Catching up on toots...

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0922.html

I've always been a bit of a Macca fan. I heard this on the radio a few weeks back and liked it then. This video adds Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp.

Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
List (and upload/link) 5 songs you love that begin with that letter.
Post them to your journal with these instructions.

5 songs that start with M, thanks to lurkingcat

Took me a while, mostly due to forgetfulness or being poorly. Then when I did get round to it had to fix all the embeds. Stupid youtube.

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So, New Year's eve I got rather drunk. Falling down drunk in fact as I managed to fall/slide down the stairs. Nothing more than bruising, though I did manage to pull one of the banister posts out. Ho hum. In addition to this I made a somewhat foolish agreement with Andy to do the Dunwich Dynamo night ride in July. That's 200km road cycle during the night.

Currently I'll be honest admit to considering reneging on the drunken promise due to it already starting to stress me out and me not wanting it to start ruling my life. However, I just booked my bike in for a service (sadly not till the 15th). I guess I need to work out between now and then whether I actually have any time for training.

I'm aware some of you, for what reasons I cannot fathom, do not read Questionable Content. However, I can recommend checking out the author's^* top 10 albums of the year list. I discovered the joys of The Flaming Lips via QC and am now working through this list, which is mostly available on Spotify.

* Author? Artist? Creator?

We've had a bunch of people leave recently. Some are still hanging around, others are on gardening leave. What this means is that hands have been forced. There's been more training sessions to introduce people to the various products/solutions/components we have within the company.

What it also means is that I've moved to a slightly different role. I'm still ostensibly part of CRT (Critical Response) but I'm now on a different product and in more of a solutions role. So far this has meant installing Oracle and Weblogic on my PC and installing a bunch of our own software. Apart from the odd typo here and there, and installing a base version without the upgrade patch this has gone reasonably smoothly. Even if I do dislike our install guides quite a lot.

It's not development, but it is a step in the right direction and will hopefully involve more actual work and coding. Rather than trying to replicate crappy bug reports and finding 9/10 issues are problems with customer's bespoke configurations.

Heard this on the radio on the way in this morning. Which made me very much want to watch this video. Which is one of the most awesome things ever. Much happy. Much sharing.

( Torn - Secret Policeman's Ball 2006 )

( day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate )
( day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio )
( day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio )
( day 19 - a song from your favorite album )
( day 20 - a song that you listen to when you're angry )

The whole list

Found this difficult. Trying to think of anything I like that might come as a surprise to anyone. I think part of that is the way I think. I like it therefore why would it be surprising that I like it. It's no surprise that I like cheesy one-hit stuff that others mock. I was tempted by Roachford's Cuddly Toy but I think that's just that it's a track from the 80s that doesn't tend to get as much 80s nostalgia as others. In the end I'm going with the first thing that popped into my head for this topic. One that I was surprised to find myself liking when I kept hearing it on the radio, when I found out who it was:

( Will Young - Leave Right Now )

Nasty one this. The whole point of something you hate is you avoid it. So having to think of this stuff is difficult. I'm going to go with my first choice so sparing people the joys of Wig Wam Bam or Agadoo. Instead, I'm going with Iron Maiden. Very popular with most of my friends in the sixth form but I've never rate them. And they seem to be a gateway band for heavier rock/metal/thrash which also doesn't interest me. So yeah, not an Iron Maiden fan.

( Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast )