You're a bit of an eejit, aren't you?

When my dad and I went to see Hawksley Workman, back before Christmas, we decided we needed to plan another show outing right away. So he got us tickets to Oklahoma!, something I figured Stepmommy would enjoy too because we used to sing the songs together (when I lived at home the first time.)


We especially liked...
Poor Jud is dead, a candle lights his head
He's looking oh so purty and serene
He looks like he's asleep
It's a shame that he won't keep
But it's summer and we're running out of ice

____LOVE SONG OF THE DAY____

Gordon MacRae--what a voice.

Don't sigh and gaze at me Your sighs are so like mine
Your eyes mustn't glow like mine People will say we're in love


Top comment for this song, on youtube:
In my courtin' days I used to sing to my pretty little redhead girlfriend. Her response was a little kiss then she'd say. 'You're a bit of an eejit, aren't you'? Any way we got married and have been together now for 46 years and I'm still singing and she's still calling me a bit of an ejit.

Why did you disconnect the brakes on my car?

I love Weird Al. Not only are his parodies and polka-cover-medlies brilliant, but some of his original songs are good too.

Like this song about discovering that maybe, just maybe, your sig other doesn't love you anymore. It's a "style parody" based on that one hit wonder "More Than Words." (Man did that song get overplayed. I distinctly remember the summer when it was on non-stop rotation.)

I still remember the way that you laughed
When you pushed me down the elevator shaft
Oh if you don't mind me asking, what's this poisonous cobra
Doing in my underwear drawer?
Sometimes I get to thinking--you don't love me anymore

Let's be real

My dad watches a lot of non-Hollywood type romantic comedies (usually from Netflix), and sends these one line reviews by email. I always feel like they deserve a larger audience.

Pensive, thoughtful, complex human story. Beautifully crafted... Four thumbs up. :-)


I remember Lani Diane Rich and Jennifer Crusie complaining once in Popcorn Dialogues that they don't make good B-level rom coms anymore. They're clearly not in touch with my dad.

____LOVE SONG OF THE DAY____

In honor of the new season of Psych beginning: "If You Could Read My Mind" by Gordon Lightfoot. The first time I heard it (other than the disco version) I was reading Connie Willis' Doomsday Book, and I was at the saddest part. Oh my days how I balled.

A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now, love
Let's be real