i'm sitting in a coffee shop in noe, enjoying my 5th or 6th mug of coffee of the day (technically, it's my first latte). turns out, the library is, in fact, closed on veteran's day (who knew?...well, my mom knew but that's besides the point) and so while i had planned on spending a few hours writing, and checking out a book of writing exercises, i'm am instead writing, while burning my tongue (i have a very sensitive mouth).
i'm feeling better today, which is a good thing, but i sound much worse. my voice seems to catch and crack every time i open it, but since i'm alone today (ABN is at work, i'm off) i find myself testing it every now and then, saying a word or two to myself. i'm officially the crazy lady talking to myself in the coffee shop. judge me if you will.
to give you another reason to judge....i'm listening to jewel. i don't know how this happened. as i mentioned before, i got a new computer (LOVE) and finally finished uploading almost every cd i have ever had to it (i figure why not). while i don't have all my music on my iphone (i was more selective with that one due to space issues) having the music in such easy access on the computer leads to some less than stellar musical selections. and yet, i can't seem to will myself to click through to the next option.
don't get me wrong, there was a time in my life when i listened to this relentlessly. it was during my musical phase my father aptly named "whining women" (you know who i'm talking about). it lasted a little longer than it should have, with no clear definition of when it fully transitioned into full blown folk (much better). but today as i sit and listen to jewel, literally CRY on a few tracks, i wonder how i ever felt empowered by this stuff (i think that's what i was going for at least). some of the lyrics are just painful (like the 2nd track...oh and the 8th track...i truly feel bad for her).
after drinking so much coffee, i have to pee...again. in the meantime, is there a song/artist/album from your past, that if challenged, you could still sing every word?
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