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The Note on The Toilet

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Today was a pretty exhausting day. Spent about 4 hours over at a school dealing with a case… the case an administrator keeps referring to as "trial by fire" for a little intern like me! It was a trying morning, then on the way home in the car, I got a call saying I have an interview for a post-doc applied for recently. So that’s really good news! Happy me! Then later on, two cancellations that I was secretly kind of happy about. A couple of hours ago I reread the description of the job, and it’s a little different than I had first thought. Just like when I use a recipe, I always miss a detail or two. I’m still qualified, but I’m not as over-the-top excited as I was earlier. Still… a potential job. A way to move. It’s what I want, so I am happy.

Tonight, I thought I’d kick back and relax. Saw "21 Grams" sitting on the coffee table from my free Blockbuster trial membership. I put it in my queue because I heard it was filmed at my apartment complex. I tried skimming it, but it kept hooking me in. I probably watched about 40% of the whole movie, but man, it was wonderful. It was desperate. It was heartbreaking. I probably don’t need anything that heavy given my day job, but I think I may have to go back and watch the whole thing properly. I didn’t see my apartment building, but I saw lots of other things I recognized.

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Oh, and I won’t keep you hanging on why I love "Happiness is a Warm Gun" so much. It ain’t no thing. I have had many Beatles phases in my life, starting with my dad’s copy of Rubber Soul back when I was little bitty. This had another strong resurgence around the 5th grade when I asked for "The Beatles Box" for my birthday. By the time I reached college, I had gotten pretty far in their discography, but I never really GOT the white album… not until I met Annie. Annie turned me on to The Beatles I had always thought was "weird." Now, I can’t even imagine thinking the white album is weird in the least. Another thing about it is that it is singable in my rock ‘n’ roll voice, and it was one of the first things I could sing very well that way. Somehow all the classical training always ends up coming through. I think it probably still does, but "Happiness is a Warm Gun" was my first success in that arena.

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I’ve been sitting on this one for a few days. I got the invite from Laura, over at Cucina Testa Rossa. I have to be nice to her, in case I ever go to Paris and need a place to stay! 😛

The part about this that’s slowing me down is the picking of the 5 songs and the writing about their meaning (so many songs, so little time), so I’m just going to go for the obvious ones and write the meaning part later! Oh, and I’m excluding the choral, classical, etc, because that’s not what this is about… but know if I didn’t exclude, Brahms’ Requiem would be in here!

What is the total amount of music files on your computer?

26.5 GB, 7,612 files. Eek!

The CD you last bought?

Jazz ‘Round Midnight by Ella Fitzgerald. This is one of my very favorite Ella collections, and I only ever had it on tape! I’ve been looking for a copy of it for a while, and I finally found it on iTunes of all places!

What was the last song you listened to before reading this message?

I haven’t had any music on today. It was some Bessie Smith in the car, or it was when I was listening to the album Bring it On by Gomez, or it was “Sweet Thing” by Rufus and Chaka Khan on my iTunes!

Write down 5 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you. [I’m going with the mean a lot to me thing.]

1. “Case of You” by Joni Mitchell
2. “With a Song in my Heart” as sung by Ella Fitzgerald
3. “Wolves, Lower” by R.E.M.
4. “Pearl” by Throwing Muses
5. “Happiness is a Warm Gun” by The Beatles

Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?

1. Aaron, because he needs to blog more.
2. E.J., who I don’t know that well, but who seems to have really good musical taste.
3. Adam, because I know he’ll write something really funny.

Meanings coming soon. I promise!

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Update: It’s kind of amazing to me that in my list of 5, there is no Gomez, no Saw Doctors, and no Billy Bragg. With them, it’s more likely whole albums. I have probably seen those three more live in recent years than any others on the list (besides Kristin Hersh/Throwing Muses).

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Thanks to Mat for sharing this. I somehow missed it.

Overton Park Body identified as woman, 47
Memphis police said Tuesday that a woman found dead in Overton Park last week is Teresa Durene Oursler. Oursler, 47, was found beside a seldom-used path near the golf course in the park Thursday evening. Police found clothes and blankets by her body, indicating Oursler had been camping out. Police said they found no signs of a struggle in the heavily wooded area. They are still awaiting a ruling on the cause of death from the Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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This site is really fun. I keep looking up the names of all the significant people in my life. When and if I do have children, I will definitely take a look at it again and make sure I’m not picking the same name as everyone else. Give it a try. Just try looking up the name "Heather" for shits and giggles!

"Abby" is more popular now than it used to be, but it’s still only 600+ per million.

The name "Mickey" peaked in the 1940s and 1950s (claiming only about 200 per million). My guess is that it was more likely to be used as a nickname for boys than an official first name.

The name "Sharon" also peaked at the beginning of the 1940s with about 7,000 per million.
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Update: WOW! Aaron and I can’t stop playing with this. Statistically speaking, it’s just fascinating. Try looking up "Adolph" and see what you get. Another interesting one is "Malcolm," which seems to be more affected by Spike Lee’s movie than by the ACTUAL Malcolm X!

Update #2: OMG! Total Buffy effect. Look up "Xander" and check out the years!

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