Last night, I saw a movie that I had not seen for a very, very long time. It is one of my ultimate favorites. Although, I was still a young kiddo in the 80s, I remember my aunts listening to a few of the tunes. I remember them wearing the big puffy hair....yeah, the one that is to blame for the developing hole in our ozone layer. You know the hair, the one that was about 10 inches tall at the front and was kept in that form with half bottle of hair spray. Oh, those were the days when I was free, young, and stupid, hahahahaha...wait, I am still one of them...and I am not telling which one....
Anyways, the movie has a song that always makes me laugh when I hear it....and it goes something like this...."somebody kill me please, put a bullet in my head, I want to dieeeee". Anyways, the song is pathetic to say the least, but it makes me want to sit through the entire movie just to hear it. Do you know the title of the song...well, I guess I should tell you the name of the movie...duh! Ok, the Movie is The Wedding Singer. The song is sang by Adam Sandler in the middle of the movie.
I guess I am in a melancholic mood and I am remembering all types of things from my childhood/youth. Many of them are connected to music, awhile ago, Kim, aka ChefMessy tagged me with a music meme and although I wanted to get it done right away, I knew that it was something that I had to take some time and think about...first cuz my little brain never remembers names of musicians...hahahaha, and second because thinking and sharing some of these brings some memories that are sometimes best left alone...unless I have some kleenex handy.
The Music Meme went something like this...
List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now.
The music I listened to is influenced by many of my life happenings, I don't have a reason for many of them, they just remind me of periods of time in my young and silly life.
1. Take on Me by A-ha: It reminds me of afternoons spent with Mom. She married young and she loved this type of music. A baby of the 1960s, she was barely in her 20s when I was a youngster. She would blast this song and just dance in the little 1 bedroom apartment/house we had in Morelia, Mexico. I remember her grabbing me by my hands and just twirling me around. When the song was over, she would just drop me on the bed and laugh with me.
Yes, this song is in my Napster library and I listen to it almost everyday.
2. Hoy me Ire de Casa by Gloria Trevi: Granted the song is in Spanish and I know many of you don't understand this song, but the title translation goes something like this: Today, I will run away from home. Why this song...well, I ran away from home when I was a kid. No, I didn't go to the neighbors house, or to a friend's house. I was rebellious and I wanted people to listen to me and to understand me...by the age of 15, I had run away from home 3 times already. This song fits me and it is one of those songs that I blast the speakers to when I am mad.
3. Think of Me from the Phantom of the Opera: My darling husband sings me this song all the time. He sung it to me when we were only friends and he has never stopped singing it to me. It is in essense my song.
4. I Don't Care by Ricky Martin The instruments version: It just makes me want to dance.
5. Into the Rush by Aly & AJ: My children *love* this song. Everytime it comes on the radio or on tv, they both start dancing. I try to make time to dance with them and build memories like my Mom did with me.
6. Hysteria by Deff Leppard: Just because is a good song to listen to...and I guess I am just addicted to their music as I can hear it anytime of the day.
7. Somebody Kill Me by Adam Sandler.....cuz it makes me laugh...so pathetic it is!!!!
About the picture...it is there serving double duty...to distract you from my lack of knitting content, and second to fufill the Project Spectrum....no instructions for them....just thought I would share on what I knitted last night while watching The Wedding Singer. If you happen to have this movie and you no longer want it, drop me a note, I will take it off your hands :)
Some of you asked me about the socks on yesterday's post--the picture is just a little peek to one of the projects I have been working for the "big project"....shhhh, it's a secret, don't tell anyone you saw the picture.
looking-speciment"...well, my darlin' hubby informed me today (after hearing me nag about the "ugly" plant with the huge buds that don't flower) that the interesting-specimen actually doesn't give flowers. The buds are not buds for flowers, they are the flowers...hmmm. Apparently, the specimen is called a "CatTail." I don't know where it got its name as it doesn't look like any cattail I have ever seen...I don't know. I don't think it is a cattail...at least it doesn't look like the cattails pictured all over google. Whatever it is, I will keep an eye on it...cattail, dogtail, fishtail, whatever it is, we will wait and see...patiently....sighh.
