Song of the Day: Saturday

I am back in New York. Travel was easy but Auntie Anne's failed me. This was the first time I bought a pretzel dog that was not quite done or soggy; not sure which. Ick! Got a refund.

Flew USAir and got my bags lost again. This time I brought it as a carryon and it wouldn't fit in the overhead. They checked it for free, but it never made it to New York. They were to deliver last night, but my cell phone was dead. However, I had called earlier to give my home number as a back up.

I was assured that my file had been updated and that the delivery driver had my updated number. Not true. So, still I sit in my apartment waiting for a deliver. I was told that it  be delivered between noon and four. I got a call before one asking if I would be available between 4:30 and 5 to receive my baggage. When I mentioned that I'd earlier been told I'd have it by four, the story changed to 3:30-4:00. It is quarter to four and no bag. I would like to attend mass tonight. hopefully it will arrive before then.

Anyway, when I returned to my apartment I discovered that one of my relatives had called to "be sure I made it back okay." This relative also made some pale statement in form of apology regarding yesterday's behavior after I confronted on what had been said. Reminded me of this song. A cheesy 80's song as usual.

Song of the Day: Saturday

This song was one of my favorites in high school. It's a bright infectious 80's tune that got everyone dancing. And, the chorus easily stuck in my head.

It wasn't until I was an adult that I understood what the lyrics meant. It wasn't as if they tried to hide the meaning. I'm just sometimes slow! I guess if I had seen this, the banned, version of the video, I would have figured it out.

Song of the Day: Tuesday

Back in 2007 I spent a semester in Rome. It was nice to get out of the States and experience a new culture, travel and eat! One of the bonuses for me was the music.

By a stroke of luck I got access to a television and vegged out on MTV Italia. Nice and trashy, which is what one needs when vegging. My exposure gave me a sense of the fashions that were coming to the States the following year (MTV Italia was broadcast from Milan) and the music that I missed because US radio stations are so genre driven. Calvin Harris, a Scotsman, is one such discovery.

Harris is a DJ with a retro, 80s style. They music is highly synthesized. It took me a bit to get out of my US radio coma to appreciate Harris, but I really like him.

One interesting fact about him is that he is 6'5.5". There is a guy at my place of work who is about that height and comes in wearing Beats headphones. Whenever I see this guy, I start humming this song. It's kinda funny and ironic. I love it!

Song of the Day: Sunday

So I am contemplating a big decision. Usually, when encountered with major questions, I spend quite a bit of time begging and pleading for an answer--especially when it appears to be the thing I wanted. Not this time.

I'm definitely praying and asking for direction on each step. But no whining and begging, which is good since it doesn't seem to work. I am trusting (!!!) things are as they appear, or better. It's not as complicated as it seems, but this is all I'm prepared to share.

Anyway, for some reason, this song comes to mind when I think about this situation. This is another one of my strange 80's hits.

Song of the Day: Friday

I have been a little lax in my song of the day posts. I feel as if I've been running nonstop with little time to breathe.

I'm not sure why, but yesterday my head was filled with the General Public song from Clueless. Could be that Fridays are breezy days (even when they aren't) since they happen to be the end of the week. There's something so 80's and soothing about this song.

Song of the Day: Sunday

I am a child of the 80's. I grew up listening to R&B, soul, the beginnings of hiphop, country, rock, and  whatever else was on the radio! But, what I really latched onto was glam rock and synth pop a la Duran Duran. It was the music by a bunch of Brit boys who couldn't read a note and the clothes and the hair and the makeup! I was in love and quite thrilled when a college chorus tour around England landed me in Birmingham Symphony Hall where these hometown boys played concerts! And, so I named my blog after one of their songs from the Rio album. (It's in the chorus!) The soundtrack is a few seconds off but this is the video that I know!