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me: zomg dud, they view stocking cans of diet dr p as optional at school
chip dudley: you know obama supports mandatory stocking of ddp in all educational facilities.
chip dudley: clinton, meanwhile, is on the payroll of Big Cola.
chip dudley: just something to consider!
me: dud, i had to stop reading tpm
me: jmm gets such huge freaking blind spots
me: it's like going to war in iraq all over agani
chip dudley:haha
chip dudley: that's interesting.
chip dudley:i hadn't thought about it like that.
me: remember how he was all for it?
chip dudley: yeah, him and yglesias.
chip dudley: ok, now you are freaking me out.
me: why?
chip dudley: obama is my preferred candidate.
me: heh
chip dudley:but i will vote for either in november.
chip dudley:but omg
chip dudley: what if this _is_ just like the iraq war!!
me: i'm not for either, but fuck if the hilary venom doesn't piss me off to no end
me: and confirm what assholes most liberal duds are about women
me: my special interests and whatnot
me: dud obama lacks in substance
me: kinda like evidence for going to way
me: war
chip dudley:haha
me: and if you aren't down with him, you're totes vilified and called weak adn voting with yr vadg
chip dudley: yeah, that part is ridic.
me: which was pretty much what you were called for being against going to iraq
chip dudley: there have been compliants about the clinton campaign i'm down with.
chip dudley: but there's a lot of shit thrown aroudn too.
chip dudley: oh god.
chip dudley: you are prolly right.
chip dudley: thanks for the nervous breakdown.
chip dudley: just what i needed!!

BOB the dog, aka Black Bob of Bloomfield Hills took a one way trip to the vet this past weekend. He fucked up my knees by making me wipe out on ice when he was a puppy, scratched my legs when he though it'd be a good idea to swim up next to me in the water and often tested my patience by barking at nothing just as my sister's kids were falling asleep, but I'm gonna miss the rascal.

So there's this laaaaaaame metatalk (yarly) thread centered around the blog Stuff White People Like. I'm still scratching my head because I just don't get why people are so upset about the blog and how the fuck they can call it racist with a straight face. It's pretty clearly stated that "white people"=privileged hiptards who majored in comp lit at their small liberal arts college. Those are my people, damn it, and I find that blog hilarious. This afternoon as we stumbled from Isaac's co-op (which nearly always has the aroma of weed wafting about), past the biodiesel place, past the store with vintage clothes, past the signs for a Smiths only 80's music night, and over to the local organic vegan restaurant for brunch (you don't want to see us before we've had our coffee!) where a hipster couple wandered out (NY Times paper in hand) past the two fixed gear bikes parked outside. As we were eating, we ran into two of Isaac's housemates who were off to the farmer's market to score some fresh produce. Like Homer J Simpsons says, it's funny because it's true.

I was looking for the Roberta Flack version of Compared to What, but then I stumbled upon this whole performance (song by song) someone uploaded by Eddie Harris (and Les McCann now that I look at it again). It is way cool.

Here is part one of them doing Compared to What (part 2 is here):


They also do Listen Here. And some other stuff. Just go look if you dig jazz musicians playing soul music.

borrowed from some guy duck_n_penguin on the internet

RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle. (I am at work and am still purging shit like Yanni off of the hard drive from the previous user of this computer)
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Obsessão/Não Me Diga Adeus/Pois E/A Flor E O Espinho, Maria Creuza
Hmmmm, I hope at least some answers are in english and aren't medleys.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
My Life, Dido

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
De Profundis, nacionalinis simfoninis orkestras + kauno valstybinis choras, dir. domarkas
(Fuck if I know what that is about.)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
The Long and Winding Road, Beatles
(Sure feels like it to me.)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Since U Been Gone, Kelly Clarkson
(I haven't a clue.)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Missing, Beck
(Heh, I do tend to drop off the radar for long periods of time.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man, Prince
(I swear I have a perfectly normal relationship with my father.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
When I Lost You, Maude Maggart
(Itunes is trying to tell me something? If only I knew who it was I lost)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST PAL?
My Ever Changing Moods, The Style Council
(And that's why I couldn't be friends anymore)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Don't Say Goodnight (Ladies' Version Slow Grind), Natalie Cole
(Oooooh baby!)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
I Can't Turn You Loose, Otis Redding
(I'm starting to think I listen to too many lovesongs.)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
If We're In Love, Roisin Murphy
(This would at least make sense with the next question.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
These Arms of Mine, Otis Redding
(Random my ass, itunes.)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, Carly Simon
(My parents like to tell me about how they had to drive me around in the car to get me to sleep at night when I was a baby.)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Laugh You Out the House, Everything But The Girl
(Okaaaay.)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Chunga's Revenge, Ghotan Project

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Lovin' You, Minnie Riperton
(Ha. Ha. Ha.)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Hello, Dolly, Louis Armstrong
(It's true, dolls are creepy.)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Home, Zero 7
(I guess it's true that most people don't know that I am technically a native Texan.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Get Dancing, Disco Tex and the Sex-o-lettes
(So true. Get to it!)

WHAT WILL BE THE SUBJECT WHEN YOU REPOST?
Soft Lights and Sweet Music, Maude Maggart
(And its companion subject: Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham.)

In a pyrex measuring cup with spout, place:
3 green tea bags
1 packet true lime
as much sugar as you dig

Fill cup with boiling water and allow to cool, dillute with ice and tap water or juice or seltzer or whatever the hell is your poison.
Enjoy!11!1!

I may throw in some mint as well next time

With a name like this it seems a crime it was taken off of the market.

TOMCAT SUPER-SIZE CHUNX
12455- 14-ZA- 3240
INACTIVE

Registration Date: 01-JUL-93
Inactive Date: 31-DEC-96
Registration Specialist:

CLIFFORD PETERSON

Formulation: PELLET/TABLET/CAKE/BRIQUET

Signal Word: CAUTION
Company Information

MOTOMCO LTD.

MADISON WI 53704

Ingredients Found:

.005% of DIPHACINONE (225)
99.995% of INERT INGREDIENTS (0)

Update: More chunx found, some still active!

ACTIVE (09/22/93)HAWK BAIT CHUNX ( 12455- 79-AA- 3240)

INACTIVE (12/31/96)HAWK SUPER-SIZE CHUNX ( 12455- 82-AA- 3240)

ACTIVE (01/15/98)JAGUAR BAIT CHUNX ( 12455- 89-AA- 3240)

ACTIVE (05/25/00)RAMPAGE ALL-WEATHER BAIT CHUNX ( 12455- 95-AA- 3240)

INACTIVE (12/31/00)TERMINATOR BAIT CHUNX ( 12455- 79-AA- 48718)

INACTIVE (12/31/01)TERMINATOR BAIT CHUNX ( 12455- 79-AA- 72409)

INACTIVE (12/31/92)TOMCAT ALL-WEATHER BAIT CHUNX ( 12455- 5-ZA- 3240)

ACTIVE (04/09/93)TOMCAT ALL-WEATHER BAIT CHUNX ( 12455- 80-AA- 3240)

INACTIVE (12/31/96)TOMCAT SUPER-SIZE CHUNX ( 12455- 14-ZA- 3240)

Giving myself a deadline of finishing something by tonight didn't help kickstart it either. Why don't you listen to a band I almost saw perform here while I continue to not work efficiently.



NB: someone says a naughty word at the beginning of the video.

I dropped out of Brownies when I found out that I missed the coolest thing ever to happen on the bus--our driver took out a chunk from the corner of school. I felt like I had really been deprived of experiencing something special. To this day, a big flashing  light remains on that corner of the school. Anyway, here are some badges to make up for my lack of girl scout ones. I stole the idea from duck_n_penguin.