro?? This makes no sense to me. at all. I always considered pro as something in a positive direction ~ it just doesn't seem to be the right prefix for Procrastination. It should be... stupidcrastination... damncrastination... Imanidiotcrastination.

Batterrrr UP!

2006-03-29T09:06:00.000-05:00

Tre's T-Ball Game lastnight. It amazes me how much he and his teammates have learned and actually obtain.

Almost everyone of them are hitting the first or second pitch thrown.

They are so adorable on the field!

1st day of Spring means....

2006-03-20T11:01:00.000-05:00

...BASEBALL!!!

1st day of Spring means....

2006-03-20T09:39:00.000-05:00

....Warmer Water!!

1st day of Spring means....

2006-03-19T21:50:00.000-05:00

....Crinum Lilies

Lincoln In Dalivision

2006-03-16T09:39:00.000-05:00

I had to place three different versions of the piece in order for you to get the full Dali effect. You see, The first is what and second is what the piece look as if you were standing several feet away getting the full perspective. And the third is, well, see for yourself.
~From Afar~

~Up Close and Personal~

Birthday Camping

2006-03-15T13:10:00.000-05:00

For Tre's birthday this past weekend we all went camping. We packed up J's boat with tents,
blankets,
pillows,
backpacks,
firewood,
the camping stove,
coolers,
tre's new telescope
and a couple of toys for the boys to play with if when they need something to do. Then we proceeded to head out to one of the Intercoastal Islands up near Big Talbot Island.

The ride out was beautiful! We managed to find a little deserted island that already had a burn pile from previous boating campers which included a big log to set on while enjoying the fire.

Once we got set up we realized we forgot to bring a few items, a few important items:
tent poles for the boys tent,
toilet paper,
a flashlight,
tools to put Tre's new telescope together,
the camera
and

beer.

Wait.

Beer?

There's. No. Beer. AAAAHHHHH!

It's ok. We made due.
The boys slept with us in our tent.
The moon was bright enough that we could see our own shadows thus no need for a flashlight.
And while it would have been nice to have toilet paper and beer, we were able to manage without.

We had so much fun, and while I'd love to share photos with you all I just can't, you see, because, well, we didn't have a camera to take any.

Regards.

Unconcious Mutterings

2006-03-13T09:12:00.000-05:00

She says and you think...

Displacement:: of water = WD40
Grease monkey:: Derek Carpentar
Vacancy:: Bates Motel
Conquer:: Risk, the game
Payroll:: Accounting
Personal:: ads
Housewife:: my former self
Lateral:: pass
Tissue:: Boogers
Multiplication:: Division

Happy 6th Birthday Tre!!

2006-03-12T19:33:00.000-05:00

My little boy, my first born son. Growing everyday, accomplishing new feats every minute.
Proving himself to the world that he shall overcome.
Strong heart, Beautiful wisdom of an old man.
Youth and innosence endures.
I love you Punk! With all my heart.

You Will show your strength to the world. I know.

We've a new addition to the household.

2006-03-09T09:10:00.000-05:00

I'm pleased to introduce Napolean.

adopt your own virtual pet!

Amazing, the useless nonsense that stays in your head.

2006-03-07T13:39:00.000-05:00

WD40 stands for Water Displacement and they actually tested 39 different formulas before they got the correct formula on the 40th test.

387-2456 was my grandmother's first and only phone number my whole life and until the day she sold her house two weeks before she died. I will never forget that phone number. And if you put the numbers in order you can count 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. (i figured that out when I was 6.)

In one lifetime a person will actually yawn enough times to equal almost 3 weeks.

VCR stands for Video Casette Recorder or Visual Cocaine Rediue (LOL)

Tractor Trailers actually come in two sizes, 48foot length and 53foot length; two types, Air Ride and standard; and two temperatures, Refrigerated "reefer" and not (but I'm sure can adjust the temp on the "reefers")

Hurricane Katrina killed just over 1,000 people.

Duct Tape was invented sometime during WW2 to stick stuff that needs to be stuck.

I'm sure there's more, I just got bombarded with calls and lost my train of thought.

This from Unconscious Mutterings

2006-03-06T14:39:00.000-05:00

Upgrade:: Yay! A new Nextel!!
Happy ending:: see #7
Stale:: Duck bread
Tripping:: my teen years
Working:: too much for not enough
Explicit:: Lyrics, NWA? - Yikes!
Happy place:: closing my eyes to hear only mighty waves pounding on sand
Tornado:: Tazmanian Devil (?)
Medication:: Pain
Muppet:: Pigs In Space

Happy Birthday Nat Bug!!!!

2006-03-04T00:39:00.000-05:00

We Love you So Much!!

3 years in this world. In our lives.
staking claim to a large spot in our hearts.
filling in a massive gap.
You are beautiful Nathaniel.

8am at Lemon Street

2006-03-03T14:21:00.000-05:00

Sunset over 6th North Sand Dunes

2006-03-03T14:06:00.000-05:00

They Love to Fly Kites

2006-03-03T13:55:00.000-05:00

These boys Love to take the kites down to the beach.

Nate tends to lose interest once we get down there.

But not Tre. He watches that kite with perfect intent to fly it the whole night.

Maybe it's the whole idea of being able to control something in the sky.

Maybe it's the thought that even though you can't touch it you can hold on to it as long as you want. Kind of like Tre's memory of their dad.

