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300th post: the songs in my head

Dirty Vegas - Days Go By

i didn't think much of the original dance-y overproduced version of this song until i heard the acoustic one. this is the semi-acoustic live version. i couldn't find the fully acoustic version. i thought dirty vegas was black, just like i thought fefe dobson was white.

Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

there's some creepy staring in this video, but you'll get over it. the woman is Lisa Hannigan, who sings with him. she has an awesome lilt. and you will also see that her sweater looks like kelp.

Joshua Radin and Schuyler Fisk - Paperweight

i obviously like duets. Joshua Radin is featured a few times on Scrubs. that is because Zach Braff seems to have a man-crush on him. Radin has two songs on the soundtrack of Braff's latest movie, The Last Kiss. it is a morally ambiguous movie.

Danny Boy (4.72 MB) (right-click, save-as)

yes, that Irish song. there are many recordings of this, but i found one by an actual Irish group... called Celtic Woman. one of them sings it. i tried to post this on sunday as in a flash inline player, but i am incompetent (and blogger dislikes javascripts in their posts). this video is some old jazz pianist playing a jazz version. jazz piano reminds me of Everwood. one of my favouritest songs ever.

almost famous

since i have an essay due tomorrow, i decided to google myself. and this time i didn't quit because of grossoutedness at the first three or four hits that lead to that Asian male model by the same name. i only resent him for becoming a male model before me. now if i ever make it big in the male modeling scene, i'd just be a poser. that pun was so intentional.

there was also this amazing blog post by some guy. awkward.

but i digress (continually further from writing this essay).

i found two hits that were actually me! the first being this blog, nestled somewhere in the middle of page two. at the end of page three i found something of mine that made me laugh. click here! it's so nerd.

also: the genius that is indexed

Word of the Day: astute

as‧tute  /əˈstut, əˈstyut/ [uh-stoot, uh-styoot]
-adjective

1. of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
2. clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd: an astute merchandising program; an astute manipulation of facts.
[Origin: 1605–15; <>astūtus shrewd, sly, cunning, equiv. to astū- (s. of astus) cleverness + -tus adj. suffix]

—Related forms
as‧tute‧ly, adverb
as‧tute‧ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. smart, quick, perceptive. 2. artful, crafty, wily, sly.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

this is one of the most cherished words in my lexicon, partly because i fancy myself as being astute, but mostly because it sounds like an onomatopoeic synonym for flatulence.

Armchair Coach: Captain Down

Mats Sundin suffered a small ligament tear in his right elbow on Monday night's win over Philadelphia, and will be out of the lineup for 3-4 weeks.

Losing the team captain at any time is a terrible blow, but things could be worse. The Leaf schedule has a small lull in action, compared to the exorbitant number of games Toronto has played so far. Starting this Thursday until the end of the month, the Leafs will play Boston 5 times, and Montreal, Buffalo, New Jersey, New York Islanders, Washington and Atlanta once. That's 11 games in 22 days, 7 of which are against Northeast division rivals, but 5 against bottom-feeding Boston, so it will be a very good opportunity to put some distance between ourselves and Montreal. While no team can really be called a pushover, the teams we will be facing the rest of this month have been handled quite well by the Leafs this year (and last in the case of Atlanta). Still, they have to be careful and play a simple game. There are points to be had here.

With Sundin down, it will be more difficult, but Pavel Kubina is slated to return tomorrow night in Boston, bolstering a very strong defensive corps of McCabe, Kaberle, Gill, White and Bell (thus finally relegating Belak to the bench). The minutes Sundin used to eat (almost 20 per game) will filter down to the fourth line and give the Leafs fresher legs throughout the team.

Down the middle, the Leafs' glut of centre-icemen comes into play as Sundin is backed up by Peca, Wellwood, Stajan, Pohl and Antropov. Due to recent successes (5-1 in the last six games), it is likely that the Peca and Stajan lines will remain intact, with Peca's maintaining defensive duties while Stajan's continues to click for secondary (and sometimes primary) scoring. Wellwood will likely get the first line duties between Antropov and Ponikarovsky*.

Special teams will probably take the biggest hit, what with Sundin playing the top lines on both the powerplay and penalty kill. Wellwood and Stajan will need to step up and take charge of the powerplay down low to open up shots from the point.

*JABS post on the matter. looks like we're all thinking the same thing