Something I learned yesterday morning... Even though a roommate may appear to be peacefully sleeping as I go downstairs to pour some cereal (sadly I was fresh out of Corn Pops) one should still be prepared to see her barrelling down the stairs, running full speed through the kitchen, and out to the garage for some unexplained reason while I'm still preparing said cereal. It was quite amazing really.
Thankfully, I didn't have to wait long for an explanation as there came a sort of frustrated scream coming back through the garage door. So much for peaceful.
As it turned out, our household had failed the responsibility of putting out the recycling bin for the second week in a row. Jennie remembered though, partially by the sound of the recycling truck driving past. I was impressed. I can hardly wake up to my alarm that is right next to my head, while she can wake up to a truck driving past our house.
There was an attempt made to roll the bin to the other side of the street but the only response Jennie got was a friendly wave from the driver. With hope lost, it was decided we would have to put our recyclables in bags until the next pickup. And on with our day we went. Until....
I hear the truck rolling back up the road! Since when does the recycling truck go around the neighborhood twice? After our lengthy discussion over left over cereal milk and Oreos it was clearly imperative that we get that recycle bin out. And now there was a restored hope that we would prevail! Getting ready for work and whatever Jennie was doing was put on hold when I yelled for Jennie that the truck was coming back. In some sort of confusion as to why the recyclers, or the collectors for the recyclers, were back we go outside and ponder out loud what to do. They were stopped at our neighbors house so should we wave them down? Run down and ask if they would come back? Should we just take the bin and roll it down to them? So many options to sort out in a short period of time as now the truck was three houses down. And then it was decided. We were going to just roll it down and see what happened. We were on a mission to get this recycling out and we was going to succeed dang it! Either that or fail... we'd have to wait and see.
So Jennie took the job of rolling while I supported her from behind. We got a slightly weird, but friendly enough look from the passenger of the truck, but they took it for us. Success! With the added bonus of none of our neighbors peering out at us running down the street. I don't think...
What do you suppose this blog is about? It's about time for me to post my blog on my meet and greet with Clay? True.... and it's almost done. It's about time to move to NYC? True... and we're getting closer. It's about time to... [insert something else that may be true but is not what this blog is about].
This blog is about my apparent lack of observation and other such appropriate term you would like to add after you read this.
Now, for the most part I've always considered myself to be pretty observant. For example, Clay Aiken fans are very good at taking video of concerts, while Jonas Brothers fans are very much not. Fine, that's not really a good example, if it even IS an example, but it's true and I just wanted to state that. Anyhoo. We'll just get to the point as I have a feeling this is going to turn into a long blog.
The title of the Jonas Brothers first studio album is "It's About Time". It was a very limited release and I've found it impossible to find for purchase so I really hope they re-release it someday. After listening to it I kind of wondered why the title is "It's About Time" because, as the majority of artists title their album from one of the songs on the record, there is no song on the CD by that title. So I thought, maybe it was the fact that it was about time they got a full studio album out for sale. Or that they finally got their band together. Something along those lines. Whatever it was I let it go and enjoyed the CD.
Text message from Susette....
April 15th 2011, 7:21 AM
"... their album it's about time? I just now put together that almost every song actually talks about time. So the album is literally about time."
Ok, I can't even take credit for figuring this out! Let me take you through the album and you'll see. Feel free to skip the below section as I'm sure most of you don't care.
So. "It's About Time". Here are some lines that could easily be picked up on. Or maybe no line in the song is even needed in some cases...
1. What I Go To School For - First line of the song, "Her voice echoed in my mind, I count the days 'til she is mine".
2. Time For Me To Fly - Hello obvious.
3. Year 3000 - Hello even more obvious - the song is about time travel.
4. One Day At A Time - Is anyone sensing a theme here?
5. 6 Minutes - again... the title of the song is 6 minutes. I'm feeling incredibly dense.
6. Mandy - Maybe not obvious in the title but again in the first line of the song - "Mandy USED to be that girl, the one that never said a word, but she only sang 'S Club 7', and all those boy bands. Now it's been a few years, it looks like things have changed."