Important Nathaniel Quotes

2006-03-02T10:39:00.000-05:00

On our usual route to Nathaniel's school this morning I went one block past the street in which his school is located.
Nathaniel pipes up to alert me of my error by saying "Look! You went too far momma, you past my school, you have to turn around".
I replied to this demand "Ok honey I'm turning around now, thank you."
To Nathaniel, this was not done (he always has to have the last word)
So he had to add "Look for your eyes momma, you past it."
So, just as he instructed, I looked for my eyes (instead of with them because, really, what good would that have done?) and I did indeed notice that I past his school. Thank goodness he told me.

He's so cute sometimes, I just wanna squeeze his little cheeks off. And the little bug is gonna be three on Saturday. Lord, sometimes I just can't see how fast it's ~~going~~ gone.

Nathaniel & the J

2006-03-01T20:56:00.000-05:00

My camera's been acting funny as of late. I think Nathaniel has gotten to it and adjusted some sets on it. I just can't figure out which ones. I've to study the manual.

Nevertheless, Nate having a go at Jay. Believe it or not I think Nate bested him this match.

Camping is always FUN, even in the backyard.

2006-03-01T20:51:00.000-05:00

This was Saturday, after the Monster Truck show. They were Exhausted! So Jay and I packed 'em up tight in the tent in his backyard and as soon as I said "Ok, boys I'm headin' inside, sleep tight" Nathaniel decided he wasn't supportin' Tre's wild fascination with camping. Nate slept in the house. Tre was fine, passed right out in that tent all by himself. But of course momma wasn't letting him sleep out there by himself, so I went out there at about 1am and slept (actually laid awake for about 4 hours) right next to the Punk. He didn't even know I was out there until about 7am.

T-Ball Anyone?

2006-03-01T08:42:00.000-05:00

Tre's first year of T-ball. He likes to call it Tre-ball. He's really great at Saturday Practices, week days are hard to concentrate I think because it's after school.

This particular day he hit the ball every time it was pitched to him and didn't need to use the T once. I am so proud of him!! I'm happy that he really likes playing. First big game is March 4th.

Tre the Animal Lover

2006-02-27T20:27:00.000-05:00

This was at a dog show a few weeks ago. The dogs just loved him and I promise, all animals are like this with Tre. He Loves all creatures, animals, babies. People have told me that he's an "old soul". Maybe that is it. But whatever it is, I hope nothing ever changes him.

Nathaniel's Train Set

2006-02-27T09:07:00.000-05:00

He begged for a train for christmas. I'm so glad I got this for him, he Loves it to no end.

Sleepy Head

2006-02-24T09:53:00.000-05:00

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Originally uploaded by mylissa.

We Painted

2006-02-23T21:32:00.000-05:00

I love this picture! (even though if you look close you can see that I photoshopped (and not very well) a bug out of one of the paint containers. )

A beautiful beach day

2006-02-23T21:21:00.000-05:00

With just me and the Bug.

This was actually January

Ha Ha Ha America

2006-02-23T15:39:00.000-05:00

This film was one of the SunDance Festival 2006 entries. Along with many others Ha ha ha America was brilliant and a little nervous. It runs about 10 minutes or so, not sure as I was interupted a few times. Nevertheless, check it out.

Snap out of IT.... please.

2006-02-22T12:43:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I'm over it.
The new Leaf, consider it Turned.
I returned to work today (after two extra days off, no less) to the same crap.
But
I Feel
Better.I've got to start posting some pics like I've been promising, therefore when I go home for lunch today I will grab the cam and disks with pics preloaded and bring it!!
BRING. IT. !.(I don't know why I put that period after the exclamation point, piss off!)
Why is it that every bleedin time I post the date goes back to 2:39 pm on Feb 13, so I've to remember before I publish that I've to change the time and date. UGH!!

Eerie But Sweet... Mylissa

2006-02-16T15:01:00.000-05:00

Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah.
The gypsy flies from coast to coast
Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin’ fun,
But back home he’ll always run
To sweet melissa... mmm...

Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the gypsy’s name
No one hears his lonely sigh,
There are no blankets where he lies.
In all his deepest dreams the gypsy flies
With sweet melissa... mmm...

Again the morning’s come,
Again he’s on the run,
Sunbeams shining through his hair,
Appearing not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on, roll on.
Crossroads, will you ever let him go?
(lord, lord)Will you hide the dead man’s ghost,
Or will he lie, beneath the clay,
Or will his spirit roll away?

But I know that he won’t stay without melissa.
Yes I know that he won’t stay without melissa.
~AllmanBrothers

I've never listened or attempted to know the words to this song. It was an irritating feature in my life:
Every boyfriend/lover my mom ever played seemed to want to sing this song to me when I was young.
Every boyfriend/admirer/whatever I ever had wasted money in the Juke-boxes for this song to be played at any pub/bar/restaurant I've ever been to.
I've tried to avoid this song most of my life. But today I found the lyrics, in an old memoir belonging to my father (I'm talkin really old).
What's so eerie/ironic to me about this song is that I was named from this song by my father, and I just realised the "gypsy" is my father. Always was. From the day I was born he was in and out of my life constantly but he always came back to me.

Something else about this is that the above lyrics are the original lyrics as written by the Allman Brothers, however my father wrote a different closing for the song in place of the original.

