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Andddd I think we have reached our limit for the other thread cuz it refuses to load for me anymore. (and I refuse to wait for hours on end for it to load) Soooo as much as it breaks my heart to abandon that other thread...

Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (don't normally like this guy too much but this song works w/ that girl)

You just need a non-sucky phone.

Meanwhile, been ripping my new CD's. Actually came across one that almost manages to destroy my drive. Had to use the paper clip escape route to get it out and then a reboot before my drive would respond again.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Astrofaes - ���М��п С��е��вПваМ�� (The Principle of Existence) [...Те, Ч�е ��П�лПе �е��Ќе��МП (...Those whose Past is Immortal), 01]

/memo to self: if ever making a new version of this board, do make it UTF8 compatible so one can post Cyrrilic

My phone is the best available it's just all phones were not meant to handle infinite threads. (and I'm not even on my phone right now I'm at home, and my computer cannot handle loading that other thread anymore)

/thought to self: Don't pay any attention to dutchy's /memo to self cuz he will never make a new version of this board.

And your drive probably didn't get stuck it got possessed by evil spirits (knowing what you're probably trying to rip) so your drive most likely began speaking in tongues and spewing green vomit!

I'd say both your phone and your computer suck. The long thread handles just fine on any of my machines.

Time to try the CD from Hell again...

I'm thinking it has to do w/ Plastic having the site hosted in The Netherlands actually.

/me tosses you some Holy water for that CD...

Possibly. The signal has to cross the Atlantic.

The beginning CD from Hell appears to be damaged, although I don't see scratches. First five tracks (of seventeen) have timing issues, which caused all these problems. The other tracks are fine. "Luckily" I've dealt with nasty disks before...

Most likely it's a scratch you can't see. I don't know where I've got that tube right now to look up the name of it for you but there is some stuff in a tube that you apply w/ a soft cloth that actually fixes when you scratch your CD.

When I bought it I really didn't think it would work I thought it was a gimmick but it really did work. I had this CD that was ready to be put to rest and buried but it brought it back to life!

/me goes see if I can find it downstairs...

Okay proof I have tunnel vision cuz how come I use this stuff and never noticed the name "Scratch Out" *Duh* Repairs games, movies, music CD's and more! All for just $5.99

/me ends my mini commercial now and goes put it away.

But it really works dutchy...

No nasty shit touches my CDs! I managed to salvage the first five tracks pop and glitch free. They're not perfect reproductions (every time I rip these tracks I get different checksums), but since I don't hear obvious errors, it'll do.

It were these goons, by the way: [link]. The CD was their last one, which collects all three previous releases.

*sigh* Demons in the Forest...

/me goes watch soaps (and pray Snoop Dogg don't make another guest appearance)

Symphonic demons in forests. Plus I got it from the bargain bin (which probably explains the state of the disk).

/me looks at the clock and faints! It was 98 yesterday and today it is 63? So it dropped 35 degrees in one day!? (I could sleep forever when it's this cool and comfortable)

/me goes run to the gym late and fight to get the equipment it will be a zoo at this time!

Then I'm going to finish reading that last chapter of Dracula and finally get to watch that movie (I'm dying to see that movie dutchy! I'm not sure how that flick got by me cuz it's a 1992 flick?)

What movie? Bram Stoker's Dracula? Like I said, it follows the plot of the book, but it accents the erotic bits. Back in the days, when the book was written, things were very repressed, so some see the novel and the whole blood drinking thing as a metaphor for other things.

Then again, some people read too much into things.

Watching the movie now and yes it really does follow the book! cept the movie is much better they've really captured the atmosphere w/ the darkness and sounds (cuz in the book you get interrupted too much w/ words such as poor poor dear madam mina etc etc)

/me runs back to the movie! (my neck is extremely excited!)

Well the beginning closely followed the book as the story in the movie progressed it seemed she was in love w/ Dracula? so the movie was more of a love story. I liked the movie much better and for a 1992 flick I think they did a really good job on it considering they based it off that book that had wayyyy too many boring words in it!

They were bridging a hundred years of cultural difference. Hollywood movie without the slightest hint of a love angle, how implausible as it may be? Impossible!

And yes, 19th century English is overly verbose. People didn't have TV, radio, phones or Internet back then do distract them.

Welll to be honest since the movie was so old and based on an old book I actually expected it to be slow and possibly boring but it was one of the best movies I ever seen! I really liked it! I'm thinking now that blows any vampire flick I ever seen out of the water.

It certainly tops both the Blade trilogy and Queen of the Damned. Terrible movies those were.

It was completely spell binding! I loved it! Unlike that stupid Twilight Saga. Neither the Vampire nor the Wolf looked legit. I know cuz I was once married to a wolf like I told you he actually could have been a vampire though cuz he drained me of all my blood and took my soul! (But his nickname was "Wolf")

A werepire? Twilight is vampires for tweener girls. Better try The Vampire Lestat.

Werepire? hehe!

T'was a long long time ago in fact, poor poor dear madam Doreen were it not for the many scars she bare on her to this very day she would have thought it to be merely a ghastly she nightmare once had.

And me knows no Vampire Lestat? Anyways, mijn librarian what's next? (preferable a book that has a killer matching movie like that Dracula one did)

I checked the iBook store for that one you said that The Legend of the Seeker was based on but they didn't carry it yet. I suppose cuz the iBook store is fairly new.

And you can switch the words "she" and nightmare" around?

/me goes wake up...

I'd say their selection is rather limited. Seems they mostly have really old stuff. And the way things are catalogued is awkward as well. Try Roald Dahl. He did Charly and the Chocolate Factory and the like. Basically kids stories, but usually with a macabre twist. Or Jules Verne, a 19th century French writer, who wrote Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth and such scifi.

I like Macabre things so that would be my taste however, when I searched Roald Dahl only Roald Amundsen comes up I even thought that maybe you meant Ronald? But neither came up in my search.

And ummm as for that Jules Verne guy I told you I'm not into History books and that dude looks like an old president or something you'd see in a History book so no way! Besides he has 216 books listed some are in French and I don't even know which one to choose (even if I wanted to read a historical scifi!)

Come on Mr. Librarian give me something good, w/ all the books you said you read that's the best you got!?

No, but your "library" seriously stinks if it doesn't have Roald Dahl: [link]. Anyway, try: Arthur Conan Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles.

Okay there's about 3 movies I think that were based off that guy Roald's books that I think I've actually seen before. The Giant Peach or something?

Anyways, I did find that Hound of the Baskervilles one. But I hope these books are not like music where they take one tune and do 100 remixes of the same tune? I'm looking at 7 of the same book listed on iBooks they pretty much kinda say the same thing (but some are alilll different dutchy.

I'm clicking on this one: The Baskervilles are a cursed family patriarch Sir Hugo sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for a fair maiden and ever since Hugo's offspring have been haunted by a vicious and possibly supernatural black dog... bla bla bla

I'm getting that version!!!

Thanks!

Wait a minute it's freeee! I don't believe it! Even betterrrr...

It's a Sherlock Holmes novel, wherein said detective gets hired to investigate the mysterious death of one of the last Baskervilles, a family said to be haunted by a demonic hound. That whole devil thing is just the legend as to why they are haunted by this dog, which gets told in the story by the client that hires Holmes.

So basically, this is a detective story (which ran in British news papers, if I'm not mistaken), with a touch of the supernatural. It's quite gripping when things get rolling. Beginning is a bit slow though. Read it as a kid.

Well I can't wait to get things out of my hair today and then go jump on that book tonight! Thanks again dutchy.

Slaap lekker...

You're right the book is alill slow at the beginning but I actually like the readability of it more than the Dracula one. (it seems to be easier to read)

Some authors just like to sprinkle "dollar words" throughout their text. My textbook on general history [link] did this to such an extent that I encountered a new word every other sentence.

Hmm I tried to read a couple of the sample pages (though totally blurry) now I remember why I gazed out the window and examined the leaves on the trees and got lost in the sound of the birds during that class...

Except that you're supposed to read it at home. Itcame with a workbook and we were supposed to answer the questions, which would be treated during class. Tssh, I'd prefer regular lectures.

What? no teacher to call out your name and wake you up during your day dreaming!!!

That would be painful trying to read that book w/ no support or input. And by the time your return to school for follow-up you've forgotten your questions while at home when you were working on it...

I still think you would have made a great teacher dutchy. (never too late?)

Hellll no. Right now I'm pondering again on Tek v2, but I'm suffering from Second System Effect: [link].

Hmm well you know what that guy Einstein said: "Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler" (so you're in trouble!) hehe!

/me goes run around and go pay some bills...

Pretty sure as soon as I start up my car this will be blazing on the radio since they play it every 3rd song! Toss the lyrics in the trash and here's some bass for you: [link]

No bass on this netbook. But, wait a sec, isn't this just "Your Average R&B Song" these days. We have a random singer, some recyled beats and yes, our dear friend the Auto Tuner.

It's not my fault that's all I have to choose from on this end!

Slaap lekker sleep head...

/me returns from the Land of La La, far too soon

Work beckons. And for some reason they like to put every light in the office on here. My eyes, my eyes...

/me tosses mijn dutchy some sunglasses and goes wake up...

Wearing sunglasses indoor is for weirdos and popstars.

Welll then it's a good thing the ones I tossed to you are invisible so nobody can see them on you!

Yeah, but I seem to have dropped them and can't find 'em no more.

hehe

/me hands you another pair (these ones are orange and glow in the dark)

By the way I was reading my Sherlock Holmes book last night (on chapter 5) was about midnight and I could have sworn I had two detectives in my bedroom and the smell of a cigar last night! hehe

The book is so descriptive you can almost hear them talking (I can't even believe I like this book)

I still can't believe you're reading books.

Back to my second system syndrome. One of the reasons Tek v2 is taking forever is because I want it to fit in with my Ideal Data Structure which I've been pondering about (on and off) for well over fifteen years now.

I want to be able to write articles like:

--

The Hound of the Baskervilles

A Sherlock Holmes novel, wherein said detective gets hired to investigate the mysterious death of one of the last Baskervilles, a family said to be haunted by a demonic hound.

author: Arthur Conan Doyle

genre: detective, crime, mystery

publication date: 1902

characters: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson

--

Note that list of key/value-pairs at the bottom, I intend each of those to become tags with which this article would be labelled.

But here's the complex bit: technically, a tag can have an explanation. Therefore each tag is an article in itself. So you get a system where article point to other articles.

How does this relate to Tek? Basically, a news post is a forum thread. It has an initial post and the rest of the posts/comments are 'children' of this post. You'd just slip in a tag in the news article, like #news or "type: news". You could then filter on "news" (or visit the "news" article perhaps) to see all posts tagged with "news".

Alternatively, you could post something like: "release: my app 1.2 [link]". The system would then recognise "release" as a tag (and maybe "my app" as well) and you could make release lists in this way by simply filtering, without having to make specialised functions and code.

The tricky bit is figuring out the data structure and tagging methods. But I think I finally know how I'm going to do it. The process of writing it could take an eternity ofcourse (knowing my speed).

Trouble with web is that you have to take special care of all kinds of abuse that can take place. Security measures tremendously complicates matters.

Great, forget to type half the message. You'd post that "release: app [link]" thing in the shoutbox.

I would have killed for an app that could do easy tagging and retrieving like this when I was writing my thesis. It would have been great for managing loads of scraps of information.

Goddamnit, forgot half of it again. Needless to say, I search the entire Interwebs forward, backwards and upside down and did not find anything that would do this in a lean, clean, easy and usable fashion.

~searched... Argh, I give up. /me goes cook dinner

Obviously you know what you want and won't do it until it can be done right so we can expect the new Tek v2 anywhere from 1 to 15 yrs? hehe

But you're right cuz if you just jump into it you'll be revising it over and over again to get it to where you want it meanwhile the spammers w/ keep destroying any work you accomplish on it unless you also deal w/ them as you already mentioned. (but I didn't even realize so much was involved)

spammers w/ = spammers will (I have no clue how that happened)

/me smacks her fingers into obedience! Slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

Hmmm and all I was hoping for Tek was a new look! *blush* (sounds like alot of work dutchy)

Tek needs a rebuild from the ground up. But I want to do it "right". Hence why it takes forever.

Just make sure it has a sexy theme! (that's all I want for it)

And since sexy can mean different things to everyone "I" mean: Dark, Clean and Simple.

/me goes dance w/ Sam's school cloths and the ironing board...

I'll add a pink theme for you.

Nothing wrong w/ pink if you keep it Dark, Clean and Simple (like my purse that I've been drooling for) [link]

Jesus H. Christ, look at that price tag!

Ummm isn't that what credit cards are for?

Slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

You mean you will delay the heart attack?

Nah, some girls buy a purse a every month (or maybe every week) takes me months just to find the perfect one and then I use the one I buy for 1 or 2 years so really it's not that big a deal...

I don't carry money, so that has never been one of my troubles.

I only need a purse for my phone, Driver's License and Debit Card and that's about it for me. I'm not a carry makeup girl cuz it goes on once and I don't layer it all day long so no need for carrying that junk either. So I'm pretty light on things...

Driver's license... Ah yes, I have one of those, gathering dust somewhere. We're also supposed to carry ID in this day and age of needless fear and panic, but I'm "civil(ly?) disobedient" when it comes to retarded legislation.

You're sucha rebel! (you should have atleast ID incase you get into a head on collision driving your bike) hehe

Actually if I didn't have to carry anything it would be just fine w/ me cuz the less the better...

Slaap lekker mijn dutchy, it's 105 degrees today so I'm reading my book inside (should finish it in a day or so)

Oh, if I do get into an accident, I'm sure they'll be enough people who can figure out who it is from my description. Let's just hope the hospital staff don't think I'm a whino.

Hmmm sounds like you better list me as your next of kin. (cuz whether you like it or not till death do us part I'm your message board wife)

I'm going to have to go over there for your funeral and bite all your nails off and brush out your scrappy long hair!

I was just thinking I've been talking to you for so many years I don't know what I would do w/o you! I should file for a divorce or a separation but you're already on the other side of the planet! hehe

/me goes get ready for my day...

If we're going to get a divorce, I want half your money! /me calls his lawyer

Hmm I think the only community property we share is our Tek Bunny T's? (and I think I only have two left)

/me tosses you one!

(I'm keeping mine to wear at my funeral I want to be comfortable in my coffin so I'm wearing mine)

I'm not to inclined to let myself get eaten by bugs, so I'll probably get cremated and then let my ashes spread across the sea (like my grand mother).

I've had two constants since I was born my Mom on my left and my Sister on my right. All three of us have discussed this and we all want to be cremated and tossed into the Ocean at Redondo Beach.

They know for "me" my kids have the first choice what they want but then they are to tell them what "my" wishes were. (everything depending upon the order of death)

Holiday today so me goes hit the mall and spend some more of money before you get your greedy hands on it!

Here! I bought you some really expensive invisible glasses for work so don't drop these ones!

Complete zoo outside today and too hot so me goes finish up my last 2 chapters of that boek!

Sun is shining and you go hide inside? Doreen the Vampire!

The sun don't just shine over here in Cali it's a weapon of mass destruction and I already told you I'm no sun worshiper. Get back to work!

I'm being tortured by bloody Mika on the radio again here at work.

Here something to help you out: [link]

He is jealous for meeee,

Loves like a hurricane, I am a treee,

Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercyyy.

When all of a sudden,

I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,

And I realise just how beautiful You are,

And how great Your affections are for me.

Mmmmmm mmmm mmmmm!!!!

Yikes I need to go hunt down this version of it! [link]

(rediculous I can never seem to get my hands on the one I want)

/me thinks this thread needs a serious purging by demons in forests: [link]

Hmmm that's actually quite excellent, but I've got oppression all over me today so me goes back to floating upon clouds of worship music...

Meanwhile... /me is stuck in the 80's again... God, I don't even know what they're playing, except that I've heard that song a thousand times the last thirty years.

Okay mijn Mr. Librarian what's next? The Hound of the Baskervilles was pretty good but you need to give me some better action! These books are slow and a bit dry? Don't you read books that have alilll more excitement!? (I probably should not ask that of a History reading guy) hehe

Anyways, do you have anything you can think of that's really really goed! (Thank you)

I know you mentioned that Dracula was one of your fav books but now having read the book "and" seen the movie based on that book I have to say that now one of my favorite movies is that Dracula (I actually had to buy a copy for myself I loved it so much!)

The trouble is that that iStore of yours only carries ancient books. Anything past 1900 is probably not in there. In other words, it sucks. Anyway, try if you can find Terry Pratchet's Diskworld stuff (comedy/fantasy) or Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness (horror, to find out where "Shoggoth" comes from). For death and destruction, try David Gemmel, but I reckon he's not in the iStore.

Thank you dutchy. Appts today so I'll be hunting those down when I get back home. I think I died and went to Heaven it's 66 degrees today and breath taking.

I see a Terry Pratchet in the iBooks store but it's Terry Pratchett (w/ two "t"'s) and there's 41 books listed for that Author? (I ain't reading no 41 books) so if that is the same one then which book is the bestest?

As for Lovecraft nothing in the iBooks Store but in iTunes I see there is an Audio Book? (me don't want no Audio Book)

As for David Gemmel once again I googled and I think you mean David Gemmell (w/ two "l"'s) and nothing in the iBooks Store

So yes this iBooks Store totally sucks! Until it takes root.

/me goes get some stuff done...

Try one of those Pratchett books. The man has written quite a lot. Each book is seperate from the others, but they usually take place in the same universe: [link].

Alternatively, if it's action you seek, Ian Fleming wrote the James Bond novels, and Leslie Charteris was responsible for The Saint.

Hmm I'll go ahead and try that Carpe Jugulum one. As for Action I'm talking Fantasy Action such as in Legend of the Seeker definitely not James Bond! What in the world?

/me thinks I need a female Librarian...

Legend of the Seeker would be there if that iStore did not royally suck. How can they get away with having nearly no "recent" books.

I suppose cuz it's fairly new? I'm pretty sure by 6 mos it will take off.

Anyways this Carpe Jugulum book looks to be a kiddie book but since it's cute and magical (from what I've gathered so far) I'm actually going to read it! hehe

If I gave this book to Sam he would laugh and wouldn't read it since he's an old man who reads newspapers at 13 years old. I actually think it's kind of enchanting and cute.

It may seem like a kiddy book, but is not really one if you note the underlying currents and themes. But it certainly is a parody.

Really? Well I guess I should be the last person to try to categorize a book (but I thought it was cuz I find it so enchanting)

Meanwhile, after over fifteen years of searching, I have finally found the name and artist of my favourite track ever, e-v-e-r. Even better yet, I can listen to it as well. Now all I need is a hard copy of that disk... Going to be troublesome...

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Search & Destroy - Madness Revisited [link]

Never heard that one before but ja het is goed!

And if you were not so stubborn you'd be able to do what I do which is use this: [link]

I grab what I want off of YouTube both audio and vids and import into my iPod on my iPhone anything I want for free now.

It used to be called MxTube but now that it has the import feature they call it YourTube...

Trouble with that tune is that it was released in '94 as the B-side of a 7". Or in other words, one of those black CD-like things which can play on both sides. The only real CD-version was on a compilation disk of the record label later that year. Naturally, long, long out of print.

Fortunately we have P2P these days...

Ripping out of a YouTube movie would be my last resort. Trouble with that is that people upload their compressed (and thus distorted) audio to YouTube and then YouTube goes and compresses (and distorts) it some more to fit in their bandwidth profile.

The kick drum is weak though. Maybe I should make a remix if I ever learn to make music. In the meantime, I'll entertain myself with some gabber: [link] (yes, I know, it sucks, but it's fun to do).

I've not really had too many problems finding and getting what I want using YourTube on my iPhone it normally prompts me if I want High Quality, Low Quality or 720p though I always grab the 720p and the files are as big as a house I get the same quality as if I had purchased it in iTunes for 1.99 as for P2P it's always been like pulling teeth to find the one "I" want.

Dutchy that is completely outstanding! It does not suck, I'd say you're off to a great start! (but that sounds better than a start)

Something fairly decent by Rihanna: [link]

/me goes dance w/ the laundry...

First I need to learn how to play a piano properly. But at least I have the "equipment" and setup now.

There goes your nails!

I'm sure it's quite possible to play a piano with long nails. After all, I'm here typing on this keyboard with nails extending about 7 mm beyond my fingertips.

I don't know what mm is but if your nails are longer than mine are I'm seriously going to have to go run over there and either bite them off or have you scratch my back!

Dutchy you're freaking me out over here w/ this nail thing. If you're painting them red like mine too I think my heart will shatter into a million pieces! (black is okay though) hehe

mm = millimeter [link]

Now, why would I want to paint my nails? The only reason I cut them every now and then is because I can't be bothered to do it on a regular basis. I'm going to reincarnate as a sloth.

Umm so that they will look pretty? (All I know is I feel better now) hehe!

And dutchy you know I only know inches so I suppose that is about 1/4 inch? Anyways, no need to reincarnate cuz you are a sloth!

Dug up some piano lessons on YouTube. So now I can play "Twinkle twinkle little star" and "Mary had a little lamb". I'm taking baby steps, but getting somewhere slowly.

