Anthem

(or, Friday Stuff and Nonsense)

I love Mika.

But I like showtunes and big band music, so bear that in mind.

A while back I ran accross the video for "Lollipop" on somebody's blog, I can't remember whose. I've been batshit crazy about Mika ever since. Though he's amazingly talented, it's not just the voice and the music. I've always had this weird, inexplicable attraction to men with ethereal, almost....transcendant beauty. And apparently, androgyny gets me really hot and bothered as well.

I could snap the man in half like a swizzle stick, I'm probably old enough to be his mother, and I'm pretty sure he prefers les hommes. Seriously, do you know any straight guys who would wear this?



But I can't help it. I want to lick his Lollipop.

((Oh no she Di-int!! ))

Hey, you know what? Coyness becomes a little ridiculous when you get to be my age.

Anyway, it's not that I'm not ever attracted to the type of guy who would club you over the head and drag you by your hair back to his cave. I had a fairly longstanding lush (that's lust + crush) on Vin Diesel, whom, I'm fairly certain, is an evolutionary throwback of some kind. I'm still trying to live that down.

But when I heard this song, I knew Mika and I were soulmates.



It's silly and bubble gummy, but I like the message. And hey, every artist has their "Fat Bottomed Girls", right?

I'm not as big as any of the gals in his video, but I have been. And though I'm slowly regaining the body I used to have, I will never, ever be small. I'm just not made that way. So any time big girls are recognized as beautiful, it speaks to me on a very personal level.

And yes, I was that girl in high school that was forever falling in love with the gay guys. I eventually realized that they are wholly immune to feminine charms and are not often disposed to changing their minds. BUT...they make the absolute BEST friends. SIGH. I miss having gay guys to hang out with.

Maybe that's why I've become so enamored of Mika

At any rate, "Life in Cartoon Motion" is an excellent album (uhhh, do we still call them that?) and I highly recommend it. It's not deep, or obscure, or broodingly artistic. But the arrangements are amazing, the lyrics are catchy and his voice is sweet and....happy. It makes me happy to listen to it.

Here's one more video to sway you.



Remember. I like show tunes. You were warned.