Friday, April 16, 2010

The answers to these questions are my media library's songs on Shuffle. (MUSIC VIDEOS LINKED)

I liked Julia's note about shuffled music files being the answers to the following questions, so I've decided to follow suit!

1. Put your music library on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song title as the answer to the question, no matter how silly it sounds!
Most of the time they seem to work though, strangely enough.

1) IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OK?" YOU SAY?
Fun, Fun, Fun - Beach Boys

2) WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY
Let Me Be With You (Chobits Opening Theme) (Whoa there! Being soft is an appreciable quality, but do I seem THAT soft?)

3) WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
How Great Thou Art - Caitlin Evanson

4) HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Lord I Lift Your Name On High - Rick Founds - Worship Jamz

5) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
レインボー・ララ・ルー - 篠原ともえ - 篠原ともえ/スーパーモデル (Reinboo Rara Ruu - Shinohara Tomoe - Shinohara Tomoe Suupaamoderu) LOL, how embarrassing! I got Tomoe Shinohara's music when I was younger. I hoard data on my hard drives, and transfer them from my old computers to my new ones, so that's why I have some old songs and files that I used to enjoy in my younger years. By the way, the singer just turned 31 late last month and she sings the concerned song in the first half of this video. This concert was filmed in 1997. Look hard enough, and you'll figure out how old I was that year. I suppose this "life's purpose" is to shine like a rainbow to any and all downtrodden individuals.

6) WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton (I just burst into hysterics as soon as THAT started playing! Having this song on my laptop or MP3 player in high school would be sure to get the bullies' attention!)

7) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Every Move I Make - unknown female singer - Worship Jamz

8) WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble - unknown female singer - Worship Jamz

9) WHAT IS 2+2?
Amanda - Aisha Duo (I don't see how that's relevant.)

10) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Prism - Kinamoto Sakura - Cardcaptor Sakura

11) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
The Heart of Worship - M. Redman - Worship Jamz (That is not the Worship Jamz version. I couldn't find it on YouTube so I had to settle with this next best slideshow alternative. That is one uplifting slideshow though!)

12) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Peace - SMAP (The video is less than half as long as the song file I have.)

13) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Original Smile - SMAP

14) WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Great Is Thy Faithfulness - "All Kids" - Worship Jamz

15) WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Bananaphone - Raffi

16) WHAT SONG WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR WEDDING?
Kalimba - Mr. Scruff

17) WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
You Are My King (Amazing Love) - Billy Foote - Worship Jamz

18) WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
One Step Beyond - Karsh Kale

19) WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
(I cannot find this on YouTube; alternative below) チャタレイ夫人にあこがれて - 篠原ともえ - 篠原ともえ/スーパーモデル (Chatarei Fujin Ni Akogare Te - Shinohara Tomoe - Shinohara Tomoe / Suupaamoderu)

(I did find this next shuffled video on YouTube.) Change The World (Full English version) - Max Alto - Inuyasha

20) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Beep Beep - The Playmates

21) WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
You Are Good - Caitlin Evanson - Worship Jamz (This video linked isn't Worship Jamz, but a much worthy and exciting substitute!)

Thursday, April 15, 2010

"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" has endeared me to developmentally-delayed individuals more than anything else has before!

Watch this movie free at Hulu.com: http://www.hulu.com/watch/116246/whats-eating-gilbert-grape

I first watched WEGG over 10 years ago. I didn't like Arnie's antics, so I changed channels half-way. I couldn't have been older than Jr. High then, & didn't pay attention to who the actors were.

Just the other day, I found out that the developmentally-delayed boy was actually none other than Leo DiCaprio! I was like, "WHAT? OMG! I'VE GOTTA WATCH THE WHOLE THING NOW."

I was pondering whether to rent it from Digital Shelf but remembered that I've been pinching pennies this month. Then I found the full-length feature free on Hulu.

Before, I knew that Leo played smart characters, and everyone in between. (The smartest of his that I remember was a conboy named "Frank Abagnale, Jr." from the film "Catch Me If You Can." (Cheesy theme song, heh.))

Watching this  cool actor play a developmentally-delayed guy actually endeared me to those kinds of kids more. Their kiddish antics actually look cute, and when I watch them act like kids long after they hit adolescence, I feel somewhat envious because I somewhat wish I'd join in to play with them. Alas, there'd be unseen forces holding me back though.

