Joanna’s posterous

I was humming the song in my head today and realized I only knew about two verses so I checked to see what the words to the rest of the song were. I don't know if I just found a goofy website... but this is not what I expected:

You Are My Sunshine
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away

The other nite, dear,
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
When I awoke, dear,
I was mistaken
And I hung my head and cried.

You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.

I'll always love you
And make you happy
If you will only say the same
But if you leave me
To love another
You'll regret it all some day;

You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.

You told me once, dear
You really loved me
And no one else could come between
But now you've left me
And love another
You have shattered all my dreams;

You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.

Louisiana my Louisiana
the place where I was borne.
White fields of cotton
-- green fields clover,
the best fishing
and long tall corn;

You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.

Crawfish gumbo and jambalaya
the biggest shrimp and sugar cane,
the finest oysters
and sweet strawberries
from Toledo Bend to New Orleans;

You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.



It's like the writer went from sweet, to depressed, to sweet, to hungry. Annnd repeat. I still like the song. I think I'll write my own verses.

Rise (Live) by Josh Rouse   (download)

I have some more new music to share. I heard this song the other day during my lunch break on my indie satellite station (per usual). Every day at noon they hand the airwaves over to a popular music blogger. It's a great way to hear about truly new, indie music. Monday is Hipster Runoff's slot. He's quite monotone and weird sounding at first... annoying even. But after listening for a while he's actually kind of clever. He played this song and dedicated it to someone special. Me being the sap I am lately paid attention. It's not really romantic but Hipster said it best: "This song is about wanting to wake up next to someone. And that's what everyone wants really... someone to power nap with." Quite true. I love naps. I love waking up next to someone. I love this song. The song is called Rise by Josh Rouse (and it's live though you can't exactly tell).

This is what my desktop looks like right now. I can't get this DAMN data to sort, either. I'm in a baddddd mood and really want to be back home in bed.

I heard an awesome cover today done by Hot Chip and Peter Gabriel of Vampire Weekend's Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa. It's a great cover. I actually laughed out loud at the part when Peter Gabriel says "But this feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel too. And it feels so unnatural to sing your own name".

The only disappointing part of this song comes from my confusion over song lyrics. I just checked what they were on three different sites, including Vampire Weekend's own. This part:

As a young girl
Louis Vuitton
With your mother
On a sandy lawn

I would've SWORN that "sandy lawn" was "sandy loam". Sandy loam is a type of soil for you not dirt nerds out there. And hearing something like that in a song got me weirdly excited. Too bad. I think I'll keep singing "sandy loam" when I'm in the car. No one (except for you all) really knows what the lyrics to this song are anyway, right?

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampir by Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel   (download)

This semester is over. Christmas is over. Things are winding down. I feel so completely relaxed it isn't even funny. Life is how it should be.

I had my best semester yet ending with a 3.5 (3 A's and 3 B's). I don't know why I took 19 credits. I just did. I wanted to push myself and see if I could. I didn't have to take 19 this semester. People think it is crazy... and it kind of was. There were time where my sanity was barely there. But I did it. I worked harder than I ever have before in my entire life. I know that sounds lame... but true. I kept up with my job, went to school, and still managed time for family and friends. I explained this to my father. He's the only one who didn't ask me why I took 19 credits. Instead he told me a story about how when he was building my family's home he would sometimes work alone on days when the workers weren't scheduled to come. He would put up walls entirely by himself. He would come up with ways to move the project forward alone. It isn't easy to build a home by yourself. He understands challenging yourself just for the challenge. I needed this challenge. I needed to prove I was still as kick ass at school as I used to be. School, learning, reading, knowledge... those used to be passions of mine. They're passions I sort of lost while trying to find my way in college. I've now found them again and feel more of a woman now than ever before.

And now for more cheese...

This Christmas was absolutely WONDERFUL. For a long time now (probably since I've been IN college), Christmas never really feels like Christmas. It's just a motion and something I had to do. This year, after classes ended and I finally forced myself to go shopping (which admittedly wasn't as bad as I thought it would be), I finally got into it. I had so much fun wrapping presents this year and spending time with Amaya. My family was so happy and everything was right. I laughed a lot, comforted my family, shared moments with them that I'll definitely remember forever. My family is a lot like I am. Some examples: I wrapped my sisters new clothes for my mom. I wrapped whatever she gave me. Well. Mom gave me an old bra of Katlyn's. She didn't realize. I definitely didn't realize. But Katlyn opened it and her face was amazing. "Thanks... for an old bra?". When we were about to leave to head to my grandma's... "SHIT. I didn't cook the corn." So mom threw it on. "SHIT. I forgot to wrap Sara's present.". I threw it in a bag. I told my mom that I loved how we were and those funny moments we shared. She agreed.

I'm happy to be where I am. I'm on the cusp of so many amazing things in life. Sure, there are bad days and problems. Huge problems. The problems I've had are nothing compared to the problems I'm sure to continue to face.

This past semester just gives me the comfort and power to know I can deal with all and any of them.

And now for AWESOME Christmas pictures.

Cool ass design. Vote for it. Seriously.

You can make Fraggles sing anything you want apparently.

Such a good, classic song. Hopefully you all remember this one. It came on my iPod the other day when I was driving home and I forgot how much fun it is to sing along and rock out to (especially while driving). I guess it is also kind of fitting with how I feel lately. Not that I've been feeling like giving up, I've more realized that you really do get what you give. My favorite line is probably This world is gonna pull through. I've always kind of believed that... despite the dooms day shit we constantly talk about in all my environmental classes and all of the other awful things you hear about in the news. I've always kind of believed in the good in this world. All the negative bullshit in life simply does. not. matter. Not today.

BESIDES, dudes... I'm almost done my fucking second to last semester of college (with damn good grades). How can I NOT be an optimistic person right now?!

You Get What You Give by The New Radicals   (download)

Don't watch it at work or around anyone who minds cussing.

Finals are soon upon me. I may watch this every night before studying, right after I drink my raw eggs and do 300 crunches.