The Wisdom Of Stewart Copeland 01
Friday, August 17, 2007"Copeland is also noted for his heavy emphasis on the groove as a compliment to the song, rather than displays of technical prowess. He once drove this point home at a drum clinic: Copeland announced that he would show the audience something "that very few modern drummers can do," and proceeded to play a simple rock beat for two minutes."
- Wikipedia
Because You Choose Not To Know Or See Or Hear Or Believe
Everything was headed down this path. I knew it and I was just waiting for it. And, true enough, it happened just as I wanted it to. Without any effort from me, with no help from anyone. Not even from you. Most especially, not from you. To have lent a hand or to have let anyone at all lend a hand in it would have repeated the cycle all over again.
But, since you always choose to doubt - and I love that about you, among countless other characteristics of yours that you choose to call quirks - perhaps, you failed to perceive the changes that have took place.
I cannot blame you. Since time immemorial, I have been doubted and I am still doubted by many, if not all. Anyway, it would have been too much to ask of you to have faith in me.
Now, you have found the pieces left in the wake of everything that has happened. And, despite the violation that I would never have committed against you, I am not angry. At least, not totally.
And if I have to spend the rest of my life allaying your fears, then I would be honored to do so as I now believe it is my dharma.
Boredom Defined
Q: What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
A: There is no such thing as fast food. Take for example Minute Burger. It takes their staff MINUTES to prepare the burgers, you know.
Q: What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
A: There are stand-up restaurants? Har har.
Q: On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant?
A: For bad service, the size of the tip of my middle finger. For good ones, the size of the tip of my thumb.
Q: What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of it?
A: First, delete the it and it'd be a correct question. As for the answer, I'd rather not eat for two weeks.
Q: What are your pizza toppings of choice?
A: slices of lamb and pheasant, and basil leaves and black olives
Q: What do you like to put on your toast?
A: one whole roasted calf
TECHNOLOGY
Q: What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A: a photo of Stevie Nicks
Q: How many televisions are in your house?
A: two
BIOLOGY
Q: Are you right-handed or left-handed?
A: Because I do things carefully, I am still both-handed.
Q: Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
A: Do bullets and shrapnel count?
Q: What is the last heavy item you lifted?
A: a bag of cymbals and drum hardware
Q: Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
A: As far as I can remember, I've been punched - or hit with something - and have never been mistaken for a door.
BULLCRAPOLOGY
Q: If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
A: First, change the were to are as it is a fact that we are all going to die. Second, what makes you think that I don't know?
Q: If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
A: Wisely. Then I'd join the next elections. Har har.
Q: What color do you think looks best on you?
A: With a lot of people unaware of color composition, it wouldn't really matter now, would it?
Q: Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
A: Intentionally, yes. By mistake, no.
Q: Have you ever saved someone's life?
A: Me? Save? Har har.
Q: Has someone ever saved yours?
A: Me? Saved? Har har.
DAREOLOGY
Q: Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
A: My kiss is priceless, regardless of gender. Har har.
Q: Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A: Supposing that my fingers would ever become little, perhaps.
Q: Would you never blog again for $50,000?
A: Here's the thing: I'm the one holding the gun…
Q: Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1,000?
A: I'd happily drink the contents but the entire bottle? Nah.
Q: Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human's life for $1,000,000?
A: It wouldn't be fun without the fear - money or no money.
DUMBOLOGY
Q: What is in your left pocket?
A: The one in front or the one at the back?
Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
A: I haven't seen it yet.
Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
A: As it is raining, yes. But they're both on me. Har har.
Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A: We don't have chairs in the shower…
Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
A: half, most of the time, thanks to our dachshund, Butch
Q: Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
A: I had to take them down.
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: I'll grow old but I'll never grow UP.
Q: Who is number 1 on your top 6?
A: It's a tie between Bert Marcelo and Apeng Daldal.
LASTOLOGY
Q: Friend you talked to?
