Most cool! My new-found OPM singer Nina is here in video form on YouTube!! Go check it out. And Please join YouTube and become my Friend, so we can share videos... I am MikeymikeZ2
OK, I just had to add this last one tonight... the famous scene where Brian McKnight complements Regine as one the the best singers he's EVER worked with! But, we knew that already didn't we?
Love wandered inside
Stronger than you
Stronger than I
And now that it has begun
We cannot turn back
We can only turn into one
Chorus
I won't ever be too far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remember
The part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call
Verse
And I'm truly inspired
Finding my soul
There in your eyes
And you
Have opened my heart
And lifted me inside
By showing me yourself
Undisguised
Chorus
I won't ever be too far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remember
The part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call
Bridge
And I will breathe for you each day
Comfort you through all the pain
Gently kiss your fears away
You can turn to me and cry
Always understand that I
Give you all I am inside
Chorus
I won't ever be too far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
Chorus
I won't ever be too far to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
I'll always remember
That part of you so tender
And be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call
Posted by MikeyMike at 10:13 PM on November 6, 2006 in Arts.
Saw these quotes at another blog page... pretty good!
For all those men who say, "why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free," here's an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why? Because women realize its not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage.
A kiss is just a kiss until you find the one you love. A hug is just a hug until you find the one you're always thinking of. A dream is just a dream until it comes true. Love is just a word until its proven to you.
Love is when you don't want to go to sleep because reality is better than a dream.
This YouTube thing is getting to be addictive! I should cut down on my YesAsia.com bill too... Most of you know that I love A-Mei's (Zhang Hui Mei) 张惠妹 singing very much. This video is of the title song of her new CD I Want Happiness.
Here's an interesting survey I got from a fellow San Diego blogger... Seems like most of the people who take it are high-touch....
The Five Love Languages
My primary love language is probably Physical Touch with a secondary love language being Quality Time.
Complete set of results
Physical Touch:
12
Quality Time:
8
Words of Affirmation:
5
Receiving Gifts:
3
Acts of Service:
2
Information
Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.
I can't even type 1 word per minute on those durn things!
What's your best time??
Mon Nov 13, 8:12 AM ET
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singaporean student broke the Guinness World Record for the shortest time needed to type a 160-character SMS message Sunday after whizzing through the task in less than 42 seconds in a competition.
Sixteen-year-old Ang Chuang Yang typed the SMS (short message service) message in 41.52 seconds, beating the previous record of 42.22 seconds set by American Ben Cook in July, according to Singapore Telecommunications, organizers of the competition.
"I'll try for 39 seconds next year," said Ang, adding that the trick to speedy text messaging was to use a mobile phone with larger keys on the dial pad.
SMS messaging competitions around the world use the same SMS text provided by the Guinness organization -- "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human."
Been playing around with Flock the blogger web browser (based on Firefox). Doesn't seem Tabulas is directly supported yet, but it's easy enough of borrow the html and copy it here... Also - it's nice to drag and drop from the Flickr window into your web email and have it come out right!
You are all invited to Mikey's Virtual birthday party!
Host: mavila_92111
Date: Thursday November 16, 2006
Time: All Day (GMT -8:00 US/Canada Pacific)
Repeats: This event repeats every year.
Location: San Diego, CA
Notes: Come celebrate Mike's birthday!
Invitations last sent on Nov 15 11:33pm
You can attend here, or send email to: mavila_92111ATyahooDOTcom
We're having cake, fruit punch, pinatas and pony rides! (maybe Peggy will bring her baby penguin too!!)
Also, if you'd like a Christmas card from moi, please email your home address, and your email address too, if I don't have it, or it's changed recently.
Good time to make sure that everyone has your new contact info!
This is pretty cool! I often thought that this would be a very useful method to learn another language and they have it here, including the music video from YouTube! Can someone transcribe the english translation for me??
It's Jay Chou's Ye Qu (Nocturne) from his new CD November Chopin (I think that Dodo had the album on her Tabulas recently)
Ok, I can't help it! I found (via Peggy) this lovely David Tao live performance of Blue Moon/Somewhere Over the Rainbow that really shows off his singing ability... Did you know that he was even an L.A. police officer at one point?! ^^
Currently listening to: David Tao's Blue Moon + Somewhere Over the Rainbow
I'm not making this up! It was in the Wired Magazine 7/2005 issue... Might be a nice Christmas gift?!
