20.1.08

A funny thing happened....

So I was feeling really shitty about myself -- kind of sad -- and was in my car. I was driving home and trying to figure a few things out, but i didn't want to think about them at that exact moment, so I blasted the stereo. What streamed out was the carefree warmth of the beach boys. How fitting while i'm freezing my ass off and sad - a warm escape in the metaphorical and literal sense. The song was "wouldn't it be nice."

It was so perfect for the moment I wanted to cry (the song is kind of about love which didn't really apply here, but all that was perfect was the phrase "wouldn't it be nice"). And so as I got home, I went on the computer and Googled the lyrics so I could read the song. I thought the lyrics would cheer me up. And they did. But I got distracted by the two advertisements for WSIB (workplace safety and training board) that the lyrics were squished between. The following are what I saw:


Two workers dead on the ground impaled by work place objects and the saying "a lack of training, can KILL." They are also the ones behind that god-awful commercial in which that cook slips and falls with a large pot of boiling water and screams while she is burning on the floor. thanks WSIB. Thanks so much for ruining my attempt at cheer. As a result, the beach boys didn't work. But here are the lyrics. maybe they will cheer you:

Wouldnt it be nice if we were older
Then we wouldnt have to wait so long
And wouldnt it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong
You know its gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together

Wouldnt it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through
Happy times together weve been spending
I wish that every kiss was neverending
Wouldnt it be nice

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true
Baby then there wouldnt be a single thing we couldnt do
We could be married
And then wed be happy
Wouldnt it be nice

You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But lets talk about it
Wouldnt it be nice