I’m a bit of a tortured soul. During high school I was in wrestling and band and I think I was the only person in a school of 2000 students who was. During Band, we did routines like you see in DCI, only not as polished. It was a lot of fun and it got me interested in musicals. Since then I’ve seen the following musicals on stage:

• Les Miserables
• Miss Saigon
• City of Angels
• Evita
• Mamma Mia
• Spamalot!

I’ve seen plenty of others on dvd or even vhs.  Last night my mom talked me into seeing ‘Mamma Mia’ in the theatre.  It’s by far the funniest musical I’ve seen and I don’t know if it’s just because my mom subliminally tortured me with ABBA music while I was a baby.   Meryl Streep did a lot better than I thought she would and Pierce Brosnan wasn’t as bad as I thought he’d be.  Overall I’d say it was good fun, although not as good as the stage version.  The worst part is trying to get the mental images of guys wearing 70s disco outfits out my mind. 

As a side note, Meggan and I first watched ‘Moulin Rouge’  when we started hanging out together before we started dating and still occasionally watch it.  Ewan McGregor has some huge vocals. 

When I first started dating and hanging out with Meggan she constantly had ABC Family and Disney on all the time with repeated sitcoms.    I’m not generally a sitcom guy except for ‘How I Met Your Mother’ because Ted and Barney are just too funny.  In fact, I don’t like sitcoms. Also as a fact I don’t like Disney much or ABC Family.  I put up with it because I guessed that’s what women, especially elementary teachers do.  They are a bit on the cutesy side of things.  Just leave me be to my football, Ninja Warrior, and American Gladiators (err….busted). 

Fast Forward 3-4 years

Due to some what I now consider fortuitous and foreboding circumstances, one of Meggan’s summer school kids had their ‘Camp Rock’ cds taken away.  Why does this affect me?  Just because I asked her if we could borrow it.  Next thing I know I’m singing a Jonas Brother song… oh how the mighty have fallen.  So I want to blame this on the baby, somehow someway but I think it’s not really his fault.  It’s been years in the making of her subtleness, and I frequently see myself checking those stations now.   I feel dirty now.   I think I need to go watch a marathon of some UFC or WEC now…. bbl. 

p.s.  The song is called ‘This is Me’ by Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas - It’s grand!