Let the rain...

"I wrote a song about rebirth. It's a theme in my life that keeps coming up and I hold this ideal near and dear to my heart. We all face different challenges and obstacles and it's up to us to decide how to approach them.
Sometimes we have to brave the rain to get to the sun." -Sara Bareilles

Best (music) of 2011…

Here are my favorite songs of 2011 that tie to some of my favorite/not so favorite memories of 2011 =]

Tyler Bryant - Being Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAsQEraaNt4

Jack’s Mannequin - Amy, I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfhaPAGvU8I&ob=av2e

Lissie -Everywhere I Go (Her cover of Kid Cudi’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ is also amazing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ouML75DMFM

The Civil Wars - Poison & War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVL64K5cUUY

Sara Bareilles - Yellow (Coldplay cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7yxJHAlPug

Ryan Adams - Lucky Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGv26cmRdc4

Florence + the Machine - You’ve Got the Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm0SpdJLhXQ

Missy Higgins - Where I Stood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmuPrGv-Geg

Dirk - We Are the Champions! (this counts, rights?!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDeq5AAI2C4

Lady Gaga - Edge of Glory (this version, not the radio version. Sorry, she gets me with her acoustic performances every time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_GMgkcc2KM

Andrew Ripp - Peace Like a River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5rjjkmlWt0

Taylor Swift - Ours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtH2L5I6vYM

Sara Bareilles - Let The Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysnQ2oDabe0

Incubus - Adolescents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKD2fjBpHFk&ob=av2e

Ryan Adams - Elizabeth You Were Born to Play that Part
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNM0G8vvOTk

Mumford & Sons - The Cave (which I believe to be the best song of 2011 when it comes to billboard/radio music) (And I love Dia Frampton’s cover of it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REo7VnlenOA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7qmJKMIV04

Karmin - Look at Me Now (Chris Brown cover) (guilty)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khCokQt—l4

ALDS GAME 2!

Things I loved about ALDS game 2…

The “NAP-O-LI” chant every time Napoli came up to bat.
The “M-V-P” chant for Michael Young.
The bottom of the 4th inning!! So much fun!
Moreland’s insurance home run in the 8th inning.
The mustaches on Greene’s hill in support of the Dutchstache!
Pretty much the whole game was amazing!

Now, let’s get a W in Tampa Bay tonight!

ALDS GAME 1!

Well, my first post-season game at the ballpark didn’t go exactly how I had hoped, but it was still fun! More memories to be made tonight at game 2! I love my job as a Texas Ranger Six Shooter!

Today has already started out so perfect, that I know tonight at the ballpark will be just as good.

icecreamisbetterwithafork: Recognizing the “in-love” experience for what it is- a temporary emotional high-and now pursuing “real love”. The kind of LOVE that is emotional in nature but not obsessional. It is a love that unites reason and emotion. It involves an act of the will and requires discipline, and it recognizes the need for personal growth. Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know LOVE that grows out of reason and choice, not instinct. - The 5 Love Languages

icecreamisbetterwithafork:

Recognizing the “in-love” experience for what it is- a temporary emotional high-and now pursuing “real love”. The kind of LOVE that is emotional in nature but not obsessional. It is a love that unites reason and emotion. It involves an act of the will and requires discipline, and it recognizes the need for personal growth. Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know LOVE that grows out of reason and choice, not instinct. - The 5 Love Languages

jump then fall.

I love the fall.

I love the leaves changing colors and watching them fall to the ground.

I love the way the sun feels on a chilly day.

I love college football Saturdays and NFL Sundays.

I love scarves, boots, and hoodies.

I love everything pumpkin scented and pumpkin flavored.

I love burnt orange.

I love Halloween because it means all of the holidays are just right around the corner.

I love the Turkey Trot!

I love that John Mayer music fits fall weather perfectly.

AND, I LOVE TEXAS RANGERS POST-SEASON!

Spent a lot of time looking through old pictures today. Not really sure why, but I love it. Lots of great memories with so many great people.

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I’m so cool.

I think you should know right now, you give me peace like a river…