Tuesday Beat: The Unwinding Hours - Solstice

Beautiful acoustic songs
Solstice


Let You Down

Random Beat: Beyonce - He Still Loves Me [Fighting Temptations Soundtrack]

O the joys of loving women

Today I wended my way to service because I needed to have a word with the Lord in person ... yeah He's everywhere but you know there are times when only  a church pew will do for the conversation you want to have with Him. And you know you really want to have said conversation if you are willing to battle a -4F wind chill and black ice.

So what great conversation did I wish to have? Well it was merely to apologize for having the impurest of thoughts when it comes to women ... and a few other things. Well it's 3 ladies in particular.

One is spoken for [the Lord did say thou shalt not covert another man's wife].

The second is technically no longer spoken for and is therefore fair game in theory. I gotta praise the Lord every time I see her... the Lord was good to her.

The third is sorta betrothed. Sorta because someone sorta asked and a maybe was sorta given but distance [many timezones] and faithfulness are major factors that might result in it all going the way of the dodo.

Now being a practicing [who invented this word] celibate and all, my imagination on the other hand is making full use of it's right to entertain me with the thoughts of these 3 ladies.

Sometimes I think I am single-handedly giving queer Christians a very bad name. I have surely earned an all expenses paid trip to Hades.

Random Post: I e-Paint

Soo a random fact about me: when I get stressed out and need to get out of myself I e-paint. I break out Photoshop or GIMP and have at it - I love working on flame fractals. It's excellent therapy with a relatively low cost. I normally don't show anyone my work because the color and design choices tend to show more of what's going on internally than I am willing to admit. Anyway last night I couldn't sleep so I spent some quality time with Autodesk Homestyler. Below are the results for my proposed lil bungalow by the ocean.

Tuesday Beat: Kirk Franklin - Stomp

Just because I'm feeling the song like that ...

Tuesday Beat: Coupe Decale variations

Ivory Coast and DRC in the house. Old songs that still get people on the dancefloor.
JEFF BOGOLOBANGO - Ramatoulaye [Aladji]


TEEYAH - On Va Gagner


JESSY MATADOR - "Décalé Gwada"


If you have an extra moment check out two Asian lads breaking it down to DJ Kedjevara's Tchoukou tchoukou which is also under the coupe decale umbrella. They are positively killing it.

Back to Chi, Back to Reality

Sooooooo .... How were the holidays really? Great ? Awesome? Stressful? Hard on the wallet?

• I am back home and it's time for me to get down to business. Feb 5 is coming up and that is the end of my 90days of turn around. We'll see how much progress I've made by then.
• K updates on the ladies ... the librarian might be back on the market. Would I be wrong if I put in my sales pitch now? Recall the new lass that I got called out for mentioning, well we continue to be friends, no more no less. And my ex is now firmly back in the mix. Life is never boring. :).
• Speaking of no shortage of entertainment, my niece never ceases to amaze me. Her antics had me laughing and smiling daily while her ability to grasp concepts related to tech had me concerned she will surpass me by the time she's 5. Kids of today know how to work touch toys ... at her age all I had was my bear and a chew toy to help with the teething. I couldn't even begin to think of how to work the house rotary phone.
• I sometimes ask myself what is reality and what is in my head... I see things a little differently from everyone else. Come to think of it, having a different perspective on things is probably one of my greatest assets. 

Because I'm a Lion King fan I present one of my fave scenes "Shenzi Marie Predatorra Veldetta Jackalina Hyena, will you do me the honor of becoming.... my bride?"

Reflecting on MMX

A Happy New Year to you my fellow bloggers and readers. Tis hard to believe MMXI is finally here. I had the great fortune of ringing in the new year with my family and am grateful for that. Family means a great deal to me and every moment that I get to spend with them is one that I cherish.

2010 was a year with a lot of ups and downs on the personal front. The 1st half of the year was great and I fireballed the second half - we are talking bonfire leading to ash. My life as I knew it went out of the window and I am in the process of starting things over. It's funny how the things I thought I could not live without have now been relegated to the luxury list. I hope that I have learnt enough to not make the same mistakes twice. May I continue to see the good in people and believe that people change.

In the news of 2010, I would have to say that the story that I considered the most inspirational was that of the Chilean miners who were trapped underground for more than 2 months. That story unfortunately also provided what I considered the  most chuckle worthy story of the year, that is, that of the miner with a wife and mistress. The moral of the miner's story was that one should always inform the mistress of her place in society.

The oil spill in the gulf was an an example of what not to do. Almost 5 million gallons of crude oil were released into the gulf due to a series of mistakes as well as trial and erroresque fixes.

The Haitian quake at the beginning of the year was also a story of note as it brought together people from all walks of life in a bid to aid those struck by the disaster. The technology community came together to form camps where solutions were developed and deployed real time.

Speaking of technology, who can forget the introduction of the ipad. The lil tablet was the butt of numerous jokes due to its name but it has become a very handy item to have. Even I, who thought it an impractical device to have, have had a change of heart. I am an equal opportunity techie and use Blackberry, Apple and Android products so I can't wait for a decent Android tablet to come along - I already have an iOS product.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention Julian Assange's Wikileaks brouhaha. That he was finally brought in under the crime of Sex by Surprise made for an interesting story to follow.

O let us not forget that the world cup of 2010 was won by the Vuvuzelas. The Spaniards were the runner ups.