...And he will never lie, beneath the clay,
His spirit will sometimes roll away,
But he will return again one day, to Mylissa.
~Marc Tyson

Today the Sun Shines on Us, Every One

2006-02-15T10:39:00.000-05:00

Today is the funeral. I really can't imagine what Ms. Susan is going through today. And Cameron and all of the Keys' family. I know what I'm dealing with, but that's fish poop compared to their anguish. I love that family.
And my brother, who was Sean's best friend growing up, isn't even going to the funeral. He says "I can't deal with death."
None of us can, Jason. But the reason we go is to support his family and each other and to show people that we cared about Sean. If everyone dealt with the loss of a friend the way your dealing with it, his funeral would be full of empty chairs. What the f*?? Is that what you want J? I hope not.

Happy LoveyDovey Day

2006-02-14T08:55:00.000-05:00

I'm glad that I have the people in my life that I have on this Valentine's Day.
I have a lot to be thankful for this Valentine's day, I have my two beautiful boys and their Unconditional Love and nothing is more important that that!! This is the first Valentine's day in four years that I'm with someone that makes me so happy I almost melt when I hear his voice.
It's also a day that I have to look back at losing a dear friend and look forward to a funeral and seeing that friend put in a box.
I'm trying really hard not to be so somber today.
And I was doing fine until sending my Valentine text messages and going through the contacts in my phone when I see it. The one person I can not send the heartfelt messages to anymore. Damn I miss him.
Just these little things.
He's not here.
It just doesn't seem real it doesn't seem that this could really be happening.
Is it a dream.
Am I going to wake up.
No. No it's not. This is real, already three days have gone by that I haven't spoken to my good friend whom I talked to almost everyother day for years and years.
This is going to be a good Valentines but it's also going to be very hard.

Do me a favor, find someone to love today. Someone out there is in need of Love don't let them be alone.

nate pier

2006-02-13T14:39:00.001-05:00

2006-02-13T14:39:00.000-05:00

There is one thing that I believe to be the most unnatural event in human existance.
And that is a parent out-living their child. No parent should ever live to see the death of their child.
It's not natural.
Nobody should ever feel that pain.

My friend, a very close friend of my family. Almost more like a brother than a friend.
Sean Keys.
I will not try to describe the kind of person Sean was as I would not be doing him any justice.

The Keys family is one less beautiful person
and so is the world.

I will always hold him in my memory, nobody ever forgets beautiful people like Sean.

It's so cold this morning.

2006-02-08T10:30:00.000-05:00

Finger numbing.
I always get out to the car to start it and crank the heat 5 or 10 minutes before we leave. I put half of my work stuff in and this way it's nice and warm for the boys when we set off.
I went out this morning with no shoes as always but this time stepped in a freezing cold mini-puddle of water. I thought my toes would fall off. Even when I got back in the house.
Plus the stupid heat in our office doesn't work proper ~ the thermostat is in the middle of the office but only blows in my bosses space, not in the rest. Example: the therm is set at 72, go in his it feels 80 and the rest is 55.
I could never live north of the mason dixon.

MAKE POVERTY HISTORY

2006-02-07T14:57:00.000-05:00

MK Olsen's Ring

2006-01-31T14:28:00.000-05:00

Can anyone tell me where MK got this ring? I love it!!

The History of Saint Valentine's Day

2006-01-31T10:28:00.000-05:00

In case anyone was wondering...

In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour the Queen Juno, Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.

The lives of young Roman boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was the drawing of names. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.

Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270.

The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feast. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way.

In Memory: Coretta Scott King 1927-2006

2006-01-31T08:53:00.000-05:00

A triumphant woman that lost her husband after only 15 years of marriage but continued their work for another 38 years. Mrs. King was truly as amazing as her husband, originally studying music and education and concert singing at Boston Conservatory on to studying the techniques of non-violence of the Mahatma Ghandi, standing by her husband through their home being bombed and a few years after Dr. King's assasination, raising their four children and still standing strong shoulder to shoulder with other leaders enduring every battle of every inch of the civil rights movement.

Namaste Mrs. King, Namaste !!

Cupid's Arrow is Closing In Fast

2006-01-30T09:25:00.000-05:00

Only two more weeks until Valentine's Day. This year I am actually looking forward to February 14th. Jay is such a good boyfriend. He deserves so much. You see, I worry about everything... excessively. I wouldn't say I'm neurotic, I just worry. And Jay has this way of helping me to, not necessarily forget about it but more like, think about other things. He loves me and I feel it and see how much he loves me in all the little things he says and does. And just as important he loves the boys and O my god how they love him.
Things are good.
Life is good.

I'm not one for blonde jokes...

2006-01-27T12:25:00.000-05:00

but check it out if you wanna read the best blonde joke ever. It had me rolling!!

"Music is the shorthand of Emotion" ~Leo Tolstoy

2006-01-26T13:46:00.000-05:00

From www.ltolstoy.com Leo Tolstoy is one of Russia's greatest authors. This site provides a biography, pictures, geneology, reading tips, and various other resources in hopes that more of us will discover Leo Tolstoy.

100 year old Tortoise, mother to a Hippo?

2006-01-25T09:25:00.000-05:00

This, my friends, might actually be the cutest thing I've ever seen.

*Well not cuter than my boys but you get the idea.

**Friggin Cute!

Fate or Neurosis?

2006-01-24T12:49:00.000-05:00

Have you ever lost something knowing exactly where it was when it disappeared? Then gone back to that spot every five seconds in your mind like that thing will show up if you keep going back.

