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30 day song challenge, day 13

Posted on August 22, 2011 by spyral

30 day song challenge, day 13
A song that is a guilty pleasure
Don Spencer, Bob the Kelpie

I love this song! :) I also love sheepie dogs.

So it’s been about a month since my last song challenge post, but who’s counting…

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General Bloggity

Posted on July 28, 2011 by spyral

I would love to write up my thoughts on A Dance with Dragons, which I finished on Sunday (thank you very much for holding me hostage for 2 weeks, Mr. Martin), but I’ve become afflicted with pains in my thumb and hand, probably blog-related. Expect little from me for a while. :(

Also, I went ahead and cancelled my cable TV. I’m now at the mercy of Netflix streaming. So between Lost and Hoarders, I should be ok for a while. I’ll be sure to send a raven if I become too out of touch with popculture. D’oh.

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30 day song challenge, day 12

Posted on July 19, 2011 by spyral

30 day song challenge, day 12
A song from a band you hate

I can hate lots of bands, but I especially hate Led Zepplin. Sorry, universe. It’s just the way it has to be. This song is particularly atrocious, but probably not even their worst.

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30 day song challenge, day 11

Posted on July 16, 2011 by spyral

30 day song challenge, day 11
A song from your favorite band
Mr. Bungle, Super Mario Brothers Medley

There’s that word “favorite” again. Ugh. Tough call. I’ll use this, Super Mario theme from Mr. Bungle, live at Club Lingerie in 1991. Mike Patton seems a bit drunk.

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30 day song challenge, day 10

Posted on July 13, 2011 by spyral

30 day song challenge, day 10
A song that makes you fall asleep
Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb

Anything by Pink Floyd makes me sleepy. That’s not to say I don’t like them – I love them, they’re so awesome – but anything after Syd Barrett left the band just gets me all drowsy.

Cross-posted from facebook, where this and other 30-day challenge memes have been unleashed.

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Peter Dinklage Annotated Timeline

Posted on July 12, 2011 by spyral

Since I haven’t posted in several many days, and being that I just got A Dance with Dragons with which I’ll be MIA for just as long, I thought a quick mention of the latest chart I put together on the Peter Dinklage Popularity page would suffice for a blog post.

Maybe not; history will be the judge.

I’ve been playing around with Google Docs and spreadsheets and whatnot for a good many years and love the flexibility of it. The execution of doing what you want is still somewhat limited, especially exporting. Anyways, I really love the Annotated Timeline format and thought the best use for it EVER would be to make a Peter Dinklage “Timeline of Tweets” and other social media mentions. So I did, and I can now share it with world, thanks to some Google Gadgets. More info on the Popularity Page, but basically this maps out the twitter, facebook, flicker, photobucket and a ton of other “social” sites that have people talking about Peter Dinklage.

So as I keep tabs on that busy Mr. Dinklage, I can keep you all up to date as well. It’s pretty much the best thing ever on the list of best things ever. Cross your fingers that it keeps working, because I have no idea how to fix it if it blows up.

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30 day song challenge, day 09

Posted on July 8, 2011 by spyral

30 day song challenge, day 09
A song that you can dance to
Smile.dk, Coconut

That is to say, a song you try to dance to, but just end up hopping about, gesticulating like a lunatic.

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30 day song challenge, day 08

Posted on July 7, 2011 by spyral

30 day song challenge, day 08
A song that you know all the words to
Faith No More, Falling to Pieces

I have been unable to memorize the words to any song since 1993. There is one song that I know perfectly: 1990s SNL, Steve Martin’s “Tonight Song”, but it’s not available online and it would take me too long to get the DVD. So here’s more Mikey. I think I know all the words to FNM’s The Real Thing album. Quintessential 90s video in glorious funk-colors.

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On Kittens and Sundry

Posted on July 3, 2011 by spyral

The first monsoon storm of the season hit today, breaking up the 110+ degree heat, at least for the evening.

A couple days ago, a litter of kittens appeared on my porch. Mama Cat had been hanging around the cul-de-sac for the past 3 weeks, so I guess she’s been moving them around. Everyone’s got me pegged for a sucker, so I’ve been making sure she has food, water, and a cool area for her brood to play in. We’re thinking that she belongs to someone in the neighborhood, and either they don’t know or care that she’s got kittens or they booted her out because of it.

Kittens hanging out under a bush

Everybody say wayo

Let’s be clear. I live in a cat-free household, by choice. In my head, I know that kittens, adorable as they are, grow up to be cats. But in my heart, I feel that maybe just these kitties will stay innocent, sweet, and unable to maul furniture and jump on counters. My dream kitten would have no back legs. Our two dogs love kitties; it’s the heaps of reptiles we have that have me worried. That, and Shawn hates those of the feline persuasion, and one of my good friends is extremely allergic.

So I’m forced to foster these little stowaways outside, at least until we find kindhearted fools who are willing to take in these furry bundles. We’ve been working on socializing them, and although they are still timid, they no longer hiss and spit when we pick them up, which is too bad because it sounds hilariously like our Steam Shot cleaner. *pfffsst* *pfffsst*

Cat lounging outside

Mama Cat kickin' it in the cool spot

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If I were a…

Posted on July 1, 2011 by admin

If I were a month, I’d be: March
If I were a day of the week, I’d be: Saturday
If I were a time of day, I’d be: Eventide
If I were a planet, I’d be: Mars
If I were a sea animal, I’d be: Sea otter
If I were a direction, I’d be: Southwest
If I were a piece of furniture: Beanbag
If I were a sin, I’d be: Sloth!
If I were a historical figure, I’d be: Benjamin Franklin
If I were a liquid, I’d be: Coffee
If I were a tree, I’d be: Sequoia
If I were a bird, I’d be: Toucan
If I were a tool, I’d be: Hammer
If I were a flower/plant, I’d be: Daisy
If I were a kind of weather: Drizzle
If I were a mythical creature: Eskimo
If I were a musical instrument: armonica (See Benjamin Franklin)
If I were an animal, I’d be: Some form of mustelid
If I were a color, I’d be: M&M Green
If I were an emotion, I’d be: happiness
If I were a vegetable, I’d be: spinach
If I were a sound, I’d be: feet splutching in the mud
If I were an element: Helium
If I were a car, I’d be: The Mach 5
If I were a song, I’d be: Edge of the World by Faith No More
If I were a movie, I’d be: Strange Brew
If I were a book, I’d be: Watership Down by Richard Adams
If I were a food, I’d be: Calzone (because I’m full of it!)
If I were a place, I’d be: Loserville; population: U
If I were a material, I’d be: Egyptian Cotton
If I were a taste, I’d be: Spicy
If I were a scent, I’d be: Vanilla + Buttered Popcorn
If I were a word, I’d be: Shpadoinkle
If I were an object, I’d be: Elephant Teapot
If I were a body part: Elbow
If I were a facial expression, I’d be: Wink
If I were a subject in school, I’d be: Science
If I were a cartoon character, I’d be: Wakko (Animaniacs)
If I were a shape, I’d be a: Necker Cube
If I were a number, I’d be: 3
If I were an article of clothing: T-shirt
If I were a river: Nile

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