Friday Music - The Rolling Stones

I know this got a lot of attention for Sydney Sweeney, but this The Rolling Stones song bangs!

Friday Music (Part #2) - BarlowGirl

Merry Christmas everyone!

Friday Music (Part #1) - Bebe Rexah & Shea Diamond

Trying to find the perfect gift.

Something that fits just right! 

Friday Music - Sia

I've been told I'm getting a special present when break starts.  

Considering how dry it's been, I hope it's moisturizer. 

Friday Music - VIAL

One year exactly...

Some things are better than before.

The song is based on a true story...

Friday Music - Tate McRae

Funny story about where I heard this song the first time...

Happy holidays! 

Friday Music...on a Saturday - Rory Danger and the Danger Dangers

Yeah.  I took off yesterday to digest Thanksgiving. 

These guys are AMAZING.  See them live if you can!

Friday Music - Caroline Polachek

Dang is the right word.  DAMN might actually be better.

Ask about me and my three muses in the sculpture garden...

Friday Music - Everclear

Out of my usual realm, in a city with a lot of angels and devils. 

Don't wait up...

Friday Music - Billy Joel

It's getting colder.  Time to snuggle close.

Glass Houses is such a great album...

October 31st...

 

October 30th...

 

October 29th...

 

October 28th...

 

October 27th...

 

Friday Music - Video Age

When my friends are trying to get me out this weekend with the line "You're going to LOVE my costume!"

Of course, I'm going to go... 

Friday Music - The Replacements

Another year older. I still do pretty okay.

Friday Music - Michael Jackson

It's fun to have friends who are risky. 

With it being Friday the 13th, don't wait up for me! I'll be killing it! 

(groan)

Friday Music - Goth Babe

It's nice to be loved. 

It's a warm blanket on cold days.  

Friday Music - 26fix

If you brag about all the great sex you had, you didn't have it.

The freaks are the ones who say nothing at all. 

Friday Music - Earth Wind & Fire

Having the fairly attractive woman on the track stop out of the blue and say 'Hi' to me...

It's been a good day.

Okay, technically a day late.

Friday Music - Doja Cat

Finally I feel cooler. I like it cooler.

Friday Music - Girls Aloud

I still love them.

Kind of lonely this week.

Friday Music - Albert King

A great way to round up summer, dancing with two friends late into the night. Don't wait up.

Albert King spoke truth!

Friday Music - The Beaches

Two friends want me to go to an EDM festival...their outfits are interesting. 

But staying in a tent? 

Friday Music, Part #2 - Jungle

Their videos are so good. And I am in love with one of them. 

Friday Music, Part #1 - Durry

This song goes hard!

Friday Music - Power Station

The more popular I get on social media, the more I hate social media. 

Seriously. 

Friday Music - Cavetown

I get to go sleep on an uncomfortable bed for a weekend!  Yeah!!!

Friday Music - Sinead O'Connor

Sadly, I have a second week in a row with a tribute post.

Considering what we eventually learned about the Catholic Church, I think a lot of people owe her an apology. 

She was right to call them out.

Friday Music - Tony Bennett

It's tough being sad in July...

Friday Music - Jungle ft. Erick the Architect

Hot and smokey...

Good for some things...

Not for others.

Friday Music - Fall Out Boy

I don't mind advising you as you look to expand your brand, but there are limits to what that means. 

I'm not ready for a very public closeup...

Friday Music - Rita Ora

Back from vacation. Sometimes relaxing.

I made two friends working in the gift shop.

Friday Music - SYM1

Found her.  Instantly addictive.  Gorgeous on so many levels.  Fun size! 

Cool to hang with! 

Friday Music - The Last Dinner Party

I've had this chorus sung to me before.  Adult themes...

Friday Music - Durry

Let me introduce you to the song of the summer.  Durry kicks caboose! 

Friday Music - Dua Lipa

Summer is here, and I have to run inside...amongst other things (too buggy!)

