Heroes Among Us

So my current obsession is the new NBC series "Heroes". I was one of those kids over a decade ago that watched X-Men and Batman animated series every week on TV. Growing up, a live action primetime show about superheroes among us is absolutely a dream come true. If you haven't checked it out yet, wait for the DVD box set to come out or find someone that has taped it, the first episode sets up dozens of mysteries and questions and the exciting part is now waiting for every Monday night to see how a little more unfolds. Every hero on this show is awesome, but my favorite is becoming this police officer who discovers he can hear peoples' thoughts. I loved the dichotomy of it all because before this, his greatest human flaw was never really understanding others but always meaning well. On top of that, he is an upstanding man and so this power seems like a well deserved last puzzle piece. As a cop, he always failed at becoming a detective because he couldn't get into the heads of the accused. As a husband, he always believed his wife hated him because she was always yelling at him and never spoke to him. But in both circumstances, he wanted to do more for the good - that is he wanted to help people as a detective and be a great husband. Now he can. Although with every power comes a price and he now lives with the burden of other's thoughts constantly on his mind and now, in a turn of irony, is misunderstood himself by everyone else.

Anyway, enough about that, life in the real world is still an everyday adventure. The last couple weeks has been crazy because one of my co-workers fell ill and ended up in the ER. We were covering his jobs and shows all week and so the schedule has been filled up tighter than ever. It's odd though, because none of us really minded. The guy we were covering for is a good guy and it's amazing how people will work together to help out a good person. He's back this week and well so we're glad to see him well and us relaxing a little more. I guess I could expand this post by going into detail about all the work this last week, but I know that would most likely bore everyone to death. So I'll leave it at that, it was busy, we had important clients and most of you are familiar with our big-named clients.

Yesterday while I was at lunch I dropped off some shirts at the dry cleaners and it
was a minor (but interesting) coming-of-age event. It was the first time I had taken something to a dry cleaner (in college I never dressed up and before then my mother always insisted on handwashing our nice clothes). I have to admit it was a bit strange paying another Asian woman to clean my clothes. That along with so many of my friends that got or are getting married and those that are having kids are more signs of life moving on. It's cool to think how far life has come and where I am now and where I was and where I'm going. Deep, I know, but today wasn't an incredibly introspective day, just a little sidetrack.

On another note, as busy as I have been, I've actually gotten some writing/recording done. I have a song now I think I am pretty much finished with that I am still deciding on a title for. It isn't a geared towards radio, but it does have hints of huge pop songs in it. It kind of represents me, I'm a bit off beat and quirky, but deep down inside I'm a pop rocker...anyway, this is another step into getting my album done. Aside from the songs everyone knows, I think this time I will save them until I'm all done. That way, the project can be heard as it was meant, all one piece of work. I will probably seek the counsel of some musical mentors, but otherwise, this material is kind of personal (even more so than has been before) and I don't want parts of it to be misunderstood outside of the big picture. Also, like a good film, I don't want to give away the good parts before people get a chance to see it. I will however say that this album is about dissecting relationships and how they affect our lives in other dimensions. I know love is a generic topic for music these days, but this takes it a bit further, how at the beginning you think you have so much figured out, but things change, so that you can learn. On top of that, this explores what happens on the outskirts love and relationships and looks at the person and how they are affected and changed by all the push and pull of love.

Regardless, I'm excited.

Anyway, I need to go, but thanks to everyone tuning in, I'll be on later...
-Rod