Entries for May, 2004
May 3rd, 2004
It Is You (I Have Loved)
Posted by MikeyMike at 03:44 AM on May 3, 2004.
Sorry I haven't been keeping up lately... Lots doing at work... 7 large computers from LA are here - now!
But I just had to put this up! It's from Shrek (which I haven't seen yet!!) I heard it somewhere and had to have it. Took a bit to find a decent version, but I've got one for your listening pleasure... It's called
It Is You (I Have Loved) sung by Dana Glover. Never know what you'll find in a "cartoon" soundtrack!
There is something that I see
In the way you look at me
There's a smile, there's a truth
In your eyes
But in an unexpected way
On this unexpected day
Could it mean this is where I belong
It is you I have loved all along
It's no more a mystery, it is finally clear to me
You're the home my heart searched for so long
And it is you I have loved all along
It Is You (I Have Loved) by Dana Glover/Shrek OST
Update: Check out Joss Stone's
I've Fallen In Love With You. This 16 year old British lass kicks ass!
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Currently listening to: Dana Glover's It Is You
Currently reading: Amy Tan's The Bonesetter's Daughter
Currently feeling: sleepy
May 4th, 2004
Pix Picks
Posted by MikeyMike at 03:00 AM on May 4, 2004.
Here are some favorite pictures of mine for ya'
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Currently listening to: Des'ree's Kissing You (Romeo + Juliet OST)
Currently feeling: contemplative
What Monty Python Character are you?
Posted by MikeyMike at 04:18 AM on May 4, 2004.
I couldn't pass this one up, as I am a rabid Monty Python fan! btw, Monty Python's
Life of Brian is currently in theaters!! Check out Bigus Dickus on the large screen... o^O
French Guard
I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous
accent, you silly king-a?!
What Monty Python Character are you? brought to you by Quizilla
Currently listening to: Hikaru Utada's Simple and Clean
Currently feeling: silly
May 6th, 2004
So Glad!
Posted by MikeyMike at 02:18 AM on May 6, 2004.
I know I haven't been able to keep up with everyone's "adventures" lately. But that doesn't mean that I don't care... quite the opposite!
I really appreciate you all for stopping by, even if I haven't been always able to reciprocate!!
We are bringing in 7 new major systems at Scripps right now, including and IBM mainframe! There's whole lot going on, so I will have little time for the next month or so, especially. Please say Hi when you can, It pleases me greatly to hear from you all after a long, hard day!!
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
btw, have you guys heard the Mitsubishi Endeavor car commercial that uses Nikka Costas's
Everybody Got Their Something that I featured recently?? hehe
Currently listening to: Nikka Costas's Everybody Got Their Something
Currently feeling: happy
Harleem Lee at Southfield (Detroit) Michigan 5/8
Posted by MikeyMike at 03:11 AM on May 6, 2004.
If you're in the Detroit area, you might want to attend the "First Asian Rice Festival " with special guest
Harleem Lee!
I just heard of this... here's the link:
Michigan’s First Asian Rice Festival
Currently listening to: harleem Lee's Love You Love me
Currently feeling: guilty
May 8th, 2004
Again with the Pies!
Posted by MikeyMike at 12:03 AM on May 8, 2004.
I think those luscious Marie Callender's fresh fruit pies will be the death of me! (I can think of worse) At least my estate lawyers will have some ammunition with these pictures!
In the first pic, (estate lawyers please note) Mike is preparing to devour said luscious Fresh Strawberry Pie! Note the generous whipped cream topping!! Taken by ace Server Cathy, who is also a genuine Biotech Scientist! (And yes, she does wash her hands between jobs!)
Now, cast your ravenous eyes on the majestic Pie board. Like James Bonds' license plate holder, each pie listing can flip over when that type is gone. Pretty nifty, huh? You'll also notice that the overall board theme seems to have been taken directly from Disneyland's
It's A Small World After All ride!
Guess that was pretty chic back in the early '60's when this restaurant was built...
In the Smoking-Deal Department: Got Joanne Harris's
Coastliners in hardback at Bookstar for $5.95!
