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uberreinigerI guess I was mistaken in the last part. There is one part on the Blind Guardian album where they let the crowd sing, but it's a part where they've added like, fifteen extra repetitions of the chorus just for the crowd and therefore it's not detracting from the actual song so it's okay.
As further testament to the fact I have no self-control, I went out and bought more cd's today after buying two yesterday. I wanted something different, so I diverted from my usual musical path and picked up some what I like to call coffeehouse lesbian folk music. (Jennifer Marks and Patty Griffin in case anyone's interested.) Good stuff and refreshing.
This is a bit random in the midst of this entry, I know, but I feel like adding some thoughts on Ronald Reagan. I can't say as much as I would like about his presidency since I was simply too young to care during that time. As long as I had my Transformers and my Thundercats I was happy. I grew up in a staunchly Democratic household, so I didn't hear very much good about the Great Communicator from my parents. But I do firmly believe that without him, the Cold War would still exist. Maybe it's just me looking backward into the golden light of childhood, but America felt like a saner place when he was President. We were unquestionably the "good guys" of the world and right was right and wrong was wrong... Alzheimer's disease is horrid enough on its own, but it always seemed to me especially brutal to him. Just think, to have once been the most powerful man in the entire world and to not even remember it. To have ended a nuclear standoff that had lasted half a century and to have no recollection of it at all. To anyone who may have hated him, I don't think you could've asked for a worse punishment. I pray he is truly free from his nightmare at last. He was a good man.
Moving back into the tiny microcosm that is my own life, saw Meghan again at Barnes & Noble yesterday. She said she was still planning on coming to see my show next weekend. Personally, I'll believe it when I see it, but I really would like it if she'd come. It would be a good step toward getting back to seeing each other on a regular basis without needing the pretense of the group of friends.
Today I just vegged for the most part. It was good and I needed it since this week is going to be busy. Got the big cookout on Tuesday with Dean, Lesley,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stitchedsutures, megiloth, and thanis_bloodsto, then pick-up rehearsal Thursday and shows the rest of the weekend with a visit from rustie25 thrown into the mix. Adam and Amy want to take me to see Harry Potter Wednesday night but I think I'm going to pass since I've got another chance to see it with Tahnee on Sunday after the play. I'm just lazy and like having time to myself between engagements. Soon I shall have my wish, however. Two rounds of house-sitting coming up, the first the week after this one, and my vacation in July, all of which will provide me with a lot of "me" time to just work on my creative projects and to just gather my thoughts. "Great," you're probably all thinking, "Then we'll get to hear him bitch about how lonely he is."
To which I say, "Yeah? What's your point?" ;)
As further testament to the fact I have no self-control, I went out and bought more cd's today after buying two yesterday. I wanted something different, so I diverted from my usual musical path and picked up some what I like to call coffeehouse lesbian folk music. (Jennifer Marks and Patty Griffin in case anyone's interested.) Good stuff and refreshing.
This is a bit random in the midst of this entry, I know, but I feel like adding some thoughts on Ronald Reagan. I can't say as much as I would like about his presidency since I was simply too young to care during that time. As long as I had my Transformers and my Thundercats I was happy. I grew up in a staunchly Democratic household, so I didn't hear very much good about the Great Communicator from my parents. But I do firmly believe that without him, the Cold War would still exist. Maybe it's just me looking backward into the golden light of childhood, but America felt like a saner place when he was President. We were unquestionably the "good guys" of the world and right was right and wrong was wrong... Alzheimer's disease is horrid enough on its own, but it always seemed to me especially brutal to him. Just think, to have once been the most powerful man in the entire world and to not even remember it. To have ended a nuclear standoff that had lasted half a century and to have no recollection of it at all. To anyone who may have hated him, I don't think you could've asked for a worse punishment. I pray he is truly free from his nightmare at last. He was a good man.
Moving back into the tiny microcosm that is my own life, saw Meghan again at Barnes & Noble yesterday. She said she was still planning on coming to see my show next weekend. Personally, I'll believe it when I see it, but I really would like it if she'd come. It would be a good step toward getting back to seeing each other on a regular basis without needing the pretense of the group of friends.
Today I just vegged for the most part. It was good and I needed it since this week is going to be busy. Got the big cookout on Tuesday with Dean, Lesley,
stitchedsutures, megiloth, and thanis_bloodsto, then pick-up rehearsal Thursday and shows the rest of the weekend with a visit from rustie25 thrown into the mix. Adam and Amy want to take me to see Harry Potter Wednesday night but I think I'm going to pass since I've got another chance to see it with Tahnee on Sunday after the play. I'm just lazy and like having time to myself between engagements. Soon I shall have my wish, however. Two rounds of house-sitting coming up, the first the week after this one, and my vacation in July, all of which will provide me with a lot of "me" time to just work on my creative projects and to just gather my thoughts. "Great," you're probably all thinking, "Then we'll get to hear him bitch about how lonely he is."To which I say, "Yeah? What's your point?" ;)
