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Another Saturday, another afternoon spent at our local Border's store. This week, they hosted a Lego Racers party for the kids. The festivities began with a few craft projects, some refreshments and then each child got a Lego Racer kit (a small race car made of Lego's) to build before they raced them. The staff had fashioned a rather crude "racetrack" with a flattened cardboard box and a dolly, but the kids didn't care. The great thing was, this large group of kids (primarily boys) was getting along so well. They waited patiently for their turns to race without any adults having to "fuss" at them, and they were really respectful of each other. Devin loves his Lego's, so this party was great for him, and free for us. Now, Devin is in VideogameLand (playing Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars), Tom is taking a nap and I am here, blogging.

Which brings me to a little feature that I like to call "Song of the Day". You might have heard of it? Today's song continues with the hard rock theme. It's called "Beautiful" by the band, Joydrop, from their 1999 CD "Metasexual" . Joydrop were a Canadian alt-rock band in the late 1990's to the early 2000's, fronted by singer Tara Slone. If any of you saw the TV show "Rock Star: INXS" a few years ago, you saw Tara Slone, as she was vying for the position of lead singer of INXS. In my opinion, nobody, especially not current singer JD Fortune, can ever replace the late Michael Hutchence, but I digress. I would have liked to have seen one of the female contestants win that show, as I think that would have given INXS a fresh start and a great sound, but that's just me. Where was I? Oh yes, Joydrop only released 2 CD's in their brief time as a band, but I can only vouch for "Metasexual", as I haven't heard the second one. The song "Beautiful" starts out sounding like a lovely balad, then explodes into the chorus. Great vocals, great lyrics, which I am reprinting here:

If I was beautiful like you
Oh the things I would do
Those not so blessed would be crying out murder
And I'd just laugh and get away with it too
Like you do

If I was beautiful like you
I would never be at fault
I'd walk in the rain between the rain drops
Bringing traffic to a halt

But that would never be
That will never, never be
Cause I'm not beautiful like you
I'm beautiful like me, I'm beautiful like me

If I was beautiful like you
I'd be quick to assume
They'd do anything to please me, why not
I see their reaction when you walk into the room

But that would never be
Never, never, never be
Cause I'm not beautiful like you
I'm beautiful like me, beautiful like me
Beautiful, beautiful like me
Like me, Like me...

If I was beautiful like you
I'd have so many friends
All fighting for my time to be next in line
So if I hurt one, I wouldn't have to make amends

But that would never be
Never, never, never be
Cause I'm not beautful like you
I'm not beautiful like you
I'm not beautiful like you
I'm beautiful like me
I'm Beautiful like me, beautiful like me
I'm beautiful like me, I'm beautiful like me!

Enjoy!