Currently listening to: Food, Glorious Food
Currently reading: Joanne Harris' Coastliners
Currently feeling: mischievous
For Amanda
Posted by MikeyMike at 12:22 AM on May 8, 2004.
This is from the prologue to
Coastliners. It makes me think of Amanda on her lovely isle...
Islands are different. The smaller the island, the more true this becomes. Look at Britain. Barely conceivable that this narrow stretch of land should sustain so much diversity. Cricket, cream teas, Shakespeare, Sheffield, fish and chips in vinegary newspaper, Soho, two universities, the beachfront at Southend, stripped deck chairs in Green Park, Coronation Street, Oxford Street, lazy Sunday afternoons. So many contradictions. All marching together like boozy protesters who have not yet realized their main cause for complaint is one another. Islands are pioneers, splinter groups, malcontents, misfits, natural isolationists. As I said, different.
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Coastliners - Joanne Harris
Currently reading: Joanne Harris' Coastliners
Currently feeling: nostalgic
May 9th, 2004
Random Pics
Posted by MikeyMike at 12:24 AM on May 9, 2004.
Here's some pics I took tonight, since I had to drop in to work and hit BookStar on the way home...
1) The first of three 31 inch computer LCD monitors we are getting to "monitor" all the systems we have and the new systems coming in. It has remote and spiffy hookups for a DVD player, I noticed!
2) How small a "mainframe" can be these days! Yes, it's an IBM S/390 mainframe - the cousin of the giant beasts that used to fold, spindle and mutilate your parents' electric bills! The black box is the computer system. The tape drive is the much larger tan unit to the right.
3) La Jolla
Bookstar at night - "Open every night till 10PM!" Nice to see what's new (and what's on sale!) Parking lot was still pretty full after 9:30PM when I got there for a look see...
Of course, the
Roy's "Hawaiian Fusion" (i.e. Expensive) Restaurant was letting out a group of kids apparently having their Prom Dinner, or something. Pretty funny seeing girls in fancy dress and their dates in suits and tennis shoes! (I kid you not!) Roy's started in Hawaii and hosted Lea Salonga and hubby-to-be more than once, we hear...
4) Some books pictures (why not?) People thought I was weird, but who cares?
Not using flash helps. For some reason, people assume that if there's no flash, there's no picture! lol Just need a steady hand... Anyway,
Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil is a most excellent book! Very Southern (as in the American South) and literate. I love the cover on the pictured trade paperback version! Judging a cover by it's book!
Shanghai Baby and
The Little Chinese Seamstress covers got me that way too, I must confess! But you have to find the right versions though... You'll find a lot of references in my archives. Maybe it's time for me to go back and mark more favorites for your viewing pleasure? Make use of the history I've accumulated so far?
Founding Brothers is excellent too, if you are into American history. (Me, the wannabe History Prof.) The real lives of the "Founding Fathers" are much more interesting than the pabulum we where feed in school!
5) Memiors of a Geisha is a book you won't soon forget! The artistry, discipline and "people" skills it took to be successful are incredible. It's a pretty exciting story too. There is another book by the most famous Geisha of the modern period, -
Geisha : A Life - that has "issues" some of the portrayals in
Memoirs. Her book is well worth reading too!
I've read all the above books, but
Cold Mountain is still on my "to read" list. It was made into a movie recently....
Your eyes must be tired by now, so I'll try to get a few hours sleep before work!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!
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Currently listening to: Alison Krauss' When You Say Nothing At All
Currently reading: Joanne Harris' Coastliners
Currently feeling: nerdy
Your Bloginality?
Posted by MikeyMike at 06:32 AM on May 9, 2004.
So, I got this from JenJen...
Test your "bloginality
You are an ISFP!
As an ISFP, you are Intraverted, Sensing, Feeling , Perceiving.
This makes your primary focus on Introverted Feeling with Extraverted Sensing.
This is defined as a SP personality, which is part of Carl Jung's Artisans (Sensation Seeking) type, and more specifically the Composers or Artist
Because you are in touch with the inner-artist, you see things heavily in relationship to your feelings and their beauty. You may not be as likely to have a public site, because you feel better sharing with only those who are closest with you.
