2 posts tagged “kids”
Today is Repeat Day, so we want to know: what song do you have currently have on repeat? Bonus points if you share it with us!
This morning as I drove into work I put my iPod on "Mystery Meat", which basically means I scorn any pre-made playlist I've made and just set it to "Songs". It's the first time I've done so in a very long time and I didn't even skip over any that came up. I was treated to Beastie Boys, Francois Dompierre, a few of my own songs (out of the hundreds I have loaded two of my own came up, probably as a reminder to clear them out), Andy Bell, The Ramones, and Flight of the Conchords. Then Stewart Copeland's (officially Klark Kent's) "Away From Home" came on. I've heard it LOTS of times, probably more times than my kids could stand hearing it. At my house, my Blackberry doesn't ring... my kids say, "Mum! Your phone is making that Stewart Copeland sound!" But I hadn't heard this particular song lately as I have two of his other ones on my favourite playlist instead, and for some reason this morning, it was like I was hearing this song for the first time.
I was laughing hysterically, so much so that I think the car behind me was calling the men in white jackets with giant nets. And I had previously passed her because she'd almost gone right off the road, so you know SHE wasn't in her right mind to begin with, so who was she to judge?
Anyway, I'm huge into the bonus points thing (even though they mean nothing) because I'm a big nerd and need all sorts of external approval, so I've uploaded it to share. I'm not sure it you'll find it as entertaining as I did -- certainly not enough for me to want you to cause any car accidents -- but it's an awesome track and fun to listen to while sipping locally-roasted coffee and trying not to eyeball some death rays at fellow commuters.
[ if you got here through one of my tags but didn't find what you were looking for... this is the explanation why ]
It's really very simple.
Being a writer is a shitty job. People think that writers should just write for the pleasure of it, and therefore writing is a job they won't pay you for. Not true. People think they can just sit down and decide one day to be a writer. Not bloody likely. People also think they can control what other people write. You can't.
I've always said that if you know a writer, you will eventually find yourself in one of Mork's reports back to Orson.
Does Mork care if you are in the report? Nope. Does Orson think it's wrong for people to interfere with Mork filing his report? Hell, yes.
So I'm going to admit it. I'm sick to death of the scrutiny. Quite frankly, I'm embarrassed for you -- that you think you have the right to control the things I say, what I do, what I think, and what I write about. I'm tired of feigning respect for, and continuing to smile and nod at, the people who just want to judge me. Worse: when they communicate these judgments to me and then expect me to change to fit their ideas.
I'm taking my control back. Here's what I've left for you: your scrutiny, your judgments, and your ideas. You can have them. They are, after all, just yours. I've never shared them.
This is not my first VOX blog post. I've moved almost everything into
"neighbourhood only" so that I can select who sees what, and when. How's that for showing some lady balls? I hope you aren't feeling threatened. All I'm doing is living my own life. Which is, like it or lump it, the life of a writer.
If you need access to one of my previous posts, whether through a Google search or a link that one of my friends has shared, just message or contact me, and I'll hook you up.
