Ten VERY RANDOM questions

You know the drill. Answer the questions and then post on your blog to expose yourself to ridicule. If you don’t post this within 48 hours of receiving a tag, for the rest of your life, more than two thirds of every breath you take will be nitrogen.

1. If I were to engage in sexual activity with three members of the sex to which I am currently not attracted, I would choose:

2. Of the following list:
Pedagogue
Bodewash
Vicissitude
Anthropophagy
Callipygian
Steatopygic
Defenestrate
… my favorite is:

3. You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down; you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lies on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?

4. Rank the following from 1 to 5 (1 being the best):
Tri-cut Manila Folders
Q-Tip Brand Cotton Swabs
A highball glass full of tepid drinking water
Three assorted length drywall screws

5. Describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about your mother.

6. How many States can you name from memory?

7. If you were to rename yourself (First, Middle and Last), what would you choose?

8. Which of the following does not belong:

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG
Mercedes-Benz SLC Gullwing
Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG

9. Pick one:
Matthew McConaughey
Josh Lucas
David Beckham

10. Pick one:
Eva Mendes
Vanessa Marcil
Eva Longoria

FOUR

DIRECTIONS: Now, here's what you're supposed to do (if you want to). Copy and paste this into a new note on your Notes page (under your profile tab). Erase my answers and type in your own answers.

The theory is that you will learn a lot of little known facts about those who know you.

Four names that people called you:
1. Rainer
2. Rimshot
3. Mr. Hachenberg
4. Asshat

Four jobs I have had:
1. Architectural Rendering/Animation – Project Manager
2. Stock/bag boy
3. YMCA of the USA – Buildings and Facilities Services – Architectural Graphics
4. Draftsman

Four movies I would watch more than once:
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Hero
3. Shawn of the Dead
4. Anchorman

Four places I have lived:
1. Koeln, Germany
2. Des Plaines, IL
3. Prospect Heights, IL
4. Bloomingdale, IL

Four places I have been:
1. Janesville, WI
2. South Bend, IN
3. Nashville, TN
4. Santa Monica, CA

Four People who e-mail me (regularly):
1. UK National Lottery
2. Deposed Nigerian Leader
3. Hot sexy lesbian on camera Right Now!
4. Free Viagra

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Rouladen
2. Goulash soup
3. Granny Smith Apples
4. Spree

Four places I'd rather be right now:
1. Fabulous Las Vegas, NV
2. Koeln, Germany
3. 1986
4. Anyplace but here

Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. March 7th - Fun with friends
2. March 27th – Jerry’s Basement @ Famous Freddie’s, Mt Prospect
3. March 28th – Jerry’s Basement @ The Chicago Loop, Streamwood
4. May 8th – Queensryche @ Chicago HOB

Four TV shows that I watch:
1. Big Bang Theory
2. House
3. Bones
4. um…..

Tune for the day (with link)

GREEN TINTED SIXTIES MIND

She just woke up, but she's still tired
Is that the telephone ringing?
The curtains can't hold back the light
That's reaching into her dreams
Down in her heart
If it had fingers, it'd be tearing it apart

You be lookin' groovy
In a sixties movie
Maybe tell the press you died
Little legend baby
Try your very best to hide
A green-tinted sixties mind

She keeps some memories locked away
But they are always escaping
neglect won't make them fade away
They're reaching into her dreams
Down in her heart
Don't need fingers to be tearing it apart

Gotta face the day
There is no other way
To clear the fog inside your mind
Fill it up with dreams
But all that you can seem to find
A green-tinted sixties mind

Hangin' out with Janis
Movin' to Atlantis
Could've made it if you tried
What's the point of force
It's easy as a horse to ride
A green-tinted sixties mind

You be looking groovy
In a sixties movie
Maybe tell the press you died
Little legend baby
Try your very best to hide
A green-tinted sixties mind
-U can't hide-

Odi et amo. Quare id faciam fortasse requiris.
Nescio, sed fieri sentio, et excrucior.

The List - Version 1.0

Song Title - Artist (Notes)
1. I Saw Her Standing There - Beatles, The
2. Can't Get Enough - Bad Company
3. Rock 'N' Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
4. Stay In Time - Off Broadway
5. No Matter What - Badfinger
6. Up Around the Bend - Credence Clearwater Revival (Hanoi Rocks)
7. Hey Baby - Ted Nugent
8. Slither - Velvet Revolver (Drop D)
9. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World (Drop D)
10. Everlong - Foo Fighters (Drop D)
11. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
12. I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
13. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (Van Halen)
14. She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes, The (Alternate Tuning)
15. Love Me Two Times - Doors, The

- B R E A K -

16. Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
17. Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
18. No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper (Vocals: SPidER)
19. The Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy
20. The Boys Are Back - Thin Lizzy
21. Come Together - Beatles, The
22. Full Moon (Turn My Head Around) - Off Broadway (Vocals: Dan / Bass: Rainer)
23. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
24. Young Lust - Pink Floyd
25. Tie Your Mother Down - Queen (Vocals: SPidER)
26. Gimme Three Steps - Lynard Skynard (Vocals: Dan)
27. California Man - Cheap Trick
28. Bad Moon - Credence Clearwater Revival
29. Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
30. Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats, The
31. Star Baby - Guess Who, The
32. That Thing You Do - Wonders, The (Vocals: Dan)
33. LaGrange - ZZ Top
34. Surrender - Cheap Trick

Of course, this is subject to change, and I'm 85% certain it will change at least twice

Band Practice

Ah, I love it when live gives you a pleasant little surprise.

