Some oldies, but goodies. (Pt. 1)

As I sit here bored in the library at my school, I decided to look up old music videos on YouTube from old bands that I thought were cool when I was growing up. Some had few hits, some had TV shows, some had many hits, some others only were one hit wonders. They were still all great in my opinion in the 90's when I was growing up. Some of these are old but not as old as the 90's, but they can be classics.

My first pick: B*Witched "C'est La Vie"

B*Witched "C'est La Vie"

Now when I was younger I never thought anything of the lyrics but now listening to it today, I realized that some of the lyrics have a hidden meaning. I don't even remember how many times I tried doing the dance moves that the quartet does in the video. 

2. S Club 7 and their hit "Reach"

S Club 7 "Reach"

I chose "Reach" because it is an upbeat, inspirational song that helped S Club 7 continue their success. I found this song catchy and easy to dance to. Possibly a song to dance around your room in your pjs singing into your hairbrush while you're supposed to be getting ready for school in the morning. I still find myself dancing and singing along. And yes, I have no trouble remembering the lyrics! Haha!

3. S Club 7 - "Never Had a Dream Come True"
Never Had a Dream Come True

Not trying to repeat artists here, but I had to slow things down with Never Had a Dream Come True by S Club 7. This video is put together with the original music video, and some clips from when S Club 7 performed for the TRL audience. I still wonder if some of the members were gay, Jon looks it to me and so does Jo. Jon gives me the gay vibe and Jo sends out the butch lesbian vibes sometimes. My favorite member to this day is Hannah.

4. 98 Degrees - I Do (Cherish You)

I Do (Cherish You)

Cute boys that can sing are every girls' dream. The blue eyes and pretty smiles come out in this video as the boys from 98 Degrees sing their hearts out to the girls. I'm pretty sure that every girl hearing this song is hoping the boys were singing about them, me included.

5. Jesse McCartney - Beautiful Soul

Beautiful Soul

I know I fell in love with Jesse McCartney in this video. I also loved him on the television show Summerland as the cutie Bradin. He came out with some other hits from this album but none of them were as strong as "Beautiful Soul". He came back a couple years later with a couple more hits.

6. Dream Street - It Happens Everytime

It Happens Everytime

"It Happens Everytime" was the one hit from the one-hit wonders of Dream Street. Dream Street just happened to launch Jesse McCartney's career. The song is catchy and the cute young boys are a tween catcher. It makes me wonder though, how old are they when they were together, and how do they know about the feelings they're singing about? I think they might be a little young to know about those feelings, but they are going through puberty so who knows? Ha!

 - This is just the first post about oldies but goodies. Stay tuned for my next picks. -

In Memory of Russell Barlow, my Grandfather

Ever since I was young

I've been having fun.

At your house for fun

you told me to play

on the double yellow line.

And people told me "Don't whine!"

when I refused to walk the line.

You were a tough man

but a loving man.

Full of jokes and sarcasm

and Chianti.

But you never stopped loving me.

You lived a good life,

married a wonderful woman

and nine kids came along

to make you sing happy songs.

In the later years

there were no fears

when all those grandkids

came into the picture.

You loved us always.

You didn't say it often

but we still knew

by your smile

when you joked with us.

At times you were the strong, silent type.

But not afraid to speak your mind.

Kind of like Mr. T from the A-Team.

I still watch it sometimes.

I still remember.

I hope you do too.

Now that you're gone,

your memory still lives on

inside us all.

I speak for all of us when I say,

Grandpa we love you.

Grandpa we miss you.

Watch over us

and we'll see you soon.

RIP Russell Barlow <3

A husband to one,

A father to some,

A grandfather to many.

Amateur Writing

Hey everyone,

I have been reading a book of a bunch of short stories about 'coming out'. I got inspired to write one myself. I have been working on it for a couple of days. I finally finished it yesterday. I can't decide whether to post it up on here or Facebook. If I edit it or type it up and get the courage to post it, I will definitely post it on here. We will see. =\

...The Leaping Lizard. 

