Familiar Fling

I just went down on my lithium from 1200 to 900 and I can miraculously think and play the piano better. I can fight better and make my points easier. Is it really possible all this happened just because I dropped to 900? I just wanted a confirmation...

So I'm just starting out and none of my songs openly say I'm gay. I'm a guy and actually one of the songs is about a girl. I usually just leave the whole gender thing out and I've never sung particularly about a boy.

My question: should I not worry about telling people I'm gay or do you think it would be better to keep it secret?

I feel like I can be more authentic if I'm just like "whatever" about it. However if there's only rumors, the music might sell more to a broader audience.

So what would you do if you were in my clothes? Keep it a secret and let rumors fly for more fans *or* seem more open and comfortable about it for more authenticity?

I'm on 300 mg of Seroquel, 100 mg of Lamictal and 1200 mg of Lithobid. I've been on it for 2-3 years now. I feel like I have lost some of my personality and I don't know how to describe it. These meds have made me so stable that I don't live the way I used to and my communication and interaction with others just isn't as good.

Please tell me what you think I should cut down on in order to get my mind working a little better and not the generic "see a doctor" comment. I'm open to your thoughts/opinions.

When was Terius Youngdell Nash aka The-Dream born? I can't find it anywhere on the net?

Ok, I was listening to 98.7 Kiss FM - New York's R&B radio station the other day. This song came on and I couldn't remember what it's called. Let me describe it to you:

I KNOW the title of it is a telephone number, I just can't remember the numbers. It sounded older. It sounded a lot like Prince's voice. It was a male lead vocal. The chorus was a telephone number and the last 2 digits he said "ELEVEN". Like eight six seven, nintety-three eleven or something.

WHAT IS IT?!?! It's driving me nuts!!!!

Does Aretha play the piano? I saw an old video of her and it looked like she was playing. I never knew. Does she have any piano skills?

You know the show "The Soup" on E! with Joel McHale?... how does it get it's rights to replay all these other TV shows clips and make money off them? Is there such thing as a blanket license or something that allows the show to use all these clips?

I'm not looking for a publisher to invest in me to become a better songwriter. I'm just wondering why I as a songwriter need a music publisher? What can they do for me and what can I do for them?

I'm trying to get the hang of how to make things ironic. How would I make this "coincidence" ironic? I can see the sun out in the distance, but it's raining and lightening outside my window.

I think the original paint on the wall is oil base. It's white & glossy. The wall paint is the basic wall paint you buy from the hardware store and it's on an old plaster wall. I accidentally got acrylic paint on the wall from painting a canvas. How can I remove the multi-colored acrylic paint? (And I know I'll have to re-touch-up the original white color when i'm finished). Thanks for your help!!!