Variations On A Theme

I read an interesting article the other day, and it's sort of related to part of yesterday's incoherent post. It was an interview with Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 fame. Or to be more correct, infamy. As I'm sure you are aware Matchbox 20 is one of those bands people love to hate. Well, not everybody hates them because they have sold over 10 million albums, but anybody that sort of thinks that they are a bit cool, a bit hip, a bit happening. In this interview Rob Thomas talks about how he first realised that he was "that guy." They guy that nobody really wants to know, the guy that people make jokes about, the guy who people try to avoid. He doesn't know how it happened, all that he knows is that it has happened and there's not a whole lot he can do about it. He is unapologetic about his music and his success and can't understand why these other bands believe that his brand of pop/rock is a type to be scorned.

The reason that I believe that this is similar to yesterday is because of that dude that I don't like. I think that I can remember his name, but I won't mention it in case I am wrong. I wonder if he knows that he is that guy. I'm pretty sure that I have called him a few names before, but that night I was calling alot of people alot of very colourful names. It doesn't really matter. I guess in this life we are all destined to meet alot of people and you can't expect to like everyone that you meet. The flipside of that of course is that not everyone that meets you will like you either. I know that there have been times in my life where I have been that guy, and for the most part I don't really care.

That's about it really, things are slowly coming back into focus and starting to line up again. This sun burn is a killer. Have you liked how these last two titles have had some bearing on what's beneath them?