In a parking lot or a pocket?
Maybe you didn't check that one small centimeter... yes, that's where it might be.

It's gone. There's no miracle for it to reappear.
If you return to that spot three thousand times it will not be found.

Nobody stole it, maybe it blew away, maybe it just fell into the cracks of the walkway, maybe a bird picked it up.

Is it fate that something is lost?
Like it wasn't yours to begin with?

Is it fate when people are lost?
Like they didn't actually belong to life?

I keep reminding myself....

2006-01-24T12:25:00.000-05:00

"Promises mean everything when you're little
And the world's so big."
-Everlast

I found this quote on a weblog I was newly introduced, Lonely Road and Psycho Paths", delve into it, she's got some interesting works.

Sticks and Stones boys, Sticks and Stones

2006-01-23T12:25:00.000-05:00

Apparently yesterday's airing of "Fox News Sunday" was not unlike any other: Arizona Republican Senator John McCain bashed South America by saying it's a country run by "wackos" and that we should be independently distributing our own energy sources. I agree with the independence part, and there might be a chance that it is run by wackos afterall you can't be fully sane to get into politics, but until we are fully capable of not relying on other countries for oil I don't think that we should be upsetting things especially not our second major oil distributor. Unless we're going to strong arm them into giving us oil too.

Besides Venezuala's Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel actually brought up a good point today when he derided Johnny's comment by saying "It looks like they have nothing else to do in the United States, so many problems, 40 million poor people, 30 million drug users, and an American senator is paying attention to us. He can go to hell."

Don't worry Rangel the US is already going to hell.

Little Riders

2006-01-20T12:25:00.000-05:00

J-baby put the training wheels back on Tre's bike that he got for his birthday last year. So he's been riding 3 or 4 times a week ~ mostly depending on what time we get home ~ if it's not dark yet I'll park my car across the street and he can ride up and down the driveway.

Santa brought Nathaniel a Spiderman Bicycle for Christmas. His first Big Boy Bicycle!! He wasn't pedaling so well, he kept hitting the brakes.

Lastnight, it was really early when we got home so I decided to take them around the block. I was going to make Nate take his tricycle so that I wouldn't have to pull or push him the whole way around the block but he insisted taking the SpiderBike. So I drug him around the corner while he tried to pedal, every fifth rotation he'd hit the brake **skrrrt** and I'd have to push his little feet forward but finally, with Tre leading by about thirty feet, he got it!! He can actually pedal without braking accidentally and if he does he can get his bike going again all by himself.

I'm so proud of them, my little bike riders!!

I'll post pics of them on their bikes tonight.

COACHELLA

2006-01-17T09:32:00.000-05:00

If anyone was a teenager in the 90's, at any point in the 90's, I can't emphasize enough that you need to go see this film!! It's a recap film of the 2005 Coachella Festival in California. It's only showing one time! Go see it. Tuesday, January 27th :: 7:30 pm :: 10 bucks, I don't care what your doing, drop it. Go see this movie ~ you will not regret it! Go to this theatre listing to find out where you can view it. And I happen to know that the theatres here are almost already sold out so go ahead and purchase your tickets on Fandango.

I can't make it much easier people, seriously!

It's only one day, only 8 hours. I will overcome!

2006-01-13T09:11:00.000-05:00

Duval County Public Schools are closed today and Monday. I don't understand this.

Monday, of course for MLK,Jr's birthday. But today?? Teacher planning day! UGH!!

Here we are two weeks into the new year (which they just had a two week vacation) and now the little rats get a four day weekend! What a life! I should be a teacher! Except the money is crap.... but the vacation days would certainly make up for the compensation! I could live on 30 to 40k anual salary with 4 months off a year.

The point was Tre is in my office with me today and already driving me up the wall!! I brought crayons, legos, writing tablet, Narnia, we even stopped at the Bagel store this morning and got him a muffin.

Today I am asking the Higher Powers that be Please Please help me get through this day being Baker Acted! Please!

Where do pizza's come from??

2006-01-12T09:11:00.000-05:00

Well, this was the question that my two gorgeous little art critics were pondering last night while sitting in Joseph's, a small, friendly, family owned pizza joint that we visit weekly.

See, there's a painting that a local artist did sort of poking fun at Dali's Persistence of Memory , shown above. Instead of timepieces the pizzaria work has Pizza's. One of the pizzas is hanging from the tree just as the timepiece.

Tre says "mmm. a pizza tree"
to which I replied "do pizzas grow on trees"
he answered "Nope"
So I presented a question "Where do Pizza's come from?"
& Nathaniel chimed in with "A Box!!"

Seems as though the Mobley family enjoys pizza delivery a little too often!

2006 = Simplicity & Balance

2006-01-09T09:11:00.000-05:00

This picture is from RockHawk.com

I Pray to the Higher Powers that 2006 be the year for simplicity. I want less things to worry about. Scratch that. I want to worry less.

I've finally realized that I've made my own hardships in the past two years. I've taken advantage of the wrong situations and made them worse.

This is the year for change.

I will become a better person this year. A better friend. A better home owner, business owner, bill payer. I will become a better citizen.

But most importantly to me this year I will be a better mom.

A mother's life should not complicated, it should be Simple and Balanced. Sure, mothers always have alot on their plate. They've to be balanced.
This is what I'm lacking ~ Balance.

I promise myself I will make changes. I promise my children I will make changes. We will all have a simpler, more balanced life this year.