Why waste money on Pocky or Meltykiss chocolates when a girl can buy candy that boosts her cup size? Tokyo-based company B2Up has created Bust-Up, a chewing gum fortified with phytoestrogens - naturally occurring compounds that mimic estrogen and are found in everything from tofu to flaxseed. The company claims that regular usage will not only enhance the size, shape, and firmness of breasts, but also improve the condition of hair and skin. Japanese girls are biting - and B2Up is struggling to meet demand. A limited supply of Bust-Up is available in the US for $50 per 100-piece bottle via www.bust-up-gum.com.
Ok, I'm gonna go a little (new re-imagined SCIFI Channel) BattleStar Galactica crazy now...
It's some of the best television I've ever seen - don't let the SCI-FI tag throw you off... Please start with the Mini-Series, or else the complete Season 1 (which starts with the mini-series). AND You can get it all by DL from the iTunes Store!
Q: What are the lyrics to the BattleStar Galactica Main Title?
The Main Title is the Gayatri Mantra, sung in Sanscrit:
Aum bhoor bhuwah swaha,
Tat savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasaya dheemahi
Dhiyo yo naha prachodayat
It has many translations, but the most common is:
Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life,
Remover of pain and sorrow,
The Bestower of happiness,
Oh! Creator of the Universe,
May we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light,
May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.
Just in case you haven't figured-out what a Microsoft iPod rip-off would be like...
Not only that, but they've effectively killed all their "partners" (chumps) that supported there old "PlaysForSure" (snort) DRM standard. Zune only supports "Zune Marketplace" DLs. And doesn't work with Windows Media Player (WMP). And you have to buy your stuff with "Zune points" in $5 increments.... And oh yeah, the cool Wi-Fi option? It only lets you transmit to other "Zune"ys for 3 plays, then becomes a MS marketing tool.
Looks like another banner year for the Apple iPod! Thanks Bill! ^^
I especially enjoy the color that looks like a ripe turd!
Yes, Microsoft's new Zune digital music player is just plain dreadful. I've spent a week setting this thing up and using it, and the overall experience is about as pleasant as having an airbag deploy in your face.
"Avoid," is my general message. The Zune is a square wheel, a product that's so absurd and so obviously immune to success that it evokes something akin to a sense of pity.
The setup process stands among the very worst experiences I've ever had with digital music players. The installer app failed, and an hour into the ordeal, I found myself asking my office goldfish, "Has it really come to this? Am I really about to manually create and install a .dll file?"
But there it was, right on the Zune's tech support page. Is this really what parents want to be doing at 4 a.m. on Christmas morning?
That might not be Zune's fault. After about a year of operation, it's almost as if a Windows machine develops some sort of antibodies that prevent it from recognizing new hardware. But what's Microsoft's excuse for everything else?
Only the Zune software can sync music, video and pictures onto the device; Zune is incompatible with Windows Media Player, the familiar hub of the Windows desktop media experience.
The Zune app doesn't even have as many features as WMP. And why (for the love of God) doesn't it support podcasts? That's pure insanity.
It's incompatible with Microsoft's own PlaysForSure standard, too.
You'll have to buy all-new content from the new Zune Marketplace.
Oh, and the Zune Marketplace doesn't even take real money, proving that on the Zune Planet there's no operation so simple that it can't be turned into a confusing ordeal. The Marketplace only accepts Zune Points, with an individual track typically costing the equivalent of the iTunes-standard 99 cents.
By forcing users to buy blocks of Zune Points (with a $5 minimum), the Marketplace only has to pay one credit-card processing fee.
Zune Points will also make it easier for the Zune Marketplace to institute variable pricing. The music industry wants it desperately. The industry has been pressuring Apple to abandon its flat 99 cent pricing and start charging more for "hot" tracks.
Apple has stood firm against this, insisting that low, uniform prices keep sales high and discourage the iTunes Store's users from downloading music illegally.
I'm certain Microsoft will cave on this one. It has already given the music industry the other thing the industry has been demanding from Apple: a kickback on every player sold.
"These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it," said Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music Group. "So it's time to get paid for it."
Well, Morris is just a big, clueless idiot, of course. Do you honestly want morons like him to have power over your music player?
Then go ahead and buy a Zune. You'll find that the Zune Planet orbits the music industry's Bizarro World, where users aren't allowed to do anything that isn't in the industry's direct interests.
Take the Zune's one unique and potentially ginchy feature: Wi-Fi. You see this printed on the box and you immediately think "Cool. So I can sync files from my desktop library without having to plug in a USB cable, right? Maybe even download new content directly to the device from the Internet?"
