Time for my susquecentennial musical update.
New purchases this weekend include the soundtracks for Pulp Fiction and Singles. Vinyl purchases of the weekend include: Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears, Synchronicity by The Police, So by Peter Gabriel and Siamese Dream by the Smashing Pumpkins.
I also managed to find a Round About Midnight demo in the dollar bin at the Record Archive along with a kick ass polyester shirt with purple stags on it.
Albums that I am currently playing ad infinitum are The Bends by Radiohead, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending by Tears for Fears and Achtung Baby by U2. Continuum by John Mayer has also been getting some significant play time.
And there you have it. I really enjoy good musical art. It is so satisfying to listen to a great album.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
What?
I've been enjoying the past few weeks getting to know some of the deaf members of the community at Artisan. I'm getting a little faster at fingerspelling and more confident with my vocabulary. However, when I'm learning a new sign I noticed that I will verbally ask for clarification in a very loud voice...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Off Guard
Sometimes a word spoken or a lyric sung will catch me off guard
and I'll think of you
For days I'll see your face, hear your distant voice,
even catch a glimpse of your old car around town
I'll wish that you were here
and I imagine if you could you'd wish the same
These days I imagine more than I remember
And hope that we will one day meet face to face
so I won't have to rely on shady memories
and thin images that I conjured up while you were far away.
and I'll think of you
For days I'll see your face, hear your distant voice,
even catch a glimpse of your old car around town
I'll wish that you were here
and I imagine if you could you'd wish the same
These days I imagine more than I remember
And hope that we will one day meet face to face
so I won't have to rely on shady memories
and thin images that I conjured up while you were far away.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Wax Museum
"Armpit, you remember razor don't you?"
"..."
"NO! You can't ever be friends with wax again!"
"..."
"NO! You can't ever be friends with wax again!"
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Saturday Morning
My lazy Saturday morning thoughts (because you asked....or didn't):
-It's lazy because I should be studying and I'm not. My motivation is dwindling. Suck it, delayed gratification!
-Still having a love affair with Tears for Fears album "Everyone Loves a Happy Ending".
-Why do I keep choosing books that offer a promising synopsis on the back cover but don't deliver?
-I need to go get my keyboard from the church building right now but am unmoved to do so.
-I'm grateful to be on the other side of a crazy few days.
-I'm surprised at how pessimistic and negative I have become about Christianity and the Christian experience. I think this is idea will show itself in a more thought out post at a later time.
-What should I eat for breakfast or, because it is 10.55, should I just wait for lunch?
-I never learned the correct way to type so anytime I type the word 'just' it comes out jsut and I have to go back and correct it.
That's it. Aren't you glad you asked....or didn't?
-It's lazy because I should be studying and I'm not. My motivation is dwindling. Suck it, delayed gratification!
-Still having a love affair with Tears for Fears album "Everyone Loves a Happy Ending".
-Why do I keep choosing books that offer a promising synopsis on the back cover but don't deliver?
-I need to go get my keyboard from the church building right now but am unmoved to do so.
-I'm grateful to be on the other side of a crazy few days.
-I'm surprised at how pessimistic and negative I have become about Christianity and the Christian experience. I think this is idea will show itself in a more thought out post at a later time.
-What should I eat for breakfast or, because it is 10.55, should I just wait for lunch?
-I never learned the correct way to type so anytime I type the word 'just' it comes out jsut and I have to go back and correct it.
That's it. Aren't you glad you asked....or didn't?
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Suck It, Borders
Now I know I should have known better, but I couldn't help myself. I was drawn into an ad for a $500 gift card to Borders. If you have had any contact with me in the past 6 months or so, you would think that I might want to get in on this deal. You would be right.
I figured I'd have to fill out some survey and participate in some offer and I'd be good to go. I took their dumb survey and was shuffled to the page where I pick an offer. I already had it in mind to do a Blockbuster deal since they always have one of those (which they did). I chose Netflix instead and then was shuffled to another choose an offer page.
Turns out you have to do 4 offers!!! As much as I will probably enjoy Netflix for the 2 weeks that I have the free trial, I don't want any Raw Minerals that promise to even out my complexion or to lose 25 pounds in 25 minutes on the Oprah Winfrey diet. Sheesh!
At least I didn't do something totally impulsive and buy a Shark vacuum cleaner from an infomercial....oh wait.....
I figured I'd have to fill out some survey and participate in some offer and I'd be good to go. I took their dumb survey and was shuffled to the page where I pick an offer. I already had it in mind to do a Blockbuster deal since they always have one of those (which they did). I chose Netflix instead and then was shuffled to another choose an offer page.
Turns out you have to do 4 offers!!! As much as I will probably enjoy Netflix for the 2 weeks that I have the free trial, I don't want any Raw Minerals that promise to even out my complexion or to lose 25 pounds in 25 minutes on the Oprah Winfrey diet. Sheesh!
At least I didn't do something totally impulsive and buy a Shark vacuum cleaner from an infomercial....oh wait.....
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Knuckles!!
A shot of Barack Obama doing knuckles. Pretty hip for a politician. Maybe it's the extra push off the cliff he needs to clinch the Presidency. Doubtful that McCain (who's he?) will look cool doing knuckles. He'd have to come up with a gesture of his own but it'd still be kinda lame because he didn't think of it first. Plus everyone knows that knuckles beats chest bump in a game of knuckles, chest bump and not yet invented gesture. Kudos, Obama...you're the bomb.
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