Allow me to introduce myself

My name is Eden Jones. I am a 41-year-old mother of an adopted son, and by the way, I happen to be a 2-year brain cancer survivor.  I am starting this blog because I have been annoying friends and family with various writings about what my pre-teen son has been doing lately, and I figured why not annoy the whole blogosphere. 

To get you up to speed, my emails have been about how my 10-year-old son insists he's going through puberty, and how his musical tastes have graduated from the "SpongeBob" movie soundtrack to Blue Oyster Cult, his dad's favorite band ever!

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view) I cannot share those writings with you, so I will share my latest which is more about the brain tumor side of my life.

I got to thinking that me and singer Amy Winehouse have a lot in common.  We've both been to rehab.  After my brain surgery, I went to rehab to learn to walk and think again, and Amy Winehouse--well--she also went to rehab to learn to walk and think again.  I think my stint at rehab was more successful. 

With this in mind, I took her lyrics to "Rehab" and bastardized them:

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'

Yes I can talk, and when I can walk you'll know, know, know, know

I ain't got a brain, and everybody thinks I'm insane

They tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go.

I'd rather be home with “Freaks and Geeks”

I ain't got two and a half weeks

Cause there's nothing

There's nothing you can teach me

now that my brain has been severely tweaked.

I didn't get a lot in class

But I know my doctor is an ass.

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'

Yes I can talk and when I can walk  you'll know, know, know

I ain't got a brain, and everybody thinks I'm insane.

They tried to make me go to rehab, but I won't go, go, go

The doctor  said 'why do you think you here'

I said “because I'm having seizures”

I'm gonna, I'm gonna lose my marbles

so I always keep my chemo near.

He said 'I just think your depressed,

take this morphine and then rest.

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'

Yes I can talk, and when I can walk you'll know, know, know, know

I ain't got a brain, and everybody thinks I'm insane

They tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go.

I don't ever want surgery again

This lump in my head is not a friend

Now that I have lived two years

Everyone thinks I'm on the mend

It's not just my mind

that makes things  so hard to find.

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'

Yes I can talk and when I can walk  you'll know, know, know

I ain't got a brain, and everybody thinks I'm insane.

They tried to make me go to rehab, but I won't go, go, go

I'm assuming that anyone reading this post knows who(or what) Amy Winehouse is.  For anyone who wants to see or hear the actual song that I destroyed.  You can find  a video for it on "YouTube".

Here's the link:

YouTube - Amy Winehouse - Rehab