Mad World

There’s a full moon tonight. I love looking at the moon. I can’t seem to help myself looking for it every night. As I am walking through the kitchen I find my eyes straying to the window wondering when it is going to rise. My Google page has a section that tells me what phase the moon is in every day. When I am driving at night, I always tend to scan the sky to look for it at least once. My absolute favorite thing about evening flights is when I can watch the moon from my window.

I don’t exactly understand what the fascination is but it’s there. I was watching something on TV not long ago about the planets and their moons. I found out that the moon is slowly starting to pull away from us. At some point thousands of years from now, it will break out of our orbit and be gone. I suppose that’s a better scenario than if it were getting closer and eventually going to collide with us, but I still find it a little sad that our little companion is moving away.

I was reading the news headlines online today and saw that Heath Ledger died. Amy Winehouse is finally going to rehab and Britney actually made a court appearance. Who says weird things don’t happen during full moons?

For some reason I have a song stuck in my head today that seems appropriate for my topic. The song is called Mad World. The first time I heard it was by the group Tears for Fears. It’s a good song, but I wouldn’t say it was one I listened to frequently. Most recently, I heard another version of the song which is even better. I first heard this version as I was watching an episode of CSI. This version is stripped down, slowed down, and much more haunting. At first I didn’t recognize it although I knew all the words. I figured out what it was eventually, and I thought about trying to find a copy. Little did I know one would be coming my way unexpectedly.

This past Christmas, ThreeL made me some CD’s and the song was on one of them. I was so happy. I heard it today and for some reason, it has stuck with me. As I sit reading about all the depressing things going on in the world today, I keep thinking to myself, it really is a mad world sometimes. No wonder the moon wants to leave.