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Comment #763

2010-04-11T14:44:25Z

You cursed me as well, Mom, but it's certainly not unique to our family. I mostly get driven nuts by the music I'm working on currently (I've practiced for hours already, I don't want to have it in my head the rest of the day!) but I also get German words or phrases stuck in my head. The nice thing is that often they are words I have heard but don't know so it's a good way to build vocabulary.

Comment #762

2010-04-10T13:40:56Z

There's only one problem with larger-than-life heroes: closer examination can lead to disappointment. (For more on that, see Steve Taylor's "Hero" - with a somewhat odd video.) But you're right: I should probably get over that, because if the larger-than-life attributes (even if untrue) inspire emulation, we stand to gain a lot. (I'll resist deviating to the obvious argument against compulsive de-bunking.)

Unfortunately, the inspiration to emulation hasn't ever worked very well with me, which is why I need to work to understand it. Thanks for the reminder!

Comment #761

2010-04-10T13:31:26Z

That's another thing I got from you, Mom. I've got phrases from that "John Williams is the Man" song stuck in my head all the last several days. The whole time I was dragging cut branches to the back of the yard, all I could think of was "Let the wookie win. Droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets!" yikes! Since this morning it's "It's spaceships! It's monsters! It's Star Wars! We love it!" Followed by more Indiana Jones theme music... Maybe we need to put in those scripture memory songs to get "drive the Falcon through an asteroid" out of my head!!!!

Comment #760

2010-04-10T11:15:34Z

Give it a break, Stephan—it's a kids' song, a Disney song, a folk-song-like song, a song from the days when we were allowed to have larger-than-life heroes.

I'll admit it's handy to have that memory aid—I only wish I could control it. I, too, know the frustration of having crafted the perfect formulation, only to get distracted and lose it in the ether before setting pen to paper...er, fingers to keyboard.

Comment #759

2010-04-10T07:14:36Z

Was it worth listening to seven minutes of hagiography for "...and knows he's right 'cause he ain't often wrong?" Hmmm.

But back on topic: I wish words and paragraphs arranged themselves in my brain the way they do in yours - I'll toss around a good phrase and, once I've found it, if I don't write it down my brain appears to find enough satisfaction in getting it "just right" to let go and forget...