have a great dinner okay. godbless you my sister.of.love. later


it's the little things like that which make my day.

*sighs*

mmm...

i'm so tired.

Music fans,

After an amazing sold-out Vancouver show last year, Australia's The Vines return
for another night of rock Tuesday, March 18 at the Commodore Ballroom. One of
the hottest bands of the year, The Vines with special guests AM Radio are the
ones to see!

The Vines
With special guests AM Radio
Tuesday, March 18
Commodore Ballroom
Early show: Doors 7pm / Show 7:30pm

*I got this in an email from House of Blues.com...
my question was this...didn't the Vines play @ Richard's? That's not a huge venue, or hard to "sell out" is it?*

drinking tea out of a little bunny mug.
peter rabbit, i believe.
wishing i could just be six and not get up at 6 am.
but then, i couldn't drink tea, and i wouldn't know you...
there are things i'd do again...
like playing marbles, but not for keeps.
mm....rah, my tea is cold.
and, alas, this line is getting old.

goodnight.

Something to chew on...

"The contagious joy of Jesus (only carriers can pass it on) infected and freed His followers. The author of Hebrews says: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." (13:8)

If Jesus appeared at your dining room table tonight with knowledge of everything you are and are not, total comprehension of your life story and every skeleton hidden in your closet; if He laid out the real state of your present discipleship with the hidden agenda, the mixed motives, and the dark desires buried in your psyche, you would feel His acceptance and forgiveness.

For "experiencing God's love in Jesus Christ means experiencing that one has been unreservedly accepted, approved, and infinitely loved, that one can and should accept oneself and one's neighbour. Salvation is joy in God which expresses itself in joy in and with one's neighbour." "

-Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel.

hey if you're into blogs and need some fresh "meat" for your rotation, enter this crazy world of random, communal posting fun.

random quotations from a conversation with "Big Hat, no cattle"...the wonderful world of msn. And Jeff Golby.

im at the point where they all sound alike and i have to go tottally extreme to keep me interested
so for history
im doing "the sexual magnetism of cold war dictators"

*discussion on the moderate scandal, and definite genius of this topic...*

thats what i hope...and im like well its a history paper..so im not gonna be writting anything new,,,and its a first year course so EVErYONE will have boring papers

that explains everything.

know what I love?
when I sign into blogger.com, and it says,
"welcome back Melinda. Here are your blogs."

SCARY EVENT OF THE DAY>>>
I wrote to cap music to request the audition requirements, and the lady wrote back to say that she hasn't received my application...
*ahhhhh!!!!*
Which is just weird, because she'd already sent me a letter saying they'd received my application, telling me when teh audtions are, and to ask for the audition requirements...
and I've received a letter stating academic acceptance to the college..

So I wrote back and told her all that.
We'll see what happens.

Good thing today: the singing carpenter came back, and made my afternoon (and fixed the cupboard door!)

And last night was amazing. Rachael and Pete came over, and that was sweet...before they came I talked to Nicole on the phone, then Erina Joy called, and just as I finished talking to her, Jessica M. called...
as I said to her, "Rachael and Pete are here, but God seems to have annointed tonight for something else."

Hmm...weird.
I also put up some *NEW* pictures....yay!

Okay, that's all. No really great daycare stories today...except Marko's face when he realized that he hadn't lost his coat at all...He didn't even bring it to school today!!!
OOOoooooooooh!

a pleasant interlude:
this morning, a wonderful gentleman walked into my daycare to inspect/fix a broken cupboard door.
he spoke with a british accent, and had a lovely, warm smile. Very grandfatherly.

when he left, he was "dum, dum, dum"-ing a tune as he walked out the door.

*sighs*

I think that made my day.

I don't remember if I told you this, but....

on (Monday) February 3, when I went to work (@ 6:50 am IN THE MORNING...ugh) the sun was up, or coming up! It was light outside!
Through all of January, I'd been driving to work in the dark.
But as soon as Februray came...BAM! SUNSHINE!

I wonder what March 3 will bring...?