Also found out that it's indeed impossible to hold your hands "right" if you have long nail. It all sounds a bit choppy because of that. My thumb can't reach the keys because I have to keep my fingers extended in order to press them (which wouldn't be an issue if I had short nails).

Wellll then let me bite all your nails off so you can play correctly! hehe

There's probably only one thing I can think of that would be better than making your own skins or themes and that would be making our your own music. And most likely YouTube is the best teacher (I run there for everything)

Best thing would be making your own everything. But one only has so much time in life, so choices must be made.

That's when you have to tweak someone elses things (saves you time) hehe

And it's a total waste of time thinking about time cuz it's only an illusion.

So spake Doreen, denizen of dreams for the last four decades.

Well when I was a teenager my friends all gave me the nickname of Lil Dreamer.

Anyways as for Time, you can't touch it, control it, nor predict it yet everyone thinks they "have" time (hence why I think it's just an illusion)

Now go play Twinkle Twinkle Lil Star! I want to hear what you end up coming out with...

Riiight...

Moving along, this song is bizarre.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Laserkraft 3D - Nein, Mann!

Veryyy bizarre and so is the vid! hehe

Check it out: [link] (but those sneakers are crazeeeee)

They play that video three times per hour. It's like song of the week or something.

I'd rather hear that then them playing Usher's new tunes ever other song they play on the radio over here. The radio stations over here have repeating playlist from Hell...

Meanwhile, our beloved editor made a surprise appearance in the shout box.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland - Promiscuous Girl

I heard that song this morning when I was making my run to the gym. (hadn't heard it for a while)

I seriously need to update my own playlist on my nano it's beginning to sound just as bad as the Radio's playlist!

Either this kid is lip syncing or God dropped this lil Angel out of heaven to force me to like Opera (cuz I hate Opera) but everytime I hear her sing I get hypnotized I can't believe what comes out of her mouth! check this out dutchy: [link]

And who is now performing a guest appearance on the show while we wait to see who the winner is? Usher! Ack!

/me already knows the Lil Opera singer will win and goes visit la la land...

America's Got Talent? /me runs for the hills

Hmmm apparently I was wrong (so what else is new) the Lil Opera singer didn't win? And out of the hundreds of thousands of so called talented ppl the guy that plays the guitar and sings and wanted to win just to buy his Grandparents a house is the one who won.

The guy wants to build a house for his old folks. Now ain't that sweet? Let's vote for him!

No kidding, the name of the show should be "America's got problems" cuz whoever has the biggest problem wins not the one who's got the best talent. Rediculous, but most the shows on TV are anyways...

Rule of thumb with this stuff: the only people you will see on these shows are people who are desperate enough to get on TV but are sorely lacking in the talent department. This is basically a cherry picking contest for the record label execs to find the best new "star" to mold into whatever shape or form they may please.

Not necessarily, that kid had some talent take a goed listen: [link]

Last thing I want to hear (or visualize) when I'm listening to music is some over dramatic person singing overly dramatic music (another words I "hate" Opera) but this kid had talent though they gave it to some guy playing a guitar? hehe!

What's up with the volume in that video. I can barely hear it, even if I turn the rest of my music down. From what I gather, she can generate quite the levels, even with such a small frame. Opera singers are usually build like tanks.

However, pop will always triumph over opera. As will young men over little girls like this, when most of the viewers/voters are teenage girls.

On a side-note, the comments for that video are depressing. Not because of what people say, but more because of the atrocious spelling of most people. Jesus H. Christ, "should of" instead of "should have", "sink" instead of "sync", etcetera. /me turns into Jafo

Strange the vid plays loud and clear for me? You mean to tell me you actually read all the fruit cake comments? (I never look at them)

You almost became a messageboard widower! I got hit in the back which caused my car to hit the one in front and I was sandwiched! Messed up my left leg (so no running for a while) but all is well Thank God. I had Sammy sitting shot gun and he's got my soul so as long as he is well I'm well.

But it scared me so badly that I actually think I may ride a bike like you for a while when my leg heals...

Good thing cars have cage constructions these days, otherwise you'd be a goner. Hope you got away with just bumps and bruises.

I'm fine dutchy. I feel more sore and shaky then yesterday though. I know my physical injuries will heal that's not a problem it's just the emotional ones that never heal right. Now I'm terrified of my stupid car. And I've got to deal w/ getting it fixed.

There was a guy behind the girl that hit me and caused the accident he came running to me and gave me his name and number and said he'd be my witness in court and the lady in front of me who I was pushed and smashed into gave me her name and number and said she'd be my witness of course as well. I have the police report, I didn't want to freak out Sam and get taken away by ambulance cuz as long as my heart is still beating I'm find so I refused medical treatment.

But it's just the mess of it all I didn't need right now...

Best solution would be to get in a car and start driving again. Preferably to a doctor to check your injuries. You did not cause the accident, so there was nothing you could have done about it.

I did dutchy and I'll spare you the drama...

Anyways my car looks like new again they fixed the front and back and her insurance gave me a new car to drive around in until they repaired all the damage on my car and the loaner had "Satellite Radio" so I've been listening to this stuff: [link] Goed Stuffezzzz!

After having that loaner I was sad when they returned my car. hehe! (everything is fine dutchy)

Hmm, perhaps you should get into accidents more often then?

/me runs

Thanks for that wonderful advise but no thanks it was like suddenly being hit by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake from behind.

Anyways, I did check out that Satellite Radio thinking it would only be 2 or 3 dollars a month but they charge $12.95 per month plus the radio install. (outrageous!)

Maybe they give you three hundred channels or something.

I'm not even sure I'd pay $12.95 per month for three hundred channels but it seems they only have 130 channels (something like that) [link]

Channel 38 was killer! [link]

I got the 30 day free trial now for my iPhone that I installed yesterday since I liked it so much. I have a dock in my car so it plays over my car radio (which is all I needed) but I ain't paying no $12.95 per month after the trial period ends that is rediculous...

You've got thirty days to come up with a shrewed plan on how to continue listening to that station, whilst avoiding coughing up the subscription fee.

That first "A State of Trance" show has a site: [link], containing podcasts and what not, by the way.

Actually I've got 30 days to enjoy it and tag all the tunes I want then go grab em all for free, make myself a CD for my car and save my money! hehe

/me goes check out your link

Ack! Every stupid site you need to download something! I don't want that Silverlight thingie!

Wow, a rare Silverlight encounter. I didn't know it still existed.

Don't know what it's for, don't need it, don't want it...

(I would say that in dutch but the way you guys use verbs is really weird to me!) hehe

Ik (moet?) het niet!

I don't understand why you guys say "get" at the end of what you are asking for?

And of course all the tools to learn dutch are like "Can I have some wine?" "Can I have some beer?" (And of course I don't drinken)

So like I told you a tons of words to learn that I will neverrrr actually use!

But I don't care me goes learn em...

Those tools probably say "Mag ik wat X" (literally: may I some X, figuratively: can I have some X). On the other hand, the use of "do" in English is quite strange as well:

do not want = doe niet wil (correct would be: wil niet)

What exactly is there to "do" about wanting something?

Changin channels, this song contains elements of at least two other tracks, but I can't recall their name, plus a recent Madonna record. Ah, wait, one of them is The Jackson Five's "Can you feel it".

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Ke$ha - Take it off

OMG Ke$ha (most annoying!)

Something to eat = iets eten (another annoying thing to wrap my ears around) hehe

I got this one hour long audio thing to learn dutch via music well I'm not sure how to explain it but you know how when you hear a song a few times even if years pass you know the sounds of the song cuz they burn in your memory? This thing I got does exactly the same thing I listened to it a few times and I learned more dutch then when I tried to learn w/ all the other tools I have used in the past (course it's dutch I'll never use) hehe! But I can count to 20, know the days of the week, ask for a ton of things I'll never ask for!!!

But it's strange that it burns it into your memory when it has the words w/ music...

[link]

"Something to eat" can be literally translated into valid Dutch: "iets te eten".

Dutchy allll the learning tools I have are niet "valid" Dutch.

But that something to eat sounds like: eats aten (like you're saying it in present and past tense form?) hehe!

And I'm not making fun of it, it's just so strange and the girl in the audio that speaks dutch she sounds as if she has a cotton ball stuck up in her nose? (okay I'm making fun of her onlyyyy)

The guy sounds totally sexy he pretends to be an English guy trying to learn dutch but you can only tell from his perfect accent he is dutch as well as the girl. At any rate it's the absolute best learning tool available I listened to it a few times and I know the entire one hour long audio sound for sound and word for word. (cept I'll never ask for white wine or beer or any of the other things they teach you?) hehe

Alright I did actually learn some goed stuff from it...

Your tools are wrong. It's valid Dutch:

Is there something to eat? = Is er iets te eten?

Shall we get something to eat? = Zullen we iets te eten nemen? (note how the verb moves to the end of the sentence)

I suspect I know what kind of voice you're talking about. I know some people who speak like that. They usually stem from wealthy families and have, what we call "old money". Quite a strange world they live in.

Oh, the time it does not work is:

Do you want something to eat? = Wil je iets eten?

You can insert a "te" there, but it's usually dropped.

I do realize my tools are probably wrong but what can I expect trying to learn dutch on the other side of the world?

Also on this side to find "any" tools in Dutch is by miracle only you can find any other languages but I just might be the only person over here that wants to learn Dutch. (and I'm serious too)

The closest and best tool I have right now is that audio one I was telling you about but I don't see Vol. 2 avail for Dutch yet.

/me takes note of what you put up there...

Hmm strange for: Shall we get something to eat? = Zullen we iets te eten nemen?

I would have thought it to be: Zullen we iets eten krijgen?

You would use "krijgen" when you're out and wonder if you're going to get food. It would translate as "will we get something (to) eat?". As in: is someone going to provide you with chow or what. You use "nemen" (take/get) when you're going to make the food or are going to buy or order it somewhere.

Or in other words: "krijgen" is something given to you and "nemen" is something you take yourself.

/me goes order some more demons in forests albums

Hmmm krijgen = begger and nemen = independent (girl w/ cotton ball stuck in her nose must not have money)

So nemen it is (besides it's easier to spell and say) hehe!

/me runs from your evil music that you're going to buy!

Dank jou wel! Slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

Waar is mijn dutchy? Ik wil jou vervelen met mijn slecht dutch...

(I'm pretty sure "you" may need to toss those words around in a different order) hehe

Eek! Slecht Dutch!

Actually, you're doing quite well. There's the occasional English word or anglicism interjected, but other than that it seems alright.

Hartelijk dank!

Carry on w/ your evil music...

My evil music hasn't even shipped yet.

Was listening to the radio and all of a sudden I hear a commercial for this album: [link] (yes, it looks ridiculous). And I'm like: since when do so-called underground genres like Black Metal make commercials?

(I was talking about your currently owned evil music)

And since the entire world is just one big commercial. I tried to watch that vid dutchy but I swear that stuff gets me jittery or something and gives me a stomach ache. hehe (wellll it does!)

It looks like some evil "Got Milk?" commercial too!

It's positively terrible. Worst bit is that Dimmu Borgir has been slipping into the direction of Cradle of Filth (who also make bad videos: [link]) for more than a decade now. And I really, really dislike Cradle of Filth. They should go back to doing silly no-budget videos like the one for Mourning Palace: [link].

Still, even though it's not my taste anymore (no demons in forests to be found), I did order the ridiculously overpriced limited edition of Dimmu's latest. For nostalgia's sake.

OMG I don't know maybe it's cuz I'm still shaken up from the accident but that stuff completely makes me jittery inside. And it could be that your taste is changing a bit over time or most likely that the music you used to like is changing. Seems alot of recording artist no longer stay true to even their own style and get lost in trying to compete w/ change?

And speaking of recording artist losing their own style whilst trying to compete w/ change no body reflects what I mean better than Nelly Furtado (I not only almost didn't recognize her by her singing but even the way she looks right now on TV!)

It's only a natural process, I'd say. Artists want to progress their style over time. Except that the path that they take is not always the direction the listener of earlier material would prefer.

Not always? I would say "hardly ever" which is what makes the pros stand out (all 2 of them) it's most likely not an easy task to change w/ the times w/o changing so much you lose your own original style. (or they'd lose all their fans that originally fell in love w/ them for whatever original style that attracted them to them in the first place)

Anyways, Goedenavond!

/me goes get busy...

I sure hope that with "pros" you don't mean artists who have been making the exact same album for decades (like Prince).

Prince? Are you crazy? he got stuck in tar (or whatever year it was when he got stuck)

As much as I hate to say it cuz I don't care for them (they're not muddy enough for me)

These guys...

Old Stuff: [link] and [link]

Newer Stuff: [link]

They are Timeless they can change w/ the times and stillll stay true to themselves. You hear then years ago you hear them today and you knowwww who they are and have to respect them. (whether you want to or not they force you to)

A couple of day ago we broke all records in Los Angeles for the hottest triple digit heat ever. Today we have pouring rain and the complex right next to me just got struck w/ lightning. hehe!

/me is in my Tek bunny T-shirt and going to curl up on my couch and enjoy this perfect weather today!!! It's perfecto!

*sigh* welllll that was short lived! Storm blew over and now the sun is shinning again. Argh!

Satisfaction ('65) and Sympathy for the Devil ('68) are much rougher than the later Start Me Up ('81). Those bloody Stones should've rolled into a senior citizens place a long time ago.

That new Dimmu album is not too shabby, by the way. It's a bit like an orchestral movie sound track. Then again, I just heard the entire album but can't recall a single song.

Senior citizen place? No maybe they need just alilll plastic surgery or something but they've got a few more miles left in them. I wouldn't be surprised if they even tried another concert though I admire them, they're just not my taste. (me likes bass booty tunes)

That Dimmu Borgir stuff usually does sound all Theatrical (atleast some of their tunes do)

Here you go some goed stuffezzzz!

[link]

I think it's missing something... like lyrics.

Met (lyrics?) is niet goed...

Perhaps, but it's not particularly spectacular without the lyrics (like most hiphop).

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Sia - You've Changed

I don't know some just sound alill better at singing obscenities. hehe

(that particular one I always need the instrumental version)

There's a certain irony in artists singing things like the song below, when the only thing they're doing at the moment is laying in a casket underneed the soil.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: James Brown - I feel good

I heard that song about a week and ago and it felt very morbid. Strange though that I hear tunes from others who have died already like Aaliyah, Rick James etc but "that" particular one from James Brown gave me a morbid feeling...

I really cannot take Rick James seriously anymore after seeing Dave Chappelle's brilliant parody: [link]

hehe!!! That is hilarious! (I've never seen that before)

He also did a Prince skit, but it pales in comparison to the Rick James version (because Rick James himself was in it to comment on it and contradict himself). Also check out the other parts.

I have to find the Prince one. I find it so crazy that these guys still keep messing around w/ drugs and alcohol wayyyy past their youth (like they think their bodies are invincible) most "all" the deaths on this end are never by natural causes and by the time they get done killing themselves they end up in their caskets looking all deformed, wasted and completely unrecognizable from all the drugs...

OMG hehe! This guy is nuts! [link] (I'll have to check out all the rest later on, I've never seen him before)

What!? Wait!!!! Lil Jon!? [link]

/me hassss to see that one right nowww! hehe

Thatttt is definitelyyy a good impersonation of Lil Jon... hehe!

Ik heb het koud! (Jaaaa you read right it is cold in Cali today!)

Ik moet Vol. 2 van dutch maar, de damme said she don't have it! (she has it niet!) hehe

Ja even if I ever learned it I would never spell it correctly. hehe

Damme = Dame But what surprises me is that some dutch words are actually even the same as in Spanish (a few) since I "understand" some 4 different languages now I just can't type them nor do I feel confident saying them aloud...

I have new respect for that Pope John Paul! Apparently he knew 13 different lingos!

Either that or he had his speeches written/translated for him.

Lady is "dame" in Dutch, German, French, probably some other languages, and *gasp* even English (be it uncommon).

Great = Geweldig or Prima!

Prima is also what you hear on this side for excellent! (most ppl speak spanish around here in Los Angeles)

Lady in Spanish = Dama

Learning the languages is really not toooo difficult but spelling them correctly is hell. (I can learn anything by sound)

Prima is a loan word from Latin. It actually means "first" (compare: primo).

Oh, and "dame" apparently comes from Latin as well. "Domina", meaning: mistress of the house (domus).

I think I've learned more just in these threads than all the years of schooling I've had (which weren't many)

Slaap lekker mijn smart a** dutchy...

Kids have it easy these days. See something you don't know, throw it into a search engine and voilà: [link].

I think instead of hearing Google is your friend more and more now you hear YouTube is your friend (alot of tutorials)

Not if they limit access to certain videos based on age or country. That's ridiculous. I can't even watch Beloved's Sweet Harmony video because some goddamn prudes keep tagging it as "adult".

That's cuz YouTube is myyy friend not yours! I can view that sucky vid w/ no problems at all on my end...

Hooray! The circus has left town! (and it looks like they installed a new HD camera?)

[link]

Yikes! I know they did something different to that camera cuz I can see super clear now even the birds walking. I can't wait until it snows!!!

That's because it's an HD cam, plus it's now a Flash video stream and not repeated JPEG shots. Still, not particularly intersting. They should point it along the shore.

/me stumbles across a workin Beloved video: [link]

I think it's pointed perfect. I'm in a circle of ppl in my life that love parties, gatherings, parades, and any circus. I love to be alone and quiet. Everytime I look at that camera it always gives me a complete feeling of solitude! Like standing still in the middle of a cemetary. (yes I'm strange, but there's no peace anywhere!)

That is so weird I don't know how many times I've seen that vid and this is the very first time I notice "he" is the "only" naked male in the vid all the other naked bodies in the vid are females! hehe

Dude in the video is also the only one who's in the band (I think). The girls are just for show. Regardless, there's nothing about this video that would warrant the "adult" label it gets tagged with all the time.

Cemetaries are not particularly interesting. I used (and still) live next to one.

I didn't care enough to look really good but maybe a boob flashed out for a min so they have it labeled adult. hehe

On the vids over here you'll see way more then skin you'll see sexual acts (thing is it's so common nobody even notices it)

As for cemeteries not being interesting they are not suppose to be. If you want interesting you step outside the cemetery gates and go back to life and living. A cemetery is suppose to be a place of stillness, calmness, and solitude where you can meet w/ "reality" and yourself.

Once you go outside the gates of a cemetery you forget yourself again...

Doctor crae, psychiatrist extraordinaire, would say that if you need to go to a cemetary to be "with yourself", he'd like to schedule an appointment to start the therapy sessions.

/me goes jump on your sofa! =)

No silly I was just trying to explain that cemeteries/funerals have a unique feeling about them that cause ppl to think about life and themselves but once they leave the cemetery or funeral they go back to living and partying and forget to be a human being first. (Nobody is more sober then when they are at a funeral)

That's probably because it's not socally acceptable to be drunk and noisy at graveyards.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Nokturnal Mortum - Kuyaviya [Goat Horns, 02]

/me tosses you on the sofa and explains to you that "that" is exactly my point! It's where ppl are forced to meet w/ reality and themselves since they are not stoned and the environment of a cemetery is still and calm..

3/4ths of the world is running around drunk and blazing on drugs to avoid reality and themselves. (I'm boring I live in the center of a cemetery by myself)

And my Mom just called seems she is coming to disturb me in the middle of my cemetery today! hehe

I opened my mouth and told my sister I was going to do Thanksgiving at my house and 20 calls flew in instantly from my family and friends (my sister and her big mouth inviting everyone) and then what happens is those 20 invite 20 more and then it turns into 40! Thanksgiving is several weeks away and I'm getting nervous and wondering if I should start cooking already!

I'd start by getting some extra furniture. Forty people wouldn't even fit in my place.

I've no idea how I will pull this off but I'm thinking I will toss half of them outside since where I'm living has a pool in the complex so I will have some of them on the front patio and some out in the back patio and some outside by the pool. My patios are both really tiny so I'm not sure what I'm going to do. hehe

Tell them to bring their swim gear. You can dump all the small ones in the pool that way.

That's the plan, I think I'll turn Thanksgiving into a pool party. Most everyone over here are sun worshipers anyways. That should keep them out of my hair while I go slave...

This will be my last time doing this. (I think I say that every year) But I hate to see my Mom getting stuck w/ trying to do the Holidays. Just my sister is the problem Ms. Party Girl has to turn a simple Holiday into a Circus and since she started inviting more than I expected I'm putting her to work on this too! Argh!

I'd say, next year the party's over at your sister's place.

I'd say starting next year either my sister or my brother are going to have to take over doing the Holidays for our Mother cuz I'm quitting! (and I'm sure beginning next year my Mom will be back to doing it knowing them and her)

Meanwhile, across the ocean...

/me has to play fix-the-internet doctor again for my aunt, which will probably boil down to rebooting the modem or giving the virus scanner a right good kicking

And then you'll probably hear: "OMG! my nephew is soooo knowledgeable w/ computers! Thank you sooo much for fixing my computer! How do you know all these things!"

(when all you did is pull the power cord out of the modem to recycle it for a few mins) *sigh*

Unfortunately it was hell.

