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Thursday, March 27
I've got the "I just bit into the nastiest peach ever" blues.
Blech.
I've got the "I'm tired from being up too late drunkely text messaging" blues.
You'd think, that at 28, I'd have figured this out and taken steps to prevent this.
Irisheyes_1212 - yuck. I friggin' hate when that happens.
I've got the "Got Paid Today And Already Broke" Blues
I've got the "June-uary" blues.
I got the "Weeping Willow Blues",
the "St. Louis Blues", the
"Mean Old Bed Bug Blues",
"So Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer" cause " You Been a Good Ole Wagon but Honey but you just Broke Down.
Elvis is dead but Bessie Smith lives!
I've got the Wife Gone Crazy Blues.
I've got the "lack of queso" blues.
I've got the "friggin' high insurance deductible" blues
I've got the might-have-to-work-at-dunkin'-donuts blues.
I've got the "I now suck at something I used to be good at" blues.
I've also got the "Why can't I find a man who treats me right?" blues.
I've got the can't-find-a-job blues.
I've got the "Almost half of the year is gone and what, exactly, have I accomplished?" blues.
On the other hand, at least I don't have the "my beloved Red Wings lost the Stanley Cup" blues. Au contraire!!!
You know when you're kinda sad and you need some comfort food, like some yummy chocolate to make you feel better, but all you can find are some damn mints? I got those blues.
i've got the baby-sittin' blues... baby, baby. baby-sittin' blues.
ahhh... adventures in babysitting. how i love you.
...lol...june-uary blues...maybe they've passed
i've got the people won't shut up about the weather even though if it was 85-90 degrees they'd complain about how hot it is blues.
i've got the thought i reduced the amount of beef i eat only to realize i eat more pork blues.
i've got the still in love with facebook blues.
i've got the denim blues...they make my ass look great!
I've got the I don't know where this relationship that I care about so much is headed blues.
I've got those "God-why-don't-you-love-me-oh-you-do-I'll-see-you-later" blues.
I've got the mean mistreatin' mama blues.
I've got the "I don't want to be married to him anymore" blues.
And the same "Paycheck just got here, but it's already spent" blues as some others.
And the "I can't get rid of these blues" blues.
I've got the "taking the ex-landlord to small claims court, got me a never-ending headache, getting a ct scan on my head, cant seem to get ahead with the bills" blues
I got the "just got dumped" blues.
freight train
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annie / June 12, 2009 11:02 AM
I've got the Blues blues. In honor of blues fest this weekend. And I've got the June blues. In honor of the worst spring I can remember in a long time.