Yesterday I came home at night to find my bike gone.
Cool.
Today I came home at night to find a scorpion in my apartment. (I live on a second floor.)
Really cool.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Listen to this song. It's called Earth by Imogen Heap.
This song is the coolest! The meter is so catchy. It's 6/8, but every other bar is a hemiola, similar to the opening of Bryn by Vampire Weekend, or the classic America from West Side Story. Or, maybe it's written in 3/4 and every other bar emphasizes syncopation. Either way, it's the best.
The harmonic progression, the timbre of her voice, the counterpoint used in the opening--all are so unique. I've never heard anything like it, especially not in a mainstream artist.
The coolest part, though, is what the song conveys through the lyrics. At first it sounds like a woman talking to a new boyfriend, scolding him. But if you look closer... the title of the song is Earth. This is actually supposed to be the Earth talking to us (and I'm sure that if Mother Earth had a voice, it would sound like Imogen Heap):
Baby behave, we'll make it work
Baby behave, we'll make it work
You're not golden and I'm getting tired
Act like you own the place when really you've only just arrived
I caught first glimmers in hides and skins
Look who's all grown up, black swanning about the solar winds
You're gonna lose it all and find yourself on your knees
So get a grip and you might flow, reverse the great slow bleed
I've tried patience but you always want a war
This house won't tolerate anymore
Stop this right away
Put that down and clean this mess up
End of conversation
Put your back in it and make it up to me now
The cold shoulder folded arms and looking up
You've never listened, carry on careless regardless
This is not a fire drill and if we hold any hope
It's harmonic connection and stereo symbiosis
These Legoland empires choking out my now
You're everywhere, everywhere multiplying around me
Child, a strain on my heart
This rock can't tolerate anymore
Stop this right away
Put that down and clean this mess up
End of conversation
Put your back in it and make it up to me now
Baby behave, we'll make it work
Baby behave, we'll make it work
I have to wonder why hear what we do on the radio when there is such artistry out there.
This song is the coolest! The meter is so catchy. It's 6/8, but every other bar is a hemiola, similar to the opening of Bryn by Vampire Weekend, or the classic America from West Side Story. Or, maybe it's written in 3/4 and every other bar emphasizes syncopation. Either way, it's the best.
The harmonic progression, the timbre of her voice, the counterpoint used in the opening--all are so unique. I've never heard anything like it, especially not in a mainstream artist.
The coolest part, though, is what the song conveys through the lyrics. At first it sounds like a woman talking to a new boyfriend, scolding him. But if you look closer... the title of the song is Earth. This is actually supposed to be the Earth talking to us (and I'm sure that if Mother Earth had a voice, it would sound like Imogen Heap):
Baby behave, we'll make it work
Baby behave, we'll make it work
You're not golden and I'm getting tired
Act like you own the place when really you've only just arrived
I caught first glimmers in hides and skins
Look who's all grown up, black swanning about the solar winds
You're gonna lose it all and find yourself on your knees
So get a grip and you might flow, reverse the great slow bleed
I've tried patience but you always want a war
This house won't tolerate anymore
Stop this right away
Put that down and clean this mess up
End of conversation
Put your back in it and make it up to me now
The cold shoulder folded arms and looking up
You've never listened, carry on careless regardless
This is not a fire drill and if we hold any hope
It's harmonic connection and stereo symbiosis
These Legoland empires choking out my now
You're everywhere, everywhere multiplying around me
Child, a strain on my heart
This rock can't tolerate anymore
Stop this right away
Put that down and clean this mess up
End of conversation
Put your back in it and make it up to me now
Baby behave, we'll make it work
Baby behave, we'll make it work
I have to wonder why hear what we do on the radio when there is such artistry out there.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Work is great, but... (there's one and only one but)...
I need to be more loving.
I need to to do others as I would have done to me.
I need to remember that not everyone has a perfect life like me. That things exist is other people's lives and other people's pasts that I know nothing about.
I need to pray for patience and the ability to love my neighbor.
I need the Lord's help with this one.
(I have met a difficult person).
I need to be more loving.
I need to to do others as I would have done to me.
I need to remember that not everyone has a perfect life like me. That things exist is other people's lives and other people's pasts that I know nothing about.
I need to pray for patience and the ability to love my neighbor.
I need the Lord's help with this one.
(I have met a difficult person).
