New iTunes Rule... Don't Say My Taste is Eclectic Like it's a Bad Thing

In a discussion about music today, Jon & I agreed that I have the more "eclectic" of our two tastes. He asked me to play some tunes, I started my "My Top Rated" playlist thinking that would give us some more-than-decent background music for our dinner/working in the office. As I clicked forward through the first twenty or so songs that I knew I loved but would mean absolutely nothing to him, I chuckled. Lately, it seems that he always catches me in thoughts that make me chuckle by asking what, exactly, is so funny? Honestly, I sometimes don't want to share. But I usually try to... at least share something that truly would make me chuckle if not the exact thought that was running through my wacky half-brain. Shoot... I'm bringing myself to the words I wanted to copy & paste earlier than I wanted to copy & paste them. Remember this spot when you come to them later.

Anyway, I told him my chuckle-worthy thought... these are my songs. Okay, maybe you wouldn't chuckle at that, but I did (especially considering as how I got lots of laughs from our fight night crew last night by poking good-natured fun at Jon's contributions to the music collection... Britney's Email My Heart got the most laughs, by the way). So he said something about how I like lyrics and he just likes music. In fact, he said, if all music was without lyrics, that would be just fine with him. Except for the fact that NO! Oh yeah, and all of this happened just as I was stumbling into the collection from one of my faves. So, I went on to talk a little bit about how I think this particular lyricist is brilliant. His words speak to me. Okay, a lot of things speak to me, but him in particular. It's not often anything he writes doesn't carry some meaning for me. Jon scoffed. End of discussion. That's a typical interaction these days... especially with everything Jon's had on his plate. With the dissertation, grading, stupid test-taking scandals, etc. all going down, no reason to have a longer-than-five-minute discussion about something as silly as lyrics, right? Anyway, the point I was getting to (and remember to pay attention here for the reference to copy & paste from above) is that he posted another blog yesterday. Given that I love everything he writes, it's not surprising that yet another set of his words spoke to me. But I wanted to share them, regardless.

Today is for nothing else but to Be Here Now, and to interact honestly with our fellow amigos. Today is the reminder that there is no right or wrong, only we who make it so.

Or something really close to that. ;) Just a few words of wisdom from the man. Hope your Cinco de Mayo was fantabulous.