As cool as it would be....

For Georgia to win....

I have Xavier beating Purdue next round.

The Xavier boys need to get their acts together!

NOW!

:)

Bring It On Home

I love this song...just wanted to share.

Travels with Family!

I'm traveling to San Francisco August 31 - September 5 with the family! I'm super excited - I've always wanted to go there. So I'm soliciting you, dear readers, for fun things to do! Give me the inside scoop! Who's been there? Who's lived there?

Touristy, I know...but I want to ride a trolley. When I was little, my dad would take me to work with him on occasion and we'd ride the trolley from the parking lot to his office. It will bring back fun memories for me.

Chinatown looks like fun.

I don't think the trip would be complete without a tour (the Night Tour - take a gander - Mom just bought the tickets!) of Alcatraz.

I foresee a trip to the wine country...either Sonoma or Napa Valley...

Obviously, the Golden Gate Bridge is a must.

I don't know much about this area...but maybe North Beach?? Thoughts?

Pacific Coast Highway would be beautiful!!

Anyway, give me your advice! I gotta know! :)

Internet Stalking

No work required.

PC World Magazine has compiled some of the best sites/sights on Google Earth. Peruse, enjoy, stalk in complete anonymity.

In Pictures: The Strangest Sites on Google Earth

Prison's going to be awesome!

And, you know, should I ever have to go to prison...I hope it's something like this...

The Virgin Suicides

I just finished reading The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides and it will be far too hard for me to convey to you how much I loved this book.

Loved, loved, loved.

Eugenides' combines the common elements of humor and grief into something beautiful and rare.

I definitely recommend this book.

Here are some quotes that I found particularly captivating:

"All wisdom ends in a paradox." (p. 246)

"They had killed themselves over the dying forests; over the manatees maimed by propellers as they surfaced to drink from garden hoses; they killed themselves at the sight of used tires stacked higher than the pyramids; they had killed themselves over the failure to find a love none of us could ever be. In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws." (p. 245)

"The essence of the suicides consisted not of sadness or mystery but simple selfishness. The girls took into their own hands decisions better left to God. They became too powerful to live among us, too self-concerned, too visionary, too blind." (p. 248)

"What my yia yia could never understand about America was why everyone pretended to be happy all the time." (p. 175)

Writing about prostate self exams: "And so we lie on our backs, probing, recoiling, probing again, and the seeds of death get lost in the mess God made us." (p. 170)

"We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up knowing which colors went together. We knew that the girls were our twins, that we all existed in space like animals with identical skins, and that they knew everything about us though we couldn't fathom them at all. We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them." (p. 44)

Sarah Ashlee's Word of the Day

Just because it's a newly discovered, fantastic word...one worth knowing.

Portentous (por-TEN-tus)
adjective

1. Foreboding; foreshadowing, especially foreshadowing ill; ominous.
2. Marvelous; prodigious; wonderful; as, a beast of portentous size.
3. Pompous.

Don't Lie...

You know this is the coolest thing you've ever seen. Yeah, the coolest...

Two words...

Google Pedometer

On the left column, click "Usage Instructions". I needed the help; you might not.

Women in Art

Okay, maybe it's because I'm in love with art history - but this video is absolutely the coolest...

Never wonder about a song's meaning again...

Browse by song title and artist...it's pretty much awesome and it's made my day.

Border's Coupon - 20% off!

Robbed, I tell you...Robbed!

Belmont was robbed. Robbed of claiming the vocal development of the next American Idol. Fortunately, pretty much everyone agrees with me.

Melinda, What happened??

And, here's a Nashville round-up from NIT.

Oh, well. I guess we'll have to stick to touting the Belmont alumnus and current Miss America, Rachel Smith. Unfortunately, we can't claim that BU helped develop her beauty...

Vocally and developmentally, I guess we'll have to stick to the following (shameless plug follows):

Minnie Pearl (Sarah Cannon)
Brad Paisley
Trisha Yearwood
Josh Turner
JoDee Messina
Kimberly Locke
Julie Roberts
Lee Ann Womack
DJ Qualls (from Hustle and Flow and Road Trip)
Brooke LaBarbera (From The Real World: Denver)

Oh, right...And me. I'm famous.

