8/30/2011

Well, today was not very eventful, but very busy. Make sense? If it doesn't, oh well. I think I smell like a sound...and I'm hungry like the wolf.



That is still one my favorite music videos EVER. I just thought to myself "Why can't I wear a jacket and sweat bands? Or a hat like that with the sleeves of my jacket rolled up?" That and the whole song is catchy. It is Duran Duran, so I have to expect awesome.  I've been playing Mario 2 for Gameboy Advance...on my DS.  I know, a Nintendo game on a newer system being played on another system.  Gotta love technology!  I've been beating them backwards.  I did Super Mario World, then Mario 3, and now Mario 2.  I don't know if I'll hit Super Mario Brothers.  That game always pissed me off.
Know what?  I'm thinking about writing some flash fiction.  I like the fact that the reader has to make up the missing parts of the story.  It also fits well with the fact that I often have many ideas for beginnings and endings, and often have the middle of the story down.  Or just a very interesting part of a story. 
Well, I now want more 80's music, so I'm off! See you next time!

8/29/2011

Well, it seems that I got really busy for a while there.  I'm eating lunch right now.  Well, if you call a bag of microwave popcorn lunch.  I figured while I  had the time, I'd write a little something here.  I think I need to take more time to just do things I like doing.  I know I have to work and all that, but I think I need to set aside some time while I'm really awake (anything you do on sleep aides or good painkillers doesn't really count) to do things I like to do.  I was out killing people in Warcraft and heard this song.  I hadn't heard it in a long time, and couldn't even remember it's name or who it was by.  It turned out to be "I'd Love To Change The World" by Ten Years After.



Pretty awesome.  I think that Colin and I need to figure out how to remake this.  Maybe Shaun can drum for it.  We'll start a band.  It will not be a very good band, mainly because I'm not sure that I'd be all that much help, and we'd have to have more people to overcome my tone-deafness.  Maybe I should write new songs? 
I wrote a short story today. I might write another.  I have deadlines coming up.  This one was "flash fiction" where you write a short story that is limited in length and people have to kind of put the story together from what little detail they are given.  Mine is here.  Feel free to be honest.  I'm still working out the whole writing thing.  That has also suffered form my lack of ability to multitask lately.  I think I need to start doing more things at once.  Let my brain do it's crazy thing where it sorts everything into the correct pile.  Yeah.  That's the ticket.  Well, hopefully I can get back to doing this every day.  It at least keeps my writing skills fresh.

8/23/2011

So, this song go stuck in my head. Why? I said something about giving someone 8% of my love, and everything "Square One" rushed into my head. But, my all time favorite "Angle Dance" got stuck, and will be stuck for some time.


So, my brain got sidetracked by the new processors from AMD, the APU.  Processor with build in graphics. I have been thinking about the zillions of possibilities. One of which could be a viable gaming netbook or tablet. Of course, the tablet would need a bluetooth keyboard and mouse to work, and a pull out stand for the tablet, but if it could play HD video well and also game, it could be awesomeness. Same thing with a great gaming laptop that wouldn't have to weigh 15 pounds. No one would expect it to be the best graphics ever, but if you could play things like World of Warcraft or other MMOs on medium to high settings on a laptop with no issues at all, it would be cool. Especially if it runs on high settings. Or you could play HD movies really well.

This whole thing has got me excited.  I love new technology.  I want to remove my appendix and replace it with a computer that is wired to my brain.  I want to pump music directly into my auditory system.  I want to pull up things and have them link into my optic center.  Watch movies in my head.  Look up things online by thinking it.  Oh, the joys!  Power a robotic arm with my brain, and check my email in my left eye while still interacting with people with my right.  Ooooooooooooh, so cool.  I'm so getting myself cybernetic enhancements.  

8/22/2011

Well, it was a long and crazy day. I've had more crazy days than anything lately. I've got a wild life.  A wild, wild life.



