Thursday, July 24, 2008

Catjia's summer soundtrack 08

What's up Clockers? before i get into the where I have been I just wanted to spread the news about a few rounds "on the clock". I have to say that the Coldplay "Viva La Viva" has been getting me through some pretty heartfelt times lately. To top my little soundtrack is the Airborne Toxi Event- I basically want to be the herione in the lyrics. A few songs even if just one line or two have really had impact (even though not so new)- So i want to know what' would the soundtrack to your Summer 08 be, be honest with yourself when is the last time you actually listened to lyrics of a song without being distracted? Here's mine:

the Airborne Toxic Event- Sometime Around Midnight (she is going to crush you in 2)
Carolina Liar-I'm not over
MGMT-Time to pretend
Coldplay-Lost
Jack's Mannequin-the Resolution (living in the moment frozen in time)
Modest Mouse- We Have Got Everything
Tickle Me Pink-Typical
I have to pause and give this group HUGE props,
tHE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT-SOMETIME AROUND MIDNIGHT this isnt the last time you will hear me mention this group, I like the way "tate" get's into my head and under my skin.

Low vs. Diamond
-Heart Attack
the Bravery-time just won't let me go (im so homesick for someone I never knew, for some place I'll never be)
the Bravery-Better Late than Never

the Duke Spririt-"the Step and the Walk"


and just in case....
Hope everyone has been weathering the weight of the world on your shoulder's? I know exactly what that's like...I have been carrying a shitload of baggage since PTC V3 "Property" hit shelves, dualing careers, family & more family matters, boyfriend.
Almost immediately 3 weeks to the day layoffs began at MS, due to the subprime markets & mortgage crisis literally razoring the trading floor. Pretty much paralyzed, definately curbing my ambitions, taking the phone off the hook and disappear for a while was the only thing that could possibly get me through from one day to the next. Resentful, burned out, stripped of all sensibility I had all but given up. With the pressures of 4Q layoffs Series 7 & 63 ahead im pretty much on track to be committed any day now. Family, my brother died right on the heels of the Festivus For the Rest Of Us Tour remember in December 2007 and well lets just say that the rest up until this point is really to personal to post at least for now. I feel like a turtle peeking its head out of its shell to make sure its ok to come out and start punching the clock again. So what music got me through all of it, well its always best to start at beginning, your very first inspiration do you remember that first spark? I do. But, ah I think i'll save that for another day. So while I am at the beginning of a new chapter, a new channel and rewiring the clock in the next few months these tracks or artist have begun to resonate with me. It is usually just a line or two, but enough to motivate me to come back & start to join where I left off.....
XO everyone!

Monday, July 21, 2008

Just a thought....

A note from Rock the Vote



We vote to affect change at home, but we also vote to affect change abroad. And beyond Election Day in November, it’s important that we raise our voices.

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/site/lookup.asp?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=4325261

We are all aware of the U.S’s troubling dependence on oil. We’re not alone.

As many of you already know, in Sudan, oil is literally a matter of life and death.

Ninety percent of Sudan's export income comes from the oil industry. Most of that money funds military spending that has fueled five long years of suffering in Darfur. You can help stop the Darfur crisis.

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/site/lookup.asp?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=4325261

Young people are calling on large American corporations to think twice about the impacts of their investments, and some key investors with ties to Sudan have already begun to listen. Thanks to Amnesty International activists, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and a few other firms are waking up to the calls for corporate social responsibility in Sudan.. But some big businesses still need convincing. Tell top U.S. investment firms that socially responsible investment in Sudan is important to you.

The most powerful investors in the world can choose to tolerate widespread murder, torture, rape and forced displacement, or they help end the human rights catastrophe in Darfur.

Join Rock the Vote and Amnesty International in supporting a socially responsible solution to help end the crisis in Darfur.

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/site/lookup.asp?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=4325261

Sincerely,




Heather Smith




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