*ahem*
today, I began a new phase in life.
that phase which some catapult themselves into straight after high school like "the hare", and some meander into it like "the tortoise".
well, here I am.
*drum roll please*
i have been accepted to capilano college of north vancouver as a university transfer student.
(note: I have not yet auditioned for or been accepted into the bachelor of music transfer program...YET! I can just take classes beginning in September...which is a huge step for me. being able to take anything at a post-secondary institution...i'm a successful applicant. that's kind of exciting. so even if you're feeling cynical and smart, stuff it and be happy for me).

thanks.

ahhh!
Julianne just punched me in the face!

can I get a what-what, all ye club members!?
(does it count if somebody else punches you in the face!?)

I'm at work with the amazing ymca kids, and we're in the computer lab.
So..true to pattern, I decided to hit the blogs, check out the comments (really...what kind of modern woman actually talks to her friends face to face, when it's so easy to communicate via haloscan.com's blogger.com comments!?)
Anyway...
the blog comment isn't so much up and running, as NOT up and running.

So much for plan 'A'.

as we songwriters tend to do, I've made a minor change...perhaps 2.
near the end...

now we have these shirts and while--
silences roll on for miles--

it just fits better in terms of the groove.

I'm also looking @ re-vamping the last line...

i just wanted to finish this on the chorus...won't you sing along?

any thoughts?

hey...i wrote a new song.
these are the words.

pen in hand, guitar in arms
i sit down to write a song
'bout the night when you came 'round,
i thought we'd be friends for now.

waltzing in so unannounced, and I notice your shirt matches mine.

best friends- you think they're pretend
when will this mystery end
they all think i'm in a dream
nightmare...wake up, as i scream...

waltzing in so unannounced, and I notice...hey, you cut your hair.

by the look of what i see, this mistake was meant to be
now we have a history...i hope no one remembers.
it's like that White Stripes song I heard Jack Johnson cover once...
(hey, isn't he great? I just wanna dance when I hear his "la da da da da da...")
oh wait...i've got this pen, it needs to write words again in blue.
it's how i think.

i'm so distracted, i think the point was
i can tell that we are gonna be friends
i can tell that we are gonna be friends.

waltzing in so unannounced, you stole my heart and then I ran as far as I could carry me
i'm so tired.
then i noticed (the sign that gave me hope) your eyes match mine.

now we have these shirts and while--
silence rolling on for miles--
in this moment we are fine
listening to Over the Rhine

waltzing in so unannounced you took my hand beneath starlight

i just wanted to finish this on the chorus...won't you sing along?

abbedy-abbedy---that's all folks.

So I had this gig tonight, and me and the frickin appeneheimer band played...and it was a decent set. Some people definitely dug it. Ryan of MWL said he enjoyed it (I think)...
not that I stop long enough to accept any such compliments.

anyway, my point was this...
who does a show with an up and coming band...then neglects to meet the members!?

*looks around shyly*
that'll be me.

matt just wished me a "mexelent" night.

typos rule.

so I've got a show on Friday...one of these nifty coffee house things...at Kitsilano Christian Community (1708 W.16th, I believe. Fo shizzo, it's on W.16th, about 2 blocks west of Granville, and if you hit Burrard you've gone too far).

whatthestink is a coffee house anyway? who came up with the idea? what did he/she really have in mind at the beginning of the idea?
what does that person think of the current incarnation of their precious jewel of inspiration?

it's @ 7pm, and it costs....
$5 if you want 1 dessert
$7 if you want 2 desserts
$10 if you just wanna chow down without giving a thought to counting.

you also get unlimited tea and coffee and other beverages.

other acts include...
Maplewood Lane
Hejira
Melinda 'frickin' Appenheimer *and band*,
Dave & Ted's Excellent Adventure...

and 100% FUN!

So come on out!
All proceeds to to IPODERAC (institution for the reintegration of street kids in mexico).

YEAH BABY!

argh!
I always forget the fun things...
I need a "things to blog" notebook.

For instance, when I was with the elderly woman I hang out with, I noticed sign on the door to the stairs for her floor.
On neon green paper...

"Bob" you live on
this floor.
room 321.

I thought it was awesome. But it would have been so much cooler to remember the exact wording...!!!
*kicks the dust*
stupid short-term non-memory.