I wish my life was Glee Club.

Yesterday I started to watch Glee.  Out of boredom...but mostly procrastination, I suppose.  I found the first episode and started to play it, and by the 5th episode (yes, I watched that many...plus maybe 4 more) I was hooked.  From the what seems at first glance to be a cheesy plot but upon closer review you see it actually says a lot more, to the singing, to the dancing, to Rachel, Quinn, Puck, Finn and the boy in the wheelchair...I could go on, but I wont.  From the computer screen to my heart.  I love it.

Today I was sitting in my lab humming "Stop in the Name of Love," when I looked up and said to one of my lab partners (funny story, her last name is Saeedi too, how weird is that?) "Wouldn't it be great if our lives were like Glee?"
She looked at me and laughed and said, "Yeah but my voice sucks."
Well so does mine.
My other lab partner looked at me and said, "My boyfriend laughs at me when I sing, so I only sing when I'm alone."

And I started to think how funny it was that in Glee they glorify differences among the students.  To be in Glee, there is something about you that is different, that doesn't fit into the realms of "normal society."  But here, in our world, we would be the outcasts in a Glee-ian society.  I know I wouldn't fit in if I couldn't hit that high F note, or if I can't tell the difference whether my voice is coming out sharp or flat.

I guess I just have to keep singing to myself and pretend that I can break into song in response to any situation.  Pretend shpretend.

Aint nothing gonna break my stride, aint nothing gonna slow me down.  No no.  I've got to keep on moving.  I can sing if I want to, I can leave my friends behind.  Its my life, and it's now or never, I aint gonna live forever, I just wanna sing while I'm alive.