i like josh groban.

i really do. i am officially a nerd.

i went home today to do laundry and avoid the work that i should have been doing. [like finishing my phase three portfolio, which seems like way too much work with far too much riding on it...] while i was home, i managed to go to target to one-stop shop for things like those new metal removable hooks [SUCH a great invention to start with, and now they're pretty?! fabulous.], a binder, a thank-you card, and a new love actually dvd since my old one, probably purchased the tuesday it came out, has disappeared.

after my target expedition, i began to peruse my mom's cd "collection" [in quotes because her cds number about 25, and include things like whitney houston's debut, hall and oates, about six luthur vandross cds... the soundtrack from cats... it's just not extensive. or interesting.] in attempts of discoving some classic bing crosby christmas music i was in the mood for. i found four or five classic celine dion cds that used to burn my ears when i was younger [and when they were on cassette tape] but i find myself enjoying unapologetic 90s music lately. i grabbed them to listen, and came across three josh groban cds. i didn't even know that he had three cds, let alone that my mom owned them all, although i vaguely remember buying at least two of them for her, if not all three.

i used to find him lame, and perhaps a bit boring, but i think that i just tense up at the thought of being forced to listen/watch/do anything that i have not thought of, and giving him a listen on my own i find myself taking deep breaths and relaxing a little more.

i haven't been sleeping lately due to the stress of a seemingly unmanigable list of things to do and finish, and some of his music calms me down in a way that other mainstream music can't do.

i was instructed to get my mom his christmas cd and give it to her before christmas. i think i may burn that, too. silent night will never have sounded more soothing.

here's to josh groban. and songs like "lullaby" featuring ladysmith black mambazo:)