Cine, I'm in a funk, and I am trying to kick my butt out of it. The weekends are tough for me. W has been gone every weekend for the last month. My friends are all busy, and I feel like a third or fifth wheel when I do hang out with them. I feel about as stable as my PC. The rain isn't helping matters, but I am now ready to don my slicker and go finish weeding the asparagus beds.

The hop shoots taste a bit like nutty asparagus, with a hint of bitterness similar to escarole or other greens. Pretty tasty in an omlette, or with a vinagrette.

I have read enough self help crud to start my head spinning in the other direction for a while.

Thanks for asking...
Here are the lyrics for the song you mentioned:

Christina Aguilera
Beautiful

[Spoken]
Don't look at me

Every day is so wonderful
Then suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the pain, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends, you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone, left the puzzle undone
Is that the way it is

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down
Don't you bring me down today...

No matter what we do
(no matter what we do)
No matter what we say
(no matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune
Full of beautiful mistakes

And everywhere we go
(everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine
(sun will always shine)
And tomorrow we might wake on the other side
All the other times

We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down
Don't you bring me down today

Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today