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Some of those newer video games have such beautiful music! I never got into console gaming, but it's been my younger brother's thing since my parents bought "us" that Atari 2600, so my childhood and into my mid-20's had a constant background soundtrack of whatever he was playing. Some of it I liked a LOT more than others. =P
non-complaint: In spite of the fact that Little Dude only slept about 7 hours last night (he needs 10ish to function well) and midnight came over Hour 12 (when he often starts losing his chill even on the good days), plus we were off-routine at my parents house AND there was food everywhere (major ick for him and his ARFID)... he handled the entire day like a champ. Yeah, kinda fixated on wanting to play in the "sand" of the cat box, but in his defense he was trying to sensory-regulate and doesn't understand why it's gross (they shovel out after every time she uses it, especially when he's over). Not a single meltdown... I was so impressed.
Tomorrow might be a train wreck, but tonight is chill, Teen Kiddo got their traditions satisfied for the holiday, and I'm eating an entire box of mac and cheese. For the moment, life is good.
Happy New Year, all. May it bring you wonderful memories, and may you enjoy them in good health.
...this made my evening
Happy New Year. Have to look at the roof tomorrow to see how close I got to being hit by a gun-shooting idiot's bullet.
LOL I'm so glad! And his sibling was 6.5 at the time, so... prime fart humor territory.
Alas he seems to have lost his knack for it as he aged. But it was fabulous while it lasted.
THAT is one fat HD, i don't have the ~delete the 'packages'~ after they are installed checked; do you? that might slim your HD. Still daz3d content does make HDs look FAT.
Complaint: Still snowing.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone !!
Happy New Year ta all!
Well it’s not that I think those are bad names. I just think their names sound random, like somebody picked a screen name on a website that said every name they wanted to choose was taken; so they just opened up the dictionary and picked the first thing they saw… or just put any two random words together.
Prince and Madonna sound like somebody was going for beauty, elegance, or at least a name that has meaning. It would be like naming a band “Beauty” or “Elegance”. It’s not the same as naming something “Knob” or “Truck Felt”.
I’m not saying they are bad names. I’m saying they sound random, and I associate random sounding names with what one might call “alternative” bands. And “Hey Jude” sounds fairly random to me, so I thought it might be an alternative band.
Like art, I think names are subjective, so Beck is fine. It’s no different than naming your daughter Nylon even though you gave her sister a name that is reasonably common and acceptable in your region. But it still sounds random, and that makes me associate it with alternative bands.
If I were the frontwoman for a band called Nylon, nobody would expect me to sing “How will I know if he really loves me?”
They would expect me to sing “I’m a loser so why don’t you kill me”
Happy New Year though.
Non compliant: I was getting on a roll getting the kitchen cleaned.
then I had lunch.
complaint landlady came and complained about how my organization and cleaning has not been finished. It destroyed my self esteem and drive to clean. Maybe I can clean some after my nap.
I was at a Janet Jackson concert once, and unable to return to my seat. Because I was walking down the aisle and there was a giant speaker hanging from the ceiling and pointed directly at me. Every time I went forward, the heavy bass created enough vibration that I thought it might destroy me or something. So I ran from it. Eventually, between songs, I made it back to my seat.
I found my missing trash bags. They were in the landlady's "office" (or the 3rd bedroom).
Personally, I would have had no expectation of what either a Nylon or a Whitney Houston would sing. I wouldn't have expected Beck to sing "I'm a loser, so why don't you kill me" until he did. Was "take me to church and I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies" what you expected Hozier to sing? If so, HOW?
I also listen to a lot of Japanese bands with names like Maximum the Hormone and Bump of Chicken, so I guess I have a higher threshold for what seems "random" to me.
Here are better pictures of the trash bags that are in the landlady's room. Ooh what is that glass box next to the trash bags?
...hmm, I recall there was a group named The Nylons back in the late 1970s. They were an acapella group from Toronto who did covers of songs.
Complaint: Still snowing!
Edited to add: Two hours later and despite Microsoft's Win11 weather gizmo initially predicting no precipitation, its forecast is now showing and predicting rain. But, but,... it's still snowing and their forecast temperatures for the whole day are all below 20F.
What we got here is failure to communicate between the left hand and the right hand.
Current temperature on my porch is 18F.
I had plans tonight such as eating at a place at a mall. I went to pick up my paycheck and used mobile deposit. The money is currently not cleared which means not available. I got a dollar bill and probably some change. Not enough for a discount taco at taco belll. I'm going home to find some grub to eat.
I just saw a notice that Maximum the Hormone are going to be doing a show in March with Babymetal and Atarashii Gakko no Leaders, but sadly it will be in Japan which is like 3 bazillion miles from where I live, so I cannot go to it. Sounds like it will be a great show though since I like all three bands/groups.
