Things, issues, and stuff like that

Thinking and thinking and thinking...
Right now I can hear The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack coming from my brother's room... such cool music! It makes me want to see the musical real bad.
That takes me back to a time where I thought musicals were stupid. It was the musical "Oliver" that really did it for me... So stupid. I had to put up with that in 8th grade. The next year I would be forced into "bootcamp" in my Honor's LA class by reading that book... argh, to this day there's only one thing relating to Oliver Twist that I can stand, and that's Oliver and Company. It's the cute little kitten!!! And that song... "Why should I worry? Why should I car-a-a-are..." But then later that summer I saw my cousin in a production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." Well stone the crows! That sure won me over! From then on, musicals were cool! I long for those days now... that school year and that summer had to be of the best in my life. So then later I got introduced to various other musicals, including the Sound of Music, which was very cool! A bit cheesy at some points, but it still is one of my favorites. That was the day Michelle, Sarah, Deanna and I kidnapped Candice for her birthday! We pounced on her from behind, wrapped her up in masking tape and bandanas, and attempted to carry her from her house to her car... dropping her several times along the way! Poor girl... we also never failed to take pictures during the whole process! I feel the urge to laugh out loud as I recall the incident... we were all trying to be as quiet as possible, but I was falling on the ground, dying of suppressed laughter!! What a weird tradition for my friends to kipnap each other on our birthdays... I was "abducted" once to go eat pizza; that was when I got my red feather boa... I oughtta wear that again someday! I remember leaving a trail of feathers in my wake... And now I miss the old days.
Ha ha, now y'all have gotten a taste of what my train of thought is like. When I bring up bits and pieces of it during conversation, it may seem random, but there is really a fairly coherent train of thought behind it. Train of thought... that reminds me of Max, who used to say "My (your) train of thought has crashed." I kinda regret not knowing him more... Oh well. I hope for the best in his experience in New York.
New York... Musicals... ALEEZA!!! I miss that girl... what's sad is that i've known about her since Freshman year, but I just got to know her senior year. She was so cool, and now she's gone... She was smart in LA (I'll never hear the phrase "As it were..." without thinking of her now), she was a nerd with me! (NERD POWER!!! Danielle, Aleeza: we need to start construction on Nerdtopia sometime soon!), she was musical saavy... I wish we could've had more good times. But I hope she's having a fulfilling time in Manhatten... and she'd BETTER see some real broadway musicals for me!
So now I'm listening to Third Eye Blind's first CD... They were pretty cool for a post-grunge rock band. Their music's original, they're TALENTED musicians, they're lyrics are interesting and rather smart (but not necessarily the attitude behind them), and the songs are rather catchy. The last three songs on this album... I always have to hear those ones together. They just seem to go together... and it reminds me of past times... when I was sad... Oh boy. Fun times. Woo-hoo. But they're good songs. I like them. I also think it's funny that whenever I hear a good guitar (that's one way to win me over--play the guitar, and play it good!!), I start strumming along, even though I have hardly any skills in that field. Maybe I watch my guitar-playing brother too much... I wish he would be nicer to me. Oh well.

"I'm on a train, but there's no one at the helm
and there's a demon in my brain that starts to overwhelm..."
~Narcolepsy (Third Eye Blind)

This is not a reflection of how I feel at the moment, but rather a song at the moment. Go look up the lyrics. I imagine what it might feel like to experience what he's describing in this song... and it's scary! I just like that particular line, sometimes it comes in handy for quotations... Hey, now that reminds me of:
"And since I am dead, I can take off my head
to recite Shakespearian quotations!
No animal nor man, can SCREAM like I can
with the fury of my recitations!"
Ah, good stuff.
Alright, enough tangents and seemingly random thoughts. Back to business. Which is... waiting for people to come online to talk to...

Before I go, I feel compelled to explain the title of my blog a bit. It's a song by Semisonic, from their album "Closing Time." It's rather short, it's not the most elaborate song; pretty darn simple, in fact. But for some reason I love it. It's a pretty enough tune, and the lyrics... for some reason remind me of me, in a way. It just means something to me... and it's hard to put it in words, like many things.

Okay, NOW I'll go back to the nerdery with all the other nerds (bonus points for anyone who knows that movie!). We need to start blueprinting Nerdtopia...