Strange how the songs you like can be so pertinent to the moment.
Come up to meet ya, tell you I’m sorry
You don’t know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need ya
And tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets, and nurse me your questions
Oh lets go back to the start
Running in circles, coming in tails
Heads on a science apart
Nobody said it was easy
It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
And tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing tails
Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy
Oh it’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I’m going back to the start
Looks off into the distance, with a pained look in his eyes.
That’s all.
This is shocking. The church I go to has a school, and the following are further (on top of the stringent dress code) limitations imposed on the students going to this school. This is a K-8 school - why would you disallow tatoos? Nothing like some red tape to make you thank God that you’re getting into college.
Shoes: Shoes should have non-scuff soles and must be closed toed. No sandals, clogs or platforms. Ankle height or lower. Heels must be no higher than 1-1/2 inches. Shoelaces must be same color as shoe. Shoe style should be conservative. Lights or neon colors are not permitted.
Shirts: Uniform shirts must be worn under sweatshirts or vests. Shirts must be tucked in at all times. Only the top button may be left unbuttoned. All cuffs must be buttoned.
Hair: Must be conservatively styled, well groomed and neat. No unconventional coloring or haircuts allowed. Hair accessories allowed are white, navy blue, red or uniform plaid.
Make-up: Tasteful, minimal make-up for girls in grades 6-8.
Jewelry: If worn, must be simple and conservative. No unconventional jewelry allowed. No dangling earrings for girls and no earrings for boys.
Tattoos: Of any sort are not allowed.
And its not even that I would not be able to walk around that school - I am well within the limitations imposed on these poor kids. But oh the red tape that flies when Christian dress code regulations fly around. The pratice, not the principle, of the thing makes me shudder.
I decided to write about three things I have been thinking about today. Near death experiences are crazy. I overheard a couple of months ago this guy talking about what he called his “spiderman” experience in which he, while on the op table, leaped to a wall and saw himself and his room there, and then was back in his body. Seriously, I think that really interesting. I also think we can learn a lot from cancer survivors - I don’t think they are on medicine for stress or anything - they understand life and its amazingness. Secondly, Matt and I decided that we were not hot. This realization is an important one to make. Thus, I now fully understand that I should not rely on my looks for anything and should not assume that a woman is ever attracted to anything other than my personality. On the positive side, I will never attract shallow women who want me for my looks - because as Matt and I positively concluded - we are not hot! I feel as though a weight has been lifted - like I expected myself to appear a certain way but never did and wondered why. Either way, working out and personal hygene still remain high priorities - I just understand it all better now. Thirdly, Paul Van Dyk’s song “For An Angel” - (original not remix) - is great. Go buy his cd with that song on it today. Combined with his “Tell Me Why”, Paul Van Dyk is really a cool music artist. Oh, and my wishlist for music has expanded to include at least one Happy Hardcore 2B record - Volume 2 I believe it is. Ho hum.
The following is the list of songs that my sister and I converted to mp3 using a small patchcord and tapeplayer for the tapes, and a 25 foot patchcord and Dual 1245 record player running through the ol’ SX-850 for vinyl. The patchcords were converted from RCA by two adpators, one routing the left and right signals to a 6mm standard plug and the next cutting the signal down to a standard 3.5mm stereo miniplug so the sound card would accept the signal. Thus, recordings were made in StereophonicTM sound using Lame Encoder (version 1.32, engine 3.93 MMX) at 44.1 KHz with a 192kps average bitrate set to extreme bitrates of 160 and 320kbps. There is The Beatles - The White Album and some christmas records left on the agenda for conversion to mp3.
+Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
01 - Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want.mp3
02 - Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know.mp3
03 - Alanis Morissette - Perfect.mp3
04 - Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket.mp3
05 - Alanis Morissette - Right Through You.mp3
06 - Alanis Morissette - Forgiven.mp3
07 - Alanis Morissette - You Learn.mp3
08 - Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet.mp3
09 - Alanis Morissette - Mary Jane.mp3
10 - Alanis Morissette - Ironic.mp3
11 - Alanis Morissette - Not the Doctor.mp3
12 - Alanis Morissette - Wake Up.mp3
13 - Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know (Reprise).mp3
+Beatles
+The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
01 - The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better.mp3
02 - The Beatles - When I Get Home.mp3
03 - The Beatles - I’ll Be Back.mp3
04 - The Beatles - I’m Happy Just to Dance With You.mp3
05 - The Beatles - Tell Me Why.mp3
06 - The Beatles - Any Time At All.mp3
07 - The Beatles - I’ll Cry Instead.mp3
08 - The Beatles - A Hard Days Night.mp3
09 - The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love.mp3
10 - The Beatles - Things We Said Today.mp3
11 - The Beatles - If I Fell.mp3
12 - The Beatles - And I Love Her.mp3
13 - The Beatles - You Can’t Do That.mp3
+The Beatles - Abbey Road
01 - The Beatles - Come Together.mp3
02 - The Beatles - Something.mp3
03 - The Beatles - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.mp3
04 - The Beatles - Oh! Darling.mp3
05 - The Beatles - Octopus’s Garden.mp3
06 - The Beatles - I Want You (She’s so heavy).mp3
07 - The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun.mp3
08 - The Beatles - Because.mp3
09 - The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money.mp3
+The Beatles - Help!
