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I've been looking at the lyrics all around the net and I didn't find any that satisfied me with regards to correctness... so here is my take on Jurassic 5's Improvise:

Yo, it's like this when Allah says "Let it be light"
He also designated, poetical brothers with mics
For whoever had skills to possess the gift
Combinated with the flavor and it go like this,

2na Fish

The manphibian citizen, with the lesson plan
Cashier at the J5 concession stand,

Akil

The militant steel with the periphial
Telegraphic skill build up force field,

Mark 7even

Fundamentalist bringing my verbal gift
My style is packed quick like cocoa in Swiss Miss,

Zaakir

For the way my pen sticks to rhymes
'Cause I feel that, party people, it's about that time

And together, we'll show you how to improvise
Reminiscent of the Wild Style '75
'Cause it's the brothers on the mic occupyin' the drums
Takin' four MC's and make them sound like one

I be the spark from the cannon, blaze the outstandin'
Tug of war, with the poor, rich, and scandalous
Road runnin' bandit, race against advancement
Style winds 'cause storms when I perform

I'm a plot with giant robot, And stomp ya whole spot
Then peep ya whole crew, Da bunch of know nots
Dissect you from the inner then declare myself the winner
Once the style clears, you'll be frail like thinner

I'm 2na the Black, pure contractor
Attackin' your backdoor, you're trapped in my trash compactor
Move back, boy, smooth as velour, the trap door
It's causin' the capture for brothers who rap poor

Check the shellin', rock niggas redder than watermelon
The grief-stricken, rotated 20/20 vision
Rap felon, hottest brother wit bad spellin'
I pitch shift with unprecedented sharpness

Distributor, local street corner contributor
Word inhibitor, scientific pen positioner
Rhythm commissions DJs for real
He drives the cross fader like a cut mobile

We perpetrate no fake, no fraud, no phony
Jurassic masters of the ceremony
You came and saw right before your eyes
In fact the old school flavor has survived, like this

[instrumental]

And together, we show you how to improvise
Reminiscent of the Wild Style '75
'Cause it's the brothers on the mic occupyin' the drums
We takin' four MC's and make 'em sound like one

And together, we show you how to improvise
Reminiscent of the Wild Style '75
So whoever bought the tape bring your butt right back
'Cause you never in your life heard a cut like that

Hey, we flip fast phonographs 45 records smash
Hot weather forecast, it ain't nothin' they never had

Make a move, never lose, competition quick to choose
New styles, hot rhymes, guaranteed to blow your mind

Who is he? The subtle lip fanatic from Unity
Demonstratin' the ghetto diplomatic immunity

Well I'm the style stimulus, sound photosynthesis
Super with the sentences in the land of citrus

And together, we'll show you how to improvise
Reminiscent of the Wild Style '75
'Cause it's the brothers on the mic occupyin' the drums
Takin' four MC's and make them sound like one

And together, we'll show you how to improvise
Reminiscent of the Wild Style '75
'Cause it's the brothers on the mic in the place to be
It's the J U R A double S I C

I probably could have spent more time doing something useful instead of doing useless things this afternoon.

I was told to take my computer in.

so I did.

I was told it would take half a day.

I was like, "yeah right, whatever, it'll be done in two hours."

nope.

it has thus far taken the half of the day they predicted.

so much for being an optimist.

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on a brighter note, I believe lorie is coming home this weekend. HUZZAH! HUZZAY! BULLY!

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I was told that my australian accent sounds like a new york accent.

I was also told that my boston accent sounds like a new york accent.

one would think that I have a new york accent that I think sounds like whatever I think it sounds like. but I never tried to do a new york accent.

oh my gosh.

am I like one of those deluded fools on those reality tv competition shows!?

do I think I'm sooo funny only to go on live tv to be shown how completely not funny i am?!?!?

am I like the "choreographer" or the "singer" on "so you think you can dance" and "american idol" but from a misguided comedy/accent perspective?

the world is spinning.

all of a sudden, I'm seeing life much more clearly, and... and...

I...

uh...

I...

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no way.

I'll give you that my accents might suck. But "at least I have a 'lambert'"...

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"I feel like an angel baby, swaddled in a coccoon of cloud candy."

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and I think it's time to change the oil on this webpage... I'm thinking...

