Kate Bush has caught me by surprise.....again!!!

I ask you, why? why is this so good?

Just because I want a hedgehog for a pet doesn't mean I don't love Badgers!

The perfect dress

Sometimes after jamming for hours you might be sitting up, reading Elle magazine cover to cover. 

And sometimes, while doing that you come across the perfect dress. 

Now the perfect dress, doesn't mean it is perfect for everyone, though I could excitedly dress a number of my friends in this one.  

The perfect dress, is the perfect dress for you.  It has taken me this long to figure out what that means, but now I know and I will show you all!!

The delightful Diane Von Furstenberg designed this one for her spring 2009 ready-to wear.  And I am ready to wear it!!

A day that carried its weight

In one day,

 I witnessed the inauguration of a President that seems to be as close as a friend.

stood in one of those really long lines at the post office and thought about the whole, government monitored private business monopoly type model

walked in the very cold, snowy air

typed numbers into a computer

re-listened to Obama's inaugural speech

said prayers that had gone unspoken for a while

memorialized an old friend who has passed on

touched a very pregnant belly and got a kiss from my God son

ate Indian food, and felt a heartache to be back in India that I haven't felt in while

went to a rock show

got in a a van with rockin' boys

sang "Buttercup"

got home really late

remembered that we have this fabulous new president whose family has just moved into the White House

wrote this blog

signed off

good night, and now good day

"Is B major the same as B flat?"

Sometimes people ask me questions like the one that is the title of this blog and I have to remember that not everyone knows that B major is mostly terrible and B flat major is generally wonderful.  

And not everyone knows that the Huffington Post is killing me with the stupid Sarah Palin headline, trying to make some sort of comparison between her and Caroline Kennedy.  This is B major and B flat major!  The difference is in the number of accidentals.  One is by far easier to read.

OK, now I will hop down from my soapbox and share the latest from my non-stop nerdy wagon (thank you Matt for such an appropriate term, wish I could footnote on a blog).  I am obsessed with The West Wing!!

I thought that Jon Reid suggested I watch it, but then he defensively denied that claim during band practice on Monday, leading me to believe that this show is fundamentally uncool and meant for people my parent's age.

But let the world know:  I DO NOT CARE!

I might have looked uncool when I admitted to loving Beyonce's "single ladies" video, or my affection for the show Gossip Girl (though I do agree it is getting a bit stale).  I might have looked uncool when I agreed to audition for American Idol, or got  a perm during college.  I might have seemed nerdy when I began to give dissertation to anyone who would listen on the botany of the local forests.  Screw all ya'll.  I love West Wing, and yes, I just researched law schools on the Internet.

And now that I am a new fan of the West Wing, I totally get that the character Josh Lyman was based off of Rahm Emanuel.  Look how intense he is......and true he was studying to be  a ballet dancer.  So, there might be some awesome people on the non-stop nerdy wagon.

'09 doesn't sound as important as '69

So, I am looking back, mostly because I feel like my memory is getting tired and I have to reread emails and my own blog to remember what happened to me, or how I felt about it

This past year I:

gained and lost an antagonist

got a little bit more confident

struggled with being one woman in a sea of male musicians

threw parties I was proud of, but they were never enough

played shows for a few people

played shows for a slew of people

doubted my talent and then had a good laugh at that one

made some of the best friends I have ever made

became radio obsessed

went to some of my most favorite rock shows: ice cream!!

adopted slogans like: "who put this shit on?" and  "you don't know what you think about, this?!"  

watched my childhood friends get married off to handsome fellows

learned that making an album can be really fun and full of wizards

committed to Cheetah Button

made a full length album, when I meant to make an EP

started a job that feels integral in its challenges

Suffered at the hands of heartache

loved my family more and more

texted out

had my own kind of owl party

tried to dress more like my brother

felt patriotic for the first time in my life

disappointed myself

praised myself

went swimming in cold cold water

moved into my house on the hill

burnt a hole through the porch

tried to party like a rock star

decided to admit to more of my shortcomings

Of course there are so many other things that happened, and if I was patient enough I could really go through and make note of them all, but I am not patient.  

And here to send us with good tidings into the next year is my spirit animal:

BADGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh Shame on me! my blogs are few and far between.....

.....but not for long folks.  I just get really docile and lackluster around  the holidays.  I keep my PJs on all day and read books I have saved up for this very time.  I eat tons of snacks like, mom's homemade fig newtons, and feel very uninterested in being social.  I only hang out with my family and force them to only hang out with me.  I also have been known to have limited text message conversations with my dearest friends.

But that all changes come January, every year I get so fired up from being so lazy that I combust and, be warned, I will start calling you and wondering what you might be up to: would you like to take a walk, write a song, have a party, play scrabble....with me?

So to recap on the season of holiday cheer I have some videos to show you .

First we have a very special Tyler Ramsey moment at the grey eagle:

Next we have a Christmas moment at Granny Ruth's house, where my brother demonstrates his strength:

- Notice that Seth is holding on to his little sweater friend that I made him throughout the whole fiasco...he named him "Joe"

Then we have the boring, but cute to me Katie Bell curled up on the couch:

And for the grand finale William and I show off our special Christmas clothes from Uncle Jimmy, notice the colorful sweater I am wearing and the camo shirt Will is sporting in the up coming two videos