Happy Birthday, Chuck Ruff!

Today would have been my brother-from-another-mother, Chuck Ruff's, 61st birthday. I miss him so very much. A day doesn't go by that I don't think of him and look forward to seeing him again one day. So......celebrated by going to see "Dark Shadows" with my sis. (Depp rules!) Then we watched a cheesy old horror flick, followed by "Pirate Radio." Hey....killer rock music and pirates...... What could be more Chuckles Ruffles than that? Hoisted ore or two in his honor as well. Wish I could be with Moni in Mexico. Maybe next year. (At least I could text her!)

Love and miss you, my brother. Thanks for loving me and changing me!! You are the sunshine......

Rock and roll soul..........

Ran into a former neighbor tonite. He was home to visit his parents with his new wife that I had never met. He introduced me as "the rock chick......into Led Zeppelin and all that sort of thing." I couldn't have been more proud!  If you have to leave a "legacy".......you could do worse, yeah?


We're having a party, yeah, yeah, everybody's invited,
The new generation along with the old.
If you could get with it just a little more, it don't take much
tryin',
You'll find out if you've got some rock & roll soul, baby.

Ain't everybody in the world. So when you know what you got, let
everybody know,
You got some rock & roll soul.
So when you know what you got, let everybody know,
You got some rock & roll soul.

I know it when I'm feelin' groovy,
It's kind of funky like an old-time movie.
I can feel it and it's really something,
It's really something when my heart starts pumpin', yeah.

Tell everybody you know, you got some rock 'n roll soul.

(thanks to Mark Farner and Grand Funk for the lyrics and the song!)

ain't no sunshine when he's gone........

it's so very hard for me to believe that it's been 6 months since my brother chuck went to the great gig in the sky to be GOD's drummer. i miss you so much, my friend. see you when i get there...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acf4z_WH2_E

Dandelion

My latest obsession: DANDELIONS! Why? Who knows? It's a frakkin' weed!! And I love the end stage...the puffy, white, blowy things...much more than the beautiful yellow flower stage. Again....why? You got me! Maybe it's a metaphor, or maybe the way I feel about myself? Anybody?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urzxg3IAWNE

Hawgs...............

A clue in today's LA Times crossword puzzle was:

Harley alternative.

It took me a REALLY long time to come up with the answer because I thought "There isn't one!"

Just sayin'...........

Tears and fears...............

the most negative, contrary, argumentative and judgemental person i know told me today that *i* am not happy about very many things. thank you.

Magical mystery tour...........

I've been stuck in the 60s (and early to mid 70s) lately, it seems. Listening mostly to music from that era, watching old TV shows and movies that were made back then, and even wearing my tie dyes most of the time! LOL! Nothing wrong with it, I suppose. There were some GREAT shows and clothes from the psychedelic era and we all know how much the music rocked. Even so, I think I had an epiphany about my sudden complete obsession with that point in history. I think it's because that was back when I was still full of hope and idealism, and still believed in faith and love. I'm trying to recover the "old" me. (Or rather...the YOUNG me!) When listening to that music, my head goes back to a happier time and place, and I still feel like things will all turn out ok....or at least I can escape from what the reality of my life is, anyway. Sucks being old sometimes, but on the other hand, I am sooooooooo glad that I had that era the first time around to be my holiday in my mind now in 2012!!!