The Winter of My Discontent

In Greek mythology there was a story explaining how the change of seasons came to be. Hades, the god of the underworld, abducted Persephone while she was sitting around picking flowers. Her mother Demeter did her best to do some ‘Not Without My Daughter’ shizz & managed to get Persephone back but with limited time warranty. You see Hades had managed to get Persephone to eat of the underworld so then she kind of owed him or something. So the arrangement was that Persephone would be able to return to the surface for 6 months and then stay 6 months in the underworld. All because she ate 6 pomegranate seeds. Sound weird & fucked up right? I mean Hades abducted her after all. It was also said that while she was down there she fell in love with him so that may explain why she wanted to stay with him. Either way, this infuriated Demeter so for 6 months she would grieve & take it out on the earth by bringing about the cold & famine. Then, when she has her daughter back she is happy & brings the warm weather again. Quite an interesting scenario to me. But seriously that dumb beyotch should have pulled some more serious ‘Not Without My Daughter’ shizz & kept her daughter because this winter is killing me softly.

January has not been my month. There has been a plague set upon my mouth since New Years Day. At the beginning of the month I found out I had an ulcer which was right next to my wisdom tooth. Incidentally this is the same tooth that has been growing in for YEARS. So for 2 weeks I had to be careful about eating & swish with stuff twice a day so it would go away. The dentist also informed me that my gums were currently in a recession, much like the economy. Her solution was to stop brushing so hard. She also told me I have a small cavity which has to be filled next week. Then, at the beginning of last weekend I felt like a cold was coming on so I did my best to combat it. Since it’s the season for that I’ve seen tons of people at work & around sick so I’ve tried to avoid them. By last Sunday I woke up feeling terrible & kind of weak. That night I barely slept. I woke up with a 101 degree fever & the sheets were soaked from my sweat. I called into work & immediately went to the doctor. I had my suspicions on what caused it but he confirmed it when he said I had come down with tonsillitis again. I last had it in July & had heard that if you have it too often you have to have your tonsils removed. Instead he said that they only do that if it happens to you more than 3 times in a 6 month span. Then he said, “Nick, you have abnormally large tonsils.” Hmmm doc you know all the things a guy likes to hear. I’ll think of that the next time I have sexy times with someone. Maybe they’ll like to hear ‘Yeah you like those abnormally large tonsils don’t cha?’ Hmmm…. maybe not.

But I digress, enough about my mouth. What do you think of my mouth? No, so seriously I’ve been a tad saltier this month. There’s been unnecessary fights with friends that don’t even deserve the space in a blog to discuss. But I suppose that can happen with anyone. Sometimes the people that know you best know how to push your buttons. The same thing can be said about ourselves though right? Right. So at least all is well & this month is literally about to be over. Last night I decided to go out to see a group I used to like as a kid, Expose. It was an 80’s night & plenty of people were dressed in their 80’s garb. They tossed out glow sticks & other things that lit up. Before I knew it I had one around my neck & then 3 around my waist which prompted a Puerto Rican papi to call me Neon Shakira when I shook my ass. At around 1:15 am Expose finally came out. Mind you normally I am asleep in lala land on a school/work night but I’m glad I went. We all had so much fun & Expose sang like 6 of their biggest hits. Larry was in heaven when he got to sing a line when one of the girls sent out the mic & Vadim is just sure that he’ll get a record deal when the same thing happened to him. It prompted me to say, “Vadim made a record & is trying to promote it at an Expose show.” (you Madonna die hards will get that one) Most importantly, I ran into some friends who I haven’t seen in years & even reconnected with a former co-worker who was a pop star in her own right in the early 90’s. Yes Vadim, don’t lie…. I know you’re jealous. I’ll introduce you next time. I had a dream I met India & she sang her song about burning up the fire with just one desire. All I could think was that Vadim was gonna be so jealous! (another diehard madonna knock off quote but it works for this story)

So today I’m a lil tired but I don’t mind. My tonsillitis feels like it’s almost cleared up thanks to the antibiotics. A wisdom tooth is trying to make me think it’s gonna annoy me today but I ain’t having it. I’m in a good mood. Expose reminded that…….

Seasons change, feelings change

It’s been so long since I found you

Yet it seems like yesterday

Seasons change, people change

I’ll sacrifice tomorrow just to have you here today



One last thing, I heard from a lot of people about my top 100 for 2008 & wanted to know what my new jams were. So I decided you need to know about my top 10 songs of this month.

1. Circus/Britney Spears

2. That’s Not My Name/The Ting Tings

3. Sober/Pink

4. I Hate This Part/The Pussycat Dolls

5. Broken Strings/James Morrison & Nelly Furtado

6. My Life Would Suck Without You/Kelly Clarkson

7. The Fear/Lily Allen

8. The Loving Kind/Girls Aloud

9. Issues/The Saturdays

10. Unstoppable/Kat De Luna & Lil’ Wayne