When the Piña Colada Song came out, i was just a teen. It came on the radio one day and I told my mom to listen.

As it got to the part where he sings "So I waited with high hopes And she walked in the place," my mom said to me, "Oh I hope it's his girlfriend."

I love my mom.

DJ, that's a good one.

I refuse to be ashamed of liking any song.

Oh hello, 3 am-ish. Didn't miss you at all, really. Seriously, I don't know why this whole waking up in the wee smalls with random anxiety started, but it can fuck right off any time. I don't get enough sleep, I get sick. And I'm out of sick time, dammit.

I hope you got some more sleep, smonster.

Don't get me wrong, though...it's not something I would write essays or in-depth analysis..."Me and Mrs. Jones", yeah, the Pina Colada Song no. Which reminds me, if you haven't, I think everyone here needs to read Nick Hornby's "Juliet, Naked"...it's about music, but it's about fandom.

I do have guilty pleasures, but "Escape" isn't one of them. Though I prefer Rupert Holmes's two follow-up singles, "Him" and "Answering Machine." It's just that most people only remember "Escape."

Actually, "Answering Machine" (boy meets girl, boy dates girl, boy tries to call girl but only gets answering machine) could be integrated into an essay on the effect of technology on romantic relationships. But I wouldn't want to use it as the basis for an essay.

Snow day today! Sort of. I'm actually telecommuting, but the remote server keeps crashing under heavy use.

The cat keeps begging me to take him outside, and every single time I open the door he is SHOCKED and APPALLED that there is snow out there. He's sweet, but he's not the brightest animal.

Which reminds me, if you haven't, I think everyone here needs to read Nick Hornby's "Juliet, Naked"...it's about music, but it's about fandom.

Ah, yeah, I really enjoyed that book, though it didn't quite measure up to High Fidelity for me. But I love how Hornby writes about fandom. He really gets it.

High Fidelity is better, mostly because I don't get the same sense NH was thinking of his fans, writing stuff, and going "Ha, ha, they'll really dig this."(Sometimes it was true, sometimes not.) HF felt more personal,imo. But he does really understand the modern fanboy/girl and he gives shoutouts to things I love all the time...like "The Wire" and "The Rockford Files"(Which he listed along with spliff and a leather jacket as a component to happiness, iirc.)

"Me and Mrs. Jones", yeah,

Ooooh, LOVE. I don't know why I don't own that one.

Music-relatedly, I have been earwormed with Solomon Burke's "Don't Give Up On Me" since I woke up. I love the song, but not on an endless loop. Geez.

I think I have it three different times. If I got a chance to meet Nick Hornby, or my crime-writing boyfriend George, I'd totally tell them that.