Category: Tunes

Highlights from the soundtrack of my life.

Poser

So, I have always wanted to be Irish! I love the accents and I’ve wanted red hair since I was a little girl. Over the years, I would tell people that in my past life I was an Irish dancer and my name was Bridgette. I wanted to say that I am a, “Wanna-be” but I cannot say that without posting a Spice Girls video and that’s not the point of this blog post.

Instead, dI will say that I am a poser because my son’s name is Sean. He was asked if he was Irish and he said that I was just weird. Well, I am but I really wish I could dance like that or speak like that or have gown up around all of that greenery!

Sean was 10 when that movie Brave came out in the movies and he agreed to go with me just because I was so excited to hear even the Scottish accents and I decided that I must have looked like Merida in my past life!


I stopped drinking alcohol about a decade ago because MS and alcohol do not mix but I definitely would like to someday have a Guinness and get a mustache when I drink it to take a picture of myself! But that really won’t happen I think but I can always enjoy Irish music! These songs are in my head today:

I saw U2 perform once and Bono started singing this song but no one was joining in even though I was screaming at the top of my lungs because it’s one of my faves! They didn’t perform this song:

I think of Fairlane mall when I was like 12 when I hear this song:

I saw The Script perform this one; it was their opening song:

I am going to watch Laws of Attraction because it has all of those great things! Dancers with curls, accents, and beautiful scenery!

The Jayy Show

Late last Saturday night and into Sunday morning, I absentmindedly scrolled through my YouTube feed to distract myself because sleep was evading me yet again. I don’t know how this one showed up but I didn’t mind it. This girl in. The Jayy Shoe, reviewed a U2 song. Because I watched the entire video, more videos of her reviewing other U2 songs popped up that night and Sunday morning.Since then:

I have NOT been able to get this song out of my head!:

3’s a Charm

Last week, my Mom told me that she would watch Laws of Attraction with me and I was totally cool with it! We watched it and she got tired and took a nap halfway through. So the next day, she asked if we could watch it so she could see the rest of it. Of course I didn’t mind at all! I love that movie! We watched that movie three days in a row and each day she missed part of it but I got to hear this song all three times it was a win for me! Makes me think of Marilyn’s wedding! 😍😍😍

Great Friends AND Great Music!

A Facebook friend of mine and former colleague posted a picture of a song she heard while she was driving and it made me laugh! But before I share that song I have to go back about 11 days to a friend I’ve had since I was a little girl.

She was my neighbor, actually, she lived across the street 15 houses down, an empty lot, and a big backyard away! Our older brothers were in Boy Scouts together. We went to school together and she was one year older than me. We played basketball and softball together, we’re in plays together, and before that, we were Girl Scouts together! She texted me a song that she heard that reminded her of being in high school with me!:

I’ve shared this song before on my blog but remember jammin’ to it with her as well! We had so many great times together growing up and living so close to each other!

But then, yesterday, a friend and former colleague posted a song that also reminded her of me. We were hired in the same year and we were members of the same, “Freshman class“ (how I referred to people hired in at the same time to teach at the school). We had a pretty strong, “Freshman class!” There were five of us hired in that year and sadly, none of us are still at the school.

We were hired in at the same time I had just moved in to my first apartment. I recently reminded her that she gave me a set of extra cups that she had. I was just thinking about her driving with me to our first school kick off luncheon for the staff that was downtown at Cobo Hall. They had really big balloon arrangements that looked really cool and the last speaker told us that it was okay to take the balloon arrangement home if we wanted to.

Sean was three years old then and he really liked balloons, helium balloons. So she helped me to make cram the big balloon cluster into my car. It was crazy and I remember laughing but when my Mom brought Sean to our apartment, they opened the door and when Sean saw the balloons in our living room and his eyes got really big and he said, “Ba-woons!” And that made it completely worth the struggle to cram them into my car! She posted this picture on Facebook:

This song came out the first year we taught and we both got to work at about 6 o’clock in the morning back then.

So, both of these songs I have shared on my blog before and the memories of these friends are decades apart but they remind me that I have great friends and great music that reminds me of them!!!

My, “Birthday Eve” Gift

Today is my, “Birthday Eve” and I received an excellent gift today!!! Today, my Mom washed my legs. This is an extremely long process because she takes off my compression sock which I wear all day every day and will hand wash it and then she will wash my leg. She dries my compression sock in my bedroom by blowing a fan on it. By the time she is finished washing my leg, the compression sock is dry. We do this because I only have one pair of compression socks. That is because they are pretty pricey!

This is a pretty long process and while this is taking place, we will pray or sometimes listen to music as we talk and laugh. We finished praying today and she put on a playlist I made for her for a surprise birthday party that we never ended up having. She smiles and looks surprised as she says, “Oh, I like this song!”

I would have to tell her when she first started saying that that she is going to like ALL of the songs because the playlist was made for her!