...I've said on several occasions that I missed my true calling as a weather forecaster as you can be wrong nearly 50% of the time and not fear losing your job.
Tonights low 35 tomorrows high...whenever I get up, yehhhhhh.
To everyone who doesn't have snow and wants it: I think we have it. Sorry...
complaint: Nightmares woke Little Dude from sleep this morning (okay, 2 PM, but that's morning for us at the moment) and have had their tentacles wrapped around him all day. And it's beyond his abilities to communicate what they were about, so there's little I can do to effectively reassure him. Give hugs and a lap, dry tears, make sure he's somewhere soft when he has a meltdown, and give him painkiller to take the edge off the physcal effects of the meltdowns. And it's still clearly not enough.
His world is hard enough for him to get through. He shouldn't have to deal with nightmares on top of it. He deserves sweetness and light.
...and a mama who isn't so.stinking.tired.
I am so sorry. It is so rough when you can't fix everything for your kids, when you feel so helpless. You are a good mama, tired or not. I wish I could do more than a few internet hugs.
TBH those internet hugs are gold. Thank you.
One of the most brutal parts of his autism parfait is that any sort of respite (like my folks taking him for a day, or coming over to help with stuff when I'm overwhelmed) comes with a dice-roll that it'll just make things worse for him. So there's not a lot anyone can do, sadly. I'm grateful my state has programs to help so I can be here for him. I just miss the energy and indestructiblity of my 20s sometimes, LOL, as after a day like today my body would like a word. (Spoiler Alert: it contains four letters.)
Thankfully his tablet is distracting him and all he needs from me at the moment is a warm body to serve as lounge furniture. And Teen Kiddo in their mercy made me another coffee. Just gotta make it till whenever sleep claims him.
While eating a cherry cordial, I discovered that today is apparently National Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day.
Wait, what? That's a thing?
Well heck, gonna have to throw a cherry flavor shot in my mocha when I get up
Non-complaint: It finally stopped snowing here about 5:00 PM yesterday. Temperatures still below 20F, yet the Microsoft Win11 weather gizmo still says "Light Rain"
Hmmm..., Something New: As I woke up this morning I said to myself "Self, time to get up and turn off the radio", but the radio wasn't on.
Apparently, my dream background music was the final movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony.
I was hearing it clear as day and thought my radio was on. Which is strange because I have no memories of ever hearing music during my dreams, ever. So, this is a first. Yes, I hear music in my head during the day, sometimes annoying earworms playing incessantly round and round in my head, but never in my dreams. The phantom radio was clear as a bell and kind'a nice.
Complaint: I need to get to a grocery store soon. I'm out of salad greens, milk, bread, bananas & other fresh fruit. Yeah, yeah I wouldn't starve, I have a pantry stocked with canned goods, and my freezer's full of goodies, but fresh stuff is necessary at least for part of my intake. It's time for laundry again, so perhaps this upcoming week I'll get to laundry, drugstore, and grocery store, and a breakfast at Burger King. I used to toddle up to the local grocery store here in this little town, but during winter, the walk both ways(uphill going, but against the icy wind coming back) is challenging. And I haven't got the strength to carry heavy bags anymore. Even during summer, a local grocery trip has me huffing and puffing and collapsing on my porch steps for a few minutes to recuperate when I get back. If I had a place to keep one, I'd get a motorized vehicle of some sort, but the logistics here aren't suitable. And besides, the bus/Uber trip uptown (despite the expense) is good for my soul. Aye Admiral, thar be more to the world than the four walls of my apartment.
Complaint: I decided to make a cheesecake for a chnage, I have made a few before without issues (though the recipe is a bit "are you sure this is going to work?") but today the mix stayed very runny in the final stages and I really didn't think it would fold into the egg whites; lots of additional whisking later and standing for a while it set a bit more and I was more-or-less able to combine them, but still patchily so it is a good-in-parts job.
I had a chnage once. It got sick and died.
...yeah I have many musical "earworms" that are so clear they even counter my Tinnitus. Never had it occur in a dream yet.
One symphony that will play through in its entirety is Oliver Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony. It is a ten movement ∼70 minute long work written in 1948 that is fairly complex in harmony and rhythm. Messiaen has some very "unique" harmonic structures and progressions and what he refers to are "non retrograde" rhythms. He also cites various influences such as birdsong, light, colour, Indian tabla, and the Indonesian gamelan. While the work is from the modern era it is not what I consider "random atonal noise"¹, but well crafted music in his own personalised structure and style.
¹ John Cage had the "final word" on that in my book with his peice titled 4' 33'' for Piano.