I am so very pleased that Bones tonight featured Over The Rhine -- I saw on Rosie Thomas' site that Gray's Anatomy used one of her songs a while ago, and I remember hearing Over the Rhine in something else recently -- maybe House? There's been lots of really great music in TV and movies these days.. perhaps because of shows like Buffy and even Ally McBeal that showed that a good music presence enhances anything else the show may offer and increases loyalty among the viewing audience.

In other news, I joined the Navy to increase my responsibility and my leadership and my experience of adulthood.. and yet.. and yet.

Several years ago, when I was without a job again and behind on rent and had no health insurance but needed medical care... I had this feeling a few times that I wanted to be a little girl curled up on my daddy's lap, like in this one picture I have of me in my PJs when I was maybe 5 years old and I'm sleeping on my dad's lap on the couch in the Massachusettes house and he's asleep, too, and it's so peaceful looking. And I just wanted that feeling again, like everything would be taken care of for me and I could just rest. And of course, it's part of growing up when you get over that feeling and maybe eventually even provide it for your own children..