I really like being able to see her get lost in a song with a faraway look in her eyes. Well, I saw that today! As this song started, she smiled broadly and I saw her dimple. My Mom has very deep dimples which I wished that I had for all of my life. Sean has one though! This is the song we heard:

She recalled a story of my Dad calling her over to the living room to hear this song. She was in the kitchen making dinner or something. I vividly remember that day! I was sitting in the living room as well as my Dad sat in his recliner and listened to the song. My Mom shook her head and waved her hand at my Dad and went back to the kitchen.

I also clearly remember this day with fondness! As she got the broad smile on her face, I looked at her and saw her dimple dimple deepen and she said, “I was talking to my sister” and then she abruptly stopped. Based on that look in her eye and the song that was playing I told her that I am not old enough to hear whatever she was talking about with my aunt!

We just let this song finish and I was so happy to be reminded of that memory and to see my Mom’s smile and tomorrow is my birthday! I think that was an excellent, “Birthday Eve” gift!!!

Random Tune in my Facebook Feed #5 OR Gauges

I came across this song in my Facebook feed at 1:54 this morning! Sleep, as usual, was evading me at that point. I saw what song it was and I clicked on it and thought to myself, “That’s Kevin‘s favorite band.” I met Kevin my freshman year of college. I haven’t seen him in 20 years!:

As I watched the video, I noticed the gauges in his ears. I noticed that particularly because I actually helped Kevin change his gauges in his ears to the next larger size.

I remember during my freshman year of college that gauges in your ears for guys and girls was really cool! I never did it though because I saw myself as a professional teacher one day. I opted for a cartilage piercing instead.

So, Kevin asked me to change his gauges and I figured that was easy enough so I agreed. What I did not know is what it exactly entailed! Let me just cut the suspense and tell you that it is really gross!

So, Kevin had gauges in his ears and he had a slightly larger pair in a little baggie in his hand and told me that I just needed to put them in. Because they were in his ears, he couldn’t do it by himself. He explained to me what I was going to do and I was just going to push they bottom of the gauge into the hole and then pop the top of the gauge into the hole so it was snug. But, they were slightly larger than the holes that were already in his ears. This meant that I had to really force them into the hole with my fingers. I never thought I wouldn’t be able to control my hands but I was grateful I could do it back then. That is, until I actually did it!

I used my fingertips to force the top of the gauge into his ear but that slightly larger size was difficult to put into his ear! But, here’s the grossest part, the holes in his ears bled as a forced the larger gauge into them! I think we were sitting on the floor in my room as I pushed them into his ears because my wall mate, Marissa, had class.

His ears bled as I stretched out the holes! I was not prepared for that! His earlobes were bright red and I asked him if it hurt. He said it did a little but a few days later they looked like they did when I met him. That was absolutely disgusting and I will never put gauges into someone’s ears again!

This all happened 20 years ago but I still remember it! It was really gross!

“Birthday Month” Day 8

I have learned in the past 20 years that, “Birthday Month” or not, you can still feel like garbage on any given day once you have MS. Yesterday, was one of those days for me. I was tired of being tired. I told my Mom that and I cried just a little bit.

I decided to watch one of my FAVORITE movies to make myself feel better. 20 years ago, I always thought that Edward was my favorite and his proposal at the end was the absolute best! But, as I’ve gotten older, I love the Colonel Brandon and Marianne story. His actions and the reasons for them make me love him even more:

I could not share this video without sharing this song. I remember that, “11 year old Jenny” bought this single on tape from Musicland!:

The jury is still out on how I will feel today because I woke up late. I think I will watch The Quiet Man again today. I hope to feel better once I am up and running for the day. It’s “Cheese day” today so that’s something to look forward to!

The 3rd Friday of Lent

So much of the movie, Jesus Christ Superstar really gets to me! I chose to focus on Jesus today. I still cry every single time I hear the songs!

As I watched this movie today, I chose to take advantage of not reneging on my Lenten promise and I had two dark chocolates today because I received a mug in the mail today. My Mom bought it for me for my birthday:

I still wish I was Irish and forewent watching an Irish movie today because I had to feel close to God and Jesus even though I can’t attend church right now.

Reading the note that came in closed with my order let me know I’ll couple things: The first being that my blog is FAMOUS and the second thing that was reinforced is that I have GREAT taste in music! 😂😂😂

“Birthday Month” Day 4

First of all, Disney+ needs to get their stuff together and be compatible with Xfinity!!! I did watch my fourth Irish themed movie yesterday though, it was on Disney+ and it was from 1959, Darby O’Gill and the Little People. I haven’t seen this movie for about 33 years and all I remembered about it was the girl’s stupid bangs, and the banshee. I remembered a little bit about the king. But I watched it yesterday on my Mom’s laptop. It was actually a pretty good movie filled with Irish accents, greenery, ruins on a hill, and Sean Connery singing!!! I seriously forgot about that!!!

No traditional Irish dancers, but instead, leprechauns!!!

But, alas, “Birthday Month” or not, it does NOT excuse me from having an MS-y day and 20 years in, you think I would be used to it but that is just NOT the case.