Lyrics for "Time to Vote Again"

Music from "Do-re-mi" in movie "Sound of the Music"
Lyrics by Me

Description:

It was my assignment for a music class to rewrite the lyrics for a song. It just happened that I thought of this song because of the simplicity and popularity. Popularity here doesn't mean it is pop music or it is loved by everyone.

I brainstormed the lyrics in half an hour. Originally, I planned to re-write it to be a romantic song. However, on second thought, I was getting tired of writing love songs and would like to try something new. Since the presidential champaign next year is on the news every night, I just took this event and worked out the lyrics with a twist of humor to complete my assignment. There you have my presentation of "Time to Vote Again."


(Prelude)

(Chorus)

C -- D -- E - C - E - C - E
It's the time to vote a-gain

D - E -- F --- F -- E - D -- F
De-mo-crat does-n't look great

E - F - G -- E -- G - E - G
Re-pu-bli-can's e-ven worse

F ---- G - A - A - G -- F ---- A
There is not much to choose from

G - - C -- D - E -- F -- G - A
You can vote for who you like

A ----- D -- E - F -- G -- A --- B
Some-thing I don't care much for

B ---- E - F - G - A -- B ---- C
Now pre-si-den-tial cham-paign

C - B A - F - B - G -- C
It's a big ol' flick-ing joke


C - D -- E --- C - E - C -- E
I don't know who to sup-port

D --- E - F - F -- E --- D ---- F
when e-lec-tion time comes close

E - F -- G -- E - G E -- G
I have heard a sto-ry that

F ---- G -- A --- A - G --- F --- A
some-one called col-bert would run

G - C - D - E -- F -- G A
He got no love from S C

A - D - E - F --- G - A - B
Re-pu-bli-cans hate his gut

B -- E --- F - G - A - B - C
be-cause he's co-me-di-an

C --- B -----A - F B G --- C
who makes fun of e-very-one

(End)

Random Conversation

A discussion at a bar with a friend came to a point: women always love to cuddle. As Chris Rock would say, nothing makes a woman happier than cuddling. My question is - why cuddling is so appealing to women and deeply sought by women? I apologize to all the ladies out there who are reading this post (I believe this might be unnecessary because I don't know whether I have any female readers here), but I just don't really understand the reasons behind.

To me, cuddling is that a couple are close together with the male figure wrapping the arms around the female figure and whisper in bed or any furniture that both can lay on comfortably.

I would, in this situation, fall asleep in no time because I need my sleep. It is not easy to stay awake for the entire time to cuddle with your significant other. Sleep is extremely important based on the New England Journal of Medicine. As a matter of fact, regulation ought to enforce that no one shall be stopped from getting their sleep in all situations.

In addition, most of the time cuddling is just plain ol' cuddling and it does not lead to a subsequent happy ending according to my humble research. After much analysis, I conclude that cuddling is like investing in mutual funds - it is a long and slowly progressing investment, yet it does not guarantee for personal gain. There is also not much excitement in investing in mutual funds and the return is not greatly attractive. However, it is almost guaranteed for a definite return (regardless of the amount of rewards) and it is a quasi risk-free approach. You don't have to invest in it but you sure would think about it when the market is not performing. One more point brought up by Mr. P-lof was that it is "FDIC" insured. For sure, you can do no wrong if you spend time to cuddle with your girl(s).

Through my thinking process, I just brainstormed that there should be some sort of reward to all the men who spent so much time on cuddling. Like a credit card point reward program, we should be loud for our sincere effort to please you ladies! Therefore, I propose to the Men's Law Committee that for every time we, men, males, make you women feel secure, safe, and comfortable in our arms, there ought to be a happy ending to our action to honor (or reimburse) our good behavior (Partition No. 2007-360A57).

Recipe of British Tea Bomb

If there is ever a time when you are tired of Irish Car Bombs, when you are having an afternoon tea and want to spice things up, when you prefer a drink that does not have high concentration of alcohol, here is something you can consider next time when you crave for a drink: British Tea Bomb.

British Tea Bomb:

6 fluid ounce of tea (preferably chilled, black tea) in a pint glass

1/3 shot of Scotch (Usually Irish whisky, i.e. Jameson, is used in a car bomb. In this case, I have no intention to piss off Michael Collins or Murray McDavid, so we are substituting with Scotch, i.e. Red Label. My apology to Johnny and Glen)

1 shot of Merlyn cream liqueur (Usually Irish cream liqueur, i.e. Bailey)

*Additional favor can be added per personal preference, for example, Dutch Chocolate Bomb. Instead of tea and Merlyn cream liqueur, use hot cocoa and Voyant Chai cream.

There you have it. Cheers Mate!

6 Reasons I am for Halloween

6. 10/31 can be known as something else besides just 10/31.

5. Star Trek geeks can get their money worth - One more chance to put on the uniforms besides the Convention.

4. Kids get free candies and parents can save and serve the leftover for any occasions.

3. One can cross-dress with no fear and no shame. So... be proud and be all you can be.

2. Ladies dress as trashy (opps I meant sexy) as possible and no one shall call them hoes. Hooray!

No. 1 reason for having Halloween...

One more excuse to get drunk and trashed on a weeknight, and nobody can say you are an alcoholic. Hell Yeah!

Does it sound right?

