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September 29, 2009
Down with the Sickness
I hate being sick. I hate falling ill. That's just what's happened to me. It is so frustrating to be all dozy all day long and jerk awake suddenly and force open gummed-up eyes and feel like hell, not knowing what time of which day it is. For the last few days, its been me, my room and I. My body has been competing with my laptop in a game of "Who's hotter?" My appetite's all screwed-up and the physical weakness is, well, demoralising. I'm usually very in touch with my innate maleness and revel in "feats of machoness". The sickness takes away all that. Most of the day and night, I'm confined to bed, in a bid to conserve energy. The illness brings with it its perennial fan following of cough, runny-noses and constant headaches. All in all, this bout of fever has been my worst ever in a long time. Mom says I had German Measles as a really tiny kid but I have no memories of that.
The fever has gone now. I thought maybe, that was that. Wrong. Enter: After-effects, stage left! After-effect #1 : A full-body rash. Itches like crazy.
After-effect #2 : Appetite improved. But taste-buds gone on an extended vacation.
After-effect #3 : Irritating desire to complain about everything under the sun and some that aren't.
And I think I've gone deafer than usual.
It really doesn't help that all these days have been holidays. At least, I'd have seen my friends otherwise. Somehow, the rash would've been better with Piggy fussing over me or Puppy taking my case about being spotty.
If I continue, I'll continue complaining. Sometimes I disgust myself. So I'll stop now.
A last word, all the best to The Nut Case and Sparks who have a big day ahead tomorrow!
September 18, 2009
My #1-234
Self explanatory post. After years of compilation and archiving. V presents:
- Love Song - 311
- (I ran so Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls
- Angel - Aerosmith
- Lost in Love - Air Supply
- Sweet Dreams - Air Supply
- Speak Softly Love - Al Martino
- Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
- Silence & I - Alan Parsons Project
- Ammonia Avenue - Alan Parsons Project
- Old and Wise - Alan Parsons Project
- Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
- Poison - Alice Cooper
- Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - Allman Brothers Band
- A Horse with No Name - America
- We Are - Ana Johnsson
- House of the Rising Sun - Animals
- Don't let me be Misunderstood - Animals
- I am the Highway - Audioslave
- Like a Stone - Audioslave
- How Deep is Your Love - Bee Gees
- Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
- Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
- Piano Man - Billy Joel
- We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel
- Atomic - Blondie
- Maria - Blondie
- (Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
- Eyes on Fire - Blue Oyster Cult
- Astronomy - Blue Oyster Cult
- Desolation Row - Bob Dylan
- Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan
- Hurricane - Bob Dylan
- Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
- I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- Turn the Page - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
- Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
- Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
- You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
- Runaway - Bon Jovi
- 1985 - Bowling for Soup
- Dance with the Devil - Breaking Benjamin
- Diary of Jane - Breaking Benjamin
- Own Worst Enemy - Bruce Springsteen
- Last to Die - Bruce Springsteen
- Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
- Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles
- Yesterday Once More - Carpenters
- Top of the World - Carpenters
- Wild World - Cat Stevens
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Clocks - Coldplay
- Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows & Vanessa Carlton
- God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
- I Just Died in your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
- We Can Be Heroes - David Bowie
- Space Oddity - David Bowie
- Yankee Rose - David Lee Roth
- Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
- Photograph - Def Leppard
- Hysteria - Def Leppard
- Love Bites - Def Leppard
- Layla - Derek & the Dominos
- Listen to Your Heart - DHT & Edmee
- Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
- Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straits
- Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
- Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
- Land of Confusion - Disturbed
- Alone Again - Dokken
- Take it Easy - Eagles
- Hotel California - Eagles
- Society - Eddie Vedder
- A Girl like You - Edwyn Collins
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John
- Love Story - Engelbert Humperdinck
- Knocking on Heaven's Door - Eric Clapton
- Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
- Tragic Comic - Extreme
- House of Pain - Faster Pussycat
- Act like you know - Fat Larry's Band
- All She Wrote - Firehouse
- You're My Religion - Firehouse
- Superman - Five for Fighting
- The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
- Cold - Fools Garden
- Waiting for a Girl like You - Foreigner
- Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra
- Empty Rooms - Gary Moore
- Adrenaline - Gavin Rossdale
- Careless Whisper - George Michael
- Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
- I Just Wanna Live - Good Charlotte
- Estranged - Guns N' Roses
- Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
- Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
- November Rain - Guns N' Roses
- Wings of a Butterfly - H.I.M.
- Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
- Collide - Howie Day
- Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden
- Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
- The Nomad - Iron Maiden
- Cocaine - J. J. Cale
- Look What You've Done - Jet
- All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
- Annie's Song - John Denver
- Take Me Home (Country Roads) - John Denver
- Working-class Hero - John Lennon
- Imagine - John Lennon
- Hurt - Johnny Cash
- Open Arms - Journey
- Take on the World - Judas Priest
- Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
- Dust in the Wind - Kansas
- Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
- Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
- Self Control - Laura Branigan
- How do I Live Without You? - Leann Rhimes
- Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- The Battle of Evermore - Led Zeppelin
- Steal My Sunshine - LEN
- Ain't No Sunshine - Lighthouse Family
- I'd Love You to Want Me - Lobo
- Swingset Chain - Loquat
- Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Broken - Madonna
- Warriors of the World - Manowar
- Time - McAuley-Schenker Group
- Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth
- Land Downunder - Men At Work
- Fade to Black - Metallica
- Unforgiven 2 - Metallica
- One - Metallica
- Wherever I May Roam - Metallica
- Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil
- Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
- Home, Sweet Home - Motley Crue
- Too Young to Fall in Love - Motley Crue
- Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
- Freewill - Mythiasin
- Summer Wine - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
- Say it Right - Nelly Furtado
- 7 Days to the Wolves - Nightwish
- Come as you are - Nirvana
- Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
- The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana
- (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
- I Just Want You - Ozzy Osbourne
- Shot in the Dark - Ozzy Osbourne
- Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
- Floods - Pantera
- The Music of the Night - Paul Potts
- Jeremy - Pearl Jam
- Dreaming of the Queen - Pet Shop Boys
- Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
- Something Happened on the Way to Heaven - Phil Collins
- Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
- High Hopes - Pink Floyd
- Brain Damage - Pink Floyd
- Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
- Carnival of Rust - Poets of the Fall
- Every Rose has its Thorn - Poison
- Lazarus - Porcupine Tree
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- We Will Rock You - Queen
- Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
- Come On, Feel the Noise - Quiet Riot
- Nightswimming - R.E.M
- At My Most Beautiful - R.E.M
- Losing My Religion - R.E.M
- Electron Blue - R.E.M
- Temple of the King - Rainbow
- Black Sheep of the Family - Rainbow
- Engel - Rammstein
- Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
- Fading like a Flower - Roxette
- Closer to the Heart - Rush
- Wind of Change - Scorpions
- Rock You like a Hurricane - Scorpions
- Alien Nation - Scorpions
- Broken - Seether & Amy Lee
- Anarchy in the U.K. - Sex Pistols
- The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
- Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
- I am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
- The Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel
- El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel
- Doomsday Clock - Smashing Pumpkins
- Misery - Soul Asylum
- Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
- String of Pearls - Soul Asylum
- We Built This City - Starship
- Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan
- Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
- I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
- Shape of my Heart - Sting
- Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
- Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
- Pale Shelter - Tears for Fears
- Love Song - Tesla
- Yesterday - The Beatles
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
- Across the Universe - The Beatles
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
- Twist and Shout - The Beatles
- Honest Mistake - The Bravery
- Jerk It Out - The Caesars
- Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
- Leave Me Breathless - The Corrs
- Painted on my Heart - The Cult
- Bohemian like you - The Dandy Warhols
- Riders on the Storm - The Doors
- Waiting for the Sun - The Doors
- Smile like you Mean it - The Killers
- Mr. Brightside - The Killers
- Forever Lost - The Magic Numbers
- The KKK Took My Baby Away - The Ramones
- Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
- Baba O' Riley - The Who
- Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
- Unbreak my Heart - Toni Braxton
- I wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
- Where the Streets have No Names - U2
- Sunday, Bloody Sunday - U2
- Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon - Urge Overkill
- Jump - Van Halen
- Heaven - Warrant
- Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
- Memories - Within Temptation
- Judas - Yngwie Malmsteen
September 07, 2009
September 03, 2009
Star Wars : The Next Episode
Ripe time for a new post methinks. Methinks methinking a lot these days. Now if mesa only start replacing "me" with "mesa", mesathinks me could give Jar Jar Binks a run for his money or Empire Credits or whatever those floppy-eared, stalk-eyed, stick-legged, lizardlike, amphibious, God-you-talk-too-much, creatures use as money.
I've been re-watching the Star Wars for the I-don't-know-I've-lost-count-th time. The thing is, there has always been something about the first 3 episodes that's always bugged me. I couldn't quite put my finger on it till finally, I realised, it was JAR JAR BINKS! I mean come on, what was the necessity of introducing such a character? Any species so stupid would have died out long before they could even evolve into sentient beings that could take control of a very earthlike, albeit marshy, planet! It goes against all known theories of evolution. Can you imagine how it would be if evolutionary deadends were given a second chance? We would all be ruled by dodos! We humans would be restricted to living in jungles or we'd have to take to the sewers and live among dodo poo or risk being caught and put in tiny 8X10 ft cells in zoos where dodo chicks would come and ogle at us and stick ice cream through the bars just to taunt us. Or worse, maybe the dodos would have evolved into really cruel dumb birds and would kill for sport; just for the heck of it.
But you really can't deny it. George Lucas may have screwed up badly with the last installment of Indiana Jones, but he has given us the all-time greatest sci-fi saga. I have been hooked on to Star Wars ever since I was 12 years old. I still have the lightsaber toy, that has a thin, long filament that lights up when activated by a button, that my grandma brought for me from the US. It still lights up.
I can't take it anymore! Have to watch Episode 5 again!
Meanwhile, here's some good, sound advice - watch old seasons of The Simpsons. Read all the Asterix comics. And please comment. It doesn't matter what you say, even a "I read this post V" will do.
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