Things are getting weird around here

I've been thinking and here's what I've come up with:

1. "I'm not in love" by 10cc was a song waaayy ahead of its time. Three guys on synthesizers? Some lady punching you in the ears whispering "big boys don't cry?" Amazing. Those of you who know me, know that I have been obsessed with this song since my youth, as it appeared on my dad's beloved "mowing tape." Let me back this train up a minute. It's 1992 and I have just gotten my first Sony Sport yellow Walkman (ok, I don't know if it's really 1992, but maybe? probably?) and I need a tape for its maiden voyage. My dad, as a musician, is obvs a music junkie and has a buttload of records/tapes/reel to reel/8 tracks crowding a tiny room in our house. Every so often, he would tap the collection to create a mix tape for various purposes, the best of which was labeled "mowing tape." This particular masterpiece included classics like Ventura Highway, Desperado, Everything I Own, Rocket Man, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Sister Golden Hair, Life in the Fast Lane, Band on the Run, and of course, I'm Not In Love - pretty much a Time Life Middle America Collection of awesome. What makes the whole thing even better is the memory of Dad's mowing regalia. We're talking white shorts, t-shirt, socks with pristine white sneakers accessorized with a red, white and blue head band/wrist band set, accented by a 15 pound walkman, ginormous headphones, chew and a PBR. Point is, I traded in Boyz II Men, Genesis, Paula Abdul, Bryan Adams, Ugly Kid Joe and the like for 10cc and crew. I memorized Ram. I know that David Gates is from Tulsa. I was (am) a weird kid. Sometimes, when I'm not paying attention, I find myself humming, then analyzing the lyrics "I keep your picture upon the wall / It hides a nasty stain that's lyin' there" - what? This is kind of gross. You're not going to win her back that way, buddy.



2. Everyone worth dating is already dating someone and has since at least 2005, maybe even 2004. I don't say this to be mean, it's just fact (hey, I'm in this group too). Back in 2005, I had a boyfriend and didn't know I needed to be looking for a new one. Also, marriage is the new black. I thought the idea was to wait till you've found yourself and shit. How come everyone's scrambling to tie the knot now? Medicine keeps getting better and better. We're going to live for a long time.

3. I want something to make me as happy as this guy! That something just might be the Season 2, Disc 2 of Arrested Development I'm about to watch. Maybe. But probably not. Wait, he might actually be terrified, not happy. Maybe they're the same thing.


4. I keep reading all of these posts about who people'd go gay for. Well, I'll tell you. Tina Fey and Mary Lynn Rajskub.

5. Dresses over jeans make as much sense as Die Hard 4 (Live Free of Die Hard, whatevs).