Today, like most every Sunday, was rehearsal day. This would be the last day of working on new songs before three weeks of tweaking and re-tweaking the set list for the show March 14th at the J&J Lounge in Chicago.

I'd expected things to go poorly. We've been at it for long enough now where the pace of 4 or 5 new songs per week was starting to stretch the limits of some of our (ok, I'll be immodest...THEIR) abilities.

It turns out I was very wrong. After a sort of rough first number, rehearsal went swimmingly. We tore through the new material and massaged it into our own style (SPidER calls this process "dragging it through the basement") and I called of several songs that we haven't messed with in months.

The background and harmony vocals were outstanding today, and spirits grew ever higher as success after success was the result of song after song.

So, next week it is time to work on 'The List'.

A Life in Six Words x 6

Found this HERE. Thought I'd have a go at it.

1. Could anyone know better than me?

2. It appears the answer is ‘yes’.

3. So we start again, and again…

4. …and again. Tedious, is it not?

5. Perhaps contentment can take happiness’s place.

6. It’s a thought, we shall see.

Now it's your turn. Go, write...and let me know so I can be a literary voyeur.

Tag - you're it.

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE...

...WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?

1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For the first question, type the song that’s playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button TWICE
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool... just type it in man!
7. Tag people


OPENING CREDITS:
Save Yourself - Jonny Lang

WAKING UP
Come Dancing - The Kinks

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Mr. Brownstone - Guns 'N' Roses

FALLING IN LOVE
With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker

FIRST TIME
Wild Flower - The Cult

FIGHT SONG
One Way Or Another - Blondie

BREAKING UP
Dying To Live - Jonny Lang

PROM
Right To Be Wrong - Joss Stone

LIFE
Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' On Me) Pt.1 - Joss Stone

MENTAL BREAKDOWN
C-Lebrity - Queen + Paul Rogers

DRIVING
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker

FLASHBACK
Highway To Hell - AC/DC

GETTING BACK TOGETHER
To Love Again - Jonny Lang

WEDDING
Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry

BIRTH OF A CHILD
Goodie Two Shoes - Adam and the Ants

FINAL BATTLE
Plenty of Music - New York Dolls

DEATH SCENE
Glorified G - Pearl Jam

FUNERAL SONG
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

END CREDITS
Bang a Gong (Get it On) - Marc Bolan & T.Rex

Interview

Do you plan in advance
Can one plan in retrospect?

What makes you laugh?
Activation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex

What three words would your best friend use to describe you?
Who is he?

Where do you see yourself in five years?
Celebrating the fifth year anniversary of this question

Do you own any pets, and if so what do you have?
My greyhound Molly

Do you have any tattoos, and if so what and where?
Yes, on my left shoulder

How do you feel?
With my hands, mostly

What size shoes do you wear?
10.5 (US)

Water or 100% Juice?
Water

Would you rather be hot or cold?
Cold

Favorite Place to Eat?
Mom's

Opera, Musical, Concert, Play, Performance, or Other?
Concert

What is your favorite clothing brand?
Armani

If you had to pick one car, which would it be?
Other

Your favorite Disney Films?
I dunno

What was your last thought?
Other

Juice and crackers or milk and cookies?
milk = yuk

Favorite fruit?
Why must I have favorites of arbitrary things? Oh, and granny smith apples

Are you a cat or a dog person?
dog

Would you rather be blind or deaf?
blind

Define yourself in three words.
Waste of sperm

Do you eat cold cereal at night?
No, not that I wouldn't, but I don't buy cereal or milk.

What is your favorite TV show?
Of all time or current run?

Kill the spider or let it out?
depends

Do you shower every single day?
nope

Walking past a beggar, spare change or ignore?
I need more info before I can make a determination

Where do you want to travel next?
England

What would you do if Michael Jackson asked you out?
On a romantic date or just to hang out?

What is your favorite food?
I don't have a favorite food, but goulash soup is quite tasty, as is steak.

Do you read Harry Potter books?
No

What is your favorite place?
sleepy-town

If you could have one super human power what would you choose?
The Scarlet Witch's powers...google it

Have you had a beer in the last week?
Yes

Vitamin Water or Gatorade?
Gatorade

Flip flops or sandles?
Really? I'm not sure what sandles are, but if they're anything like sandals, I
suppose I'll pick them, I'm not a big fan of the flip-floppy sound.

What do you do on Fridays?
Work

What is your favorite song of all time?
I don't have a favorite song of all time, but "Don't Stop Me Now" is right up there

Do you like bananas?
I can take 'em or leave 'em.

Good Company