7***. You Just Don't Know It - Ok, these guys are awesome. Seriously. This song is actually NOT about time. The one exception. And from the chorus it was done on purpose. How do you know it was done on purpose? The chorus ends with,
"I go on and on, singing this song about you.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS SONG."
8. I Am What I Am - Ok, I'm not even going to quote anything. The song is about being who you are, in the present and in the future. (No time travel though so maybe not so obvious?)
9. Underdog - the song is about a girl who is presently an underdog, but one day she may change the world... the last will be first... maybe she'll be in the movies, etc, etc.
10. 7:05 - Again, hello Captain Obvious.
11. Please Be Mine - A few examples from the song. But I'll be there forever.... All our hopes and our dreams will come true.... 'Til the end, the end of time.
/CD
See what I mean? Why did it take a month to come to this conclusion? It's ridiculously obvious. Maybe even more so if you're actually listening to the songs. Or maybe it's the other way around. Either way, I love these guys. Of course artists and bands often stick to a certain theme in an album, but I have yet to come upon one where it is done so literally. Maybe it's because each song is so unique and different. Note to self, if the title of the album is NOT one of the songs on the CD listen more closely!
In other news, I can now play a few chords and Mary Had A Little Lamb on the guitar. By next week I hope to play the song "Introducing Me" from the movie "Camp Rock 2". Nick Jonas plays and sings it (although did not write it as it was done by the music person for the movie). Below is a video to demonstrate the skills I'll hopefully have by my next blog.
Did I mention Clay fans are way better at taking video?
I regret, but not really, that I must interrupt my Clay roadtrip blogs to wish Susette and myself a Happy one month Jonas-a-versary. What is a Jonas-a-versary you ask? Well, it's basically the same as an anniversary. Or a friendaversary. Or some say friend-a-versary. It is googleable so it's a completely valid term. As for a Jonas-a-versary, we are celebrating our one month fandom to the Jonas Brothers.
It begins through some text messages from Susette while she was home sick watching Netflix and a "recommend" came up after she had finished a movie.
That recommend was the Disney TV series "Jonas". Two very important text messages follow:
March 9, 2011 3:11 pm
"I'm watching Jonas. The tv show the brothers by that name have apparently. Lol it is... bad. Lol but entertaining :-)"
March 9, 2011 5:37 pm
"K. So I have a feeling you'd like this Jonas show. Lol"
March 10, 2011
I gain exclusive access to Netflix so I can watch said TV show "Jonas".
March 11, 2011
A new chapter in my life begins. The Jonas Brothers made an appearance on my computer screen for the first time.
Actually that's not entirely true. They had made an appearance when they made a cameo on a Hannah Montana episode but I didn't know who they were at the time and I didn't give it a second thought to find out. I suppose I figured it was a boy band aimed towards tweens and not worth the time.
So there, or here, I was watching this silly TV series about these guys that call themselves the Jonas Brothers. I had to admit, the music was kind of catchy. So it was time to google. And youtube. And wikipedia. And youtube. And youtube.
I would like to put for the record. Clay Aiken has the voice and is undeniable in that department of talent; and for that I'm sure his blogs will remain numerous. No getting out of that one. ;-) But then you have the Jonas Brothers, who are in fact brothers. They play their own instruments, they write their own songs, they actually wrote and recorded their third studio album on a bus (courtesy of Gibson) while on tour with their second album.
The question: How did I miss this great talent until one month ago? With four studio albums, world tours, a TV series, two movies (Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2), obviously plenty of talk shows.... what happened?
The answer: I have no idea. At. all.
So this past month I've been catching up on all that I've missed. You may not believe this, because it actually is quite unbelievable, but I haven't listened to much of anything, not even Clay!, for the past month. Ok, scratch that. I don't want to lie. I haven't listened to anything but Jonas for the past month.
Tomorrow will be past my one month mark of constant Jonas though so maybe I'll shuffle in more music on my iphone. Maybe. Probably not tomorrow.
In other news, thanks to Jonas (credit given mostly to Nick), I have been inspired to once and for all learn the guitar. My fingers have been in much pain writing this blog....
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