Wednesday, January 24, 2007

 

A Simple Song

Every morning I've been waking up with some sort of song going through my head. Last week it was some of the songs that I'd been rehearsing for a gig or some little tune from my past. This morning I woke up singing this song from the radio:

"Everybody knows I'm in over my head, over my head.
Everybody knows I'm in over my head, over my head."

All I can say is, "Uh-oh."

Saturday, January 20, 2007

 

My dearest Blog . . .

. . . Yes. I know that I've been neglecting you. I know that I've neglected you before, but I have to admit that this time it is a case of serious neglect. Sure, I've neglected you before for school, for homework, for my crazy schedule, for music or for lack of imagination. The charges of neglect are pretty serious this time. I'm . . . I'm . . . ahem . . . I've . . . yes . . . I've been seeing someone else. Yes. I've been spending waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time over at Myspace. I know, I know. I thought that it would be all right when I signed up. Truly. I did. "What's the harm in having a music page on Myspace?" I asked myself. "Every musician that I know has a page and it's a great networking tool." I reaffirmed. But NO ONE told me that I would enjoy it so much. I've visited hundreds of other amazing musicians. I've had hundreds of others visit me. Who knew that it would be so addicting? I'm sorry, my dear old Blog. Why you continue to stay by my side the way you do, I'll never know. Oh sure, I know that this is a phase. And Myspace will never mean to me what you do. You were the one who introduced me to the cyber world. You are the one that takes me seriously. You are the one that lets me talk and talk incessantly about mundane and useless topics with nary a complaint. You're much too good for me, my little blog. Please know that this phase shall pass. I will be back once this silly little obsession has run its course, once it's exhausted itself. There will never be another blog like you. Thanks for staying by my side and for all of your understanding. You are tride and true.
You are the only blog for me.
Much love,
Loralee

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

 

Dial Up = Stupid

I hate dial up. Dial up is stupid. Where I live, dial up is our only option. This is stupid. It is stupid and just plain wrong. It's wrong. It is wrong and it is stupid.

Oh sure, Yahoo keeps e-mailing me and offering me DSL service for $5.00 more a month than I pay now. And, of course, I keep saying, "Yes. Yes I like your offer. Yes. Yes I would like DSL. Yes. I would like to pay $5.00 more a month to NOT have dial up. I can afford your plan. (Remember affordability is a huge factor.) Yes. Please give me DSL because dial up is stupid." Then they turn around and e-mail me back, "Oh. Gosh. We're so sorry. Golly and darn it all to heck, DSL is not available in your area."


They must stop taunting me like this. Dangle the carrot . . . take the carrot away . . . . dangle the carrot . . . take the carrot away. Quit sending me your offer of DSL if you can't deliver. It's torture, I tell you, pure torture because dial up is stupid and I WANT DSL! I can't do anything with dial up. God only knows how many HOURS it took me to upload my four songs on my Myspace page. And I don't even get to listen to all the incredible musicians on Myspace. Well, truth is, I can listen to the incredible musicians in 2 to 3 second staccato, stuttery, halting, increments. And downloading anything? Pictures, Youtube movies, music?
Don't make me laugh. Yes. I hate dial up. Dial up is stupid.

Monday, January 08, 2007

 

Welcome 2007

Sheesh! 2007's first week has already passed. I can't believe how fast it all goes. Truly. It's a little bit frightening.

I'm hoping you all had a wonderful (insert your favorite holiday here.) I can't believe that it's already come and gone. Small child had a wonderful Christmas. He got a new bike from Santa. (His dad and I are trying to decide if he still really believes in Santa or if he's just "working it." We're leaning toward the latter.) I got some nice little gifts including small child's . . . the complete second season of The Flintstones . . . I LOVE The Flintstones. Small child gets kudos for his gift selecting this year . . . well . . . actually he gets kudos for every gift he gives me. Yep. Every one. I cherish them. Except for the cold that he gave me. THAT little gift I could've done without AND my voice was shot which had me worried about getting through the three gigs I had on the New Year's Eve weekend.

New Year's Eve ended up being fun. I played a gig, the crowd was great and some of my girl friends came out and drank champagne with me. My voice was tired but it worked just fine. After New Year's small child and I headed up to Oregon to visit my Mom. MAN, what a
looooooooooooooong drive. 9 hours. Looooooooooooooong drive, I tell ya. We had a nice time. Watched movies, played Yahtzee (I'm hooked), made cookies and we celebrated my Mom's birthday with her.

Got home from Oregon last night and . . . yes . . . it IS official. I have straight A's for the 2006 Fall Semester. I have a 4.0 grade average and Dean's honors right now. Who knew? I am thrilled and ecstatic. Now I've got to get revved up for Spring 2007. I'm registered for:

Anthropology
Sociology
Astronomy
Political Science
and
Creative Writing (this one will be for no credit and just for fun! Want to see if this will help my songwriting skills plus I love writing.)

Can we get a repeat performance of Loralee's Fall scholastic acheivements in the Spring? Stay tuned . . . .

I'm excited cause I'm getting ready to do a gig with Eric Martin (4-1-5, Mr. Big, The Eric Martin Band), his wife, and some of his friends on Sunday, January 21 @ 8:00 pm at the Sweetwater, 153 Throckmorton Blvd, Mill Valley, CA Come out and see the show. Last month's show was sold out and I'm pretty sure this one will be too. It's and evening of acoustic music and the talent that night will be extraordinary. I'm honored to be a part of it. If you want more info you can go to: www.loraleechristensen.com, www.myspace.com/loraleechristensen, or www.ericmartin.com , where he wrote this particularly kind blurb about me:

"Loralee Christensen has got pipes and has had the pipes consistently since I met her in the 80's. Not only is she an incredible soul belter but one of those women that you need to be friends with. She puts a lot of love in the room."

Nice, huh?

I'm pretty excited about my new space on My Space. . . again that's www.myspace.com/loraleechristensen or you can just go to my links and click there. It will take you directly to my profile. It's such a great networking tool. I've had people from Sweden and Denmark visit me! And it's nice because I've posted some of my own songs and folks get to hear what I do. If you're a "myspacer" come on over and become my friend!

Last but certainly, certainly NOT LEAST, the ever fabulous LL1 and I are closer than ever to finishing our duet. She just sent back her vocal tracks. Now it's up to small child's dad to do his magic. I can't wait to hear it. Just as soon as it's finished I will rush it off to LL1 and she will have a magical and wonderful post for you all. I am SOOOOO excited about this. Last year I didn't even know another Loralee C. existed then I met the most wonderful, sweet, charismatic Loralee C. from Utah AND she's a singer. This year I'm singing a duet with her. Life is funny, huh?

Well, now I must get back to my project for the week. Cleaning my house. Oh yes. It most certainly is a project. Probably THE biggest project I will have all year. (Getting A's in school was easy compared to this!) It's bad, I tell ya, bad. Social services bad. Hoarding bad. Clutter bad. Dirty dishes bad. "What in the eff did I save this for?" bad. Light a match and just get rid of it bad BUT, I am going to change that. Yes. I am. Quit your laughing, I am! I AM! Okay.
You'll see . . .

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