Archive for February, 2006

Rediscovering my record collection

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

I had no idea I had so many CDs I’d forgotten about! I’m busy re-ripping some of them again, but they’re all so good! They bring back memories, too:

Eva Cassidy … unrequited love, and some of my best days
Dave Koz … my brief pop-jazz dabbling at uni
The Verve … teenage years

And there’s a whole other box somewhere! So exciting!

Humphrey

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

When my father came down last weekend he brought down Humphrey for me. Humphrey’s my huge cuddly dog that my mother made for me when I was tiny. He’s always been around and always lived on my bed (while there was space for him, anyway). Now he’s got his place back – look!

Humphrey

Semisonic songs

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

Over the past few days I’ve been taking refuge in some CDs I bought to keep me happy. I’m just listening to one of them now – Semisonic’s Feeling Strangely Fine. The music’s wonderful and bouncy, but if you actually listen to the lyrics it’s saying something else completely… There’s a site that has lyrics for the album here. Have a read – there’s some good stuff in there if you’re feeling depressed.

The other Semisonic albums are generally happier, which is nice :)

Scary MSN ad…

Monday, February 20th, 2006

So here I was innocently chatting to Mark on MSN, but what should I notice on the MSN window?

Scary MSN chat ad

Just at the bottom, on the left. No, it’s not Photoshopped. Yes, it is scary.

So – parents need to be wary of Microsoft as well as lecherous old men on the Internet. Won’t somebody think of the children?

Poor little blighter

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Poor little blighter