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00:23:26: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Radar: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/61PUuo
00:23:27: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Secret Garden: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/69TuDk
00:23:28: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Cruisin: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/7uwIP8
00:23:29: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Papers: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/fjk4q
00:23:30: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Steve Spacek – inside: http://www.last.fm/music/Steve+Spacek http://bit.ly/4nmvUW
00:31:22: Just uploaded 1 new photo to my Flickr "365" photoset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vox_efx/sets/72157612364212631
00:54:23: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Traffic: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/5Spg2P
00:54:24: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – One Hand: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/6dRt0W
00:54:25: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Rock Band: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/4Ux5Xa
00:54:25: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – There Goes My Baby: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/8rIHJY
00:54:26: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Cutter Off: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/8shUjp
01:25:00: Flickr Update In My Ear This Year - Day 250: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo: I'm into soul, rnb, jazz, electronic ... http://bit.ly/7ZCXdg
01:25:03: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – The Realest One: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/8dl72F
01:25:03: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – She's Got It: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/8DyEZZ
01:25:05: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – She Dont Know: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/5nUVe2
01:25:06: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Blockin: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/85XUCX
01:25:06: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – In My Bag (Feat. T.I): http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/7mSL05
01:30:30: Just uploaded 1 new photo to my Flickr "Up Close" photoset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vox_efx/sets/72057594126614332
01:37:41: Liked "Forgot to put phone on silent during grandma's funeral. Got a call. My ringtone? Theme from "Six Feet..." http://ff.im/-dtvxO
01:39:18: Liked "How to get the girl?" http://ff.im/-dt74R
01:55:35: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Michael Jackson – Blood on The Dance Floor (Acapella): http://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Jackson http://bit.ly/8qWRKn
01:55:36: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Michael Jackson – Blame It on the Boogie (w/The Jacksons) (Acapella): http://www.last.fm/musi... http://bit.ly/60c8jZ
01:55:37: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Vikter Duplaix – Electric Love (Nicolay Remix): http://www.last.fm/music/Vikter+Duplaix http://bit.ly/6BgQJR
01:55:38: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – 06. Rockband: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/4Wg1u1
02:15:27: Listening to a song I love: George Benson - Moody's Mood http://foxytunes.com/artist/george+benson/track/moodys+mood
02:25:44: Flickr Update Macro Test Sigma 105mm: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo: Model Mayhem ~ Photography/Travel Blog ~ Fli... http://bit.ly/4ni2OD
02:26:14: #lastfm VoxEarCandy George Benson – What's on Your Mind: http://www.last.fm/music/George+Benson http://bit.ly/7yCRJ2
02:26:15: #lastfm VoxEarCandy George Benson – Moody's Mood: http://www.last.fm/music/George+Benson http://bit.ly/30Jq5R
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#lastfm VoxEarCandy AFTA-1 – Love Suite 2 (Sit Still): www.last.fm/music/AFTA-1 bit.ly/6bltMc

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Radar: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/61PUuo

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Secret Garden: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/69TuDk

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Cruisin: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/7uwIP8

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Papers: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/fjk4q

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Steve Spacek – inside: www.last.fm/music/Steve+Spacek bit.ly/4nmvUW

Just uploaded 1 new photo to my Flickr "365" photoset: www.flickr.com/photos/vox_efx/sets/72157612364212631

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Traffic: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/5Spg2P

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – One Hand: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/6dRt0W

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Rock Band: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/4Ux5Xa

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – There Goes My Baby: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/8rIHJY

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Cutter Off: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/8shUjp

Flickr Update In My Ear This Year - Day 250: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

I'm into soul, rnb, jazz, electronic ... bit.ly/7ZCXdg

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – The Realest One: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/8dl72F

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – She's Got It: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/8DyEZZ

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – She Dont Know: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/5nUVe2

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Blockin: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/85XUCX

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – In My Bag (Feat. T.I): www.last.fm/music/Usher<
/a> bit.ly/7mSL05

Just uploaded 1 new photo to my Flickr "Up Close" photoset: www.flickr.com/photos/vox_efx/sets/72057594126614332

Liked "Forgot to put phone on silent during grandma's funeral. Got a call. My ringtone? Theme from "Six Feet..." ff.im/-dtvxO

Liked "How to get the girl?" ff.im/-dt74R

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Michael Jackson – Blood on The Dance Floor (Acapella): www.last.fm/music/Michael+Jackson bit.ly/8qWRKn

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Michael Jackson – Blame It on the Boogie (w/The Jacksons) (Acapella): >www.last.fm/musi... bit.ly/60c8jZ

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Vikter Duplaix – Electric Love (Nicolay Remix): www.last.fm/music/Vikter+Duplaix bit.ly/6BgQJR

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – 06. Rockband: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/4Wg1u1

Listening to a song I love: George Benson - Moody's Mood foxytunes.com/artist/george+benson/track/moodys+mood

Flickr Update Macro Test Sigma 105mm: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

Model Mayhem ~ Photography/Travel Blog ~ Fli... bit.ly/4ni2OD

#lastfm VoxEarCandy George Benson – What's on Your Mind: www.last.fm/music/George+Benson bit.ly/7yCRJ2

#lastfm VoxEarCandy George Benson – Moody's Mood: www.last.fm/music/George+Benson bit.ly/30Jq5R

In My Ear This Year - Day 250 ff.im/-dtCmf

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15:11:56: #lastfm VoxEarCandy AFTA-1 – Love Suite 2 (Sit Still): http://www.last.fm/music/AFTA-1 http://bit.ly/6bltMc

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In My Ear This Year - Day 250

In My Ear This Year - Day 250, originally uploaded by √oхέƒx™.

I'm into soul, rnb, jazz, electronic and pop, including:
Prince, Leon Ware, Lewis Taylor, 4hero, International Pony, Blue Six, Lisa Shaw, Al Jarreau, Morcheeba, De-Phazz, Röyksopp, Michael Jackson, Thunderball, Tosca, Waldeck, Parov Stelar, Earth, Wind & Fire, Dwele, Marvin Gaye, Jill Scott, Maxwell, Mary J. Blige, Samantha James, Kevin Yost, Clara Hill, Stevie Wonder, Eric Roberson, Jazzanova, Sade, Planet Lounge, Teena Marie, Mint Condition, Seal, Lemongrass, Platinum Pied Pipers, Thievery Corporation, The Maneken, The Dining Rooms, Goapele, Gaelle, Frank McComb, Jesse Johnson, Donny Hathaway, Chico DeBarge, Stéphane Pompougnac, Llorca, Robin Thicke, Mr. Scruff, Stephen Simmonds, Bliss.

Check out my music taste: www.last.fm/user/Voxefx

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Flickr Update Go Ravens - Day 249: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

Model Mayhem ~ Photography/Travel Blog ~ Flickr... bit.ly/8w0aHW

Listening to a song I love: Stacy Lattisaw - My Love foxytunes.com/artist/stacy+lattisaw/track/my+love

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Stephanie Mills – Sweet Sensation: www.last.fm/music/Stephanie+Mills bit.ly/8ll2ZO

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Stacy Lattisaw – My Love: www.last.fm/music/Stacy+Lattisaw bit.ly/8boYoz

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Love In This Club [Feat. Young Jeezy]: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/6d9RdO

#lastfm VoxEar
Candy Usher – Love In This Club Part II [Ft. Beyonce And Lil Wayne]: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/efkC0

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Love You Gently: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/8R1Hbo

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Squarepusher – Seb-1.11: www.last.fm/music/Squarepusher bit.ly/5jLVgc

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – What's a Man to Do: www.last.fm/music/Usher bit.ly/7EUa5o

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Platinum Pied Pipers – Stay With Me (Instrumental): www.last.fm/music/Platinum+Pied+Pipers bit.ly/6fJSyL

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Nite Jewel – What Did He Say: www.last.fm/music/Nite+Jewel bit.ly/4zydAM

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Self Scientific – Love Bird: www.last.fm/music/Self+Scientific bit.ly/8iAIFo

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Jesse Boykins III – Pantyhose (Instrumental): www.last.fm/music/Jesse+Boykins+III bit.ly/6GtAPf

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Steve Spacek – Hidden Track (Space Shift CD): www.last.fm/music/Steve+Spacek bit.ly/8ixkju

#lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angel
s – We: www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels bit.ly/6WN162

#lastfm VoxEarCandy J*Davey – Hi Sun: www.last.fm/music/J%2ADavey bit.ly/2vnHDm

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Dam-Funk – Indigo: www.last.fm/music/Dam-Funk bit.ly/6haPMA

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Cazeaux O.S.L.O. – Conan Bout With Circumstance: www.last.fm/music/Cazeaux+O.S.L.O. bit.ly/4JqJfD

Listening to a song I love: A Race of Angels - afrika displaced foxytunes.com/artist/a+race+of+angels/track/af
rika+displaced

#lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angels – love is the end.: www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels bit.ly/5g30CJ

#lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angels – Afrika Displaced: www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels bit.ly/5wuQRo

#lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angels – Your Name: www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels bit.ly/8SsdVg

#lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angels – Michael & the Force: www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels bit.ly/92U7Pg

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Alpha – Nyquil: <
a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Alpha">www.last.fm/music/Alpha bit.ly/8oixAT

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Cazeaux O.S.L.O. – Wildo Cheese Wind: www.last.fm/music/Cazeaux+O.S.L.O. bit.ly/8qX59F

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Sa-Ra – Downlow: www.last.fm/music/Sa-Ra bit.ly/8BfDu1

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00:09:21: Listening to a song I love: Earth, Wind & Fire - Keep Your Head To The Sky http://bit.ly/8kbWF9
00:24:37: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Roy Ayers – Mystic Voyage: http://www.last.fm/music/Roy+Ayers http://bit.ly/1QSNAA
01:25:29: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Michael Henderson – Valentine Love: http://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Henderson http://bit.ly/FALA7
01:25:30: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Prince – Xotica: http://www.last.fm/music/Prince http://bit.ly/v6Qis
14:04:36: Flickr Update Go Ravens - Day 249: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo: Model Mayhem ~ Photography/Travel Blog ~ Flickr... http://bit.ly/8w0aHW
19:39:48: Listening to a song I love: Stacy Lattisaw - My Love http://foxytunes.com/artist/stacy+lattisaw/track/my+love
19:47:50: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Stephanie Mills – Sweet Sensation: http://www.last.fm/music/Stephanie+Mills http://bit.ly/8ll2ZO
19:47:51: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Stacy Lattisaw – My Love: http://www.last.fm/music/Stacy+Lattisaw http://bit.ly/8boYoz
20:18:27: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Love In This Club [Feat. Young Jeezy]: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/6d9RdO
20:18:28: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Love In This Club Part II [Ft. Beyonce And Lil Wayne]: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/efkC0
20:18:29: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – Love You Gently: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/8R1Hbo
20:18:30: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Squarepusher – Seb-1.11: http://www.last.fm/music/Squarepusher http://bit.ly/5jLVgc
20:18:32: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Usher – What's a Man to Do: http://www.last.fm/music/Usher http://bit.ly/7EUa5o
20:48:39: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Platinum Pied Pipers – Stay With Me (Instrumental): http://www.last.fm/music/Platinum+Pied+Pipers http://bit.ly/6fJSyL
20:48:40: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Nite Jewel – What Did He Say: http://www.last.fm/music/Nite+Jewel http://bit.ly/4zydAM
20:48:42: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Self Scientific – Love Bird: http://www.last.fm/music/Self+Scientific http://bit.ly/8iAIFo
20:48:43: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Jesse Boykins III – Pantyhose (Instrumental): http://www.last.fm/music/Jesse+Boykins+III http://bit.ly/6GtAPf
20:48:44: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Steve Spacek – Hidden Track (Space Shift CD): http://www.last.fm/music/Steve+Spacek http://bit.ly/8ixkju
21:19:00: #lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angels – We: http://www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels http://bit.ly/6WN162
21:19:01: #lastfm VoxEarCandy J*Davey – Hi Sun: http://www.last.fm/music/J%2ADavey http://bit.ly/2vnHDm
21:19:02: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Dam-Funk – Indigo: http://www.last.fm/music/Dam-Funk http://bit.ly/6haPMA
21:19:03: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Cazeaux O.S.L.O. – Conan Bout With Circumstance: http://www.last.fm/music/Cazeaux+O.S.L.O. http://bit.ly/4JqJfD
21:46:19: Listening to a song I love: A Race of Angels - afrika displaced http://foxytunes.com/artist/a+race+of+angels/track/afrika+displaced
21:49:27: #lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angels – love is the end.: http://www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels http://bit.ly/5g30CJ
21:49:28: #lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angels – Afrika Displaced: http://www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels http://bit.ly/5wuQRo
21:49:28: #lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angels – Your Name: http://www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels http://bit.ly/8SsdVg
21:49:29: #lastfm VoxEarCandy A Race of Angels – Michael & the Force: http://www.last.fm/music/A+Race+of+Angels http://bit.ly/92U7Pg
22:19:55: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Alpha – Nyquil: http://www.last.fm/music/Alpha http://bit.ly/8oixAT
22:19:56: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Cazeaux O.S.L.O. – Wildo Cheese Wind: http://www.last.fm/music/Cazeaux+O.S.L.O. http://bit.ly/8qX59F
22:19:57: #lastfm VoxEarCandy Sa-Ra – Downlow: http://www.last.fm/music/Sa-Ra http://bit.ly/8BfDu1

