On Saturday, I attended a small family gathering. As with all gatherings in any Filipino household, food is involved and not just any food, all the great food that gave me the rather husky stature I hold now.
My resolve faltered that day and the day after: leftovers. How can I say no to dinuguan and short ribs and pancit and pinakbet, and white rice and apple turnovers and...
oh well just gotta get back to it... maybe more time working out will help. Has anyone notice how it is easy to gain 2 pounds in one day but it can take forever to lose those same two pounds afterward. The body works in hateful ways sometimes.
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Hey Steve! Hey Ed, that sounds nice, what is it? Thank you, it's an alphabet song I'm working on Oh great, a whole new alphabet, I just learned the old one.
A is for aisle B is for bdellium C is for czar And if you see him, would you mind telling him-
Okay, hang on a second, yeah aisle? Yeah, aisle like a, like a theatre. Alright, okay, and bdellium? Bdellium, it's a gum like tree resin, it starts with a silent B And then czar? Yeah, it's uh- like a Russian czar. You know, everyone knows apple, ball and cat, I wanted to get into some you know, some stranger words. Right, I see what you're doing.
D is for djinn E for Euphrates F is for fohn, but not like when I call the ladies
I thought phone started with a "p"...like a "ph" No its f-o-h-n, it's a kind of wind Yeah, I know what you mean by wind
G for Gnarly, I for irk H is for hour J for jalapeño Good in either corn or flour (tortillas…) Nice rhyme K is for knick-knack L is for llama Pramma, llama, ding...
What's so strange about llama? Llama, it starts with two L's What's the second one for? No idea. I know, loser.
M for mnemonic N is for ngomo O is for ouija board P for pneumonia, pterodactyl and psychosis Q is for qat
Okay, Q - qat? What? Yeah it's uh...q-a-t, It's an evergreen shrub It's a perfect scrabble word because it's a q with no u, There's not many of those You have too much time on your hands.
R is for R-gyle No, it isn't
Okay, you're right; I couldn't find a good "r" word
S is for Saar, a lovely German river T for tsunami, a wave that makes me quiver U is for urn, but not like earning money V for vraisemblance from French, And therefore kind of funny W for wren, wrinkly, and who. X is for Xian, an ancient Chinese city, true!
Ancient Chinese city, huh? My guitar player, some hotshot.
Y is for yperite, a very nasty gas. And zed's the final letter And by final, I mean last.
Okay, when you say zed, For the benefit of our American friends, You really mean Z, right? No I mean Zed, like, like Zed Zed Top. Zed Zed Top? Yeah, you know the guys with the big long beards, well, except the guy whose name is Beard, he has a mustache I always thought that was interesting You done with the alphabet? No extra letters I haven't heard of? I think so. Well this was a great help, I think, you know, the contribution you made to world literacy Well, I'm just saying, kids I'm just saying Think outside the box a little bit Box with an "r" Yeah, well, no, box with a b-a-l-k-s, like a pitcher. Ahh, as opposed to b-a-c-h-s, Right, think outside the "balks"
Yeah so Billboard.com has a new look and took out the widget feature (or I just can't find it), so it doesn't seem like there will be any charts to ogle at except on their site, oh well. I dig the new look and the tabs for biggest jump and biggest fall. They really should get hip with the trends and call them "biggest win" and "biggest fail", but that's just my opinion.
That's right for almost 30 years Depeche Mode has been active. They are right now touring the WORLD, for their recently released Sounds of the Universe. For the week ending in July 25, Billboard.com has the album in the top 100 in the Euro chart and top 10 in the US Dance chart. Although there is no radio airplay in the Seattle area for the new album since it was released, word of mouth reached those who are listening.
Depeche Mode is one of the few bands that started out during the New Wave movement and managed to remain in the music scene as the genre fell into nostalgia. I was just a toddler when Depeche Mode came out with Speak and Spell. I know that ages quite a few other DM fans, but I know how that feels when someone tells me they were barely walking when Weezer came out with the Blue Album.
My first Depeche Mode Album was Catching Up with Depeche Mode. An acquaintance once remarked that "best of..." type albums were not good because they did not give you the over-all feel of the various albums the songs came from. I agreed with him, but also recommended that these type of albums are great introductions to bands that have been around a while.
I was hooked. Eventually, I got my hands on Violator; the best album ever! I don't think a single song on there is not currently in my ipod. But, enough of my awe stricken writing, I'll let you decide, this is still my favorite DM song and of course it is in Violator
On Saturday, I attended a small family gathering. As with all gatherings in any Filipino household, food is involved and not just any food, all the great food that gave me the rather husky stature I hold now.
My resolve faltered that day and the day after: leftovers. How can I say no to dinuguan and short ribs and pancit and pinakbet, and white rice and apple turnovers and...
oh well just gotta get back to it... maybe more time working out will help. Has anyone notice how it is easy to gain 2 pounds in one day but it can take forever to lose those same two pounds afterward. The body works in hateful ways sometimes.
That's right for almost 30 years Depeche Mode has been active. They are right now touring the WORLD, for their recently released Sounds of the Universe. For the week ending in July 25, Billboard.com has the album in the top 100 in the Euro chart and top 10 in the US Dance chart. Although there is no radio airplay in the Seattle area for the new album since it was released, word of mouth reached those who are listening.
I was hooked. Eventually, I got my hands on Violator; the best album ever! I don't think a single song on there is not currently in my ipod. But, enough of my awe stricken writing, I'll let you decide, this is still my favorite DM song and of course it is in Violator
