Jamie's Hero and Villain of the Week #29

It's Friday again if you can believe it (and even if you can't).  For those of you who don't work in aviation and/or own your own business, this is the start of the weekend.  I don't actually get weekends, per say, but I still acknowledge Fridays by naming a hero and villain of the week.  This weeks picks feature melodrama and things you have to sign for.


Hero of the Week:  Taylor Swift
I know that Taylor is my no means universally liked or respected, but her popularity is undeniable.  I myself was not a fan when I first heard the song "Love Story" and became convinced that she had never read either Romeo and Juliet or The Scarlet Letter (Seriously, does anyone in the music/entertainment industry realize that Romeo and Juliet die at the end of the play?  It's kind of a tragedy, y'all.).  And yet, I can't help but love the catchy melodies, the Everygirl quality of the lyrics, and unapologetic wallowing in every single exaggerated emotion that her music encompasses.  There are few things that can cheer me up like bellowing a Taylor Swift song at the top of my lungs.  It's pure girly catharsis, and I've needed it this week.


Villain of the Week:  "Non-drowsy" cold medicine
I've had a little touch of late-summer cold this week, and it's made me a bit foggy headed.  Of course, I want to be at my best when I go into work.  I took some cold medicine that was supposed to be non-drowsy, but I think it just made me more out-of-it.  I barely made it through my shift at work drinking tons of coffee, but I was still drowsy when it came time to drive home.  A sense of self-preservation led me to stop at Sheetz for a cappocino and a bag of Sour Patch Kids, and the combination of sugar, caffeine and chewyness did keep me awake.  However, I am offended by the false advertising.  And how did the cold medicine people know that I worked near a Sheetz where I could stock up on supplies?  It's almost like they don't care!


Thus concludes the recitation of the zenith and nadir of my week.  I wish you all a lovely weekend!

In Need of a Melody

We just posted our very first Encouragement card!  To celebrate, and because I was teaching about music in Sunday School, today's blog will be entirely of song lyrics.

Lately you've been contemplating is this real or is it fading?
I don't know what I want, so don't ask me
Half of me is all about apathy and the other half just doesn't care
It's my life so it's mine to make
I mean to prove I mean to move in my own way
I set my clocks early because I know I'm always late
Without you I'm always 20 minutes late
1, 2, 3, take my hand and come with me
Mark me with ash until I'm clean again
Show me something gorgeous, show me till my eyes get tired
When I'm home I think I'll go eat cereal and stare out the window
We might just break up if I don't wake up to the sun
Just get away from the shady turf and baby go catch some rays on the sunny surf
Think I got a tan from the language I was basking
I'll watch the gleam in my eye shines off the spring in my step
A smile on my face and an air guitar rocking

You're like a rain cloud if it rained mushroom clouds

I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
You gave my life direction
Don't you know, you're really going to be someone
You are my fire, the one desire
You were the last good thing about this part of town
You look inside my wild mind never knowing what you'll find
I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhyme
I'm poor, I'm starving, I'm flat broke, I've got no cash to spend
They say I've lost my Midas touch; what turned to gold now turns to rust

I'll carry a cross and a song where I don't belong

Bittersweet and strange finding you can change
Shaking my mind like an etch-a-sketch erasing
The whole world is moving and I'm standing still
I want adventure in the great wide somewhere
I'm so tired of the phone, baby
I'm still mad but I can't remember why
I wish you thought that I was dead
I think we've got what it takes to get this heart start beating again
It's hard to say what it is I see in you
I think about you all the time you're so addictive
Anyone can tell you think you know me well

We got older, but we're still young

I'm the Cusak on the lawn of your heart

I've found a way to make you smile

That could be a chart-topper if I used auto-tune, right?  If you're feeling a little down in spite of (or because of) my lovely ode, check out our new encouragement card at http://jagreetings.ecrater.com/p/10772343/snarky-puppies-and-rainbows-greeting-card.  My dog, Gilbert, is featured in one of the photos!