Soundtracks

Once again, the woman im my life demonstrates that listening to your significant other is a good idea. She always tells me I worry too much, and she's right. It's a catch-22, in a way. I know perfectly well there's nothing I can do other than what I can do, (if that makes sense) so why worry? Nonetheless, worry I do. At any rate, things are coming to a conclusion as of late- I'm waiting to hear back from my friendly neighborhood recruiter to get a time and place to enlist. (I knew that astronomically high score on the ASVAB would come in handy sooner or later...) So today I'm waiting to hear what the good word is.

I got to thinking about a trick someone told me once- put your iPod on random, then answer a series of questions, along the lines of which song defines which aspect of your life. I actually don't have an iPod, but that's okay. It got me thinking, what songs best define people? I think music is, whether we realize it or not, a big part of our lives. Very few people I know don't drive without the radio on, and the songs that are always playing in the background can say a good deal about us. If we had theme songs, what would they be? I can think of a couple off hand-

- My personal theme- Dirty Drowning Man by Primus

-Theme for the kids/family- Dragula, by Rob Zombie- (my son loves this song)

- Love theme- Mothra Leo theme, by Akira Ifukube (for a really good rendering of this, check out Godzilla and Mothra: Battle for Earth)

- Conflict theme (every good drama has a little conflict, where the hero meets his nemesis, not that I have a nemesis)- "O Fortuna", from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

-Just Had to Include It Themes-Everybody Get Some by Dino Lee and The White Trash Revue, I'm Your Boogie Man by KC and the Sunshine Band

Okay, enough silliness for one day- great things await, if we can but extend our reach! After all, should a man's expectations not always exceed his reach?