Friday Music - BEL

Testing my endurance this weekend. 

Can I cat-nap and still consider participating?

Friday Music - Blondie

An exhausting week, but a fantastic week in Minnesota.

Apparently they are going to get me!  I'm cool with that...be gentle. 

Friday Music - The Avalanches

I really do not recommend getting your back broken. It's not a lot of fun.

Spring flowers look nice...help with the pain.

Friday Music - DeathbyRomy

Doing a better job of managing the stress.

It's a shame Twitter is a hellhole again. 

Friday Music - Rubblebucket

I like it when a powerful person flirts. 

I'm not a loser...

Friday Music - Julian Casablancas

Isn't age an issue (when did you start celebrating 4/20)?

I'm ____ years old (she says unaware of the two ways that can be taken).

Friday Music - Buddy Guy

Back from vacation in the low country of South Carolina.

Damn Right, I've Got the Blues.

Friday Music - Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz

A fantastic week on a hot beach with delightful people.

I will be more tired after my vacation than before it. 

Friday Music - Bella Porch

This week has been a blur.

Friday Music - Rema & Selena Gomez

I love someone who doesn't have faith in me breathlessly admitting how wrong they were.

Friday Music - Dropkick Murphys

To the Irish who I love, 

And who love me.

Friday Music - Nicki Minaj

The brace is finally gone.  The Freak is back.

Of course it's got naughty lyrics! It's a Nicki Minaj song. Viewers be warned! 

Friday Music - Caroline Polachek

As positive as I've felt lately, I can't help but constantly look over my shoulder... 

Friday Link - Conan Gray

To hear the idea I'll be punished more than the person who nearly killed me...

I have nothing to say. 

Friday Music - Donnalyn

There are too many restaurants out there to go back to one which screwed up my order. 

This has been a long week, but I got good news from my lawyer...so there's that.

Friday Music - Blondshell

Walking in the dome actually helped me lose a lot of weight. 

Still not a desired outcome of having a broken back...

Friday Music - TV Girl

It's amazing how many people flirt at the walking track.

Avoid the drama with the SmartLess Podcast.  

Nine Lives

Today is my 9th year of being sober.  

Nine years ago today I put down the bottle and outside of the occasional communion, I have not had any alcohol since. I'm hoping to keep it that way.

To prove to myself how far I've come, I got tested (HARD) in December.  Driving home I was hit by a drunk driver, and not just any kind of drunk driver, but a guy who was almost 4 times the legal limit.  He broke my back, totaled my car, and left me angry and frustrated.  It's not clear if he has auto insurance, but it seems unlikely at this point.

At no point did I ever think of picking up a bottle and taking a drink.  Not once, and it was freaking DARK for a while.  I managed to get through December, even having a bit of a George Bailey moment or two, and I'm still recovering, albeit without booze.

My life is so much better sober.  It really is.  When you're younger, the idea of quitting is terrifying for some as their entire social experience is arranged around drinking.  The reality is you never realize how much of a drag alcohol is on your body and mind until you're away from it for a few months.  I'll never forget what it was like to start clearly thinking again.  I'll never forget what it felt like to start having vivid dreams again.

Love yourself, love others and have other people around who love you.

Lean in hard to counselors, exercise, and embrace whatever spirituality you do or don't desire.

Here's to heading for 10.

Friday Music - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Another 6 weeks to go...(sigh)...

The harmonies these guys made were amazing. 

Friday Music - Yonaka

You'd think a chest brace would be a mojo killer, but I (shockingly) have a few moms who flirt with me as I walk the track in the well-off suburb. 

I guess they like accessories...

Friday Music - Everything But the Girl

I walk in a large dome while getting lapped by much older people...

That's not a spirit crusher at all! 

Friday Music - Panda Bear & Sonic Boom

This broken back sucks. 

I know I'm late again.  My bad.