Yeah, I've loved that song since I was little.  The video always cracked me up.  Talking Heads videos could be scary, but I liked "Wild Wild Life".  I was actually reminded of it from Selena Gomez's "Love You Like A Love Song" video. 
Know what is delicious?  Cheesey-Puff-Corn.  Yeah, it just melts in your mouth.  I can eat a whole bag.  It's great.  Especially if you want a snack food that won't wake someone up.  Very little noise.  Yeah!  Then when you're watching anime late at night because you're waiting to fall asleep, you can snack and not make a ton of extra noise!
Speaking of noise, I don't like loud ones.  That is all.  Good day.

8/21/2011

So, I was thinking about finding out how many of my poems I could turn into songs.  Just for the heck of it.

What a busy day.  It felt like it just zipped by.  I'm hoping that this week goes well, because I could use a good week.  Maybe one with Anime and video games.  That sounds good.  And those new Baby Swiss Cheez-its.  Yeah, and a chair...or couch.  And music!   Come on and rock me Amadeus!




Yeah, with that, I'll let you figure out what I was thinking to bring that on.

8/20/2011

I fixed my wife's car. I feel pretty good about that. I mean, I'm not very good when it comes to cars. I understand how they work and all, but fixing them is another matter. I didn't build it, so I'm never sure what part has gone out without a little bit of help. However, I was able to replace parts and get the A/C working again. I feel like some sort of awesome singing mechanic. You know who made an awesome singing mechanic?




Bill Joel, that's who.

Back to me, I had a good day.  I've come to realize that I can't let every little thing get me down.  If I do, I won't realize how many good things I've got.  I mean, I have a wonderful family.  I have cookies.  Do I need more?  Maybe, but those are good enough for me.  Especially if they are chocolate and butterscotch chip cookies.  Then I love my wife even more for making them.  I could make them, but she has surpassed me in the desert...dessert...hmmm....I need to learn how to spell.  Well, in sweets and confectioneries, she has usurped me.  At least my vocabulary is still in pristine condition. 

Now that I feel like a man's man, getting dirty working on an automobile, I'm going to go geek out eating cheez-its, drinking root beer, and playing Final Fantasy.  I've been manly enough for one day.

8/19/2011

So, today was another day that just zipped by.  I barely had time to think.  I thought a little while driving.  I started to wonder if age changes the way we perceive the passage of time. That makes me think of Pink Floyd.  Then I start going through all sorts of songs.  Like "Time" or "Learning to Fly".  But then I think of "On the Turning Away".  I think because it's such a nice song, and I don't hear it enough.



I just finished playing guitar.  I realize that my love of music helps to direct my energies.  However, I'm trying to figure out how to push that into my writing.  I'm still working on that one.  I want to push all that extra energy and passion into it...I just need to figure out how to drive it.  It's like a vehicle I don't have a key to.  Maybe it has a push start ignition...well, anyways, I hope to get somewhere with my writing.  I'm just not sure the direction I want to go, or if it's possible to go in many directions at once and stay on point.  News? Poetry? Sci-Fi?  Short Stories? Novels?  Opinion Editorials?  Who knows...but maybe I'll figure it out.  Somehow, a plan always comes together.

8/18/2011

Wow, ever feel like time has escaped somehow?  That's what the day was like.  I didn't even get a chance to post this.  It's like time kept on slipping into the future.




Thank you Seal.  That's how I felt, but I can't fly.  Really, I can't.  I've tried.

8/17/2011

You know...I didn't really have any crazy out there thoughts.  I was too busy thinking about actual stuff.  I did realize that I would like to play Warcraft a little more.  I like the challenge.  I just haven't been able to play as much.  I want to smite the undead!  Blow things up!  Then I want to play video games.  Just kidding, I don't smite the undead in real life.  I did have one random thought, and it was this.



There.  Now you too can have pink fluffy unicorns.  Let them dance on rainbows!  Let them be free!  That's all for now.  Thank you, and good day.

8/16/2011

So, today was full of jokes and laughter and such. It was also full of hard work, but when Colin is there, there will be fun. I even corrected his Snoop Dogg grammer. Yeah, I had to do that.
Long day, but a fun one. When you try, you can make almost anything more fun. Like combining "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Never Gonna Give You Up"!

Love how well that fits together. If I had a secret laboratory I could mix things together like that. At the moment, the closest I come is possibly making a secret lavatory...not as exciting. Well, have to start somewhere. Can't be an evil genius without some secret hideout. I'm going for mad scientist status. I'll have cat's with rocket packs! I mean, they will probably craah, but it sounds cool. Hmmm. Maybe I'll stick to the giant robotic suit for now...

8/16/2011

Well, my random thought happened sometime around 1am. It would be "What's with that feeling you get after throwing up, where it feels like there's something stuck to the back of your throat?" or something like that. Don't worry, I'm feeling a little better now. I did rediscover this Gem from Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald.



I can't remember the chain of events that led up to finding this.
Anyways, I did have some time to think while I was sitting on the bathroom floor playing Yahtzee on my phone.  I wasn't sure what would happen, so I thought it might be best to kill some time and make sure I didn't have a repeat.  Honestly, I mainly thought about how I shouldn't drink any drinks colored red when my stomach isn't feeling well.  Enough about me being sick.

I've been very tired today.  I might be sick.  I might not.  I try not to dwell on it.  Instead, I wonder if I could genetically engineer a unicorn.  I mean, wouldn't you pay to ride a unicorn?  It can't be that hard to modify the genetic structure to have a horn grown.  Well, I mean, it can't be that hard for people that know what they are doing.  I'm pretty sure I'd engineer a horse that is pissed off because it has some sort of horse cancer that I'd accidentally make instead.  Maybe I should hold off on the unicorn...

8/14/2011

I haven't had a truly cohesive thought today. I do realize that with out my wife around, there are a lot of things that I might forget to do. I get so busy thinking or doing something that I can forget almost anything. Like forgetting to eat while playing Warcraft. I've ben reminded to go to the bathroom, take pills, wake up, go to sleep, you name it.

That song reminds me of her...and sometimes she reminds me of the song...or that I have to go to work. I'm pretty lucky. Without her, I might not know what day...or month it is. Well, I'm off before I am reminded I work in the morning. Just kidding...she already reminded me...

8/13/2011

OK, so I've been thinking about all the things I could be doing, and wonder if I should start trying to venture out a little bit into each one. Like doing comics or animation. Or possibly doing music with my brother. Maybe I'll work on writing more. I've got a lot of things I've already written, and I write articles on occasion. Poetry. Short stories. Doing an interview soon. I have ideas for things that I could design. Web sites I could design. Things I could plan.

Maybe I just have too many ideas floating around in my head.  That wouldn't surprise me.  I just feel like I could be doing more.  How much more?  I have no clue.  I just keep thinking that if I try a little bit of everything, I'll figure out what it is I want to do.  I enjoy cooking a lot, but starting a restaurant is expensive.  Really expensive.  Maybe I should regulate.



I liked this mix because I once thought about doing one like it. Still might. It's because I liked the original "Regulate" by Warren G and Nate Dogg. Here's that.



I also really liked "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" by Michael McDonald. It's a great song, and the one used for the beat in the previous song. Here it is.



So, I know I always seem to have a song in these blogs.  This time I liked the songs enough to post both of them and the mix of the two.  Why?  Because I could.  I like music, and always have a song in my  head or I'm finding some forgotten song somewhere.  It's one of the many things that I ponder on a daily basis.

I actually happened to hear the "Regulate (Jammin' Remix)" on my Dr.Dre Pandora station.  I was out killing things in World of Warcraft on my Dwarf Warrior.  He's cool.  I hear a lot of music at work or playing games.  Or from that wonderful whosampled.com website I've grown to love so much.  I was going to use GrooveShark to embed these, but it seems that I can't post more than one song, and even then it seems to have issues.  Oh well.  YouTube to the rescue!

I feel I've rambled.  I was not born a ramblin' man.  I just became one as I got older.  The more I have to talk and think about, the longer I go on and on and on and on and on and on......