Currently listening to: I'm So Damn Sensitive! ;)
Currently feeling: silly
May 10th, 2004
Unwrapping Hershey
Posted by MikeyMike at 01:43 AM on May 10, 2004.
Ok, no more Hershey puns, darn it!
She sings professionally and hails from Baguio in the Philippines. Literally cool, since it's high up in the mountains north of Manila. A very caring and friendly person to know. We hear that she may be moving to Canada soon. Hershey knows all the songs I like!
If you are buying/have that tres cool Linksys Wi-Fi Cable Router, you might well be speaking to her directly for assistance, since that's her other gig at the moment... Let's give Hershey a big Tabulista welcome!
Hershey's Tabs
btw, I stole this from her site:
Keanu gets married! You'll never guess who to!!
Currently listening to: from Jekyll and Hyde - Someone Like You
Currently reading: The Broadway Songbook
Currently feeling: singing along (badly)
Song From The Heart
Posted by MikeyMike at 04:54 AM on May 10, 2004.
Here's a wonderful song from Linder Eder's Gold CD called
If I Should Lose My Way. I spoke about her at length back in the archives. Goldfish cracker to the first person with the URL!
A Beautiful lyric, sung in superb voice for one who needs to hear it...
As we turn our lives
Down this complicated road
If you need a hand to hold
I promise you
I will be your friend
Through whatever life may send
And I know that you will be there too
If I should lose my way
Along this road we share
Please bring me home, come-what-may
If I should lose my way
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If I Should Lose My Way - Linda Eder/Gold
Currently listening to: Linda Eder's If I Should Lose My Way
Currently reading: Who Bought My Cheese?
Currently feeling: hopeful
May 11th, 2004
But Wait, There's More! :P
Posted by MikeyMike at 03:09 AM on May 11, 2004.
Ok, Emma Lurvers, I have a fresh shipment of Baby Emma pics! She just gets cuter every day! I'm temping her Mom with fresh strawberry pie to get her to come down for a visit!
Her Cuteness is ready to recieve you now!
Currently feeling: loving the Emmster
May 12th, 2004
Internet Down
Posted by MikeyMike at 10:19 PM on May 12, 2004.
Sorry all! My Internet has been down since yesterday morning, which means I can't even get email... Let you know when it's back up!
about midight 5/13/04: Internet UP, pop3 (Outlook email) still down till later today!
5/14/04: All Systems GO! I may have lost some emails between Tuesday Morning and Thursday noon.
So, if you sent notification of my big cash prize, please resend!!
Thanks for your patience... the perps have been flogged!
Currently listening to: Damn, Internet DOWN
Currently reading: 101 Things to Do When Internet Down
Currently feeling: frustrated
May 13th, 2004
BBQ!
Posted by MikeyMike at 02:45 AM on May 13, 2004.
Just so you know that we aren't just screwing-off at work, here are some pics from the monthly OPS BBQ! It's a chance to get together in (mostly) non-working mode. The day people get all kinds of goodies like this, so we make our own fun!
Nothing like Cheddarwurst bbqed over a charcol fire!
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Currently listening to: Frere Jacques
Currently reading: Idot's Guide to BBQ
Currently feeling: chowing down!
Vienna Teng coming to San Diego!
Posted by MikeyMike at 04:18 AM on May 13, 2004.
This just in:
Vienna Teng's Warm Strangers CD Release Tour
29 May 2004 (Sat) 7:30 pm
AcousticMusicSanDiego.com
(Normal Heights United Methodist Church) San Diego CA
4650 Mansfield St.
San Diego, CA 92116
619.303.8176
This is just too cool!! I am on her "posse", so hopefully they'll ask me to plug her here and pass out swag, like they did for Harleem Lee's San Diego performance! hehe
You can listen to a full length version of
Harbor from her new album
Warm Strangers.
sail your sea
meet your storm
all I want is to be your harbor
the light in me
will guide you home
all I want is to be your harbor
you've got a journey to make
there's your horizon to chase
so go far beyond where we stand
no matter the distance
I'm holding your hand
Currently listening to: Vienna Teng's Harbor
Currently feeling: overjoyed
May 14th, 2004
Pucca-moble News!
