I got a Jackson 5 CD for Christmas, and it includes this, my current favorite (though it’s technically a Michael Jackson song, not Jackson 5).
Two things I know to be true:
1) 32 year old men with limited musical talent can’t sing the same notes as pre-teen Michael Jackson (especially true of the chorus of this song, skip ahead to the 1:10 mark – I get some pretty strange looks from other drivers when I contort my face in order to hit those notes).
2) The person who selected Michael’s outfit for that American Bandstand performance has a sick sense of humor.
[On an unrelated note, I'm having some communication issues with my web host, so it's possible that this site may disappear sometime soon. I'm working on trying to transfer it, so please standby.]
3313 – Number of photos kept from 2009 (so far), not counting cell phone pictures. This number includes:
1260 – Approximate number of photos including the girl taken in 2009
910 – Approximate number of photos including the boy taken in 2009
315 – Approximate number of photos including the wife taken in 2009
150 – Approximate number of photos including me taken in 2009
10 – Months since I went on Craigslist and bought myself a guitar.
lots – Number of hours I spent playing the guitar between late February and May.
not enough – Number of hours I spent playing the guitar between June and December.
5 – Age my boy turned in 2009. I’m the parent of a kid in kindergarten! I still can’t believe it, sometimes. I started blogging when he was 5 months old.
1 – Age my girl turned in 2009. And after a nice calm stretch, she’s starting to exhibit some “terrible two” behavior. Which means the “vasectomy-inducing threes” are right around the corner.
40.6 – “Official” number of pounds I lost in 2009. I don’t mean to keep blabbing about that, but I’m pretty pleased. Still some work to be done, though.
2 – Number of times I went to the movie theater in 2009. Both times, I saw “Up.”
0 – Number of times I left the state of New York in 2009. Kinda sad. I’ll see what I can do about that next year.
27 – Number of new blog posts I published in 2009 (including this one). That’s embarrassing. Jon, Cadiz, and Syar posted more than that in November alone. But at least I beat Becky.
Welcome to Say What? Here’s how you play the game:
(1) Figure out what the crap Omar’s kid is saying (if your browser doesn’t use Flash, click the clip headings to hear each clip).
(2) Leave your guess in the text field next to each clip.
(3) Identify yourself in the “your name” box, so I know who to ridicule praise.
(4) Click “Go!”
I originally composed this post with 7 audio clips, but I thought two of them were prohibitively hard. And while I’m not looking to make it easy, I’m not trying to take the fun out of it, either. Besides, 7 is an awkward number.
On kindergarten… The boy started kindergarten last month, and hardly any tears were shed!
On weight loss… Down 37 pounds so far. I had to buy a bunch of new pants – “skinny pants,” as I like to call them. (And yes, Jasmine, they’re pleated. Flat-front pants aren’t meant for dudes with butts.) Also, I scored a $9 jacket at a thrift store, and it’s slimming effect is nothing short of magical. If I get a good picture of me in the magical jacket, I’ll post it.
On the square root of 4… No update, it’s still 2.
On the future of “Say What?” posts… I’ve been following my daughter around with my iPhone, recording everything I can. I’ll get a good mix of words, and will post another one soon. And like I mentioned in the comments, I’m going to do this one like the old music quizzes (remember those?), so you can’t see other people’s answers. And maybe there will be prizes! Nobo, no cheating this time.
On Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii… Somebody needs to buy this game so that we can play online and I can beat you. If you’ve got it, and you’re not afraid to get your feelings hurt, let me know!
On my job (that I love)… It’s bananas! That’s most of the reason why I haven’t been blogging as much lately. In the evenings, I’m catching up on all the work email I didn’t have time to address during the day. There’s a light at the end of the bananas tunnel though, so I’d expect that within the next month or so, I’ll be posting hourly (outside of work hours, boss!) in order to compensate for the past 6 months.
Welcome to the first installment of Say What? Here’s how you play the game:
(1) Figure out what the crap Omar’s kid is saying.
(2) Leave your guess in a comment.
(3) There is no #3!
The first person to correctly guess what is being said in the following two audio clips wins! For what it’s worth, I think the first one is pretty easy, but the second one is hard. If necessary, I’ll comment with some clues. Ready? Go!
Clip 1:
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Clip 2:
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