It Takes Two

The adage featured for today’s FANDANGO’S FEBRUARY EXPRESSIONS is:

Let bygones be bygones

Well…I could hardly ignore this adage, could I! If ever there was proof of the miraculous changes that can happen when two people agree to LET BYGONES BE BYGONES, surely Jack and I can supply it aplenty!

A lot happened in the past. When he made contact with me last September, and then again a couple of days later, we talked about the past. When we met up for the first time in over four years, there was so much in my heart. Four years of hurt!

I will add at this point that some of my friends were aware of the situation pronounced judgement on Jack. I didn’t approve of their verdict. They recommended I cut Jack off, they labelled him as a narcissist or as someone toxic. I am so so so glad that I rejected their well-meaning advice!

When we finally got together, it was apparent that Jack and I both wanted peace. The only way that was possible was us to agree to let go of the past. I think that brought us both relief. It also removed a certain barrier or wall that had gone up between us. When that wall came tumbling down, our remarks towards each other became more and more tender and expressed a fondness.

The rest is history! Perhaps one day, the story of Jack and I will inspire a novel! Maybe we should entitle it “LET BYGONES BE BYGONES”! That was the clincher in recovering our friendship, and a precursor to us ending up in each other’s arms. How romantic hey!

Peace is a wonderful thing, not to be underestimated. As far as it depends on you, seek peace with others, including those who may have let you down. I know there may be some extreme situations that perhaps do not warrant forgiveness, but most grievances are between two parties who have to make a choice to let go of the hurt and build a brighter future together. I can only recommend letting go of the past. It’s wonderful!

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This was my response to today’s FANDANGO’S FEBRUARY EXPRESSIONS:

https://fivedotoh.com/2020/02/09/fandangos-february-expressions-9/

It’s A Love Story

Bee, the creator of The Bee Writes…, is hosting a music festival, which I have to say, is pretty darn tootin cool! Don’t you think! By the looks of things her themes for this month long festival are going to rival Glastonbury!

Today’s theme is:

Country songs about love

Check out Bee’s post below for a list of the themes (a lot of love going on as you can see!) in the post below:

https://thebeewrites.com/2020/01/31/love-is-in-da-blog-2020-a-music-festival-is-back/

I am not very ofay with country music. I may have mentioned that before. But I am told that before she became a pop sensation, a certain popular musician who I featured in my SLS post today, was huge in the country music scene. So, I turned to her early works to find something, and there was a song called Love Story.

I Promise That You’ll Never Find Another Like Me

Jim Adams, aka Newepicauthor, the creator of A Unique Title For Me, is hosting SONG-LYRIC-SUNDAY and this week he has chosen the theme: I/ME/THEM/US/YOU/WE.

The song I have chosen reminded me of a barney Jack and I had last month. It was so silly, and it was my fault. Goldfinch wanted a photo of me in my gorgeous dress. I asked Jack to take one. Jack was more than happy to. He wanted to post a couple of them on his Instagram account. But I didn’t want to see the photos. I have a huge problem with seeing photos of myself. It crushes my confidence. I ended up in a huge sulk. Jack told me I was being daft. I was inconsolable. Jack gave up in the end and went to bed. I felt so foolish.

Jack loves me for being me. He doesn’t understand why I get so upset over seeing photos of myself. It is completely beyond reason. I have this insanely irrational reaction. I just can’t bear seeing myself on screen or in photos. It really upsets me. I don’t have the same reaction with mirrors. Without a camera present, I am full of confidence and joy. But I literally hate what the camera shows. I just crumble into an emotional wreck!

Jack said he loves me and thinks I am gorgeous (he’s a keeper!) and he does not understand my aversion to seeing myself in pictures or videos. Poor Goldfinch had to wait a long time to get a photo of me.

Perhaps this is an overtly obvious choice of song for this week’s theme. Jack tells me it was a big hit last year. I hear it all the time in shopping malls. Not that I am often in shopping malls, but when I am in that kind of environment, there is a lot of Taylor Swift playing on the tannoy system.

I quite like this song. It has a happy quality about it. I like happy music. Not all the time. I’d go bonkers listening to this kind of stuff on a loop. But this video pops cheer and colour and sass. We all need a little of those in our life at times – do we not?