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that was it. I'm thinking.

today is saturday. one of those rare saturdays whre I have posted. of course, as of late, any post is rare. '

today is also the last day of my second week of my three weeks of vacation. I've been home. mostly. except for the quick jaunt to vegas.

a lot has happened in these three weeks.

I lost a g willingly.

I lost a g unwillingly.

I mowed the lawn. a lot.

kris helped me patch my roof, which is to say that he did most of the work, and I just watched. he's getting married next week. so that's gonna be fun. I'm going to have to figure out the requisite best man speech.

lorie decided that she couldn't wait to give me my b-day present. so that will effectively make me lost track of time during the last week of my vacation.

I am badly in need of a manicure.

I guess we will have to see if I'm ready to go back to work when I have to go back to work after this next week.

this next week should be fun.

oh... speaking of fun, my mom and her fiance were over along with my siblings and they were playing on the wii.

that was a lot of fun. I missed out on a lot of it because I was busy handing over money to The Association.

yes, they take my money like it was theirs.

of course we should have good water pressure when all is said and done.

stupid people annoy me.

I'm annoyed A LOT.

yup, yes, yeah, yuppers, yea...

I have found over the course of years of chatting online for work and what-not that these tend to have different conntations though they mean basically the same thing.

Also, text seems to take on the tone of the current mood of the reader.

so "yeah" to you might be "yeah-whatever-you-are-a-total-loser" to someone else.

I personally always put myself on the receive side of any text I send when I deem it necessary to watch my tone of the message I am sending.

I will read and re-read and edit based on the tone I think I am sending and then try to anticipate the tone I think the reader might perceive.

I basically try not to use the negatives when possible. I also try to make it sound like I am asking for help instead of demanding something, unless I really do need to demand something. I also try to make sure that I sound appreciative without sound fake.

yup - informal only - can't really use this in a formal email. I find it to be the most innocuous and unoffending of the bunch. also good for closing off thoughs. something about how it snaps at the end. although, it use might sometimes pass you off as aloof or apathetic. but who cares right? yup.

yes - this is double edged. depending on the question, yes is or is not the appropriate response. Probably not used as often as you would think in formal messages, but if a succinct positive response is required, this is the only option. well. maybe 'true' works, but that doesn't always work. if the question has negative tone, then I feel that 'yeah' is more appropriate in informal settings, but one must becareful with 'yeah' because it can possibly piss people off. (see above) I've never found an occasion to use this to close. only because I feel a 'yes' needs to go along with some sort of explanation or further text. a solitary yes seems lonely.

yeah - this is double edged as well. you could be buddies or you can be a jerk. since tone in email and text and im are the hardest to purvey, yeah should only be used when you are most comfortable and when you don't have to worry about other people's feelings... which is arguably never, but you can still use yeah. yeah... I can use it with my friends. you can too I guess, and I think you can end thoughts with it. yeah.

all other iterations. whatever. yes, they can be useful, but almost exclusively in an informal setting. yeah, I don't think you can get away with using yuppers in a formal document. don't think so. yup.

I have been so productive at work!

yesterday, I spent most of the day cleaning up the mp3's on my ipod. of course, I only have 5635 on there... unfortunately, I did not include my audio books (which are pretty much just harry potter, though lorie did buy the davinci code, so I'll probably rip that) nor the thousand or so that I got from random people which are all pretty much sitting in a folder on my desktop at home.

probably not going to get to those anytime soon.

they all would have been included on my ipod, but due to lack of memory and the want of some semblance of organization, I had to leave them.

"cleaning up" includes the following:
correcting all the ID3 tags so that song title and artist are correct. all album, track, and genre informatino was removed for those that I did not rip from cd's the lorie and I own or that I did not buy through itunes. currently my ipod contains about half and half - half legal and then the others.

adding album artwork to all tracks ripped from cd's. individually, not an impressive task. given that I ripped over 200 cd's - a little more daunting when trying to update them all in one sitting. fortunately for me, I have some time whilst in my cube.

deleting duplicate or bad tracks. duplicates are easy enough. I may still have a little work on the bad tracks.

some fyi's to the world. to fill album artwork box you need an image at a minimum of 150x150. though 300x300 usually looks much better. also, I'm sure other people knew this, but when in itunes, you can change the album artwork between the selected item in your library or on your ipod and the artwork for the track that is playing. when using selected item, you can select multiple items and just drag and image from a web page or from a directory into that box to change the artwork for those items. much much faster than selecting multiple items and doing a get info and dragging into the box there. saves time when updated hundreds of tracks.

