10. Caught Up - Usher

Currently I'm having some problems coming up with a good opening sentence for this entry.

As a temporary stop-gap measure I will now continue the entry at approximately 1/3rd of the way in and hopefully address the opening line problem at a later date.

And then I said to her, 'You think thats a problem? I lost $20 and my towel got wet"

Managed to pull the usual 12 hours of work this weekend, 8 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday. Now that itself is nothing special, but what made it even better was the fact that I got the chorus from 'Caught Up' stuck in my head right at the start of my shift.

Now my love for Usher is well-founded. Truth be told I had a lot more respect for the man before I found out that he uses 'wheelies' in his shoes. It was like when I was told Santa wasn't real (circa Dec 2001), or when I learnt that KIT from Knight Rider was just a prop. In short, I'm not personally affronted by Usher. Unless he starts bad-mouthing my bitches again.

So initially it was all cool, but after that 10 seconds passed, it got a little annoying, then a lot annoying. On later analysis it might have to do with the fact that I really don't know the words to the song. So for about 4 hours, I had this going in my head;

"I'm so caught up, and I don't know what it is but *something something* got me twisted" * repeat

Also note that as per the song, the 'caught up' bit is pitching in a bit higher. So its really running something like this;

"I'm so CAUGHT UP, and I don't know what it is but *something something* got me twisted" * repeat and rinse.

And then as I don't know the rest of the words, I get this playing;

"I'm so CAUGHT UP, *mumble mumble* CAUGHT UP, *mumble mumble* CAUGHT UP, and I don't know what it is but *something something* got me twisted" * shuffle and repeat

Obviously a lot of fun. But it got worse; the show started. Now just in case you didn't know, I work as an usher/merch guy at the Regent Theatre. And right now the 'Reg' (that's some sophisticated theatre-talk there) is showing Disney's The Lion King; the musical.

So anyway I'm standing at the back of the stalls with 'Caught Up' in my head, and then it starts, the beginning of 'The Circle of Life'.

At about this stage, I would have been willing to remove each of my fingernails with my teeth. Unfortunately it got worse.

The building next door decided to add to my woes and turn its alarm on. Well that or the building next door was broken into by a bunch of professional criminals. Actually if they were professional criminals, the alarm would not have gone off, so maybe it was just amateur criminals.

So here I am, 'Caught Up' plus the score from the Lion King plus an alarm.

Headache.

Now this is interesting, I'm having a problem closing this entry. These bookends aren't working.

Oh well, I'll just stop typing. Right about...now.