Beautiful Pt. 2

(cont'd)

So the last time I wrote, in Beautiful Pt. 1, I told you the story of how Cristina and I met. I left off on the week of Valentine's Day. I will pick up where I left off...

... The week before Valentine's Day, Cristina had been asking me if I wanted to be her Valentine. I kept saying no, that it was just easier to stay "single" or without a Valentine, whatever you wanna call it. She never knew what I had in mind until a couple days later.

I compromised with Cristina to go out on a double date with Kristin and Matt (who just turns out to be my ex-boyfriend, but that doesn't really matter). We went to the UC Mens Hockey game. So that Friday afternoon, the day before Valentine's Day might I add, I went straight home after class instead of staying on campus to hang out. My excuse was that I had to do a couple chores before going out that night. I really did have to vacuum, though! But, after I finished vacuuming, I ran to Price Chopper and went to their floral section. I picked out a single hot pink rose, because that's Cristina's favorite color, and had the worker wrap it. When I got back home, I had to shower and get ready for the game, along with writing a note to say --> "Will you be my valentine?" Of course, the classic line, but can you really go wrong with it? I didn't think so. It turned out that I didn't like how the worker wrapped the flower, so I took personal wrapping paper and wrapped the rose myself. I did a hell of a job.

Now, Kristin knew all about what I was doing. While I was at Price Chopper I called her to get her advice on what flower to pick out and she said it was a friend from home who wanted to talk to her in private. So when it came time to meet up with Kristin and Cristina to drive to the hockey game, I placed the flower and note on the front seat of my car, where Cristina was going to end up sitting when I picked them up, and left to go meet them.

When I pulled up to the front of the college, Cristina and Kristin started walking toward my car. Kristin headed to the back seat and Cristina, as I knew, came toward the front seat. She didn't even notice the rose and note on the front seat until she opened the door and was about to sit down. When she saw, she was completely caught off guard and she started to cry. I would say it was a good cry, because that was what she wanted all along but she wasn't expecting a lot after I told her I didn't want a valentine.

After Cristina calmed down a little, she got in the car and we drove off to the hockey game to meet Matt at the Utica Auditorium. We had a great night at the game, we even held hands and put our arms around each other throughout the night. Needless to say, it was a perfect night.

Well, that was our first date. We did go out the next night, bowling with a couple people as our Valentine's Day "date". But I think the hockey game was our Valentine's Day date, officially, or at least it felt more like it. That's the beginning of our story. We are still together, after 1 year and 4 months, and still counting.

...The Leaping Lizard.

Local Radio Contest

A local radio station called KISS FM is holding a contest called the Cutest Mommy-to-Be. You had the chance to upload a picture and then you were allowed to receive votes for the chance to win a pretty amazing prize package.

The prizes you can win are:

• a $250 gift certificate to Whims-n-Doodles
• a $100 gift certificate to A Person Touch Beauty Spa
• a $50 gift certificate to The Olde Wicker Mill
• a $100 gift certificate to The Goldmine Jewelers

I know a woman who is in the running to win the prize package; she is in first place. It is between her and one other girl, the other contestants are not even close to winning. This woman I know is Angela Meiss, maiden name Reina. I know her because she was my high school basketball coach, and she teaches in the same school as my mom. She is pregnant with her first baby, and this prize package will help her and her husband out a lot. They are going to be learning a lot in the next couple of months and the extra money/gift certificates will help them out a lot! She is a really nice and sweet person who deserves to win. She is very determined and is really good at inspiring people to strive to be their best. I can't talk enough good about Angela, or as I call her, Reinz, that can even come close to the true person she is. So please if you have a kind section in your heart, please click on this link below and go vote for her to win.


Vote for Angela (Reina) Meiss!


I have been voting every day and the voting ends tomorrow night and the winner (hopefully Angela!) will be announced over the radio around 4 o'clock in the afternoon (EST). So please go vote, and tell all your friends and family to go vote!


...The Limping Lizard.

Beautiful Pt. 1

So there's this girl. Her name is Cristina. She's pretty special to me. I feel like I've known her for a very long time, longer than I actually have. I hope all of you have time to read this because I like to tell this story. It can be long depending on the version. I like to remember detail so most likely this will be the long version.

