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(It was acting glichy on me.)
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I see you are cutting down to bare functionality?
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I hope it functions.
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I don't consider poaching parts of other music wrong anyway. Bon jovi's "It's my Life" has a shout-out line to Frank Sinatra's song "My Way"
"Like Frankie said
I did it my way"
The term for it is "sampling", and it can go anywhere from a line or two (like the above, or Lin-Manuel Miranda quoting both Rogers and Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim in Hamilton) to balls-out theft (such as Vanilla Ice lifting the entire bass line from "Under Pressure", for which Queen sued his pants off; it was settled out of court). Another lawsuit ensued from Men At Work sampling the Australian children's song "Kookaburra" in the flute part in "Land Down Under"... 28 years after the song was originally released. And eventually won, because the ruling was the pop song had "reproduced a substantial part of Kookaburra".
One of my favorite instances of sampling is Jay-Z sampling "It's a Hard Knock Life" from Annie in "Hard Knock Life/Ghetto Anthem", because it was just weird enough to work.
She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
Bury me ’til I confess
She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
And I can’t get ya outta my head
*insert the theme to the Munsters around here somewhere*
Yup, pretty cold today.
Yesterday we were still in the mid-70's; today and tomorrow our "high" will be 46, because Texas is weird.
Texas is weird. At least the rural area outside of Houston where I spent quite possibly one of the worst years of my life as a teenager was.
How do you have so many people of Mexican descent who can't stand their own heritage? My own cousin is half Mexican and he's firmly anti-immigration - even though his own grandfather was born in Mexico, and his father spent half his life there. Weird. As. Hell.
...and don't get me started on the pride in ignorance. I don't think I ever heard the phrase "you're too smart for your own good" outside of that portal to the depths of the abyss.
EDITED TO ADD LESS NEGATIVITY:
Houston was nice. The food was cheap and exceptionally delicious almost everywhere I went. I hear Austin is an oasis in the desert of ignorance, though I've never been. People were friendly to me at first. At first...
I have to remember to not lump the entirety of the second largest state together as a whole, or I'm no better than the racist people I encountered there. I did run into some very nice people outside of the racist ignorant douches that seemed to be the majority. I was, after all, kind of in the middle of nowhere, so it's a dick move to assume everywhere is like that. It's almost as bad as my previous attitude towards New Yorkers, until my friends on these boards enlightened me unto the fact that you exile the jerks to Florida.
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My BF went to gamestart last saturday to take part in the Soul Calibur 6 competition. He got into 8th position. I'd say not bad for someone who picked up that game on the day itself ^^
Again he won an Xbox360 from a gaming tournament for Soul Calibur 5,so he isn't exactly a noob when it comes to fighting games.
Captain Yesterday: It's not gripping the screw!
Coworker: Here let me try it!
Coworker: Hmm, it doesn't want to grip the screw.
Poison Ivy. Again. WHY??
Poison Ivy. Again. WHY??
damn. I'm sorry man.
Blame the Batman.
My dog dutch oven'd my girlfriend. We were watching Life of Brian, and he blasted a nasty gas bomb under the covers with her, no f~!~s given. He just looks up at her like "Yeah, that's what I bring to the table. Breathe it in."
It was then that I learned my dog may not have testicles, but he has more balls than I'll ever have.
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I have frozen mud in my goatee.
Today's challenge!
Find a hose that's not frozen.
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Taking everybody to the doctor today. The kiddo is being perfectly mature about it. The husband is whining and trying to get out of it and trying to pretend he’s better now. (He’s really really not.) So that’s fun. I love it when I have to be the responsible adult while I feel like s#*$e. :/
This is the worst sickness. And so help me if the pediatrician missed a bacterial infection when I took the kiddo in last week I may lose it. Like, we all would be better by now if we had started antibiotics last week ...
Yay! Cutting pavers time!
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Taking everybody to the doctor today. The kiddo is being perfectly mature about it. The husband is whining and trying to get out of it and trying to pretend he’s better now. (He’s really really not.) So that’s fun. I love it when I have to be the responsible adult while I feel like s@!%e. :/
This is the worst sickness. And so help me if the pediatrician missed a bacterial infection when I took the kiddo in last week I may lose it. Like, we all would be better by now if we had started antibiotics last week ...
I am so sorry to hear. Please heal up, lynora and family.
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I don't think thermostats really work the way they're supposed to.
It's like 50 out. I set the heat to 70. Seven dash zero. Ten minutes later I'm in an oven like I never left Florida. Feels like 90. The f~@$?
Not the first time this happened, but Florida rarely got cold enough to matter and thus pay attention to.
Cap, when is the next cheese fest by you? I may drive over. Ohio isn't too far from Wisconsin. I might actually drive 8 hours (i.e. sit in the car high as hell while my girlfriend drives, because I don't actually drive more than 2 hours if I can help it). Hell, flights may be cheap.
The point is cheese. Cheese and friendship. But mostly cheese.
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Taking everybody to the doctor today. The kiddo is being perfectly mature about it. The husband is whining and trying to get out of it and trying to pretend he’s better now. (He’s really really not.) So that’s fun. I love it when I have to be the responsible adult while I feel like s@~%e. :/
This is the worst sickness. And so help me if the pediatrician missed a bacterial infection when I took the kiddo in last week I may lose it. Like, we all would be better by now if we had started antibiotics last week ...
Yeah, but if it were viral you'd only be contributing to the further weakening of your natural system. Feel better lynora clan!
Poison Ivy. Again. WHY??
My guess - because Harley Quinn.
Suicide Squad was a cinematic abortion, but everyone still agrees: Harley is awesome. And Joker is a horrible abusive a%~#&@@ to her, and she leaves him in the comics for Ivy. Can't roll that story with the awful Uma Thurmon memory of Poison Ivy.
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"...okay, I have to ask."
"It's a cat house. For English."
"...this raises further questions."
Never a dull moment.
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She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
Bury me ’til I confess
She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
And I can’t get ya outta my head*insert the theme to the Munsters around here somewhere*
There's a very old proto-rock song (I want to say "Runaway" by Dion, but that may not be it) where I desperately want to tack the Munsters theme on to the end of the instrumental bridge, because it fits.
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Ah, trying to teach common sense to the Rainbow...
"At 9th level, I get a fire blast."
"Your poor forest."
"Hey, we have to level part of the forest to build a kingdom."
"In a way that leaves the lumber useable..."
"Firewood is useful!"
"So are houses.'
"We'll use the mine we found."
"The gold mine."
"We'll have the richest houses in the land."
"...and the most bandits."
"We'll just use our bandit guards. Oh God. Mistakes were made."
I art eating ye Brave Potatoes.
"Quail, dogs!"
"Wrong on both counts. We are Potato"
"Curses - foiled again! Guards - sieze them! (Etc.)
I art eating ye Brave Potatoes.
"Quail, dogs!"
"Wrong on both counts. We are Potato"
"Curses - foiled again! Guards - sieze them! (Etc.)
Wat.
Well. Today just blew up(professionally, mind you). *sigh*
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Uncle Rocko has joined the mud family.
In addition to Mister Mud and Cindy Lou Mud.
"This is why we don't get the Go Pro anymore" - Coworker.
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I told Aiymi about the Mud Family. She has...concerns...
Well. Today just blew up(professionally, mind you). *sigh*
I haven't had any major crises today...just the constant hand-holding. You know, the stuff that drives me more nuts than anything else.
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So do I, Cindy Lou lost her hair, dropped her nose and in the last two hours has lost half her smile.
Hello, John!
Am I a horrible person for talking to the nice, nice Geico claimswoman and thinking to myself, "Wow! You are amazingly good at cheerfully lying through your teeth to me about how much you want to help me! Did you get special training for that?"
However, it *is* my very first claim with Geico, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt until they actively start trying to screw me over. Then I'll grumble.
…Do what's expected of you first. THEN relax. That way, if anyone tries to give you grief, you can honestly say, "Well, I've done everything you asked me to. What else do you want?"...
Basically what I have done in most of my jobs.
Only problem is that my current (and former gigs) didn't really conform to a strict 'this is your given work-assignments everyday' type of work…thus it becomes more like 'what of a myriad of mini assignments (roughly sort by 'a level of emergency system') can you finish today' kind of shtick....and inevitably they don't because most bosses are so full of s!*+ it's leaking out of their ears. A few months pass of hard work with no reward. (Your words of praise are literally meaningless to me without fiscal or titular accompaniment. Put your money where your mouth is.) I then drop my productivity to "just enough to not get fired" and start hating the place I work.
unfortunately also something I've experienced in some of the jobs I've worked in (current one included).
