dolor-denying ditties

Hey, everyone! Happy July 4th to my American readers, and a belated Canada Day to you Canucks as well. I've been super busy this week, but now that it's the weekend, it's time to blog, and catch up on my rss feeds, which should take up all my free time.

I finally got myself settled into my lab, and I'll be working on propulsion-based projects, of which I have no idea how to begin. But things happen as they should and I shouldn't sweat it. What matters is that I have something worth doing and studying, and I'm happy.

I'm short on things to write about for the time being, but I thought I'd ad lib some song posting, so here are the most recent songs on shuffle. Enjoy the tunes!

Regina Spektor: The Ghost of Corporate Future


Katamari Damacy OST: Cherry Blossom Color Season


The Clientele: I Can't Seem to Make You Mine (I had no idea people associate this song with The Lake House)

Richard Swift - Beautiful Heart

Hope you guys like this song. R Swift is one of my favorite solo artists to have come up these last couple of years. This is a slightly older song of his, but maybe I will talk about his new album soon. It's called the Atlantic ocean, and it is a masterpiece.

R.I.P. MJ and Farrah

It seemed rather insensitive of a news panel, discussing Michael Jackson's life, to quickly turn to the subject of his interaction with young boys. I realize that yes his behavior was suspect, and that I too have been guilty of poking fun at times, but come on. Show a little respect. Save the jokes for when we're first over the fact that he died in the first place. As much as he's lost some relevance over the years, Larry King himself said, and I am paraphrasing here, that new accusations and stories are bound to come out by supposed victims in the wake of MJ's death, but a lot of things haven't been confirmed yet, and the best we can do at this point is to just remember him for his talent, and his contribution to the world of music. And he said what I felt to be the right and appropriate thing.

Farrah Fawcett passed away as well several hours ago, succumbing to cancer. I was unfortunately not of the same generation who was endeared to her during her heyday, but my parents surely were.

some movie linkses

- The Oscars will now feature ten nominees for the Best Picture award, instead of the original 5. I think this is a good idea, mainly because it gives room for those indie/less well known films that get marginalized in favor of the regular Eastwood/Howard-directed fare. The Vulture blog lists several reasons why they're in favor of the change.

- Are you one of those people who caught the first screenings of the new Transformers movie? If you're still gushing about how great the action sequences and how this is one of the best movies of the year, Pajiba has some bad news for you. I still have not watched it, and I'm not sure I want to really see twin ebonic-speaking racial stereotype mini robots. Or "robot testicles" either, for that matter.

- Finally, here is the AV Club's retro-review of I Heart Huckabees. I love this little philosophical movie. I remember watching it with my good pal Adam during finals season when I should have been studying, and other times unsuccessfully following my sister's conversations about how great it is. She is smarter than me. Also, this is probably the best Mark Wahlberg role, in my opinion.

Oh, just FYI I won't be blogging so much in the coming weeks. In case my posting gets too intermittent, please feel free to befriend me or follow me, as it will be easier to share links and microblog when I am busy.

GET LOOSE

Nice little acoustic show on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.



That's it I swear. No more of this back and forth business. Onto more new music!

yesterday's just a memory! tomorrow's never what it's supposed to be

And I need you! Yeah you..!

No static videos to end the day. This one's for dancing. This is for baby making. This is smooth.



Argh I love this song. I want this played at every social event even if it's inappropriate.