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#lastfm VoxEarCandy Beverley Knight – Get Up: www.last.fm/music/Beverley+Knight bit.ly/5qZdBy

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Mario – Shakedown: www.last.fm/music/Mario bit.ly/14xrz3

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Giovanca – To the moon: www.last.fm/music/Giovanca bit.ly/5XkW8I

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Keith Sweat – How Deep Is Your Love: www.last.fm/music/Keith+Sweat bit.ly/4Xfj8O

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Jodeci – U & I: www.last.fm/music/Jodeci bit.ly/5GcR j0

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Marcus Miller / Me'Shell NdegéOcello – Rush Over: www.last.fm/music/Marcus%2BMiller%2... bit.ly/5hMHlx

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Aretha Franklin – It Hurts Like Hell: www.last.fm/music/Aretha+Franklin bit.ly/8Xkag8

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Mary J. Blige – Talk To Me: www.last.fm/music/Mary+J.+Blige bit.ly/5IYUGj

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Jill Scott – Can't Explain (42nd Street Hap: www.last.fm/music/Jill+Scott bit.ly/18mwIC

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Teena Marie – Casanova Brow n: www.last.fm/music/Teena+Marie bit.ly/6Ex8DM

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Eric Benét – Poetry Girl: www.last.fm/music/Eric+Ben%C3%A9t bit.ly/6yDeuO

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Keith Sweat – make_you_sweat: www.last.fm/music/Keith+Sweat bit.ly/53hBdj

Flickr Update Alien Bees B800 Black: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

Model Mayhem ~ Photography/Travel Blog ~ Flic... bit.ly/4GjFzM

Flickr Update Krusty Krab Lego: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

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Flickr Update Santa Letter: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

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Flickr Update Tony Hawk Ride Wii: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

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#lastfm VoxEarCandy Jill Scott – The Fact Is (I Need You): www.last.fm/music/Jill+Scott bit.ly/cbvvI

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Beverley Knight – Keep This Fire Burning: www.last.fm/music/Beverley+Knight bit.ly/2A77nA

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Giovanca – Stay together: www.last.fm/music/Giovanca bit.ly/4R3tyn

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Brandy – Sittin' Up In My Room: www.last.fm/music/Brandy bit.ly/4RpccX

#lastfm VoxEarCandy
Kindred the Family Soul – Meant To Be: www.last.fm/music/Kindred+the+Family+Soul bit.ly/Sn6i0

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Melky & Day / Refugee Camp Allstars – I Got a Love Jones for You: www.last.fm/music/Me... bit.ly/6N4aZe

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Mary J. Blige – What Love Is: www.last.fm/music/Mary+J.+Blige bit.ly/6l55Bm

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Tony Toni Toné – Let's Get Down: www.last.fm/music/Tony+Toni+Ton%C3%A9 bit.ly/eDPv6

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Mario – Girl I Need Feat. Cham: www.last.fm/music/Mario bit.ly/6pIB2X

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Jill Scott – Bedda At Home: www.last.fm/music/Jill+Scott bit.ly/80XFzr

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Giovanca – You can do it: www.last.fm/music/Giovanca bit.ly/6lAwLD

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Keith Sweat – ill give all my love to you: www.last.fm/music/Keith+Sweat bit.ly/5sqQWH

Listening to a song I love: Carl Thomas - I Wish foxytunes.com/artist/carl+thomas/track/i+wish

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Xscape – Just Kickin' It: www.last.fm/music/Xscape bit.ly/xKdlA

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Mary J. Blige – Smoke: www.last.fm/music/Mary+J.+Blige bit.ly/3LDrce

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Giovanca – Melancholic You: www.last.fm/music/Giovanca bit.ly/7IJzO1

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Mario – 18 feat. Cassidy: www.last.fm/music/Mario bit.ly/7sNnIR

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Keith Sweat – just_one_of_them_thangs_(duet_with_gerald_levert): www.last.fm/music/Keit... bit.ly/KhqWm

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Dru Hil
l – How Deep Is Your Love: www.last.fm/music/Dru+Hill bit.ly/BmeDm

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#lastfm VoxEarCandy Bell Biv DeVoe – When Will I See You Smile Again?: www.last.fm/music/Bell+Biv+DeVoe bit.ly/1hnut0

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Mary J. Blige – Fade Away: www.last.fm/music/Mary+J.+Blige bit.ly/7NaQqZ

Flickr Update Portrait: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

Model Mayhem ~ Photography/Travel Blog ~ Flickr ~ Twitter bit.ly/7XXHVV

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Maxwell – Sumthin' Sumthin': Mellosmoothe (Cut): www.last.fm/music/Maxwell bit.ly/92uRGx

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Dru Hill – In My Bed: www.last.fm/music/Dru+Hill bit.ly/3GSbxh

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Mario – Nikes Fresh Out the Box: www.last.fm/music/Mario bit.ly/6Ll0TA

#lastfm VoxEarCandy TLC – This Is How It Works: www.last.fm/music/TLC bit.ly/82q9vV

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Groove Theory – Never Enough
: www.last.fm/music/Groove+Theory bit.ly/7Nye1d

#lastfm VoxEarCandy Bilal – When Will You Call: www.last.fm/music/Bilal bit.ly/5MKbFT

Flickr Update Got an iron? - Day 248: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

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Flickr Update Headshot: √oхέƒx™ posted a photo:

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Listening to a song I love: Earth, Wind & Fire - Keep Your Head To The Sky bit.ly/8kbWF9

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Great Minds, and Fools

Endeesea
3 days ago
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I'd just read my friend & neighbour, Ninja, and couldn't help but feel as though my gob had been smacked....my gast flabbered, my dumb found and my non well and truly plussed. Here is a man who feels about the silly season almost precisely the same as I do. Reading between the lines and taking his choice of YouTube video into account, I dare say Ninja is a man who puts his best efforts forward at this time of year because he knows it's what's expected of him by everyone else. Which is why I have such an affinity with Chevy Chase's portrayal of Xmas and it's foibles in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation . Truly, it doesn't matter how much spirit you try to put into Christmas, or how you think you understand anyone else's view of the occasion, you'll never managed to pull it off to the satisfaction of anyone but yourself. So, does that mean Christmas is a dead duck?

Actually, Christmas is a dead chook, or of you're lucky, a dead turkey or pig. When I was a youngster, chook was the thing. We never saw a baked ham, or leg of pork, but we did always have chook; trifle, ice cream & jelly; millionaire mix, walnuts, brazil nuts, hazel nuts, almonds, jelly beans, ju-jubes and sundry other confectionery. There was always homemade Christmas cake, which was really Grandma's best'est fruitcake masquerading under a layer of marzipan and commercial sugar icing; as well as the genuine article....the boiled plum pudding with silver coinage secreted within. One vivid memory I have is 'Grilla Head', otherwise known as lime jelly. The origin fades for me now, but I do retain the startling recollection of my youngest brother & I kacking ourselves over 'Grilla Head'. Such are Christmas Memories.

