Saturday, July 11, 2009

Rediscovering an old Friend

I stumpled accidentally on UCFTV the other night to find Ani DiFranco live on the artists den. It wasn't until then that I realized I miss Ani.

While I may have the inner strength and ability to express myself openly, I was not given the gift of articulation. It is aww inspiring to me when people are able to not only take their thoughts, passions, beleifs and feelings and put them into well thought out prose, but to then have the skill and talent to put that prose to music. Ani DiFranco in particular has a style and beat that really speaks to me...

32 Flavors
squint your eyes and look closer
i'm not between you and your ambition
i am a poster girl with no poster
i am thirty-two flavors and then some
and i'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might want to turn your head
cause someday you're going to get hungry
and eat most of the words you just said
both my parents taught me about good will
and i have done well by their names
just the kindness i've lavished on strangers
is more than i can explain
still there's many who've turned out their porch lights
just so i would think they were not home
and hid in the dark of their windows
till i'd passed and left them alone
and god help you if you are an ugly girl
course too pretty is also your doom
cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
for the prettiest girl in the room
and god help you if you are a phoenix
and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
while you are just flying past
i'm not trying to give my life meaning
by demeaning you
and i would like to state for the record
i did everything that i could do
i'm not saying that i'm a saint
i just don't want to live that way
no, i will never be a saint
but i will always say
squint your eyes and look closer
i'm not between you and your ambition
i am a poster girl with no poster
i am thirty-two flavors and then some
and i'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might want to turn your head
cause someday you might find you're starving
and eating all of the words you said

the arrival's gate
gonna go out
to the arrivals gate at the airport
and sit there all day
watch people reuniting
public affection is so exciting
it even makes airports ok
watching children run
with their arms outstretched
just to throw those arms
around their grandpas' necks
watching lovers plant kisses
old men to their misses
at the arrivals gate
watching a mother
with a mother's smile
don't tell me to move
i just wanna sit here for a while
i have determined
it's a sure cure for cancer
watching excitment turn family
dogs into dancers
at the arrivals gate
i got me a white bread sandwich
with some shredded lettuce
and i got me a ringside view
for my quaint little fetish
i just wanna drain my little pink heart
of all its malice
and kick back for the afternoon
in this flourescent palace
everybody's in a hurry
here in
purgatory
except for me
i'm where i need to be
at the arrivals gate



I need more Ani in my life.

Friday, July 10, 2009

TV Ad


Just saw a commercial for this. Had me cracking up. Seriously, who exercises their neck?
Where do people come up with this stuff?


Friday, July 3, 2009

Kayaking

Mom and John have the day off in honor of Independence Day. We decided to enjoy the outdoors and get some exercise by going Kayaking at Blue Springs. We left the springs and went along the St. John's River, around an island and then up a canal before letting the current take us back. It was nice - but my arms are definitly sore :)






Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Winter Park Day Trip

Last week Chris had five whole days off. We actually had enough time together to develop a routine, first time since we moved to the new house. We spent one morning over in Winter Park, we started with the Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour which Chris had never been on.




See the owl?



The boat tour was fun, we saw lots of birds, but no gators. The tour guide had this cheezy sense of humor but he was great. He told us that a few years back the lake chain was over-populated with gators so they had animal control come in and they relocated more than 150 gators to Lake Jessup. More pictures are on my flickr - here.
After the tour we wandered along Park Ave. and then had a nice lunch a Chris's favorite spot - Dexters, he loves their pressed duck sandwich.