Don't Wish For Hate

I hate it.
Hate to admit that something about you still breaks my heart.
Hate to admit that I let you get in that close to me when I really always knew better.
Hate that that it turned me into such a bitch.

I wish smashing glass on floor had cleared me of that.
I wish riding fast through town with the wind on my hair was enough to erase it now.
I wish walking away from other people was easier... because of you, because I'm the one in control this time, because I really did learn something. How is it that I still feel like I failed.

I wish I didn't have more hate than love. That the negative creep in my heart wasn't stronger than the love buzz. That I had more to give than my belief that true love is out there. That I have more to take than I haven't met yet. That I could get past the draft version.

Get a Clue!

And by that, I mean the more I tool around on other blogs I see that sometimes its fun to just post a sentence or two and let you know what's up... no body reads this damn thing anyway.

So, you know whassup?

I'm outta this PIECE to go have a bev in the sunshine.

Well, first I gotta go ride my bike in a skirt. ;)

PEACE!

Well, Of Course...

So, this is the horoscope that greeted me today... I'm a Virgo you know, so you might have gotten it too...

A big-hearted angel could enter your life now, bringing love, a business opportunity or a chance to travel. Receiving a generous gift is another possible manifestation of the wonderful Venus-Jupiter conjunction falling in your 7th House of Partners. Either way you're likely to be pleasantly surprised, assuming that you are able to accept what is being offered to you at this time.

I think my favorite part is the last line, "assuming that you are able to accept what is being offered to you at this time". It's kinda been proven recently that I know I am not... which is just fucking perfect considering I spend most of my youthful, overly-romantic days wishing on stars, eye lashes (mine or those of my friends and lovers) teeth for the tooth fairy and birthday candles, looking for love. 

More specifically, true love. I can't ever deny that I'm not a hopeless romantic. Or maybe I watch too many John Hughes movies in my younger, wilder days. Or we never really know what we want. Or maybe John Lennon can't always be right. 

Whatever the reason, I probably won't stop wishing for love 

...but I'm not the only one.   

Can the Real Shelby Thompson Please Stand Up?

Wow. I've nearly been defamed, AGAIN. The infamous other Shelby Thompson on gmail not only still hates me, but is a total bitch. And she has this as her signature on email:


"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it."  -William A. Ward


I mean, SHUT UP. She tried to use a completely basic email address when hello, did she think she was the only Shelby Thompson on earth who would use gmail?!? What a dumb jerk. She can't handle an email invite to wine night? A string of emails requesting advise on a bride's maid dress? What is she, jealous of my life? I even wrote her once to apologize for the confusion and she not only didn't write me back, but answered another email to the chain something like this:


ALL - Please remove me from your email contacts.  I do not know any of you and will continue to mark any of these emails as spam.  Thanks.

-Shelby

Thanks to the people who know me, and like me - the REAL Shelby Thompson, the other one is soon to really know what SPAM is. (Insert evil laugh here).

Thanks "Why I hate DC"

This story is so unreal... and kinda hilarious. Thanks!

Stop the fucking presses, there's a white woman panhandling in Silver Spring. So we already know that DC social service agencies are stretched very thin. There are plenty of homeless people in DC, and shelters have been closed due to budget problems. Those stories, the stories of people turned away from social services in DC, or stories of families on the street, those aren't really worth covering. What's worth covering is the fact that there's a white woman panhandling in Montgomery County. Yup, WJLA-TV did a whole piece on this woman:

SILVER SPRING, Md. - The bad economy is taking a big toll on local social service agencies. In Montgomery County the need is so high some people say they're being turned away.

More than seven months ago Kathleen Waltos lost her $70,000-a-year job. She says she's been unemployed or underemployed ever since. She says she's used up all her savings and her 401K and, at times, has actually turned to panhandling.

Waltos told us, "In order to survive I have to do something...and that's stand on a corner and collect money."

Wow, it's like someone took People's District, vomited all over it and then bottled it and sold it at Whole Foods saying it's healthy. While I'm sure that Kathleen Waltos is suffering, I do have a bit of a hard time feeling for someone who made $70K and has only been unemployed for seven months. How about those people who made $20K and have been laid off for a year? Yes, Waltos has faced some obstacles getting access to social services, but I have a hard time sympathizing with any of this. I don't wish her any ill, but I don't see why this deserves the 11 o'clock news treatment. Meh, of course it makes sense. It's TV news.

An Open Letter to Eddie Vedder

Dear Eddie,

While I can say with confidence that Versus is a great album, I must confess with the same confidence that it is not one to consider as background music whilst making out. In fact, "Rats" might be the least sexy song ever recorded. I hate to be the bearer of this sad news, especially because I will continue to enjoy Versus, as well as other well-loved Pearl Jam albums. However, I must admit, it will not be on rotation during intimate moments.

Thanks anyway.

Your fan,

Shelby L. Thompson

P.S. A certain gentleman would like you to know that he agrees with the un-sexiness of this album, but will also continue to love it anyway.

You Snob.

Well, yeah I know, I'm behind on this one, BUT, better late than never. And I have to mention this now, and just accept it and move on... I am such a music snob. Sigh. Ok... read ahead.

Music Favs of 2009 (in no particular order):

First Aid Kit: Drunken Trees - Fantastic! Melodic, lovely, haunting, sad, sweet. All the things you love in a chick guitar only band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-JWshmx_OA

The Rural Alberta Advantage: Hometowns - Just good!

The Dead Weather: Horehounds - Dirty, hard rocking goodness. P.S. I still love The Kills, without whom, this album would not exist.

Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Yes, I know, they ended up on a frakin Cadillac commercial, but hey, without a caddy, whose a pimp?

The Love Language: The Love Language - Merge Records band, and some of my peeps from the 'Ville! Too catchy not to love. and the lyrics... "Just blow me away, like a birthday candle!"

White Rabbits: It's Frightening - This band has 6 members (I know!) and this album is great.

Harlem Shakes: Technicolor Health - great band name.

Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavillion I mean, we all know Animal Collective is ridiculous, but this album is so nice in so many ways, especially "Fireworks".

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz - FUCK YEAH! P.S. One of the best shows of 2009 too.

She Keeps Bees: Nests - somber, but damn this chicks voice is killer.

Telekinesis: Telekinesis! - Yet another Merge piece of brilliance...
Lightning Dust: Infinite Light - Best song on the album? "I Knew"
Grizzly Bear: Veckatimist - really, it's only because I'm supposed to love it. I just like it... no love.
Great Northern: Remind Me Where the Light Is - "Story" and "Houses" are worth this album alone.
Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca - Fucking fantastic album title, and the cover is REAL creepy.
SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: Covers! - What can I say? I'm in love with Merge Records... consider picking up "Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records" its beautiful and fantastic. :)