meisa's lagoon

this blog is nothing but an excuse not to work for me. well, no, it is more than that. but it definately helps in looking for ways to procrastinate. like just now, i am supposed to be writing this paper, and here i am blogging. i was listening to "lady in red" as i was "writing", and i thought to myself, "i should blog about this song". so what do i do? not work! that's right, i blog.
red is not just my favourite colour, but a giant source of happiness. red things (not blood), typically bring a smile to my face and put a little twinkle in my eye. it's like the red object and i are sharing something special that no one else sees.
but it's funny, whenever i hear the song, i never feel like it is really associated with me and red. i usually think of two things: 1) my dad and 2) a lean cuisine commercial.
i remember my dad singing along with this song whenever it came on the radio, and when chris de burgh sings "...dancing with me, cheek to cheek...", my dad always says "chee-leek au chee-leek". this doesn't translate very well into the written form, but it always made me laugh.
and i don't know if any of you have seen this horrible commercial where the woman wearing a red dress starts dancing like a freak and trying to sexily toss about her hair because she has just eaten lean cuisine. her husband is, of course, floored because she is suddenly so sexy now that she has just eaten lite chicken cacciatore or something of the sort. terrible commercial. i can't believe someone actually got paid for coming up with it.
anyway, back to work. or rather, back to looking for something other than work to do. i think i will continue listening to cheeseball 80s music. maybe a little of Wham!'s "never gonna dance again". perhaps it will bring back other memories to share.