8/12/2011

I wonder sometimes if I could keep my brain alive if it had some sort of solution run through it that would supply all the nutrition it needed. Possibly control an android body.

In a much more possible scenario, I have always wanted to remove my appendix and have a computer installed. Then I would just continue to improve my bionic systems. That would be cool.

I would want a built in music player that could go right to my brain. Then I could listen to things like this.

"Rise". Yeah, that's the good stuff. "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G. used that song, but I prefer the original. I'd play that with my bionic hearing system, snapping with my bionic fingers. Oh Yeah..

8/11/2011

Is it strange that somewhere in my head I have the controls for a large robotic suit mapped out? Probably. Actually, I'll assume that "yes" is a safe bet. Well, a man can dream.

So, I have had this song stuck in my head ever since I heard it. Jay-Z used It for "99 Problems". However, Billy Squier does fine on his own with "Big Beat".

I wish I had the big beat.  Or a big robot.  Or a big robot that had a big beat.  That would be cool.  I think I would want a microwave installed or something, because all that flying would make me hungry.  I'd have to have a mini-fridge with hot-pockets or something in it.  Just don't mix up the rocket launcher and the start button.  That could be bad.  Maybe I should just wish I could be cool by having giant 80's hair.

8/10/2011

Spend time with someone you care about.  You never know when you'll get another chance.  Live life to it's fullest.  Don't set your kitchen on fire.  Pancakes are delicious.  You can never drink enough root beer. I dislike bar chords.  Here is a song I was playing, but had to fudge a little because I can't quite do bar chords on my acoustic guitar.  Maybe it's the strings...maybe it's my hands.




"The Circle is Small" has nothing to do with anything, but that I like playing Gordon Lightfoot songs. I also enjoy listening to them. He's an awesome artist. I once listed him as my father on Facebook. Well, my rope burn hurts, so I'm going to sleep.

8/9/2011

So, the boy asked me to play "Zombie" by The Cranberries on my guitar. I must have the coolest son ever. I think that Robot Unicorn Attack is fun. It is that odd "look, I'm running!" type of game. Go play it.
In a strange set of circumstances, I managed to partially sneeze in my wife's mouth. I can't e explain any better, but it made me think of this song. Enjoy!

8/8/2011

Hello. Rope burn sucks. You probably already knew that, but I'm thinking it. I found out the best part of "Firework" by Katy Perry is stolen from Erasure's "Always". What a rip.

I also learned that this song is used for that Robot Unicorn game from Adult Swim. I miss Adult Swim being good. Why is it they got rid of the good anime to put on stupid shows with real people.
I want to make my own mozzarella sticks. It is settled - I will.

8/7/2011

Ok, so I caught a fish. First time ever. kinda cool. Had a great time in the outdoors. I needed a break.

That got stuck in my head. I like that version. If I hear the Amy Whinehouse version, I keep wanting to say "you told yourself". I think it is sad, but saying it is a surprise is like saying that you can't believe there was a car wreck in NASCAR.
Well, that is it for the seventh. Just remember, if enough people tell you to go to rehab, that is a sign you need to go to rehab.

8/6/2011

I learned how to play "Long Time" by Crosby, Stills, & Nash. I'm not very good yet, but it is a start. This sounds much better than me.


My son likes that song. I do too.
So, I think that the older Final Fantasy series games had more problem solving and strategy. Now it is all about making it look cool. The game play suffers. IX was the last one (besides 4 Heros on DS) that really had something going on. Well, that's life.
So, I made a spread sheet for a video game. I am ok with it because it is my main hobby. I'm very involved with my games.
I think that I need to take a day off one of these days. It isn't that I always work work...but somehow I end up doing free work of some sort. I need to take a day off from the world. No offense world, but I need some me time. Well, 'Till next time, try not to get eaten by rabid muskrats.

8/5/2011

So, here we are again. I want to build a rocket suit. Or a flying robot. The blueprint formed while I was on a ride at the fair. Here is something to help you visualize my robot - in style!

