Friday, 22 September 2001 11:59pm
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ere are my fifteen (or so) songs that "when put together onto a single CD, could tell the story of who [I am]; and why [I am] the way [I am]? What [my story is], told through music", a topic suggested by MC on the slinkstar message boards. Since it's supposed to be background music for my whole life, I felt like I needed to get in enough variety to fit a number of different moods. Anyway, in no particular order:
  1. Sting - Seven Days - My #1 favorte song by Sting
  2. Sting - The Wild Wild Sea - For When I don't know what to do
  3. PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - For reminiscing, of course
  4. Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen's Blues - Optimism for when it seems like Superman is your competition for the heart of my own Lois Lane
  5. U2 - Beautiful Day - The sun is out, the breeze is cool, and the top is down!
  6. Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride - For all the suckaZ that wish they had my skillZ
  7. Snoop - It Ain't No Fun - For braggin' about the mad ho's I be pimpin'
  8. Got Rice - Nothing is funnier or truer to life than full-bore stereotype
  9. Tom Petty - A Face In The Crowd - For those times when I'm lost
  10. Basement Jaxx - Red Alert - The living, non-stop party side of Vegas
  11. John Coltrane & Duke Ellington - In A Sentimental Mood - The seedy side of Vegas.
  12. Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats - For rockin' the block
  13. Young MC - Bust A Move - Ahhhh the early 90's
  14. A-Ha - Take On Me - Ahhhh, the 80's
  15. Metallica - Damage, Inc. - Pure unbridled anger.
  16. Boom Boom Satellites - On A Painted Desert - The struggle on a climb to great achievement. This is a great track, everyone should find it. (I'm not suggesting anything illegal, wink wink).

So there it is. The soundtrack to my life. All tracks subject to change. Hmmmm, maybe I should reorder the tracks better and actually burn a CD or Minidisc of these songs. That would probably be a pretty cool idea, actually!
Anyway, I know it's been a while since I updated, but I assure you, I'm fine and things are great. I just installed a new 16x CD burner in my computer, and boy is it great! I put the old, slow 6x one in my Mac so now I have Mac CD burning capability as well.
Here's sort of a humorous story from the emotional aftermath of the terrorist attacks. If you are not familiar with San Diego, first let me preface this by saying that the San Diego International Airport is right next to Downtown San Diego. Maybe I'll get a pic of this tomorrow to show you. Well I wasn't there, but I'm relaying this story to you.
My friend Lawrence and his girlfriend were driving down toward Downtown San Diego to take care of some business before heading back up northward to visit me. As they saw the tall buildings of the San Diego skyline in the distance, they noticed an airplane swooping quite low and heading straight for the buildings. Lawrence saw it, but he didn't say anything just in case his girlfriend hadn't noticed it. Well, she did notice it and she freaked out, thinking the plane was heading for the buildings, when (unbeknownst to her), it was really heading for the airport which is literally right next door.
Ok, maybe that's not funny to everybody, but I got a good laugh out of it. Actually I kinda felt bad about laughing because she was really worried about it... But it was still funny to me. Am I mean? I dunno.
Anyway. That's it for today's update. Bye bye.