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clevermanka) wrote2008-07-17 09:20 am
clevermanka) wrote2008-07-17 09:20 am
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Snapping brutally
I scored nine out of ten: Serial killer or computer programmer?
Does anyone want my Nordic Track? Mine is this model. The LED readout still works great. The tension is slipping a bit, so you have to turn up the leg resistance kind of high. Anything under four (out of ten) is way too loose and slippery. Other than that, it works great. I'd like to get $50 for it, and you'll have to pick it up. No way I can deliver. If I don't hear anything from my f-list in a week, I'll list it elsewhere.
There are certain types of soy that I miss a lot. Tempeh is number one. And I think, for the rare, staggeringly delicious-sounding recipes like this one, it's worth the splurge. This almost makes me want to purchase a grill.
Right now all my extra money is going to intangibles, though. I'm shelling out about $30/week for the chiropractor and I just started taking classes with Siham in KC. The classes aren't expensive, but driving to Olathe and carpooling the rest of the way with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
maibe is going to add up. Oh, also yoga classes--$10/week, plus gas. Sheesh. Yoga, chiropracty, and dance classes are probably going to run me at least $250/month.
Hm. Definitely no grill.
Siham's class is going to be good for me. I didn't get a lot out of the choreography class (well, a few combos, if I can remember to write them down soon), but the freestyle class was great! I had a struggle with myself as to whether I should dance to my full ability or not because I was (with the obvious exception of Siham) the most advanced dancer of the bunch and I never want people to feel like I'm showing them up. But I figured I drove all this way, and I'm paying for the class, I should get as much out of it as I could. So I did. I tried to be friendly and unassuming. I think if I can find somebody to drive with me from Lawrence, though, I might start going to one of the more advanced classes after faire is over. Especially if there's another day that has the two classes in a row. Two hours of class makes it more worth the drive.
And speaking of belly dance...sometimes it's best when we don't know the lyrics to an Arabic song. Oh sure, it's nice to have a gist of the meaning, but I think most of the time it's probably better not to have a word-for-word translation. Want proof? Keep in mind, this is a great song, and I'll probably use it for a performance sometime. But...wow. Those words.
Simarik, by Tarkan
She takes another man by the arm
She makes me look like a fool once more
She blows bubbles with her chewing gum
And makes them snap brutally
Maybe that's why I'm so fascinated by her
She's playing hard to get
She's making fun out of men, she's spoiled
Has the world turned upside down?
She painted her eyes black
Her lips painted red
Crazier than her you'll never meet
She's grinning at my face
We weren't raised that way
She's making us look like a fool
How customs have come to town
Boys, we're lost
You've got a real hold on us
You can make a snake come out of its hole
I lost my head over you
If I get a hold of you, Oh
I've fallen in your womb, baby
I've fallen in your furnace, baby
I've fallen for your warmth, baby
Have mercy
....I've fallen...in your womb? o_O The bit about the snake coming out of its hole is pretty ghastly, too.
Does anyone want my Nordic Track? Mine is this model. The LED readout still works great. The tension is slipping a bit, so you have to turn up the leg resistance kind of high. Anything under four (out of ten) is way too loose and slippery. Other than that, it works great. I'd like to get $50 for it, and you'll have to pick it up. No way I can deliver. If I don't hear anything from my f-list in a week, I'll list it elsewhere.
There are certain types of soy that I miss a lot. Tempeh is number one. And I think, for the rare, staggeringly delicious-sounding recipes like this one, it's worth the splurge. This almost makes me want to purchase a grill.
Right now all my extra money is going to intangibles, though. I'm shelling out about $30/week for the chiropractor and I just started taking classes with Siham in KC. The classes aren't expensive, but driving to Olathe and carpooling the rest of the way with
maibe is going to add up. Oh, also yoga classes--$10/week, plus gas. Sheesh. Yoga, chiropracty, and dance classes are probably going to run me at least $250/month. Hm. Definitely no grill.
Siham's class is going to be good for me. I didn't get a lot out of the choreography class (well, a few combos, if I can remember to write them down soon), but the freestyle class was great! I had a struggle with myself as to whether I should dance to my full ability or not because I was (with the obvious exception of Siham) the most advanced dancer of the bunch and I never want people to feel like I'm showing them up. But I figured I drove all this way, and I'm paying for the class, I should get as much out of it as I could. So I did. I tried to be friendly and unassuming. I think if I can find somebody to drive with me from Lawrence, though, I might start going to one of the more advanced classes after faire is over. Especially if there's another day that has the two classes in a row. Two hours of class makes it more worth the drive.
And speaking of belly dance...sometimes it's best when we don't know the lyrics to an Arabic song. Oh sure, it's nice to have a gist of the meaning, but I think most of the time it's probably better not to have a word-for-word translation. Want proof? Keep in mind, this is a great song, and I'll probably use it for a performance sometime. But...wow. Those words.
Simarik, by Tarkan
She takes another man by the arm
She makes me look like a fool once more
She blows bubbles with her chewing gum
And makes them snap brutally
Maybe that's why I'm so fascinated by her
She's playing hard to get
She's making fun out of men, she's spoiled
Has the world turned upside down?
She painted her eyes black
Her lips painted red
Crazier than her you'll never meet
She's grinning at my face
We weren't raised that way
She's making us look like a fool
How customs have come to town
Boys, we're lost
You've got a real hold on us
You can make a snake come out of its hole
I lost my head over you
If I get a hold of you, Oh
I've fallen in your womb, baby
I've fallen in your furnace, baby
I've fallen for your warmth, baby
Have mercy
....I've fallen...in your womb? o_O The bit about the snake coming out of its hole is pretty ghastly, too.
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I'm definitely buying this CD.
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I got TBI and Gypseee one for their wedding, it's so cute and easy to use.
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I see my next gift to me right there.
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It uses one of those small propane thingies like you use for a campstove.
Oh, and CR.. it's only gas, the bottom thing has no solid "bottom".. but dunno, I'll ask Megan if you could do it anyway.
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I'm trying to make "fallen in your womb" work as some sort of metaphor....it's too good to just let go.
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This song is off a 1999 album. It's modern Turkish pop music.
Feel free to throw out some metaphor theories. I'd love to hear them!
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Hey, I just looked, and I have that CD and I know that song - that's the one known as the "kiss-kiss" song, half played to death in Mexican and European clubs in the summer of 2000...hee hee, it's nice to have the lyrics now...
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=D