in the beautiful tomorrow

heard beth rowley for the first time tonight on hit & miss. never heard of beth rowley or ben castle before. loved it.

a lenten theme song: 'dead & gone'

i keep hearing 'dead & gone' by t.i. & justin timberlake on the radio. it is officially my lenten theme song for 2009:

Ohh, I've been traveling on this road too long
Just trying to find my way back home
The old me is dead and gone
dead and gone

i don't really care too much for christian music. i tend to not really care for the music itself and alot of the lyrics seem to, in some way, have already arrived...

i definitely feel like my christianity is still seeking.
yet even now, i am so different from who i used to be...

I turn my head to the east
I don't see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the west
Still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the north,
swallow that pill
that they call pride
The old me is dead and gone,
The new me will be alright

wrigley's drops chris brown

apparently, wrigley's wasted no time in "suspending" chris brown's ad campaign for doublemint.

rihanna & chris brown

chris brown has "allegedly" assaulted rihanna to the point she has visible wounds. from all reports, it seems unclear what happened. what is equally disturbing is the notion that she could have somehow provoked him to the point that she "deserved" it. there is absolutely no excuse for domestic violence. none. men should not hit women, period. and vice versa.

i surely hope that they are both ok.
and that our culture can evolve to the point where our conversations about such an incident don't begin with:

"what'd she do?"

i'm up on duffy

ok. so i saw duffy on snl a couple weeks ago. back when i was watching it regularly to catch the tina fey/sarah palin skits. hot. i love her music. another one of her songs came up on last.fm for me today. check out the video.

alicia keys separates from phillip morris

alicia keys separates from phillip morris who was promoting her concert in jakarta.
it's great to see a celebrity take a stand even if it hits them in the pocket.

for my valentine

when the sun shines, we'll shine together

a bit of rihanna to get us going..

When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end

Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella