I want to learn to write so I can bring all my fantasy stories to life. I want to learn poetry because it sounds like a rap but a bit more beautiful. I want to learn how to animate so I bring all my super cool sports action scenes to life. I want to learn photography because when the sun hits the clouds a certain way they look like cotton candy. I want to learn rendering so I can upgrade my artstyle. I want to learn history so I can learn about how people lived in the past. I want to learn to learn how to embroidery so I can make patches and sew them to a black denim jacket. I want to learn to skate because people who can skate are hot and also I could go really fast. I want to learn pottery because people who do pottery are hot and also I want to make a bird feeder. I want to learn to sing so when I try to do Dear Evan Hansen and Wicked and Beetlejuice and Heathers I can put all the emotions I feel when I listen to the songs into my voice. I want to learn how to sew so I can fix clothing and make my own clothes. I want to learn how to paint so I can make beautiful watercolor paintings. I want to learn how to skateboard because people who skate are hot and it just looks really fun. I want to learn how to ice skate because people who can skate are hot and it’s something I haven’t quite mastered yet. I want to learn to tend to plants so I can make my own garden with birds and butterflies. I want to learn digital painting so I can make prints. I just want to learn.
Hell on Wheels (1979) by Cher
While not her biggest hit, Hell on Wheels is by far my favorite Cher video and song. Made before MTV existed, it premiered on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson ( Martin Mull was the guest host that night ) and I still remember the first time I saw it that night. It was only 30 years later when I found it on Youtube that I realized why my 13 year old self found it so memorable. It is probably the gayest music video ever created. Cher, drag queens, hot Colt like models, roller skates, zebra strip body suit and pink leggings?!?! I showed this to a friend of mine and watched as his jaw literally dropped while watching it. The first thing he said was "Why isn't this shown in every gay bar every night?"
It is also the opening song to one of my favorite "bad" movies Roller Boogie starring Linda Blair and Jim Bray.