All the things I should have done but I never did….

How many of you remember the movie “She’s Having a Baby”? Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin, Elizabeth McGovern – John Hughes movie of the 80’s about a guy who finds himself having to grow up fairly quickly when he realizes he’s a married man with a baby on the way.

Great movie – not my favourite John Hughes movie – that remains “Some Kind of Wonderful” but just a good movie regardless. Never mind that I do love me a good Kevin Bacon movie because well, I have a Kevin Bacon number of 1.

I am sitting on a plane on my way to Seattle as I write this (love having a laptop on a long flight) and I’m listening to Peppermint Patty – the i.P.O.D (iPod of Doom) and she decided I needed to hear “This Woman’s Work” by Kate Bush – a song that is featured heavily in “She’s Having a Baby.” Peppermint Patty seems to have a knack at finding exactly the songs I need to hear. And I know it’s not just me. On the Barenaked Ladies blog, Steve Page (sigh!!!) mentioned the same thing – that his iPod always seems to know exactly what he needs to hear.

So, I’m listening to that song which I have always loved – probably my favourite Kate Bush song and thought about what a great arrangement of it I could put together with just a guitar. Of course, I need to learn to play guitar, which I have been saying I am going to do for YEARS, and never seem to do. I think that will be my New Year’s resolution, learn to play the guitar and start to sing. I’m not a bad singer, I’m not fabulous but I’m not bad and the more I do it, the better I get. I used to be very good and then I had Mono and Strep throat the summer between my sophomore and junior years of college and it changed my voice forever. I don’t think I’ll ever be one of those guitarists that people say “wow, she’s just amazing.” I won’t be a Richard Thompson or a Patty Larkin but I could be ok and I could sing and I could put together a CD, which has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. I would love to pony up the nerve and play open mike nights. I would love to pony up the nerve and sing and not worry what anyone thinks…if I could make some music that would impact someone the way that music impacts me? Wow, that would be about the coolest thing I can think of.