2006-01-08T21:27:00.000-05:00

Collage of Friends!

2006-01-08T21:25:00.000-05:00

Nolan&Beason

Rest In Peace Lou Rawls

2006-01-06T13:37:00.000-05:00

Rawls died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was hospitalized last month for treatment of lung and brain cancer, said his publicist, Paul Shefrin. His wife, Niña, was at his bedside when he died.
One">Rawls' family and Shefrin said the singer was 72, although other records indicate he was 70.
Rawls' deep, smooth voice was his trademark, and he used it in a variety of genres.
"I've gone the full spectrum, from gospel to blues to jazz to soul to pop," Rawls once said on his Web site. "And the public has accepted what I've done through it all."
A longtime community activist, Rawls played a major role in United Negro College Fund telethons in the 1980s that raised more than $200 million. In the '60s he often visited schools, playgrounds and community centers.
Rawls' introduction to music came in his hometown of Chicago from his grandmother, who loved gospel. He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1950s to join a touring gospel group, the Pilgrim Travelers.
After a two-year stint in the Army, Rawls rejoined the Pilgrim Travelers in Los Angeles, where he sang with his childhood friend Sam Cooke. Rawls performed with Dick Clark at the Hollywood Bowl in 1959, and he later he opened for The Beatles at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.
Rawls was playing small blues and R&B clubs in Los Angeles when his four-octave range caught the ear of a Capitol Records producer, who signed him to the label in 1962.
His debut effort, "Stormy Monday," recorded with the Les McCann Trio, was the first of his 52 albums. In 1966, his "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" topped the charts and earned Rawls his first two Grammy nominations.
He won three Grammys in a career that spanned nearly five decades and included the hits "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)," "Natural Man" and "Lady Love." He released his most recent album, "Seasons 4 U," in 1998 on his own label, Rawls & Brokaw Records.
But his trademark will always be "You'll Never Find," released in 1976 and written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, architects of the classic "Philadelphia Sound."
Rawls also appeared in 18 movies, including "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Blues Brothers 2000," and 16 television series, including "Fantasy Island" and "The Fall Guy."
In 1976, Rawls became the corporate spokesman for the Anheuser-Busch Cos. breweries.
Rawls was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2004 and brain cancer in May 2005.
Besides his wife, Rawls is survived by four children: Louanna Rawls, Lou Rawls Jr., Kendra Smith and Aiden Rawls.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete, Shefrin said

From the San Diego Union Tribune

Happy Anniversary J~Baby!!

2006-01-06T11:19:00.001-05:00

Today is our 8 month anniversary! Amazing how time flies when you're having the time of your life and sharing it with someone wonderful! Here are some kisses just for my Man. Love you J~Baby! Mwah!

Suwannee River New Years 2006

2006-01-04T21:50:00.001-05:00

J~Baby & I could not for the life of us figure what to do to ring in the 2006 NewYear as our first new year celebration together. As it came down to the wire J~Baby's friends, Angie & Lue, said they were going camping. And we both thought no better way to remember a NewYear than to getting back to nature.

Hence forth, the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park New Years Celebration with Melissa's own Fireworks Spectacular!! It was great, No limo rental, No expensive little black dress (which I've already 5 or 6 of), No bars, No lines for a drink, No drunk idiots, etc!

I love Campfires!

crazy campfire embers

J~Baby gettin GREAZY by the fire

Lue & J~Baby

This is a pic of our camp taken from my kayak in the river... That's Angie & Lue on the bank. O and J~baby wanted me to make a big deal of how you can't even See our tent because it's camouflaged! Ok? there.

Suwannee Spring Access from the river. Cool Pic!

J~baby

comfortable feet.

Me passing one of the potential camp sites for the next kayak trip

kayak maniac

steps to freedom.

J~Baby in front of a hollowed out tree on the river bank

Cool tree

Angie & Lue and Pink & Blue

Cruisin down the Suwannee

Moth-Ra

2006-01-04T21:06:00.000-05:00

Check out this moth we found on our back door. It's beautiful! It was about 3 inches in width and about 1 in length. Has anyone seen it before??

This one was for sizing purposes only. That's the moth in comparison to a five year old's (Tre) hand/finger.

Tre's 1st surfboard: 5' 2" Fish/fun Shape

2006-01-04T21:02:00.000-05:00

Oct2005

2006-01-04T21:00:00.000-05:00

I swear it looks like he's givin me the finger!!

The Boyz at the Beach - October 2005

2006-01-04T20:55:00.000-05:00

Again ~ October 2005, a bit late but I forgot I had these on my camera until I had to empty it for the Suwannee New Year's Camping Trip.

The Joys of English: (this is a funny piece - I don't know who the author is.)

2006-01-04T11:19:00.000-05:00

Here is an update on the progress of the EC (European Community).

Having chosen English as the preferred EC language (above the protestations of the Germans) the European parliament has commissioned a feasability study in ways of improving the efficiency in communications between various Government departments.

European officials have often pointed out that English spelling is unnecessarily difficult. For example: cough, plough, rough, through and thorough. What is clearly needed is a phased programme of changes to iron out these anomalies. The programme would, of course, be administered by a committee of staff at top level, by participating nations.

In the first year, for example, the committee would suggest using 's' instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly sivil servants in all sities would reseive this news with joy. Then the hard 'c' could be replased by 'k' sinse both letters are pronounsed alike. Not only would this klear up konfusions in the minds of klerikal workers, but typewriters kould be made with one less letter.

