Things I've Learned. Jessica Wowba, Megan The Fox

Hello,

A quick review of the CD "Monitor" by Titus Andronicus. This band has been receiving a lot of buzz. I listened to their new CD "Monitor" and I'm not sure why. It's okay, but not worth one's hard earned money. Also the continual, unneeded use of the "f bomb" is stupid. It seems like they just discovered this word, fell in love with it and now are using it as many times as they can. Very disappointing.

A much better CD is Madonna's "Sticky and Sweet" tour CD. I like how she mixes some of her older songs and newer songs together. Her "Borderline" is rocked out. It's a good mix of classic and newer Madonna music. One of her newer songs that comes off very well is "She's Not Me". She's a little too fond of the "f bomb" as well. She's still trying to be controversial I guess.

This is something I stole from Esquire Magazine, one of the three best magazines in the world. The other two are Sports Illustrated and Rolling Stone, for those keeping score at home. I was inspired by Gilbert Arenas' "What I've Learned" in the April Esquire.

Before I get to those I want to let you know the funniest (unintentionally) moment in the piece. Idiot Arenas is explaining his side of the guns in the Wizards locker room. His take is that it's a joke gone bad. He and the other player, Javaris Crittendon, were jawing back and forth. According to Arenas, at one point Crittendon says, "No, this is some street shit" about the gambling that allegedly started the issue. One millionaire saying anything about "street" to another millionaire I find hilarious. The only street either one of them should be talking about is Wall Street.

Driving to work I decided to write my own. In my "What I've Learned" there is no guns or sex. Sorry.

Things I’ve Learned

1) Don’t be greedy.
2) Karma is real. Pay it forward if you want a happier life. You still will have struggles though.
3) Let gossip end with you. If you must talk about other people, talk about all their good traits.
4) Music is a relatively cheap form of therapy.
5) Always be grateful for what you have, you could always have less. (Believe me I’ve learned this the hard way.)
6) Don’t whine. (Just because I’ve learned this doesn’t mean I don’t do it.)
7) If you don't have the cash on hand, don't buy it.
8) Is there anything better than a pretty woman. Here are a couple of examples. I get both of the following pictures from Esquire's Hot Girls of Summer 1985-2010, which is actually rather disappointing.

Here's an example of that most valuable resource:



more to come,

themusicaddict

P.S. Wake up early and cheer on your fellow Americans in the World Cup for the right to advance to the knockout round. If they win, they're in.

Happy Father's Day on a lazy Sunday afternoon

Hello,

Happy Father's Day to all you Father's out there.

Just a lazy Sunday afternoon, haven't written for awhile. Not much going on.

I'm glad the NBA Finals are over. What a snoozer, yawn! I proudly state that I didn't watch one minute of Game 7. However I nearly watched every minutes of the two USA World Cup matches. I will be at work Wednesday and can't watch the third game.

The World Cup going on and it's been much more entertaining. The biggest topic has been the vulvazuela and whether it adds or detracts from the World Cup. I'm sort of neutral on the issue, but if people want to blow it go for it. This only happens every 4 years.

USA has been playing mediocre and so their two ties are appropriate. I was very happy with their tie against England, one of the world's soccer super powers. However the tie against Slovenia was unforgivable. Yes I know what you are saying, the USA should have won. That would have been amazing victory but their sub par performance in the first half means they should be very happy they escaped with a tie.

Now it comes down to Wednesday's very crucial game against Algeria. If the USA doesn't win that game and advance to the next round, they should hang their heads in shame.

I've sort of been disappointed with Robbie Findlay's play. What good is all his speed if he can't get effective shots on goal. I love Jozy Altidore and his occaisonal flashes of brillance. Those need to be more frequent and more sustained though. Landon Donavan had that amazing goal against Slovenia.

Go USA!

themusicaddict

Great love songs

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With the divorce final, a man's mind turns to thoughts of new love. This blog goes out to a very special person, she knows who she is. We aren't a couple, she's just been a really good friend (not with benefits.) I'm not ready to get into a serious relationship at this time. I'm sorry I wasn't ready to meet tonight.

