Kamikaze Come Over Me

Life has been.... interesting... as of late.

I have noticed that I listen to music less often. This is rather strange, given that I used to need music constantly, else I would start to get antsy and need to get to a computer or a radio or anything that would make noise. There have been lots of things that have been making noise right outside my home. Construction on the parking structure, thunderstorms, and traffic as always... And of course, there's noises in the house, what with living with four cats, and both Keeper and I playing video games. The lack of music is curious to me. I do not want to lose the joy and passion of music that I have/had.....

I love listening to music. I love listening to the same album for days on end until I know every word to every song. I love knowing bands that others around me have never even heard of. I love being able to aimlessly hum any song that comes to mind, without a doubt in my mind that I'm humming it right. I bought Catchphrase: Music Edition for Keeper this past week. He wasn't as excited for it as I was hoping, but I'm sure we'll still have fun with it. I turned it on soon after we unpacked it, and I began messing around with it, going through two or three "rounds" to see what the example songs were going to be like. I knew a few of them... maybe 20%... maybe... And the few songs that I did know, I had trouble remembering words, even when I knew the sound of how the song was supposed to go. I've never been very good at humming, so I just felt foolish as I tried to hum a couple songs to Keeper to see if he knew the songs. After feeling utterly stupid, I brought up the point that it doesn't say that you can't actually sing lyrics, just that you can't say the name (or the band?). After that, it became a little easier to sing some of the songs, but I still didn't know most of the songs, and I felt incredibly off-pitch and silly. I know that I might be being silly in this, but it hurt me that I couldn't sing in-key for even the few songs that I did know. I know I'm not the greatest at giving hints for things (moving rocks = rolling stones). And I know that I'm not the greatest singer. I don't sing out loud unless the song is playing, or unless I know the song really REALLY well. I just... I don't know. I like my voice. I like singing. I'm just not as good as I wish I was. :\

Almost two weeks ago now, I celebrated one of my best friend's birthdays. I took her up to Theinsville and Cedarburg for the day. We painted some pottery at a place called Glaze (which I had been planning for about 3 weeks prior to her birthday), and we had dinner at a place called the Anvil in Cedarburg. We even stopped for ice cream for dessert (ice cream is one of her favorite things). I was actually afraid that she might not enjoy the pottery painting very much, but she ended up having a blast! We made a teapot and a mug. We painted them in our trinity colors (Me, E., and Keeper), and made them Alice in Wonderland themed. They turned out REALLY well. I might post pictures later. I'm really proud of them, and I'm really REALLY happy that E. had a good day that day. :)

The past few days have been rather... strange as well. Three of the four cats have been sick (that we know of). I've been stressing over things that don't matter. Life has been moving too fast, and yet not fast enough. 

Yet... I think it's going to get better soon... <3