There would be growing enthousiasm when in the sekond year it was announsed that the troublesome 'ph' would henceforth be written 'f'. This would make words like 'fotograf' twenty persent shorter in print.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reatsh the stage where more komplikated tshanges are possible. Governments would enkourage the removal of double letters which have always been a deterent to akurate speling.

We would al agre that the horible mes of silent 'e's in the languag is disgrasful. Therefor we kould drop thes and kontinu to read and writ as though nothing had hapend. By this tim it would be four years sins the skem began and people would be reseptiv to steps sutsh as replasing 'th' by 'z'. Perhaps zen ze funktion of 'w' kould be takn on by 'v' vitsh is, after al, half a 'w'. Shortly after zis, ze unesesary 'o' kuld be dropd from words kontaining 'ou'. Similar arguments vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinashins of leters.

Kontinuing zis proses yer after yer ve vud eventuli hav a reli sensibl riten stype. Avter Tventi yers ser vud be no mor trublsm difikultis and evrivum vud fin it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drems of ze Fuhrer vud finali hav kum tru.

2006-01-03T14:19:00.001-05:00

I try so hard to stay away from that monster but sometimes the craving overwhelmes me and I get consumed by it all over again...
but to think of it maybe I'm fooling myself.
Maybe I'm not really trying at all.
I don't understand myself sometimes.

I know I could lose everything.
And it would be all my fault.
nobody to blame.

And yet that Want, that Desire, that Hunger is stronger than I.

I seem to lose track of everything else because I want it so badly.

I want to be in the center of everyone and the monster helps me do just that.

And after everytime I consume it I tell myself I don't need it, I'm better off without it.

Then I get that Craving again ~ and it feels so good to Give Into It.

2006-01-03T14:19:00.000-05:00

The love I long for doesn't make sense... doesn't even seem real.
Love doesn't seem to be real. Not at all.

It just doesn't seem to exist within my reach.

And Faith.
Faith has no meaning to me.
I have no conceptual understanding of it.

I have let my whole life pass without believing in Faith, trying with every fighting urge to embrace it...
to live by it...
to trust it.
It has always let me down.

First my dear Father,
then Philipe,
then my Me-me're.

All people who were closer to me than flesh to the bone.
All within a year of each other.
Taken.
Stolen. Without warning. All of them. Gone. Forever.
How much easier things would be with them here beside me.
Walking with me. Speaking with me. Comforting me.

Everything happens for a reason.
And That is the one thing that I do have blind faith in.
I refuse be let down.
Again.

Happy Festivus Everyone!

2005-12-23T11:19:00.000-05:00

As an Agnostic person I do not celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. However this is the first year I decided to celebrate the ever-hated-by-christians-everywhere Commercialized x-mas - and only because I have two little boys who should have experiences that include a christmas tree and eggnog and Santa Clause (or Santa Closet if you ask Nathaniel) and stockings and presents and everything else.

When I was growing up my father, also Agnostic, and I never celebrated Christmas. Although we made a huge ordeal of New Years and Birthdays and Independence day. We always had fireworks for every huge holiday and just an average weekend too.

Anyway, I wasn't going to celebrate x-mas with my children in order to sort of carry on the tradition or lack thereof we had in my house. However, my new boyfriend (which I guess he's not really new anymore - 7 months now) grew up in a Christian household thought that this was completely absurd! So I agreed that we could put up stockings and exchange small gifts. Apparently this was not good enough for the twit because two weeks ago he came to the house donning a 5 foot tall x-mas tree on his back and ornaments in his hand.

Hence the new tradition of x-mas in the house.

I just can't wait to blow up some fireworks on New Years!! Heh Heh Heh.

Pandora

2005-12-22T05:59:00.000-05:00

With the help of Jason Mulgrew I have discovered Pandora, which I am now in love with. It's easy.

You type in a band or a song that you like and they play music that sounds remotely like it.

Example: I entered Rockin around the christmas tree (for holiday purposes), they gave me a choice eight or nine different bands that played this song, I selected the Various Blues Artists and they found a station of holiday music played by bands such as the Thunderbirds, B.B. King, etc.

Excellent!

Try it out, it's free and easy!

It's Finally Cold enough to build a fire in the fireplace.

2005-12-20T21:36:00.000-05:00

I really like this one. Fire is so mysterious to me and yet so inviting.

December's Fire (behind the screen, where it's nice and safe)

December's Embers. Hm... cute title.

Hey, Let's bulldoze that 10,000 year old Appalachian Mountain so we can make our town bigger?

2005-12-20T08:59:00.001-05:00

WHAT THE CRAP ARE YOU PEOPLE SAYING????

Here's the article: (Stupid assholes!)

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Appalachian Town Looks to Flatten Mountain
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The towering mountains that frame this Appalachian town have been a hindrance to growth, forcing homes and businesses to crowd together side by side on precious little flat land.

That could change under a plan by Pikeville leaders who recruited a coal company to flatten two mountaintops to make room for the town of about 6,300 to expand.

Appalachian towns like Pikeville that have exhausted all useable land have no choice but to look to the mountaintops, City Manager Donovan Blackburn said.

"If you look at the amount of land that is developable right now, there is virtually none," Blackburn said. "This will be a tremendous benefit."

