Red Books

There has been a theme with the books I have been reading lately:

Knuckle Up

You know when tattoo people have the tattoos across their knuckles?  One hand says, 'love' ... the other says, 'hate'? There is even a blog, appropriately titled KnuckleTattoos.

Yeah, well I got to thinking about things that would be suitable for my knuckles, things like:

• LEFT RITE
• HOTT COLD
• NICE MEAN
• LUKE WARM
• CALM DOWN
• JUMP SHIP
• READ MORE
• SLOW DOWN
• FEED MEEE
• BEEP BEEP
• GAME OVER

No List [Grown-Ups] Friday

Nothing wrong with a healthy dose of nostalgia:

circa 1989

[insert 23 years here]

[and switch places in the line-up]

circa April 2012

The Situation

What's that? All of my tweets archived in a book (including an index)?! Sign me up!


I have wanted one of these for a while. The problem is I cannot come up with a title. I am stuck ... I just cannot figure out what encapsulates @LizRambles ... BUT I have compiled a working list of possible titles:

• LizRambles? ... more like, LizMumbles
• A Series of Unfortunate Tweets
• LizRambles and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
• Wit, Wisdom, and Mundane Nonsense
• Beast of Burden
• Virtual Musings
• Life As Tweets
• 140 Characters or Bust
• Tweet It, Don't Spray It
• Tweets Gone Wild
• I'm Not Here to Make Friends
• No One Likes a Gloater
• Expendable.
• Infinite Tweets
• Volume One
• ... bums on the outside, tweets inside.

Give Your Heart a Break

Lately, I have been acquiring some new jams, including:

• Birdy, Birdy

• Gotye, Making Mirrors

• Jamestown Revival, The Knives & Pipes EP 

... and the, 'I have no shame' new additions:

• Demi Lovato, Give Your Heart a Break
• Karmin, Brokenhearted
• Karmin, Super Bass

Listen, and enjoy ...

Progressive Thoughts in the Shower

I took a shower this morning.
While there, this is what was going through my head:

• Wow, my new body wash smells really good.
• like, really good
• I wonder if it tastes good
• ... probably not.
• Nonetheless, I hope I am never in a Donner Party situation ... I would probably be the first entree.

No List Friday

One of my favorite songs at the moment:

That one time I thought I got a cheesy compliment from a friend

Story of my life.

I logged onto Facebook yesterday and saw this on my wall (or do I say, 'timeline' instead of wall now? Either way I don't like it F-book is a hot, ugly mess these days.)

Nonetheless, a friend posted a link to, 33 Animals Who Are Extremely Disappointed In You with the caption, "Number 21 is talking to you!"

• So I clicked the link. You should, too!
• It's hilarious.
• ... and because I have the attention span of a 4 year old at times, by the time I read #3 I had no idea which number "is talking to you!"
• Oh well, I continued through the list.
• I really liked numbers 12, 19, 20, and 26.
• and then I got down to number 33
• Actually, this corgi thinks you're doing just fine. Because screw those other guys. "Keep up the great work," says this corgi, "I'm proud of you!"
• For whatever reason, I was convinced this is what the F-book caption pointed me towards.
• So I thought:
• wow
• that's really nice
• ... and I am really undeserving
• ... and I'm now just smiling
• ... this really made my day
• ... how thoughtful!
• whomp, whomp.
• I then re-read that F-book message, which directed me back to #21.
• This otter is disappointed that you never finished Infinite Jest.
• fitting, and deserving

A Visit From the Easter Bunny

Happy Easter!

This year the Easter Bunny left some eclectic sweet treats, including:

• a Starbucks gift card
• undies
• cash
• a toaster oven
• plenty of chocolate

#First20SongsOnShuffle

Not as random as I expected ... out of the 2399 songs I have on iTunes, these are the first 20 I was thrown ... plus a bonus 21st tune.

1. New York Groove, Ace Frehley
2. Soundtrack 2 My Life, Kid Cudi
3. Cry Freedom, Dave Matthews Band
4. Reckless Ambition, Blink 182
5. In a Big Way, Darius Rucker
6. Weird Divide, The Shins
7. What Is Mine, OAR
8. Bartender, Dave Matthews Band
9. Clarity, John Mayer
10. Piano Man, Billy Joel
11. Camera Talk, Local Natives
12. Drive Away, All American Rejects
13. About Mr. Brown, OAR
14. Daylight, Coldplay
15. The Way I Am, Ingrid Michaelson
16. Thriller, Michael Jackson
17. Laundry Room, Avett Brothers
18. Endgame, REM
19. LA Woman, Billy Joel
20. Gypsy Driftin', Toby Keith
21. Hurricane Season, Trombone Shorty