Typical, selfish user: How does your convenience help make money for Universal? No wonder Doug despises you.
No, the Zune's sole wireless feature is "squirting" -- I know, I know, it's Microsoft's term, not mine -- music and pictures to any other Zune device within direct Wi-Fi range. Even if the track is inherently free (like a podcast) the Zune wraps it in a DRM scheme that causes the track to self-destruct after three days or three plays, whichever comes first.
After that, it's nothing more than a bookmark for purchasing the track in the Zune Marketplace. It amounts to nothing more than free advertising.
The Zune is a complete, humiliating failure. Toshiba's Gigabeat player, for example, is far more versatile, it has none of the Zune's limitations, and Amazon sells the 30-gig model for 40 bucks less.
Throw in the Zune's tail-wagging relationship with music publishers, and it almost becomes important that you encourage people not to buy one.
The iPod owns 85 percent of the market because it deserves to. Apple consistently makes decisions that benefit the company, the users and the media publishers -- and they continue to innovatively expand the device's capabilities without sacrificing its simplicity.
Companies such as Toshiba and Sandisk (with its wonderful Nano-like Sansa e200 series) compete effectively with the iPod by asking themselves, "What are the things that users want and Apple refuses to provide?"
Microsoft's colossal blunder was to knock the user out of that question and put the music industry in its place.
Result: The Zune will be dead and gone within six months. Good riddance.
Andy Ihnatko writes on technical and computer issues for the Sun-Times.
Ashy's notes: Michael Vartan, who stars in "Alias", turns 35 this year! hooray! ...wait, not really hooray for me, that'd make him 22 yrs. older than me, lmao. darn.. oh well.. there wasn't much hope for me anyway with jennifer garner around, haha.
I know he has (had) serveral swooning mega-fans out there. (You know who you are)...
Movie will be out soon - will it have the sophmore curse??
Hitoiro - Nana starring Mika Nakashima (Japan Version),Nakashima Mika
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The widow of the beloved Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, reportedly has a new concern about her young daughter Bindi Sue. According to the Post Chronicle's Tittle Tattle, Terri is said to be worried that her 8-year-old, who vowed shortly following her father's death to work in his place, even shooting a widllife TV series, may be too happy so soon after her father's September death.
Terri has admitted to seeing a pyschologist to help her cope with Steve's death and asked the therapist whether her two children, Bindi and 2-year-old Bob, should also go to grief counseling.
"I met with a psychologist and that's been a tremendous help for me. I asked him if everything was OK, because Bindi has been so happy. And he said, 'Why? Are you worried? That's what you are shooting for. That's what you want - a well-adjusted child who can handle a tragedy and see that life goes on.'"
Bob, on the other hand, hasn't taken well to the absence of his father, "He really has had a much more difficult time and I attribute that to the lack of knowledge about death."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Avila article on her, which also reveals that her birthday is February 25 - making her a Fishy, and the 6th person I know with that same birthday!
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian man who could not figure out how to deal with his girlfriend's feverish 10-month-old daughter put the baby into a freezer to cool her down, a local newspaper reported on Friday.
Derrick Hardy faces charges of criminal negligence and assaulting the infant, who was rescued when her mother came home, the Charlottetown Guardian said.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said the mother found the girl crammed into the freezer alongside ice cubes and hamburger meat. Hardy said he had left the door ajar but the mother said it had been closed when she returned. More Here
Currently listening to: what's that noise coming from the freezer??
Posted by MikeyMike at 03:15 PM on November 30, 2006 in Tech.
You might want to look at my VOX blogging site. I know... uggh! *another* blogging site?! But this one seems really easy, is from Six Apart, the Movable Type and LJ people and it makes easy organizing your collections of photos, CDs, DVDs and books... something I really want to do. I used all my Amazon billing to find the best books, CDs and DVDs... you can look at your purchases by year... I go back to 1998! ^^
Mike from (Spring Valley) San Diego, CA
Uses Nikon P5000 digicam and Nikon D70 DSLR for most pictures here.
Mike's Crazy Hours (Pacific Time -8):
SUN: 10am-9pm
MON/TUES/WED: 3pm-1:30am
THU/FRI/SAT: Off - ;)
mavila_92111 AT yahoo DOT com
http://www.personalitypage.com/ISFP.html
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What I've Been Waiting from Disney's High School Musical...
