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Don't Knock ABBA
Feb. 10th, 2007 11:01 pmI've been organizing my CD's, in anticipation of the big move coming up, so I've taken out a few of the oldies but goodies. No clue why ABBA gets such a bad rap. I mean, sure, it's not Mozart; or the Beatles for that matter; but as far as dance-pop goes, it's good.
In other music news, I was pleasantly surprised by original song night on Nashville Star. Last season, most of the songs really sucked. Really, REALLY sucked. This year, even the songs written by the people I didn't like were good. Who knew the non-threatening male of the group had such unexplored depths? He did a great job, the boy has a bright future as a song writer, even if I still don't think he deserves a record deal.
I also caught up on Rome today (gotta love on-demand). I love that show, I don't know why the press on it isn't better. Guess it has something to do with the fact that it's ancient history. Silly viewing public. Attia is such a great character, she's like the ultimate soap opera villian. And I love the fact that you can recognize some of the characters from how their names survived history, and see them grow into the people we remember. I'm really looking forward to Marc Antoni going to Egypt. He's on such a downward spiral right now, to see that relationship develop will be interesting...Even if I do already know how it ends.
My brother got his marching orders this week, so to speak. He's in the Army in Korea right now, and he and his wife and my lovely nice are due back in the states in the spring. Well, this week they blocked his exit from the service. So he's not out in October, he's in for another 3 years. Heather and Merae will be back stateside, though, so it increases his chances of being sent to Iraq. My mother keeps saying that if he'd really wanted out he would have found a way, but I think she just wants to think that. I've heard stories about people being called back up after being out for over a year, so why would they let him out, since he's highly trained and still in shape and under orders.
It's scary, though, the thought that he could die before Merae grows up. I've known he would enter the military since I was in college, long before he even thought about it, but it's still scary to think about my baby brother going into a war zone. He just turned 21, he's really too young to have a baby, let alone be dying. But I know I have to think about it, because if it does happen I'll have to hold my Mom up. I love my Dad more than anything, but he's not capable of being depressed and taking care of anyone at the same time. He can't take care of himself very well in a crisis.
We haven't had to think much about something happening to Mike in Korea, because even with the political stuff going on over there right now, the DMZ is pretty quiet. If he ends up in Iraq or Afghanistan, it'll be a lot worse to think about. I'm not really used to him being in danger. Well, unless he was driving. His driving is dangerous.
So, that's all the news around here today. I'm hoping I can wrest control of the TV from everyone else in my apartment sometime this weekend, and get Chapter 11 of FAA banged out. More cleaning, and likely making sauce tomorrow. More latah!
In other music news, I was pleasantly surprised by original song night on Nashville Star. Last season, most of the songs really sucked. Really, REALLY sucked. This year, even the songs written by the people I didn't like were good. Who knew the non-threatening male of the group had such unexplored depths? He did a great job, the boy has a bright future as a song writer, even if I still don't think he deserves a record deal.
I also caught up on Rome today (gotta love on-demand). I love that show, I don't know why the press on it isn't better. Guess it has something to do with the fact that it's ancient history. Silly viewing public. Attia is such a great character, she's like the ultimate soap opera villian. And I love the fact that you can recognize some of the characters from how their names survived history, and see them grow into the people we remember. I'm really looking forward to Marc Antoni going to Egypt. He's on such a downward spiral right now, to see that relationship develop will be interesting...Even if I do already know how it ends.
My brother got his marching orders this week, so to speak. He's in the Army in Korea right now, and he and his wife and my lovely nice are due back in the states in the spring. Well, this week they blocked his exit from the service. So he's not out in October, he's in for another 3 years. Heather and Merae will be back stateside, though, so it increases his chances of being sent to Iraq. My mother keeps saying that if he'd really wanted out he would have found a way, but I think she just wants to think that. I've heard stories about people being called back up after being out for over a year, so why would they let him out, since he's highly trained and still in shape and under orders.
It's scary, though, the thought that he could die before Merae grows up. I've known he would enter the military since I was in college, long before he even thought about it, but it's still scary to think about my baby brother going into a war zone. He just turned 21, he's really too young to have a baby, let alone be dying. But I know I have to think about it, because if it does happen I'll have to hold my Mom up. I love my Dad more than anything, but he's not capable of being depressed and taking care of anyone at the same time. He can't take care of himself very well in a crisis.
We haven't had to think much about something happening to Mike in Korea, because even with the political stuff going on over there right now, the DMZ is pretty quiet. If he ends up in Iraq or Afghanistan, it'll be a lot worse to think about. I'm not really used to him being in danger. Well, unless he was driving. His driving is dangerous.
So, that's all the news around here today. I'm hoping I can wrest control of the TV from everyone else in my apartment sometime this weekend, and get Chapter 11 of FAA banged out. More cleaning, and likely making sauce tomorrow. More latah!
