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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Our First Christmas Program
Lucy's school/daycare had its Christmas program tonight. We've been getting little snippets of songs over the past few weeks but had no idea we would be serenaded with such a diverese mix, among them Mele Kalikimaka and Feliz Navidad, as well as some old standbys like Jingle Bells and my favorite of the night, Away in a Manger:
You see Lucy had a dress twin. She noticed it in the middle of another song. I bought that dress before Halloween, thought I was doing well but no dice! Good thing this isn't like the prom. :)
All is all it was incredibly adorable, as expected, and Lucy was so proud and excited to have us there along with Grandpa and Auntie Marcey. Judging by the singing that has been going on since, I think the spring program will be quite interesting!
Lucy's school/daycare had its Christmas program tonight. We've been getting little snippets of songs over the past few weeks but had no idea we would be serenaded with such a diverese mix, among them Mele Kalikimaka and Feliz Navidad, as well as some old standbys like Jingle Bells and my favorite of the night, Away in a Manger:
You see Lucy had a dress twin. She noticed it in the middle of another song. I bought that dress before Halloween, thought I was doing well but no dice! Good thing this isn't like the prom. :)
All is all it was incredibly adorable, as expected, and Lucy was so proud and excited to have us there along with Grandpa and Auntie Marcey. Judging by the singing that has been going on since, I think the spring program will be quite interesting!
Friday, December 02, 2011
Tunes on 2s - Stay (I Missed You), Lisa Loeb (1994)
You say
I only hear what I want to
And you say
I talk so all the time...so
Any I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
But now that I am leaving
Now I know that I did something wrong 'cuz I missed you...
Yeah, I missed you.
Listen/watch here.
This was a one-hit wonder for Lisa Loeb for as far as I can remember. Judging by the lyrics I should be telling you some story of heartbreak or love gone wrong. Instead I'm going to tell you about a roadtrip.
I think it was the fall of 1995 that I rode to Cedar Falls with my cousin Chris to visit our mutual friend Josh, who was going to school there. I vaguely remember the visit itself, but the car ride home is etched in my mind. I think it was near a holiday or other break, so Josh rode back with us to Storm Lake.
What you will remember if you know this song is that it's done in a sweet voice, with the type of emotion that can only be wrought by a mid-1990s movie soundtrack involving confused 20-somethings who listen to alternative music and have names like LeLaina and Troy and are played by actors with names like Winona and Ethan (can anyone name that movie?) It could even be said that this song is decidedly" female" and could be assumed to appeal to such an audience.
Not so in my world. This song was played MULTIPLE times on that car trip, with two 20-something guys singing their little hearts out in their best falsettos. I laughed so hard, but I sang right along. We three had some good times and lots of funny stories among us, and it's been a long time since I've thought of those. When I heard this song on satellite radio a couple weeks ago it took me right back to the front seat of Chris' car, with Josh's head poked between the seats leading us in song.
Ah, those were the days.
You say
I only hear what I want to
And you say
I talk so all the time...so
Any I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
But now that I am leaving
Now I know that I did something wrong 'cuz I missed you...
Yeah, I missed you.
Listen/watch here.
This was a one-hit wonder for Lisa Loeb for as far as I can remember. Judging by the lyrics I should be telling you some story of heartbreak or love gone wrong. Instead I'm going to tell you about a roadtrip.
I think it was the fall of 1995 that I rode to Cedar Falls with my cousin Chris to visit our mutual friend Josh, who was going to school there. I vaguely remember the visit itself, but the car ride home is etched in my mind. I think it was near a holiday or other break, so Josh rode back with us to Storm Lake.
What you will remember if you know this song is that it's done in a sweet voice, with the type of emotion that can only be wrought by a mid-1990s movie soundtrack involving confused 20-somethings who listen to alternative music and have names like LeLaina and Troy and are played by actors with names like Winona and Ethan (can anyone name that movie?) It could even be said that this song is decidedly" female" and could be assumed to appeal to such an audience.
Not so in my world. This song was played MULTIPLE times on that car trip, with two 20-something guys singing their little hearts out in their best falsettos. I laughed so hard, but I sang right along. We three had some good times and lots of funny stories among us, and it's been a long time since I've thought of those. When I heard this song on satellite radio a couple weeks ago it took me right back to the front seat of Chris' car, with Josh's head poked between the seats leading us in song.
Ah, those were the days.
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