Feelin' Like a Criminal

Fiona Apple's "Criminal" is one of the best songs ever recorded, with some damn cool lyrics...

I've been a bad, bad girl
I've been careless
With a delicate man
And it's a sad, sad world
When a girl will break a boy
Just because she can...

Ohhhhhhhh help me 
but don't tell me to deny it
I've done wrong 
and I've got to suffer for my sins okay, I got a little carried away there, but yeah.


My favorite item on social media this week:

Ha! SO true. All the sociopolitical arguing on social media is driving me to drink lately.

I was hanging out with our office manager in the reception area yesterday afternoon, watching our office building neighbors bring in loads of beer and liquor. Those guys are always bringing in alcohol.

I wonder if they're hiring.


Saturday 9: Perfect Storm (2014)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This song is about "the thrill of a lifetime" kind of love. Do you believe we each get one great love? Or do you think it's possible to fall in love more than once?
Of course people can fall in love several times. One "great love" is the goal and probably the case for most. People who lose a spouse do seem to be able to find a new love, if they're open to it. So for some, I think there can be more than one great love.

2) Brad Paisley endured his own "perfect storm" in 2010, when he lost his guitars in the massive flood that hit Nashville. Tell us about a time when you had to clean up after Mother Nature. 
The flood from Tropical Storm Claudette in Houston in 1979. It took about a year to get the house back to normal, after drying out the walls, new flooring, furniture, etc.

3) He is married to actress Kimberly Williams, who played Steve Martin's daughter in the Father of the Bride movies. He has admitted he was a little in love with her before he met because he'd seen her on screen. Do you have a crush on anyone right now? 
Bradley Cooper is probably my current celeb crush.

4) He's a passionate Cleveland Browns fan. Are you following the NFL this season?
Nope. But I do happen to be aware that Manziel is the starting QB for the Browns for the remainder of the season.

5) Brad has developed his own line of western wear for Boot Barn, including some pricey items. (A "Perfect Storm" felt hat goes for $230.) What's the most expensive item you've added to your wardrobe recently?
$60 pants. Wooo, baby!

6) "Paisley" is also a term for a popular print. Are you wearing a print or solid right now?
I am wearing solid maroon. GIG EM!

7) Crazy Sam is not a big country fan, but she can sing along with this song because it played so very often at a bar she frequents. What's the last song you sang?
 "Criminal" in the car.

8) Though Brad Paisley has recorded songs about drinking, he never touches alcohol. His favorite beverage is Yoohoo, a chocolate beverage bottled by the Dr. Pepper/Snapple Company. What's the last beverage you drank directly from the bottle?
Sprite Zero on the way to Dallas with Beth and Leslie.

9) Random question from a Sat9er: What's your favorite handmade item?
any kind of art