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I Love You Internet (and Olivia Newton John).

Periapex — Sun, 11 May 2008 04:55:36 +0000

I haven’t been able to do as much blogging as I would have liked these last few weeks because of the Pro Am that we were working towards, The Girl’s job transition, and our on-going landscaping project. Probably more importantly, however, some other internet interests have also captured my time.

Here’s a song that sums things up. I’ve reworked the lyrics to an Olivia Newton John song. The very first CD that I ever owned was one by her. Click the play button to listen to the song as you sing the lyrics below:

[See post to listen to audio]

Maybe I hang around here
A little more than I should
The Girl says I’ve got somewhere else to go
But I got something to tell you
That I never thought I would
But I believe you really ought to know

I love you
I honestly love you

You don’t have to Comment
I see it in your Tweets
Maybe it was better left unsaid
This is pure and simple
And you should realize
That it’s coming from my heart and not my Wall

I love you
I need to Twitter you

I’m not trying to make you feel uncomfortable
I’m not trying to Chain Drop at all
But something like Entrecard doesn’t come along everyday
And you shouldn’t blow the chance
When you’ve got the chance to say

I love you
I have to email you

If we both were born
In another place and time
This moment might be ending on a BBS
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we’ll just be leaving it at this

I love you
I really must blog you
I have to facebook you

Compare and Contrast.

Periapex — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:58:00 +0000

To have loved and lost is the theme today.

Besides Bryan Adams, when he used know how to rock, Roxette back in the late 80’s/early 90’s influenced my musical taste immensely. Marie’s looks and voice have haunted me to this day–so much so that The Girl and I recently performed a Viennese Waltz to one of their songs.

Marie is a survivor of brain cancer.

Here is “Crash, Boom, Bang”, the Viennese Waltz, and “Spending My Time”, the unplugged version:

Compare and Contrast.

Ameloblast — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:40:00 +0000

I started to like Van Halen once Sammy joined then, so you know my preference.

An Open Letter.

Periapex — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:54:00 +0000

Dear The Girl,

You have changed. I love you for that.

For the first time since I’ve known you, you have shown maturity and self-control in a situation that, in the past, would have controlled you. You have risen out of your past. I can see that you are bursting out of the arms that continue to encircle you after all of these years. It’s not because they are losing the strength of their grip. It’s because you have changed and grown and they can no longer contain you.

As others in your life encircle you and pull you down into their abysmal lives of frustration, and regret, they truly will sink.

I am happy though. You have finally found a way to swim with me up to the surface where the seaweed tickles but has no power to pull us asunder, where we can feel the warmth of the sun on our faces and view the endless horizon of time–to be one with life, to be a positive light, and to let the currents take us where they may.

On this road, that lies before us
Live the love, the joy and sorrow
But we will always try to remember
The pain today, is the joy tomorrow

And now together, together
Love will be much better, yes it will
Together together, our love will share
And forever forever love will keep us together
And together, together our lives will change

But until then, till then we will follow
Follow this road endlessly, we believe,
That we have found love from this moment
From this moment until forever

And now together, together
Love will be much better, yes it will
Together together, our love will share
And forever forever love will keep us together
And together, together our lives will change
And forever forever love will keep us together
And together, together our lives will change

Together (Words and Music by Joey Gregorash)

A Song for a Fish.

Periapex — Wed, 30 May 2007 22:29:00 +0000

Hector has just hours left. This video is for him:

Are these times contagious
I’ve never been this bored before
Is this the prize I’ve waited for
Now with the hours passing
There’s nothing left here to insure
I long to find a messenger
Have I got a long way to run
Have I got a long way to run
Yeah, I run

Is there a cure among us
From this processed sanity
I weaken with each voice that sings
Now, in this world of purchase
I’m going to buy back memories
To awaken some old qualities

Have I got a long way to run
Have I got a long way to run
Yeah, I run
Yeah, I run

Have I got a long way
Have I got a long way
Have I got a long way to run
Have I got a long way to run

Yeah, I run (have I got a long way to run)
Yeah, I run (have I got a long way to run)
Yeah, I run (have I got a long way to run)
Yeah, I run (have I got a long way to run)

–Run by Collective Soul

A Sharp Samba.

Ameloblast — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:37:00 +0000

This is samba the way it should be danced:

And this is one of our favourite songs to samba to:

The Girl is in Cali.

Ameloblast — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:53:00 +0000

The Girl has made it to Cali, Colombia and is enjoying the hot weather down there. We’re starting to get tired of the KFC that we’ve been eating since yesterday and we miss her. Here’s my new favourite waltz which makes me think of her, but also of a post I wrote a long time ago when I was much younger–and also of Brokeback Mountain:

Bryan Adams – I Will Always Return (Finale)

I hear the wind call my name
The sound that leads me home again
It sparks up the fire – a flame that still burns
To you I will always return
I know the road is long but where you are is home
Wherever you stay – I’ll find the way
I’ll run like the river – I’ll follow the sun
I’ll fly like an eagle – to where I belong

I can’t stand the distance – I can’t dream alone
I can’t wait to see you – Yes I’m on my way home

Now I know it’s true
My every road leads to you
And in the hour of darkness
Your light gets me through

You run like the river – you shine like the sun
You fly like an eagle
You are the one
I’ve seen every sunset
And with all that I’ve learned
Oh it’s to you – I will always return

It’s from the Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron soundtrack. The main version is a Viennese waltz while the finale is a slower waltz.

To the Girl, From the Boy.

Ameloblast — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:35:00 +0000

Me: You should write her a thank you on the blog.

The Boy: But I can tell her at home.

Me: But our readership is up and she likes when everyone knows how much you love her.

The Boy: Um Ok.

“Dear The Girl,

These arrived at work today and I knew they were from you because your name was on the card (”from The Girl”). Thank you! Hope you like what I got you.

Love, The Boy.”

Me: That’s it?

The Boy: Yeah why?

Me: Well it is Valentine’s Day. It might be good to put a little more thought into it. How do you really feel about her right now.

The Boy: Well I feel like between us it’s a book–that we’re a book of some kind. And there’s love and dancing and I’m just so happy she’s with me forever. There’s music and laughing and crying. But we’re together.

Me: Aha. I know just the thing for you:

Compare and Contrast in 100 Words or Less.

Ameloblast — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:22:00 +0000

Let’s smash some pumpkins. Although I like a lot of their stuff, they really suck live (as most bands do these days).

But Shania…well I wonder if she’d be willing to come sing at the Pig Roast. This is my favourite song of hers. Shouldn’t surprise you…I’m a sucker for the sentiment in it.

Awesome Rumbas.

Ameloblast — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:03:00 +0000

That’s some really, really, good dancing that we’ll never be able to come close to, but it doesn’t hurt to try. This is our current favourite song to rumba to: