Best Thing Ever?

Just when you think it can't get any more amazing, about three minutes in, it transcends to a level of amazing so amazing there are no words to describe how amazing it is.

In Lieu of a Sunday Poem

Here are the lyrics to "Total Eclipse of the Heart"*

Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
and you're never coming around

Every now and then
I get a little bit tired
of listening to the sound of my tears

Every now and then
I get a little bit nervous
that the best of all the years have gone by

Every now and then
I get a little bit terrified
and then I see the look in your eyes

Every now and then I fall apart
Every now and then I fall apart

Every now and then I get a little bit restless
and I dream of something wild

Every now and then I get a little bit helpless
and I'm lying like a child in your arms

Every now and then I get a little bit angry
and I know I have to get out and cry

Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
but then I see the look in your eyes

Every now and then I fall apart
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever

And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line

Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

Every now and then I know
You'll never be the boy you always you wanted to be
Every now and then I know
You'll always be the only boy who wanted me the way that I am

Every now and then I know
There's no one in the universe as magical and wonderous as you
Every now and then I know
There's nothing any better and there's nothing I just wouldn't do

Every now and then I fall apart
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever

And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line

Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can say
Total eclipse of the heart

*Why? Because tonight while doing karaoke I realized; not only are these lyrics ridiculous to the point of being sublime, but I'm pretty sure Twilight is actually based on this song.

Which I guess could explain the Hair Issues I was discussing the other day, because Seriously:

Some Randomness

We used to have one of those cheap plastic piano-rugs when I was a kid, and I could totally play the first dozen notes of Fur Elise on it, but then ran out of keys. If I were ever rich enough to be utterly ridiculous, instead of a bowling alley in my basement I would have one of these, with a full-sized pianosworth of keys.

(the "pianosworth" is a fabulous new unit of measurement I just made up, and might also double as my butler's name. Should I ever be rich enough to be totally ridiculous).

Also, enjoy some bug porn.



Finally, while browsing e-cards for various neglected friends and family members I came across this:


Which is totally true, as I dislike both Dan Brown and Tom Hanks with a pair of fiery passions, but also amuses me because I rather enjoy movies that rely heavily on the occultish aspects of Catholicism for eerie atmosphere. I was never more proud of my Catholic heritage in my goth days (though back then I was officially a pentagram-wearing pseudo-pagan). In grad school, I wrote many a paper on anti-papist plays and pamphlets of the 16th and 17th centuries. Basically, on the list of things I'll pay to see in a movie "Catholic-themed creepiness" comes just after "Edwardian costumes" and before "people trapped on a spaceship with mysterious evil."

I should actually make that list someday. Number one is definately "dinosaurs." But is number two "adaptations of Shakespeare" or "immaculately stylized quirkiness"?

Food for thought.

Monthly Mix

"It's alright, if you like Easter Parades..."

Happy Easter!


Other than this song, I think the songs with/about Judy Garland are way lamer than the Anne Miller songs... "It Only Happens When I Dance With You"! That red dress beats the pants off Judy Garland dressed like a cute hobo.

And here I am in my Easter bonnet...

Monthly Mix (from last month)

I'm going to try to post a new 8tracks mix every month (It'll be like the world's most infrequent podcast). Here's the one I made last month, along with some random bitching.

Songs to pretend you’re sitting on a beach on a warm summer’s night.



By the by, I’m sitting here watching The X-Files, and there was just a preview for some iteration of Stargate that featured the most fakest looking explosion in the history of television.

This coming from a veteran watcher of B-grade science fiction. Seriously. It’s one thing to pull those kind of shennanigans mid-episode, when the suspension of disbelief is in full swing, but in the preview? Come now.

And speaking of SciFi, I’m miffed about the channel’s change of spelling (to SyFy), not just because it’s idiotic, but because they seemed to have changed it in part to attract the lady-viewers, who I guess totally hate science fiction. But are super into nonsensical homophones.