So here you go then, my obvious choice for today’s theme is called “Me!” and is brought to us by Taylor Swift and someone I have not heard of Brendan Urie. Jack knows who he is. Jack is the pop expert.

Jack has a lot of suggestions for today. There must be thousands of songs that will qualify. But only if he comes up with a phenomenal song, will I post one from Jack.

I promise that you’ll never find another like me

I know that I’m a handful baby, uh
I know I never think before I jump
And you’re the kind of guy the ladies want
(And there’s a lot of cool chicks out there)

I know that I went psycho on the phone
I never leave well enough alone
And trouble’s gonna follow where I go
(And there’s a lot of cool chicks out there)

But one of these things is not like the others
Like a rainbow with all of the colors
Baby doll, when it comes to a lover
I promise that you’ll never find another like me-e-e-eh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m the only one of me
Baby, that’s the fun of me-e-eh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You’re the only one of you
Baby, that’s the fun of you

And I promise that nobody’s gonna love you like me-e-e-eh

I know I tend to make it about me
I know you never get just what you see
But I will never bore you, baby
(And there’s a lot of lame guys out there)

And when we had that fight out in the rain
You ran after me and called my name
I never want to see you walk away
(And there’s a lot of lame guys out there)

‘Cause one of these things is not like the others
Living in winter, I am your summer
Baby doll, when it comes to a lover
I promise that you’ll never find another like me-e-e-eh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m the only one of me
Let me keep you company-e-e-eh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You’re the only one of you
Baby, that’s the fun of you

And I promise that nobody’s gonna love you like me-e-e-eh

[Single version:
Hey, kids
Spelling is fun]

Girl, there ain’t no “I” in “team”
But you know there is a “me”
Strike the band up 1, 2, 3
I promise that you’ll never find another like me

Girl, there ain’t no “I” in “team”
But you know there is a “me”
And you can’t spell “awesome” without “me”
I promise that you’ll never find another like me-e-e-eh

Yeah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
(And I won’t stop, baby)
I’m the only one of me
(I’m the only one of me)
Baby, that’s the fun of me-e-e-eh
(Baby, that’s the fun of me)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You’re the only one of you
Baby, that’s the fun of you
And I promise that nobody’s gonna love you like me-e-e-eh

Girl, there ain’t no “I” in “team”
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
But you know there is a “me”
I’m the only one of me
Baby, that’s the fun of me-e-e-eh

Strike the band up 1, 2, 3
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You can’t spell “awesome” without “me”
You’re the only one of you
Baby, that’s the fun of you

And I promise that nobody’s gonna love you like me-e-e-eh

Written By: Taylor Swift, Joel Little and Brendon Urie

Watching And Waiting

The adage featured for today’s FANDANGO’S FEBRUARY EXPRESSIONS is:

A watched pot never boils

This has taken on new meaning for me during the past 28 hours or so. Yesterday a friend helped me to publish my first novel on Amazon. Amazon said it would take up to 72 hours for the Kindle and Paperback editions to be available.

It seemed less than an hour before the Kindle was live. So quick! I was busy doing other things and not watching the pot! However, I realized that the formatting was wrong. I was on the phone to my friend and trying to work out what the problem was. Well…eventually we did figure it out. So, now we have an updated Kindle version up there on Amazon.

The problem now is waiting for the slower process of the paperback being published. I already realized the paperback had the wrong manuscript. But I can’t tweak it until it is live. So, instead I loaded a completely new edition with the correct manuscript. It looks so much better. That will be published within 72 hours.

I am waiting and waiting for Amazon Kindle Publishing to let me amend the original edition that is incorrectly formatted. I keep checking every few minutes and the edit bar is still not available. Ay ay ay!

I am going to try to keep busy so that the time passes more quickly. Because if I keep checking it, this pot is never going to boil!

Whenever Amazon lets me, I will be right here waiting to remove the wrong paperback so the lovely perfect one is the only one up there on Amazon!

Aaaaah sigh! Waiting makes me think of a song…a song that makes me think of Jack who is in the Middle East, and Goldfinch who is in Australia.

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This was my response to today’s FANDANGO’S FEBRUARY EXPRESSIONS:

https://fivedotoh.com/2020/02/08/fandangos-february-expressions-7/