[What Made You Happy today?]

Yay Kyna!!!

I love Barnes and Noble. I've thought about applying there because I DO need a change of scenery. LOL

The issue? I can't walk into that place and our with just one book. I can leave with NO books, but not just one. I end up leaving with a freakin' pile. LOL

I know what you mean; not to mention spending a fortune at Starbucks while we browse (and if all 5 of us are there, that alone is easily $15-20)

[What Made You Happy today?]

I am happy because last night WE GOT HIGH SPEED!!!!!!!! I'm still seeing lots of red X's so I must need to adjust a setting somewhere, but it's soooo much nicer!

[What Made You Happy today?]

I am very happy tonight, because I finally got a JOB!! Man, it was hard to get a job here in the area I'm in...

I'm going to be a supervisor at the new Barnes & Noble store in town, and it's so similar to the place I worked at in Canada, that I'm not as scared about my first day as I would be otherwise I start Monday...I have full-time hours, with BENEFITS...yay health insurance!!!

That's wonderful; congratulations!! I love B&N.

[Hot Pictures of Jimmy and Robert]

Baby faces

That's a great one!

[Finally, presenting...the day I met Robert Plant]

That's so exciting; what a wonderful photo too!! Thanks for sharing!

[What Made You Happy today?]

Its four weeks tomorrow that I haven't smoked a ciggy !!!

That's wonderful!!

[What Made You Happy today?]

Those 5 Christmas pounds are FINALLY gone!

[What Made You Happy today?]

I had a nice chat with my boss today; we had surprise food at work this morning; and the kids have been very entertaining this evening

[What Are You Listening To At This Moment?]

Ten Years Gone

[The Cars]

Oh yeah; I really liked them back in the day. I agree Candy O was the best. It was definitely a very new sound when it hit; I think they put out an album a year while I was in high school. I saw them live once; I think it was Richmond VA for the Panorama tour. I'm afraid it was not one of my favorite concerts; they sounded good, but they just kind of stood there and played. They didn't interact with the audience at all, and as I recall, the songs sounded exactly like they did on the albums.

[What Are You Listening To At This Moment?]

The Clash, Rock the Casbah

[What Made You Happy today?]

A dear family member going through a health scare got the all-clear today

[What's the Last Concert You Attended?]

Maroon 5, with The Hives and Sarah Bareilles Oct. 8 in Charlottesville VA. 2 big thumbs up on Maroon 5 and also Sarah, who we (daughter and I) had never heard of before, but whose CD we bought within days of the concert. It was my daughter's first concert

The Hives were a bit much for me; I probably would have loved them when I was in my 20s, though.

[The Police]

I saw the Police on their Synchronicity tour in '83; it was a great show. REM opened, but we got lost on the way to the arena and missed them . I had all of the Police's albums/cassettes, and then bought the boxed set of CDs about 10 years ago. I especially liked their earlier stuff; including Sting's appearance on "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball", when he did unplugged versions of Roxanne and Message in a Bottle. I had that album (vinyl) and video; not just for Sting though; the whole thing was fantastic. I also thought he was very cool in Quadrophenia I don't listen to them much these days though; they toured nearby this fall, and tickets were extremely high $$ so I passed.

[What Are You Listening To At This Moment?]

"Love Song" by Sarah Bareilles; iTunes is shuffling the whole family's library at the moment