up too late...

ok... i've been surfing the web, trying to get tired enough to go to bed. i've been up since 5:45am, and i have no idea why i'm not tired enough. all i know is that i knew i'd have to get up early this morning, so i went to bed early last night, and then never really slept well, and woke up strangely completely awake & alert. anyway, i've been looking at a variety of things... i've mainly been reading posts on frommer's website, trying to prepare for our upcoming trip to new zealand. i took a break from that, and checked out mtv's website to watch a video of britney spears' performance. with all the trash talk about her & her bad behavior, i was interested to see what sort of a show she'd put on. well... it was REALLY bad. i'm not a fan of her anyway, but i try to be open minded. she had a sort of anna nicole smith air about her - very detached from reality & uncommitted. justin timberlake, on the other hand, seemed completely together. why is it that female superstars tend to go off the deep end more frequently than males? perhaps it's simply shoes. justin looked awfully comfortable in his white sneakers. britney, and all female superstars, have to torture themselves in uncomfortable high heels. that must be the problem. ???? (kids, it's getting late. i'm not thinking too clearly.) next, i searched online for "what goes up, must come down." it's a lyric from a song i heard about a month ago on the radio, and i missed the name of the artist. i never know who's singing what... i always tune that part of the broadcast out. normally, i could care less, because i only listen to music when i'm running, or when npr is tedious. the only reason i was interested in it was because a sample of the beginning of the solo violin part to the brahms violin concerto is repeated throughout the song without end. anyway, i found out it was "karma," by alicia keys. makes me dizzy to listen to it, not to mention teased, because the violinist never gets to play the whole first phrase. both times i've heard the song, it's been close to impossible for me to concentrate on the actual singing due to the brahms lick. who knew brahms went so well with r&b?! i'd love to hear a shostakovich lick in a heavy metal song - seems much more appropriate... reminds me of hearing "long long ago" from the suzuki book 2 (yes, the one with the variation) all hip-hopped up on the gorillaz first album. every time my students play it, i want to start rockin' out... jurassic 5 quoted another suzuki song too, "etude" from suzuki book 1, i think. were these artists all suzuki kids at some point? hmm. i think it's time to go to sleep...