life

I just googled my blog...I was the third entry if you looked up "Rosy and Grey." Do I view my life in shades of Grey? Is everything coming up Rosy and Grey?

Let us review the some of lyrics and see:

I want to take a streetcar downtown (i live within walking disance the the metro)
Read Henry Miller and wander around (i wander around, but stick to reading others)
And drink some Guinness from a tin (like guinnes, but draft)
'Cause my U.I. cheque has just come in (still have a job...for now)
Ah, where you been... because

Everything is coming up rosy and grey (trying to figure this out)
Ah, the wind is cold but the smell of snow warms me today (i live in Virginia to avoid the snow...but that smell actully reminds me of a simpler stress free time in life)
And your smile is fine and it's just like mine and it won't go away, 'cause (her smile is fine - much better than mine - it stays longer now - it still goes away, but life isn't as black and white...yikes-is it really grey?)
Everything is rosy and grey (everything?!?!?)

You've been under my skin for more than eight years (under my skin is an understatement - but its only been like six months...ok five years)
It's been eight years of laughter and eight years of tears (cheesy, but true)
And I don't know what the future can hold, or will do, for me and you (i certainly try to say that I do, less so lately)
But I'm a much better man for having known you (true - i'm better for most of my relationships...however, here the 'much' appears to be the key)
Yeah, you know that's true, because... (i tend to exagerate quite a bit)

Well, I've been told that there's a sucker born every day (true dat bro')
Well, I wonder who, yeah, I wonder who (i certainly don't?
Maybe the one who doesn't realize there's a thousand shades of grey (i guess i forgot the song - i was a sucker for quite a while - I'm coming around to see the variances - tough sometimes)
'Cause I know that's true, yes I do, I know that's true (i try to see that)
How about you? (do i really care about other peoples shades? Need to work on that one)

Well, they're picking up trash and they're putting down roads (they are also building Malls!)
And they're brokering stocks, the class-struggle explodes (what class am I...come check out the house and check again)
And I'll play this guitar just the best that I can (i'm thinking about the mandolin)
Well, maybe I'm not and maybe I am (so deep - so shallow - take a guess)
Who gives a damn? (i do give a damn - still need to work on that part of grey)
Well, I've kissed you in France and I've kissed you in Spain (and you wonder why we went to Paris and Barcelona)
And I've kissed you in places I'd better not name (ok - its the Arlington County Fair)
And I've seen the sun go down on Sacre Coeur (not from the top of Sacre Coeur mind you - the steps down to Montmartre)
But I like it much better going down on you (as long as we have sunscreen on)
Ah, you know that's true

If the damn cat would stop hitting me in the head with its tail, i might be able to see even more shades of grey...

Actually got off the couch

Check out mmh's blog for a sweet photo of my winter running gear. Note the mmh's jealously comes clearly through in her post. We went about four miles this AM - to the cora kelly school (which is "fully accredited" according to the huge banner on the school) and back. Although that part of Alexandria used to be undesirable - it is gentrifying pretty quickly...note all the for sales signs on East Reed....Personally, i think that potomac yard (at the top of East Reed) need a better tenant mix to make that area interesting...but honestly who asked my opinion in any case.

It has been a long run

MMH has made me sign up for the Cherry Blossom 10 - Miler. This will be a challenge given how out of shape (which is reallly just a nice way of saying "fat") I am. The recent "unpleasantness" at work has translated into 80 to 90 hour work weeks...which i don't exactly mind, but it certainly cuts into the workout time. In order to facilitate the desire to workout, I recently purchased an ipod NANO and have downloaded a plethora of songs, including the following hits:
"Shimmer" by Fuel - why do i like this song?
"Tension" by the 10,000 Maniacs - I wonder if the jamestown music set is still this socially aware?
"Brimful of Asha" by Cornershop - Too bad this song came out in 1997 or my high school year book would say "everyone needs a bosom for a pillow"...mmh just noted that i'm pretty much out of luck.
"Everything Falls Apart" by Dog's Eye View - "if did my job what would you complain about?"
"I Touch Myself" by The Divinyls - if i had a nickel for everything a chick told me this i'd have no money.
"Titanic Set" by Gaelic Storm - from the herding cats album - too bad its too early for a Guinness.
"Toms Diner" by DNA and Susan Vega.
"Disappear" by INXS - Reminds me of our Honeymoon.
"Freak of The Week" Marvelous Three - "all the geeks i meet all look cooler than me.
"Sometimes a River" by the String Cheese Incident. - I am totally going to a festival this year...if they promise to keep the dirty smelly people away from me.
"Sunday Bloody Sunday (live 1983)" - From Live Under a Blood Red Sky - MDH was pretty hip back for a 10 year old in '83.

Well, hopefully now i can get off the couch to workout, or at least clean my room.

MTH

What happened to the chick who used to show off her belly button ring?

Michelle says - "the redskins just won...let's go celebrate by burning cars and rioting in front of town hall in Old Town!!" I think that we'll just have to try an keep her in line tonight. Perhaps I'll just give her a few Sudoku puzzles to calm her down. Really, since when did Michelle start reading the sport pages in the Washington Post and Sports illustrated? Its not that she even reads about the games and stats; she focuses on the "human interest" side of the equation. I warned her that much like the Olympic TV coverage, the "human interest" stories start to sound pretty much the same after a while. Please, don't get the wrong impression I am impressed by the people who over come getting a splinter at the age of 7 to become a world class bowler and everything, its just that I believe it is time to start focusing on the more interesting stories like: the man who drank miller light and ate chicken wings every Tuesday night in co-ed bowling league on his way to becoming a world class bowler.

Update to Rosyngrey

Michelle has sadly left the editoral staff of the blog. She blames others, but she started her own blog - something like "Where the heck is Baxley" boringlifemmh.blogspot.com. Keep watching this space for new and exciting updates and changes under the streamlined management team.

Michelle's Dress

Michelle's Dress
Originally uploaded by kramva.

Michelle wears this dress all the time...even when she cooks dinner