(in the dark) the shine of small things

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

[Bad username or site: cookie2697 / @ livejournal.com] gave me "D". Will upload any of the following upon request.

She was physically forgotten, then
she slipped into my pocket with my car keys
She said, "You've taken me for granted,
Because I please you
Wearing these diamonds..."
- Paul Simon's "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes".

Same old song
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground,
Though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
- Kansas' "Dust In The Wind". Tessa! RICHIE. Yes, a decade later and I'm still depressed.

I never felt alone
until I met you
I was alright on my own
and then I met you
And I'd know what to do if I just knew
what's coming
- Third Eye Blind "Deep Inside of You".

I finally understand
For a woman it ain't easy, tryin' to raise a man
- Tupac's "Dear Mama".

I never thought I could love anyone but myself
Now I know, I can't love anyone but you
You make me think that maybe I won't die alone
- Ingrid Michaelson's "Die Alone".

+ While I don't really want any of them for myself, I cannot stop looking at this batch of icons. I am so amused that Vin Diesel was like "I'm too sexy to make a stupid face in the MTV Photobooth like EVERYONE ELSE." Anyway, very cute, and some of the faces are hilarious. It's also kinda neat to see who could really let go and be a dork and who couldn't. Vin, you're a total D&D nerd, so you don't get to pretend you're too cool for the photobooth.

+ I have been spelling words wrong a lot lately. Or not spelling them wrong, exactly, but I write the wrong word more and more. Above, for example, I wrote "really like go". I remember yesterday I wanted to write "readiness" and I wrote "ready nest" Is there a term for that? It is distressing to me, my loves. I also find myself, increasingly, using the wrong form of the verb I want. I can feel my brain cells dying, one by one.

+ If anyone sees Ultraviolet (that's out this weekend, right?), I'd be interested to know if it's a good time.

+ It was also Photo Day for Houston says Getty. **shakes fist at yahoo** Mixed feelings about the batch, 'cause one hand: image of Roy! Image of Ausmus! Sans mask! Which, like. Oh my goodness. On the other hand, lol, there's this totally depressing vibe. I think you definitely want to go more for more 'badass', or 'whoo baseball is fun'. I think maybe the photographer was going for badass here, but I don't think he quite got it. I wanted to make everyone soup. Also, in keeping with obnoxious tradition, not everyone's been released yet. No Ensberg, no Everett. No Backe. My soul weeps.

+ D-Rays also posted, several days ago. Which means I finally know what BJ Upton looks like. Seeing Zimm with anything other than 'New York' across his chest is weird. And just because I love saying it: Rocco Baldelli! Pride of Rhode Island!. Now with lazy eye action. And in case Ang wants to cry some more: Travis Lee used to be an Indian, right?

+ All delayed-like, I have this vague memory of being tagged by two people for memes and not doing either. If I've got it right, [Bad username or site: lisabird / @ livejournal.com] tagged me for things that make me happy. [Bad username or site: phantom_hpuff / @ livejournal.com] tagged me for that garish yellow meme, I think. The yellow one was some kind of variant on the guilty pleasures meme, so I'm gonna say see supra. As for things that make me happy, I did that a few months back, and the list hasn't really changed. For 'Three Witches being back', lemme substitute 'spring training picspammage' :-P

+ Okay, a coffee run to DD, and then back to work on my appeal. Which makes me sad.

ETA: Whoa, Don Knotts died? I must confess - I had mostly a wait, he wasn't already dead? reaction. Whenever I think of Don Knotts, I think of his part in The Apple Dumpling Gang. That's, like, the definitive Don Knotts role for me. That's kinda weird, right? Of all the great parts he's had and is known for?

In other news, Chavvy can't play for Mexico. [Insert Nelson-style laugh here]

Tagged for this one, by [Bad username or site: wickedgoddess_ / @ livejournal.com]: Ten Things That Make Me Happy

(Every time this meme comes around, I think of Gaiman's 15 Portraits of Despair and that girl who decides to make a list of things that make her happy...and finds the day growing dark around her as she tries to think of more than one thing.)

+ Gates opening 2 hours before first pitch.
+ Family, more or less.
+ Finding a new song I just adore, and listening to it over and over and over again.
+ A good book.
+ Unexpected mail. (Well, unexpected mail from people I'm still in touch with. When I get mail from someone I haven't spoken to in ages, it just makes me feel like an asshole.)
+ Three Witches being back long enough for me to stock up.
+ Thank God I'm A Country Boy during the 7th inning stretch. Also, the confused look out-of-towners get on their faces when we all launch into it. Heh.
+ The rare tv show with a grand, arcing storyline I can get totally caught up in.
+ Quotes. I'm always jotting things down on napkins or in the margins of notebooks, etc.
+ Getting in and staying in an iconing groove. It's not exactly mindless work, but I like fiddling with pictures when I need a break from school stuff. Plus, I've always wished I had an eye for drawing or photography, and I don't - but Photoshop lets me pretend to be something of a composer of images ^_~

And, in for a penny, in for a pound, right? From [Bad username or site: bakoo / @ livejournal.com], via [Bad username or site: offspeed / @ livejournal.com]:

Share each one of your away messages, explaining along the way if you feel so inclined.

( I am away from my computer right now )

Spring Training in T-52 days. That prolly should have been on the list of things that make me happy.

ETA: [Bad username or site: kmousie / @ livejournal.com], I got the notification from LJ today. That was awful sweet of you; thanks.

Per [Bad username or site: paynbow / @ livejournal.com]. I did this one last month for [Bad username or site: trancifer / @ livejournal.com] but I'll do it again, with different answers, just cause: ( Book Meme )

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And for [Bad username or site: wickedgoddess_ / @ livejournal.com] & [Bad username or site: kmousie / @ livejournal.com]: ( Movies Meme )

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Per [Bad username or site: schnaucl / @ livejournal.com]: ( Meme of Threes )