I still need to work through some feelings of anger left over from the end of my marriage. There are also so many financial burdens I have ahead of me. Unless I marry Warren Buffet's daughter any new marriage/ relationship is going to start out not financially strong. I'm currently looking for a second job. If you know of anything, send me an e-mail. I once heard someone say that divorce is the worst financial decision you can make. I've come to find that out for myself. I thought I was poor before, it's a good thing I can live with my parents.

I also have to consider my kids and there are about a million other issues to worry about. Hey but other than that, it's a piece of cake :)

Love songs 101. These are pure love songs, not love and sex songs. These are just love songs. Songs you could listen to at a church dance. (Obviously I'm not referring to the church which was playing Led Zeppelin.) These also might not be traditional love songs. Again the feeling of love and not the act of sex is the point here. (That's why Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" is not on this list. Listen to the lyrics.) Being in love is one of the greatest feelings in the world. I'm listening to iTunes to try and get some ideas for more songs. No iTunes "Every Rose Has It's Thorns" is not a love song. Yes, Katherine McPhee's "Terrified" is a much better choice.

Surprisingly Sugarland, my favorite country band, doesn't have any great love songs. Now if I was writing an adultery blog, which I never will, I could use "Stay". Jennifer Nettles it's about time to sing some great love songs. Jennifer Nettles has one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard. Again not all songs necessarily apply to my personal situation.

First up the gorgeous Katherine McPhee.



Here goes with her song:



You can never go wrong with the Black Eyed Peas, especially when Fergie gets to the chorus. (Although Fergie is Fergalicious, I'm sorry she's not hot enough for this blog.)



Wow I love this song, Matchbox Twenty:



Is this not one of the most beautiful songs of all-time. Colbie C's "Bubbly".



Another achingly beautiful song, from a Blues masters B.B. King. This is "Hummingbird". ("The Thrill Is Gone" will be on an angry blog.)



Sometimes I get impatient
but she cools me without words
and she comes so sweet and so plain
my hummingbird and have you heard
that I thought my life had ended
but I find that it’s just begun
cause she gets me where I live
I’ll give all I have to give
I’m talking about that hummingbird
oh she’s little and she loves me
too much for words to say
when I see her in the morning sleeping
she’s little and she loves me
to my lucky day
hummingbird don’t fly away

When I’m feeling wild and lonesome
she knows the words to say
and she gives me a little understanding
in her special way
and I just have to say
in my life I loved a woman
because she’s more than I deserve
and she gets me where I live
I’ll give all I have to give
I’m talking about that hummingbird
oh she’s little and she loves me
too much for words to say
when I see her in the morning sleeping
she’s little and she loves me
to my lucky day
hummingbird don’t fly away

What do you say, let's dance. You've got to love the 80's. (Quick review: I love Dope's version of this song, Flo Rida go away.) In case you're wondering, the singer is a man.



I love, love, love this song. (Is that enough love for you?) Kenny Chesney "How Forever Feels".



Another great song, I love Lifehouse and the lead singer's voice. "Hanging By A Moment":



Another amazing song and another amazing voice, Natalie Maines. The Dixie Chicks "Baby Hold On".



Carrie Underwood where are your great love songs? Come on you are about to get married. This song is the best I could find of hers.



I'll be adding a Green Day song later, you'll understand when you hear it. I just have to track it down. This isn't the song I was talking about, but I think this version of "21 Guns" is pretty amazing. This is from the broadway play.



This is the song I was looking for but I couldn't find out the name of the blonde girl with the amazingly achingly beautiful voice.



themusicaddict

Poetry

Hello,

Poetry by themusicaddict

The World Cup is here
Can you feel it in the air?

I love the World Cup, everything about it. I love the players come out of the tunnel holding hands with a child from the host country. In this case that's South Africa. I love the pageantry, that it's actually a world wide competition. There are 32 teams in the World Cup. But many other countries are eliminated along that way to get to the Final 32.

USA vs. England tomorrow morning, early afternoon. Go USA!

And just for the heck of it here's a picture of a hot babe:

My favorite cougar



themusicaddict

Divorce songs

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When one gets divorced they should be given a T-shirt that says "I survived marriage, I survived divorce, I can make it through anything". My divorce was very tough for me. Now looking back at it I'm not heartbroken the marriage ended. The ex has a lot of good qualities, but she also has a lot of annoying personality quirks.

As I was driving to work I was thinking about some songs that helped me get through my divorce and still are helping me. They may help you also. For the above paragraph Pearl Jam has a great song called "Rearviewmirror" that includes the line... "I saw things clearer, clearer once you were in my rearviewmirror". Hindsight is indeed 20/20. The song also kicks butt!!

Here's the song:



Here's the song I couldn't listen to the first two months into the divorce process. It still gets to me a little bit. I even sent this video to my wife in a last ditch chance to save the marriage, to no avail. What a great song though.



Here's a song about working through the whole process of the end of a relationship. This song is Daughtry's "Over You". He's the patron saint of break up songs and Patsy Cline is the female equivalent.



The most fitting lyrics of this song are, "And when you slammed the front door shut, a lot of others opened up. So did my eyes so I could see."

Another amazing Pearl Jam song about the loss of a relationship:


This is the great B.B. King and probably his most famous song. The title says it best "The Thrill Is Gone".



Another great 90's Seattle band and an appropriate divorce song, although it may not be talking about it directly. Soundgarden's "Fell On Black Days":



Ashton Shepherd has such a great voice. Here comes the liberation:



This kind of ruins the theme I'm establishing here, but another great song, Enigma's "Sadness".



This song might work better for the ex, but it feels appropriated for me as well. Dido rules!



Let's go back to the 80's, relationships were ending then too I guess.



Another classic from the 80's. Ultravox's "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes":



I love how this song builds to a big end. What a great and bitter song. The amazing Sinead O' Connor's "The Last Day of Our Acquintance":



You will make it through the divorce. It isn't the end of the world I promise.

themusicaddict

"Prince of Persia" and better movies (although that's not saying much)

Hello,

Happy Birthday Stef.

Warning: Do not go see "Prince of Persia", its a very boring movie. There's a convoluted story and it's one of those movies that never seems to end. Jake Gyllenhall is completely out of place as a Prince of Persia. He's not very convincing in that role.

Due to my debating with a friend of mine about whether in the "Twilight" series Bella is a player or not, I watched "New Moon" the other day. I was very disappointed with the first "Twilight" movie but "New Moon" is a much better movie. Although it's about 10-15 minutes too long. Also the Bella look of anguish got old the third time I saw it- which happened in about the first minute of the movie.

I also watched "Killers" the new movie starring Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl. Kutcher plays a CIA assassin until he meets Heigl's character. Kutcher is a producer of this movie and you can see his fingerprints all over it. He carries a camera around some of the time, which seems like he's promoting his camera commercials. Also he walks around without a shirt on most of the movie. Dude put a shirt on. There's also a scene where Katherine Heigl walks around in just a skirt and a blouse, it's completely irrelevant to the storyline. I realize she's a beautiful woman, but what was the point of that.

I actually liked "Killers" quite a bit. Kutcher and Heigl do have a goofy chemistry. There are a lot of humorous moments in the movie as well. The story is more plausible than "Prince of Sleep, er Persia".

Oh man I wish I had more time, there are so many great books out there that need to be read. I'm currently reading Steig Larsson's "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest". This is the third and final book in the Lisbeth Salander trilogy. The first two books were amazing and this one is just as good.

themusicaddict

Moving on

Hello,

There seems to be some confusion out there about themusicaddict's love life or lack thereof. Here's the deal: my wife's and my divorce was final on May 24th, 2010. Early March she told me she wanted to get a divorce. At that time I didn't want it and fought it. As time dragged on I could see that was how things were going to work out. Mentally I started preparing myself for a major life change. After I did that and the pain started disappearing I looked forward to the future.

While I'm very grateful that my kids have a wonderful mother, I am no longer in love with her. I don't hate her and I do wish her the best but I'm moving on. I recently signed up for an account at ldssingles.com. (If you are active LDS and trying to meet someone that believes the same, it's a much better site than match.com.) I'm enjoying my freedom by being able to talk to many beautiful women.

If you are visiting this website to get a snapshot of where my head is now, that's where it is. I hope to find an amazing woman, but am in no hurry to marry. Many people tell me I shouldn't even date for at least a year but I'm ready to go. I'm listening to the advice in that I'm not going to rush into a quicky marriage (except for you of course Keira Knightley :)

I also just want to say Mormon women rule!

Have a good day, themusicaddict