01 - The Beatles - I Need You.mp3
02 - The Beatles - Another Girl.mp3
03 - The Beatles - I’ve Just Seen a Face.mp3
04 - The Beatles - Yesterday.mp3
05 - The Beatles - The Night Before.mp3
06 - The Beatles - Ticekt to Ride.mp3
07 - The Beatles - Act Naturally.mp3
08 - The Beatles - Help!.mp3
09 - The Beatles - You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.mp3
10 - The Beatles - You’re Going to Lose That Girl.mp3
11 - The Beatles - It’s Only Love.mp3
12 - The Beatles - You Like Me Too Much.mp3
13 - The Beatles - Tell Me What You See .mp3
14 - The Beatles - Dizzy Miss Lizzie.mp3
+The Beatles - Let It Be
01 - The Beatles - Two of Us.mp3
02 - The Beatles - I Dig a Pony.mp3
03 - The Beatles - Across the Universe.mp3
04 - The Beatles - Dig It .mp3
05 - The Beatles - Let It Be .mp3
06 - The Beatles - Maggie Mae.mp3
07 - The Beatles - I Me Mine.mp3
08 - The Beatles - I’ve Got a Feeling.mp3
09 - The Beatles - One After 909.mp3
10 - The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road.mp3
11 - The Beatles - For You Blue.mp3
12 - The Beatles - Get Back.mp3
+The Beatles - Revolver
01 - The Beatles - Taxman - Revolver.mp3
02 - The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby - Revolver.mp3
03 - The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping - Revolver.mp3
04 - The Beatles - Love You To - Revolver.mp3
05 - The Beatles - Here, There And Everywhere - Revolver.mp3
06 - The Beatles - Yellow Submarine - Revolver.mp3
07 - The Beatles - She Said She Said - Revolver.mp3
08 - The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine - Revolver.mp3
09 - The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing - Revolver.mp3
10 - The Beatles - For No One - Revolver.mp3
11 - The Beatles - Doctor Robert - Revolver.mp3
12 - The Beatles - I Want To Tell You - Revolver.mp3
13 - The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life - Revolver.mp3
14 - The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows - Revolver.mp3
+The Beatles - Rubber Soul
01 - The Beatles - I’ve Just Seen a Face.mp3
02 - The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown).mp3
03 - The Beatles - You Won’t See Me.mp3
04 - The Beatles - Think For Yourself.mp3
05 - The Beatles - The Word.mp3
06 - The Beatles - Michelle.mp3
07 - The Beatles - It’s Only Love.mp3
08 - The Beatles - Girl.mp3
09 - The Beatles - I’m Looking Through You.mp3
10 - The Beatles - In My Life.mp3
11 - The Beatles - Wait.mp3
12 - The Beatles - Run For Your Life.mp3
+The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
01 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.mp3
02 - The Beatles - A Little Help From My Friends.mp3
03 - The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.mp3
04 - The Beatles - Getting Better .mp3
05 - The Beatles - Fixing a Hole .mp3
06 - The Beatles - She’s Leaving Home.mp3
07 - The Beatles - Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite.mp3
08 - The Beatles - Within You Without You.mp3
09 - The Beatles - When I’m Sixty-Four.mp3
10 - The Beatles - Lovely Rita.mp3
11 - The Beatles - Good Morning, Good Morning .mp3
12 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hears Club Band (Reprise).mp3
13 - The Beatles - A Day In The Life.mp3
+The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
01 - The Beatles - Yellow Submarine.mp3
02 - The Beatles - Only A Northern Song.mp3
03 - The Beatles - All Together Now.mp3
04 - The Beatles - Hey Bulldog.mp3
05 - The Beatles - It’s All Too Much.mp3
06 - The Beatles - All You Need Is Love.mp3
07 - The Beatles - Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds.mp3
08 - The Beatles - Pepperland.mp3
09 - The Beatles - Medley.mp3
10 - The Beatles - Sea of Monsters.mp3
11 - The Beatles - March of the Meanies.mp3
12 - The Beatles - Pepperland Laid Waste.mp3
13 - The Beatles - Yellow Submarine in Pepperland.mp3
+The Beatles Past Masters - Volume One
01 - The Beatles - Love Me Do.mp3
02 - The Beatles - From Me To You.mp3
03 - The Beatles - Thank You Girl.mp3
04 - The Beatles - She Loves You.mp3
05 - The Beatles - I’ll Get You.mp3
06 - The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand.mp3
07 - The Beatles - This Boy.mp3
08 - The Beatles - Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand.mp3
