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blogging is finally paying off! i received a check in the mail this week for my incredible efforts here on the 'muse for...a buck eighty-five. proudly, the check is displayed on the refrigerator door like a testament to some childish artwork. some fifty-thousand words (before blogger stopped keeping count) and nearly three years later, and i'm still at it. ah, it's all about the little rewards in life, now, isn't it?

this is where i lose my steam. i frequently find myself blogging in my head while i'm driving, and i'd probably audioblog from the road more if it weren't for the fact that creativity general ventures on the silent side of my brain and open, moving lips and mouth result in utter chaos and lack of brilliant sentence structure. aka, my thoughts always sound better in my head than when spoken out loud. recent musings:

? how can macy's south coast plaza women's store get away with the battle of the bands? apparently, when interviewing an employee about the conflicting tunes (u2 singing vertigo makes for a poor duet when teamed with duran duran's rio) i discovered that there is a)"macy's music" and b)"department music" and that the speakers for both are disasterously intermingled. calvin klein, donna karen, i love ya, but i won't spend a dime if i have to sacrifice my ears. as so aptly put by the employee at the end of the conversation/complaint, most people are probably too busy to notice (as she was). well, not everyone is musically inclined. but it'll be a long time before i shop that particular store again.

? why in the world did swallows choose my house to build a nest on? i've been meaning to take pictures, too. does anyone know how many months i need to wait until they've had their babies and everyone's vacated the nest?

? i didn't know that better than ezra had a new album... i used to like them in high school

? i've heard hollaback girl twice on the radio and frankly, don't understand the hype.

? who gave rob thomas the right to become his own boy band? shame on you for your lyrics rob. time to hire someone for that and stick to pumping out tunes. i'm referring to the title track on something to be: Hey man / I don't wanna hear about love no more / I don't wanna talk about how I feel / I don't really wanna be me no more / Dress down now I look a little too / Boy next door / Maybe I should try to find a downtown whore / That'll make me look hardcore / I need you to tell me what to stand for /
stand UP for the fact that rhyming is not a prerequisite to lyrics & poetry. especially when they're this lame. i appreciate your need to be edgy, but all this demonstrates is a lack of creativity. you could take a lesson from tori amos as far as storytelling through lyrics. (in response from his quote on atlantic's website to the effect that 'Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to tell stories, but I never had the patience to sit down at a typewriter and write short stories or anything like that. I started writing songs as a way of communicating ideas the best way I could.' - Rob Thomas
that said, the album is number 19 on iTunes today for top selling albumns. so the public & i, we differ on this issue.

? what's this about losing steam? oh, yeah. right about now. where i neglect to spellcheck and reread for grammatical errors. bless me for i have sinned.