The computer (still) drops its connection every few minutes and I can't determine where this happens. I suspect the age-old modem has broken down. I wrote a quick batch script that does an ipconfig /release /renew and told her to click that when the connection times out and to call her provider and get a new modem. I'm having a déjà vû here, because it's almost as if I did this years ago as well.

Meanwhile, I spent hours trying to get Panda Antivirus 2011 to activate (she has a valid license), but everytime you click "activate" the piece of crap freezes. In the end, I uninstalled it and put Windows Defender on the machine.

"What do you do when this happens", she asked. I don't know, because shit like this does not happen on my machines.

She needs a nieuw modem...

I need a vacation. Oh wait, I've got the week off. Woohoo!

Me too! So where are you taking me? (actually I've got the next 10 weeks off)

Returning back to work full time back in the County the first week of January hence why I'm doing the Holidays for the "last time" for my crazy family (I'm currently living off of a claim from work)

Ten weeks off? Jesus H. Christ! That's surely enough time to throw a kick ass party.

Oh be quiet I ain't into parties I want to just do the Thanksgiving Holiday to give my Mom a break she's getting older and she don't need the work. But my sister is driving me crazy I told her yesterday if she keeps inviting ppl I didn't invite I'm going to dis-invite "her and her posse!" Rediculous. I can see it now my neighbors calling the police on me and me outside trying to pull all the drunks that have fallen accidentally into the pool. I won't even be able to show my face again in my own complex when it's over!

But I know when I return to work full time it's over for me and trying to do the Holidays is more work then fun trust me. (atleast no fun for me but for everyone it will be fun)

You still have five or six weeks to recover.

/me plays some classy tunes to get the party mood going: [link] (though Kraze is ofcourse the only true party anthem: [link])

Hmmm I think I want "you" to be my DJ!

Ummm now you got me second guessing what I just said cuz I just clicked on that second link of yours! hehe!

I'm kidding "you" could be my DJ any day!

Go DJ!

Go DJ!

[link]

Actually I think I should put together some Lil Jon, Lil Wayne, Snoop, Petey Pablo and then when I've had enough and want them all to go home start playing all "my" tunes as a strategy to get rid of them all when I'm tired. (everyone hates what I listen to)

Scratch Snoop he's getting on my last nerve lately he's been a bit over kill lately appearing on several TV Shows...

But some Petey: [link]

How you like it Daddy

How you like it Daddy

How you like it Daddy

And I'm kidding as my Mom will probably be bringing over some freaky Italian music to make matters even worse!!!

Enjoy your vacation mijn dutchy...

I can't see that Petey video (bloody Vevo and their region limiting). I do have plenty of "scare your guests away" music, like: [link], except that the smart guest would just loudly complain and switch off the stereo (or worse, the power).

You probably can't see it cuz it's just one of those booty vids...

Hmmm I see you use the same strategy cept maybe your guest are more nervy.

I some how accidentally downloaded the sound track to the anime spin of Devil May Cry. It's got some nice lyricless metal on it.

The anime rendition of Devil May Cry was bad. And that's not the "bad" the kool kats jive in. Speaking of metal in anime, Death Note's second opener is the hardest opening I've heard to date: [link] (great series, by the way)

Ik ben op zoek naar mijn dutchy! Alright I just wanted to practice. Carry on w/ your vacation... hehe

Vacation is over unfortunately. Back to work tomorrow.

Saw Purple Rain for the first time yesterday. Seeing Prince on his bike reminded me of Thunderbirds for some reason. Plus, fashion was criminal back then.

Knowing how you feel about Prince I cannot believe "you" actually watched his movie? I heard on TV recently that he is currently on tour again and I'm pretty sure he is still wearing his purple velvet and ruffled flowing costumes for his concerts even today...

I was watching wrestling, but the WWE is so freaking boring that I was zapping back and forth. Apollonia, not Prince, was who caught my eye.

/me comes to smack the Hell out of you!

She was the only source of light in a movie populated by tragic fashion victims.

What ever you do don't watch Saturday Night Fever all those Disco cloths would kill you. (though even that old white gangster suit beats out Princes rediculous overly frilly cloths)

I wonder what Prince is wearing today for his concerts? I bet he's still all frilly?

/me goes check...

Hmmm he's changed! Polka Dots! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jTSS1sWOKdI/SShvtOqWyuI/AAAAAC50/Kh5hEtGHUpk/s400/prince.jpg

I have no idea what google did w/ their image page but me don't like it!

[link]

Oh well seems he's stilllll into frilly...

[link]

Yikes! I actually found one decent pic of him! [link]

Okay that's about all I can take of Prince...

What I want to know is why that first link wasn't caught by the url-linkifier. Alas, have to work.

Probably cuz the url-linkifier was on vacation too?

Had to wade through five pages of spam (à fifty posts each), before finding the raw version of your post with the unparsed url, makes me marvel at my own genius at blocking all that crap.

As to why the filter did not pick it up, here's the (simplified) relevant bit of the regex:

([a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]\.)*[a-z][a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]

Or for the non-regular expression speaking visitors, if you split the domain name by the dots, the top level domain (the bit after the last dot) must start with a letter, then zero or more letters, digits or a dash and end with a letter or digit.

The other parts should start with a letter or digit, followed by zero or more letters, digits or dashes and end with a letter or digit.

Or in other words, minimum length of a part is two characters. That single character 1 in the domain name is what caused the filter to gloss over it.

I could fix it, but would risk breaking all kinds of other stuff, so let's not.

The fix would change it to:

([a-z0-9]([a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)*[a-z][a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]

...but not now. It's been many years since I wrote this bit and my skills have progressed a lot. I can see some other possible fixes as well (like writing "(?:" instead of "(", which would speed things up a bit).

Ummmm okay if you say so and I'd comment further but would risk looking foolish sooooo me does what I do best and post what I'm listening to:

[link]

which is a killerrr sway tune but of course you most likely won't be able to view or hear it from your country...

Mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm!

That song is freaking ancient. Gwen went way downhill when she went solo.

Meanwhile, this weirdness in on over here at the moment: [link]

What in the world? hehe! That is freaky...

And don't be picking on Gwen! She is playing mom these days so it's pretty much over for her...

Nelly Furtado's been playing mom for a long time. Afterwards, she hooked up with Timbaland and introduced her new style (which I like way better than her old stuff).

Anyway, this is an interesting tune, though not super:

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Reverse & Adje ft. Dio, Sef & Jayh - Wat weet je nou [link]

Erg interessant ja maar zo zo. Slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

I wish I was sleeping. It's about time winter time kicks in again so I can get up an hour later.

If I lived over there I'd never get out of bed. Cool rainy weather completely zapps me. Today it's cool and rainy over here and "I" feel like a complete Sloth! (never even made it to the gym this morning)

Cool and rainy weather is not so funny if one has to peddle back from work through it.

Getting up out of bed is hard enough when it's rainy I don't even know how you do it then having to get on a bike and ride in the rain all the way to work? That's got to be rough...

Just have a co-worker come and pick you up on rainy days or borrow your Mom's car silly.

Yay, dependencies. No, I don't think so.

Wellll she depends on you to fix her computer right!? Payback time!!! hehe

You're soooo stubborn dutchy...

It's noon over here and it's as black as the night. Love it!!!! (all cold and cozy)

It takes almost twice as long to get to work by car than by bike. And that's no joke. Traffic is murder during rush hour.

Tell me about it I live 20-25 mins from Los Angeles and it takes 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 mins to get there during rush hour. So I was commuting sometimes up to 3 hours for round trip (and most likely will be doing so again beginning in January)

They should confiscate the driver's licenses of people who cause traffic jams!

Oh my god, they're actually playing Joe Smooth on the radio! This is the first time ever I hear Promised Land get airtime anywhere.

And hopefully the last that song sucks! hehe

There is nothing smooth about him!

I bought his album. The rest of the tracks are more gospel-esque. Fits in nicely with the rest of my demons in forests stuff.

Brandy is on Dancing w/ the stars now and this stupid show is getting me hooked since that girl from the Pussy Cat Dolls jumped on that show.

Anyways me is playing Brandy's old stuffezzz. Mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm! (yet anotherrr cold and cozy day on this end)

[link]

Brandy gives me Moesha associations. One of those terrible sitcoms.

Ummmm I never missed an episode! hehe

Jusssss for you mijn dutchyyy:

[link]

Especially dig the Degrassi ad in the corner. That series was even worse.

I loved Moe!

My favs right now are "The Big Bang Theory" and George Lopez comes in second (mainly cuz they play "WAR") Yowza!

[link]

/me being an old coot means that I only watch news and "actualiteiten" (whatsitcalled in English?). And only while doing something else in the mean time (like now). My occasional safari into the land of channels and programs hasn't yielded much of interest these past few years.

Last thing I watched was Couples, I think. Though the IT Crowd was pretty amusing too though: [link]. Unfortunately I somehow missed most episodes.

I've not learned that word "actualiteiten" but I'm going to guess it means you watch no nonsense educational or enlightening programs? I could however now speak to you for one complete hour in dutch and ask you for beer, wine, coffee, coffee w/ milk and sugar, water or ask you where the bathroom is tell you left, right all the days of the week and count to 20 etc etc (but say nothing much interesting in dutch)

hehe!!! OMG dutchy that is so funny (sort of on the same lines of the Big Bang Theory which is my #1 TV show I never miss one episode the world has to stop and stay still while I go run to watch it on Thursday nights)

Slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

/me goes back and watch some more of those IT Crowd vids...

"Actualiteiten" are programs (and other forms of media) that provide further information on topics that are in the news (or are not but should be). It translates as "current events".

TV's usually on in the background, so it's either this stuff or music videos.

The IT Crowd really reminds of stuff that goes on at my work.

I can soooo relate w/ it too. Even my old Boss used to bring me in her laptop to fix and also her daughter's latptop to fix everytime they had problems so I think the new job I start in January I will not mention that I know anything about computers at all or you become everyone's go to person when they cannot figure out how to even turn on their computers. hehe

I'm going to play a simple quiet secretary...

Or offer to help the first time there is an issue and then mess it up big time. They'll never ask for help again.

hehe maybe I should have done that years ago w/ not only work but w/ my family as well?

My uncle once wanted me to configure something on his mobile. I told him I knew nothing about these things, since I don't have a phone. He insisted and so I entered the wrong password (he had given me) thrice, effectively locking the phone. No one has ever asked me for phone assistence since.

I cannot get away w/ that since everyone that knows me already knows that I am obsessed w/ my mobile phone and there is not one single thing I don't know about them...

Ummm I don't think you would see too many ppl that write scripts to have things like this flying across the screen of your phone?

[link]

Pay no attention to the fact that it says "Cloudy" on top I had to tweak the scripts to get that specific ani to play. what this does is display all the weather occurrences on my phone and I created (49) interchangeable walls and matching ani's that update via the yahoo weather source and then automatically update to my screen on my phone displaying my images and the current weather.

That specific animation displays for a Clear Night I have Rain, Snow, Haze, Fog, Sunny, Hail and on and on etc etc etc

You should see my Thunder and Lightning it is killer!!!

Ummm okay me goes crawl back in my hole w/ some embarrassment. hehe

I'm glad I have a speedy connection. 40+ megs for eleven seconds of UFO recordings. I call shenanigans!

But it looks good so far.

I'm shocked you actually looked at it! Did it blind you! (Buuf is a loud theme)

My weather theme is actually based off Buuf (Which is that guy who made the icons that I still need to follow up w/ for that interview) he agree and I sent him the questions for the interview and we were scheduled for the following week end and then I got rear ended in that car accident and was put out of commission for a while and lost interest. But I will try to follow up w/ him again...

Wait, wait! So you're plugging someone else's stuff? Tsk tsk...

I have a friend who slaps a sticker on his computer and calls it a "case mod". Or who slaps a new Jessica Alba backdrop and installs WindowBlinds onto his computer and says he "created a theme".

Ummm neeee it's alittle bit more then that trying to create a theme on the iPhone such as my animated weather themes...

First off I have to create the following Directories for the Animations that display on top of the interchangeable walls.

1. Animations folder which contains all the various animations that get pulled from my weather source to display and dance upon your screen all (49) instances of them!

2. The Source code (which contains the written code that pulls off of yahoo's weather source and brings all the weather data to your screen)

3. The written Stylesheet (which instructs everything to lay such as the wallpaper and various text for the current weather data that appears on the screen such as the condition in description and current temp in F or C)

4. The Functions.js (which instructs the entire theme in detail what to do and when to pull in the weather updates at what time intervals and what State or Country location to pull the weather data for etc)

5. Yet another style sheet (for various layout info for the springboard)

6. And the Widget.html (more layout garble for everything to present on the springboard correctly which can be also coded for the LockScreen)

And then another separate directory w/ the necessary items to run all the interchangeable walls that present on the Springboard.

1. Bundles (which holds all the skinned icons for the apps on the springboard.

2. Icon Sets (which are actually all the various wallpapers that I design individually to display for all (49) different weather occurrences such as: Rain, Snow, Wind, Lightning, Sunshine etc etc.

3. Source Code (which is the code that pulls from either the yahoo or if I choose accuweather both are a headache and are completely diff from one another)

4. Stylesheets (to display the position of the walls and weather data)

5. UIImages (to skin/theme other elements such as the media player, phone dial pad, browsers etc to match my theme)

6. Config file (which is the heart of theme for the springboard and has the necessary weather location and times for update intervals to pull in the weather)

7. Info.plist (which is where you design how you want your text for your app's size and appearance or to make that completely transparent)

8. Wallpaper.html (once again all the info written for the Springboard)

9. Wallpaper.js (and yet again other various info and more headaches to make it all run and function on the springboard)

The reason for the separate folders and directories to make it all work is:

1. Because that "is" the only way to obtain an "animated" theme.

2. It's not battery friendly so if you want to have just the wallpapers changing upon your screen all day presenting all the various weather conditions by themselves you can simply turn "off" the Animations Addon Folder then you won't have the animations running.

Example static ss's of another one of my themes:

[link]

First shot is the static weather wall where you can see how it just has the simple tree w/ leaves on the ground? But when the ani's display the leaves begin to swirl upon the screen (that weather occurrence is for when the source pulls in a "Windy" occurrence)

I can't show you from the other side of the planet dutchy but here a "Sunny Weather" occurrence animation in action:

[link]

But when it's Cloudy and the weather pulls in an update you would suddenly see this display automatically upon your screen:

[link]

And yessss it looks all grainy and gradient but that is the joy of having to record my springboard to show you! The actual theme displays totally crisp and clear on the retina display of the iPhone 4.

Zooooo neeeee, not a simple sticker nor a windowblind tossed on my iPhone but almost a completely written application to make me happy!!!

I only like the icons that guy made so I basically created my entire animated weather theme based off of the "feel" of his theme.

Yikes! That's more work than went into my decade old LiteStep theme (which I'm not using anyway, since that machine died and I haven't bothered to replicate it on other machines).

I can imagine why those animations would drain your battery. But then again, maybe they can be set to only run when you are looking at that screen or perhaps reduce the framerate.

By the way, that cloud animation would look even better if you'd use parallax scrolling: [link]. That basically boils down to layering the clouds and having the clouds in the front move faster than the ones in the back in order to achieve a cheap (well, not on the battery) 3D-esque effect.

Jaaa (more work then you could even imagine) Apple won't accept these into their app store cuz they do not allow for apps running on the Springboard for obvious reasons. And like I told you I cannot seem to grasp C++ yet. This is really baby play atm...

It's raining right now per my Halloween theme:

[link]

As for the way an ani runs on iPhones it's sheer Hell since you cannot just simply slap on an animated .gif (which in itself is massive work to create .gifs where you have more flexibility setting frame rates etc.) but rather you need to code everything and normally use a "Static PNG" to dance hence that rain ani I just showed you up above. Howeverrrrr me just tricked a lillll web kit:

I present to you Halloween on a Clear Night weather occurrence! My flying jaggy animated .gif witch!

I got a .gif working!!!!! (miracles do happen!)

(Just a test run so don't pay attention to the jaggies on the witch)

[link]

I'm trying to bring in some money to pay for my Thanksgiving Holiday thingy but so far I've got 25 donations and approx 300,000 pirates chasing after me (which is God punishing me for using limewire)

/me goes drag my lazy body to the gym. (this rain is turning me into a complete sloth)

Your imaginary friend is punishing me by making me download 40+ meg ten second movies of candy dropping from the sky and witches waving at me. You should make the candy pile up at the bottom or add cobwebs or something.

hehe sorryyyy (but how else can I show you?) anyways no more vids. (plus the vids look yucky)

As soon as can figure out why the candy keeps displaying all magnified and huge instead of like the image I created which is tiny and small then I will try to figure out how to make it pile up on the bottom as it falls.

Hartelijk bedankt for your feedback mijn dutchy...

You'd need two animations. The first is the one with the stuff falling. The second is a slowly growing pile layered on top of the first at the bottom. When the raining stops, you can then freeze the second animation at the last frame, so that the pile "sticks around".

It can be done several ways. (If I want to spend more time on that one) Buttt I don't, I've already started and almost finished incorporating a flip clock into the Buuf Animated Weather Theme that way the wallpaper gets utilized more efficiently by adding the clock but still keeping the weather and the animations.

Don't worry no more vids for you only a static screenshot but of course the rain is falling on top of the clock.

[link]

I've no idea what has gotten into me I've been in this crazy skinning mood! But I'm jussss about burned out now so don't worry I'll bore you no more. hehe

/me goes get some sleep...

The rain is supposed to fall in front of the clock, isn't it? You could even expand on that by having raindrops "hit" the screen, just like you're looking through a glass window.

It is falling in front of the clock (don't make me torture you w/ another vid to prove it)

I could even expand on this w/ a windshield wiper that removes the rain drops off the screen. But there is enough work involved to keep me busy just laying the foundation to get this all working. As it is right now this is a (3) layered widget.

1. Animations Folder (which has a ton of stuff I told you)

2. Flip Clock Folder (you don't even want to know what is in this folder)

3. The main weather theme which controls the walls etc (already told you what resides in this folder)

After the foundation is completed I may go back and redo the animations and get extremely creative but right now this is enough work.

Sounds like there's quite a lot of... *gasp* ...coding going on in Doreen Land.

Nooo I don't consider this coding? I would if I could grasp C++ but this is merely child's play. (and it's challenging enough for meee!)

In other news, this guy has kicked the bucket today: [link]

That's sucks we can't afford to lose any of those excellente recording artist! what happened to him dutchy?

Lung cancer appearently: [link]. I know his name, so I must have a track of him somewhere. But nothing quites rings a bell.

59? He looks very old in that photo? That is kinda young to be dying? But lung cancer is not usually something you walk away from. I still don't know how my step Father did I feel very Blessed to still have him. (though I hate when he gets those viruss and bugs me to death to fix his machine every week!) hehe!

But I love him...

Anyways, me goes read that link I don't think I've seen him before though I like his music from that other link you posted.

/me is watching Dancing w/ the stars and somehow seeing Brandy dancing the Tango is freaking me out. (It's horrible)

Let's not forget Brandy is a singer and not a dancer.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Rage Against The Machine - Killing in the Name of

Wellll obviously they are trying to turn her into something else? [link]

I don't get into this Tango stuff dancing should be done by being felt off the music if not it's like trying to make love while reading the instruction manual and remembering how to move. Anyways I thought it was rediculous but everyone gave them the highest score of the night! hehe

(I never can figure things out)

Yeah, but note how all these "X with the Stars" things use B-stars who've fallen off the grid at best.

This song is going nowhere. Shakira should stop dyeing her hair, stop translating her songs in English and stick with much better flowing Spanish, and should especially stop trying to rap and write more Ojos Asi-like material.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Shakira ft. Dizzee Rascal - Loca

I actually used to despise Dancing w/ the Stars and all that stupid Ballroom dancing "until" they started using B-stars who've fallen off the grid at best. hehe!

Welll I began getting into it when they put on that Olympic Ice Skater guy (can't remember his name) and that girl from PCD when they both went up against each other is when I began really getting into that show. And the girl from the Pussycat Dolls royally kicked his totally self disciplined behind! I was almost jumping up and down!

Anyways Shakira lost me at "She Wolf" I told you...

There was this series a couple of years ago, where they stuck deranged B-stars (like Flavor Flav and Vanilla Ice) in a mansion and filmed their escapades. Can't remember the name, but it was quite amusing.

/me looks up Shakira's best song, just for old times sake: [link] (extended, but unfortunately slowed down, live version), [link] (faster and more gripping original, though not as fast as I remember)

First link: This video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment. It is not available in your country.

Argh!!!

She needs to touch up her roots in that vid badly! (looks pretty nasty when ppl let 3-4 inches of their hair grow out and don't color it to match the ends) hehe

Anyways yes that was one of her better tunes...

Slaap lekker mijn dutchy.

I think she just dyed the tips of her hair and not everything. Yes, people actually do that. I see plenty examples of that on the streets over here.

Dat is niet zo goed. (looks very nasty) streaks for highlights mixed in is fine. But having the top roots brown and bottom red looks tacky...

Those highlight streaks are silly. Makes the hair look like a christmas tree.

Not true when it's done correctly. All about choosing the proper two tone color and the thickness of the highlight strands and doing it balanced not just ploping the color on big chunks of strands on the top of your head and no place all...

