A Sopheava Friday

02 April 2004

I'm a sap tonight. Here is my perfect Friday evening (which by no means of coincidence happens to be tonight!):

A) Come home from work and take a nap
A.1) In a queen size bed
A.2) With a fluffy, soft, squishy, clean, perfectly textured and inviting down comforter
A.3) The bed has four pillows, all for me!
A.4) The sheets and pillowcases are a delectable color scheme of creme and green
B) Get to lay in bed for as long as I want, looking out my window at the gorgeous Minneapolis skyline - it's intoxicating
B.1) Especially at night
C) Loll out of bed and take a shower
C.1) I can't get over the pink shampoo and conditioner I use - I swear to goddess my hair is cleaner and smells nicer because of it; I am Neutrogena's pink-shampoo lovin' slut
C.2) I am also Victoria's Secret's garden collection of scents' slut; tonight's flavor is 'Passionate Kisses'; it's purple
D) Wrap myself in a soft cotton floor length green robe (again, the shade is so gorgeous there are no words)
E) Throw my hair up
F) Light vanilla scented candles, tea lights, nag champa a smidgen, and fire up the blue glitter lava lamp (don't let the picture fool you - my room looks like it's underwater when the light does that thing it does)

And there you have it - all the ingredients to a perfect night in. And NOW for the sappiness - haw haw.

There's a song by Annie Lennox called "A Thousand Beautiful Things" that makes me so happy I want to cry! And I can't stop listening to it. Like, hello, it's amazing!

The lyrics are probably about a man and woman, but to me they're about the light in every person's soul and the universe. Oh my gawd, I'm getting a little verklempt just thinking about it. Here are the lyrics, talk amongst yourselves.


Every day I write the list
Of reasons why I still believe they do exist
(a thousand beautiful things)
And even though it's hard to see
The glass is full and not half empty
(a thousand beautiful things)
So... light me up like the sun
To cool down with your rain
I never want to close my eyes again
Never close my eyes
Never close my eyes

I thank you for the air to breathe
The heart to beat
The eyes to see again
(a thousand beautiful things)
And all the things that's been and done
The battle's won
The good and bad in everyone
(this is mine to remember)
So ...
Here I go again
Singin' by your window
Pickin' up the pieces of what's left to find

The world was meant for you and me
To figure out our destiny
(a thousand beautiful things)
To live
To die
To breathe
To sleep
To try to make your life complete
(yes yes)
So ...
Light me up like the sun
To cool down with your rain
I never want to close my eyes again
Never close my eyes
never close my eyes ...
That is everything I have to say
(that's all I have to say)