Hi Everyone:
Happy to report that yesterday's holiday lunch went off without a hitch. Everyone actually behaved themselves and the mess wasn't too bad. The food was somewhat manageable. Usually mom makes way too much and insists that everyone eat it all. I can't eat so much food in one sitting, especially in the middle of the day. I just took what I wanted and everything else I simply replied "it's too much for me." That seemed to be the magic phrase, because mom backed off. I later splurged on a piece of cheese cake. I even got a little action from the bf. On a wackier note, he outed my "affair." This "affair" has been going on for almost six months and involves a certain frequently mention British Art School rock band from Birmingham, England. O.K. O.K. I've been "involved with Duran Duran. Yes, my friends thanks to DD bassist John Taylor's wonderful autobiography In The Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran (available on Amazon), I've reconnected with a band from a misspent youth that's now become a misspent adulthood. Apparently the bf has been reading my Facebook and Twitter posts directed at the band, collectively and individually. Let's just say I can get a bit naughty. It's all in good fun and I'm a one man woman.
So how did this affair start? It actually started a very long time ago. I can't exactly remember the first DD song I heard or what video I saw but remember something about them that got my attention. Maybe it was their look or sound but they definitely got my attention. The first DD album I bought was "Rio," one of the best albums of the eighties. One of my all-time favorite songs is on it. "Save A Prayer." As the band matured, the music got better as make-up, mousse, and puffy shirts fell away. My current favorite albums are "Notorious, Big Thing, Duran Duran" (1993 a.k.a The Wedding Album), "Astronaut," and "All You Need Is Now." We fell out of touch in the nineties, thanks to John's book, we reconnected in November 2012. I bought the book as belated birthday present to myself after experiencing one too many stomach somersaults and breath catchings. I just knew I had to have the book. It was a well-written, honest, funny, sad book full of hope and optimism. Thank G-d because if it was one of those self-pitying, gossipy, whiny epics topped off by some self-aggrandizing epiphany I wouldn't have bothered. Anyway, that put me back in touch with music that always made me happy and want to dance. Hence my ongoing "affair." I guess the bf will have to learn to share me.
Picking up ITPG when I did turned out to be a good thing because I was in the final stages of my thesis and the stress level was so high I thought I was going to lose my mind. As I started reading, I remembered all the happy music. When I got spotify, I programmed a DD channel and started listening to all the great music. More importantly, it really put music back into my life, the music I like to listen to. I started to calm down. I found ways to express my anxiety. ITPG also got me to loosen up a bit more and be a truer version of myself. I keep my copy near my bed and go back to it every now and then. I definitely think that sometimes it's the most unexpected things can have the biggest impact a person's life. Something so out of the blue,you have no idea how it snuck up on you but there it is and it's made a difference. All I can say is thanks DD, and keep rocking.
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