Organized Chaos

For my first blog, I have so far written about five drafts of how I should start out. The first was going to be profound, and speak about how music is one of the greatest influences in my life. A good place to start, no? tons of material, something everyone can relate to, BRILLIANT! Then I thought, that's pretty sappy and kind of lame. So I thought I would go with humor. Draft 2. For those of you who don't know, my sense of humor consists of about three things: sarcasm, shock value, and the maturity of a 2 year old. Sooo, probably not a good place to start either. I mean, I don't want to run off my potential reader with something infantile..

What to do, what to do..

Draft 3! A top ten list of great one liners pulled from my own experience, but... crap-dogs I could only think of two, and David Letterman wouldn't have gotten anywhere with a top 2. Ok so try again. Draft 4, a list of my pet peeves, nah, too early for the little ones. Draft 5 - movies?? Where do I even start with that one.  So here we are. Draft 6.

A hodge-podge of the drafts. I'll just cut to the chase and give you the best of from all 5 drafts:

From draft 1 - In my opinion

• Best happy song - "Born this Way" Lady Gaga
• Best angry song - "Pushit" Tool
• Best sad song - "Forsaken" VNV Nation
• Best mellow song - "Missed the Boat" Modest Mouse
• Best energetic song - Tie: "Engrish Bwudd" Man Man and "My Doorbell" The White Stripes
• Best country song - "Jackson" Johnny Cash and June Carter
• Unexpectedly great song - "Gabrielle" Ween

From Draft 2 - A funny story
A friend of mine's Dad was trying to use the ultra hip phrase "screwed the pooch" to tell that something had gotten botched. He got it a little mixed up and said "Looks like someone f*d the dog." Fan.tas.tic!

From Draft 3 - One liners
"Someone had better call maintenance or get me a stick" Believe me, you don't want to know the situation.

From Draft 4 - Pet Peeves
When something doesn't work correctly and it only has one job. Like a toaster for example. All you have to do is toast my bread. Thats it. I'm not asking you to recreate the Sistine Chapel in my kitchen, dernit!

From Draft 5 - Movies
If you have not seen Titus, you must see it! However, please check with your doctor and make sure you meet the following requirements:

• You may not be grossed out by dismembering. If you are, don't even watch the previews.
• You must be willing to read subtitles. It's verbatim Shakespeare, you'll get more out of it the first time if you can read it.
• You must be willing to be confused. It is Julie Taymor. What do you expect?
• You must be ready for the biggest emotional roller coaster of your life.

(The monologue bu Aaron the Moor towards the end of the movie is seriously one of the scariest things I've ever seen)

It's 10:17pm do you know where your children are? Signing off.