It's just alot of work and expensive to do "correctly"

and no place all = and no place else

Meaning you need to do it evenly...

You know it is silly, but you're still in denial.

Speaking of silly, this song is the shit.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Die Antwoord - Evil Boy [link]

It is not silly! It looks rather cool during summertime cuz the sun shines on the highlights but not worth the work during the wintertime.

/me goes check out your link...

That is completely crazyyy and totally disgusting!!!!!

Ik vind het heel lekkerrrr!!!

But that girl is going to give me some serious nightmares!

[link]

A big name in wrestling had a biography written called " Controversy Creates Cash" [link], with the idea being that one has to do unconventional things at times in order to attract attention. Gaga has his area well covered, as do Die Antwoord.

I'm getting bored w/ Lady Gaga she tries a bit toooo hard.

I like Die Antwoord they are less dramatic then Lady Gaga and more fun!

They are also virtually unknown to most people of the world, so whatever antics they may pull, we don't get to see them anyway.

So there I was, surfing the world wide web while eating breakfast. Well, since it was past noon, it's probably lunch. Regardless, got lost on ye interweb and it's now three and a half hours later and I still haven't done shit.

I need to set an alarm clock that alerts me every half hour or so to go to something else (like... play games).

Nah who needs to set an alarm clock? Let your biological clock tell you how many hours of whatever it is you need...

Today my biological clock said to get off the computer and go spend half the day at the gym. I had such a splitting headache from something I was working on I needed to stay off the computer and just get away from it for a while but nowww I'm ready to tear back into it tonight! I can't wait!

Doreen the hacker returns!

After my extended breakfast/lunch I went on to play games 'til way past midnight. So many things I want to do, but not enough hours in the day to do them all.

Don't you wish you were like 10 years old again when a day felt like a year? I think it's cuz at 10 you didn't know what to do w/ time and as we get older we have tooo many things to do w/ time.

Anyways me goes get busy today before this day gets away from me...

I don't think I've ever had that problem. I've always had too little time to do the things I want to do.

That's cuz you were born an old man...

Then the clock is ticking... I've got to hurry!

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Santogold - Les Artistes (I think)

Get back to werk you old man!

Tsk... Slave driver...

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Jet - Are you gonna be my Girl

/me is listening to sheer quietness (besides the sound of a faint airplane flying in the distance and someone closing their door next door to me and the faint sound of a car passing by on the main street)

Alright! So maybe I'm not listening to sheer quietness!

/me goes jump into the madness of my day and go pay some bills and run errands...

Oh fuck, it's Justin Bieber on TV again. Little critter still can't spell "you" and look, yet another girl in his video. The little playa playa. And what exactly are those two doing in that alley?

/me no linky to the horror that is the video

Argh! What are they doing in that alley! (probably playing jump rope)

Anyways he's so popular over here it is insane and the day they put him on Dancing w/ the Stars will be the last time I watch that show. (he's on every single TV channel over here)

Baby, baby, baby ohhhhh

Like baby, baby, baby nooooo

Like baby, baby, baby ohhhhh

I thought you'd always beee mine

Help! Help! make him go awayyy! hehe

I think it's past his bedtime and he's on yet another TV show right now...

He's Canadian, is he not? I wonder if Canada's ever produced decent music. First Celine Dion, then Shania Twain, and if I'm not mistaken Nickelback is Canadian as well.

I don't know if he's Canadian or not all I know is that stupid Baby, Baby, Baby, Ohhhhh tune was stuck playing in my head all night and I awoke w/ it still playing in my head.

His music must have some kind of a curse on it! hehe

One day, pretty soon, your boys will walk in, sporting their new Justin Bieber haircuts. That's probably the day you kick them out.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: The Editors - You came on your own

Nope my boys despise Justin Bieber and Gino is now working and going to College so I only see him about 1-2 days a week if I'm lucky and only for a few hours. Sam is an old man he was watching the Elections and wanted to Vote last night! (I still have no clue about all that stuff)

When he leaves home it will probably be into a retirement home at the rate he is aging! hehe

Time to annoy you w/ a couple pics:

Here's Sam when I first stumbled across Skinz.org (and you) and then here's a recent pic of him in the pool. I don't feel like searching for better pics so these will have to do. He's got the eyelashes of a female.

[link]

Gino is going through his "Wolferine" look now he's got some freaky Wolferine look going on but it works for him. hehe

When Gino was Sam's age (13) he was chasing after everything in a skirt but Sam has lil girls knocking on my door around the clock and he's cold to them. So I asked him what is up w/ this are you not interested in girls? He told me Oh yesss I am interested in girls and I said what about at school is there someone you have your eye on? He said No and I said why he said they all act the same and he's waiting to find his special girl. hehe!

I told him if you are waiting for theeee perfect girl you may not live long enough to find her cuz there is no such thing on earth. hehe

He is a total trip to talk to and he carries my entire soul in his hand...

You could easily morph those pictures into each other. His face hasn't changed much.

Oh, look, it's young master Biebles again, singing something about "you smell, I smell". Switching to... Jay-Z and Beyoncé's '03 Bonnie & Clyde. I never noticed that it starts with Ennio Morricone's Ecstacy of Gold: [link] (bloody NoTube keeps buffering on this one, grrr). Metallica's so-so cover of said song: [link]. And for completion's sake, wrestler "King of Diamonds" Eddie Kingston uses a version of it as his entrance theme: [link].

I found one of Gino he's 18 now actually nope he just turned 19 on Oct 21st a week ago? Here's his new Wolferine look. hehe

[link]

/me goes check out your links...

Ack! That stuff is too classical or something me is listening to Nelly's latest (which is actually not too bad)

[link]

Too classical? I take it you've never seen The Good, the Bad and the Ugly then. Wolverine is spelled with a V, by the way. And yes, he looks like the mutant.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Rihanna - Only Girl (in the World)

Nope never heard or seen of it. (what is it?)

That Rihanna tune is excellente!

Anyways me cranks up the volume onnnnn:

[link]

Mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm!

What is it? Only one of the greatest cowboy films ever! Back in the 60s a number of gritty "spaghetti westerns" were shot by Italian movie makers in Italy and Spain, starring actors like Clint Eastwood. Most of them are considered classics: [link]

That Black Eyed Pee song is horrible, by the way. Then again, I didn't care much for the original either (which was on the soundtrack of the movie Dirty Dancing).

/me no like shoot em up cowboy flicks I suppose that is why... hehe

And you're crazy that new tune by the Black Eyed Peas is goed!

Good is the antonym of Black Eyed Peas.

Now this is more like it. My, my, I didn't know it was produced by The Neptunes.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Kelis - Milkshake

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard

And their like

It's better than yours

Damn right! it's better than yours

I can teach you

But I have to charge...

Yeah probably the reason that was her only good tune cuz they produced it. (or the only good tune of hers that I've ever really liked)

You're forgetting this one: [link]. If I'm to believe what the Book of All Knowledge says: [link], it wasn't released (or perhaps badly handled) in the US, so you may not have heard it.

Oh, and let's not forget her guest vocals on this gem: [link].

Actually Trick Me I did hear but it's the last link you posted that I never heard (atleast not that particular one) I do hear a mix of Neptunes Sexy Sexy (of which I don't feel like searching down that link right now cuz me got the flu yesterday) but basically that last link you posted is a mix of several "other" tunes.

Kelis started out w/ her own unique sexy style then once everyone got their hands on her they ruined her and tried to change her into something else (or something)

/me comes to beat you up w/ big painful downloads! For staying out all night long whilst I was home sick w/ the flu and nothing to do (but skin)

Check this out my Eyeball Wall, I brought this wall to life for the iPhone (alilll something I made to help someone else out)

[link]

And I updated my Flip Clock Animated Weather Theme w/ a new HD Dock:

[link]

I used to think Kelis had her own distinct style, but now it seems all her early stuff was Neptunes material, so the only thing that can be called "her" style is the singing.

If you mean this song: [link], when you say "Sexy Sexy", then note that it's from 2004, while ODB's track was from 1999.

Anyway, it's good to see you're still working on stuff. Even if it's creepy eye ball plants. By the way, why are those clouds moving behind the moon?

No that's not the tune I was thinking about but I need to go hunt it down. And I do have the animations such as the rain, snow and clouds etc falling "on top" of the Clock but then everyone started bugging me to make my Flip Clock Animated Weather Thingy work on the LockScreen and the Homescreen (both) of the iPhone which requires a separate app and it's the LockInfo app that refuses to let my script run on top and I have no control over that devs app so it seems to push my script that runs all my animated weather to the back of the clock. As soon as I turn off his app my Flip Clock works "Perfectly"

People shouldn't be bugging you, but figure stuff out themselves.

The usual old stuff on the radio.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: The Clash - Rock the Casbah

No kidding that is typical radio stuff

/me is liking this (but anything that has La la la la in it I like)

[link]

Pitbull can join Akon (amongst others) on the Titanic. Dude pops up everywhere.

In more amusing news, this past weekend MTV had their European awards. It featured a performance of Miley freaking Cyrus and Mr Biebles won "Best Male Artist". That generation gap seems to have snuck up to me. Kiddy crap rules the charts.

You only feel that way cuz you are now an old coot! I think next year that 7 year olds will be ruling the charts though!

Ohhhhh dutchyyyyy

Baby, baby, baby, ohhhhh

Like baby, baby, baby, nooooo

Like baby, baby, baby, ohhhhh

I thought you'd always be mine, mine

I'm pretty sure that me posting this will backfire on me and I will get that song stuck in "my" head againnn!

Back when I was young, we didn't have the buying power to drive the charts. Where do these kids these days get all that money from?

Ummm boy you really are old if you don't know the answer to those questions? Miley has a Father that is filthy rich! I believe his genre is Country? (Some funky stuff her Dad makes)he is a recording artist so that is where her money came from to get her started.

And Bieber I think he got discovered through a simple YouTube vid he made if I'm not mistaken? So yes things are diff then when you and I were young for one thing YouTube was not around and/or as big as it is now!

Maybeeee YouTube was around when you were younger? You are in your 30's I am in my 40's so I am not sure dutchy. I only really started liking YouTube alot this past year or year and a half or so. (now I use it more than google)

I wasn't talking about Biebles and Hannah Montana, I was talking about the bloody kids who buy all their records. I bet they bug their parents about it mercilessly.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Cascada - Pyromania

Ahhh pardon, het spijt me I didn't understand...

Dag! Veel plezier

Fun with what? Today's chore day.

/me goes get groceries and all that stuff

Oh be quiet and let me practice my dutch!

Hoe gaat het met jou?

Ik moet nu gaan...

(I must go now sounds backwards but whateverrr)

In Dutch it's more common to say "I must leave (now)": "Ik moet (nu) weg", with "weg" coming from "weggaan" -> "weg gaan" = to go away.

/me has more chores today: cleaning...

Hmm strange so many ways to say the same thing in Dutch I think even you guys use the same word for "something and little" iets? I don't know I could have sworn it was used for two diff sentences.

I am planing to take Sammy to Solvang (which is about 2 hrs away from where I live) It's a small Danish Community where they actually speak dutch and have tons of small shops, a farm where you can pet some wild animals that they raise and it has some beautiful ocean close by (everyone keeps telling me about this for years) but I want to get there to go see it before I return to work in Jan. so I am planning to go after I get the Thanksgiving holiday out of my hair. I'm going to play around w/ the little dutch that I've learned. It should be fun...

One minor problem I might foresee with that trip: they don't speak Dutch in Denmark, they speak Danish and something quite different (or as we would say: "iets heel anders").

/me continues the chores: time to clean out the dish washer

Really? I have no clue everyone has been talking about this for years and they always say it's a small community where they speak dutch and have alot of shops and some kind of area where they raise some wild animals and small petting zoo? Then when I finally decided to see what it is about I see this: [link]

So I seen that it's not Dutch it's Danish so I figured maybe the language is the same? I don't know dutchy I never really go anywhere I guess I will find out when I get there. hehe

Going to try to drive up there in a few weeks and check it out everyone tells me it is beautiful. I'm tired of hearing about things I think it's time to go see things...

You should definitely go and check it out, even if it's Danish and not Dutch. Also enlightening might be this article and especially the first chart on the right: [link]. Then step over to this chart to discover the linguistic distance between both Dutch and English on one hand and Danish on the other hand.

Or in other words, it's a three over drive to get to Denmark from here, but that does not mean the language is similar. It's more a distant cousin. Whenever I hear any Scandinavian language I have the feeling that I can almost understand what it being said, but in the end, I still have no clue.

Moving onto other things, apparently, Die Antwoord's brilliant Evil Boy is ranked #12 in one of the countless charts over here. But why doesn't it get bloody airplay then? And what's a G6?

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Far East Movement - Like a G6

That second chart being: [link] (hard to find good language trees on the net for some reason).

Also, when I type "three over drive", I ofcourse mean "three hour drive". I really don't know what my fingers are doing today.

It's probably because they're playing Katy Perry vids again. She's scary!

Wow I find that so overwhelmingly amazing (the first link)

G6 means she's flying high or "totally stoned" like an airplane (G6 = certain model airplane)

OMG dutchy that is a total trip (the lingo chart I mean) sooo many diff lingos! I've never even seen or heard of most of them!

I think it goes to show you how dumb we are over here that for years everyone that has gone to Solvang keeps telling me they speak Dutch in that Village and then when I finally decide I'm going to go check it out and search it on the net and see it's not Dutch but rather Danish and then I still think oh well maybe Danish and Dutch are the same thing? hehe!

No I'm going still I want to see what I keep hearing everyone ranting about. It will be a nice drive and I want Sammy to see it too...

By the way if you think Katy Perry is scary you should see her boyfriend I think if they have kids their kids will look like two huge eyeballs w/ legs attached to the eyeballs!

The scariest bit is that my cousin looks like Katy Perry...

I doubt it! She's so strange looking...

Well I don't want to sound mean but if Katy Perry and her boyfriend: [link]

Have a baby their baby might look something like this? [link]

My god, she dug up a corpse...

I know you won't even believe me but when I looked over at the TV that guy that Katy Perry is with is on right now on a morning TV show. hehe

I don't even know what to think about him? I mean I don't even have a word really (maybe alil scary?) he just looks and acts so diff from any person I ever seen! (not really bad or good just totally unlike anything I've ever seen before)

I don't know the guy, so I can't comment on that. I have seen Katy Perry interviews and... Oh, I don't know, she really reminds me of my cousin. Except that my cousin's built like a refridgerator.

Moving on, I don't care that this is corny as hell, it's good to see Paul again. The guy at the start says "it's him, it's really him".

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: DJ Paul Elstak ft. New Kids -Turbo [link]

Okay I have to agree the song is not bad (actually goed) but that vid is completely corny!!!

And the guy at the start sounds like some kind of Dutch Rocky or something! hehe!

Apparently there's a movie made about those five goons (which is just an act ofcourse, there really are "white trash" people like that, but these are actors) and since it's about guys with qustionable taste, they picked a "questionable" (by some) producer to do the title tracked.

~questionable and ~track. Even at work I can't spell.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Franz Ferdinand - Ruby

Cut those nails!!! hehe

So you mean what they call over here (which is almost the same) "White trailer trash" hehe! I figured it was a spoof but they seem to take it to the extreme!

Those moustaches are all fake for starters. But like I said, there really are weirdos like that.

The real versions are called "Sjonnies" over here (and "Anita's" are the female version). A number of documentaries have been made about this phenomenon over the years. Here's one about a Sjonnie who lives in my town: [link]

Wow right off the bat that looks like what we call "The Projects" over here. Only certain individual know how to tip toe through the projects and tip toe back out w/ their lives still intact.

Alot of that stuff over here too dutchy. I stay "neutral" I can walk in Beautiful Beverly Hills or The Ghetto Projects and nobody messes w/ me. (must be a vibe thing) hehe!

Ummm already 5 secs of that vid I see one tweeker...

Argh!!! I only understand some words dutchy I cannot make it all out. But anyways, it makes my heart bleed...

In that particular segment he first has a fight with some government agency about his kids (lack of) school results (I think, not quite clear), then he drives to an appointment with the corporation from which he rents his appartment in order to strike a deal and pay only half what he owes them. In cash ofcouse.

Basically the story of a guy who can't keep up with society. He has his own idea of what the rules of the game of life are, which is quite different from how things really work. So he tries to hussle and threaten, which ofcourse yields nothing when dealing with big corporations and institutions.

At the end of the documentary he finally makes steps to stop being dependent on wellfare and starts a growshop (a store where they sell seeds and equipment to grow marihuana). That's basically where it end, so I don't know what happened to him afterwards.

That neighbourhood he drives through is actually what half the city looks like (including my area). The fences and wooden boards was because that part of the town was being torn down. I think it has partially been rebuild by now. It's not a bad neighbourhood per se. Just a bit of a rowdy crowd.

I have a soft spot for people like that, though I would not want to deal with them myself. Sort of a morbid curiousity. Like watching car crashes.

On a more lighter note, this quite a good/catchy theme song. It could do with a bit more bass though.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Cody B. Ware - KoW (Kings) [link] (theme song for the Kings of Wrestling tag team)

hehe dutchy I "love" the way you sum things up! Actually that is almost what I thought too (but I thinking at the end he was at the Doctor's billings office trying to pay for med expenses or something of that nature)

And I feel the same way too for ppl like that but unless you've sup'd w/ both millionairs and ghetto ppl you could not even begin to understand both types of classes of ppl (and trust me sometimes is the richer ppl that are low down dirty)

Anyways, me goes check your link...

Ack! That tune has too much testosterone...

It's wrestling for Christ's sake. How could there possibly be too much testosterone? Alrighty, how about this one: [link]

The whole classes type of thing is quite interesting. There aren't really that much "have nots" in this country (you'd really have to fuck up to end up with nothing; the guy in the documentary was living on welfare, his rent was partially subsidised and what not). It's more a split between a lot of "have adequate amounts" and a few "have a lots".

In my town, the big shots (think managers and politicians) traditionally live up north, while the "workers" live in the south. The center is basically shops and in the east mostly migrants (due to the phenomenon of white flight).

North and south don't really mix, so I'm still in sort of a culture shock working at basically a northern workplace. It's such a different world, I wouldn't have believed it were possible if someone had told me years ago.

Then again, I also did not believe the stereotypical nerd really existed until we had classes at the Electrotechnical Engineering department at university. Or that there really are prep/frat boys and girls (and loads too) until I saterted History and came across Law and Business students.

Very diff over here on this side dutchy. Everyone is all thrown together yes there is minor divisions (hard to explain)

But basically you can go down to Beverly Hills or Griffith Park and actually bump right into a movie star walking around doing the same thing you are. (and I'm not kidding) and then you can drive a few blocks further down and see homeless ppl peeing on the walls and begging for food. Everyone is basically all mixed together w/o too many boundries. Yes the rich and famous over here have bigger houses and better security gates etc but like I said there also is alot of (nobody ppl like Doctors or Lawyers that live right next to the stars)

All of this about 30-40 mins away from where I live (by Freeway of course)

Palos Verdes is another example of the rich and famous that own beautiful homes along the coast line and then a few miles down are various beaches where all the beach bums live right on the beach and can simply stare at the beautiful homes from a close distance. hehe

Oh and that other tune is even more testosterone filled than the other! Double Ack!!!

Slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

[link]

I can't find a decent link right now but a drive right through Palos Verdes makes you feel like you are dreaming it is so beautiful and even the "sky" does not look the same right above Palos Verdes, I don't know why cuz as soon as you pass out of that area the sky even changes. (it's very strange)

Lighting pollution perhaps?

Goeiemorgen!

I don't know mainly that but to me there is a diff between pretty and beautiful. All beaches have pretty skies but Palos Verdes has beautiful skies. Maybe it's cuz it's all cliffs, rocks and foggy mist over there unlike the other beaches so the skies just look beautiful hoovering over in that one pocket.

Hard to explain but let me see if I can find some pics from over there to try...

Here's one: [link]

Argh! I think everyone does the same thing we do we get so awestruck by the skies over there we forget to whip out the camera and grab a shot! I always think when I get home what in the world! Why didn't I take a few pics of what I just saw!!!

These are not all that but anyways here's one more: [link]

Doesn't really look that spectacular. I can see the sun rise every morning when I wake up. Even if my photos weren't all shaky, it would be bloody hard to capture that in a picture.

Kids rule the airwaves again today...

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Miley Cyrus - Who owns my Heart?

You are sucha old coot! hehe!

Somethings are not meant to be captured in a photo or they just don't look the same and Skies are one of them. (nothing like the real thing)

Anyways I can deal w/ most the kids tunes that are all over the airwaves but "she" is not one of them. (she's got that country funk thing going on and me does not like country music)

This old coot is being tortured by Nickelback at the moment. And that on a station that like to pride itself on being alternative (which is so not done).

Would you believe this is the only tune of his I actually love? I've not heard another one from him that I like since this one: [link]

Anyways, this old coot is going to drag her body off to the gym to break my sweat and most likely will be listening to their overhead tunes (which normally is 80's stuffezzz)

Take care of me before everything else in my day tries to tear me apart...

/me purges the Nickelback loving from this thread

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Paradisio - Bailando

Let my love open the door, let my love open the door!