09 - The Beatles - Sie Liebt Dich.mp3
10 - The Beatles - Long Tall Sally.mp3
11 - The Beatles - I Call Your Name.mp3
12 - The Beatles - Slow Down.mp3
13 - The Beatles - Matchbox.mp3
14 - The Beatles - I Feel Fine.mp3
15 - The Beatles - She’s a Woman.mp3
16 - The Beatles - Bad Boy.mp3
17 - The Beatles - Yes It Is.mp3
18 - The Beatles - I’m Down.mp3
+The Beatles Past Masters - Volume Two
19 - The Beatles - Day Tripper.mp3
20 - The Beatles - We Can Work It Out.mp3
21 - The Beatles - Paperback Writer.mp3
22 - The Beatles - Rain.mp3
23 - The Beatles - Lady Madonna.mp3
24 - The Beatles - The Inner Light.mp3
25 - The Beatles - Hey Jude.mp3
26 - The Beatles - Revolution.mp3
27 - The Beatles - Get Back.mp3
28 - The Beatles - Don’t Let Me Down.mp3
29 - The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko.mp3
30 - The Beatles - Old Brown Shoe.mp3
31 - The Beatles - Across the Universe.mp3
32 - The Beatles - Let It Be.mp3
33 - The Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up the Number).mp3
+Donny and Marie Osmond - Greatest Hits
01 - Donny and Marie Osmond - I’m Leaving It All Up to You.mp3
02 - Donny and Marie Osmond - Morning Side of the Mountain.mp3
03 - Donny and Marie Osmond - Deep Purple.mp3
04 - Donny and Marie Osmond - Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing.mp3
05 - Donny and Marie Osmond - Make the World Go Away.mp3
06 - Donny and Marie Osmond - The Umbrella Song.mp3
07 - Donny and Marie Osmond - Take Me Back Again.mp3
08 - Donny and Marie Osmond - Everything Good Reminds Me of You.mp3
09 - Donny and Marie Osmond - A Day Late and A Dollar Short.mp3
10 - Donny and Marie Osmond - On The Shelf.mp3
+Donny Osmond - Greatest Hits
01 - Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl.mp3
02 - Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never.mp3
03 - Donny Osmond - Sweet and Innocent.mp3
04 - Donny Osmond - Puppy Love.mp3
05 - Donny Osmond - Are You Lonesome Tonight.mp3
06 - Donny Osmond - Too Young.mp3
07 - Donny Osmond - C’mon Marianne.mp3
08 - Donny Osmond - Hey Girl.mp3
09 - Donny Osmond - Why.mp3
10 - Donny Osmond - Lonely Boy.mp3
11 - Donny Osmond - Young Love.mp3
12 - Donny Osmond - A Million To One .mp3
+Jewel - Pieces of You
01 - Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul.mp3
02 - Jewel - Pieces of You.mp3
03 - Jewel - Little Sister.mp3
04 - Jewel - Foolish Games.mp3
05 - Jewel - Near You Always.mp3
06 - Jewel - Painters.mp3
07 - Jewel - Morning Song.mp3
08 - Jewel - I’m Sensitive.mp3
09 - Jewel - You Were Meant For Me.mp3
10 - Jewel - Don’t .mp3
11 - Jewel - Daddy.mp3
12 - Jewel - Angel Standing By.mp3
13 - Jewel - Amen.mp3
+Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Godspell
01 - Godspell - Prepare Ye (The Way of the Lord).mp3
02 - Godspell - Save The People .mp3
03 - Godspell - Day by Day .mp3
04 - Godspell - Turn Back, O Man .mp3
05 - Godspell - Bless the Lord .mp3
06 - Godspell - All For The Best .mp3
07 - Godspell - All Good Gifts .mp3
08 - Godspell - Light of the World .mp3
09 - Godspell - Alas For You .mp3
10 - Godspell - By My Side.mp3
11 - Godspell - Beautiful City.mp3
12 - Godspell - On The Willows.mp3
13 - Godspell - Finale.mp3
+Osmond Brothers - Greatest Hits
01 - Osmond Brothers - One Bad Apple.mp3
02 - Osmond Brothers - Down by the Lazy River.mp3
03 - Osmond Brothers - Love Me For a Reason.mp3
04 - Osmond Brothers - Crazy Horses.mp3
05 - Osmond Brothers - Let Me In.mp3
06 - Osmond Brothers - Yo-Yo.mp3
07 - Osmond Brothers - The Proud One.mp3
08 - Osmond Brothers - Hold Her Tight.mp3
09 - Osmond Brothers - Double Lovin’.mp3
10 - Osmond Brothers - Goin’ Home .mp3
+Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
01 - Paul McCartney - The Song We Were Singing.mp3
02 - Paul McCartney - The World Tonight .mp3
03 - Paul McCartney - If You Wanna.mp3
04 - Paul McCartney - Somedays .mp3
05 - Paul McCartney - Young Boy .mp3
06 - Paul McCartney - Calico Skies.mp3
07 - Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie.mp3
08 - Paul McCartney - Heaven on a Sunday.mp3
09 - Paul McCartney - Used to Be Bad.mp3
10 - Paul McCartney - Souvenir .mp3
11 - Paul McCartney - Little Willow .mp3
12 - Paul McCartney - Really Love You.mp3
13 - Paul McCartney - Beautiful Night.mp3
