New Keith Single Update

From CMT.com

Keith Urban Reveals First Single From New Album

Keith Urban is preparing to release the first single from his new album that's scheduled to arrive in stores this fall. A press released issued by his publicist describes the single, "Once in a Lifetime," as "another in a line of upbeat, infectious rockers that have come to be one of Urban's trademarks." He wrote the song with longtime collaborator John Shanks. They previously co-wrote two of Urban's biggest hits, "Better Life" and "Somebody Like You." Urban continues working on the new album with co-producer Dann Huff.

It's No Wonder I Love Eloisa

Finally got a chance to read Squawk Radio today and found Eloisa's INTRODUCING...COUNTRY ELOISA entry which, while funny enough included this little excerpt that forever will warm my heart:

"I will leave the abyss of my knowledge of country music to your imagination. I will say that I really liked the movie Nine to Five and I once saw Keith Urban in a hotel and thought he had amazing shoulders."

I concur about the shoulders.

RenFest

I just checked the dates for RenFest and found out that I could possibly go opening weekend, sunday of the Buccaneer Beer Fest, or maybe during Labor day weekend if I take one of those days off.

So...Who wants to go?

New Song Alert

Right now I'm digging this little played song called "Tim McGraw" by youngin' Taylor Swift.

Keith News

Keith Urban says that he's putting the finishing touches on his new album. "We're in the studio now about half way through the new record which I hope will be out in the fall with a new single Augustish," he projects. (Yanked from here.)

Brain Stuffication

At least that's what it feels like right now. I've never really had to worry about formal education during the summer months, so now it feels like I'm trying to cram information into a vessel that isn't equipped to deal with it.

Actually, I'm just inherently lazy.

After all, I haven't been up to much. Just working at the farm, preparing for San Antonio and the youth convention, and reading.

Really. That's nothing.

No wonder my brain hurts now.

Remember The Alamo!...But Forget the Snow Cones

So we did the Alamo in style today. Or at least I did. The boys weren't too enthused and left early to get something to eat, which is sort of confounding seeing as we had to wait for them to finish their snow cones before we could even enter the shrine. Then they insisted on doing that Touristy trap Ripley's haunted house stuff.

I picked up some post cards, so if I can find stamps and a post office, ya'll should be getting something in a few days. Well, SOME of ya'll. I realized that I forgot Erin and Anna's addresses, so ya'll prolly won't get a post card until I'm back, or unless I can steal it from somewhere. LOL.

I also got to do some Cherokee Stomp Dancing. That was really neat and it's something really cool and fun I can share with Dr. LaCourt once I get back to school.

tomorrow I want to do HemisFair Park which includes the tower of the Americas and the institute of Texan Cultures. We'll see what the guys have in store.

Rock Me Baby!

I LOVE San Antonio!!!!

The weather is fabulously hot. I like it. The kids don't, especially the guys who run for shade and air conditioning every chance they get.

The hotel is, well, it's a La Quinta. It's not like we're staying at the Marriott, the Hilton, or any of the other nice hotels. The pool is fun though. And I've got a pizza drawer.

We did up the interaction center in style today. I'm now an investor 'cuz I won $25 from the Mission Fund Investment deal. Plus I went shopping. Shirts, jewelry, books. It's a good thing they take check cards. LOL.

I've seen some cute guys, one being our Hard Rock waiter whom the boys are convinced is on speed. I've spent most of the trip in one of those double check kind of deals where I'm trying to decided who is underage. Trust me, not many males in my age cohort are here. Damn.

I made a unilateral decision to see the Alamo tomorrow. Especially after all the pictures I took on the River Walk cruise today. We've got computers here, so I can maybe type ya up something later.

Vacation? Ha!

I'm going crazy with these last minute San Antonio details. I can't wait until I sit my butt down on that plane.

I know I've been horribly lax with this baby lately. I just keep hoping everything will settle down enough so I can blog propper. Well, we'll see i guess.

Frida

Today I watched Frida staring Selma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas, Ashley Judd, and a bunch of other people.

It was HOT. (Tango!) And sexy, and sad. Well, duh. If you know anything about her you'd know that. But I've found how much I admire her work even if it's kind of scary and isn't my normal sort of thing. I definately see her as a strong woman and a strong presence to be looked up to. Look for her to be mentioned my my history classes.

Vive la Mexico!

Okay. That sounds real cheezy.

