Reality BITES!

Okay, just a little break from all these incoherent ramblings! I’ve just got to say that Marty Casey (of the band Lovehammers) is just damn hot! He isn’t the best singer in the world, but even when he’s off-pitch and screamy, he sounds awesome.

Of all the rockers in Rockstar: INXS, he’s the only one who inspired me to find out more about the songs he’s sung. Like Pink Floyd’s "Wish You Were Here" (which I have listened to about 20 times in the past 3 days – Marty’s version of course) and The Killers’ "Mr. Brightside". It has made me wonder why I’ve never listened to these bands or why I’ve never really taken notice of this genre. Of course, a lot of great rock songs came out when I was much younger and had no appreciation of music. Then in my teens, the great rock bands were Nirvana and Pearl Jam, which were both just too loud for my Clair Marlo trained ears. Okay okay, I admit, I was too sentimental then (read: Chicago and Toto).

Nowadays I still love Pop and R&B, but I’ve also started to take notice of Rock. The Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, Coldplay and other Alternative bands are looped on my player. Now if only I can pull off the Rock Glam look…

So maybe I’ve had an overdose of watching all these superhero/comic book flicks. My friends and I discussed what super powers we would want to have given the chance to choose.

It seems that the most popular is mental telepathy and/or telekinesis (just don’t ask me the difference between the two, because frankly speaking, I have no idea). Well, I’m actually not surprised, given all the mind games that people play. I mean, wouldn’t everything be so much easier if we can read people’s minds? Or if we could communicate by just thinking what we want to get across, without the complications of interpreting the actual actions of a person?

Personally though, I would prefer having the power to be invisible (to which my sister replied, "Oh, but you already are!"…Very funny. Not!) Pretty much like Violet in The Incredibles or Invisible Woman (duh!) of Fantastic Four. With the matching force field, of course. I’m pretty sure you psychologists out there are ready with all your psychoanalysis stuff already, and I know what you’re going to say – insecurity, passive, introvert…blah blah.

I guess you’re right about that. But I just find it appealing to be able to disappear whenever I want to or just do my stuff without people bothering me. Or when things get out of hand, I can just shut out everyone from my world with a force field. Oh and I’d also like to know what people do when they think no one is watching (and I mean this in the most wholesome manner possible).

But really, where’s the fun in living if we’re more than human? I guess maybe that explains why my favorite "superhero" has always been Batman. He is "just" human, but that doesn’t stop him from trying to be more than that.