Now that I've seen Leo DiCaprio (of ALL actors) act as a kid like this, I have now just added one more entry to my list of possible career prospects: Working with and helping developmentally delayed teens (and I suppose adults.)

Man, in this film, Leo/Arnie even LOOKED like a 5-6 y.o. boy who just happened to have an overactive growth gland! I have NEVER been so endeared to these kinds of people in my life!! :-D

Have you watched this film? What were your thoughts?

Addendum: I just joined Leo's fanpage, and made this statement about the film to his discussion board: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=14650&uid=9085937115

Saturday, April 10, 2010

LYRICS to the RADIO EDIT of "Straight Outta Compton" by Eazy-E & NWA



Prelude


I've looked high and low for the lyrics to the clean, radio-edited version of "Straight Outta Compton," but since I couldn't, it was kind of hard to sing along with the music-video. I therefore took the initiative to compile the lyrics myself. Here they are below:

LYRICS

Straight outta Compton, it's a crazy brother named Ice Cube
From the stupid-dope gang with an attitude
When I'm called off, I got a sawed off
Kick knowledge, and bodies are hauled off
You too, boy, if ya get with me
The police are gonna hafta come and get me
Off yo back, that's how I'm goin out
For the suckas done brothas and showin out
Someone's start to mumble, they wanna rumble
Mix em and cook em in a pot like gumbo
Goin off on everybody like that
with mace that's droppin' in yo face
So give it up smooth
Ain't no tellin when I'm down for a jack move
Here's a murder rap that keep you dancin
with a crime record like Charles Manson
Yo, Dre, what's the sound of my tool? (*machine gun fire*)
Now you know that I'm about to act the fool
Me and you can go toe to toe, no maybe
I'm knockin suckas out tha box, daily
yo weekly, monthly and yearly
until them whole damn well see clearly
that I'm down with the capital C-P-T
Boy you can't step with me
So when I'm in your neighborhood, you better duck down
'Cause Ice Cube a damn show welcome down
As I leave, believe I'm stompin
but when I come back, boy, I'm comin straight outta Compton

Chorus:

[City of Compton, City of Compton]

[Eazy E] Yo Ren
[MC Ren] Whassup?
[Eazy E] Tell em where you from!

Verse Two: MC Ren

Straight outta Compton, a brotha with his finger on the trigga
More punks I take out, my rep gets bigger
I'm a ruthless villain and you know this
But the suckas in the public won't show this
But I don't really care, I'm a-make my snaps
If not from the records, from jackin the crap
Just like burglary, the definition is 'jackin'
And when illegally armed it's called 'packin'
Take a fool out in a sec
I find somebody talkin' trash, I put him in check
So if you're at a show in the front row
I'm a call you a sucka if you don't go with the flow
You'll probably get mad like a punk is supposed to
But that shows me, yo, you're composed to
a crazy little brother from the street
Attitude legit cause I'm ready to hit
MC Ren controls the automatic
For any fool in my way, that starts static
Not the right hand cause I'm the hand itself
every time I pull a AK off the shelf
The security is maximum and that's a law
R-E-N spells Ren but I'm raw
See, coz people know me as the villain
The definition is clear, you're the witness of a killin
that's takin place without a clue
And once you're on the scope, you know you're through
Look, you might take it as a trip
but a brotha like Ren is on a gangsta tip
Straight outta Compton...

Chorus:

[City of Compton, City of Compton]

[Dr. Dre] Eazy is his name and the boy is comin...

Verse Three: Eazy-E

...straight outta Compton
is a brotha that'll smother yo' mother
and make ya sister think I love her
Dangerous young brother raisin' hell
And if I ever get caught I make bail
See, I don't really care, that's the problem
When I see a police, I don't dodge him
But I'm smart, lay low, creep a while
And when I see a punk pass, I smile
To me it's kinda funny, the attitude showin somethin's drivin
but don't know where the hell they goin', just rollin
lookin for the one they call Eazy
But here's a flash, they never seize me
Ruthless! Never seen like a shadow in the dark
except when I unload, you see I'll get over the hesitation
and hear the scream of the one who got the last penetration
Give a little gust of wind and now I'm jettin
But leave a memory no one'll be forgettin
So what about the girl who got shot? Yah!
You think I give a damn about a girl? I ain't a sucka!
This is the autobiography of the E, and if you ever mess with me
You'll get taken by a stupid dope brotha who will smother
word to the mother, yeah, straight outta Compton

Chorus:

[City of Compton, City of Compton]

[That's the way it goes in the City of Compton, boy.]