14 - Paul McCartney - Great Day .mp3
+Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
01 - Sheryl Crow - Maybe Angels.mp3
02 - Sheryl Crow - A Change.mp3
03 - Sheryl Crow - Home.mp3
04 - Sheryl Crow - Sweet Rosalyn.mp3
05 - Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy.mp3
06 - Sheryl Crow - Redemption Day.mp3
07 - Sheryl Crow - Hard to Make a Stand.mp3
08 - Sheryl Crow - Everyday is a Winding Road.mp3
09 - Sheryl Crow - Love is a Good Thing.mp3
10 - Sheryl Crow - Oh Marie.mp3
11 - Sheryl Crow - Superstar.mp3
12 - Sheryl Crow - The Book.mp3
13 - Sheryl Crow - Ordinary Morning.mp3
+Simon and Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
01 - Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson.mp3
02 - Simon & Garfunkel - For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her.mp3
03 - Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer.mp3
04 - Simon & Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy).mp3
05 - Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence.mp3
06 - Simon & Garfunkel - I Am A Rock.mp3
07 - Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair.mp3
08 - Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound.mp3
09 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water.mp3
10 - Simon & Garfunkel - America.mp3
11 - Simon & Garfunkel - Kathy’s Song.mp3
12 - Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could).mp3
13 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends.mp3
14 - Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia.mp3
+Squirrel Nut Zippers - HOT
01 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Got My Own Thing Now.mp3
02 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Put a Lid On It.mp3
03 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Memphis Exorcism.mp3
04 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Twilight.mp3
05 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - It Ain’t You .mp3
06 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Prince Nez.mp3
07 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell.mp3
08 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Meant To Be.mp3
09 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Bad Businessman.mp3
10 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Flight of the Passing Fancy.mp3
11 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Blue Angel.mp3
12 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Interlocutor.mp3
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Renamer as it is the best combination MP3 tagger and file renaming program I have ever used. It was used to convert the above songs, sorted by folder and only numbered and titled, to fully titled, ID3’d mp3’s, ready for importation into the CDP-CX 455. When I combined that program with Alex’s TreeMapper - (written by Justin), the above list was easily generated. Thank goodness for useful programs! Of course, Windows never includes powerful, useful, efficient, small little gems of programs like these.
And yes, we had to sit through all of those songs as they played. I never knew you could listen to too much music at one time.
I’ve been doing more brainstorming here. I realized that I should make some big decisions about what I want the upcoming site to have and what I don’t want it to have before I start designing. I’m closing in on “that certain” site that I have always wanted. It would be great to see it work out. Then again, the term “work out” to me is different than to others. First off, “work out” means going to Lifetime. Secondary definition is for things to work perfectly. So, I guess I don’t really want things to work perfectly - in order for that to happen, webdesigning would have to be my job, which it isn’t. Although, I have had this passing thought itching interest burning desire to try to show Justin that it is possible to make this look good. Who knows! I sure don’t! And to tell you the truth, that’s the fun in life. For tonight: Hamlet study guide/Crime and Punishment review/Calc section 4.4/St. Thomas Honors Program Essay/German ‘Das Bin Ich’ project/Accompaniment practicing/Website designing. And yes they are in that order. Now that the schedule is outlined -> onward!