[link]

Some commercial on TV right now I think they use this tune in every single romantic comedy they make (which is fine by meeee)

Let my love open the door!

How and when exactly did chick flicks infiltrate this thread?

/me goes hide under the bed

Ummm? Yesterday?

And because I put it? (I'd put another one! but I'm listening to nothing worth posting atm)

First Nickelback, now this. What is the world coming to?

Who knows but in my world it is time to waste money on CDs again soooo for one Flyleaf is on my list. (too many versions of this song sang by males but this lil mouse totally nails this tune)

[link]

The prob is finding what I want of hers it's so limited in iTunes and Limewire is no more. *sigh*

/me sends you running back under your bed...

[link]

So here I am, eating my breakfast/lunch/brunch, while my neighbour is throwing a birthday party it seems, hurling Bob Sinclar and Bruno freaking Mars at my wall. Then flip on ye interwebs and am greeted by reli rock... Argh!

Anyway, perhaps this is of use: [link]

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: the purring of his cat

Thanks for the link Mr. Moody Booty! hehe

I don't think they are reli rock I think they are just Christians and the vibe comes through in "some" of their tunes? Not all of them...

Hmmm you always make me so curious I had to go check things out more at that Wiki thingie...

Christian faith

All five members of the band are Christians. Their faith influences their music, but lead singer Lacey Mosley doesn't believe that necessarily makes Flyleaf strictly a Christian band. The band says they are Christians who play in a rock band, and their faith is heard within their music.[23] "We all share the same faith." In 2005 Flyleaf performed a free concert at Los Angeles Pierce College for a Christian group at the college, it was a three day event.

In a May 2010 interview, lead singer Lacey Mosley was asked how it felt to be in a Christian rock band and play in Las Vegas:

Well, you know what? I don’t know what you mean by a “Christian rock band.” It’s hard to say that because people all have a different definition of what that means. If it means that we’re Christians, then yeah, we’re Christians, but if a plumber’s a Christian, does that make him a “Christian plumber?” I mean we’re not playing for Christians. We’re just playing honestly and that’s going to come out.[24]

What in the world is all that garble in my copy and paste?

Anyways I was right they are not a Christian Band basically the vibe just comes out in "some" of their songs.

I like the way she sums that up about the plumber who happens to be a Christian. Then everyone calls him a Christian plumber. hehe

People have a nasty habit of always trying to categorize "everything" in life. Black, White, Believer, Non Believer and never know how to deal w/ anything unless it is "first" defined and placed into a catagory before they can process it.

What is certain, is that they appear to be straight up your alley. Complete with being in denial of their own convictions.

/me goes get groceries... again...

I don't believe I am in denial of my own convictions (but then again we can't always see ourselves)

I need to go shopping too but I would need a boat instead of my car today. (buckets of rain!)

That's how the whole denial thing works. Anyway, I skipped the groceries. The only thing I need is cat food and I still have a couple days worth of that.

What do you mean denial? I don't deny that I am aware of?

I just don't like to misrepresent (cuz I am only human)

So here is what I stand...

1. I believe there is a God.

2. I am only a human who believes there is a God.

Nothing really more and nothing really less?

Anyways, this weather has me seriously thinking about jumping back into gaming and since it's been months since I've played my acct is showing some kind of error and I'm not sure I can reactivate it. Argh!

what = where (fingers are frozen) hehe

I also think that when someone believes in God other ppl think they are suppose to be Godly or soemthing? Which is rediculous cuz we are not God we are human all we can be is ourselves and do the best we can. Everytime I attempt to attend a Church there is always someone judging me which turns me off cuz the only one that will judge me is God not another human being trying to act as God. hehe!

Even the Pope (who ppl worship) is only a simple human being who believes in God... (nothing more nothing less)

And when I type "soemthing" instead of something it irritates me even more than when I type "you" when I actually meant to type your! Argh!!!

American Music Awards and guess who is singing and ruining the show? Miley Cyrus (and I cannot even believe how horrible this sounds, sheer torture)

Oh and look! Now Taylor Swift just won an award! Oh boy...

And now onnn tooooo Justin Bieber! and on the piano even!

Another award now and it goes toooo Justin Bieber! Okay me has even had enough of this now...

I warned you. Kids rule the airwaves these days. Time for us old folk to hide in the basement with our grammophone records.

The buzz this morning is that Baby Bieber won 4 AMA's (I only seen the first one)

I suspect that all the other recording artist that were also up for the awards and were only in their 20's felt pretty old to get beat out by that kid. hehe

Anyways, big week over here so take care mijn dutchy...

But first I must leave you w/ this...

And I was like baby, baby, baby, ohhhh

Like baby, baby, baby, noooo

Like baby, baby, baby, ohhhhh

I thought you'd always be mine, mine

Right here we've got this scenario going on at the moment (song called "About a/the Boy"). Commercial uses eighty year old song, which was so so back then and is simply ancient right now.

Record company thinks, "hey, we can capitalise on this" and rerelease the song (I can't blame them). Stupid yuppies go out en masse and by the song (and I do blame them). Song gets oodles of airtime and repeated until eternity. Blegh!

They also had Shakira do a song for Seat (I think), which meant every commercial started with that song and then the usual deep male car commercial voice started his sales pitch.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Rosella - Everybody's Free (to Feel Good)

Over on this side every commercial is now using recording artist (such as Train) which is nothing really new anywhere the commercial industry can make an extra buck they will.

/me can't wait for dancing w/ the stars tonight! (I am officially hooked on this stupid show)

They booted Brandy off and the entire US went nuts cuz there is another female who is a politically tied daughter (and white) and cannot dance at all and everyone felt Brandy was the better dancer but her being black and not having political ties is why they booted her off the show.

Sooo tonight there is death threats against the other girl if she wins.

Another words over here you need to not only wear a bullet proof vest to walk the streets but even if you win a dancing contest! hehe!

And everyone's waiting for Kanye to jump on stage and proclaim Moesha is better.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: A-Ha - Hunting High and Low

I'm pretty sure Kanye was banned last night. hehe

No bullets flew last night and the right female one so everything went well. (or you could rather say it was a boring show last night)

Hmm, it seems ms. Furtado has discovered dance music as well. I do hope she realises that vocals in songs like these are completely replaceable.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Nelly Furtado - Night is Young

While you're eating your turkey, it's anthem time. I especially dig the bridge at the end where they speed things up and that rave piano finally kicks in.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: N-Trance - set You Free

While I was eating turkey??? I was cooking for two days and had to make two turkeys instead of one cuz everyone invited everyone and the ppl they invited ended up inviting more ppl so it was a parade! And I got two tiny bites off a wing off one turkey! And spent the night washing dishes and cleaning!

Everyone had a ball but I'm tired. Anyways, me needs a break so today I'm off to Santa Barbara to see this Danish Village!

I've been hearing about this so called Dutch Village (which as I already told you when I decided I was going to check it out I found out it was really Danish) Wellll I finally got to see what it was all about and:

1. I'm not even sure if the ppl that put this rediculous village together knew themselves whether they wanted it to be Dutch or Danish.

2. It was nothing but a commercialized tourist attraction that was completely fake and nasty.

3. The food was nasty.

4. It was a push and shove and get out of my way match cuz everyone was taking pictures of the fake buildings.

5. And I got to hear some ppl speaking the language that everyone was saying was Dutch but it was not Dutch it was Danish cuz I know what Dutch sounds like and it was "nothing" like Dutch!!!

The drive up the coast to Santa Barbara was nice but the destination to Solvang was yuk completely fake I've not heard one bad thing about this place everyone said it was so cool and great and I hated it cuz it was nothing but a totally fake tourist wannabe Danish Village attraction.

I'm serious! It smelled like plastic! It was so fake I cannot even believe it! And everyone around me was all impressed like they thought they were in Denmark or something? I totally didn't get into it at all...

Well, at least you went there and experienced things for yourself.

And the Thanksgiving thing is why I outsource my (rare) parties to restaurants these days. Otherwise everyone's eaten their bellies full and I've had just a bite or two.

Don't get me wrong dutchy I'm glad I experienced it for myself it's just "I" actually thought it was going to be like where you have "real" families or descendants from Denmark that set up shops in this village w/ real authentic danish recipes and souvenirs etc.

I went into one shop the had those wooden shoes I'm always teasing you about I ran up to them to touch them and guess what they were plastic!!! They did have a cheese shop that felt halfway authentic it had various cheeses and though I'm not a cheese eater I seen one called Gouda? (I think that was the name) I tasted it and I thought oh this is kinda good and then when I left the shop some nasty after taste hit my mouth and it tasted like I ate a goat or something! I was running all over looking for water but I didn't want to spend 50 bucks for a bottle of water (cuz everything was rediculously over priced) so I had a goat in my mouth for 30 mins after I tasted that cheese! hehe!

The windmills were fake (they didn't even spin) the streets were fake the shops were designed for overkill fakeness and then one Danish Bakery I walked into didn't even smell good half the store had stale looking regular pastries you'd find anywhere in L.A. and the other half of the shop had like "As seen on TV" stuff all commercial things you could by from TV? What amazed me is everyone walking (or I should say pushing and shoving around me) was all falling for this bogus stuff.

Anyways, I will never go back there if you paid me...

Yikes! Sorry I think I wrote a book!?

There are similar towns like that over here as well. They're really built for tourists to give them a distorted view of what life is supposed to be like in this country, if you are to believe the travel guides (including wooden shoes). I've never been to any, since I'm not a tourist.

If they are over there and doing that stuff too (making fake villages) they should be ashamed of themselves dutchy!

One thing for certain is the Europeans are very proud of their heritage. As you know my Grandparents were born in Italy (as I've told you 100 times or more) and I am a "full blooded Sicilian" but when "I" broke the blood line my own family shun me. My kids are half Italian and half Hispanic.

I understood my Grandparents shunning me but not my own Father who went on to Marry and have a son (so I have another brother who resides in the Florida Keys now)

My brother was always well loved and respected raised properly w/ all the Italian Heritage from my Grandparents and went to the most expensive Colleges around the world (my biological Father was a fashion designer but is now retired he is a very very wealthy man)

And here my brother was raised properly, educated properly (and w/ all the heritage I never got since he went to Italy alot to visit our other family in Sicily)

He ended up marrying a stripper having two kids and got strung out on drugs and is struggling now.

Now my Father wants to see "my" kids the Grand children he shun and I am pretty sure he would be quite amazed at my kids. hehe

I pray my brother passes through this phase in his life and cleans himself up. But life has a way of doing it's own thing to us all no matter where we were born, who we are, where we live, or how we were raised...

Beware I seem to be writing books today. (sorry)

As the sayings go, FrogGirl, "blood is thicker than water" and "you can pick your friends, but not your family".

The being proud-of-ones-heritage thing is something that does not pop up until someone gets into contact with other cultures. Mostly when they move or travel to another country. Migrants tend to be much more traditional than the people in the country they left. Or a silly example, Dutch tourists travelling to Spain on holidays, either eating mostly in Dutch fast food restaurants set-up there, or (and I don't know what's worse) taking their own food along on holidays.

Uh ohhh he's tossing old sayings at me!

And the proud-of-ones-own-heritage thing is something that pops up alot and heritage was something I apparently missed out on (but I suppose I didn't miss too much)

Anyways, Goedemorgen! Relaxxx no books today for you. hehe

No rest either. Cousin comes crashing here... again. Fortunately he's buying the food.

Well tell him you want Steak!

Fast food, no steaks. Meanwhile, it's freezing over here.

/me tosses mijn dutchy a blanket!

Yikes! Actually it looks like you need two blankets!

Sorry But I'm hoping it snows over there cuz they now installed those HD Webcams on that beach over there w/ that statue that I like so I want to see how it looks!

OMG! It did snow today! I checked this morning but I didn't see it or maybe the Webcam was delayed? It was just gray and cold looking...

Anyways It looks sooooo beautifull dutchyyyy!!!

Wow dutchy that looks so beautiful...

It may look beautiful, but seeing how the temperature is fluctuating around zero at the moment (or 32°F for those that don't use systems based the freezing (0) and boiling point (100) of water), it's going to get slippery fast.

Oh my god, this new Black Eyed Peas song (attempt at a "Time of my Life" cover) is horrible.

Heyyyy who cares! You're the one freezing I get to look at that beautiful shot! evilly hehe!

What I don't understand is w/ the old funky webcam they had before on that spot over there w/ the statue when it used to rain or snow I could actually see the rain and snow falling but now though the shot is more clear I don't see the snow or rain falling? I thought I would see it even better?

And that Black Eyed Peas song is the bomb! (I love it!)

OMG dutchy that just looks so beautiful. My fav spot is all covered w/ a blanket of snow!!!

hehe there is some kid all excited over there right now that I can see playing around inside the circle w/ the snow! hehe

Alright! That's enough! the kid is brushing all the snow off the wall! Make them stop! They are messing up my spot! hehe!!!

So cute the kid is all excited and keeps wiping all the snow off the top of the wall and running all over the place...

On this cam you can actually see the cold air moving wow very beautiful...

[link]

It is snowing, but it's very faint. You can hardly see it fall.

/me comes toss you all my blankets, slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

/me throws you on the floor and grabs all my blankets back we dropped into the 30's over here it's soooo cold! (I don't know how you stand it)

The secret ingredient is called a thermostat. Or in other words, the heating installation kicks in automatically when temperature drops below a certain degree. It's set to 17°C (63°F) in my house when I'm not home.

I have no thermostat where I live so when it's cold it's cold and when it's hot it's hot and last night it was freezing cold!

How's mijn lil dutch Popsicle? hehe!

Actually it looks like the snow is melting over there already? I'm going to go run to the gym and thaw myself out in the hot sauna. (it is so cold over here too)

It'd better keep melting. I don't like the slippiness. It can snow starting thursday evening, but it'd better be gone on monday.

Did you hear that request God!? (I'll put in your request but he doesn't always give me what I want) hehe

And it seems everyone in my city hit the gym and sauna this morning. I go to a gym down the street from where I live cuz it's cheap and close but the bad thing is that the Steam room, Hot sauna, jacuzzi and pool are co-ed.

Today the entire city was packed in there (and no offense to you but the guys really don't smell too good when they sweat so I had to run back home!) hehe!

"I" of course always smell fresh like flowers even when I sweat! (it's a rule we girls must uphold!)

Some girls on the other hand use so much perfume that it's hard to breathe near them...

True, and those are usually the ones that smell like they are wearing bug repellant spray instead of a decent perfume (or body mist)

You might want to reconsider moving under that bridge when your kids leave the house. It can be quite cold there.

I don't map my life so I don't know where I will go next when my kids leave the house could be under the bridge or in a wooden box for all I know? But I'm returning back to work in a few weeks to tryyy to avoid moving under the bridge! hehe

I do know for a fact I will move again after I'm finished w/ Sam (cuz I'm only trying to stay still for him) But where I don't have a clue could be a bridge or box who knows you can't really plan too much in life...

I suspect it will be neither bridge nor box, but rather a condo along the coast or something. Got to aim high.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

Well wherever bridge or condo I suspect I will be still looking for you every morning until I end up in that box. hehe

/me goes wake up...

/memo to self: do not move into box or under bridge: stalkers abound

Well where else can I get my daily dose of raw sarcasm?

Don't that stuff come prepackaged in supermarkets these days?

True, but I doubt it comes in Dutch flavor over here.

/me hops over to the super market... for cat food

In the end I never went to fetch that cat food. Had to go out for dinner, so my mom fed the cats and brought three boxes of cat food.

I'm terribly lazy.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Rihanna - Only Girl (in the World)

They play this song like three times an hour. Fortunately, it's quite a decent track. Unfortunately, they also play miss Perry's latest assault on my ear drums three times an hour.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Far East Movement - Like a G6

Good song, weirrrd video (about fruit junkies or something).

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Don Diablo ft. Dragonette - Animale

/me is (or I should rather say was) listening to my usual La la la la tunes earlier: [link]

Now just listening to the pouring rain...

She's baaack!

/me is stuck in twenty centimeters of snow, fortunately, I have two weeks off

I just peeked at my fav beach spot over there it looks beautiful dutchy.

I didn't feel like putting on scuba diving equipment just to run out to the gym (pouring rain like I've never seen for days now) so I decided to kick back today and just theme and update a few things I've been working on...

It can snow all day long for all I care. I have two weeks off, so no need to go anywhere (except groceries). Was planning on being productive, but chances of that are slim (as usual).

I know that feeling, I got Thanksgiving all out of my hair and now here comes Christmas in a few days I'm so unmotivated that I never got a tree so Gino went and tried to surprise me w/ a tree and I was like "Why did you go and do that! Now I have to decorate that thing!" (instead of saying thank you!) hehe!

All my family and everyone around me is all Christmas buzzy and excited about Christmas and I'm such a freak I hate myself cuz all I can think about is I wish it was over! (I cannot get into this mood everyone else seems to be in, I don't even know how to fake it)

But I am trying!

You can start by decorating that tree and then move up to playing Bing Crosby all day.

Nah I didn't have to decorate that tree cuz Sammy is a mind reader he reads my mind and feelings and he went downstairs after midnight and decorated the tree quietly...

I have to admit the tree smells really good and I could not have decorated it as good as Sammy did. hehe

I already promised my sister and Mother I would run over to their Christmas party and show my face but I know as soon as they break out the drinks and toss on the Jazz and Italian tunes and try to force ppl to dance I'm sneaking out the back door...

Unless they've managed to position your fat uncle (everyone has a fat uncle) in front of the back door.

Meanwhile, little old moi has been playing with Foobar2000's playlist (or rather the ELPlaylist component thereof) for the past two day, which gives you way more freedom to theme things than any playlist I've ever encountered.

Ofcourse it does not take much to have me run into the limits of what's possible. Still, one can get quite far.

Looks like this at the moment: [link]. If I scanned the artwork of the album, it will be used as a backdrop (like the Satyricon album at the bottom), but I'm way, way behind with scanning.

But then again, using album art as a backdrop gives you readability issues like: [link] (that's why there's that dark column on the right, not entirely content with that yet).

Hmm you're right I did have one fat uncle but he died all the rest of my uncles (the ones still alive) are as skinny as sticks.

Anyways, me goes see what you are doing...

*sigh* Oh boy me goes grab my night time vision goggles! (so dark I cannot read it!)

The album art as the backdrop is about all that makes it looked skinned! Hmm I suppose if the dark column on the right bothers you then you could lose the shade and just color your length of time numbers electric green (or some color that better stands out)

Colours are taboo. And they don't work, since I can't predict the colour of the background image.

Nah when there is a will there is a way. You just have no will (at all)

Good thing this is a decent tune cuz they play it like every 15 mins on the radio over here...

[link]

Wasn't that song originally "Put your hands up for Detroit"?

Yes, that tune has been around for a while if they played it over there you'd hear "Put your hands up for The Hague" (I suppose)

I'm more puzzled that it's the exact same song as the original, with just _one_ word replaced and in the correct voice. Anyway, I heard some new Fedde le Grand stuff yesterday, but since I'm not too keen on squishy beats, I cannot recall the title (and a quick search yield nothing either).

I prefer deep basslines: [link] (in fact that bass is so deep my netbook can't even reproduce it).

Oh, and I have to mention this Arcturus remix: [link] (beat kicks in at 1:50).

Ja de bassline is goed but those squishy worms (or whatever those things were in the vid made my skin crawl) And I see mijn dutchy is still listening to Arcturus...

Well, not really. Arcturus' last album is from 2005 and they disbanded in 2007. I'm listening to (read: buy records of) Ukrainian stuff these days. Demons in forests (or perhaps on the tundra) material like: [link] (warning: not safe for Doreens).

Also not safe for Doreens. I thought I had seen it all, but apparently female singers do that voice as well. Meet Cadaveria: [link] (crazy Italians). Not my style tough.

Ummm I think you like to scare and torture me? Do I dare check out that second link?

Ack!!! Totally disgusting! (cept her dark lipstick is kind of cool)

Had to check her out to see if it was just that tune of hers I did not like but nope she's horrible (cept I reallyyy like choice of lipsticks!)

Like the perfect shade of red! hehe

[link]

Judging by that last video, she did not destroy her voice with all those years of growling. I mean, she's at least a better singer than freaking Katy Perry. However, she will wreck her vocal cords if she keeps smoking.

I cannot even believe it myself but I actually like this new tune of that big eyeball girl:

[link]

Cause baby you're a fireworkkkk

Come on show 'em what your worthhh

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"

As you shoot across the sky-y-yyyyy!

Yowza I like it! hehe (can't help it)

Ugh! I have to go do some dreaded Christmas shopping and yesterday when I went out I almost got swept away in a raging river! I'm serious we are having flash floods and mud slides from all those fires we had. So it's a total mess over here. (as if Christmas is not enough to deal with)

I should just get gift cards but that is so lazy and uncaring but the more I look outside the better that idea is looking to me...

Just sent 'em an email and be done with it.

Seeing those mudslides, I always wonder if building a damn around your house would work. I live on the fourth floor so a mudslide (impossible over here, country's flat like a pancake) or a flood (equally unlikely) wouldn't touch me.

