Whoa, Multiply, how have you been?  It's been like...months since I last put something of (in)significant value here.

Um, so, I guess, you've heard, me and fb, we've been playin'  around...no, not that kind, silly.  Facebook. 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you probably have something against the new layout too, but really, who gives a hoot?

One of these days, dear Multiply, we'll get some music up and running again.

'TIl then, adios.  See you later or whenever.

Saw this on Rio's ..interesting enough to do it as well.

What Brian Means

You are full of energy. You are spirited and boisterous. You are bold and daring. You are willing to do some pretty outrageous things. Your high energy sometimes gets you in trouble. You can have a pretty bad temper at times. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

Growing up with a music loving family has its rewards and downside. 

Rewards? All those years hanging around the house on sundays with the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, America and Barry Manilow sure influenced my ears at an early age.  Listening to my uncles play the guitar and some 70's rock records (and yes, DISCO) forced my brain to opening up to more genres of music. 

Downside? Having a fairly good memory of things and exposure to different forms of music.  Whenever a familiar tune is on, I find myself singing along regardless if the song is cool or baduy, ancient or new.   LSS attack??  Sometimes, you end up singing a song in your head for the rest of the day.

Classic example of LSS triggering an entire soundtrack in my head for an entire day:

Time/ Date:  9 am Saturday, Aug. 9

I enter the bathrom, I hear the neighbor's stereo playing out loud...of all tunes...AIR SUPPLY*!  What's even worse was I end up singing in the shower "I'm lying alone with my head on the phone , Thinking of you till it hurts" yada yada yada yikes!! 

I get out of the bath and I'm still singing. I go out of the house to get a cab going to QC...and I'm still singing..crap!  The hair at the back of my head started to stand...

I finally hail a cab...music this time is Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' "Wooly Bully."   Go 60's classic rock!  I start humming along.."wooly bully, wooly bully!"..mixed in with "all out of love" yada yada yikes again!

What's nice about the whole exercise was I remembered Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket and the scene the where the marines entered Hue city.  Wooly Bully was the song playing during that scene...

Oh great!  Now I'm in soundtrack mode.  What classic rock songs from the 60's were prominent in some of the movies I saw before?  Hmmm... 

I start humming in my head..."Prune Juice, you make my bowels loose..you make everything, groovy..Prune Juice..I think I love ya"..Yeah!  The Troggs' Wild Thing.  "Wild Thing you make my heart sing!"..from the 90's Major League (with Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes and Tom Berenger).   Oh wait..one more scene...remembered a line and a scene from a movie. "I once caught a fish this big", then the lead character started singing and dancing to the Kingsmen's 60's hit "Louie louie" . I remembered 92's Dave (with Kevin Cline and Sigourney Weaver).   

Ok....now I have a playlist in my little head.I start smiling in the cab and hum by myself regardless of what was playing on the taxi's radio.

Now..Imagine if I grew up with a family of dancers.

*note:  a friend said to me that we all go through an Air Supply phase...holy sh#t!

care to listen what's in my head yesterday?  sample here.

I hit a brick wall.  Immovable.

Stalemate with the situation. 

You try to push but the wall is just there.  Immovable.

To hell with that.

Next time, I'm looking for a door.