It was an evening in February of the year 2009. I went to dinner on the campus of Utica College with my friend (at the time) Kristin and there was this girl we were having dinner with, along with a group of people. This girl, after a couple of minutes, got up and left for her night class. I never thought anything of it until....

... this girl added me as a friend on Facebook. I never connected the two together that this Facebook girl was the same girl from dinner. This girl kept IMing me on Facebook and kept inviting me places or inviting me to hang out on campus. I would always decline because I didn't really know her very well and at the time I thought she was kind of annoying. When I would be hanging out with Kristin, this girl would come around and end up hanging out with us. I didn't really mind it because I realized that she was a cool person. Naturally, we started flirting and hanging out....even though I sort of liked this other girl at the time.

(If you haven't caught on by now, "this girl" is Cristina.)

I was sort of talking to another girl at the time of talking to Cristina, but I soon realized that it wasn't going anywhere. I got to thinking that it was easier with Cristina than it was with this other girl so I gave up on that and started to focus on forming whatever it was with Cristina. When me and Cristina talked, it was for hours. We wouldn't even have to try to talk about something, we would just talk about anything. As Valentine's Day approached, Cristina kept asking about making plans or being each other's valentine. I told her that I didn't want to have a valentine this year.

Little did she know, I had a plan in the back of my mind.


*Stay tuned for the next part of the story.*

...The Limping Lizard.

Mad Attitudes

Since college, I have never really been an angry person or have had a mad attitude. Every time I got angry I usually just let it go. Since I have been in college, I have encountered a new group of people, expected of a college student. What I wasn't expecting was that I'd become more angry than I was 2 and a half years ago. After graduating people did some shady shit and decided not to be my friend anymore, whether it was to leave high school people behind, or because they found a reason not to like me anymore. Yes, I was upset, but in some situations I thought I didn't deserve the treatment I was receiving from them. I then confronted the people who made me angry to try and get some answers. Some people were reluctant and are still holding grudges. Others got angry because I was angry and learned to confront people and stand up for myself. Therefore, people told me I have changed for the worse. I guess it's because I have learned not to be a pushover? Yeah that makes sense.

I also have encountered people who think my girlfriend and I are one person. We automatically get criticized by the others friends just because we're dating. This is uncalled for because it hurts us both. This should not be happening. We do not control one another; we make our own decisions and actions. I don't know why people ask me shit on my Formspring that is about their "dislike" of her. I don't like when people attack me to get to her. We are individuals. I'm not going to take anyone's bullshit when it comes to attacking me or my girlfriend.

That brings me to another issue of anger. My girlfriend has had conflicts with some people and I try to be the more level-headed or stronger (in some cases where it makes her weak) one. But sometimes I just can't help myself of getting angry to the point where I just want to fight with someone either verbally or physically. Lately, things have happened where she has had to move because of immaturity of her roommates. She just was not compatible with them and they ended up where they would party all the time and treat my girlfriend with bitchy attitudes and treated her things around the house with disrespect. If any of you know me, I am incredibly loyal. I stand up for my friends and for my family members. When someone insults them or disrespects them in any way, I'm likely to stand up for them or bitch someone out for what they did.

Sometimes I just think it would feel so much better just to lash out and punch the people that piss you off. I know there are a couple people I have come in contact with lately that I would just love to punch and tell them to shut the f**k up and leave my girlfriend and I alone. Like stay in your own business and don't disrespect me or her. Some people call us immature but comparing me to these people, there is no way that I am more immature than them. Neither is my girlfriend, which I think is funny. I don't know how someone could call a person who is older than them more immature when clearly the older person drinks more responsibly, does their school work more often and better, and takes it upon themselves to get shit done that needs to be done right away. These people that are so "mature" don't even do half of that, if anything. I just want to laugh in their face, push them out of the way and get on with my life. I wish there weren't laws like assault or harassment sometimes just so I wouldn't get in trouble for beating the piss out of people because I would totally do it on some occasions.

I don't like that I feel this way toward some people but I guess that's life, right? Oh well.

...The Limping Lizard.