'last night i had the strangest dream....'

on superbowl sunday, 1994, i sat with several of my college cronies in the pizzeria uno down at the inner harbor and asked every waiter in the establishment if they knew who wrote that song to which i refer above. not ONE person in there knew the answer. i'm fairly certain that, when i arrived home that evening, i called the local radio station and actually sang part of it to them over the phone, after which the radio announcer, sensing my oh-so-limited knowledge of pop music from the 80s, flatly replied, 'uh, matthew wilder'.....as if i should have known this! who else knows this? anyway, i'm certain i will never forget that small detail for the rest of my natural-born life.

so yeah, i did indeed have strange and haunting dreams last night. in one dream, i met up with 3 of my closest high school friends, one of whom was VERY pregnant, and they proceeded to play out their staged 'intervention' with me, informing me that my life needed a change. the weird thing was that only 2 of my friends actually spoke; the other one, who is normally quite vocal, sat there silently, unable to contribute anything to the moment. after this 'discussion', everyone sort of drifted off into their own separate rooms. i went to where my one friend (a guy) was lying on a bed, and he motioned for me to come over to him and lie down. i wasn't feeling sad, but i knew that i was supposed to be, so i began to cry and he held me and assured me that everything would be okay. within a few minutes, my crazy uncle shows up and announces that he needs me at his house for rehearsals - because i'm singing 'blue moon' in the wedding of some big pop star the next day.

no, i didn't eat anything weird before bed. unless you count the 2 pieces of cinnamon toast i had for dinner last night....

anyway, i'm off to shower. i've actually been cold since yesterday, despite my constant turning-up of the a/c. maybe all that time spent in a 76-degree house last week rubbed off on me....

okay, wishful thinking.....more later:)