You know it's going to be a strange day when...
1.) I need to stop dreaming about being a Beatles groupie in the '60s. While the threesomes with John and Paul are quite wonderful, it's starting to affect my daily living when I see photos of the band, and I start feeling really warm and gooey inside; at my age, I'm not sure if this is just the remainders of crushes I had when I was little or if it's a precursor to menopause.
2.) Also, so we were visiting family over the weekend (fun fun FUN conversations with my dad about the likelihood of Paul and John being SUPAH SEKRIT LOVAHZ; he thought they might be too, given the era), and this song pops up on Sirius Alternative Nation by a band called The Wombats. Good God, I am in love with it after I hear it a few times (because you know radio -- songs get repeated every few hours), and it comes as no surprise really when I discover that the band is from Liverpool with the whole lot of them coming from Paul's Institute for the Arts school. Listening to the album, you can easily point out different influences. Yay for Joy Division reference, too.
3.) And so, something a tad creepy happens (as it always does with me). I'm going through various old stories and run across one about some John Lennon lookalike kid in Liverpool finding out he really is the reincarnation of John. The kid's name is Marcus, he plays and sings like John, and he can't quite figure out why he adores Paul so much even though he isn't that big of a Beatles fan. Great story, but in any case, I come across a picture of the Wombat band members and am kind of shocked to see how much one of them looks like John. So he's a drummer, but the kicker is that the guy's middle name is Marcus. Jesus Christ. And that is enough creepiness for me today.
4.) The kids went back to school yesterday, so I finally have some time to sit and type again. I'm busy trying to remember what I'd written, and so far, I've gotten down most of what I'd had (with a few revisions, of course) for the next chapter of SWOE.
5.) I know it's a few days late now, but I never got a chance to say it yet -- Happy Birthday, Blondie!
6.) Kagome's first name probably should have been Helga instead. While she may be sweet and thoughtful (sometimes) like her anime counterpart, she spends more time acting like, well, you know. Her favorite thing at the moment is the word hell as in, "What the hell, Mom?" or "What the hell are you doing, guys?" Seriously, I hear this every day. That, and she called one of the parakeets "Fuckface" yesterday (hey now, I didn't teach her that one). Very clever independent little cuss for only four.
7.) I wish we could get insurance here. I'm kind of weak and tired all of the time right now, but I can't do a damn thing about it. Just have to work through it.
8.) I also found out over the weekend that my asshole uncle has taken over everything to do with my grandpa. He won't let the doctors tell my grandpa that he's going to die soon, and he also won't let anyone tell Grandpa that his house has been sold. Fucking dammit. Stupid fat bastard.
2.) Also, so we were visiting family over the weekend (fun fun FUN conversations with my dad about the likelihood of Paul and John being SUPAH SEKRIT LOVAHZ; he thought they might be too, given the era), and this song pops up on Sirius Alternative Nation by a band called The Wombats. Good God, I am in love with it after I hear it a few times (because you know radio -- songs get repeated every few hours), and it comes as no surprise really when I discover that the band is from Liverpool with the whole lot of them coming from Paul's Institute for the Arts school. Listening to the album, you can easily point out different influences. Yay for Joy Division reference, too.
3.) And so, something a tad creepy happens (as it always does with me). I'm going through various old stories and run across one about some John Lennon lookalike kid in Liverpool finding out he really is the reincarnation of John. The kid's name is Marcus, he plays and sings like John, and he can't quite figure out why he adores Paul so much even though he isn't that big of a Beatles fan. Great story, but in any case, I come across a picture of the Wombat band members and am kind of shocked to see how much one of them looks like John. So he's a drummer, but the kicker is that the guy's middle name is Marcus. Jesus Christ. And that is enough creepiness for me today.
4.) The kids went back to school yesterday, so I finally have some time to sit and type again. I'm busy trying to remember what I'd written, and so far, I've gotten down most of what I'd had (with a few revisions, of course) for the next chapter of SWOE.
5.) I know it's a few days late now, but I never got a chance to say it yet -- Happy Birthday, Blondie!
6.) Kagome's first name probably should have been Helga instead. While she may be sweet and thoughtful (sometimes) like her anime counterpart, she spends more time acting like, well, you know. Her favorite thing at the moment is the word hell as in, "What the hell, Mom?" or "What the hell are you doing, guys?" Seriously, I hear this every day. That, and she called one of the parakeets "Fuckface" yesterday (hey now, I didn't teach her that one). Very clever independent little cuss for only four.
7.) I wish we could get insurance here. I'm kind of weak and tired all of the time right now, but I can't do a damn thing about it. Just have to work through it.
8.) I also found out over the weekend that my asshole uncle has taken over everything to do with my grandpa. He won't let the doctors tell my grandpa that he's going to die soon, and he also won't let anyone tell Grandpa that his house has been sold. Fucking dammit. Stupid fat bastard.