Ten years and counting...

[ciroccoj]

Me: What I was just doing was so much fun! But I'm not going to tell you about it.
Chris: Why, would it shock me?
Me: No, bore you. I was working on the Law Review footnotes.
Chris: Ah. Yeah, don't tell me about that. Would you like to hear what I was doing? Getting my new billing number and setting up hospital privileges?
Me: No. But maybe we can tell each other at the exact same time, so we get to talk but can't hear each other.
Chris: Ooh, good idea!

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In other news, my car remains dead.

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I can't quite believe that the anti-flag burning amendment didn't pass in the Senate. Weird. And now I've got stuck in my mind "Thoughts on the Flag" by Tommy Cash.

I wonder if I can convince Chris to rent Walking the Line. I'm no fan of country music, but my father had a copy of "Johnny Cash Live at San Quentin" that I'm very fond of. My kids are fond of it too; they love "A Boy Named Sue" (also love that one of my inmate students once called me "A Girl Named Jim"), "San Quentin", and "Starkville City Jail Lyrics".

Yes, I like Johnny Cash. And the Indigo Girls. And Ozzy Osbourne. And choral music. And Andean pan pipe music, Zamfir, Charles Aznavour, and ABBA. My random playlist is actually random :)

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OH!! I almost forgot!

Toronto made it to the top of two lists of cities around the world this week. One list was "fifty most expensive cities", and Toronto squeaked in at #47.

The other was "most polite cities in the world". Selected by researchers going to cities around the world and dropping their wallets, trying to open doors while holding awkward packages, etc, and seeing how often other people helped them. Toronto came in third.

Who ranked first and second? Zurich and, believe it or not, New York, New York. Which is hysterical, IMHO. GO New YORK!!

Comments

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of country music myself, but wolflarsen55 took me to see it, and I had fun watching it. I was able to sing along to all of the songs, prompting wolflarsen55 to ask if I was a fan of his music. I then told him that I'd never heard a song of his before in my life.

:D

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I then told him that I'd never heard a song of his before in my life.
Yeah, it's funny, even if you haven't heard him... you have ;)

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

*nodnod* It's kind of funny, because I suddenly recognized the "I've Been Everywhere, Man" song from the commercials when I started downloading Johnny Cash. Heh.

But! I was rather happily surprised I could sing along, and possibly surprise my buddy like that. He didn't seem to show any surprise when I said that, but then the theater was dark, and I wasn't looking at his face. *shrug*

Charles Aznavour!

[(Anonymous)]

My dad loves him and damned if he didn't hook me on some of his songs too...

Re: Charles Aznavour!

[culturevulture7.livejournal.com]

That was me, above. I always forget that I'm using a different browser and have to re-sign in.

Re: Charles Aznavour!

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Hee! My parents loved him. I've been going through my mom's things, and came across him and Gilbert Becaud. Rediscovered a piece of my childhood :)

[daf9.livejournal.com]

Toronto came in third.
Who ranked first and second? Zurich and, believe it or not, New York, New York. Which is hysterical, IMHO. GO New YORK!!

Having lived in Toronto and New York (and a few other places), I'm convinced that New Yorkers are the most aggressively polite people on the planet.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I'm convinced that New Yorkers are the most aggressively polite people on the planet.
LOL! Yeah, sounds about right.

I dunno, people were incredibly friendly in LA, too. The funny thing was that everyone who noticed our accents or the little maple flags we had on our stuff commented, "You Canadians are such nice people! So polite!"

"Not nearly as much as you folks," I always wanted to say. So much for stereotypes ;)

[(Anonymous)]

Hehehe, I hear ya on the random music being truly random. I get the giggles every time mine goes from Enya to Disturbed or Linkin Park, and then over to something by Delerium, and back over to The Watchmen, then on to classical, followed by....

Twinkle

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[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

from Enya to Disturbed or Linkin Park, and then over to something by Delerium, and back over to The Watchmen, then on to classical, followed by....
Polynesian war chants? African lullabies?

Or how about a cover of "Nothing Else Matters" performed by a string orchestra?