once upon a really long time ago i was 3 yrs old. i was in nursery school singing songs as the music teacher played the piano. i was feeling pretty good because singing is really fun and i was also digging the outfit i wore that day. then all of a sudden from seemingly out of nowhere appeared 15 ferocious monsters, and it scared the shit out of me. i started to cry, as did several of my peers. " where did those monsters come from???" i wailed. they weren't much taller than i was, but they had hideous faces and jagged hair all over their brown bodies. the weird part was that they had human feet like i did, but whatevs, they were SCARY! "calm down everyone" said our teacher. "those are just the first graders in costume for their production of WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. those are just colored brown paper bags they're wearing, see?" she ripped one of the monsters skin off its body, and magically one of the first-graders did in fact appear out from underneath it. i was still pretty shaken. i needed some apple juice and a nap. asap.
then time went on and i read the children's book by maurice sendak and i learned that looks can be deceiving, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, monsters weren't traipsing through the halls of my nursery school, and that i too desperately wanted to go to that faraway magical land where max met his oversized friends.
fortunately, in a little over 2 weeks i can. the movie is almost out, and it seems like everyone is talking about it. we've all seen the beautiful trailer with the new arcade fire version of "wake up," but the soundtrack features karen o and the kids. you can listen to it here. i have listened to a few tracks; karen o's voice can be a little abrasive for me sometimes, but the slower melodies like all is love and hidaway are really pretty. it's just something to chew on while we wait for the movie.
as for that former 3 yr. old, she's still afraid of monsters but has learned that they come in human form more often than not.
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