Not sure what to write here. It's been an odd week, but that hasn't stopped me before. Perhaps it's just knowing that I have to follow up an extended quote by Dylan and I'm not sure if I'm up to the task. So, in that vein, I will now lower the bar substantially:

Honeymoon Poem
11.10.2004
A honeymoon at last, to get away from it all
My assistant Fe gave me the call.
I remember it well, as she was smilin'
She said it was called Turtle Island.
I packed my bags light and quick,
Then grabbed my pink dress & favorite lipstick.
We hopped on a plane and took our flight
I slept really well, all through the night.
As we arrive, I turn and look out the door,
People are greeting us right at the shore.
A meal, a shower and some ice cream
Then I threw my man down, you know what I mean!
Magical nights filled with stars
Silence is golden, no running cars.
Private dinners, romantic fires
Little piece of heaven, whatever your heart desires.
Friendly "hellos" and never goodbyes
When you're having fun, oh, how time flies!
As we sit and prepare to make our part
I thank you, Turtle Island, with all my heart!
~ Britney

Yes, it's the quickly infamous "Honeymoon Poem" by Britney Spears. Yup. There it is. All of it. Damn.

I had a Britney fan throw the "She's worth more money than you'll ever be" argument at me in response to a jibe about her ability/intelligence. Yeah. It's hard to feel that being worth a kajillion dollars (or half a kajillion dollars after dancer-boy takes her for all he can get...) is a meaningful substitute for having an education. And knowing that, for instance, rhyming "smilin'" with "Island" is very very very very very very stupid. It may even be stoooooopid.

I know, I know, making fun of Britney is like shooting fish in a barrel--with a rocket launcher. But now I feel that the bar has been sufficiently lowered. I might not be Bob Dylan, but I've never ever written anything as horrible as Britney's little thing. Of course if I'd ever actually written the line "Then I threw my man down, you know what I mean!" I'd be (rightly) heralded as a comic genius. Perhaps the Britney phenomenon is actually an elaborate prank being pulled on the western world. It would explain a lot. And it would complete screw up my whole "bar lowering" plan.

I think too much.
More soon.

-Joe