Did I mention I'm going to San Antonio in less than a month and I'm getting mondo excited about it?

Yeah. I thought not.

Tim

Everyone's thoughts and prayers are much appreciated.

Tin Can Broadcasting...Up and Going

Right. So this is coming live from Grandma's.

I have to pee like the dickens but I'm afraid to go do that because I only get a couple of free net hours each week and if I'm wasting my minutes peeing...eh. Ya'll got cell phones...You know the drill.

The Once Weekly Report

I know this is still havey-cavey me blogging like this, but I promise I'm going to try and come up with a better solution. Maybe if I get the trailer cleaned up and organized I could actually do this from home once in a while.

Updates:

My car isn't working right. I think it's only running on two cylinders and it's annoying as heck because I move so slow.

I've been working like mad which is cool because I can now do school groups (go me!) and I get to wear my wickedly cool clothes, but I still feel like I'm missing the bandwagon because my gardening knowledge is sort of...Stunted by the childhood memories of weeding as a punishment.

The trailer is wicked hot and technically we still have the furnace running because my grandma is too stubborn to just let me flip the air conditioner on. We don't have the screens up yet either which is driving me bananas something fierce.

My room is still stuffed to the gills with stuff, I don't have clean clothes, and all of my toiletries are still piled in a box on the bathroom counter. Not very conducive to happy living.

I've got some hang-ups about going to San Antonio now because it looks like I'm actually going to be the ADULT in charge of stuff instead of the ADULT that's just along for the ride. Very disappointing and scary.

Ciao.

My First Day Off

I "worked" Saturday and Sunday. In reality, Saturday I got to follow everyone around the site in my street clothes and learn how everything goes. I also got to feed our calves which are so cute. Sunday I read my manual and then got to plant six rows in the nursery garden.

Today, I cleaned my room so I can actually sleep on my bed instead of on my couch. Now I'm working on my last student teaching ap, then I'm heading up to St. Cloud to drop it of and hitting the store because we're out of TP. Isn't that exciting.

Movers and Shakers Inc.

Me and Anthony decided that we're opening a hauling business for finals week. All we need to do is develop a business plan and commandeer Anna's truck.

Woo-woo.

I can hear the money rolling in.

Weekend for Slacking

Friday night I read Julia London's Extreme Bachelor.
Saturday at work was Shana Galen's Pride and Petticoats.
Last night was Leigh Greenwood's The Mavericks.

Tonight needs to be my ELL project instead of the Katie MacAllister book screaming at me to read it. LOL.

Finals

One done, four to go.

Accomplishing the Impossibe

I have officially turned in all of my Death and Dying work.

Yippie I get to breathe!

Applied Concepts and Philosophical Musing

As some final words of wisdom yesterday, my Teaching English Language Learners professor told us not to base our entire teaching career on our student teaching experience or our first year of teaching. He explained that we'll be going through culture shock, because strangely enough, this phenomenon doesn't just apply to actually moving.

That's when I realized that I go through culture shock every semester. I start in the honeymoon phase where I adore my classes. They sound crazy interesting. The assignments are exciting. The work load isn't heavy. The professor is fantastic at their job.

Then mid-terms start to creep up and I get hostile. Every single class is discussing the same fucking thing. I am so fucking behind. Free time? Ha. What is that? The professor is evil incarnate (but not the devil because that is mathematics).

Soon it gradually grows into spastic fit that is normally caused by lack of sleep, lots of caffeine, and writing lesson plans for an entire 5 day unit and I spew my brains out on somebody. Also known as "Lisa's micro-managed day" where everything is allotted time periods, including when I get to eat. This would be acclimation.

Recovery. That magic week before finals. For some it's called the "I-don't-give-a-shit" period. But for me, I'm all peace, love, and rock 'n roll because it really doesn't matter if I don't get stuff done. All that's left is a test.

Ah, and then starts the honeymoon for next semester....

Too Little Sleep...Too Little caffeine

Instead of going to bed last night after grocery shopping, me and Anna watched the Extended cut of A Knight's Tale (which pretty much had the original DVD deleted scenes spliced into their proper places). That of course meant that we went to be VERY early this morning, which in turn made me wake up later than normal.

Sleeping late must do something to my brain because I've been off all day. I showed up to work an hour early, and then I kept misreading the word 'desk' (I thought it said door) on a memo this morning.

Gah. Maybe I shouldn't be doing my homework today.