Singing along out loud to Dashboard Confessional’s “So Impossible EP” is quite fun and a great way to de-stress. I had re-discovered it, while catching up on what new releases my favorite bands have come up with recently.
While more details can be found here, allow me to sum it up.
So Impossible is a concept album, in this case the tracks of the album come together to tell complete story, with a fixed beginning and end. The album consists of 4 tracks:
Did a fair bit of online shopping last year and here is a post I threw together of my experiences in it. Now it’s a good reminder on the stuff one has to look out for when doing the same.
Frustrating.
Sometimes people question why I have this tendency to buy products straight off the shelf instead of participating in that venerable Asian pastime of bargain hunting. The most common answer is that I’ve already taken the time to research the item, have decided that I need/want it and that I want to have it now so this is the fastest way. “But second-hand would be so much cheaper!” would be the reply and there is truth in that statement. I’m not against buying second-hand or refurbished items if the opportunity arises. My current Palm Treo 650 and some older PDAs were of first-hand.
But bargain hunting can be a study in frustration, especially when it becomes time-consuming or worse; when you turn around yourself into a fix.
Like recently: After picking up some pieces of Computer Audio software and hardware on the cheap (second-hand some of them), I once again have fallen in love with the hobby. Boosted by this, I began eying the most innovative of them all, Ableton Live. Now in it’s 6 version, I have been following the software since version 4 but it has always been out of reach in terms of it’s daunting cost. That hasn’t changed. But with a steady work salary and a renewed drive to expand on my computing and musical interests, I figured that now was the time to bite the bullet. Of course that doesn’t mean I was going to just go blindly to the vendor main online shop to order it straight away; since I was going to buy it online, why not look around online for better deals? Sure beats doing it physically. And naturally, the first place one would go to online to look for bargins is Ebay. *cue Weird Al original song*
I Live!…again!
Yes, just like GLaDOS, this blog is indeed ‘Still Alive’. And while the Cake is not a lie, it remains to be seen if I indeed can have my cake and eat it too.
Much changes here at the Edge, together with the long awaited upgrade to WordPress 2.5 comes a new Theme and, hopefully, a little more simplified site navigation experience.
A quarter into the new year and you have no idea the amount of frustration I’ve been fielding due to this word constipation as a friend puts it. After awhile, I simply had to walk away and not allow myself to dwell on this for too long, hence all the neglect that does nothing to break the hold of the lack of content appearing here.
But as it always is with me, while I may walk away, I always come back. In one form or other.
The funny thing about change; as it happens you always hope that it is for the best. That’s natural. And thus it’s logical to assume that for something to get better, you have to change it in some way. Be it a change in job, mindset, habit or responsibility.
And so here I am, once again on the precipice of a major life change and as usual, I said to heck with it and just front load the bugger with even more changes, like re-vamping the Edge and in the above mentioned areas. Best to get it all out of the way together in one shot and see what sticks.
I’m back Baby. And the party is just beginning.
telling me to go
but hands beg me to stay
your lips say that you love
your eyes say that you hatethere’s truth in your lies
doubt in your faith
what you build you lay to waste
there’s truth in your lies
doubt in your faith
all i’ve got’s what you didn’t take
so i / i wont be the one
be the one to leave this
in pieces
and you / you will be alone
alone with all your secrets
and regrets
don’t lie
you promise me the sky
then toss me like a stone
you wrap me in your arms
and chill me to the bone
there’s truth in your lies
doubt in your faith
all i’ve got’s what you didn’t take
so i / i wont be the one
be the one to leave this
in pieces
and you / you will be alone
alone with all your secrets
and regrets
don’t lie
so i / i wont be the one
be the one to leave this
in pieces
and you / you will be alone
alone with all your secrets
and regrets
don’t lie
~Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight – In Pieces
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I guess that’s one disadvantage of having a computer geek girlfriend. Don’t think it would stop me though.
P.S. For those that actually still care, sorry for the lack of updates again.