/memo to self: get a rubber boat in case of flooding

~Alright, that would be "send" (present, not past tense) and "dam" (fingers like to curse) ofcourse.

Neighbour's playing Chris Rea's "Driving Home for Christmas". Joy.

Send em an email? Oh be quiet before I start singing more Katy Perry tunes over here to torture you! I wish I could just do that though cuz you've no idea how hard it was to find the perfect gifts for everyone! (and it was even harder to find a stupid parking spot) I stillll have to go today and get a few more. (I do not like Christmas!)

/me hopes your neighbor plays some Bing Crosby for you next... =)

Hey, look! It's... Christmas, featuring the usual dinner with ye olde folks.

Yeah right but anyways, have a Merry Christmas mijn dutchy and stay away from mistletoe! (cuz it's bad ummm for your allergies!)

/me goes get this day over with too...

Getting on with things. I do hope that little Willow Smith will start developing more in her mothers direction as she grows up, because at the moment she looks just like her obnoxious father. Big ears and all.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Willow - Whip my Hair

Ack! Everyone trying to get me to commit suicide using food yesterday I do not have the stomach for little Willow today...

# I whip my hair back and forth

# I whip my hair back and forth

Point of that song is probably that anyone can be coaxed into stardom or that singers are completely replaceable these days. Case in point, this old crap: [link]

Hmmm oh boy...

On the other hand, I just realised that I have already seen four Ke$ha tunes getting airplay. Meaning that the "one day flies" have extended life spans these days.

Willow AND now Ke$ha? (you probably have a nasty ear infection going on or something)

I don't pick the tunes. It's that magic box, with the little people in it and the (at times) pretty pictures, that decides the music I hear.

Also, Bruno Mars and his silly hat should be thrown off a cliff.

I'd take Bruno Mars over that totally annoying Ke$ha anyyyy day!

/me goes watch something on my magic box...

/me goes get fireworks, for it's almost that time of the year again

I know boy that went fast!

Theeeee mostest perfecto day over here today. (completely dark as the night and stormy, rainy)

I wish it was dark as night, stormy and rainy, but it's sunny (which I don't mind), the snow is melting (fine with me) and it's slippery as hell everywhere (annoying!).

Well it is clearing up for your Fireworks so it sounds as if you'll have a good new years eve after all...

Wow the snow is almost all gone!? Are you going to party at that beach? (looks like the perfect spot for new years eve)

A bit too far away. Plus, it's winter, so it may not be freezing, but that does not mean the temperatures are nice.

Nah, I'm going to go annoy my parents.

I've spent "both" Thanksgiving and Christmas w/ my family and I cannot take another day being chased around w/ food and drinks. I told you I am totally boring and they are always trying to get me to eat too much or drink alcohol (I don't drink at all) And "everyone" will be drinking.

I'm going to enjoy a quiet new years eve and I don't care what anyone says or thinks! I don't feel like any madness.

Enjoy your New Years eve mijn dutchy...

I bought 150 bucks of fireworks and I can't let my father set it all off by himself. It would take forever.

Meanwhile, it appears Boney M. leadman Bobby Farrell passed away yesterday (at the age of 61), a day after being on stage in Russia. The entire band got shafted bad by management, so he never reaped financial success. Roger Sanchez paid tribute to the crazy dancer in this 2007 video: [link].

I've never ever heard or seen of that Farrell or that Sanchez guy (and that vid looks silly)

On this end though Teena Maria died and shocked everyone: [link]

I think she was known as the "Ivory Queen of Soul" (something like that) but I've never liked not even one of her tunes and don't think she ever had any soul in her music. (She always sounded annoying to me like Ke$ha)

Only 54 years old? I wonder why they put such emphasis on who kicked the bucket during the year that is passing instead of putting emphasis on what good things happened during the year? (but then maybe cuz there is more bad then good) who knows but not a good way to view the year passing. hehe!

Hmm look at the bottom of that page dutchy there is that Boney guy? (strange I've never heard or seen of him but there he is)

Jussss about 3:00 over here which means it's almost 12:00 midnight there so you're shooting off some fireworks about now. I'd sing Katy Perry's Firework tune for you but I'll behave and just come wish you a Happy New Year.

One more minute...

Happy New Year!!!!!

Meanwhile I don't think I've ever heard of Teena Marie. Hmm...

The thing with "news" though is that it's supposed to focus on events that are out of the ordinary. So if it seems all doom and gloom, remember that those are the exceptions.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig - Huilend naar de Club

Or it could just be the ppl that report the news for the end of a new year simply like to look in the obituaries too much? (who knows)

/me goes wake up...

Those obituaries are pre-written most of the times and periodically updated, so that the press can respond quickly to when someone dies.

What also passed is my two weeks off. Back to work tomorrow.

Really are they? Yuk I find that to be totally unprofessional. Talk about counting your chickens before they hatch. Hmm now I'm thinking if you count your chickens before they hatch and some die and you only end up w/ 3 chickens though you had 7 eggs and 4 died...

So you mean to tell me these guys write other ppl's obituaries before they die! What if "they" die before the other person dies!!!???

Alright don't answer that cuz I'm playing...

Hopefully you had a good two weeks off work and did everything (or nothing at all) that you wanted to do during your time off?

I played games allll week long. Demon's Souls (PS3-game) is strangely addictive, even though it's completely unforgiving.

But aren't you back at work as well by now?

"Any day now" but the issue is "where" I will be returning back to work.

I met w/ the Return to work Coordinator two weeks ago and her and her supervisor tried to explain to me that the Dept I left is demanding I return back to them. This is "not" and option for me and I will not return there. I have an Administrative Secretarial Position lined up, the problem is that my Salary is budgeted through Dept 160 and the other place that is fighting for me is not part of Dept 160 and the County of Los Angeles is having financial cuts. If the other dept gets to pull me my Salary will still be paid out from the other Dept (and needless to say they will not like that) But if the other job finds the funds for me then this will all work out.

Nothing in my life comes easy so I am a nervous wreck...

My claim has almost run out so I've been doing graphic and designing work (and commission designing work) but it barely pays the bills so I hope this works out or it won't be a joke anymore I will be under that bridge!

On the other hand, if the supervisors are happy with you (and I don't mean your ex-boss) and want to retain your employment, perhaps they will deal with the paper work and what not.

I don't know dutchy (I'm scared to death what will happen) I had to be honest when I met w/ them. I am an STC (which is nothing) Senior Typist Clerk! hehe

The Administrative Secretarial Position requires someone who has secretarial skills. I had to tell them I ain't no secretary "but" I am willing to try to be one. hehe!

I've been working so far out of class and now it might hurt me. What my Item is and what I actually do are two very diff things. I have been working as a Data System Analyst had I chosen to reclassify myself instead of taking the offer to telecommute I would have been rich! But I make strange decisions in life. I chose to work from home and be a mom to my kids at the same time. I don't regret it for a min! It's paid off when I look at my kids but it might hurt me now...

I'm leaving this in God's hands and trust he will place me where I need to be next in my life. (but this could go bad) I'll keep you posted. (I've been praying alot!)

Secretarial skills = being able to take notes, write letters, shield the boss from other people and basically managing stuff. Not that difficult, but it has to fit your character.

Administrative Secretary II = Knowledge of Stenography/Shorthand, Dictation, proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel and Access, be responsible to organize and run an administrative office "under the thumb of an Administrative Figure" (and play dress up 5 days a week)

Data System Analyst = "Independent" worker in charge of a data base that builds and creates Highly Specialized Reports for the purpose of Statistics and Analysis. Meets w/ various Doctors and News Media for their purpose of Medical Journals, World Wide Publications and Traumatic Inj News Media Reportings etc. (plays dress up once a week and/or for special meetings only)

This is the real problem dutchy...

In the County, City or any Government agencies there are all these diff levels of positions that vary broadly such as the person that sits in the Administrative chair down to the custodian that empties out their trash cans and their secretaries that get hired to work under them.

Most of the Administrators fail to recognize that both they and the lil custodian or secretary that works under their authority are the same and get paid their paychecks from the same source: the County, City or Government Agency. "They" personally are not paying out of their own pockets their secretary or custodian that is working underneath them.

What does this have to do w/ anything???

If the person I work for is humble, patient w/ me to learn all that secretary stuff, gives me the time to purchase a new wardrobe I will not only be the best secretary he has ever had I will mop his floors too!

If on the other hand I work under the thumb of some demanding jerk that thinks he owns me and is paying me out of his pocket, wants my skirt shorter and is not patient w/ me to learn and is a Bossy Boss? He will have a hot cup of coffee poured onto his lap and an empty chair outside his office in a week.

I am not optimistic about this at all since I have been working for the County for way too long and I know how this works and how most County employees are.

This will take a miracle...

Anyways until the phone rings from Human Resource this week or next week I do not want to think about it. I'm going to run to the gym and blow off some anxieties...

You need to install a boxing punching bag in your house. Or perhaps a portable one you can take along to your new future job.

Oh be quiet I go there to jump on a few machines and mainly hit the dry and steam saunas (they good for your skin and help melt all my stupid anxieties away)

If I punched a bag I might break a nail! hehe

You are soooo sarcastic you dutchy! (I should sing another Katy Perry tune to annoy you but I'm not in the mood)

You do know punching is done with a closed fist, right? The only way you'd ruin your nails is if you where trying esoteric kung fu moves.

You do know if you have long nails that you cannot make a closed fist right? (I can't anyways)

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind

Wanting to start againnn

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards

One blow from caving innnn

Do you ever feel already buried deep

Six feet under scream

But no one seems to hear a thing

Cause baby you're a fireworkkk

Come on show 'em what your worthhh

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, ohhhh!"

As you shoot across the sky-y-yyyyy!

(I actually do like that song! plus I feel like annoying you before you go to bed)

Slaap lekker you dutchy...

If you have long fingers (moon fingers, like me) you can in fact make a closed fist, even if you have long nails (within limits ofcourse).

/me ignores ms. Perry

Moon finger? (never heard that expression before) when I try to close my fist it's not a closed fist at all or my nails would either bend or dig into my palm. It's time I file them down a bit...

There are a number of types of hands. Mars, moon, venus, I can't remember nor can I find it. Anyway, I have moon hands, the long and slender type, with long fingers.

Oh so mean kinda like this? [link]

If I wasn't living on these msg boards w/ you all these years as your common law msg board wife I might actually be afraid of being next to you! Actually I've seen you hands in the pics you posted and they are long and slender! (but I've seriously never heard of moon hands before ever)

Kids have hands bigger than mine, if I didn't have long nails it would look like I didn't even have fingers my hands are so small (I think I was suppose to be born a mouse)

I cut my nails, so I don't look like that anymore.

It's freaking annoying, but I can't find that type of finger thing anywhere online. Something is not on the internet! How can that be?

Cuzzz maybeee there is no such thing as moon hands!? Since it's not on the internet that means it don't exists! hehe

Actually I will be honest and tell you when I first seen those pics you posted and I seen your hands I was like stunned and all I looked at was your hands! I never seen a male w/ evil hands like that! Long and w/ nails? I'm not kidding dutchy I never seen hands like yours (they scared me! wellll they did!) hehe

But thennnn I quickly got over it and thought "those are my dutchy's hands"

(and there is no such a thing as moon hands)

Stop fighting w/ google cuz there is no moon hands! hehe

There are more males with hands like that, but most have earth hands (or was it mars hands?), with shorter fingers and more plump tips.

And moon hands (or whatever they are called) really exist, because I've read the term multiple times over the years. Stupid interweb is being censored by Big Brother who has stumpy fingers!

Okay so you keep insisting that this moon hands really exist? But do you realize also that ppl's bone, teeth and body structure are also directly related, shaped and effected by: Geographic Region, Climate, Altitude, Habitat, Diet etc etc?

I'm telling you I've not seen hands like yours on this side of the globe and I've seen quite a few hands (and have beaten off quite a few hands too)

But you do not have hands like many males on this side or part of the globe. Moon, Earth, Mars or whatever you want to call them. hehe

And the bottom line is still evennnn if they were orange and you had 7 inch purple fingernails I still would admire myyy dutchy's hands. Even if they initially scared me for a min or so, those would still be my dutchy's hands...

Great, now my hands have groupies...

Hey lets get something straight here. I am not a stalker or your groupy...

But since we are practically always married together on these stupid msg boards I am your common law msg board wife. I think it totally sucks but since I don't have to wash your laundry or dishes who am I to complain?

That's what we have dish and laundry washers for these days.

Now all we need is one of those battery operated cordless vacuum thingies that automatically runs around the house by itself vacuuming all day, this could be perfect! (cept it might annoy your cats)

/me goes wake up...

Trouble is, I have too much stuff laying on the floor. I suspect that robot would get stuck fast. And ofcourse the cats would be traumatised (easily spooked).

Hmmm knew this was too good to be true, well looks like I have to go into cyber clean mode (good thing about this is your cats won't even know I'm there or hear my vacuum)

/me goes pick up your nasty stuff and clean and vacuum your living room...

I think I'll do some quick sweeping myself, before the dust developes legs and starts walking around. After that... back to gaming it is!

Goeiemorgen! Have fun! (I actually do have to do some cleaning today and re-organize my closet and take massive inventory) Joy!

I really can't be bothered with all that cleaning, so it was a real quick sweep. Alas, I'm too high maintenance, for on today's schedule: more washing and more groceries.

Nah not too high maintenance (just too far) anyways, my party girl Sisterrrr and her bright ideas...

My Sister: "Hey lets give Mom a "surprise" Birthday party!"

Me: "Come on sis now you knowwww I don't like parties and enough is enough w/ the Holidays finally being behind us (thank God!)"

My Sister: "I know but Mom is getting older now and we've NEVER given her a "Surprise" Birthday party?"

Me: "REALLY BIG, HUGE *SIGH* (double *sigh* even) Okay! Okay! Okay! You've got a point there!"

Argh! (guess who got stuck doing "ALL" the cooking???)

/me goes get busy today for your cyber Mother in laws "surprise" Birthday party...

If you play it smart, you can trick your sister into doing the cooking: "Hey, wouldn't it be a great surprise if you did the cooking? You know how mom loves your food!".

Nah (I happen to know what my sister's cooking taste like) anyways we had a very "Surprised" and "Happy" Mother yesterday. (mission completed)

/me goes get busy today...

Question is: who was left to do the dishes?

Who knows probably my Mom! I bailed as soon as they began breaking out the drinks later on. (I don't like how ppl turn into Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydes after a few drinks of alcohol)

Ah well, they have the rest of the year to kiss and make up for the toxic words that were spoken while intoxicated.

No it's not really the toxic obnoxious ones that I can't handle it's the overly happy sappy overly friendly intoxicated ones that totally annoy me. Friends or family I don't care once they get alittle alcohol in them they turn into someone I no longer recognize. (so I run)

Anyways I just got off the phone w/ HR it looks like either Wednesday or Monday I will be reporting for work again. I'm so nervous dutchy! (wish me luck)

Hurray! Is it still work-from-home stuff or do actually have to show up in the office more than one per week?

No more working from home. Though I'm certified through LA County to do so. The county could not offer me the title for the work I was doing before so they offered me the Telecommuting position (which was perfect for me since I have two wheezers and they "and" the County all needed me 24/7)

Nope I will be playing Secretary 5 days a week downtown in Los Angeles. (and I am "extremely" nervous dutchy) =(

The only reason I may make it to my first day (is cuz I'm excited about the new boots I bought!) hehe

I had to actually buy a new wardrobe for this position. Or I would be showing up for my first day in my jeans and sneakers and a long pony tail. (which is not exactlyyy secretary material)

And I bought a coat! I can't believe it! Like that one I showed you before (but I found it for half price)

My legend of the Seeker coat! (it's black so it will work) hehe!!!

And don't go start thinking craziness I'm playing, mine is like this one but it has a soft hood that detaches. [link]

I'm excited about the cloths I got cuz I've never actually needed to dress much. (never really liked to)

But wish me luck dutchy cuz I am soooo nervous...

That must be your first coat since you moved to California. Anyway, you don't need luck. I'm sure everything will work out fine.

Dank je (I'm so nervous I forgot the proper way to say Thank you to you) hehe

I wish I could just start today and get it over with! It's just I don't think I'm secretary material. I need to learn Word and stuff.

Word, Excel, perhaps PowerPoint. But then again, most people, including secretaries who use it all day, only know the tip of the ice berg of what these tools can do.

Meanwhile, that bloody "I whip my hair back and forth" is stuck in my head.

Specially MS Access dutchy (that program is pretty powerful) I've been trying to dabble in them programs to prepare but they are very extensive! I like to master what I do and I don't know about this stuff! I only master that stupid Registry I ran various reports off of. This is just so not good...

Anywayssss, I could sing some more Katy Perry for you to help you get that Whip my hair back and forth out of your head?

Ugh, Access. Countless proprietary systems are build in that beast in office environments. Fortunately building queries in it isn't that hard (dragging lines between tables). Just remember that changing a value in Access = shit is automatically saved (since you directly edit the data).

I hereby summon Magic System to get rid of freakin' Willow: [link]

Mmmm me comes dance w/ mijn dutchy! (never heard that before but it is goed!)

African music doesn't get much airplay. But it can be quite good at times.

On the other hand, Akon is from Senegal. So Africa can produce some horrible sounds as well.

It amazes me that you actually know where Akon is from knowing how much you dislike him! hehe

I looked it up, ofcourse. I knew he was from Africa, but not from where. I also know he has not been in jail, so that whole "convict" thing of his is bull.

hehe nooooo it's not bull you just might not have heard of that record label? hehe

[link]

(It's just a record label they record under)

I know it's his label, but it's also a topic that pops up in some of his older tracks and videos, before he went overboard with the vocoder.

Speaking of auto tuning, Snoop was the master in his Sexual Eruption/Sensual Seduction track (and the video is the bomb too, shame about the actual rapping though): [link]. But his latest endeavour with Dre and... Akon (ofcourse) is ho-hum, again: [link].

I could swear I hear a lilll Timbaland in there too? (but yeah a bit ho-hum)

To be honest this is the only tune I really like of Snoop: [link]

What the hell? First YouTube is its usual unresponsive self. I reload and am greeted with a freaking commercial before the video starts! Grrr...

Regardless, what I wanted to say is that you should hear David McCallum's The Edge: [link] and the listen to The Next Episode. Dre, that lazy bastard, only added a beat.

What in the world!? Who is that? You mean I've been liking a total rip? hehe!

All that has been playing on this side lately is that totally annoying Ke$ha (she drives me crazy, I can't stand her)

I'm actually still in shock about that! So you mean the beat from The next episode is a total rip from that other old tune (what is that anyway?)

Never mind so apparently he is an actor/musician? [link]

I knew the guy from a 60s television series about spies (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), which I saw some years ago. It was quite corny, but that's 60s television for you.

But appearantly he also did music. This song is from his '67 album. I actually thought it was a Lakeside song originally, but that's Coolio's Fantastic Voyage (which is quite a different genre, I'm getting old).

Had heard the McCallum song on a "spy" stream: [link] (quite amusing).

You ain't kidding that certainly is quite different from any stream I've ever heard. (not sure what to think about it yet, streaming it now)

As for this moment I am completely freaking out! Got my start date confirmed and it's this Friday! Yeah I know why on a Friday? But oh well that's the County for you.

I'm nervous!

I'm nervous!

I'm nervous!

Hmmm I'm not sure if I like this or hate this stream. (really different my ears are all confused)

They're playing something that don't even sound spyish but almost Indian?

Now it's some dangerous, mysterious spyish tune and though it sounds pretty cool (this one) my nerves and this tune are not mixing well. hehe

/me goes take a run or something to calm down.

Anyways, Slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

Those nerves of yours need blasting beats.

You're absolutely right that's always good to help me w/ a solid focus I need that "and" a quick Doctor appt for a certain lil boy over here that apparently is nervous as well. (he seems to have willed a very high fever on command last night)

Anyways, deep breath "I can do this!" hehe

/me goes get busy...

What a roller coaster ride this day was. And I know you don't believe in God but I "cannot" deny him cuz he mustttt hear my cries! hehe

My new Boss is taking a vacation (or something happened suddenly) HR called and said I am to report to my new position in two weeks. This gives me two weeks for training and two more weeks to care for my lill Sammy who is trying desperately to sabotage me right now...

I'm not so sure trying to avoid the inevitable is the best thing to. Better just get it over with.

/me dredges up some old crap to get you motivated: [link]

That is not motivating music! hehe

No, what happened is I was suppose to start my new position "today" but while I was at the Doctors taking care of Sam I rec'd a call from my coordinator at HR informing me that there is a change and I am to start my new position in two weeks (Feb 1st is my new date) I panicked and thought something went wrong and I was going back to my old department but she explained the reason is because my new Boss is taking two weeks off and he wants me to begin when he returns (I suppose he either had some family emergency or is taking a vacation first, I don't know) but she also assured me to relax and not worry since my paperwork is "confirmed" and I am "confirmed" for my new position.

I will be honest though I really needed this two weeks to better prepare myself and since the County offers classes for MS Office I plan on jumping into one (It's free for me) So this delay I personally consider a Blessing in disguise!

Alrighty then. Office is peanuts, so you'll probably breeze through that with ease.

I've got some experience w/ excel (since I used to filter some of my prev reports into excel) but Word, PowerPoint and Access I'd like to Master for this position.

But dank je for letting me bend your ears (or I should say eyes) w/ my worries and stuff dutchy.

[link]

Not sure what to think about this one, zo zo...

And all of a sudden the Special drop out of the sky? That stuff is ancient! And not really my thing either.

In the category "old shit", while Ke$ha is on TV again, I present thee with this, umm, interesting piece: [link] (also note the third comment).

Really? It's ancient? First time I hear them...

What in the world is that dutchy? Old and interesting for sure! And from what I understand (or think I understand) the guy was ripping off an ancient tune and got busted by a viewer? hehe

Actually that was a good sound, alilll freaky but kind of relaxing...

/me goes try to wake up again, now that you put me back to sleep!

It was some dude playing music described on a clay tablet from around 1400 BC. The catch is that first someone had to identify the cuneiform as being musical notation, then someone had to transcribe it into modern notes and then this dude tries playing that.

So what happens is that the dude who did the transcription (which is a bit of an educated guess at best) calls the player out on copyright grounds. As in: I claim ownership of this transcription. While that may be legally true, it's a bit silly, because it was not him who wrote that down 34 centuries ago.

The guy doing the playing is guessing at how it should be played as well (since putting notes on paper does not necessarily indicate the tempo), and mentions this in his notes, so he just tries some different styles.

Anyway, Ghost Town is from '81: [link]. I'm not too keen on Ska. Bit too happy.

I can't be moved by the singing in this track, but the small "bit & bleep" distortions are a nice touch.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Mike Posner - Please don't go

British Ska? Strange it was the first time I hear it being played over here. (confused my ears so I didn't really know what to think about it)

As for that really old tune now that was pretty facinating cuz you hear it and you feel like you are actually in a different time? Just strange...

If you feel the way I do

If you leave I'm gonna find you

Baby please don't go go go go

Baby please don't go go go go

Baby please don't go go go go go go go goooo!

What's wrong w/ his singing (I think he's got a very unique and different sounding voice then most recording artist) first time I heard him I was not sure if I liked him but if you hear any of his tunes more than once he instantly grows on you or something...

Anyways, me goes go go gooo to the gym gym gymmm!

The singing is completely generic. Granted, I haven't given it much thought. But usually the singer is completely replaceable in tracks like these.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Nokturnal Mortum - Veles' Scrolls [Goat Horns, 05]

Hmmm Goat Horns? let me guess? hehe

It may seem to be demons in forest, but it's more riders thundering across the tundra.

How is "your" music coming along? Or have you given up on that?

What's this "giving up" thing you're talking about? I tried doing some gangster beats a couple of weeks ago, but judging by the result: [link], I still have a long way to go. And it's not very gangster either (way too fast).

That's actually not a bad beat but gangster? Nope, that's alilll too happy, jazzy. (Gangster is sexy, hard, slowww)

Slowww, deep beats (just ignore all the lyrics) the beats are "never" fast.

[link]

Another good example slow, hard, deep sexyyyy beats...

[link]

And lastly: [link]

Problem is "you" like fast beats so you really need to slowwww yourself downnnn alotttt to make this kind of music?

That Petey Pablo stuff is more what I was thinking about than that strange and way too happy Lil Jon track.

Better Lil Jon would be Roll Call: [link]. That song is more complex than it might seem at first side. I count at least five layers of beats and melody and that's ignoring the vocals.

Or in other far too difficult for me... yet.

Same goes for Get Low. At least six layers of sounds. Though it could have done without the silly whistle.

You have to love youTube you always find such good stuffezzz!

Some old WAR tune remixed (I love Cisco kid this remix is not bad) [link]

Yeah that Roll Call is a good example too! But when you want reallyyyyy hard (blow your speakers up hard) more slow hard, deep deep beats... Mmmm mmmm mmmm!

[link]

Actually there is a few flash fast beats mixed in that throughout the tune too but it's basically a deep hard lowbeat throughout...

Yikes! Cypress Hill did WAR's Cisco Kid too??? (I've never heard this version either)

But then again the original War is best it's not bad but a swarm of fast vocals takes away from the slow beat...

[link]

Apparently several tried their hands at remixing that classic but this one did it right...

[link]

As far as trying to make some slow beats just listen to a few of those tunes that do not have the lyrics and vocals which is major distraction for most ppl, I've got an auto turn off lyrics switch in my head when I want. (cuz all hard, deep, slow beats seem to have nasty trashy lyrics)

I don't think listening to Cisco Kid will get me anywhere. Especially since I can't hear bass lines on this netbook.

But meanwhile, I do think I have the basic Hip Hop beat down now: [link]. If you take a standard 4/4 beat, in Hip Hop the snare (or whatever they use) hits on the third beat instead of the second. It's a bit delayed, a lazy beat.

Welll now all you need to do is dress that up! hehe

Slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

The dressing up thing is the hard part!

And then what if you decide you want to toss in lyrics then you're really in trouble! (unless of course you do what everyone else does and toss in a bunch of nonsense words and/or curse words)

It will also need some gunshot samples.

hehe dutchy! (true) but "you" like your beats like this:

.....

Gangster is more like this:

.. . .. . .. .

or

... . ... . ... .

or evennn broken down slowerrrrr

. . . . . .

Anyways Santana has always been annoying to me but he did one tune right! Some good oldie: [link] Mmmm mmmm mmmmm!

Hmmm those beats look alot different then I typed them?

HTML compresses multiple spaces to a single space. It's the nature of the beast.

But yes, I do prefer fast music. Par example: Moby's Feeling So Real: [link] (this time in the Westbam remix, with a rather abrupt end).

Yup thazzz mijn dutchy's beat... hehe

It's goed, so fast it almost makes your heart rate speed up and you lose your breath! What is strange to me is that you are such a sloth and you like such fast beats?

The mind runs, the body rests.

And I really wish I was still in bed right now. Way too early.

Well I'll be soon having to deal w/ that feeling everyday trying to get to LA by 8:00am (but not today!)

You should get a condo near the office and wlk to work.

No way, (I could handle living by LA w/ no problem if I was by myself) but I won't live back over there now that I've got Sammy and Gino to worry about. They are both doing too good to risk a stupid move like that. I'll deal w/ it...

Anyways this tune never gets enough air time probably cuz it's such a moody tune and ppl can't handle it. hehe

But I like it: [link]

Ugh... Depressive music. You should try some Radiohead. There's only one answer to that: [link]

hehe silly what is that? No the other tune could actually be more manic depressive not sure but it's good to listen to music once in a while that has some extreme mood altering effect and realize there is more to it then the happy sappy feeling most music gives. hehe (I don't know)

Good night my dutchyyyy...

I never listen to happy music. I also don't listen to boohoo-I-want-to-cry material.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Gwen Stefani - What you waiting for

I only listen to doom and gloom or fast stuff. And alpha waves ofcourse.

And Gwen Stefani! hehe

I listen to whatever (cept Country/Hillbilly I can't handle)

/me comes say Hallo to mijn dutchy...

Now get to work!

Welll the only tunes that I allow to consume my ears, mind, body, soul are some good worship tunes such as this one you hate:

DC Talk - Consume Meeeee! [link]

Mmmm mmmm mmmmm! (would you believe this is the first time I see there is actually a vid to that song!?)

Course then I usually need to listen to heavy bass to bring me back down to earth. hehe

Have a good evening dutchy (I think your Thursday is like our Friday over here?)

What's this DC Talk stuff doing here? I'm so glad six new CDs full of demons in forests arrived today.

Oh no! six!? (and you mean growling and snarling demons in forest)

/me goes hide!

Spent the evening ripping those CDs (since I don't have a CD player anymore), so I heard only half of those demons yet. And of that half I only caught half the tones, since there is a wall between my computer and my speakers.

It's stuff like this: [link] (have not actually heard that song yet, since the sun was almost rising again by the time I was done ripping those things).

Super fast beats w/ a folklore theme? That does not sound like demons in a forest. (but yet still sounds like your taste)

That eastern stuff (Russian in this case) is a little bit different. But it can be quite interesting. It's probably more tundra and taiga there. Alright, alright, taiga is a forest too.

Hey what happened to my post!? Anyways some good old stuff for mijn dutchy: [link]

And I don't know what that taiga word is at all (never heard of it before)

Alright! so it is a forest! I can't help it if I never heard of those words taiga (or tundra before)

Over here a forest is simply called "woods" we don't even call it a forest. hehe

You didn't enter a name, so the filter had your post for dinner. Taiga = forests way up North.

I don't think I've ever heard that Foreigner track. I do know this one: [link].

Tundra = like a savannah, but again, way up north, so only bush and little to no trees. Most of Russia (meaning the entire northern part of Asia are taiga and tundra.

If I would express it in Dutch, forest = bos, while woods = woud. The difference being that "bos" is more domesticated, while "woud" is wild. And even wilder than "woud" would be : oerwoud" ~ ancient woods, like jungle.

/me goes feed his wild animals who've been asking to be fed for the past hour or so

hehe your wild animals...

When I think of woods on this end it's all thick and green and big huge red wood trees (like in my fav series legend of the seeker)

Like lesss go play in the woods! (nobody calls the woods on this end a forest)

There are no woods in this county of mine. Every forest has been planted and planned by man. The last wilderness apparently got cleared/cut down in the 19th century. Sad thing really.

Yikes! That is sad, the only part of the earth that man is still working on destroying is apparently the Ocean. (and I doubt they will be able to fix that after they destroy it)

Then I have some sad news for you, entire species of fish are on the brink of extinction due to over-fishing (ask pekomon). And what's taking their place? Hordes and hordes of jellyfish.

I guess I better learn to like to eat meat more then? I know it is pretty sad though, not only are the beaches currently being swarmed by sharks, whales and dolphins that are trying to jump out of the ocean right onto the sand, a few weeks ago we had several "thousand" birds drop right out of the sky for no apparent reason. The scientist are trying to figure out what is going on. But you don't need to be a genius to figure this stuff out.

Very sad what man is doing to this earth (and all for the sake of a "paper" dollar bill)

You should switch your diet to jellyfish. Though I doubt they taste like jelly. There were a number of cases of birds falling from the skies in recent weeks. In one case the cause was apparently alcohol poisoning. As for the whale thing, it's unclear why this happens, but my theory is that it might have something to do with sonar giving them headaches.

Anyway, enough doom and gloom for today. /me goes strengthen the economy by getting groceries

Jellyfish? Yuk do ppl eat them? I know some freaky deaky ppl eat things such as sea urchins, fish eggs and octopus so maybe they do eat jellyfish. hehe

I'm half freaky. I only eat ruby red maguro (tuna), salmon, and swai. (I'm a very picky fish eater)

Anyways Mr. Doom and gloom me comes to say goeiemorgen! (to annoy you)

I suspect jellyfish tastes like snot. Or onion soup.

hehe dutchy! (and I suspect that Octopus taste like a dirty/salty rubberband)

Oh boy my curiosity is gonna kill me one day, apparently ppl do eat jellyfish? (or knuckleheads do atleast) [link]

That is completely disgusting!

Dare I click on that link... No, I do not.

Probably not a goed idea to click on any links I post whilst you are at werk...

They could at least have rotated the camera...

I'm glad he didn't it looked bad enough sideways!

Oh look, it's Gwen again. I swear, I do not pick the tunes. I just happen to be in the same room as the radio.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: No Doubt - It's my life

Yeahhh right! You know you like her. (I do anyways, and have several of her CD's)

[link]

Her bestest tune!

If I was a rich girl

See, I'd have all the money in the world, if I was a wealthy girlllll

No man could test me, impress me, my cash flow would never everrrr end

Cause I'd have all the money in the world, if I was a wealthy girlllll

And now the original: [link] (from a '64 musical).

What in the world! You mean she ripped that thing? (I've heard of fiddler on the roof but never seen it before)

/me goes back to watch that vid?

OMG! It is the same song! *sigh* She's a lilllll ripper! (I didn't know that, now you ruined it!) hehe

(I never watch musicals)

Just doing my evil deed of the day.

Tiësto and Busta Rhymes have made a track [link] with a bassline in the chorus that sounded awfully familiar to me. It's Reese & Santonio's Rock to the Beat: [link]. Granted, it's a very simple bass, but I'm sure Tiësto, being a long time DJ, was familiar with that '88 Acid tune.

Pretty strange combo but it works, not bad (but I actually like your second link much better) Hmmm guess everyone these days are trying to get away w/ ripping off older stuff as their underline beat?

Slaap lekker mijn evil dutchy...

Acid tune though? Doesn't sound like an acid tune to me...

Iets goed to listen to on your way to la la land...

[link]

Acid as in Acid House, a genre from the late 80s. I don't think I'll fall asleep to Café del Mar though.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Avril Lavigne - Complicated

hehe who is torturing you over there at work? I actually love that one tune of Avril though. (too bad she went downhill after that one, nothing else compared)

My colleagues like listening to shitty music.

Hmmm not sure exactly what I'll be listening to come Monday (nor how in the world I can change my biological clock to wake me up at 5:00am every morning) but I suspect you will be seeing alot of Dor_zzz soon. (I'm scared dutchy!)

But I'm ready...

Hey, you're supposed to work at work, not surf the web. I ofcourse get paid to do exactly that.

Oh be quiet! I don't think I like you today! But true cuz I'm not sure if my new Boss will be breathing down my neck all day (howeverrrr, what I do on my phone is my business it's just finding the time most likely that will be my biggest issue)

I don't think I'm going to like this very much. =(

Working on the coal mine... Or was it working on the train line? Can't remember the song. Hmm, maybe I should stick to Desmond Dekker's Israelites.

You're a guy you're suppose to be toiling! but these days us females have to toil along w/ having our kids strapped upon our backs whilst working too!

Anyways the issue is not working for me but who my slave driver will be and how hard they crack that whip on me, I'm a hard worker so I've no fear about the work at all. Been working most all my life. (I just have a problem w/ nasty "demanding" ppl)

Monday is my orientation and Tuesday is my official first day of work so I will find out then. I can assume anything from my past experience in working for the County but until I am physically working I should not judge my new Boss.

I have had some bad experiences in my past w/ "male" county bosses who though they are nothing but county employees themselves sitting in higher position think you need to bow down to them (and bend over, and I'm not obedient to jerks) so I am a bit nervous about things right now until I deal w/ settling into my new job.

And I should say I am very prideful so before I get forced back to my prev Boss (who though was female) I will most likely either be working for McDonald's or go live under that bridge.

Being Prideful and Disobedient are not good qualities to have in this life...

I'll have a Big Mac, large frites and a banana milkshake. Oh wait, you're not working for MacD yet.

I'd say just wait and see monday and don't worry until then.

They have banana milkshakes at Mickey D's? Hmmm I probably should try to memorize their menu jussss in case! hehe

I know dutchy I'm really trying not to worry (but I'm really scared and nervous)

My adventures are far less exciting. I only have to face the perils of two fanged felines sinking their claws into my face when I'm trying to sleep and they want food.

Oh, and the other big happening is swerving around senior citizens, or as I call them, fossile lifeforms, in the super market.

hehe! mijn dutchyyy...

Welll some of us mature at different phases in our life and I didn't see any of the choices I made in life until I hit my 40's (alright to be honest I'm still trying to grow up) hehe

I made alot of poor immature choices that really complicated my life (but I do love my kids)

I always "feel" your maturity (though you are younger than me) and "safe" choices you have made and you feel as if you have a very comfortable life. As comfortable and stress free as life can be I guess (actually there really is no stress free life?)

Anyways me comes get my morning breath of mijn dutchy...

Have a goed dag/nacht!

What in the world! Someone kidnapped the statue?

[link]

Wow someone finally cleaned that nasty dirty lens on that cam too! I know they switched the quality of the cam a while back but the lens got so dirty you basically could not see a thing. (so that was totally useless)

What is this forty you're talking about? That's so far away for me. Anyway, I'm too lazy to take the wrong path in life (because trouble would mean effort to clean things up).

They moved the statue because that whole area is under construction at the moment. It will be back in 2012, but I'm not sure if it will be back at this spot.

Yeah and if trouble = kids you will be cleaning things up for the rest of your life!

/me goes finish dancing w/ the laundry...

The trouble with kids is that as soon as people become parents, some kind of invasion of the body snatchers (or toxoplasmosis: [link]) thing happens, in that parents seem to be incapable of having rational thoughts on their kids or things relating to their kids. "Won't you think of the children!". Plus: kids = bye bye to two to three decades of your life.

As noted by dr. crae, observer of human behaviour.

True, but not two or three decades try your entire life! I'm pretty sure nobody really realizes what we are doing when we have kids until several years after the fact (I think God made it like that cuz if we knew prior that we were really sacrificing our own live it would be the end of human civilization!)

Course there are those defective human beings that breed and then drop their babies into the world to fend for themselves...

I think there should be a license to have kids. That ofcourse is never going to happen, but it would at least force people to think of what they're getting into.

Speaking of getting into things... /me goes do household chores

But then again not everyone that is given a drivers license knows how to drive either...

Now you got me pondering parenthood. hehe

Having kids almost feels like a test in life (a test you don't get to study for) so maybe it's more of a test of love, sacrifice and endurance? (not really sure what it is)

You go into it not knowing anything about it and in the end you still don't have answers to tell anyone else how to do it! hehe

I feel so Blessed dutchy that my kids are nothing like me. Sammy is 14 and will be starting High School next year and last week they sent him to the High School he will be attending to take Honors Testing since they keep telling me he is gifted (and a straight A student) He's a kick back kid easy going and Blessings drop down from above right on him!

Gino is now 19 and in College he struggles to get the grades (which are normally C's and a few B's) but he is in College and working a part time job and competing in Bike/Cycling tournaments, plays music that comes as easy as breathing in air. And I cannot believe his "heart" when I see him in action (during life situations how he handles things)

I don't know why or how I got so Blessed. But I recognized I am Blessed and not everything in life always feels like a Blessing at "first"

I'm so terrible all I've done is complain how hard my life has been and why do I have to sacrifice my entire life! And I think I see it now that maybe I have been a part of creating two decent human beings? I don't know but since I've not done much else dutchy atleast I was apart of that? hehe

Who knows what anything in this life is about...

/me goes check that Calendar to see the date I think it must be that time of the month when my hormones get the best of me. hehe!!! (sorry)

At the very least, it's quite a test of endurance. Once they're there, you can't just quit or anything. I really don't see myself in that situation. Far too attached to my care-free life (style).

Oh yes you can there are many options, my best friend gave her son when he was only 6 months old to her mother to raise and few other friends of mine gave their kids up for adoption at birth a few let the streets raise up their kids (needless to say those didn't turn out good)

And I told you my sister who is 6 yrs older than me and now in her 50's sees things much different now and is working hard to recover her relationship w/ her kids cuz she pretty much gave me her kids to raise so my niece and nephew call me mom instead of Aunt at times...

Lots of options and there were times I felt like running away but though my prideful nature is not always a good thing I suppose it saved me there! hehe

As for you and your situation you've got a mature mind and a really safe thinker but life is full of surprises and it ain't over yet. Most likely some dutch female wearing wooden shoes could still come along and change your mind (you never know everything in life)

You jusss better not tell me about her! hehe

Helll no, I'm like Peter Pan. How can I take the second star to the right if I have a slew of kids following me. These two cats of mine take a lot of time already. And cats are low maintenance...

hehe! Well now that I seen the pile of dishes they left for me last night I'm not feeling very Blessed! Argh!

/me goes get to cleaning things.

Slaap lekker mijn dutchy...

Moving on, ever since Dave Chappelle, I cannot listen to Rick James no more without hearing his parody.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Rick James - Superfreak

I have nothing to do with the radio playing this song!

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: No Doubt - Underneath it all

I can honestly only say that some DJs are rather high on Gwen. Judging by how often she gets airplay, ms. Stefani must be swimming in money as if she were Scrooge McDuck.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: No Doubt - Just a girl

Oh no! Doreen did not survive her first day back at work!

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: The Veronicas - Untouched

I'm half alive today. No dutchy what happened is I went to report yesterday only to discover the real reason they stalled me for two more weeks was not because my new Boss was taking two weeks off and wanted me to start today but rather that the top head of the previous dept has now locked me and got me which means I either return to work for the same dept or quit (I thought about Mcdonalds) so I just got back home from a meeting in L.A. where we are still negotiating but it looks like they got me.(but w/ certain terms that I am negotiating for right now)

I thought I would not survive the night I'm so upset. (should be one or two more days before I return)

What! So it was an ambush. The sly bastards stalled you while they should have been open and clear with you. You are not your previous boss' personal slave!

And the Gwen-loving continues in radio land...

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: No Doubt - Don't Speak

One of the stipulations is that "she" will no longer be my Boss if I return to that department and that is settled already it will be another female (and I know who she is I used to work w/ her so that is fine) I was informed of that yesterday during our meeting. And settled.

Now what is being negotiated is if they want me back that bad then all I ask is a written and signed agreement of what my duties will be and I will preform the duties on that list such as run that registry if that is what they want from me but all the other so called "Special Projects" which = whatever the Hell we want you to do even if it requires you work 24/7 or several weeks on it ontop of running the registry, running reports etc etc etc (w/o overtime) to get it done. Wellll nope that won't be allowed on the list.

Guess what? They still have not produced the list for me and my coordinator (and now Attorney since they are serious out to get me) to sign. So I'm just waiting to see what tricks they pull next on my list of duties.

Meanwhile no other Dept can have me or touch me and all I was praying for (and had set up) was to go to another Dept and work peacefully at a regular job. Now the rug has been pulled out from under me. But who but God knows the reasons behind what happens in life to you so I now I hope and pray God has a plan cuz I'm completely losing it!

What you should do is go to the gym and kick some people. Nasty business.

Already ran there, cuz I'm just waiting for the call but since our meeting took place in L.A. early morning yesterday and they demanded this list to be produced and faxed it should have taken them no longer than 30 mins to an hour since they know me and the duties in their department already right? =)

(or at the very latest the list should have been produced at the close of the work day yesterday) and we are still waiting and no list has been produced yet. But hopefully by the end of today...

I just hope God has some serious anti-snake venom on hand for me cuz I've got some King Cobras and Black Mambas slithering all around my feet right now waiting to bite me!

Anyways, enough of this stuff (sorry) iets goed for mijn dutchy...

[link]

Slaap lekker...

Basically the only New Order song that is any good. Orgy did quite a decent cover: [link].

Hmm actually they sound better than the original. Anyways dutchy I had my first official day back at work again and you'll never guess where? (actually "I" myself would have never guessed) since my dept still has not been able to produce a decent list to submit to HR now HR Administration has me...

Totally formal, no music allowed and I can't even have so much as a cup of water on my desk. Not what I wanted (but still better than McDonalds) This is where I am currently until this all gets resolved and if it can't be resolved I might stay there. I'm not sure yet since it was only my first day there today.

No music = go "Beats by Dre" (or in other words: use headphones).

I don't quite understand how they can mess around with you like you're some kind of commodity. But regardless, to throw in a proverb, if life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Dutchy no music = no music and if I were to toss a set of headphones on they would chop my head off! They are as serious as a heart attack in Administration...

And the only reason I know what that commodity word is, is cuz I've totally read my Dictionary from front to back in two days (those ppl in Admin do "not" speak my lingo) hehe!

Funny you should say that proverb cuz that is exactly what is happening to me right now. Even on my first day yesterday there was this little asian woman that works in the back office and she had brought in a box of lemons that she picked from her tree (they were the size of grapefruits!) anyways when she gave me that monster sized lemon I laughed cuz I thought of that proverb. (plus I even mentioned it recently? so weird) hehe

Over here dutchy if you work for the City or County you are exactly a commodity that is just the way it is. Anyways, if I had any doubts of being a secretary after being thrown in the front office for two days I had no choice but to sink or swim and I swam! (and swam and swam)

I still don't know how long I will be there in HR Admin cuz my other dept is still trying to negotiate but as bad as this feels to me I am being forced to learn something that is good for both me and my resume...

Well, diversifying your resume is never a bad thing.

Anyway, this tune has got the right mindset, but does not really follow through with it (beat's not fast, nor is the bass low).

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: DEV - Bass Down Low [link]

Exactly, heard that tune before and I don't think that girl knows what a bass down low is...

My eardrums are starving from all that silence that's been forced upon me, I needs me some La la laaaa!

[link]

YouTube is being useless again...

"Deze video bevat inhoud van Vevo, die deze wegens auteursrechtschending heeft geblokkeerd voor je land.

Het spijt ons."

(This video contains content from Vevo that has been blocked for your countries because of copyright infringement. We're sorry.)

Apologies only have meaning if it will not happen again, YouTube.

There are some la la's in this one: [link], in fact the entire melody sounds like la la's.

countries ~ country. My fingers think in plural. And on second thought, the correct phrase would be "that has blocked these", because apparently it's bloody Vevo that's deeming me unfit to see whatever it was.

Hmmm actually I think I translated that better than you when I read it. (could be you're speaking too much English these days?)

Anyways you were wayyyy off this is the vid I had posted: [link]

(nothing too exciting nor is it X rated for you ppl in wooden shoe land so not sure why it was blocked)

Argh, not Pitbull... This is better T-Pain: [link]. /me runs to hang up the laundry

What in the world is that? Not heard that silly one over here yet. Some good old stuff:

[link]

/me goes finish getting stuff done...

That rollercoaster song is a-n-c-i-e-n-t...

/me was playing sysop at work, far, far away from the radio. Sysoping is freaking annoying. Colleague managed to mess up her machine, so guess who got to clean things up. "Hello, do we have an extra Office license? No, then how the hell is she supposed to work".

We need a real sysop to handle that kind of crap.

#1. Hmmm she needs to get her own sysop cuz you're myyy sysop!

#2. Now that you've let everyone at work know that you know how to fix computers you can expect everyone of your colleagues to now bring in all their personal laptops from home (and their kids laptops) for you to fix on your lunch hour.

It has more to do with people throwing hysteric fits because they can't deal with computers. Messes up the atmosphere on early monday mornings.

Well atleast "you" have an atmosphere I'm not allowed any music so I have no atmosphere! Do you know how long 8 hours feels when you have no music!?

Maybe there are earrings on the market that are actually headphones in disguise?

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours

They would probably look completely disgusting or something if there was cuz I doubt anyone could or would design something like that very well. So busy in that dept I don't even have time to miss it anymore. Me and my eardrums are dead tired now...

Well, they indeed exist and look like this: [link]

Hmmm interesting but might not need them since something really good happened today and I start yet another position in the new hospital's medical administration office on Monday now.

Hopefully this time with music.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Cee-Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City

I've heard this song a dozen times and only now do I notice the pumping bass line. Must be because I'm sleepy so other parts of the brain have taken over.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Yelle - A Cause des Garçons (TEPR Remix) [link]

The song itself is not bad but I'm so tired I cannot think of a word to describe that dancing they're doing in that vid? hehe

Dutchy the most stressful week and a half of my life...

All that tug a war everyone was doing to me and yesterday the top lady over the dept I was placed to work in recently calls me into her office (me walking to her office thinking McDonald's here I come) she sits me down and explains to me I belong to dept 01 "not" 160 (I'm thinking okay what next? now I go from playing Secretary this week to what custodian next week?)

She then escorts me over to the new hospital into a very very plush Administrative Office to the back where she knocks on the office door to the Administrator over the hospital! And formally introduces me to him (as "his" Employee) and goes on to tell me I will be reporting to him on Monday morning to start my new position?

Not even sure what this all means but from what I have been told this is good. (very very good) but I trust absolutely "nothing" at this point from what I have been put through this past few days, but we will see what happens...

The perils of Doreen, the Slave Girl. Good for them or good for you. Time for some stability and clarity.

We need more relaxing alpha waves in this thread.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Jan Hammer - Crocket's Theme [link]

I clicked on that link thinking yeah right it's going to take more than some alpha waves to calm down what turmoil my soul is feeling right now. But guess what? seems mijn dutchy knows the cure. hehe! (good tune)

Actually I don't know yet if this will be good for them or good for me "yet" I need to first show up Monday to report. But I'm browsing around right now the County Employee's Job Web Site and guess what the top level Secretary makes!? $6275.27 per month on her max lvl! Everyone working in this office is high Caliber Secretaries. I am just a STC (Senior Typist Clerk) so why are they placing me there?

Anyways I've got about 20 yrs still to go and after sitting in that office for 1 yr I "might" be able to apply for this Exam. (Since you need an employee num to sign in let me ss it for you)

Actually it looks like I might need to sit in that chair working for 2 yrs to get enough experience to apply. But we'll see how it goes. What if I get there and they tell me to empty the trash cans of all the secretaries that are currently working there. hehe! j/k

This has possibilities wish me luck and send me a ton of alpha waves cuz I'm a nervous wreck right now...

[link]

Not sure about that Gallery link (I hardly ever use it)

Try this: [link]

You sometimes mention me using weird lingo, but boy, is that hard to read. Why do they put that down in legalese? And caps too...

Anyway, requirements are usually merely a treshold to keep the happy-go-lucky folk out and let the serious candidates in. If people are pushing you in that direction, they probably think you're up to the task.

Or that is what I would think if I had faith in mankind. It could also be that they don't know what to do with you.

Meanwhile, you might want to peruse this: [link]

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Enslaved - Norvegr [Vikingligr Veldi, 05]

What do you mean weird lingo when I mention you? Okay then let me translate it better for you: "My dutchy always makes me feel better and I have no idea why" (there! is that better for you?) hehe

And I have no faith at all in mankind dutchy I'm just trying to keep positive and trying to put this nasty puzzle together (since they are not being very straight forward w/ me about their intentions)

/me smacks the hell out of you for that link! Do they really have banana milk shakes?

Something good... (but you'll hate it) hehe

[link]

I didn't mean what you said, but the wordings in that document you linked to.

And indeed, I do not like that song.

Oh great! hehe (sorry)

Anyways that tune has some goed reggae rap type vibe in it and Paul Wright is not too bad (but again not your cup of tea I'm sure)

/me goes run to the gym...

* craeonics rides his bike to work

* the weather gods decide to let it rain

* craeonics arrives at work soaked

Going to be a great monday, @#$%!!

Could have been worse you could have gotten a flat tire?

/me had a decent day but still being played around with at any rate atleast I had music today (though not my usual worship tunes or Petey Pablo stuff)

Maybe you can introduce them to Petey Pablo?

Just when I wanted to walk out the door and be off to work, the cat decided to throw up on my bed. It's going to be a great Tuesday as well...

Dutchy these girls are into they are not even into I should rather say they are robots that have music playing in the background that has absolutely no flavor at all...

Anyways I would try to be optimistic and say better your cat threw up instead of doing something else on your bed (but both are totally disgusting!)

/me hands you some soapy wet rags to clean that mess up!

Actually need to listen to one Petey before I go to bed tonight and hope it sticks inside my head and plays out tomorrow whilst I'm working...

[link]

Mmmm mmmm mmmmm!!!

Soooo, maybe you can turn those girls from bland into fly (I'm old) by playing some Petey Pablo? The worst thing that can happen is that they give you the Eye.

What do you mean you're old? You mean to tell me you have finally dropped that fantasy of being 16 forever already!!!

Nah the girls are fly (or look fly anyways) they just have totally disgusting taste in music. But things are going well enough I can't complain...

Either everyone's crazy and you're the normal one. Or everyone's normal and you're the crazy one. But at least you have music now.

/me runs

Dutchyyyy! They called me into the office and it's official that will be my new home! (or work place I should say) Signed my papers today, got my new ID and keys! =)

Plenty of room for promotional opportunity but basically I was going for comfort first. (money isn't everything atleast to me) if I have to report to an office to work for the next 20 yrs I want to feel comfortable first and the opportunity is a nice bonus if I want it later on. I'm just focusing on getting the experience for the time being w/o all the stress.

The girls asked me today "Doreen" if you would like to change the radio station you can" I walked over to the radio and stopped and thought about it and left the radio where it was. I think I like this job wayyyy too much to blow it w/ what I listen to dutchy. hehe!!!

I will have to deal w/ the music situation. (a small price to pay)

Just alot of work (but basically all you said it would be)

It wouldn't be work if you din't have to a lot of... work. Anyway, comfort-first is the way to approach these things. If you have to do things it's just best if you are comfortable doing so.

Looks like the mess is behind you now, so congrats.

Thank you dutchy. I was such a mess I lost 10 lbs from not sleeping and I couldn't eat for two weeks. (I look like walking death) but I feel so happy where I'm currently at.

The Medical Administrator explained to me in his office yesterday that what is going on is they found out I do belong to them and I should be safe "but" since I have been working for that other dept for so long they may have some rights and have not given up on the fight yet so he is going to do everything in his power to keep me. So for now I am under his wing.

He also explained to me the reports I was running for the research fellows and residents at that hospital was bringing in big bucks in grants for the hospital (one I pulled stats for brought them in a 1 million dollar grant alone) so he explained where there is big money like that involved there is politics so they expect to be in for a big fight.

This guys is apparently not only the Med Admin of the Hospital (but for some reason he is a compassionate human being) for him to be so honest w/ me cuz everyone else was not informing me of what was going on.

I'm just going to try to enjoy being safe and comfortable for the time being and try not to worry too much. I love it where I am at now dutchy. It's perfect and I hope I can stay there for the remainder of my career...

/me goes pass out...

Before I go to sleep I wanted to show you some pics of the new hospital (I think when you and I used to meet w/ Kenray in IRC several years back they were building this place, you might remember me mentioning this?)

Well here are the pic of it. (really nice facility) [link]

The dept I apparently was working for is all this time divided and separated from the Hospital (across the street on USC campus) I've no idea about how this all happened but I was only 19 when I started working for the County. (and things have massively evolved and changed)

And here is the old Hospital (this used to be connected w/ USC campus apparently when the "research dept" was still apart of the Hopsital)

Check it out...

[link]

Pretty drastic difference from the new facility? hehe!

It's just one big building or the other, I'd say.

What you describe is exactly why I don't like working for big organisations. There's so much back stage politics going on there.

Obviously... (though I love the new facility) I think it was completely stupid to spend over 1 billion dollars to build a new hospital and then rip apart small time county employees like myself because they have to fight like complete savages to staff various divisions that broke apart throughout the facility.

Though it's been the worse experience of my life these past 2 1/2 weeks I realized I'm not scared of anything anymore (not even ppl in suits) so if I do get pulled back to that other dept another thing I will negotiate for will be to either return to telecommuting or be placed in my own office (where I can blast my own tunes!) and I will gladly run those boring reports for them.

And if that don't happen well you were right being a secretary is not all that scary. I'll walk away from the county and go play secretary for private industry, I got a good sense of what being a secretary is allll about.

Anyways, the laundry is piled up to the roof and busy day...

People in general should be more confident of themselves. Or in other words, go from [link] to [link] (I always remind everyone that said last song is actually about me).

Ummm first link so me this: This video contains content from WMG and Sony Music Entertainment. It is not available in your country.

so = shows (what in the world, what happened to my other letters?) hehe

I can view the second link but I don't get it about you? I don't get the song? hehe

Anyways, me goes get busy and dance w/ the vacuum. (I think I need a maid now cuz this cleaning on the weekends only is rough)

Instead of explaining the mysteries of life, the universe and tax returns, I'll just play some Rick Ross instead: [link]

Oh boy you drop some sucky links! That other one don't play for my Country and now this one refuses to load!

Next time just explain the mysteries of life and the universe please. hehe

/me goes turn on the TV and what do I see? Yet another new reality TV show! Is that all that is on these days?

You mean YouTube is getting crappier by the day. Soon (now?) we'll have to check if a video wasn't posted by an official label or anything, because you know those bastards are going to limit the audience geographically.

Second attempt at Rick Ross: [link]

Now that link worked but I've not heard of him before? (and I stillll want mijn dutchy to explain the mysteries of life to me)

The explanation to the mysteries of life would probably be "shit happens". Not that mysterious really.

As to Mr. Ross, the only Ross I know is Bob the painter. This guy was new to me as well.

I suppose that sounds about right...

Currently being tortured w/ the usual bla bla music:

Rose Royce - I wanna get next to you

Which just changed to some Barry White tune cuz it takes me forever to type on my phones keyboard (but I dare not play on this networked machine I use here in the office)

Lord have mercy on meeeee!!!

Toto - Africa

George Benson - Lost In a Masquerade

Thazzzz it time for me to go escape this madness and deliver a few memos...

I'm starting to understand the environment your in. There are radio channels that play nothing but "easy listening" stuff.

It make me fall asleep.

Easy listening? No I don't think my ears would agree that stuff is anything but easy to listen to. (neither is it easy trying to keep up w/ this new schedule and the stupid commute back and forth to Los Angeles)

Move to LA?

/me runs

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: the new single of the Foo Fighters which apparently is interesting enough for some DJs to play it every hour... and I still don't know the title

If I move to LA my kids will turn corrupt not a good idea.

/me is listening to some disgusting Wham tune...

Anddd the only thing worse than Wham...

Sade (of which I have no clue what the name of this song is she is singing nor do I care)

Oi, I have colleagues at work that are into Sade as well.

Meanwhile, the neighbour downstairs is playing stuff like: [link].

Nooo I'm never gonna dance againnnn! (disgusting Wham again)

hehe! Sounds like your neighbor is torturing you too...

Say what you want, but Mr. Michael certainly had a poetic flair in that song:

# I'm never gonna dance again

# Guilty feelings've got no rhythm

Alright, so I've heard it a wee bit too much over the years. Then again, it could be worse: [link].

Nope I can't listen to that it's not a work day and that link looks to be Mon-Fri tunes. Today is Saturday and I am Freeeee! No Michael the whiner and no jazzy Sade!

There appears to be some unwritten law that requires Bon Jovi to get airplay every monday. I'm dead certain that I'll be hearing it (again) tomorrow.

/me tosses you some earplugs for tomorrow...

Uh oh, colleague just hooked up her iPhone and started playing... Maroon 5...

That's probably better than this Stevie Wonder tune I am being greeted with this Monday morning...

Jusss the two of us we can make it if we try jussss the two of usss, jusss the two of us you and I (okay this one is 100 x's worser than that Stevie Wonder tune)

Hey! First time I hear something goed!!!

I'm like a bird I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul issss I don't know where my home isss, I'm like a bird I'lI only fly awayyyy!

La la la la la la la la la la la! (thee only la la tune I don't like)

Stevie Wonder againnnn My Cherri Amor

I need ear plugs "and" a gas mask cuz one girl I work with has some very nastyyyy taste in her perfume!

And... the rest of the day was spend with elevator music.

They changed the station so now I feel like I'm in some kind of tropical paradise with someone who is wearing very stinky perfume. hehe!

Slaap lekker...

Different day, different iPhone. This time it's Super-Hits of the 80s. Currently The Cure.

Hmmm lucky you. Different day same yuk on this end (I've no clue what the name of this tune is nor who sings it)

What you won't do for love bla bla blaaa (some jazzy stuff)

Somebodyyyy help meee why I work so hard for youu!

Wham (it's the whiner again)

He's def not poetic? Are you serious do you like this guy? Ack!

Just because I say that Mr Michaels has a witty line in one of his songs does not make me his fan. Consider it 80s nostalgia, because I've heard that song way too much.

You know you like that whiner you just won't admit it. Anyways two more weeks I'm getting my own office so no more Whammm!!!

I'm going to be playing secretary for a handful of Docs over in Rheumatolgy and Hematolgy scheduling their consults and all that fun stuff (very happy)

And nooo I'm pretty sure I won't be blazing any of my Petey Pablo over there either but I will be in control of the tunes and will be able to play something decent atleast and Whamm will not be playing! hehe

You know you'll be blazing Petey Pablo when people are around, yet whenever you find yourself alone, you'll quickly switch to Wham.

/me pokes you in your eye! Nah nah nah no Wham or Sade allowed in my office!

The plan is to play like an Angel for a month make the Docs killer coffee every morning and work hard and reliable and then bam!!! After we all bond they have to learn to tolerate me and my horrible vocabulary, spelling and nasty loud tunes...

I feel like I've been playing musical chairs I never know where they are tossing me next. Before I left today they informed me that I may be making the move into the new office on Monday now rather than two weeks so I'm nervous again. (but excited) I seen where I am going so I know this will be good after the adjustment is over.

They sure do like to move you around. Be sure to put allll that on your resumé, because you've done just about everything now.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Metallica - Nothing else matters

I am a total creature of habit that's just who I am and the way I like it so to be honest this has been the hardest month of my life! Everything happening to me all unpredictibly and suddenly and nothing in my control it's like nobody even hears me or cares they all have their own hidden agenda for me!

All I have is my faith in God that he will land me in the perfect spot. As much as I've been through and disliked all this jumble I've learned more in this last month dutchy than my whole life (so it's "forced me" out of my shell I suppose) I'm excited cuz I "think" this new office I'm starting Monday in is finally my landing strip. (I hope anyways)

hehe Sade just came on!

You're going to miss that Sade.

Dutchy I bet my eardrums have scar tissue from all the bleeding due to being forced to listen to all that Sade and Wham. (can't even believe how many times in a single day they repeat those two on that radio station)

Welcome to the world of radio.

# Coast to coast

# L.A. to Chicago

Someone once wrote a song on that situation. It's a silly one, but in case you haven't heard it before: Sagat - Funk Dat [link].

hehe dutchy nope I haven't heard it before (which I can't believe it but nope never heard of it) though I liked it and thought it was cute...

The man may have a point, but when his song is the one that gets played fifteen times a day for three months, the cuteness wears off fast. Man, funk dat!

hehe dutchy! No kidding but that was the first time I heard that. That kid in the vid I thought his attitude was cute. (funny vid)

And no more Sade nor Whammm for me ever again! funk dat!!! Hooray!!!

I swear I think I can actually feel my ear drums having their own private party inside my head!

Either that or you're going deaf.

/listen

* craeonics is listening to: Nokturnal Mortum - Kolyada [link]

Hmmm I don't even know what to think about that? Sounds okay cept I think Burzum's bro is singing in there.

/me goes let my ear drums do some dancing: [link]

Mmmm mmmmm mmmmm!

Yowza! Mmmm mmmm mmmmm!