So after breaking my tablet a couple months ago, and getting a new tablet, and spending the time needed to get everything setup, then having my friend's gift of a Kindle Fire arrive, and spending the time needed to get everything setup, then finding out that neither the new tablet nor the Kindle has the hardware capability for video out to the OHC in my classroom, I've now gotten my third tablet in half as many months and am spending the time needed to get everything setup. Starting with turning off autocorrect and that damn clicking noise.
I've always thought he was singing about a girl, just not a specific one. Mr Brownstone I always assumed to be Cocaine/an allegory for drug use - 'I used to do a little but a little wouldn't do it so a little got more and more, we've been dancing with Mr Brownstone, he's been knocking, he won't leave me alone...'
I'm fairly sure it was heroin (in both cases) - which is yellow/brown. Coke tends to be a white powder
I agree - Brown Sugar was about Heroin, as was Golden Brown by the Stranglers Eric Clapton wrote a song about cocaine - very helpfully, he called it "Cocaine". Avoids confusion, nice one Eric (c: ETA my first world whinge... I bought a cool-box for my van, saving myself a hundred quid by buying it from Germany, however I seem to have thrown out the 12V cable I NEVER throw cables away. I still have cables for my original Nokia 5310, but I remember looking at it and thinking "well if I can't remember what it's for, I can't need it..." I can get a replacement, but my cool-box has flat pins and all the replacement have round pins. Even the ones on eBay.de for that specific cool-box
And of course we have ebeneezer goode by the shaman 'E's are good, E' are good, E gets the party started etc...' definitely can't have been about Ecstasy
ARgh.... why can't I just write a story...!!!! a simple point A to point Z type story.... with all the stuff in themiddle. No instead my stories have to have lore on top of lore, story on top of story, Here's Point A and Point B but wait... before C... there is Point 1 .... now Point C.... One thing about using Earth, don't need your lore. . and I refuse to believe LoTR is set on earth.
Boys, boys, boys... Let's forget those flashy foreign toys and let Sako and Lapua from Finland show us the way to decent communication between civilized folks. In Finland we appreciate having a bit more personal space. And it looks like even some Americans get this attitude.
brown sugar is putatively about slavery - just like Ebenezer goode is putatively about the club character and mr brownstone is putatively about an old man
I dunno, saying Brown Sugar is putatively about slavery/interracial sex is like saying Moby Dick is putatively about whaling. There may be other levels of meaning, but both work very well on strictly the surface/obvious level.
Are you talking about The Stones? "... Brown Sugar, how come you dance so good... just like a balck girl should..." Wasn't that about a stripper in New Orleans?
Given that we're discussing the meaning of the lyrics, it should be OK to post them under Fair Use. I'll put 'em in a spoiler in case anyone has an issue with lyrical content. Here are the full lyrics according to Google, so everyone can decide for themselves: Spoiler: Brown Sugar lyrics Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields Sold in the market down in New Orleans Scarred old slaver knows he's doin' all right Hear him whip the women just around midnight Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should Drums beatin' cold, English blood runs hot Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop House boy knows that he's doin' all right You should have heard him just around midnight Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should Brown Sugar, how come you dance so good Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should I bet your mama was a Cajun Queen, And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen I'm no school boy but I know what I like You should have heard them just around midnight Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo How come you, how come you dance so good Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo Just like a, just like a black girl should Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo Songwriters: Keith Richards / Mick Jagger Brown Sugar lyrics © Abkco Music, Inc
Gah, my crush is online on Facebook and I haven't seen her for three weeks and although I never speak to her I really miss her and for these past few days I've been really getting the urge to message her with something non-dance-related but WHAT? HOW THE FUCK DO I JUSTIFY MESSAGING SOMEONE I'VE BARELY SPOKEN TO? I accidentally challenged her to a game once and backed out in terror before she could respond, maybe I could challenge her again? But there are so many more obvious choices for people I could challenge - Facebook tells me I have about six other friends who play that game. Fuck me. (Not literally.) OK. Vent over. Edit: OK, perfect plan. I saw a meme a while ago on a page specific to our uni about how our dance team are all so flexible. So I send it to her with a little comment about how that only actually applies to her, she appreciates the compliment and BAM! Conversation begun. Only when I find that meme again, I see HER FRIEND HAS ALREADY TAGGED HER IN IT! And where would it have gone anyway? She jointly choreographed a dance to a Prodigy medley. I could ask if that was her choice or the other choreographer's. I like The Prodigy, if she does too, then that's something. But why bring it up two weeks later? Urgh, this isn't going to lead anywhere anyway, and I think she thinks I'm a weirdo (which would be completely accurate). I lied. The vent was not over.
So I picked up those new glasses today, and I’m a little underwhelmed. I hope it’s just an adjustment period, getting used to the new specs. My left eye has been twitching and my right eye has been watering almost from the time I left the store. They (the glsses) don’t seem to be reactive as they’re supposed to be, but it was also overcast and cloudy today. So I’ll have to wait and see how that goes. All things considered, not a great first impression for $361 glasses.
Ya know, for someone who brews for...somewhat of a living now (starting up...) you'd think I'd have some to drink. But nooooooo. Guess its coconut water for me.
Ahhh, that's why the newest tablet is so bright even at the lower settings, but burns through its battery so quickly. "Adaptive Brightness" was on and overriding every decision I made. I am so sick of configuring new hardware and old software to my liking these days.
The app for the wifi-controlled lights isn't connecting to the Internet properly, so I have to--gasp!--walk over to the light switches to turn them off instead of using my phone. Also, until I troubleshoot and fix it, there are no color changing lightbulbs or red night lights.
Oh god, the horror. That's as bad or worse than (have I mentioned this?) the batteries on the remote control for my powered toilet seat and lid died. Had to lift them up with my hands like some kind of accursed animal.
Had to travel to 4 Bunnings (hardware stores) to get the 3 different items I needed for the floor replacement. Why can't they replace stock when they run out instead of having a bunch of empty shelves and fed up customers all the time? Daft.
Over thinking much just message her and say Hi... see where the convo goes from there At this point you have no reason to think shes interested or even that she's interesed in girls - so just be freindly and let nature take its course
I know... I've never had a crush before so it's all a bit overwhelming. I just didn't know what I'd say if she asked why I was messaging her, since we've never really spoken.
Just be like, "Hey, that's strange. I was just thinking about that thing we were doing, and you then you came online. Anyway, casual conversation featuring areas of mutual interest. Bee tee dubs, I'm going to subtly ask if you're seeing anyone... etc."