OH MY GOD

I can die now.

One of my favorite musical artists, Sufjan Stevens, wrote 2 albums about my state. My town is mentioned in one of them.

One of my favorite writers, Neil Gaiman, wrote a book that partly takes place in my state. My town is mentioned in it.

And now, now, my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE MUSICIAN, Ben Folds, has an album named after my town. There is a song, partly about a town in this area called Effington (and named Effington) but also about my town. And it's an awesome song! I actually forgot--I have heard it before! The last time he stopped here he sang it as one of his off the cuff improvised songs he often does. I'm so glad my town somewhat inspired art (granted, it's for the annoying thing of joking about Normal, but he does it in a new way and is more making fun of Effington's name).


If there's a god,
he's laughing at us
And our football team.

Effington could be a wonderful f'ing place
I can see it from the highway
And I'm wondering
Are they f'ing in their yards
f'ing in their cars
f'ing in the trailers and the backroads and the parking lots of Effington
Making my way to Normal, Illinois.

Maybe I should ditch this little white rental on the interstate
And start a new f'ing life...in effington
I could change my name, grow a beard, start a family
Or I could just keep moving on, moving on, moving on, moving on
Not stop 'til I get to Normal.

I want to live in Effington
I want to die there too.
Please bury me in Effington
In Effington
In Effington
Oh

I've got this movie in my mind of Effington
And the soundtrack to it sounds like this

(when he did it live he did sort of a porno-sounding riff there, but in the DVD it is not porno-y).

And then the people who live in Normal
Can buy the movies that I'll make in Effinghton
That's what normal people do
Normal people do it too
Normal people do it too

Now why he isn't stopping here on the support tour, I will never know.