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| I was listening to the bluegrass station (on XM) this morning on the way to work. Imagine my surprise at hearing Chinese... something about bbq pork... and dancing all night... in Mandarin, nonetheless. The song was "Uncle Earl - Streak O' Lean, Streak O' Fat". Here are some lyrics. Try to picture a Chinese guy with a high-pitched voice screaming these lines maniacally, while a banjo is playing in the background.
Kuai lai yi wan hongshao rou
Bring on the braised fatty pork
Xiang zheyang zenme huoxia qu
Living like this, how can we go on?
Jinzhao he jiu jinzhao zui
Today we drink, today we're wasted | | |
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Apple, you rock my world. I used to be into gadgets, but nothing has appealed to me lately. My current phone has no internet, no camera. Every time I deal with Vista at work, my stress levels go through the roof. Thank you Apple -- I forgot what it was like to be exicted about a new technology. | | |
| go-karting: It's fun, but I need to be in better shape for this.
biking: Finally. :)
swing dancing: I like the music and the style. Now if only I could do swivels.
Set: As one person who I introduced this to said, this game is mental crack.
best quiz: Are you a modern major general?
biggest disappointment: iKaraoke
Hope everyone has a good 2007! | | |
| Warning - this interview contains Project Runway spoilers.
Hi Tim, welcome to my little corner of the web.
Hi, good to be here.
Tim, I'm going to cut to the chase. This show has lost all integrity. I enjoyed watching it the first season because it was different from other reality shows in that the focus was on talent rather than drama. Bad people were eliminated and good people won the challenges. Now, who loses or wins has everything to do with their drama-producing ability, and NOTHING to do with their talent, or lack thereof. What happened?
I, too, am dismayed at the circus (no offense to Cirque de Soleil) that this show has become. After the first two seasons, higher-ups noticed that this show was getting good ratings. They added some producers with a business background. These producers care little for fashion, but influence the show -- including the so-called "judging" -- to ensure even higher ratings. They keep Angela and Vincent on because they think people more people will watch it.
Do you think more people watch when there's drama?
I'm not sure. I'd like to think that if the show was just about the clothes, then people would still enjoy it. In any case, it doesn't make sense to me to alienate the core fan-base of the show.
It was bad enough that Jeffrey's dress didn't win the recycleable challenge, but how do you explain Vincent's piece of donkey turd beating out Uli's beautiful design? I mean, personally I'm not a fan of Uli's style but even I was blown away.
The producers were smoking a stronger strain of crack than usual. Usually they go with Colombian, but this time they tried Peruvian and I guess it affected their judgement.
How do you feel being a part of this?
Let's just say I hope I can get out of my contract before next season. | | |
| I got my first NPR sunday morning puzzle. I'm bad at word games in general, though (especially on the spot), so I'll hand the phone over to Angela if they call.
Name a phrase where the first word starts with 'r' and the third word starts with 'f'. If you replace the 'f' with a 'v', you get a synonym of the word that starts with 'r'.
r_ and f_
The only mainstream songs I like these days are hip hop. After months of being infatuated with "Check on It", I'm now digging this song.
[ Listening to: Busta Rhymes ft. Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott - Touch It (remix) ]
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