Posted by MikeyMike at 01:33 PM on May 14, 2004.
As you may remember, I had an article about a local "Pucca-moble"
(Here)
Welll, I saw it again last night, and it had "rear end damage"! No pictures for now, but the owner does work at the local drug store. I saw her getting into it as I was leaving. I was thinking to tell her that she (well, at least her car) was world-famous now on my web site! But then, in a moment of clairity, I thought she'd probably just mace me and take off!
Currently listening to: Love By The Dashboard Light
Currently reading: Rear End Repair
Currently feeling: amused
Sunrise
Posted by MikeyMike at 01:48 PM on May 14, 2004.
Nickelmarine has a neat little post on Norah Jones' video Sunrise, and a streaming version of that song! Go listen! Very cute!
(here)
Good job Liz! She has muy cute baby pics of her daughter there too!
Currently listening to: Norah Jones' Sunrise
Currently reading: Mother Goose
Currently feeling: smiling
I've Fallin' In Love With You
Posted by MikeyMike at 08:53 PM on May 14, 2004.
Been meaning to put up this song for quite a while! They had quite a few of
Joss Stone's The Soul Sessions in stock at my local Target. Quite as surprise, because that store is usually so (pop) mainstream. It must have a bullet on someone's chart! It's always amazing to me when someone very talented makes it, if they are out of the usual mold and not being pushed by a big record company!
Her song
I've Fallen In Love With You is simply spectacular for a 16 year old white British girl!! Or anyone, for that matter...
Currently listening to: Joss Stone's I've Fallen In Love With You
Currently feeling: shaking groove thing
What Kind of Kiss are you?
Posted by MikeyMike at 10:00 PM on May 14, 2004.
Once in a while, I just can't resist these things!
You have an entrancing kiss~ the kind that leaves
your partner bedazzled and maybe even feeling
he/she is dreaming. Quite effective; the kiss
that never lessens and always blows your
partner away like the first time.
What kind of kiss are you? brought to you by Quizilla
Currently feeling: amused
(Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways
Posted by MikeyMike at 11:58 PM on May 14, 2004.
Wow! This is now one of my favorite songs! It was suggested to me by
Hershey Listen here:
(Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways
It has everything: Production values, Julia Fordham's warm, rich voice, passionate lyrics...
Heaven knows
Love is just a chance we take
We make plans
But then love demands a leap of faith
So hold me close
And never let me go
Cause even though we think we know
which way the river flows
That's not the way love goes, no
Love moves in mysterious ways
It's always so surprising
When love appears over the horizon
I'll love you for the rest of my days
But still, it's a mystery
How you ever came to me
Which only proves
Love moves in mysterious ways
Currently listening to: Julia Fordham's (Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways
Currently feeling: amazed
May 15th, 2004
Danish Royal Wedding!
Posted by MikeyMike at 03:21 PM on May 15, 2004.
Run (don't walk) to
Pavali's site if you love to see Royal weddings! New Princess - from Tasmania, of all places!!
No chance of inbreeding that way, it seems! Can't wait to see those forthcoming little Princesses, like Catharina, new baby Princess in The Netherlands...
(Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands
Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, Amalia for short (born December 7 2003, in Den Haag) is a Princess of the Netherlands.
The eldest daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta, she is second in line to the Dutch throne.)
Currently listening to: Here Comes The Bride
Currently feeling: ;)
May 17th, 2004
Smurfy and her \"Man\"!
Posted by MikeyMike at 07:32 AM on May 17, 2004.
This is such a cute pic!
Smurfydoll is standing next to the "culturally correct" Bangkok Ronald McDonald"!
Apparently, Hamburgler was arrested by this point, and so is not pictured... lol
TIA for being a good Sport Smurfy!
Currently listening to: You Deserve A Break Today
Currently feeling: :P
May 18th, 2004
Hugs *and* Kisses!
