A simple place for which I fill the space with my rants and raves about whatever I want. You don't like it, don't let the knob hit ya in the ass on the way out the door.
I will be humming this one for a couple hours this morning. Not by choice. I do admit I sort of like the song, but not so much I would want to go around humming it.
Other than that, I don't have much to say today. an hour until I need to leave for work. I should get something to eat. And get my shoes on. Yeah. Exciting.
I was surprised this morning. As I went through my emails, I actually had a comment from a reader here at the ol' blog. Joe from over at Fat in Indiana had replied and suggested another artist for me to check out, in my search for this particular earworm I have been having. Joe, you are da MAN! His suggestion was Chuck Mangione, and the first video I found for him at youtube.com is the earworm!
Oh, it feels so nice to finally put a name to the song! Of course I downloaded and loaded into my music players! Thanks Joe!!!
Other than that, things around the d00d household are at a minimum. I am stuck at home for the most part, waiting for the Wife's next check to arrive so we can get my van in to be fixed. I am trying my best to not drive it any, just to prevent any further problems than a leaking water pump. Which is nice in a way, as I am not out to the pub as much.....
The oldest has a concert coming up soon - the first one of the school year. The middle one will have his first come December. And our youngest has adjusted to Kindergarten very well, and seems to be enjoying it.
That's all I got for now. I am off to play some more of this song!
I find myself clicking through many, many videos on Youtube.com once again, searching for the elusive earworm that ran rampant in my head a couple weeks or so ago. I have gone as far as to run through searches on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon, listening to previews for many great trumpet players Doc Severinson, Maynard Ferguson, Herb Alpert, Al Hirt, etc) trying to find it. All to no avail.
This song was one I remember hearing often in the movie theater, as the background music provided before the movie started. A trumpet was the featured instrument of the song. No words, just music. It sort of repeated upon itself, in such a way that 'Classical Gas' does.
The Wife posted those three words, with that punctuation, last night as part of her Facebook status. It sums up very well the feeling we have about our house sometimes. Well, actually, most of the time. We moved into our current home back in 2000. It was our first home, as we had been renters for the previous 9-10 years, at several places. As any first home for first-time buyers, it was an exciting time for us, and a big step, not only financially, but in that whole 'family dreams' idealism.
Like probably most first-time home buyers, we should have informed ourselves better about somethings, and learned to look at homes better. But, I admit, we were anxious to get out of where we were living, and settled pretty quick on our home. It is a bit older, built in 1962 if I remember correct. There are a couple additions to the home, that when done were not properly 'permitted' or even done completely correct. Some of that is in evidence now of minor repairs, etc we have had to do. Most of which seem to be from things 'wearing out' like water pipes.
How does this all relate? I'm not entirely sure, but goes along with my thought process. It just feels like we can't get ahead, and things seems to set us back just that bit, to bring us down. Pretty much Life, I guess. Last night, the Wife discovered a leak under the sink. She was able to track it down to it coming from where the garbage disposal connects to the sink underneath. At least it isn't a water pipe.... but (the inevitable but) the leak wasn't discovered until it had been bad enough to soak everything underneath, and seep out from under the cabinetwork. Hence, how she found it by feeling the water at her feet.
So, today got assigned a project. to replace the garbage disposal. Why replace when it only sounds like it needs to be re-tightened, or maybe put on some teflon tape? Because it doesn't work. It was a project I had not gotten around to doing, and we have the new disposal already here. Now, no better reason to not get it done. My procrastination and laziness about it can no longer talk me into waiting. Though, at 5am, I think I will still wait a couple hours before I get in there and tackle it all.
My Redskins beat AZ Cardinals this week in NFL. Next Monday we get the Monday Night slot against our rival, Dallas. Looking forward to beating them, in Dallas. The Wife is going down to the daughter's next weekend for an over-nighter to do girly things. The boys and I will be on our own, so I am sure the restaurant industry in N. Phoenix will have a sudden increase in business.
I'm still trying to figure out the earworm I had a few days ago. Nothing I have come across is helping, and it is irritating me. I just want to find the damn song and will be able to 'let it go' once I have the title. In the meantime, this one was running through my head this morning.....
... the earworm continues. It has really gotten aggravating trying to find this tune. Being unable to put the sounds to words, makes the search even harder as I can't share with friends, or anyone, online. Through the searching I have done though, I wanted to share these two good ones I found....
and another good one....
Great songs both, though not the earworm that eludes me....
The 'seasonal' allergies I get from time to time, have struck again. This time they have gotten to be so bad, it has started to move into my chest. Other friends I have communicated (miserated?) with agree it is allergies, and not a virus. Needless to say, allergy meds, some Vick's vapo-rub, and naps are in order.
My oldest son is 13. Today, he has an early release from school, so we have planned to sit down and do the 'sex talk'. I have mentioned trying to do this before, but things just haven't worked out, or the time didn't seem right. The Wife told me over the weekend, now is the time. I guess she caught him on the internet checking out some porn site. So I talked with him, so is aware what we are doing today. He actually seemed interested in what I have to say (a first for anyone! LOL!). I am a bit nervous.
Maybe that was a bit more personal than what I should share.... nah. I think everyone in general knows they get the sex talk usually from somewhere, if not their parents, then it is friends or school. My Dad was nearing this last days when I got my talk. Due to complications with his speech (brain tumor) my Uncle was asked to do the duty. I remember that day we went out walking, and he brought up the subject. I was able to let him know that I had already heard plenty from friends at school, and he made sure I knew of the basics. That was it. I was glad someone took me "under their arm" and made an effort to be open to any questions I may have wanted to ask. I hope my son uses that advantage as well, as it will always be open for him.
This will be good practice for the next two boys, too.....
Thanks to some late day wind disturbances across the Valley, Monday was a day I had to deal with a severe nasal problems with my allergies. Of late, they had been doing good and not bothering me too much. Now it is is just plain irritating to have to blow my nose every 2-3 minutes, and constantly wipe some drip coming out as well. Needless to say, it is interferring with my sleep schedule, so I find myself up again at 12:30am and later.
The Earworm. Seems like everyone gets it at some point. Sometimes more than once. And we all know how it can go round and round through friends, co-workers, etc, and come back to us. This one is driving me a bit crazy though. I have spent he past hour or so trying to locate anything close to it, but no luck so far. So, maybe if I can try to put a song into words, maybe you readers can help out...
It is instrumental with a trumpet (I believe) being the main instrument. I remember one of the places I heard it many times was the theater, when they are playing background music before the movie starts. It was a pretty popular tune... makes me think back to Floyd Cramer on the piano kind of stuff. I can't think of what more to add to the description, as I can't seem to put a word to indicate the sound....sigh. Maybe I should check out some Herb Alpert tunes and maybe it is one of them...?
Any help would be appreciated.
Edit: I just went through 24 pages of youtube.com videos, and about 400 songs in iTunes, but no luck finding the one song that fit the tune. I am pretty sure it sounds like Herb Alpert though.
Edit: Joe just sent me thru several albums of Al Hirt, and though I found several new songs I liked, not the earworm... it continues to roam...
