What do people incorrectly assume about you? Do you leave an incorrect impression on people you meet the first time? Does it bother you if that’s the case?
The truth is that I’ve reached the stage in my life where I don’t care what people assume about me. I am who I am. Whether the impressions I leave on them or the assumptions they make about me are correct or incorrect, these are their impressions, their assumptions. They are what they are, whether I think they’re right or wrong, and there’s not much I can do about it.
The idea behind Who Won the Week is to give you the opportunity to select who (or what) you think “won” this past week. Your selection can be anyone or anything — politicians, celebrities, athletes, authors, bloggers, your friends or family members, books, movies, TV shows, businesses, organizations, whatever.
I’m late today with my Who Won the Week post because, to be honest, I couldn’t think of anyone or anything that won the week. No one. Nothing. Nada. Maybe it’s just a mood I’m in, but it doesn’t seem like there much in the way of good news happening or anyone or anything to celebrate.
So I’m throwing it open to all of you. Let’s go folks, surely you can come up with someone or something who should be designated as this week’s winner. Give me some hope that something positive is going on in this world and for humanity.
So who (or what) do you think won the week?
If you want to participate, write your own post designating who you think won the week and why you think they deserve your nod. Then link back to this post and tag you post with FWWTW.
Deb, over at Nope, Not Pam, has this weekly challenge called A Letter a Week where she gives us a place, an emotion, an adjective, a verb, and an animal all starting with the same letter. Then she asks us to write a post using those items and the letter she has given us, which this week is the letter O.
I was on the beach by the ocean when I saw an ostrich, it’s head buried in the sand. I know that ostriches are known for burying their heads in the sand to avoid predators, but I always thought it was just a myth.
I thought it was odd that no one else seemed to take notice of this ostrich with its head buried in the sand. Everyone seemed totally oblivious to this strange sight.
I felt obligated to notify someone in charge of what I was seeing and I frantically looked around until I found a policeman. “Come quickly,” I pleaded with the officer, “there is an ostrich with its head buried in the sand over there.” I pointed in the direction of the ostrich.
The cop looked at me. “Are you on drugs?” He asked me. The he grabbed my arm and pulled me in the direction of the ostrich with its head in the sand. “Is this what you called me over to see?”
“Oh, my bad, officer,” I said. “From a distance it looked real to me.”
For this week’s Song Lyric Sunday, Jim Adams has asked us to feature songs that were turned down by recording artists that went on to become big hits. The song I am focusing on is Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which was originally written for Meat Loaf.
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” was recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was written and produced by Jim Steinman, and released on Tyler’s fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night in 1983.
The song became Tyler’s biggest career hit. In the United States, the single spent four weeks at the top of the charts. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It also topped the U.K. Singles Chart, and became the fifth-best-selling single in 1983 in the U.K. When the song hit number 1 in America, Tyler became the first Welsh artist to top the chart there, something her countryman, Tom Jones, never did.
Jim Steinman wrote all of Meat Loaf’s major hits, including “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” and “Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad.” He offered “Total Eclipse of the Heart” to Meat Loaf for his 1983 album Midnight At The Lost And Found. For financial reasons, though, Meat Loaf’s record company wanted him to write his own songs for the album, so “Total Eclipse” went to Tyler.
Tyler was blown away when she saw Meat Loaf perform “Bat Out Of Hell” on a BBC music series. When she signed with Sony, the label asked her who she’d like to work with. She replied: “Whoever writes for Meat Loaf.”
According to Tyler, Meat Loaf was pissed when she took the song to number 1, claiming the song should have been his. But she said that Steinman had only started writing the song for Meat Loaf, but finished it for her. Steinman thought her distinctive, raspy voice was perfect for “Total Eclipse Of The Heart.”
Tyler believed the song was about “someone who wants to love so badly she’s lying there in complete darkness.” But according to Songfacts, Steinman said this song was a tribute to the 1922 vampire film Nosferatu, an adaptation of the Dracula story. This helps explain the “love in the dark” that permeates the song. The singer is on edge, at times lonely, nervous, and terrified. She calls out for her lover, ready to join him in a forever that may be more than metaphorical (vampires are immortal). When he comes for her, it’s a total eclipse of the heart. Forever starts tonight.
Here are the lyrics to “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming 'round
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn around, bright eyes) every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes) every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit reckless
And I dream of something wild
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit helpless
And I'm lying like a child in your arms
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit angry
And I know I've got to get out and cry
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit terrified
But then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn around, bright eyes) every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes) every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around) every now and then I know you'll never be the boy
You always wanted to be
(Turn around) but every now and then I know you'll always be the only boy
Who wanted me the way that I am
(Turn around) every now and then I know there's no one in the universe
As magical and wondrous as you
(Turn around) every now and then I know there's nothing any better
There's nothing that I just wouldn't do
(Turn around, bright eyes) every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes) every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight (and I need you now)
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight (if you only)
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right (and we'll never)
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don't know what to do, I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
Turn around, bright eyes
Turn around, bright eyes
Turn around, ooh ooh
It’s July 10, 2022. Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “sample.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Please check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.
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