Don’t you hate it when songs get stuck in your head for no reason whatsoever? It has been around two weeks since I went to go see the musical Evita and all of a sudden, the main song of the performance has jump straight into my head and refuses to leave. It has not been there for the past two weeks, so I do not know what makes today so special. Sometimes, I wonder if songs get stuck in my head because my mind is not working hard enough. I know that when I am really, really busy, my mind stays focused on the task at hand and the radio station that is my brain is quiet for a while. Lately, though, it seems like my brain is working non-stop to keep me entertained with showtunes. “Don’t Cry for me Argentina” is just the latest song to burst onto the scenes.
I think this, along with the urges to stay up late at night reading, must be signs that I am not being challenged enough. Well, since the books that I have been waiting for have finally come in, I have started trying to rectify (insert obligatory EE joke here) my boredom. I started on Essentials of Programming Languages during lunch today. This, along with the slew of novels I am slowly working my way through, ought to occupy my mind for a while once I get into it. Until then “Don’t cry for me Argentina…”
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This is when you break out “The Girl from Ipanema” — some scientist once figured out that it will clear any song stuck in your head out of there while not getting caught itself.
Me, I always have a soundtrack running, though…
Ah, but only the _music_ from “Girl…”. If you listen to the lyrics, you’re screwed.
Yeah, I was about to pipe in and say that’s not true! I’ve had “Girl from Ipanema” stuck in my head for weeks now! And I told Rick about Jeff’s comment about only listening to the music, and he still disagrees. I think maybe he’s right… maybe the music and the lyrics were stuck in both of our heads that one time someone played that song! Or maybe… we’re just weird. Won’t be the first time someone told either of us that!
Well, the song finally left my head sometime Saturday. However, to try and drive it out, I pulled out our “Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber” collection to listen to the song and, of all the songs from Evita in the collection, that was not one of them.