Until today I procrastinated

Music as a Human Thing

Today has turning out to be a very musical day. I found music in the news, music recommendation from friends and family, a top 20 Albums of all time list and all my favorite songs keep playing on the radio.

There used to be a show on VH1 where celebrities would sit in a circle in a living room type setting and share their top 3 lists. On this show they named Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder as the number 1 album. Since then, (it’s been a very long time) I’ve meant to check this mythical album out. Until today I procrastinated. Music can change your life.

Note: When I googled to find the name of the show about lists, I found this reference. Although I haven’t checked out the rest of the site, this article is worth a glance.

Last Note: Why haven’t I ever heard Pastime Paradise? I feel like a noob that I didn’t know this highly recycled song existed. I guess I should have looked this album up 10 years ago when I first put it on my to-do list. Gasp!

He says you may feel free to call him Ex-A if you like.

Facts: I’m a 32 years old proud mother of two daughters, 9 and 13 years old. I’m the ex-wife of two different men, one father each to each of my girls. My current husband and I have been married since October of ’06. If I wrote that correctly, you’ll now get that I’ve had two divorces and three “I do’s.”

Opinions mixed with facts: I live in Arizona because I feel it’s the best choice right now. My daughters’ fathers’ live in Arizona. So I live in Arizona. And my husband lives in Arizona because I live in Arizona. But he doesn’t really want to live here either. If I hadn’t had children with two different men while in Arizona things would be different. But I did and this is how it is.

If Diamonds = Girl’s BF, Woman’s BF = ?

Nothing says “Holiday” like a jewelry store ad. If you love her, you’ll prove it by spending a month or two of your salary on jewelry so she can show her friends that her man is better than their men. How can a woman advocate equality of the sexes and then buy into the lie that affection must be expressed with expenditures on non-necessities?

Don’t get me wrong. I am a consumer whore and I worship at the church of capitalism. I just don’t like the current marketing myth about men, women and diamonds. OMG, he bought it at Jared!.. If you can put aside where diamonds come from, I’ll tell you that buying a diamond for your girl is not evil. The belief that love must be expressed with expensive gifts that she can use as proof of said love is what I take issue with.