Baby in Womb Reaches for Doctor's Hand

I'm sure that being there, in the moment, it was all magical and amazing. But seeing this pop up on CNN felt somewhere inbetween creepy and invasive.

Knew I Heard That Tune Before

Liked MSNBC's article this morning that featured the following video. Someone caught her rehearsing a mashing of Express Yourself and Lady Gaga's Born This Way.



Totally made me laugh. When I first heard Gaga's song it really bugged me how catchy-yet-hauntingly-familiar it was. (Erm… truth be told I heard Weird Al's version first) Now that's all cleared up.

The article quoted Madonna's thoughts on the copy as, “I thought, this is a wonderful way to redo my song. I mean, I recognized the chord changes. I thought it was … interesting.” Getting to know Madonna through the media and biographies over the last three decades I doubt it came out that polished. In fact, I'm willing to bet it came out initially as “Fucking bitch!” or some variant depending on whether the kids were around.

Still love Madonna. And when I saw tickets going to be available for Madison Square Garden I was completely tempted. But catching her in Ft. Lauderdale will probably be enough for me in this life. *snicker*

Edit: WTF! I guess the Madonna Legal Team already swooped into action. Well too bad! I already saved a copy… *neener neener*

Boredom is Bad

Was trying to get pictures before and after my haircut to see if there was anything I could do when Hip Hop Hooray came on XMradio. For whatever reason I switched to movie mode. I really don't care for MySpace but for some reason I decided to upload it. I suppose it's an attention thing. It's really embarrassing but it's another way to keep me out of my shell.

Money Well Spent?

Colby would be smirking at me right now, but thankfully he's a few times zones away.




It really is too expensive but I love ignoring cost when I want something. What started me iThinking was seeing RJ's alluring collection completely contained and how smooth the car-to-home transition is. My music tastes are finally maturing so there's a reason for all the space.¹ Not sure what pushed me over though. Being able to do the pictures and movies I suppose—nerd novelty.

The final barrier was my distaste for iTunes. The interface is too Mac plus I'm naturally adverse to anything that conceals data and enforces order. Yet I've been able to work with it in the past, even removing DRM with Colby's help.² It will do the album covers and lyrics, which are my minimal requirements so I'll acclimate.

Took six years to overcome my iPrejudice. Wonder if I'll ever get an iMac? Sure hope not.

Current iCount: 172 songs, 0 Videos, 0 Podcasts, 0 Pictures, 0 Contacts. (147gb free)

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1. All of my music prior to 2000 ripped to just over 12gb. In the last seven years that has more than tripled.
2. Hopefully that process has gotten smoother.