Hi there. It’s me, the weirdo who keeps disappearing. I have all sorts of ideas, but either my brain goes zap or time disappears. So I figured I’d start with something silly.
When Steve posted about the weird freedom.gov website, he mentioned the song “Ocean Front Property”. This made me think of some confused small kid logic I had. And it made me think about how little geography I understood.
The first time I heard that song, it was on the radio. I think I might have been slowly waking up when I heard it. But I was trying to understand the words. By the time it was done, I was very confused. “What is the point of this song, anyway?” I thought to myself. “This guy’s a selfish, mean jerk, and he randomly wants to talk about real estate? Why do we care?” It didn’t help that where it says “If you’ll buy that,” I thought it said “I’m not ruled by that.” So I thought the verses and the choruses were two separate thoughts.
This is the part where grown up me wants to laugh and laugh and laugh, because at this point, kid me had no idea where Arizona was, so I had no idea how sarcastic the song was being. I also had never heard the expression “I have a bridge I can sell you.” I don’t think I ever asked anybody, because I don’t remember peals of laughter, so that’s a good thing. But I will always remember just how confused I was that morning.