My Life, the Musical

In Belgium I was in a skit like they do on Whose Line Is It, Anyway?--the one where there's a party host, then he has to guess what's wrong with all the guests who arrive. I was the character who thought her life was a musical. I was easy to pick out as soon as I sang "The Sound of Music" upon entrance and when I sang my name to him for introductions. He pegged me after that.
I'm feeling musical-y today because my emotions are so manic-depressive and manic-expressive that only music could fit the mood.

"Maybe This Time" from Cabaret brings out my stuck-in-a-rut-and-trying-to-get-out-of-it mood.

"I Have Confidence" from The Sound of Music is the song I'll sing, I think, once I've figured out my life. Okay, that's a bit of an understatement. Once I've figured out the next move, then I can sing it, I think.

"Say it to Me Now" from Once is one of my all-time favorites. Glen Hansard sings this with so much...heart and gusto and brokenness. Sometimes I sing it to God because it goes with our relationship as much as it does a broken romantic relationship, which I, thank God, do not have right now. As Charlotte Lucas says to Lizzie in Pride and Prejudice, "Some of us cannot afford to be romantic." Amen, sister.

"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" from Oklahoma. Only I would sing it satirically. Not that the mornings are beautiful, but things are definitely not going my way.

"Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl. Okay, I first heard this on Glee, so my knowledge of musicals is slightly delapidated, but this is that gusto I've been lookin' for.

"La Vie Bohem" from Rent brings out my hippiness and my philosophical/spiritual obsession with... well, philosophical and spiritual hippiness. And sometimes when I don't care what others think, this is my anthem. Yessss.