I'm thinking that if I use light weight materials I should be able to get it to fly. If I could figure out a way to put in small turbines to catch wind and supply power, that thing could rock. I had fried cheese on a stick with my loving family. Does life get any better? (Maybe if I had my robot, but I don't know if that would go over well with the wife). 'Till tomorrows random thoughts, goodnight and good luck.

Note: I had to edit "living family" to "loving family" as my living/loving family has pointed it out...

8/4/2011

I'm on some sort of kick with finding original beats from rap tunes. Big Pimpin' anyone?




I kinda like just the instrumental thing going on. It's neat. I discovered I can carry fast-food on a scooter if I get a plastic bag like salads come in and hang it from the little hanger thing between my legs. No, not that, the plastic hanger on the scooter. Get your mind out of the gutter.  So, today was an interesting day.   Nothing of real note, it was just interesting. I watched anime and decided that good anime should be left alone.
Anime does TV the right way.  They tell a story, then they finish it.  Bad anime is the stuff that goes on forever and seems like it just repeats itself.  You know what I'm talking about.  I'm looking in your direction Bleach.  OK, that's it for today.  It's fun to say rutabaga. There.  G'night, see you tomorrow!

8/3/2011

OK, so the day didn't bring too much randomness.  I listened to a lot of music though.  Stuff like this.  You'll recognize part of it from "My Name Is" by Eminem, if you listen to that sort of thing.  I listen to a little bit of everything.  Except free-form jazz.  I don't get it, and I'm not sure I want to take enough drugs to get it.






OK, so that's cool.  I like the beat to that song.  Well, I'm trying to figure out why I have so many random thoughts.  I think it has something to do with the fact that I don't stop thinking.  Ever.  I mean, even when I'm doing something, my brain hides it's activity until it is ready to throw something out at me.  I forget all sorts of things, but can remember almost everything in every Final Fantasy game I've beaten.  I remember almost everything in Mario 3.  I once forgot my own birthday.  I think I might be wired wrong...but then again, maybe I'm the next step in evolution. 

Hmm...I know there was something else I was going to say, but I've slept since then.  I did realize that I get addicted to card games inside of video games.  Who knows?  OK, time to change up my Netflix so that I can start watching Dragon Ball again.  Why?  I'm still trying to figure that out.

8/2/2011

OK, so I was sitting around doing repetitive tasks, as that is what much of web site building entails, and I started to wonder.   

"What if time is 3 dimensional?" 

I mean, I know time is supposed to be the 4th dimension, and people talk about how you can plot time on a graph like it is the x-axis.  What if time goes sideways?  Into another version of reality where something has changed and is on that time axis.  Or up.  Does time have a y-axis and z-axis?  If it does, does it matter?  Probably not.  I'm not that big on time travel.  Not that I don't think it might be possible somehow, but I don't think I'll ever be time traveling.  Then I decided I should build a giant robot.  But then again, I decide that about every 3 days.  Well, back to repetitive tasks.  I have to think of something to keep sane...well, as sane as I can be considered.

8/1/2011

OK, so this is actually yesterday's random thoughts. What is this blog really about? Well, I have completely random thoughts that become long strings of random thoughts. Yesterday I found a site called WhoSampled.com and it was awesome. Here's how it went down.

I had been out herbing on my Draenei priest listening to a Pandora station that was based on Dr.Dre. Now, as I was listening to Gangsta Rap picking flowers, I started to think I recognized some of the music. One such song was "California Love". Turns out the entire beat is from a Joe Cocker song.



Now, as anyone that's listened to "California Love" will immediately recognize the beat. I have the sudden urge to mix the two together, but I think I'd best leave that up to Colin. So now I've been looking over the WhoSampled site and thinking that Herb Alpert really could have made a killing just writing beats for rap stars. Well, it at least got my herbing up. World of Warcraft and Gangsta Rap for the win. Epic. I'll fill you in on today's thoughts later.

Cam