Posted by MikeyMike at 12:46 PM on May 18, 2004.
Hum... seems you can get 'em in one package now! Amazing what you can find in the "sweets" isle...
Want one?
Currently listening to: Butterfly Kisses
Currently feeling: huggable
May 20th, 2004
Posted by MikeyMike at 03:22 PM on May 20, 2004.
Here's a wonderful quote:
I have dreamed thee too long
Never seen thee or touched thee
but known thee with all of my heart
Half a prayer, half a song
Thou hast always been with me though
we have been always apart
Dulcinea, from the musical Man Of La Mancha
Currently listening to: Beth Nielsen's Faithful Heart
Currently feeling: Joyful
May 21st, 2004
Family Vacation in the Philippines
Posted by MikeyMike at 06:48 AM on May 21, 2004.
Well, not me... our good buddy and Doctor-to-be
Michelle de Lota is on a family vacation trip even as we speak! May 22nd to June 22nd.
If you haven't met Michelle, she a great person to know, especially if you're a Lea Salonga and/or Monty Python fan! (Bad Bad Zoot is from Holy Grail). The de Lota family will be in Makati 5/22-5/26. Negros 5/27-6/3, then back to Manila for a few days till it's time for a week's visit to Bicol. Then finally a few free days before returning to the US on 6/16. Visit her
Tabulas site to contact her, or I'll try to hook you up if you give me your contact info...
I think it says something great about Family in the Philippines how often the whole family goes over to visit just about every year! Talk about “Roots”!
Have a good time Mitch!
Visit The Philippines
from Miss Saigon:
You are sunlight
And I moon
Joined by the Gods of fortune
Midnight and high noon
Sharing the sky
We have been blessed
You and I
Sun and Moon/Miss Saigon OCR
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Currently listening to: Lea Salonga's Nandito Ako
Currently reading: Lonely Planet Philippines
Currently feeling: missing someone
LeLe Takes You to the Cleaners!
Posted by MikeyMike at 08:42 AM on May 21, 2004.
Imagine my surprise to find this in the mail! So now we know what
LeLe's been up to!
Must be really hard to operate out of a giant steel arch!! Extra starch please!
Currently feeling: amused
May 22nd, 2004
Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Educated Fleas...
Posted by MikeyMike at 04:09 PM on May 22, 2004.
Spring, and love is in the air department:
Seems our Scripps ducks are in an amourous mood these days! Mr. Duck is constantly following Ms. Duck
everywhere...
And when other male ducks come in to check her "shake her tail feathers", our boy always drives them off...
Expect to see baby duckies before too long! She's def. "eating for two" (or six?)
You smile
you smile
oh and then the spell was cast
and here we are in heaven
for you are mine at last!
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Currently listening to: My Duckie Amour
Currently reading: Duckspeake's Sonnets
Currently feeling: loved
May 23rd, 2004
Source of SV's Sexy Gals!
Posted by MikeyMike at 11:00 PM on May 23, 2004.
Sweet Vocalist's sexy animation pix can now be revealed to be inspired by the non-so-cartoonish gurl imaginings Rion Vernon of
Pinuptoons
Sexy, fun and cute, all in one!
from an interview with Rion:
How did you first get into Pin-Up toons? Are there any artists/ photographers/ movie stars/ fashion designers whose work you enjoy or take inspiration from?
Jessica Rabbit. It all started with Jessica Rabbit. Being a boy at the tender age of about 14, a voluptuous cartoon woman in the real world made my brain blow a fuse. I was determined to be able to draw her without looking at any reference images. From there I started to create my own style.
I have always loved the old pin-up stuff from the 40's and 50's like Gil Elvgren and George Petty. Then there are the cartoon influences through Tex Avery, Disney's Fred Moore and the SpumCo stuff.
"I'm not bad... I'm just drawn that way"
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Jessica Rabbit Dat's all folks!
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Currently listening to: Basia's Babay You're Mine
Currently reading: Matthew Pearl's The Dante Club
Currently feeling: loved
May 24th, 2004
You Must Love Me...
Posted by MikeyMike at 09:51 AM on May 24, 2004.