Then comes Boxing Day, when my Mum's brother, wife & four boys (Mum & Dad had we three boys) would truck over, with the adults sequestered inside grogging on, and we boys outside playing all manner of games from bloody murder, television-inspired shoot-em-ups, to simple hide & seek. I recall spending an inordinate length of time inside the paper bin one year, hiding. I also recall my younger brother draining the dregs of each & every dead marine in the kitchen, and getting decidedly ill on a pathetically small amount of hot beer.

Of course, the mildly astute among you will realise that these are all childhood memories. Those memories of good times, or indeed, better times when life contained few stresses and those it did contain were short-lived and insignificant once past. That's where Christmas belongs for me. Coddled among the fond memories of times long past, among people now gone, or unlikely to ever re-appear in this life as I now live it. My youngest brother & I never see each other most likely because I walked away from a marriage which was killing me, literally. That's his issue, not mine, but he now has a daughter who knows absolutely nothing of an Uncle. My younger brother & I see each other maybe twice a year, and no angst is held there. We simply live different lives. As for Rabble's family, well, in the initial years the family Christmas gathering was somewhat fun, albeit extraordinarily tiring. Masses of adults all jabbering away, the inevitable obnoxious brother-in-law carping on about his fishing boat, the niece-in-law who seems to grow fatter by the year, yet insists on hanging her tits out further at each meeting, and the incessant shrill of children from the second and third generations behaving like the bush fly around one's ears & eyes on a hot day. I actually miss greatly the interaction with Rabble's Mum & Dad because they're honest and open people. Ron is a true gentleman in every possible sense of the word, and Joyce is the Mum I wish I'd had, which is not to say I don't love my own, save for the amalgam of the two as a preference.

Clearly, as we age, as we hopefully mature, and as the scales of false intent fall from our eyes, Christmas becomes less and less of a favoured time, and more of a necessarily pestilent intrusion upon lives which have become increasingly insular. Christmas, if you're religious, clearly has meaning. If you're not, like me, then it's simply another day which can be tied into the memory skein by virtue of memories of other anniversaries. It's a time of year, an annual period or in terms of pagan ritual, a festive celebration. I tend toward the latter, given that I regard myself more & more with each passing season as adherent to the pagan rights of winter-summer, dark-light, cold-warm. I'm atheistic in my beliefs. I'd like to think Sagan was wrong and death isn't the end, but I'm fast accepting that when the lights go out, there's no emergency backup. Christmas, as a time, an anniversary, a memory prompt or philosophical stalking horse is simply a day among a calendar of 364 other days. As that alone, I believe in this current 24/7 world, we owe it to ourselves to take that day for ourselves. Not to share with others, but only for ourselves. For self, solitude, quiet introspection however that occurs.

And here's the point of this diatribe. After at least four Hahn Premiums - and don't ever let anyone tell you that alcohol doesn't allow the creative juices to flow - I deliberately, and purposefully spent Christmas day, the anniversary, the occasion, the celebration call it what you will, at a tiny location which has come to mean far more to me than any other in recent memory. Bolivia, New South Wales. Why? Because there's never anyone else there (at the Community Hall) and the location is wreathed in the past. I had a wonderful time. From AC\DC at the beginning to Nirvana and Metallica at the exit. I revelled in the history, walked the past, collected what was and generally wrapped myself in memories. After all, isn't that what Christmas is all about? Memories?

So, Ninja, don't ever feel as though you're being a grumpy old man, or that Christmas means you're obligated to pleasing everyone else. Far from it on both counts. I solidly believe that Christmas is what you, the individual, want it to be. Religiously oriented or not, we are all - every single one of us - entitled to at least one day every year where we indulge in what memories we want to indulge in. For mine, it's the peace & serenity, the solitude, the historical ghosts and self-fabricated beliefs of what was. The wandering up & down the derelict rail line and imagining what 1834 was like in that location. Do yourself a favour & do what you want to do, just the once, and see what it means to you. If that happens to be on or around 25 December, then so be it. If doing so makes us both fools, then know you're in good company.