Sunday, October 9, 2005

   Random Thoughts

Today's subject: Music. Currently Listening: The Mayor of Simpleton by XTC Never been near a university, Never took a paper or a learned degree, And some of your friends think that’s stupid of me, But it’s nothing that I care about. Well I don’t know how to tell the weight of the sun, And of mathematics well I want none, And I may be the mayor of simpleton, But I know one thing, And that’s I love you. When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done, You’ll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton. I can’t have been there when brains were handed round (please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton), Or get past the cover of your books profound, (please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton), And some of your friends thinks it’s really unsound, That you’re ever seen talking to me. Well I don’t know how to write a big hit song, And all crossword puzzles well I just shun, And I may be the mayor of simpleton, But I know one thing, And that’s I love you. I’m not proud of the fact that I never learned much, Just feel I should say, What you get is all real, I can’t put on an act, It takes brains to do that anyway. (and anyway...) And I can’t unravel riddles, problems and puns, How the home computer has me on the run, And I may be the mayor of simpleton, But I know one thing, And that’s I love you (I love you). If depth of feeling is a currency, (please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton), Then I’m the man who grew the money tree, (no chain of office and no hope of getting one). Some of your friends are too brainy to see, That they’re paupers and that’s how they’ll stay. Well I don’t know how many pounds make up a ton, Of all the nobel prizes that I’ve never won, And I may be the mayor of simpleton, But I know one thing, And that’s I love you. When all logic grows cold and all thinking gets done, You’ll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton. You’ll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton. You’ll be warm in the arms of the mayor. (please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton.) Music has always been a major part of my life. I have loved music for as long as I can remember. I am really not tied down to one genre of music. If it is good, if it speaks to me, if I can connect to it...I will love it. I have some songs that are very special to me. Some are tied with a special person or an important event in my life, some good and some bad but all have meaning to me. I have been sitting here listing to iTunes and thinking about why it is that I love the songs that I love. The song I am listening to right now for example, The Mayor of Simpleton. I love this song since it is very witty and at it's heart, very honest and sweet. That hooked me. Sometimes it may just be a verse or even a single line in a song that means something to me which makes me love a song. An example of this would be "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago. This song was dedicated to me after a fight with a close friend. "After all that we've been through, I will make it up to you. I promise to. And after all that's been said and done, You're just the part of me I can't let go." We made up but it's very bittersweet for me since he passed away in a car accident a couple of years ago. He really is a part of me that I can't let go. Whenever I hear this song I think of him and he lives on in my heart. Good times, bad times...music can pull us back to a special time and remind us of people and events. I really love that music has that ability. I start listening to a song and it makes me think back to those times. Music means so many things to so many people. How many times have you heard a song and thought, "Hey! That is exactly how I feel!" I love it. A song can express exactly how you feel in a way, with a passion, that many times I find I can do myself. Truly music is a gift from God. "When everything is made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am." Goo Goo Dolls: "Iris" One last random thought related to music. My ringtone is "Ana Ng" by They Might Be Giants. One of my favorite songs. So much so that I named my Siamese cat Ana Ng. The song really does fit her well: "And her voice is a backwards record. It's like a whirlpool and it never ends." If you have heard a Siamese cat "talk" you know what I am talking about.They don't meow, they screech and scream. At times it really does sound like a backwards record. Another part of the song that fits her personality is: "I don't want the world, I just want your half". The world really does turn for her and this just seems like something she would feel. Comments on Comments Petie: Friends on the internet are one of the joys of the internet. They off set the flamers/trollers/baiters/jerks on the net. The support of friends really helps keep me going when dealing with message board moderating. I am sure you know what I mean. ::huggles:: CoLoR Me EviL: Another coffee lover, rock on. Coffee really is pure happiness. Pure happiness. TheMouse: It's going to be great to see you again. It really has been far too long since you have been over here in Washington state. It's going to be so much fun. MangoChan: I totally understand how it is hard to stay positive when one bad thing happens after another. Just remember that all this shall pass. Time really is your friend. You just need to keep moving forward and do your best. Eventually things will get better and it will all be worth the struggle you went though to get there. dposse: ::huggles back:: error: WooooooooHoooooooo! sailor firestar: Don't worry, you are not alone, there are many who haven't converted to the "Dark Side" of coffee-dom. One day, one day my dear...you shall fall victim to it's wicked ways and become a coffee addict like me. Oh yes, one day.... spirit gun2: It would be wonderful to meet someday. Someday I would like to do some traveling around the world, attend a bunch of different anime conventions and meet up with the friends I have made on line. It would be such fun to spend time with anime fans in an anime convention. It truly would be heavenly. Aaryanna: Little dogs are so very deceiving. You don't think they could make a big stink but they can. It is amazing something so small can be so deadly. LOL MiasmaMoon: Yes, you need to come over and eat olive loaf with me. We can spend time with my stinky bottomed dog. Hey, TheMouse is going to be here at the end of the month to hang out with my stinky dog. I think he should tell us all about how my dog took him for a walk the last time he was here. LOL

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