tonight will be my last night in here.

and I am happy.

to give you an analogy about my current perception of "it", I will say "it" was planned and sold by an over-optimistic contractor who can really talk and just wanted a sale, lead by a foreman who knows practically everything but doesn't know how to get it all out efficiently, whipping a group of under-appreciated mercenaries who are being forced to slam, kick, and stuff an oversized square peg in an undersized round hole in half the amount of time it takes to get an undersized round peg into its corresponding undersized round hole, using duct tape, staples, and paste. all the while, keeping an eye out for any reason to shift blame to anyone... not to mention the one person with questionable-morality who always works for the contractor because of this that and the other.

but whatever. I'm not about to go burning bridges. I'm just going to stay as far away from those builders as possible.

hopefully the next two months go as care-free for me as possible since I'll probably have more to prove on the place I am going to after the place I'm going to next.

now. hopefully we can get the water pressure in the house fixed, because not having it sucks. and I have to fixe the roof and the ceiling by the fireplace.

I am taking three weeks off in june. I plan on doing it then.

in the meantime, I'll be able to listen to my ipod and actually know what the song is called and which artist is actually performing it. this is all with the assumption that I have the correct information. and I will also be able to utilize the organization contained within the ipod to play specific artists or albums (where I have album information) how neat.

however taking a quick look at the selection of tracks on my ipod and the tracks played the most. to quote a former roommate's former roommate - "I didn't know ipods came in gay".

ok. back to work.

I need to update a few playlists so that I don't get made fun of whilst playing poker and something to keep me going at the gym.

she also said, "God gives us relatives; thank God we can choose our friends."

the mark of a great friend is knowing that person will be there for you without having to say it.

perhaps some people measure friendship by all of the interaction that takes place. true, this builds bonds, and I guess these bonds need to be created, but once the bonds have been forged, it doesn't matter what happens after that, because they will always be there and thought days, months, or even years may pass, nothing seems to change between you. you can pick up right where you left off.

barring, of course, the unrequited love clause and an active and obsessive imagination - but let's not talk about that.

maybe this isn't true. maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part, becuse I don't really get to see anyone. but whatever - those times that I do get to see anyone, especially lorie, I am elated beyond words. I feel those pieces that were missing return and there is a sense of completeness.

maybe I would like to think that nothing has changed between people after long breaks, because maybe if that was not the case, then my fragile mind would not be able to handle the reality that people move on without you and that you can never catch up with them.

yeah right.

that would suck. for the world.

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I was reading up on pascal's wager. I've heard it before, but never in this form or as succinctly. I kind of look at it and go.

"duuuh."

but whatever.

choice is choice and choice is our right as humans.

so choose. and there are only two options.

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I get to see wicked today.

work is sponsoring.

we have extra tickets.

if you can get to houston prior to 7pm CDT - we might be able to get you in.

of course. given that it's 1:30pm and that any place ticket would be more than the cost of a seat - it's probably not a worthwhile endeavor.

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"I must make pee-pee" ~Antoine Laconte, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

so... I'm not going to be taking the month of June off.

I will be taking the week before kris's wedding off.

I will be taking the week of the fourth of july off.

I will probably have the month of may off.

good enough.

hopefully I will like my next project better.

I know some of the people involved with it already, but I'm not 100% sure that I will have it, although my name is penciled in.

barring some other exciting project, I think I'm set.

if I don't get the promotion this year, I will use the experience I have gained throughout all of my time at my company and vie for another job at another place that will pay me oodles more for the same product.

but enough about work.

let's talk about wii.

let's talk about the fact that my right tricep is becoming much more defined and much bigger than my left.

let's talk about the fact that my lovely wife and my sister are both sore due to playing baseball with all thier might.

let's talk about the fact that lorie (still my lovely wife) actually rented games from blockbuster because she wanted to play them.

let's talk about the fact that the only games most girls I've met like to play is bust-a-move (bubble bobble) and tetris and dr. mario.

let's talk about how fun it is making mii's

let's talk about how hard it is to make certain people's mii's

let's talk about the fact that we spent a huge portion of saturday night playing mii's and eating pizza.

now.

if we could also find time to talk. ;-P

just kidding, a lot seems to get discussed whilst playing the wii.

got sonic now.

gotta get used to the play control.

