Monday, February 4, 2013

Happy 22nd Birthday, Cody


Happy 22nd Birthday, Sweet & Crazy Nephew


For Cody
Gone way too soon



Keep a fire burning in your eye
Pay attention to the open sky
You never know what will be coming down
I don't remember losing track of you
You were always dancing in and out of view
I must've thought you'd always be around
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
Now you're nowhere to be found
I don't know what happens when people die
Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try
It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear that I can't sing
I can't help listening
I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round
Crying as they ease you down
'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing
Dancing our sorrow away - right on dancing
No matter what fate chooses to play
There's nothing you can do about it anyway

Just do the steps that you've been shown
By everyone you've ever known
Until the dance becomes your very own
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone

Keep a fire for the human race
Let your prayers go drifting into space
You never know what will be coming down
Perhaps a better world is drawing near
And just as easily, it could all disappear
Along with whatever meaning you might have found
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around
The world keeps turning around and around
Go on and make a joyful sound
Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive but you'll never know


Thursday, December 6, 2012

The Ratz Are Back!

The Ratz Are Back!!!




Shore Ratz debut at Scott and Allyson Rosen's wedding on 12/2/12

The Shore Ratz are:

Shannon M. Bray - Vocals
Jules Levitt - Guitar & Vocals
Rich Meyer - Bass & Vocals
Scott Rosen - Drums



Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Facebook -What The Hell Is It For?

What do you use Facebook for?  To keep in contact with out of state friends and family?  To keep up to date with your college buddies?  To spy on an ex-boyfriend?  To get all the latest gossip on everyone you know and don't know?  To see how many "friends" you can tally on your list?  As your main form of communication to those closest to you?  Tell me - let me know in the comments section below.  I'm curious how people I know use this online social network.

I'm sure you'll be able to relate with a lot of what I'm about to write.  I've seen so many insane things go on on Facebook that I've deactivated my account twice.  Some of it is downright scary. 

I had one "friend" who posted between four and six status updates per day.  Every day.  Without fail.  I wondered what kind of job he had that he was constantly posting on Facebook.  He didn't.  Okay then.  But did I really need to know that he had a hankering for a Coke Zero?

Another didn't post too much but when she did, she was quoting something from the Bible.  Always.  She never said anything that didn't involve God or the Holy Spirit or her blessings along with some verse from the Good Book.  That's nice, but for those of us who don't know what we believe in or don't believe in the Bible or God or the Holy Spirit, this, after a period of time, becomes, well..... ENOUGH.

I know a friend who has someone who posts, every night, what they had for dinner.  Or what they are about to have.  I know him and he doesn't usually say much, but one of these days, he's just going to snap and post back "NO ONE GIVES A FLYING FART IN THE WIND WHAT YOU'RE EATING FOR DINNER SO SHUT THE F%*#  UP ALREADY!!!!!!!!"  I can't wait.  hehehehe

My cousin has an outstanding view on the whole Facebook posting thing.  She said something like "people can post whatever they like - if I don't like it, I don't have to read it."  Now I don't know hardly anyone who doesn't get at least slightly annoyed by some of the stuff that people post but that's just me.  I envy her for this outlook.  I wish I could adopt it.  But I can't.  It just ain't happenin'.  People annoy the shit out of me, especially with some of the moronic crap they post on Facebook.  So sue me.  I'm sure my Facebook posts piss some people off.  So we're even.

I shut down my Facebook profile a while ago because of family drama.  Not like there's not enough of it in real life, but let's add our disfunctional family to our FB friends list and see if that can't turn out badly somehow.  I didn't realize it was the "non-joking day" of the week and I made a joke and once again, for the umpteenth time, someone's not talking to me (like that's a bad thing).  Then, I get an email from someone else in the family about how immature I am and when I ask what they're talking about, I get read the riot act about how I deleted them from my friends list.  Uh....hello?????  After I let them know I didn't delete them, I closed the whole account.  Didn't need it.  As my dad is always asking - what happened to picking up the goddamn phone?????  God forbid. 

Well that was months ago.....I'm back up on Facebook now.  I don't have any of my family on my friends list anymore.  I won't do it.  I learned my lesson there at least.  I limit my list to only those I actually communicate with.  That means I have less than 60 people on my list.  It works for me.  Tell me what works for you.

For You.... The Brightest Star

I lit a fire with the love you left behind
And it burned wild and crept up the mountainside
I followed your ashes into outer space
I can't look out the window
I can't look at this place

I can't look at the stars...
They make me wonder where you are
Stars... up on heaven's boulevard
And if I know you at all, I know you've gone too far
So I, I can't look at the stars

All those times we looked up at the sky
Looking out so far, we felt like we could fly
And now I'm all alone in the dark of night
The moon is shining but I can't see the light


And I can't look at the stars...
They make me wonder where you are
Stars... up on heaven's boulevard
And if I know you at all, I know you've gone too far
So I, I can't look at the stars

Stars...

Stars... they make me wonder where you are
Stars... up on heaven's boulevard
And if I know you at all, I know you've gone too far
So I can't look at the stars

Saturday, July 21, 2012

My Old Band, Stiffler's Mom


Ah, the good times!
Recorded in the basement for a demo that was never needed
(because I went and got married and moved to NC -should've stayed with the band!)
-the best band I was ever in-
Stiffler's Mom

Robbie Crozier - Bass & Vocals
Johnny Crozier - Guitar & Vocals
Greg "Sherm" Sherman - Drums
Shannon Maloney - Vocals

You guys were THE BEST!!!
xoxoxoxox

Friday, July 20, 2012

Some of My Photos

The Frozen Barnegate



  The Real Jersey Shore



 Aruba's Divi Divi



 Rock Pilings in Aruba



 Try climbing this wall -ouch!



 Aruba's Pirate Ships at Sunset


Monday, May 14, 2012