A Good Crash ... Not Like The Film

This time of year sort of makes me grumpy.  I am always burnt out from work.  The holidays sort of depress me.  I am weary of awkward conversations and the general sadness I feel.  Also, I am a total slob around this time.  I just .. can't .. get it together.  Plus, the economy makes everything harder this year.  

Blah, blah, blah.  

In my email today was a request from one of those marketing companies that approach bloggers.  For those of you who don't have blogs or who just don't know what I am talking about, these people somehow find you and want you to blog about an artist, writer, event, whatever.  I have no idea how they found me especially because I've been such an infrequent blogger in the past few months.  

I usually ignore these emails but this one caught my eye because it featured an artist I have a little crush on:  Matt Nathanson.His music is very Grey's Anatomy meets Scrubs.  I have his live CD which was given to me as a gift.  He is just so funny and irreverent (and a little adorable) in concert.  I usually find the live CD banter to be an annoying somewhat awkward endeavor (see Lauryn Hill's live MTV Unplugged CD for an example of this -- scary) where singers try really hard to be funny or deep or something.  Matt is just right.  He's really funny but doesn't talk too much and has a great voice.

The marketing emailer actually wanted me to blog about some initiative that MTV was doing but I wasn't that into it.  I did go to You Tube to hear Matt Nathanson's most recent song, Car Crash.  It is a great song about wanting to feel more alive and I am a sucker for those kinds of songs.  (2008 was a really great year in terms of taking more control of my life/happiness and I feel like 2009 has even more in store! More love and creativity for sure.  For sure.  I had to bring it back to me.  Couldn't help myself.)

In the comments for the YouTube video, one user wrote the following:  "i was looking for a car crash! and i found this! IT WAS GOD LEADING ME TO AWESOMENESS"    That line just moved me. Imagine doing some google search to find info about a car crash that someone you knew was in or figuring out how to deal with car crashes or something difficult like that.  And all of a sudden you were brought to this song about feeling more alive and having faith that if you give in to something, you'll be all right. That is really a gift.  Good things can come along when you need them.  

So here's to more good things coming along when you need them.  Enjoy!