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[jianantonic]

I actually did go back to the pool today:) Water aerobics was lame though because Kathy, our normal instructor, was MIA and some lifeguard chick did the class and she didn't really know what she was doing. That's okay - it's not her fault. I did stay and swim laps afterward, but the pool got really crowded with tykes, so I had to get out after about 15 minutes of lapswim. Elizabeth and I are going to LeClub tonight for more laps - I have to make up for all the time I lost from sleeping in last week. I'll probably do some weightlifting tonight, too.

My Dan Bern CD should be here any day now. I'm looking forward to that one. I've been abolutely earwormed with "New American Language" ever since I heard it on hakmusic.

She said love, love, love is everything
I said ok, I guess, whatever
She said what does that mean
I said nothin, it's just good to have a backup plan
She said I guess that means you don't got love
I said maybe I love everyone
She said that's the same as lovin no one
I said ok, I guess, whatever

And I have a dream of a New American Language
One with a little bit more Spanish
I have a dream of a new pop music
That tells the truth, with a good beat and some nice harmonies
I have a dream

Tourist towns are a drag sometimes
But in non-tourist towns you can get beat up
Just for lookin a little different
I guess the thing to do is just stay at home
Yeah but sometimes I think the thing to do
Would be to get a place way out in Missouri
Put down as many months rent as you can part with
Tell everybody else you went to France

I said remember that conversation we had about love
I said well, I think that you were right
She said I don't remember sayin nothin about love
It must have been a fantasy of the moment
I have a dream
I have a dream

I dream of joining the Mafia
And whether people like me is unimportant
I dream of your clock radio
Waking you up with my songs
I have a dream of a New American Language
I dream of new beginnings
I dream of saturation bombing
I dream mostly about love

http://www.hakmusic.com/danbern/danbern.htm (see it for yourself)


Do I know what that song means? No. But I like what it says about language. At least, I like what it says to me. Personally, I have no dreams of joining the mafia, and I'm pretty sure Dan Bern doesn't have those for real, either. Anyway.

I got my acryllic nails taken off today so I can play more guitar. Emily G - can you send me the music for "Orphan Girl?" :) Getting the fakies off hurt like HELL. It reminded me of why I never got them before...

I almost got my hair cut today, too. It is a real pain in the ass as long as it is, but then I got to thinking, "No, Meg. You've been growing your hair for THREE YEARS so it can be down to your waist and you can braid it back like hippies and do all sorts of wild things with it that you always wanted to do when it was short." And thus I talked myself out of it. But it was a close call.

Jeremy is performing a wedding tomorrow, so I get off work at 1 so I can go with him. The truth of the matter is, I requested off at 1 thinking the wedding was at 4pm in Culpeper. But it's actually at 4pm in Harrisonburg, so I really don't need to be off until 3. But why change it since it's already approved? :) I may stay until 2 anyway. We'll see.

For now, I'm going to tune my guitar with my newly able-to-play fingers and try to remember all the Kennedys songs I once learned.

Peace.