Domestic Geek

So I join a couple of blogrolling rings that use blogrolling.com to manage links and now my site is taking FOREVER to load again. I appears blogrolling.com is down right now. Big surprise! I HATE BLOGROLLING!

It figures that they would be down when I'm sitting down to work on styling my expanding scripts. Bah!

A visit to Leslie's page this morning reminded me how little time there really is left until Christmas (less than 13 weeks). I know I'm going to have absolutely no time to prepare once I become employed full time again (very soon—I'm thinking positively!). I've been wanting to make and send Christmas cards for years and I always put it off. Well, I'm gonna do it this year. If you'd like to have a Christmas card handmade by moi, leave a comment that you'd like one, but send your snail mail addy to me via email—the link is in the sidebar (domesticgeek [at] gmail [dot] com). I really don't want you guys putting your addresses in the comments, OK? I'll put a little reminder in the sidebar in my new layout. I'm really getting sick of this one.

Speaking of Christmas, I've got a gift idea for Marcus. He already knows about it because I had to ask him if he would actually wear this item if I got it. In the "White and Nerdy" video I linked to last week, Weird Al is wearing two different White and Nerdy hoodies. He wrote on his myspace page that a hoodie will be available for purchase soon. I'm not sure which one they will offer, but Marcus said he'd definitely wear it if I got it for him. Yay!

One song I didn't include in this week's Thursday Thirteen list is Marcus' and my song. It's by Bad Company called "How About That" from the album Here Comes Trouble. It was in the rotation on 106.7 KAZY when Marcus and I first got together in 1992. Sadly, not too many people remember it. In fact, on the official Bad Company site, they don't even list the album on the discography page.

As I read through the lyrics, it strikes me how much this is still "our song" today after 14 years together. Marcus and I truly are best friends. I can't speak for him, but the room still brightens up for me the minute I catch a glimpse of him. We enjoy spending time together, but we still understand that each of us needs our own space to be ourselves. We could've have picked a better song back then.

Anyway, here it is if you want to hear it:

Bad Company - "How About That"


How About That
by Bad Company

Last night, when the moon was new, I couldn't sleep, I was thinkin' of you
And how much I need ya, how about that

I act like I'm tougher than steel
With a heart like a stone, but you know it ain't real
I need you baby, how about that, hey

Oooh, how about that

I used to spend my life on the town, it took your lovin' to turn me around
I'm crazy about you, how about that

People used to tell ya I'm a crazy fool
But you taught me more than I could learn in school, I say
I really need ya, baby, how about that

If ever you need time and space
Don't run away, just tell me face to face, yeah

Oooh, how about that, how 'bout that, oooh, how about that, baby
Oooh, how about that, yeah alright, oh baby

(Solo)

When I think back of how it used to be, before we met it's just a mystery
I can't live without you, no, how about that

And you got my heart and you got my soul
Ooh you got my whole life under control
Looks like we made it, yeah, how about that, ooh yeah

And everytime I see your face, it lightens up the whole damn place
Yeah, I wanna see this whole thing through
Yeah, there's nothing I won't do for you, oh yeah

Oooh, how about that, how 'bout it, baby
Oooh, how about that, yeah, t-tell me
Oooh, how about that, how 'bout it, baby, oooh, yeah

Last night, when the moon was new
I couldn't sleep, I was there, lookin' at you
Yeah I'm glad that I found you, how about that, hey

Everytime I see your face, it lightens up the whole damn place
Yeah, I wanna see this whole thing through
Yeah, I wanna spend my life with you, oh yeah

Oooh, how about that, hey, how 'bout it baby
Oooh, how about that, t-tell me
Oooh, how about that, tell me baby
Oooh, how about that, baby yeah
Oooh, hey how about that, how about that, how about it baby
Oooh, yeah how about that, oh, oh...

I've been hesitant to write about what happened at Platte Canyon High School yesterday. I get a little numb with shock when things like this happen. As I sit here watching the news this morning, I have to get my thoughts out. What the hell is going on in our society? There is no known connection between the creep that did this, Duane Morrison, and the community. He killed a young woman for no reason at all. He terrorized a town for what? He didn't have any demands that we've heard. Then there's the senseless random killing of the Aurora police officer the other day. I don't/can't understand this random violence. How can a person do that? When is this insanity going to stop?

Thirteen of My Favorite Songs (in no particular order)

1. "Barbie Girl" by Aqua
   
2. "Dragostea Din Tei" by Ozone
   
3. "If I Had $1,000,000" by Barenaked Ladies
   
4. "Undone (The Sweater Song)" by Weezer
   
5. "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane
   
6. "Opportunities" by Pet Shop Boys
   
7. "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra
   
8. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles
   
9. Halfway Around the World by A*Teens
   
10. "Kiss" by Prince
    
11. "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck
    
12. "Old Apartment" by Barenaked Ladies
    
13. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
    

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