In the spirit of May Day celebrations

Here are the lyrics to the famous flower duet, both in French and in English.  Perhaps in a more creative burst, I should put the lyrics in something more creative and beautiful, but hey, at least this is a start.

The Flower Duet
from the opera of Lakmé

Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
A la rose s'assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs riant au matin

Doucement glissons De son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l'onde frémissante
D'une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord,
Où la source dort et
L'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.

Sous le dôme épais ou le blanc jasmin,
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!

Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
A la rose s'assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs riant au matin
Viens, descendons ensemble

Doucement glissons de son flot charmant,
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l'onde frémissante
D'une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord
Où la source dort et
L'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.

Sous le dôme épais ou le blanc jasmin,
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!

Translation

Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning

Gently floating on it's charming risings
On the river's current
On the shining waves
One hand reaches
Reaches for the bank
Where the spring sleeps and
The birds, the birds sing.

Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!

Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Let us descend together
Gently floating on it's charming risings,
On the river's current
On the shining waves,
One hand reaches,
Reaches for the bank,
Where the spring sleeps,
And the birds, the birds sing.

Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!
I grabbed them from the Lyrics Depot, so I apologize in advance if it's not 100% accurate.

May 1st - May I's

Seems like so many use Tuesdays as TMI day, so it got me thinking about the rest of the week.  I think it would be nice to dedicate each day of the week to an idea or theme.  At least that would be something for me to shoot for, so here's my idea so far.

MONDAY - movies and music day
TUESDAY - tmi day
WEDNESDAY - weepy day
THURSDAY - thankful day
FRIDAY - fun day
SATURDAY – spaghettios dude day
SUNDAY - sony day

MONDAYS - would be a day to share moves or music that I find interesting or has grabbed my attention from another blogger.  I thought of something else that started with M but slipped my mind for now.

TUESDAYS - could still be tmi day, but I don't necessarily think that means having to talk about just gross or conventionally inappropriate topics.  To me, tmi can simply mean topics that the normal person would probably could care less about hearing, but I'm going to share anyway.

WEDNESDAYS - would be a day for weepy, witchy or wenchy thoughts.  Doesn't mean I won't be snarky the rest of the week, but since I don't want this blog or tumblr to be all about 'poor me', perhaps dedicating one day a week to purge my demons will suffice.

THURSDAYS - would be a great day to follow weepy day, since it can be the day I can talk about things I am thankful for, and/or thank the people that follow or like what I'm doing.

FRIDAYS - is perfect for fun or funny day.  Stuff to make us laugh or enjoy.  Nuff said.

SATURDAYS - could be for Meatball Man to have his say.  Not sure where this will take me each week, but I'd be interested to see what happens!

SUNDAYS - would be Sony Day, otherwise known as the day that I share a snapshot or two from my Sony Digital Camera.

Who knows if this will evolve as I continue to blog and tumblr, but I'm looking forward to seeing how well I meet this new challenge that I've set before myself.

TVVT

Maybe sometimes moms do know best?

So I had my birthday a few weeks ago.

It's not always easy to get older.  Actually, is it ever easy?

Anyway, been really trying to figure out what I want to do with my life.  There are so many things that I love and want to do, but will they be the right path?

My mom sent me this card and I have to say, it really hit home with me.  I have been wanting to start up a blog for a long time but I keep editing myself... even before I set up an account!  But now, maybe with this card to remind me, I can allow myself to start being more expressive again.

Perhaps this card will speak to some of you too.

P.S. I chose to use the original pictures of the card because I thought it might mean more than just typing out what the card said.  For copyright issues, however, I wanted to mention this is an expressions from Hallmark.  No other credit was given.  Hope that keeps me from being sued.