Virginia Breeze

There are some days that don’t go exactly as planned. Things spin out of control and we end up feeling disturbed or upset. It is one of those days here tonight and I am not enjoying it.

There is no inspiration here today and very few positive feelings. But do we always have to have those in order to feel gratitude? I don’t think so. And sometimes I feel grateful for the small things that may seem relatively unimportant.

I have a little saw that is very useful and I am grateful to the person who made it. And I have a comfortable hat that shields my eyes from the sun. There are so many things like this that I cannot begin to think of them all. But they are parts of my life. If they were to come and take me away I would not have them anymore. And then I would be able to describe every one of them to you.

Someone came up with the idea for these multicolored notes with sticky stuff on the back. I would be lost without them because I would forget half the things I am supposed to do.

On a night like this I am thankful for my bed. And the quiet that fills the house late in the evening. Things always seem better after a night of rest. I am grateful for the ability to sleep and dream about strange lands and people. Being able to forget this life for a few moments is a great gift.

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More of The Twelve Days of Christmas

http://davidnotes.com/2007/12/30/suggestions-for-the-twelve-days-of-christmas-6-gratitude-for-this/

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Sometime today we are going to reach a big round number around here as Virginia Breeze hits the 10,000th view (and 6000th visit) for this month. This blog started last July and since then it has been doing what blogs do as demonstrated by the graph down below. We did have a little

“Cough”

problem in October when it stopped accepting posts for a few weeks. But every night I left bottles of Rolaids and Prevacid next to the computer and said a little prayer. And before you could sing On The Road Again we were back in business.

Thank you readers. Thank you commentors. And thank you Geeky folks out there who have endured my ineptitude and questions about computers and code related mysteries. I have had less than five truly rude individuals try to ruffle my feathers during this time. I want to thank them also for not returning as they stroll through life spreading sunshine and joy.

Thank you Darren Rowse for responding to my Christmas Greeting. I was convinced that the bigger you are in this arena the less chance there was that you would write to someone who was just bouncing along the pavement. So you proved me wrong.

Writing posts is a daily opportunity to be wrong and make mistakes. So it is also an opportunity to grow. I have enjoyed doing this from time to time and watching my blogging friends also grow. There are some really wonderful blogs in the Blogroll here and I hope everyone will spend time with them.

What else is there to say? My thoughts today are with Truddle and her daughter who is going to have a baby at any moment. You can read about it in her blog Whisper when it happens. The graph that really matters at this moment is the one on the machine that is next to her bed. But a bottle of Rolaids may still come in handy down the road.

As we approach the New Year and gird ourselves for the many miles of walking we will be doing shortly I would just like to say how much I appreciate you coming back here and following the exploits of one aging hipster. I realize part of your motivation may be curiosity over the state of my mental health. Will I go over the edge today? I understand these thoughts and have actually thought a few of them myself.

Will my wife tire of my fascination with Jordin Sparks and throw me out the front door? Will I end up chasing her tour bus across the world? No. None of these things are going to happen. But we can still have a good time as we wait for Jordin to come to Virginia someday and, hopefully, go out to dinner with Beth and I. You really want to be here for the photos after that happens!

So stick around. The best is yet to come. Google tells me I actually have several hundred readers who have been here 200 times or more. Although only a handful have actually had the courage to talk to me. I understand. I would not want to talk to me either except for the fact that I am stuck here.

So have a wonderful New Year. Please be safe on the highway. Actually it is probably those back roads that are the real danger. So slow down and let the person in back of you simmer a little bit. They really are not in that much of a hurry. Turn the rearview mirror up and the side view mirror out and just pretend you are alone with your beloved companion riding shotgun.

Never forget you are heading towards a better day. Onward and Upward as CS Lewis used to say. Let’s see what wondrous things we can find in the next twelve months.

Here is a video someone put together of Jordin and Chris Brown. I think it has a lot going for it but I don’t think the drum part helps it much. In fact it probably takes away from what Jordin and Chris are doing. It’s distracting. I actually like Freeze better but once again the drums are pounding away in the background. Great rock tunes are usually pretty simple and so you need to eliminate the clutter most times. The “Oh add this and it will make it better” attitude.

This is actually the song I think has the best chance of catching fire on the album. And the drummer is taking a break. Now You Tell Me.

So we will have to wait a little while longer for Jordin’s first super hit. Although Tatoo was very nice. This is probably the best thing for her at this stage of the game. She doesn’t need the level of attention some of the others in the music industry get all the time. She doesn’t need the craziness. I’m sure it is bad enough as it is.

She needs time to relax with her family and acclimate to all of these changes.

Update:  Jordin is doing very well.  Vote for her at the BET Awards Show HERE

Here is a poem I wrote last summer about Beth and about air. Or lack of it. Because I would die without Beth. And then I would do what many of us would do. Start searching once again for our one true love.

It is that simple.

So this little poem expresses something about love and I was very happy to see the same connection being made in No Air.

My Love

I remember when you said you wanted us to be “friends”

And I said, “I am blessed. You want to be my friend?”

So you decided we could be more than friends.

And I don’t understand how there could ever be a time

When I cannot find you. When you are gone.

It would take the breathe from my body

And I would search for you…

Everywhere.

No Air

Tell Me How im supposed to breathe with no air (ohhhh)
Can’t live can’t breathe with no air (ohhh)
thats how i feel whenever you ain’t there
Its No Air No Air
Got me out here and the water so deep (So deep)
Tell me how you gon be without me (Without Me Yeahhh)
if you ain’t here i just can’t breathe
Its No Air No Air