Glee Cast - Loser Like Me

I have officially gotten on the Glee bandwagon. Does that make me a Gleek now? LOL Well, for weeks now I have been asking myself, why am I watching a show about high school kids that sing? First of all, I graduated from high school, umm *cough cough*, a few years ago and I really don't like musicals, like at all.

Then this weekend, I broke down and bought a Glee cd. I believe it is one from the second season(the one with Thriller/Off with your heads and Loser Like Me). I LOVE it. I see myself buying every single one of the cd's now. Yikes!!

Well, I have been listening to it on repeat for a week now and I find that my fav song on the cd is Loser Like Me. I didn't see why at first, but then it hit me - That song is ABOUT me. Bam another revelation.

I was the high school loser. I was the one that wasn't popular and got made fun of. Even though, I lettered in four sports(Basketball, Softball, Track and Cross Country), and graduated Battalion Commander of our JROTC(that's a Colonel), and was 11th in my class and a member of the National Honor Society, I was still the odd ball. Oh, and I was part of the "head banger" crew, as well. I couldn't help it if I like ACDC and Whitesnake. Maybe, because I DID do all those things that were so unrelated it set me apart from everyone else. I'm not sure.

These days I embrace my differences. I love that I can discuss just about anything or at least formulate an intelligent reponse, well most times anyway. So, here is the video for my new fav song and I love the entire scene. Enjoy!!

Glee Cast — Loser Like Me lyrics

(Lea Michele/Rachel)

Yeah, you may think that I'm a zero
But, hey, everyone you wanna be
Probably started off like me
You may say that I'm a freakshow (I don't care)
But, hey, give me just a little time
I bet you're gonna change your mind

All of the dirt you've been throwin' my way
It ain't so hard to take, that's right
'Cause I know one day you'll be screamin' my name
And I'll just look away, that's right

(Chorus)
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
So everyone can hear
Hit me with the worst you got and knock me down
Baby, I don't care
Keep it up, I'm tunin' up to fade you out
You wanna be
You wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me

(Cory Monteith/Finn)

Push me up against the locker
And hey, all I do is shake it off
I'll get you back when I'm your boss
I'm not thinkin' 'bout you haters
'Cause hey, I could be a superstar
I'll see you when you wash my car

All of the dirt you've been throwin' my way
It ain't so hard to take, that's right
'Cause I know one day you'll be screamin' my name
And I'll just look away, that's right

(Chorus)
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
So everyone can hear
Hit me with the worst you got and knock me down
Baby, I don't care
Keep it up, I'm tunin' up to fade you out
You wanna be
You wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me
A loser like me

Hey, you, over there
Keep the L up-up in the air
Hey, you, over there
Keep the L up, 'cause I don't care
You can throw your sticks, and you can throw your stones
Like a rocket, just watch me go
Yeah, l-o-s-e-r
I can only be who I are

(Chorus)
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
So everyone can hear
Hit me with the words you got and knock me down
Baby, I don't care
Keep it up, I'm tunin' up to fade you out
You wanna be
You wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me

(Chorus)
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
So everyone can hear
Hit me with the words you got and knock me down
Baby, I don't care
Keep it up, I'm tunin' up to fade you out
You wanna be
You wanna be
A loser like me (A loser like me)
A loser like me (A loser like me)
A loser like me

Revelations continued....

From my previous post, you all know about my friend/co-worker's opinion about my upcoming Chicago trip in the fall. Well, she is still objecting to said trip. Last Sunday, we had our three year-old's birthday party. My friend got together with my BIL(who I don't get along with) and told him about the trip.

Of course, he being who he is and takes every opportunity to criticize me, carried on with her for a good 15 minutes. They made fun of me, my judgment, my online friends, Twilight, the trip, and on and on and on. It got so bad that I had to walk away and leave them there discussing my sanity with my poor husband. UGH!!

Now, I don't really care what they think. I really never have, but I felt like the venue for their venting was highly inappropriate. The one good thing was that at least most of the party participates had left(because my friend arrived 1 1/2 hours late for the party).

I have to say this about my wonderful husband, though. He has been supportive about this trip from virtually the beginning. He did ask at first if there were going to be any guys staying with us and I reassured him that "no" and if there were they would be gay anyway. After a quirk of his eyebrow, he laughed and said "ok.". And okay it is. He has faith in me that I am not going to go to Chicago, or New York, or anywhere else and get kidnapped or such. He believes that I am a grown woman who can take care of myself. It does help that I can be a raging bitch at times and meaner than a stripped snake, but that's a topic for another post.

To wrap up this ongoing rant I am on this morning, I want to say that I love my online friends who don't judge me or question my common sense(at least most of the time) and that I LOVE my hubby who is the ONLY person in the world who knows absolutely EVERYTHING about me from my fanfic obsession to my love of boy porn. :D

Revelations

I had two different revelations this week. The first was quite the epiphany.

I found out this week that I am going to be an aunt, again. Now, I am an only child so any nieces and nephews I get will be through my husband's brothers. Well, the younger one that has been dating a girl with two young kids by two different dads is the one having a baby. I won't go into all the particulars, but I was driving that day after my husband told me, and I started worrying about him and what he was going to do. Asking myself questions like: how is he going to financially provide for the baby, are they going to get married now, etc, etc?

Then it hit me. I shouldn't care. I know that sounds harsh, but I always do that. I worry and worry and make myself sick. I stress myself out over other peoples shit. So, I decided that I didn't care about all that. I was going to spoil that kid and make the best of the situation.

The second incident happened while at the office. See, I am taking a trip in the fall to Chicago to meet with some fellow twitter/online/fanfic friends. We have made all the plans and I am so excited about it. So, when I went to the office this week for our weekly meeting, I submitted my time off request. My friend that actually works under me asked me point blank where I was going. Not having time to really explain, I said I was going to Chicago to meet with some Twilight online friends.

Well, her response was not what I would have liked. See, none of my real life friends know the extent of my fanfic/twitter obsession and they definitely don't know about me reading or writing slash stories. I live in the South and I hate to say it, but it would be frowned upon and you know what, it is really none of their business.

My 'friend' laughed out loud and basically said in not too nice a way that I was crazy and I didn't even know these people. She really hurt my feelings. I didn't expect her to jump for joy but she could have at least not been so mean about it. It made me really think about the difference between real life friends and online friends. Oh, we are still friends and she hasn't said anything else about it, but it still stings a bit.

The main point of this post is to say thank you to all my twitter/online friends that were outraged in my defense. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I still hold that going to Chicago is going to be fun and it will be so great to finally meet some of you gals in person. I figure my friend is the one missing out on some wonderful people by being so narrow minded. We will continue to be friends, but she will not influence any decisions I make about my life.

So, my revelation is this: I am going to not worry so much about what other people do or think and just enjoy my life. I know that this is easier said then done, but I am going to try my darndest. :D

I don't mean to be funny. It just comes out that way.

The other morning I was rushing around trying to get organized enough to leave for work. My husband was upstairs watching the news and a report about Libya was playing.

Before I knew really what I was saying, I yelled up to him.

"Ya know. We have always had trouble with the Libyans."

As I walked up the stairs, he was giving me this "and?" look, so I elaborated.

"Remember, "Back to the Future?"

After several minutes of excessive belly laughing, he looked at me and said, "That is so going on Facebook."

At that point, I had to laugh too. I didn't mean for it to be funny, but sometimes shit just pops out of my mouth before I think about it.

I just thought I would share this, because he DID put it on FB. :D


Here is a link to the scene in "Back to the Future" about the Libyans(sorry couldn't embed it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDS81Ibazdk&feature=related