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  1. Contemplations: PS–It’s Not About You!

    November 14, 2011 by me


    It’s funny. Sometimes I have writer’s block for days…weeks. Other times, it just flows out of me like water. I have no idea where this came from, because everything in my life is not really that complicated. My life is fine, good, actually, but there must be something deep within, or a subconscious that I am not aware of that makes words like these flow out of me. I get my inspiration from everywhere, and half the time it has nothing to do with my life, everything to do with what I just watched on TV, a song I just heard, or a problem someone else in my life is having. Geez, I can get inspiration from a door knob. It’s ridiculous. I get ideas in the most inappropriate places, like an obit or a crazy news story.

    But my favorite part is when people that I know think I am writing about them. Think that my over-analytical prose are about them, or someone they know, or affect them in some way where they think I am writing about them. It cracks me up. If only I spent as much time thinking about other people as I do me! :)

    So here is another prose for you. Has nothing to do with anything. Or does it? (Have fun over-analyzing that one…for I’m the only one who knows the truth!—and PS—I am usually making it all up in my head!)

    Not gonna over analyze the situation
    Just gonna live my life the way I can while I’m young
    Not gonna mess around
    Cause clarity is found
    Not gonna over analyze the situation

    The time has come for me to take a step back
    to stop analyzing the truth that comes from telling lies
    to you I owe nothing
    to me I owe everything
    take a beat
    and breathe it in.

    Complicate is easy to do
    A simple concept in all that is new
    the mind, she flows
    with false impressions of you
    Obscure the truth in order to enjoy this life
    Is not a way out it seems

    Tempted by the words you make
    Motivated by the hearts you take
    We’re more alike than you claim
    It’s curious how we’re one in the same.

    Not gonna over analyze the situation
    Just gonna live my life the way I can while I’m young
    Not gonna mess around
    Cause clarity is found
    Not gonna over analyze the situation

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  2. 9/11 – Paul Simon’s “Sound of Silence” Tribute

    September 11, 2011 by me

    Pin drop silence. A moving tribute. Man, I miss songs that still hold value decades later.

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  3. Music: Dreamgirls…Jimmy says see it!

    January 24, 2010 by me

    I love musicals. Most of them, anyway. And I’ve been lucky enough to have parents who exposed me to them at an early age (even if they were indulging in my sister’s pleas). I’ve seen a lot of the big ones, too. Les Mis, Phantom, Miss Saigon, Rent…I’m lucky, I know. But the last time I saw a national tour (a sad representation of Rent), I was hugely and utterly disappointed. And while I don’t like to judge a tour by its company, that one left a bad taste in my mouth.

    So it comes to no surprise that I wasn’t necessarily looking forward to Broadway In Chicago’s touring company of Dreamgirls. But I can never pass up a free musical (especially if free food is also involved…I love my family:). I wouldn’t say that I was leery of the production, but I enjoyed the movie so much that I just thought it would be sub-par. Boy, was I wrong.

    From the opening staging to the closing number, this production was thoroughly and utterly enjoyable, entertaining, and goose bump-inducing. Ok, so I didn’t really like the Deena actress (one of the leads), and I wasn’t really impressed with some of the pacing of the show (I blame my short attention span), there were some sound issues (mics forgetting to be turned on, too high on volume/not a good mix)… but when you combine the vocal Aretha Franklin-like ability of Effie (played here by Moya Angela ) and the comedic wit and timing of Jimmy Early (Chester Gregory), with stunning visual effects courtesy of five rotating LED panels (see what Lightswitch did to improve the original stage production), and even Busby Berkeley-style choreography (co-choreographed by SYTYCD’s own Shane Sparks), you get a night of visual and audible entertainment.

    Was there constant comparison to the movie? Of course. Was it as enjoyable as the movie? Yes, especially when you see Effie sing for what was literally 10 minutes, and then belt out “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going”…goose-bumping, heart wrenching live performances are rare nowadays, and this one’s worth seeing. Is it worth the money? Absolutely.

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