And it'll be this way til' one of us dies, is that a blessing in disguise?

Anyone hear about that dead man on his balcony for 4 days, mistaken for a "Halloween Dummy"?

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/16/dead-man-slumps-on-b.html

I dare say, dear Watson, THAT is sketch.

Staying on the subject of Halloween, I'm rather excited this year. Rarely have I dressed up for Halloween since high school---once? twice? While I still need to go costume shopping, I know exactly what I'm going to be:

Carrie. Bradshaw.

I'm going for the signature outfit look from the intro of the show. tutu. leotard. curly wild hair. Sweet! Now...where to shop for le costume...

I'm trying to remember my best costume/halloween:

I was a fat clown in 1st grade and I remembering falling down the stairs at my house, and with my best Erkel impression, screaming, "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!"

There was also that time when I was Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz. Oh it would be all to comical to find that picture of myself...eyes half open, smiling, looking like I had brown muck smeared on my face (the attempt at the lion whiskers)...

Good times...

Speaking of LIONS! I am seeing the Lion King Musical next Friday! Folks, I may laugh, I may even cry, and no doubt I'll be screaming like a little girl when the opening scene starts. Getting jittery just thinking about it!

Naaaaaaaaants ingonyamaaaaaaaa bagithi Baba!!!!!

Deep thoughts of lyrical content...

How many times have you listened to a song and really liked the melody, but were baffled by the ambiguity of the lyrics connected to the song?

Um...Jack Johnson and Fall Out Boy stick in my head a lot regarding this subject....

My recent lyric deciphering inquiry occurred listening to Regina Spektor. While her words are sometimes blatant or absurd, silly even, that home girl can go out on a whirlwind of what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about content...

A song of hers that I've taken a fancy to is "The Genius Next Door" in which a phrase:

atheists were praying full of sarcasm

and the genius next door was sleeping
dreaming that the antidote was orgasm

This song talks about this enchanted lake where kids get drunk and go swimming at; and this "genius" next door and his relationship with the lake.

I finally looked it up online and after understanding the song now, I'm "enchanted" with the whole feeling of the song. Quite interesting, really...but I have no intention of trying to drown/asphyxiate myself into an orgasm...ok, David Carradine?? FACE! (I was given an "in", I'm takin' it!)

Oh lyrics...