…I've had like 2 handful of grapes for lunch and 2 cups of water for the whole day, I've been that busy ><…
*Looks worried at Mort Kitty*
*Hauls over a wildebeest carcass and dumps it in front of Mort, while looking expectantly at her*
Think that's what's normally on the menu for a healthy kitty ^^
If its vampire fault then they only wanted your blood captain.. well unless they were that one weird clan... had a really weird name and looked like zombies...
Or thought they thought they were Nagaraja, you know, the ones who have to eat flesh as well as blood to 'stay fresh and vigours'
Taking everybody to the doctor today. The kiddo is being perfectly mature about it. The husband is whining and trying to get out of it and trying to pretend he’s better now. (He’s really really not.) So that’s fun. I love it when I have to be the responsible adult while I feel like s!@~e. :/
This is the worst sickness. And so help me if the pediatrician missed a bacterial infection when I took the kiddo in last week I may lose it. Like, we all would be better by now if we had started antibiotics last week ...
*Gives Lyn + rest of the family hugs and back-pats*
Hi, everyone.
Hello John.
Not much.
Swamped at work, tired and sore all over and a little rattled inside the head.
So middling to slightly sub-par I guess.
Also since its the prime fall-vacation week there's probably not going to be any gaming either.
But all in all, I'm tuddling along as best I can.
How about you? doing okay?
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Trust them until they actively try to screw you over. I'll leave the method of your retribution to you.
I'm honestly such companies' worst nightmare: On paper I'm just another little harmless peon they can screw over. But I am vocal, I write well, and I let all of my friends know that I have been screwed over by company x. Considering I live right near the Silicon Valley and many of my friends either have high disposable incomes or purchasing power at billion-dollar companies, the repercussions are rather staggering:
So I hit companies in the pocketbook, hard, and I let them know that I'm doing it and why I'm doing it. So far, Brio, Amazon and TryCaviar are the only companies to come back and say, "Yeah, we screwed up, here's a bunch of free stuff if you'll try us again."
TryCaviar proceeded to blow it again on their very next delivery (how hard is "3 pizzas, a salad, and a loaf of bread"?), so they're out.
Amazon is doing well on probation. Brio's response was amazing. Best company I've ever complained to.
"You made my kid cry at Christmas. Please send me a replacement part."
"Here's $130 of free kit. Tell us whether it makes your kid smile."
Yes. Yes, it did.
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Alien Archive 2 is definitely better than the first one, absolutely get it if you play Starfinder.
Also get it if you don't, you won't regret it.
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Welp, killed a colonist.
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At 25:17,my BF is thinner player of the two. Yes, I got his permission before I revealed his identity. Because I'm lawful like that.
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So far. Unless the exit gates quit working, again. Really people. Is it too much to ask that the machines be properly maintained? Especially with another construction project nearby?Not much.
Swamped at work, tired and sore all over and a little rattled inside the head.
So middling to slightly sub-par I guess.
Also since its the prime fall-vacation week there's probably not going to be any gaming either.
But all in all, I'm tuddling along as best I can.How about you? doing okay?
Exit gates quitting working irritates me as a Fire warden because it boils down to a safety issue.
Welp, killed a colonist.
Write up?
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@The Pachelbel Rant: I thought all pop songs shared only 4 chords, a la Axis of Awesome? In any case, all songs sound different to me, I think I'm one of the like 1% of people that just doesn't get music. Seriously, Netflix's super interesting and informative show Explained has an episode on music, and I still don't get it.
@Weed and Tylenol PM: These are the two things that I know of that can consistently get me to sleep at night, and it's ridiculous. Arizona is a medical marijuana state, but insomnia is not on the approved-for list and I don't know a doctor who will prescribe it for anything anyway. So about a month ago I started ODing on tylenol PM bc it's OTC and hey what could go wrong? Well last Thursday I was watching Adam Ruins Everything and whaddya know, acetominophen is serious stuff. I already have a compromised liver, so I prooooobably shouldn't be taking 8 of the things a night. I'm taking the OTC sleep aid that shares the PM-ingredient and it's working, mostly.
But yeah, whatever the primary reason for our national weed-stigma -- racism, polital ruthlessness, capitalist greed -- it needs to end, like, yesterday.