A fine day of Mel-care yesterday… she forgot her flowers over here, but that’s ok… she’ll be seeing them again this afternoon or so.

Dinner with mom on the birthday… and din-din with Dave Thursday… I really hope Mel doesn’t have to work on my b-day after being in the hospital on Friday. I doubt she will.. but if she does… well, I’ll just take it slow and easy.

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Sunday leisure bachelor-time with Newt, before Mel came by.

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Moment of Lyric -Well, no Lyrics, but a cheat sheet for what I am Listening to –

Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers
Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian
Credit to the Nation – Teenage Sensation
Brother Bones – Sweet Georgia Brown
J. Geils Band – Centerfold
Earl Hagen – The Fishin’ Hole (Theme to the Andy Griffith Show)
Bernard Herrmann – Twisted Nerve
Scorpions – Wind of Change
Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry Be Happy
Muzzy Marcellino – 4:20 a.m.
Otis Redding – (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay
Roger Miller – Robin Hood
Air – Alpha Beta Gaga
Honky – The Whistler
The Lovin’ Spoonful – Daydream
Rick James – Loosey’s Rap (Loosey’s House of Trix Mix)
Adam Ant – Something Girl
RZA – The Whistler
Guns N’ Roses – Patience
Dwarf Chorus – Heigh Ho
X2 – Trigga da Whistla
Handsome Boy Modeling School – Rock n Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2

Note: The Rick James song is the one that features the Old Spice Theme, and the Handsome Boy Modeling School tune is the one that features the classical music samples.

More excellent mashups available at djriko.com

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Man, I don’t even begin to understand Lazytown. Vinyl prosthetics / muppets / animation and Icelanders. I like the surreality of it, bu there’s something really wrong there, too. It’s a little overdeveloped as a marketing ploy. The message is good (be healthy, not lazy) but I get a power rangers / Ninja turtle / He-man *we sell lots of things!* vibe. I guess I can’t begrudge ’em trying to make a buck.

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My brother… I’m tired of his sickness. It really kills me to see him as damaged as he is, and knowing that there isn’t a damn thing I can do for him. What’s worse is the thought that what happened is self-inflicted. I selfishly want a resolution to his situation for good or bad. I just want his situation in the past. At least My issues with my mom are good again… no drama there!

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How they redid the singin’ in the rain. (link to the video again)

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1 year ago – DVD burning, RenFairies, Prez-match, pop-up books, first touch of firefly (I still think Zoe is an overused name),

2 years ago – New moon, new year coming, Charles Dickens joke, skull sales, Job at FMM ends, Bday prezzies

3 years ago – Fiscal responsibility, Ghetto voices, online “privacy”, Marine Park is a bad and disreputable online store, newt lovies

4 years ago – being mushy, schedule issues, The Invisible Men, flax seed