Driver License

I just renewed my DL and it was the most enjoyable experience of my life. Well, the most enjoyable...mandatory...automobile experience of my life. I was in, out and back to work, including drive time, in 30 minutes.

Ridiculously seamless and amazing.

Okay - that was just a little update from me.

Dear Justin...

...You were everything I thought you'd be...and soo much more.

Thank-you.

Forever yours,

Sarah

~*~

I am sure you have been patiently awaiting my update on the fantastic concert Friday night. Well, here it is!

Ladies, gentlemen...it was the best $80 I have spent in a long, long time. It was every bit as good as I knew it would be. I mean, that boy can sing. He can dance. I'm sure he can act. And he can look hot(t) doing it all.

When we got there Pink was performing. Now, I'm not a big Pink fan. I like the songs she comes out with on the radio, but I have never desired to own one of her CDs. But after seeing her preform live, please understand that she is incredibly talented. Also, she's an acrobat. Not like the circus...like Cirque du Soleil. Like winding herself up in sheets 100 feet above the stage, acrobat. Yeah. Talented. I was impressed.

So then it was time for Justin. There was much anticipation between Tiffany and me.

I also have the distinct feeling that every woman in Nashville of child-bearing age was present at the GEC on Friday night at 7:30.

When the concert started, he just stood on the stage with his band and guitar and Tiffany and I were thinking..."What the heck! We came here to see him dance! Dance, Justin. Dance!"

And then he did.

I think I went comatose for the next two hours.

I am pretty sure that I almost fainted several times. Like when he grinded (and I do mean grinded...extremely sexual...extremely) on his dancers. Yes, heck yes!

It was then that I thought to myself, "Why, God? Why did you not encourage me to keep up my dance lessons?? Look what my life could be like!"

Tiffany and I have decided that we are going to follow his tour. We're giving our two-weeks notice to our respective employers tomorrow and off we go on tour. Good idea? I thought so, too.

Unfortunately, none of my pictures of Justin dancing or grinding turned out. I'll share what I do have, though. Enjoy!


This was before the concert at dinner. We ran into a few friends of ours and absconded with their table...




I asked Tiffany what she wanted to do/show to Justin...she did this...




Before the concert...waiting patiently...and our seats...




Justin playing the piano and dancing...




He just did something very, very naughty...I had to document our faces...




After the concert at Beer Seller

G U E S S W H A T T O N I G H T I S?!

You guessed it!

The time is here...

Justin's in town...mere miles away from me.

Ahhh... :)


In just a few hours, I'll be seein' a little of this...




Definitely some of this...




Oh - God help me, maybe some of this...




And, absolutely none of this...

Muffin Films

I don't get it...

And then there are Amy's other works...which I still don't get...

I need my friend Britney, she'd laugh about it...and then make me laugh...at her...

3 days...

You thought I forgot didn't you?? :) This is totally better than a picture...

Belmont to face Georgetown

Belmont received the 15th seed rank in the East region (the same as the 2005 tournament) and will face off against 2nd-seeded Georgetown.

Belmont Press
Quote from a UCLA fan (love this) - "Hey Belmont! Congrats again for going to the men's tourney. We UCLA fans are rooting for you. Now that you have been to the big dance, hold your composure, hit your 3's and box out those big G-town guys. Remember, G-town lost 6 times this year. No team is unbeatable. If you truly believe, you can win. A lot of us LA folks will be watching. We like the class of your fans and school. Good luck!"

ESPN Press
"Belmont: Boomer Herndon, a 6-foot-10 center, will have his toughest matchup ever against Roy Hibbert. If Herndon can stay on the floor, the Bruins might be able to make it interesting."


I just hope they hold their own...at least until the end of the first half.

4 More Days

4 more days!

JT old school...




As if I could forget!

I owe you two...

Two Justin pictures!

How terrible of me!

Whoo - Justin for Friday - Sorry!

1 week, ladies and gentlemen!