Hi, my name is Richard and I’m not just a “nice guy”.
But anyways, regardless of my opinion on random things that I do not know if I am at liberty to share, the following is the color pallete for the upcoming redesign of this very site.
Justin pointed out that there could be some issues making it work look good. Well then, this is just the starting point, and we’ll see how we progress from there - hopefully well. Either way, its back to Hamlet and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus™.
I think I have turned a corner. For the past two months, nothing has really appealed to me; and by nothing I mean no activities, no free time stuff, no designing. High school has shifted out of the front of my goals and this is why; for all practical purposes high school is wrapped up and ready to be done with. We’re just pounding away at some pointless school days, doing some pointless things. Probably the only useful thing I am learning right now is the fundamental theorem of calculus. Everything else is useless; we waste so much time its incredible. Although I sound bitter, I have finally escaped that problem. Finally, I’m looking ahead and examining myself, clarifying what adjustments in attitude and ambition I need to make in order to thrive in the changing atmosphere. I am in the most critical time of my life, during which I make decisions that will echo throughout the corridors of my future years. At the same time, this is the most fun time. Think about it, i’m young, I have my health, my eyesight, my peers; I am in a most comfortable situation. College, of course, will dramatically change that - things are going to be rearranged. But whatever, I am rambling. I wish to enhance my witticism concentration and thus I will strive to be concise and humorous in these postings, which reminds me….
Soon things are going to change. I am going to rewrite the backend of the website into a better-coded document. Secondly, the front end will change. I have some elegant and effective ideas to streamline and emphasize the mission of this site. They will not be broken out yet. Regardless, that will be I believe the 8th version (give or take a few designs) of this website. This current design has, so far, been the most effective but I have one desire; to make everything more elegant. The php code has to be cleaned up in the backend, the css in the front should be the primary design engine, with these old-fashioned tables trashed as a relic of the past. The design will be cleaned up, simplifed, but at the same time made more elegant. I plan to spend long hours chosing a color palette that I like. There will be two main sections. Daily logging and daily imaging. They will not necessarily occur daily, but they will be set up in such a manner that they will be able to occur daily in a logical fashion. And these are the goals: streamline, enhance, modernize, clarify.
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I got into a conversation with a friend of mine today, and it came up that I haven’t drank anything since I got here. Most people have been wondering why I live a substance-free life around here (I mean, it’s freaking college, of all places), so yeah. Here’s your long-waiting explanation.
During high school, I formulated my own reasons as to why I didn’t drink or smoke either form of plant life. It essentially boiled down to the explanation that I didn’t want to do things to make myself stupider: that my intelligence is all I really have to myself, that it’s what identifies me, it’s what makes me unique. To dull or to stunt myself would be to deny what makes me myself, if that makes any sense.
During college, I read Ayn Rand (You saw this coming. Shut up.). I think she put it rather nicely in The Virtue of Selfishness, so I’ll repeat her words here:
“The pleasure of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of consciousness. And so are the kind of social gatherings, held for no other purpose than the expression of hysterical chaos, where the guests wander around around in an alcoholic stupor, prattling noisily and senselessly, and enjoying the illusion of a universe in which one is not burdened with purpose, logic, reality, or awareness.”
Road Trip, anyone? Scary Movie? Any frat party?
Word.
(Also, don’t go complaining to me that shows like the Paul Oakenfold one I attended last week are the same thing: I wasn’t on anything at Oakenfold and had such a great time regardless, so there. It’s easy to avoid the ingesting of such substances at those places, if you know what you’re doing.)
Simple Plan - “I’d Do Anything”
Sum 41
New Found Glory
Good Charlotte
Blink 182
Audioslave
Massive Attack “Mezzanine”
t.A.T.u. “Show Me Love”
Sarina Paris
Pet Shop Boys
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
George Acosta
chicane
Fragma DJ Tiesto
Ferry Corsten
blink 182
sum 41
nirvana
Utah Phillips
jewel’s newest
“little bits”
Lifehouse
Chevelle
bon jovi
india arie
dj sammy
beachboys - i wanna go home
beck? - i’ve seen better days
cranberries dreams
Afro Celt Sound System
Daft Punk
miss jane - its a fine day