In mountaintop-removal coal mining, hilltops are blasted away to uncover coal seams, and the leftover rock and dirt are dumped into adjacent valleys, burying streams. Environmentalists say the process destroys wildlife habitat and contaminates water. (yep, one small blurb about destroying wildlife and screwing up natural water supply - someone please try to convince me that this is not a Conservative decision - damnit)

Pikeville wouldn't be the first Kentucky town to look to mined land for expansion. Cities throughout the mountain region have used the reclaimed properties for everything from industrial parks to airports.

In nearby Hazard, housing developments, car lots and even a hospital have sprouted up on such property. The Federal Bureau of Prisons built a high-security penitentiary on a former mountaintop removal site outside Inez. And Prestonsburg has a golf course on mined land. (are you kidding me, they did this for a pissing golf course, WTF??)

Ordinarily, coal companies are required under federal law to restore mountains to the original contour, said Tom FitzGerald, head of Kentucky Resources Council. But an exception in the law allows mining companies to leave the land flat when that better serves post-mining purposes.

Mike de Bourbon, an attorney who heads the local airport's governing board, said the board reached a deal with Central Appalachia Mining of Pikeville to mine in the city's southern outskirts. The airport board owns the surface land, but not the coal beneath it.

The deal would create about 800 acres of flat land suitable for various types of development. Mining has already begun on that project, which will net the airport as much as $4 million in royalties, de Bourbon said.

Donovan said Pikeville officials also have tentatively agreed on a deal with the company to mine a portion of land on the city's west side to flatten land for baseball and soccer fields.

Jim Slater, president of Central Appalachia Mining, did not return a call seeking comment.

Donovan said the projects are not intended to be moneymakers for local government even though they involve the sale of coal.

"There will be some money generated on the royalties, but that money will go back into the projects," he said.

Undeveloped flat land is rare in many Appalachian towns. Donovan said creating flat land is imperative for Pikeville to continue growing.

"Only 16 to 17 percent of our property is flat and can be developed," he said. "When you have a project like this, it gives us an advantage."

Who are these Beautiful Women & what did you do with the Kings Of Hell??

2005-12-20T08:59:00.000-05:00

It's Friday Night, Fish and Sarge's band, the Kings of Hell, are playin at the Atlantic Theatres. Of course we're going! Band doesn't start til 11, so we'll get some libations while we wait next door at Po' Boys.
Drinkin,
drinkin,
& more drinkin!

11 o'clock finally rolls around. We head next door to pay the door fee and go inside. At the ticket window the sign reads SOLD OUT.

Sold Out? What the $&*@? The Kings of Hell are a great band but Sold Out? C'mon Now. That's going a bit far.

I call Fish. Explain to him the predicament we've been put in, he comes out of the theatre and says in his sexy Johnny Cash voice "Follow Me". We do so, walking all the way around to the back of the theatre and go in the back door. Which puts us right next to the stage. HELL YEAH!

This is where we wait, all of the Theatre seats are taken by paying customers, so we wait next to the stage. It's cool, a better view anyway. And free beer.

Instead of the band setting up, it being 11:08 an' all, there are tiny but beautiful model girls walking around in underwear with big eighties hair and high heels with christmas-colored leggings.

There's a sleep wear fashion show for 8103 a new clothing store on the island. Now I know why it was sold out (enter lightbulb - ding!)

These girls were beautiful! I was so jealous, not really jealous. But GODDAMN I started dwelling on when I looked like that - 10 years and two children ago. I miss that body.

Enter the diet and exercise program.

For some people it takes simply a big christmas meal for them to encroach upon the resolution of weight loss.

For others it takes a quick glance in a strategically placed mirror under poor lighting.

Apparently for me it takes my boyfriend understandably drooling over 25 of the hottest under-20 year olds in the Jacksonville area.

Yep! That did it.

Work is...

2005-12-16T14:22:00.000-05:00

CRAP!! I dont wanna work anymore!!

(*) (*)

@ WAAAHHN!!!

Anyway, I guess it's not so bad.

My boss is alright, his wifee works a couple days here an' there to keep the books and brings their lil' bloke in when she does. He's barely a year, reminds me of Nate - it does. Lil' Punk!

He's cute but he's into everything! Can't get no work done whilst he's here, but I guess they spect me to watch after him while she's doin the books.

I'll be gettin the marketing position done in January. That'll be a good swap, being I'll get more loot an' all.

Right, then. Cheers.

Hullo?

2005-12-15T16:53:00.000-05:00

I know, it's been forever, I'm sorry. I've slowed down for a moment and decided to update the blog.....

WTF did I do??

All my pers info is down on the bottom when it should be right here -------------------->>>

Not sure what I did, but I'll figure it out when I've got time...

UPDATES on my life:
** The boyfriend and I have gotten serious -- I know: talk about DEATH!! It's good I like it.
** Christmas is coming up - 10 days and the boys are EXCITED!! This is the first christmas we've ever celebrated, ever. I'm excited too, I've never had a christmas tree and presents and stockings! YAY!! It's all because of the Boyfriend - he talked me into all of it!! I'm so happy to be starting traditions with him.
**Little brother will be graduating high school in the spring. My baby brother - AW - I want to cry!

More to come:

CHEERS!

2005-11-30T21:26:00.000-05:00

We got, as I'm sure anybody else who has children in grammar school, the "Decorate Your Turkey" assignment. So We decorated our turkey with only things we found from the beach: Sea Oats, Shells, Seaweed, Urchins, Even a Do Not Cross banner from the air show the week prior.

