The Legoland Convention

I am quite to surprise to note that Legoland still has more posts than Stop Five. I would have thought by now, looking at the nature of the two blogs, that Stop Five would be the larger by now. This post calls for a song. They always do.


"When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night."

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!"

Happy Birthday to Jo today! Jolene, we miss you!!!

I think the mark of friendship is desire to be together....

I really respect a choice to spend money to visit a close friend

Instead of buying a cd, I bought a ticket to Nova Scotia.
I'm excited.
Although I don't think I'll do that every payday.

First Past the Post rocks again, East Coast style.
It will be nothing but epic.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee

A gentle stroke of the painter's brush,
Reveals new paint on canvas blue.
Environment where angels blow,
In heaven, their pillowy abode.

As spirits gather, an angel's chorus,
Evidence, a storm's a-blowin'.
To join the voices, instruments,
Thunder, lightning, special effects.

As light and sound come raining down,
Amongst the ange's voices,
The grievéd Maestro's seems well pleased,
At cleansing, saving forces.


"Feel the angel of the present
In the mighty crystal fire
Lift me up consume my darkness
Let me travel even higher"

"I'm a dweller on the threshold"

In Medias Res tonight! Oh am I excited.

I'm going to buy a cd today. I've decided that I should buy a cd each time I get a paycheck.
I have no idea what I'm going to buy.
Here are my payday purchases so far (from what I remember):

Gordon Lightfoot: The Best of Gordon Lightfoot
Bruce Springsteen: The Rising
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II
The Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues

I'm thinking about buying the Postal Service cd. Or maybe something folky. I think I want more of a mellow one this time. But we shall see.

On another note, I listened to my band's cd last night. Man that recording sucks. The songs are good, but the recording quality is just so bad. I want to try it again. With some kind of a real studio.

I'm off . . .

O, wert thou in the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea
My plaidie to the angry airt,
I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee.
Or did misfortune's bitter storms
Around thee blaw, around thee blaw,
Thy bield should be my bosom,
To share it a', to share it a'.

Or were I in the wildest waste,
Of earth and air, of earth and air,
The desart were a paradise,
If thou wert there, if though wert there.
Or were I monarch o' the globe,
Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign,
The only jewel in my crown,
Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.

- Robert Burns


"On the way back home we sang a song
But our throats were getting dry
Then we saw the man from across the raod
With the sunshine in his eyes
Well he lived all alone in his own little home
With a great big gallon jar
There were bottle too, one for me and you
And he said, 'Hey! There you are.'"

"And it stoned me to my soul
Stoned me just like Jelly Roll"

i don't know if it counts or if it's fair to use someones elses words to say what you want to say, but here it is, by Joni Mitchell. this song would be on the soundtrack to my life.


"Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons ev’rywhere
I’ve looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on ev’ryone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all

Moons and junes and ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As ev’ry fairy tale comes real
I’ve looked at love that way
But now it’s just another show
You leave ’em laughing when you go
And if you care, don’t let them know
Don’t give yourself away

I’ve looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It’s love’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say I love you right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I’ve looked at life that way
But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they tell me that I’ve changed
Well something’s lost, but something’s gained
In living ev’ry day

I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know life at all
I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall

I really don’t know life at all"

My house doesn't have hot water right now. I've had 2 cold showers in a row.
I also don't have a room. The furnace guys are there.
I miss having a room.
And a shower.

So Irented "Saved" last night. It's quite the movie. I thought it was good. It was definitely interesting. I found that the Christian characters were a little bit overdone. I'm sure some of that is on purpose, but I think some of it also comes from the fact that this movie is from an "outsider's" perspective. The people who did this movie clearly did not grow up in church. Which made it a little less believable on the whole (example: the scene where Mandy Moore is singing, and everyone is raising their hands. They don't quite catch the whole hand-raising thing right). Anyways, it was still good. Quite a cool, if a little vague, picture of grace.

Anyways, where the hell is everyone?