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December 31, 2006

Why I'm Crazy

This is the convuluted way my brain works:

1. Yesterday, while leaving the library, B. was doing a little compare-and-contrast of how different brands of jeans fit him, and my mind immediately flashed to the music in a cheesy-ass current jeans commercial. While B.'s expounding on which brand cups his buttcheeks properly, my mind is elsewhere, trying to place the damn song in the commercial. No matter. It's just some throwaway '70s cheese song, unimportant enough that the creator saw fit to license it to sell cheap pants.

2. While listening to my iPod on shuffle this morning, "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder shuffles up. That's it! That's the jean commercial song! And it's not some lame '70s throwaway - it's prime Stevie. I proceed to rock the house until ...

3. Friday's viewing of one of my all-time favorite movies, High Fidelity comes into my mind. Particularly, the scene where Jack Black's character rants on Stevie Wonder. And I'm wondering, is it fair to judge Stevie Wonder because, although he created the greatness of "Sir Duke", he later allowed it to be used to pimp jeans?

Is it any wonder I'm mentally ill?

I had this conversation today while Clara Jane was playing with the kitchen trash can.

Me: Clara Jane, leave the trash alone, please. It's dirty.
Clara Jane: It's not dirty. It's clean.
Me: That's one of the dirtiest things in the house.
Clara Jane: It's not in the house. It's outside.
Me: You argue too much.
Clara Jane: I don't argue too much.

And then the trash can was filthy, because my brain exploded all over it, and that's why I'm yet again not writing about books. Tomorrow, maybe, if my head grows back.

Posted by Robin at December 31, 2006 11:00 AM

Comments

Um. Seems normal to me. What does that say about me, I wonder. You are SO not alone.

Posted by: Marijean at December 31, 2006 03:29 PM

Stevie Wonder is a musical genius.

Posted by: Mousie at January 1, 2007 05:43 PM

"And then the trash can was filthy, because my brain exploded all over it, and that's why I'm yet again not writing about books." I love this sentence!
Also- Almost anything of any real musical importance can be traced back to High fidelity.

Posted by: Toaster at January 4, 2007 02:21 PM