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[ziparumpazoo]

~One day I will actually listen to the lyrics of a song before I drive everyone around me nuts humming it. Problem is that it's catchy and I tend to gravitate towards the audio texture before the words. (there's a Britney Spears song - don't judge me - with a passage that starts out with the treble turned right off, then it fades in until it's equalized with the base that is just like candy to the audio parts of my brain... kind of like how catching the light hitting an object a certain way just takes my breath away and demands a photo be taken)

Or, you know, my husband telling me "You know that Mumford and Son's album, half the songs are about death, right?"

Um....

~Starting to get the hang of Tumblr. Sort of. Except for the part with the animated gifs that make my eyes cross and I can't find a way to make them stop moving. (I'm ADD enough without things flashing in my peripheral vision) I am getting too old for this internet thing...hey look! Shiny thing!

~My Fringe DVDs have crossed the border (which makes it sound like they snuck across in the dead of night and under threat of deportation). And my order from MEC is on its way. I love online tracking, except for the part where it's addictive and I keep hoping that if I hit refresh just one more time, TODAY will be the day that my packages will leave the distribution centers and show up in my mailbox.

~On Sunday, it was 29C. This morning it was -2C. With frost. Am currently wearing wool socks. (which I like, don't get me wrong). I'm just not ready for this insta-fall weather. And I can't find my ice scraper for my car.

~Celebrated our 10-year shacking up anniversary at the end of last month. I love living in a country that will legalize just about anything as long as they can figure out a way to get more taxes out of you.

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[ziparumpazoo]

(with English songs, sometimes I have to do that, as learning them only by listening is much harder or sometimes I don't understand everything)

Oh yeah, French songs are even worse because I have to concentrate on separating the lyrics from the music even more and sometimes I miss the slang references. It's maddening to realize when you're been singing a song wrong for years! ;)

why everyone calls Britney Brittany.

That would be my terrible typing today. *blushes* I think I've become too reliant on my phone's autocorrect and forget to pay attention unless there's a big red line underneath. Thanks for setting me straight. :)

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

For that reason, in my youth when I did not speak English yet, I rather listened to German songs. The lyrics are ALWAYS important to me, I want to know what a song is about, I could not listen to English music just to enjoy the music. I also don't like scores from movies or such, I need lyrics. I want to know what the singer is telling me.

And yeah, as a child I also changed the English so that it sounded like German but of course did not make any sense ;)

Well, maybe in this case (and I am really sorry for correcting you) but I really have seen it so often, it can't always be only mistyping. I think some people really don't know.

(Commenting again just to show off my shiny new icon - got that hug in Birmingham back in May - fourth time I met him and I was rather happy that I did not have to travel so far to Vancouver for it like the last two times)

[ziparumpazoo]

Oh no worries, really. At least it wasn't a more embarrassing typo. ;)

That is a really great picture for an icon. Nice and clear.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Here is the full version, if you wanna see: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/31534.html

The funny thing is, I remember back in 2006, the very first con ever with him, and we all were so nervous and did not know whether it was even allowed to touch him. Now he is much more relaxed and almost everyone got such a hug, it was just natural.