if you've been having a blah, lame, or not so good day. . .. perhaps this will lighten your spirit.
i was sent to albuquerque this afternoon to drop off some drawings with another company. i've decided from past experiences that the 2-3 hour drive is too long to rely on local radio stations for aural entertainment. . . so this time, i grabbed my cd player and adapter from my car and set it up in the company truck. (it's a HUGE white dodge) on this particular drive i decided to skim through several mp3 discs that i made a couple of years ago. . . . since i didn't have an mp3 player till now (except for my computer) i never listened to these discs much, and i looked forward to rediscovering the songs i had set aside for myself.
this particular cd had songs from cannibal the musical, the muppet show, fraggle rock, some techno, some weezer, and a few fun surprises from my WAY back childhood. there was this book/tape thing that i had that was a cabbage patch kid musical story. . . there were all the cabbage patch kids, and colonel casey (the cabbage patch kid historian-a stork, if i remember correctly), and the villians lavander mcdade, boe weesel, and cabbage jack (a jack rabbit). each character has very distinct vocal qualities as they sing. . . if you can only imagine it. sadly. . . i knew every song by heart. . . and could sing harmony to several. envision, if you will, me driving in a monsterous white truck singing
cabbages, cabbages, yum, yum, yum. . . cabbages cabbages. . . give me some (cabbage jack's theme), . . .. .everyone needs a lemon in their lemonade, that ME lavander, lavender mcdade (obviously lavander's song). . . . and then there's the harmonious duet between sybil sadie, and rachael marie. . . who are trapped by the three villians in a coal mine in order to bring unhappiness to the cabbage patch, . . . we've got to find a way to get back home. . . this time we're really on our own. . . we've got to get away from cabbage jack, and get back home and then, there'll be laughter in the cabbage patch again . . . .
but i think the clincher may be a brief stop at a stop light. . . a homie in a tricked out red car next to me had some deep bass thumping through the metal skin of his car while i, at the top of my lungs sang out, . . . . JEM. . . jem is excitement. . ooohoh jem, glamour and glitter fashion and fame. . . jem! is truly outrageous truly truly truly outrageous whoa jem!. . . . (changing to snotty skanky voice) we are the misfits, the misfits, our songs are better, we are the misfits, the misfits. . . and we're gonna get her!
now if you remember the cartoon. . . the final pose of jem is with one hand straight up in the air (i think) on the last chord of JEM!. . . yup. . . can you see me doing it? well if you need a little help. . . on tv it looked something like this
and if you really wanna dive into it. . . when jem was herself, and not the rock and roll hologram created by synergy. . . her father's computerized holographic machine, her name was jerrica. . . jerrica. . . erika. . .this is no mere coincidence!. . . .
just kidding. . .
yes.. . . i know. . . a wonderfully proud day for me and those that know me. :)
anyway. . . . thought y'all might enjoy that. . . hope you are well.
"and we'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere . . .and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys."
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