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by the way. having terrible water pressure sucks beyond belief.

6am flight. that means I have to wake up at around 3:30 to 4:00am depending on if I have to check my luggage or not and if I'm packed.

sunday was palm sunday and rosie and kris's bridal shower. after church and the shower, we ended going to my mom's for dinner, because she had food and we don't have water pressure. but the latter point has nothing to do with the former. we ended up being at my mom's until about 8:30pm when lorie and I decided that we should go to target.

we went to target, because going to target is always a good idea. it shouldn't be, but it is. anyhow, we ended up finding a nunchuk for the wii there so that we now have four remotes and four nunchuks... if we ever decide to start buying points to get old school games, we'll eventually have to get the controllers as well... but that's in the future.

whatever. we got home at around 9:30pm, when lorie decides to return casino royale which has been in our house for two weeks and needed to be returned to blockbuster. she returned homw with two movies and two wii game rentals.

I was packing my clothes for the week. haven't gotten a chance to take my clothes to the cleaners because of a combination of procrastination and prioritzation and the fact that I have more than enough clothes to cover, but whatever. lorie wants to play the wii cooking game.

cute game. can keep you entertained for about 15 minutes, and if we owned it, I would play it just to beat it. super monkeyball (the other game) was more fun, but lorie kept kicking my but in the multiplayer games which weren't explained very well and we just ended up mashing and swinging to get through the games. fun game though, but my mind has been on zelda for the last few weeks, so until I complete that, I really won't be too interested in other games...

hmm... I digress... where is this going? oh yeah, so 10pm and we start playing wii, two and ahalf hours go by before I realize that I have to wake up soon. except, I'm not sleeping yet, therfore I can't wake up until I sleep. lorie reluctantly decides that, yes, she should also go to sleep, and I set 6 alarms (three on my phone and three on the alarm clock) to make sure I get up in time so that I don't miss my flight.

holy crap.

there was absolutely no point to this post.

haha.

tried to watch dream girls on the plane, but feel asleep because I was too tired.

sleep is good.

I get to see lorie two weekends in a row!

these are exciting times, my friend.

exciting.

this coming sunday is Easter. I don't think I'm as prepared as I would have liked to have been. I guess one is never as prepared as one would like, but I would have liked to at least been more prepared than I am. time has been moving to fast that things have been sneaking up on me... I'm used to doing all of the sneaking.

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and work is slowing down.

when that happens I always get paranoid, because I think either I'm missing something or something bad is about to happen. that may be the more pessemistic side of me.

ugh. I'm going to stop talking about that now.

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coming home thursday.

happy.

today is only tuesday.

sad.

thinking about meet the robinsons

happy.

hahaha...

funny movie.

yeah, so I thought I wouldn't be able to blog a lot, but today, everyone left early. weird. it's only 5:45pm and half the team is gone.

you know you're putting in too many hours when 12 hour days seem normal and you almost feel guilty about leaving at 8:30pm after you rolled in at 7am.

I am going to charge a $#!^load of overtime. because I can. and I will because you know what &#@% work.

in other news. besides the wii we picked up a tablet pc laptop. fun. I like to draw on the computer screen.

I have lost over 15 lbs. it is safe to say, after not weigh myself for over a year, that I now weigh 145. i had to take my shoes off because it said 148 with them on. I checked two scales too because I didn't believe the first one. it has taken a little less than two months for this change, but yeah. it's been done.

my pants no longer fit.

my goal is to only put in 12 hours today, run, lift, and eat fried coconut shrimp in the lounge. hopefully they will still have some.

one of the clients, in a meeting, described a bitter divorce story about how he signed away his car to his ex-wife in blood.

weirdo.

I miss everyone.

my hope is that I don't have to work this weekend.

if you want a life of happiness, you live moment to moment, without regard for the past or future.

if you want to live a life of meaning, you must constantly relive the past mistakes and always look ahead to the future.

can someone tell me where I heard that?

I think I remember. but I want you to tell me.

I think it's possible to have both. you just have to try harder.

the worst thing that can happen is that you could die.

so what.

life doesn't stop at death.

yeah. those who know, know. those who don't, should.