Ties that Bind

As witnessed by the stars that shine
our lives forever intertwined.

Beneath the waves of space and time
we walk the never ending line.

No matter wanting
or neglect
Our fate is bound
to intersect

But what is the ends,
to this means?
A mystery?
or just our dreams?

Is this about the destiny
or the journey too?
About the Universe?
Or just me and you...

Hope for the future
and learn from the past
but the present
was not built to last.

Together we may own the sky
apart we may live and die

It does not matter in the end
My heart is forever dearest friend.

~Christina~

Fate

Lost and Found within stars that shine

Deep meaning they hold to represent

The past and future or even divine

A glorious union, celebration and lament.

And though the shadowed mist we march

The unknown worlds to which we climb

Undaunted by the endless possibilities we face

Becoming masters of our own space and time.

Though reality and dream seem divided

Drawn down the path that we are smitten

Our destiny may already be decided

But our future, is yet unwritten.

~Christina~

Unfinished/Untitled

Stuck in darkness I wander through,
Hunting the light that pulls me in,
Toward destiny I'm drawn to,
Never to lose nor to win.

Changes

The world keeps turning
we lose old faces
tears still burning
yet the same old places

New faces appear
Lost friends are found
Nothing to fear
to this wheel we're bound

Times keep changing
The wind keeps blowing
The sun's still shining
and we're still going.

~Christina~

The Irish in me

A drink that gets drunk
or a thought that gets thunk
is like a small grain to the sands of time

But when you get to doin
an idea that's been brewin
now that's something worthy of rhyme.

Between

What am I
How can it be
that I do not feel
what others can see

What is it like
to love and to cry
and why do you wish
to live or to die

What they can't understand
is what others fear
what I can't understand
I wish to be near

People only believe
what they expect to see
but only between the lines
is where you will find me

Lurking in the shadows of the night
Lurking in the bright spots of the light

Bleeding through the boundaries
of right and wrong
Bending through ideals
both weak and strong

Don't believe what you hear
and don't believe your eyes
there is always truth
in the very best of lies

And where does that leave you and me
when all is said and done
To that I have no answer
but at least we had some fun.

~Christina~

Fleeting

Love and Loss
both seem forever
yet both fleeting
sometimes forgotten
but keep the heart beating.

Life is so precious
our loved ones so dear
yet we take it for granted
we forget we should fear.

Always busy with trifles
never stopping to think
that which we love
can be gone in a blink.

Time cut so short
it always feels wrong
memories are all that you have
so make sure they're strong.

Can't change the past
the future can't be bet
the present is all that we have
better take all you can get.

Never waste a moment
Never waste a word
No matter how silly
No matter how absurd.

All very scary
it's too easy to worry
just try not to be
in so much of a hurry.

Whenever you can
savor things slow
and however you feel
just make sure they know.

~Christina~

I'm Back

Ok so I realize it's been like 3 years. But I've found inspiration so I'm going to take another crack at this. I would try to summarize the last 3 years but it's hard... Lets leave it with... My son is just over 4 years old now. I've witnessed some glorious magical things and some horrible heart wrenching things. I may post about some of it over the coming days but aside from that lets just move forward Shall we?

Omg This Guy is Hallarious....

I know I'm a bit behind on this one. But I just heard about him on Kevin & Bean this morning. Bo Burnham

Omg... So happy... Squee...

Ok this movie looks so promising. I <3 Tim Burton. And can't wait until September for 2 reasons now. Muahahahaha.

Get Well Soon Jack!

And bring back my Macaroni Bites damnit.

What's stuck in my head today?

Got 2 in there again today.

V-day Goings on

This V-day didn't go badly at all. I'm a little surprised since this doesn't seem to ever happen to me. But either way I enjoyed it.

We ended up going to Medieval Times since they were having this 2 for 1 deal thingy in the month of Feb. Got seated in the Green Knight Section. Which was cool except there were parts of the show we couldn't see very well being seated right next to the king.

We got the V-day package and got to go to the museum of Torture/Dungeons, Got 2 flutes to take home after drinking the sparkling Apple Cider, I got a carnation & a light up rose, and a Picture (see below) to take home.



They changed the show a bit but I won't ruin it for you. Lets just say we were sitting in the perfect section for us. LoL.

What's stuck in my head today?

Thanks to KROQ of the 90s weekend. Here ya go.

Thoughts on V-day

Ok I tried to reword this but really I couldn't say it any better than I did last year. And since I seem to have a bigger audience this year I feel it needs repeating.

February 14th... Valentines day... A day that I shutter at every year.

For a long time I thought of it as a made up holiday by the candy, gift and greeting card companies to get money out of you. Which... Honestly it has become.

But lets step back for a moment and try to figure out what the holiday is meant for...

It is meant for you to take 1 day out of your stupid year and appreciate all of those people that you love.

Now... I fully agree with those people who want to sit there and say... But why do I need a special day for that? Shouldn't that be something people do automatically and without prompting or feeling obligated to do?

Yes... the world would be a must better place if everyone thought about and made sure to make those people they love feel appreciated on a daily/regular basis...

But to those people who argue this... Can you honestly say that you do it?

I don't...

Like most of the world... we live our lives... bitch about the bad but completely neglect the good. Taking for granted that those we love will always be there. Until something happens... and we lose/almost lose them...

You never know what you've got until it's gone...

Then you run around and try to make up for it... often it's too late but you still hug everyone you know and make sure your loved ones know what they mean to you...

But time goes on... and memories fade... pain fades... and we sink back into our old ways.

1 day a year isn't too much to ask... It doesn't have to be Today... It doesn't even have to be this week. But don't be that person crying over a grave saying that you never told them how you felt... Or how many years had it been since you talked?

Valentines day is not about Gifts or Flowers or Cards or Candy... It's about Love. And if you think you have no love in your life... Then I feel sorry for you... You obviously have no family and no friends or you're completely and utterly blind in which case I feel sorry for your family and your friends.

For everyone reading this today as a Blog or a Bulletin. I want you to know I care about each of you or you wouldn't be on my friends list. I want to you to know I appreciate you and everything you've brought to my life good or bad. And Please don't ever forget that... no matter what I do or say in the future... and no matter how long I go without saying it... *hugs*

What's stuck in my head today?

I seem to be going down memory lane for music stuck in my head today. I blame 98.7 for their flashback lunch time music. I can't think what the segment is called atm... but yeah. Anyway... Some of the subtitles are wrong but the song and video are right.

Quote of the Day

"The Lord tells me he can get me out of this mess, but he's pretty sure you're fucked."
~Braveheart

Happy VD from Jeff Dunham

I picked my favorites. But you should watch all 7.

25 random things, et cetera

Ok I guess normally you get tagged to do this and then you tag other people to. But I agree with the others who have said that's just silly and do it if you wanna soooo here goes. 25 Random little known facts about me.

1. I know how to do wood staining/burning, etch glass, and make chain mail.
2. I can't drink soda anymore... I know... Cokegirl can't drink coke... It's the bubbles...
3. I play lots of video games and have 50 different characters in WoW
4. A couple years ago I lost 150 lbs. And no I didn't breakup with/kill anyone. LoL
5. I'm a Member of the Century Club (it's a game where you drink 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes)
6. I can recite the entire movie of "The Princess Bride"
7. I write poetry.
8. I used to be in Chior, Speech and Debate And Orchestra.
9. I loved Pickles BEFORE I got pregnant.
10. I can't ride a bike, roller skate, or ice skate.
11. I've never been off the continent despite having visited All over the US, Canada, and Mexico.
12. I'm allergic to Oxygen Masks... At least the ones they put on you at the dentist office and in ambulances.
13. I worked Halloween Haunt at Knott's Berry Farm several years in a row as a Monster.
14. I made 2 people puke, at least 20 piss their pants, 5 fall down the stairs and 1 crap their pants the last year I worked Haunt.
15. Can't stand the smell of Tuna (Cooked or Salad form. Raw is fine. Won't eat it though)
16. Allergic to smelt eggs.
17. My natural hair color is infact Dark Brown/Black w/ red highlights underneath.
18. I've only ever been bowling 1 time.
19. Never lived outside of Orange County.
20. I have a Blog! Which isn't really little known but it certainly seems like it is since no one visits.
21. When I was a kid I wanted to be a Voice Over person for cartoons or a Mathematician.
22. When I started working at Linksys I thought I'd only be here 6 months before moving on to a better job. It's now been 6 years.
23. I play D&D and other Dice/Tabletop Roleplaying games.
24. Been in a Hurricane (though it was reclassified as a Tropical storm the next day).
25. I can count to 20 in 5 different languages but can only speak/write/understand 1 fluently.

Irish Butter

Sooo My sis and I went to an Irish pub at the District in Tustin for lunch today... and Omg... they had the best veggies EVER!!! We were debating what the creamy stuff they were sitting in was so I checked when I got back to work and it just said butter, salt, and pepper... Confussion.. So I did further investigation. Apparently there Is such a thing as Irish butter. but I wasn't sure what the difference was.

This is all I could find.
"Irish butter, as well as Danish and several other European style butters- have a higher butterfat content thatn amreican butters. they are creamier, have a smoother moughfeel, and sometimes even a slightly cheesy charachter to their taste.
The butters are made from mik from different breeds of cow that are fed in different climates eating different fodder- all factors that influence the final product. American butter, by contrast is waxier, blander, and especially when salted, saltier.
That's not to say I don't use American myself- I dont think the cost is worth the extra 3-5% butterfat. But it is delicous when someone else is paying!"

Now I must find this... "Irish Butter" and make it a staple in my cooking. cuz Omg... sooo good.

Oh the Pub was awesome too... Though fairly dead for lunch time. It's called Auld Dubliner. I was impressed.


-Update-
KerryGold is a brand of Irish Butter and Irish Cheese that is sold in regular stores in California. Going to be doing some investigating this weekend as to whether this really is the cause of the nummyness that is the veggies at Auld Dubliner.