No, this psychic message isn't from Eva Perron (or even Maddona) ... It's the latest pronouncement from the Princess Emma (Yes, She's married into Danish Royalty
too )
Pass the love offerings forward, (she
loves Kissses, wrappers *removed!!*) Souvenir shop is on the left as you exit! lol
Touch me and I end up singing
Trouble seems to up and disappear
You touch me with the love you're bringing
I can't really lose when you're near
When you're near, my love
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I Won't Last A Day Without You - The Carpenters
Currently listening to: Basia's Babay You're Mine
Currently reading: AA Milne's When We Were Very Young
Currently feeling: bows low
May 25th, 2004
May 26th, 2004
Fantasia is the new ‘American Idol’
Posted by MikeyMike at 10:41 PM on May 26, 2004.
This just in!
Update:
Fantasia singing Summertime!
Fantasia singingI Believe
Fantasia just won American Idol 3! Wow! Maybe I can put some of her songs on here.... I never get to watch this show 'cause I'm always at work! Yeah, I couldda' watched this time, but i was too sick, and occupied with more important matters!
Anyway, here's the scoop:
The Associated Press
Updated: 10:40 p.m. ET May 26, 2004NEW YORK - Fantasia Barrino’s fantasy of pop stardom became a reality Wednesday night when she was named the winner of “American Idol.”
Barrino grabbed runner-up Diana DeGarmo in a bear hug and twisted her around as tears streamed down her face.
“Thank you much,” she sobbed. “I broke my shoe!” Then she added: “I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I’m at.”
Barrino, a 19-year-old single mother from High Point, N.C., with a powerful, gospel-tinged voice, topped DeGarmo, an effervescent 16-year-old from Snellville, Ga.
DeGarmo continued smiling through tears in defeat: “I’m so proud to have come here with Fantasia. She’s my girl and you guys will treat her well.”
The judges of the Fox TV singing contest had pretty much crowned Barrino the winner the previous night, when she dazzled them with a powerful version of Gershwin’s “Summertime” and two other songs.
But judges don’t pick the winner — America does, through phone and text-message votes. Host Ryan Seacrest said a record 65 million phone votes were cast, up from 24 million for last season’s finale.
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Currently listening to: Gershwin's SummerTime
Currently feeling: interested
May 28th, 2004
Breakfast With The Arts - Hong Kong
Posted by MikeyMike at 08:48 PM on May 28, 2004.
I'll be at work this Sunday, but I thought this program sounded most intriging! All about Hong Kong! Listening Viv, Neko??
"Explores the fusion of past and present, East and West" All the cultural and lifestyle influences constantly evolving in this vibrant city.
By the way,
Vivian visited her (many) "homeboys" there recently and has tons of pictures and even mini-videos! Most interesting!
Sunday, May, 30th 8-10am on A&E
Currently feeling: loved
May 29th, 2004
Memorial Day
Posted by MikeyMike at 12:19 PM on May 29, 2004.
Watching Sgt. York (Gary Cooper) on the telly. Having been in the military, I respect all the sacrifices that have been made over the years... Even without being in combat, being far from home isn't easy! So, let's give a moments thought to those that are (and have) protecting our freedoms...
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Currently feeling: reflecting
May 31st, 2004
Can I Walk With You
Posted by MikeyMike at 11:18 AM on May 31, 2004.
This India Arie
song was given to me by someone who sings my song so well...
India seems to confound all the labels, wouldn't you say? I also like her
Ready For Love...
I woke up this morning
You were the first thing on my mind
I don't know where it came from
All I know is I need you in my life
You make me feel like I can be a better woman
If you just say you wanna take this friendship to another place
Chorus:
Can I walk with you in through your life
Can I lay with you as your wife
Can I be your friend till the end
Can I walk with you through your life
You've got me wondering if you know that I am wondering about you
The feeling is so strong that I can't imagine you're not feeling it too
You've known me long enough to trust that I want what's best for you
If you wanna be happy then I am the one that you should give your heart to
Currently listening to: India Arie's Can I Walk With You
Currently feeling: loved
