A Little Different Than Earworm

I have this funny little habit. Ok, I have thousands of funny little habits. But let's focus on just one for this post. The habit of focus is this - sometimes when I see something (and label it) or think about something very specific, the term or label pops into a song that fits the syllables of the term. That explanation was kind of convoluted, so let me share an example.

Sunday evening I was standing out on my porch and I saw a couple walking by. The female of the couple was wearing skinny jeans. I identified them as such. Then in my head I started singing (to the tune of Silver Bells), "skiiiny jeaaans, skuh-innny jeansss, it's Christmas time by the bay-ay." I'll share a couple of others to prove that it is indeed a quirk of mine.

One day after a particularly enraging meeting I was walking home singing Zippidy Doo Dah in my head. But the lyrics, uh, well, I'll use a rhyming word, it went like this: "duckity, duck, duck, duckity yeah...". Or last week (this one's a little different) I was getting ready to go out for Chinese with my friend Linda and my head took the tune from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and started going "Go, go, go Linda, you know what they say. Hang on now Linda you'll make it someday. Sha-la-la Linda, you're doing fine. You and your dreamcoat ahead of your time!"

Does anyone else do this?

Until Now

I saw two goose tongues on the weekend. Until now I had never given any thought to birds having tongues. Had you?

Chance?

I was speaking with my choir director on the weekend and it came up that I have only sung the Messiah as an alto. So Gerry said that if I wanted, I could sing it as an alto.

We have to sing it on December 13 and have one more other concert before that, that we are learning music for too. I think we have 6 or 7 rehearsals before Messiah but only 2 or 3 of those will be 100% dedicated to the Messiah. So that is a lot of music to learn as a different part in a short time. But it is also a great chance to learn an important work in another part.

I have to decide by tonight - what do you think I should do?

What part should I sing in Handel's "Messiah"?
	Alto
	Soprano
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A Question of Surprises

Most people enjoy pleasant surprises - an engagement, being taken out for lunch, a nice note, a surprise party, etc. We also often enjoy the anticipation of things we know are going to happen - Christmas, a baby, a wedding, a parcel in the mail, etc.

Think about those - and then ask yourself, would you want to know (if it were happening in your life time) when Jesus was going to come back?

Feel free to leave answers in the comment section.

Slippers

Do you have an Oma? Does she knit Oma slippers? Would she knit me a pair? I finally wore a hole through the bottom of my first pair. Now they make my feet cold and my socks dirty.

Truth

They say that the truest things are said in jest. Do you think this is true?

Does Your Family Do This?

We have a lot of Christmas CDs that are made up of "various artists". We have a similar collection of cassettes. When we listen to these collections we try to identify the very random selection of people or groups who are singing these holiday favourites. This tradition continued with Christmas music I had put on my ipod for our drive to Ottawa and back on Friday.

This game is good for both the parents and the kids as the collections transcend many generations of music and is a good tool for developing one's ear.

I just wondered if anybody else's family played "Name That Tune - Christmas Edition".

Wii

Has anyone in the Quinte - Northumberland area (or passing through this area) got a Wii they'd let my Dad and I use for a few days?

Question

A coma counts as a sabbatical from life.
	Agree
	Disagree
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