More from the Air Show...

2005-11-20T21:26:00.000-05:00

these guys did some really cool formations.

the heart

2005-11-20T21:22:00.000-05:00

My boy, my boy! Nathaniel on the tire swing!

Blue Angels' Sea & Air Spectacular

2005-11-14T21:29:00.000-05:00

The Stealth Bomber... Man this thing was so quiet, it almost didn't even seem real, like a R/C airplane.

these were always my favorite. The harrier jets. I think this one is called a hognose or something.

Some of the Blue Angels and some other planes.

Nathaniel on Beason's HobieCat.

LET"S GO JAGS!!

2005-11-06T21:39:00.000-05:00

CHROMA~WEEN!!!!

2005-11-04T21:19:00.000-05:00

Lauren from Chroma as... well... hmmm... sort of.... uh... an eclectic clown(?)

2005-11-04T21:17:00.001-05:00

The Motley Crew (from left to right and top to bottom): Dead Doctor, Sexy Nurse, Poison Ivy, Jesus, Adam from Chroma(it's actually his sister dressed up as him), Sexy Gothic Chick and, um, Afro-donning Disco lady?()

2005-11-04T21:17:00.000-05:00

Mya as Rainbow Bright

2005-11-04T21:14:00.001-05:00

Yes, Jesus even celebrated Chroma~ween!!

2005-11-04T21:14:00.000-05:00

J~Baby... Whatcha doin behind the tree??? Watch the frong spikes babe They might bite.

2005-11-04T21:13:00.001-05:00

Sexy anarchy nurse taking advantage of some poor drunk cow's vulnerable utters.... If they didn't have pics I wouldn't have believed it.

2005-11-04T21:13:00.000-05:00

Uhm, The Cow I got... the other guy ... I've got nothin! Sorry. Look for the cow again, he'll be the one passed out on the bench.

2005-11-04T21:12:00.002-05:00

Dead Doctor

2005-11-04T21:12:00.001-05:00

Er Um, yea. Making out with a, ahem, bottle of Jagermeister.

2005-11-04T21:12:00.000-05:00

Rainbow Bright

2005-11-04T21:11:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Chroma~ween!!

2005-11-04T21:10:00.001-05:00

Mya as Rainbow Brite and J~Baby as Dead Doctor

Halloween Costumes for the Chromaween Party!!

2005-11-04T21:10:00.000-05:00

That's me, the sexy anarchist nurse and J~Baby the scary dead doctor (I have NO idea how the innocent nurse/doctor duo costume got so twisted - but really WHO CARES!)

2005-11-04T21:02:00.000-05:00

Hallow's Eve 2005!! Ethan was Captain Jack Sparrow (Great costume Ms. Mya!!), Tre was an Army Man and Nathaniel was a Fireman!! Great job guys!!

Melissa Needs.... part duex

2005-10-18T09:38:00.000-04:00

That was fun, so I decided to do Melissa Wants in google. Same idea as Melissa Needs. Here we go:

1: Melissa wants to be a model sure why not.
2: Melissa wants your hot dogs nah, i'll just settle for your weiners
3: Melissa wants you to receive beautiful flowers on a regularbut semi-random basis from the man in your life. only if he'll send them to me too.
4: Melissa wants to talk about 'the deal' after recording. we better talk about the deal before they record my horrible singing voice.
5: Melissa wants to make Movie History. what kind of movies are we talking about here?
6: Melissa wants a Los Angeles Superior Court judgeto order the multimillionaire actor to significantly increase those payouts only if I can get a cut of that!
7: What Melissa wants, of course, is everything but sex -- love, mainly, but alsothat human contact and respect and mutual affection. must be a different melissa!!
8: Melissa wants Roy to choose her without extenuating circumstances. Is that you Roy??
9: Melissawants in your face confrontation with as much emotion and crying as possible. Take Two!!
10: Melissa wants Erika to vote the Professor off the island. Yep, let someone else do my dirty work!

Melissa Needs....

2005-10-18T09:21:00.000-04:00

I'm always game for new blog fun. So here is the lastest: in Google you type in your name then needs and copy the first 10 things you see. My list, as per Google, of things that I need.

1: Melissa needs maintenance manuals. Um, what kind of maintenance are we talking here?
2: Melissa needs attention and will do “things” for attention! LOL ~ "Things". Wait, how'd you hear about that? O God, There aren't pictures... are there?
3: Melissa Needs-the-Dough! Please, send donations.
4: Melissa needs a ride and smitten conversation. You can keep the small talk, just bring on the ride!
5: Melissa needs a rehearsal disc for her Grease cast to sing along to.
6: Melissa needs to board the blob ship that is hovering overhead. Um, yea, I'll get right on that.
7: Melissa needs blood will you help me?
8: Melissa needs to stick to the subject of music and leave the pseudopsychoanalysisto those more qualified than she. Excuse Me?? I'll pseudopsycho blah blah blah whatever I want whenever I want. So there!
9: Melissa needs to select information from the Partners table. Ooo, The partners table, I like the sound of that, can I try it out?? O wait I need a partner.
10: Melissa needs her meds, and I'm sure Mikey won't get them for her.

Ok, I'll settle for needing all of the above things. Now who's getting them for me , because aaparently Mikey's lazy ass sure isn't. Damn Mikey!