The Morning After

My friend Jess wrote such a nice article on her blog the other day.  Talking about the monotony of it all.  Life.

Kids, work, kids, work, repeat.

She talked about how when she was young, her life maybe wasn’t so much different, or better…  but uncertain.  The uncertainty is what made it all bearable I guess?  I don’t want to put words in her mouth, but that was the vibe I took from it.

Funny, though… you can’t go back in time… and kids take your uncertainty from you, but at the same time, they also give you back a lot of that wonder.  Mine does for me at least.

I love watching cartoon movies with Madelyn and the cartoons blow her mind.  I watch way more cartoons now than I ever did when I smoked pot.  So that has to be something right?

We watched Astro Boy last night (and its on again this morning with our breakfast while I blog).  The film is a silly computer animation based on the original Japanese Anime from the 50s.  Nothing too special for a grown up but as a music nerd my ears perked up during the only scene where there is an actual pop song.  The rest of the movie is a score, but the scene where they paint the ZOG features an old song that I so recognize.

I thought maybe David Eleanor punched it up on the Modern Rock Inbox… but it turns out that I probably heard it during a TV commercial.

Supergrass – “Alright”

What a cool song.  About being 13 or 14 and discovering girls and beer for the first time.  Hey Supergrass, I like girls and beer too.

I can’t believe I didn’t remember this song from 1995.  It apparently was a number 1 hit in both the UK and North America.  Supergrass’ only one.  Neat.

The boys don’t like it being called an anthem… but uh… its pretty anthemic?  I’ll be singing it all day hoping for a little uncertainty.

Go with yo’self.