Wax A Chump Like A Candle

I woke up this morning, my mind a flashback jukebox. I am apparently an amateur DJ in my head. A mix of Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby and DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's Parents Just Don't Understand plays on and on and on with snippets of Deee-Lite's Groove Is In the Heart. Particulary the "I couldn't ask for another" line.

Make that a bad amateur DJ.

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it.

Does this ever happen to you? You are minding your own business when WHAM! (the band or the sound being struck by something- may it be inspiration or a heavy object), you are singing some random song, mixed with a church hymn, an old commerical and the theme song to The Facts of Life. "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound...the sound of silence...give a hoot, don't pollute...you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have, the facts of life!"

Maybe it's just me. . .

My supperdish, my succotash wish (sing it baby)

I seem to retain meaningless trivia and the lyrics to the lamest songs. I have found myself, say, at Longs (because we all know I take the Longs way home too often) standing in the aisle and a very cheesy, very embarassing love ballad will play. As I stand there inspecting the array of mascaras (come on, are all those different choices really any different from one another?!) I will start to hum along. After a few warm up bars, I'm in it, singing out

"You were my strength when I was weak/ You were my voice when I couldn't speak/ You were my eyes when I couldn't see/ You saw the best there was in me/ Lifted me up when I couldn't reach/ You gave me faith 'coz you believed/ I'm everything I am/ Because you loved me."

It's just not right. There has to be a cure. Celine Dion! I'd rather pull my eyelashes out one by one than know one of her songs.

Will it ever stop. Yo- I don't know

Tell me, because let's face it- this kind of misery likes company, what songs/jingles/theme songs get stuck in your head? Share your torture.

Word to your mother!