There are some phrases that we can get mixed up still comes out alright and sounds alright:


1. Philly Cheese steak - Chili Fistick

2. Congratulation - Congradulation (a result of mixing congrad + graduation)

To Be Continuted

Between Good and Bad

Excellent, great, splendid, awesome, good, nice, ok, normal, so-so, alright, poor, bad, unbelievable, disaster, horrible, awful... Ever wonder running out of words to describe a state between good and bad? Most of the time we are dealing with things that are just "okay." So, how can we signify an okay toward the good side and okay toward the bad side?

Here I present you an alternative way to express your opinion in this type of situation:

When you mean to express "It's alright" leaning to the bad side, you would say "It's a'ight" but the tone should be descending. Say, start with a higher pitch and then end on a lower pitch. Remember, this shall be associated with a hand gesture. Put your hand on a level position with your fingers spread out at a relax state. Then, slightly swivel you hand up and down like playing a piano.

When you mean to express "It's alright" leaning to the good side, you would say "It's a'ight" with your tone ascending. You ought to nod your head slightly as you say it. However, DO NOT EXAGGERATE YOUR MOTION; otherwise, you would look like a bobble head!

So, you have it here, folks. Remember this instruction and use it next time when you are in the situation.

Word of the Day - Flùcřák

Flùcřák [ fl-ə'̝-ˌzhäk ]

Function: verb
Etymology: Czechoslovakia - Hungary
Date: Before 20th Century

Definition:
Transitive Verb

1 a: to express an emotion, including anger, sadness, disappointment, upset, surprise, excitement, etc. b: to condemn one's action, speech, or thought.

2: to get ones' attention .

3: to exaggerate the importance of a sentence .

4: is the most commonly use when it is used at the beginning of a sentence.

Noun

*Usually paired with a proposition "up" to compose the word of "Flùcřák-up."

1: an expression of a screw-up, mess, and painful result.

MFU - A New Imperial System Defined for Money

What MFU? What is MFU? I hear you cry. No, it is not related to any mother at all.

MFU is an abbreviation of Money Freshness Unit. MFU is a measurement of the newness of your dough. It can be applicable to paper money as well as coins.

Decades after decades, years after years, we handle numerous cash transaction. We have seen cheese-old cash, which you cannot even recognize the face of Lincoln or Washington. Once in a while, we are lucky enough to touch and smell the freshness of a brand-new dollar bill. Based on an unofficial census, a person usually get a hand on cash or coins every 1 minute and 45 seconds. Money (cash/coins) has become an important part of our daily lives, and therefore, it is necessary to set up a system to define the freshness of money.

MFU shall be sub-categorized for paper money MFU(p) and coin MFU(c) applications. They are universal systems for all sorts of currency and can be explained as follows:

MFU(p) is measured at decibel (dB) measured from 1 foot from the subject being tested, paper money. The normal range of MFU(p) is between 10 dB (old cheese) and 60 dB (perfect). The perfectly brand new money shall make the sound of "tar" or "tark." Note: During the testing, money shall be hold at the upper left hand corner and a right index finger shall hit the lower right hand corner of the bill in order to comply to the ASTM testing standards.

MFU(c) is measured at lumen (Lu) measured from 5 foot from the subject being tested. The normal range of MFU(c) is between 0 Lu (worst) and 10 Lu (perfect). The perfectly brand new coin shall make the sound of "ding" or "cling" when it is spin in a drinking water glass. Note: The ASTM standards require that a Surefire flashlight with brand new batteries shall be used to shine on the subject at an angle of 45 degree (incident angle) perpendicular from the subject. Use a lighting measuring device to measure the reflected light from the tested subject and perform the same test for three times. Take the average of the three measurement as the MFU(c).

Reference:

1. Lei, Lemke, and Pavloff, "The Conversation about Money During the Road Trip from the Bay Area to Boston," August 2007.

The Hypothesis of Sport-dynamics

The Hypothesis of Sport-dynamics

Found on the basis that life is a zero-sum game, the hypothesis of sport-dyanmics states: Your favorite sport team(s) wins, the other favorite sport team(s) may lose, under the following conditions:

1. These sport teams have to be the absolute favorite teams. It is only allowed to pick one team from each sport to be the favorite team.

2. The choices of favorite teams cannot be based on the records of the teams.

3. Changing favorite teams is permissible only given that a legitimate reason is provided. For example, you have moved to a different city and settled in the area for more than 10 years. You are allowed to switch your favorite team.

Case Support:

Case Study No. 1: Cal football team vs. Cal basketball team.

Back between 1998-2002, Cal football program stink so bad that the team had the worst record of 1 and 11 while Cal basketball was making to the NCAA tournaments. Now, Cal football team was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation whereas the basketball team could not even make it to the NIT.

Mathematic Support:

1. Law of Energy Conservation
2. Bernoulli's equation
3. Thermodynamic Second Law

Assumptions:

1. Victory (V) is a positive energy and loss (L) is a negative energy.

2. The very original gross energy level is 0.

Calculations:

E = 0 at time, t=0

E = V + L + f, where f is miscellaneous energy such as your most dislike teams lose or your favorite players win an award, and at time, t > 0.

V+L+f = E = 0 and let's say f can be neglected since V >> L, therefore,

V+L = 0, and V = -L