Eloyse inspired

Still I'm staying on to figure out my mid life crisis
I hit an iceberg in my life
You know I'm still afloat
You lose your balance, lose your wife
In the queue for the lifeboat

You got to put the women and children first
But you've got an unquenchable thirst

The "So many choices" (dream)

Last night I was in and out of sleep all night. Waking up and moving around left and right. It was a strange dream albeit, I know I've had it before. It's the one where  I sit at the oblong table with names of songs written down on paper while I push my brain to choose one U2 song from the army of many as my first dance at my (dream) wedding. That's when I woke up in a pool of sweat wondering what was going on. Why have this dream now? Well as usual, I fell back to sleep and it continued. I remember thinking to myself there are so many choices I can choose from. 


Unchained Melody
Dancing Barefoot
Dreaming with tears in my Eyes
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
With Or Without You
If You Wear That Velvet Dress
Love is Blindness
All I Want Is You

Stay

Kite

In a little while
Moment of Surrender

I just think it's kind of funny that I've been dreaming about something that's not happening for quite some time. I tend to giggle when I think about it. Do you have any songs that you hold near and dear to your heart that sometimes you have crazy dreams about? I'd like to know so I won't be the only crazy one out there. And by the way it doesn't have to be a U2 song..... Well it should be.... I'm just saying!

41 days.... 20 years..... A daily reminder

She came in his room and viewed his frail body
Then sat next to his hospital bed

She took his hand and held it tight
And prayed he had the strength to fight

She sat next to him quiet, but sad
A mother and her struggling son

He sensed the tears she tried to hide
She looked at him and then she cried

Jonathan, Jonathan please don't go
Don't leave us here all alone
I'll miss you when you go away

We still need you here, you have to get better
Son if you leave us now you are going to a better place
We need you here, even though He might want you with Him
I will always be inside your heart.

(written back in College)

date unknown

Matthew 5:44

That Guy

He scoped out the market

All the women and kids

With so many distractions

Nobody noticed him

Nobody noticed him

He had a jacket a size too big

A skullcap on his head

And a couple of homemade bombs

He duct taped them to his chest

He taped them to his chest

God loves that guy

God loves that guy

He followed his heart

To a co-worker’s bed

He could have salvaged his marriage with kids

But he chose to leave instead

He chose to leave

He thought it was love

But it was just a mirage

So he sits in his idling car

Parked in a closed garage

Inside a closed garage

God loves that guy

God loves that guy

Me on the other hand I can write somebody off

Like the last check for a student loan

I can love when it’s convenient

But it’s not always convenient

It’s not always the easy road

I want to look past the outside to the well-meaning heart
To the good they forgot that they had
Teach me to love, teach me to love
Teach me to love like that

He messed up again
Wanted to disappear
But he can’t ‘cause he’s easy to find
I see him in the mirror
I see him in the mirror

God loves that guy
God loves that guy
Teach me to love, teach me to love
Teach me to love like that
Love like that

Hey Cutie........ You Brighten My Day :)

I'll give you a few years

to figure it out...

I love You!

Uncle Johnny

Rejuvenation

Life has been better these days.

The last month has been a lot of fun.

Life is what you make of it,

I feel I'm doing my best to 

be happy with the cards that

are dealt to me.

Now if only my allergies 

would go away.

Journal of Two Superfans

This Guy......

ya this guy 

decided to travel down to Anaheim 

on Thursday night for a mini Vaca.....

We're talking bout fly by the seat of

our pants trip leaving Walnut Creek at 3:30 in 

the p.m. and arriving in SoCal at 11:00 at night.

Some of you may remember the crazy trip down to AZ that

my sister Susannah, my brother Aaron and I took in 09.

 (detailed here http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2009/11/u2.html)

Well I thought that was a crazy trip.

This one might might label us  Legit U2 Superfans.

*For details please read on*

 We decided to check in with the U2

government the night before at 11:00 pm while adding our name on the daunting,unofficial U2 list of G/A crazies. As we checked in we found out that 202 people had checked in before us?!? People we are talking about 18 hours before the show actually starts.

Crazy!

This began the long wait from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm when

they decided to let us enter the field level,vying for position 

in and around the stage.As much as the show has become a massive

production with an enormous Claw structure and HD video screens

I have really only been a Fanatic for one position. 

Left Side.

Front Row.

5 Feet from The Edge.

I enjoy with my entire heart being able to share

the feeling of the back support of *front row metal* as we

rest our tired backs against it.

Once rested for that two hours before and after

Lenny Kravitz it was time to welcome the boys back

to the stage! 

Bono

 Edge

 Adam

The feeling that these guys exude is electric.

The venue was alive.

70,000 people on their feet singing 

along to almost every word.

Bono is such a showman.

A Rock Star through and through.

He knows how to get the fans going

yet underneath the rose colored glasses

he has a message to each and every fan that

comes to a show.

Edge on the other hand 

is the humble surgeon.

Creating amazing sounds with each and every note bringing the fans to their feet at each song. I've never been to a U2 concert when I've sat down. The sound is addictive. Aaron and I have been right in front of him enough times to know that this is the best spot in the entire stadium during the concert. Friday night was a great night. Why??? for many reasons. I could spend time with my wonderful brother for almost 36 hours. I felt that we needed some time to catch up from the missed time away. Both with the band and with each other.

At the end
of the night Aaron and I walked away with 

another *setlist, 2 yes 2 picks from Edge (via Dallas Schoo, Edge's guitar tech) and a great memory of another successful concert listening to our favorite band.

 Great Memories never to be forgotten.

Smiles always tell the truth.