tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post9062485580396569549..comments2024-03-27T17:28:13.744+01:00Comments on Away From It All: No Alarms and No Surprises, PLEASELisAwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03299284773832500834noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-20590527926201432732008-06-15T07:31:00.000+02:002008-06-15T07:31:00.000+02:00Sojka! That's his name. I've been trying to remem...Sojka! That's his name. I've been trying to remember his name for ages. We always referred to him as Staszek, so I could never remember his last name. <A HREF="http://www.last.fm/music/Stanis%C5%82aw+Sojka/_/Blue+Monk" REL="nofollow"> This song</A>, not necessarily his greatest, brings back so many memories.<BR/><BR/>And as long as we're on the subject . . . we are right? The best Radiohead song is Fake Plastic Trees, I prefer the acoustic version from the "Clueless" soundtrack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-91095571949780661472008-06-13T22:51:00.000+02:002008-06-13T22:51:00.000+02:00Nathan- When I read your comment I had my brain tu...Nathan- When I read your comment I had my brain turned off so I went and listened to the Del the FHS version first and couldn't get a feel for it. Then I went and listened to the original and, I know myself so I had to listen to it a bunch of times before I could decide to like or hate it. After a few times I thought, all I can hear is those same chords played over and over and over and so I didn't love it. Then, ALL day the next day, the tune (I didn't remember the words, really) of it kept playing in my head over and over and over! And I started to think I like it. I came back to listen to it and the chords bothered me less and I DO like it. Then, going back to listen to the other version--I reeeally like that one. Thanks for sharing this!<BR/><BR/>And about the accent put off. We bought a CD by Myslowitz because we really like their music and we were so excited to see they had an English version, and singing along to music is important to me, so we bought it. Unfortunately I have never listened to the CD all the way through because I can't listen to the accent. I still love their Polish stuff, though.<BR/><BR/>I'm excited for your upcoming family adventures and wish you all the best of luck getting through the hard parts! You're a lovely family.LisAwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03299284773832500834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-63303752711185458782008-06-12T07:45:00.000+02:002008-06-12T07:45:00.000+02:00I just finished Twilight, so it is extra refreshin...I just finished Twilight, so it is extra refreshing to finally get some good reading in from your post! Thanks!<BR/><BR/>You're so funny! I would love to see the outside of your house, but after this post it could be dangerous to show the whole world!! But that gun of yours isn't really THAT heavy is it?<BR/><BR/>And can I borrow some of your ballons? We've just run out of our last one and Sethy is always asking for "b-b-b-b-b-loon"s. It must always be a party at your house! ;DAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454832318583154673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-52229802149595088612008-06-11T07:44:00.000+02:002008-06-11T07:44:00.000+02:00I LOVE your music!!! YAY! Just had to comment on t...I LOVE your music!!! YAY! Just had to comment on that. I'll respond to the post tomorrow. love ya!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454832318583154673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-21303589172912430012008-06-11T07:08:00.000+02:002008-06-11T07:08:00.000+02:00I'm a huge Radiohead fan, Lisa; they are the sound...I'm a huge Radiohead fan, Lisa; they are the soundtrack to my post-mission life. "Lurgee," a lesser known track on their first album helped me get over being dumped by my first serious girlfriend and "Let Down," (on the same CD as "No alarms...") has long been a favorite. I remember trying to convince Erin in our apartment in Krakow of its greatness. I'll agree "No alarms, no surprises" is majorly melancholy and not their best, but it was great for this post, accompanying my reading time almost precisely. (Besides being perfectly apt, of course!)<BR/>I've been listening to Com Lag and In Rainbows a lot lately. I recommend listening to, or rather watching Videotape on YouTube and then checking out another remake--not by Soyka (I've heard that one by the way and find his accent offputting, though I like a lot of his other stuff), but by Del the Funky Homosapien on this site: <BR/>http://www.last.fm/music/Amplive/_/Video+Tapez+(ft.+Del+the+Funky+Homosapien)<BR/><BR/>I'd love to know what you think.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and p.s., I'd also love to see an exterior shot of your home, if you don't object. I can't quite picture it.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705342481976864019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-40224954077189755802008-06-10T17:50:00.000+02:002008-06-10T17:50:00.000+02:00The image of you rounding up the balloons every ni...The image of you rounding up the balloons every night and locking them in the bathroom is going to keep me laughing all day!<BR/><BR/>But why is your house only house(ish)?Karen E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08233937291414421928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869329841369921947.post-87847136155263830022008-06-10T17:24:00.000+02:002008-06-10T17:24:00.000+02:00You must have a lot of roaming balloons. Before m...You must have a lot of roaming balloons. Before my mom retired from teaching her classroom had a sensor alarm like this (it had once been the computer lab). She'd hang stuff from the ceiling as Kindergarten teachers are apt to do and it would set the alarm off in the middle of the night. The best was she'd always want to get stuff from her classroom after hours, so she'd have to deactivate the alarm, etc. We had foreigners w/ us, I can't remember where from, possibly my sister's Norwegian boyfriend (this was years and years ago) and she set the alarm off, at 10:30 at night, in this nice quiet neighborhood and the police came. The foreigners thought it was the best thing ever! My mom was mortified.<BR/><BR/>sidenote: I posted a recipe for caramel sauce for you as a comment on my oatmeal chews recipe. You can see if it works out.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086417252211755708noreply@blogger.com