"the air is sweet, the summer flowers blooming. nowhere in sight is there anything grey. feelings of joy are filling the street. yeah, august 8th is a beautiful day"
just noticed what the date was, and instantly thought of this song. because i'm so obvious and painfully cliche. maybe i will never have an original thought again.
i wonder what happened to my copy of eating lamb though.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
"dedication" - roy castle
"dedication, dedication, dedication - that's what you need"
if you need dedication to succeed in the vaguely impressive but ultimately pointless field of being a record breaker, imagine how much more dedication you need to do anything actually worthwhile.
there are some things i'm pretty dedicated to, but only in a worryingly passive kind of way - and i'm not sure if that counts. i'm certainly not dedicated to doing much, but can fool myself comforted with my dedication to abstract concepts.
if you need dedication to succeed in the vaguely impressive but ultimately pointless field of being a record breaker, imagine how much more dedication you need to do anything actually worthwhile.
there are some things i'm pretty dedicated to, but only in a worryingly passive kind of way - and i'm not sure if that counts. i'm certainly not dedicated to doing much, but can fool myself comforted with my dedication to abstract concepts.
"one way or another" - blondie
"lead you to the supermarket checkout. some specials and rat food get lost in the crowd"
it's all emma kennedy's fault. she's been writing in her blog, which i always read, about having to sing this song for an audition, and after reading it i've spent literally hours poring over how i would sing it in such a situation.
and the most annoying thing is i wouldn't.
i can't act and i hate actors so i would never audition for a musical (though if anyone were to offer me a part in a production of return to the forbidden planet i might just die of excitement).
and even if i did i wouldn't sing a blondie song (although i have done so at karaoke more than once - its part of my only doing songs by female singers rule)
and even if i had to it wouldn't be this one (probably in the flesh since you ask)
so all i've done is waste a lot of time and thought on the artistic decision i would make were i to be in a situation i know - for a fact - i am so unlikely to be in that the probability is negligible.
it's all emma kennedy's fault. she's been writing in her blog, which i always read, about having to sing this song for an audition, and after reading it i've spent literally hours poring over how i would sing it in such a situation.
and the most annoying thing is i wouldn't.
i can't act and i hate actors so i would never audition for a musical (though if anyone were to offer me a part in a production of return to the forbidden planet i might just die of excitement).
and even if i did i wouldn't sing a blondie song (although i have done so at karaoke more than once - its part of my only doing songs by female singers rule)
and even if i had to it wouldn't be this one (probably in the flesh since you ask)
so all i've done is waste a lot of time and thought on the artistic decision i would make were i to be in a situation i know - for a fact - i am so unlikely to be in that the probability is negligible.
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