A: Tonio, via YM
Q: Last person who called you?
A: Ms. Juliet Jang
Q: Person you hugged?
A: Maria
Q: Person you kissed?
A: Maria
FAVORITOLOGY
Q: Number?
A: 1 because I've been playing the drums for a year now. Next year, my favorite number will be 2. And so on and so forth. Har har.
Q: Season?
A: salt and pepper
CURRENTOLOGY
Q: Missing someone?
A: As of the last head count, no.
Q: Mood?
A: hung over
Q: Listening to?
A: the drumming in my temples
Q: Watching?
A: my weight
Q: Worrying about?
A: Me? Worry? Har har. The answers would engulf continents.
RANDOMOLOGY
Q: First place you went this morning?
A: wc
Q: What can you not wait to do?
A: I cannot wait to beat the living daylights out of my uncle from California, for starters.
Q: Do you smile often?
A: Why would I do want to that?
Q: Are you a friendly person?
A: I have six faces and three hearts. Go figure.
Ulster 1912 (Rudyard Kipling)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007THE DARK eleventh hour
Draws on and sees us sold
To every evil power
We fought against of old.
Rebellion, rapine, hate,
Oppression, wrong and greed
Are loosed to rule our fate,
By England’s act and deed.
The Faith in which we stand,
The laws we made and guard,
Our honour, lives, and land
Are given for reward
To Murder done by night,
To Treason taught by day,
To folly, sloth, and spite,
And we are thrust away.
The blood our fathers spilt,
Our love, our toils, our pains,
Are counted us for guilt,
And only bind our chains.
Before an Empire’s eyes
The traitor claims his price.
What need of further lies?
We are the sacrifice.
We asked no more than leave
To reap where we had sown,
Through good and ill to cleave
To our own flag and throne.
Now England’s shot and steel
Beneath that flag must show
How loyal hearts should kneel
To England’s oldest foe.
We know the war prepared
On every peaceful home,
We know the hells declared
For such as serve not Rome—
The terror, threats, and dread
In market, hearth, and field—
We know, when all is said.
We perish if we yield.
Believe, we dare not boast,
Believe, we do not fear
We stand to pay the cost
In all that men hold dear.
What answer from the North?
One Law, one Land, one Throne!
If England drive us forth
We shall not fall alone!
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In A Rut
Friday, August 10, 2007
You are The Emperor
Stability, power, protection, realization; a great person.
The Emperor is the great authority figure of the Tarot, so it represents fathers, father-figures and employers. There is a lot of aggression and violence too.
The Emperor naturally follows the Empress. Like an infant, he is filled with enthusiasm, energy, and aggression. He is direct, guileless and all too often irresistible. Unfortunately, like a baby, he can also be a tyrant. Impatient, demanding, controlling. In the best of circumstances, he signifies the leader that everyone wants to follow, sitting on a throne that indicates the solid foundation of an Empire he created, loves, and rules with intelligence and enthusiasm. But that throne can also be a trap, a responsibility that has the Emperor feeling restless, bored, and discontent.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
For Maria
Tuesday, July 24, 2007It’s never been easy for me
To find words to go along with a melody.
But, this time, there’s actually something on my mind,
So please forgive these few brief awkward lines.
Since I’ve met you, my whole life has changed.
It’s not just my furniture you’ve rearranged.
I was living in the past but somehow you’ve brought me back,
And I haven’t felt like this since before Frankie said, "Relax."
And while I know, based on my track record,
I might not seem like the safest bet.
All I’m asking you is don’t write me off just yet.
For years, I’ve been telling myself the same old story,
That I’m happy to live off my so-called former glories.
But you’ve given me a reason to take another chance.
Now, I need you despite the fact that you’ve killed all my plants.
And though I know I’ve already blown more chances
Than anyone should ever get.
All I’m asking you is don’t write me off just yet.
Don’t write me off just yet.
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