List of future posts!

I had so many ideas for a post I had wanted to do tonight that I have no choice but to list them out and hopefully cross them off by the end of this week.

An obvious one should be my 21st
A food/restaurant review post(s)
Asian music downloading guide/links
Imeem post + copyright post
Life thoughts/updates

So many thoughts/ideas I might have to do a post at work tomorrow.  
I need to get rid of this cold, so I need some sleep.  

Laters,
James

Musing/Musicing

by Butch Gordan, 2001
Origin of Symmetry Album Artwork

Musing describes my action of either comtemplating life and listening to music in general, or comtemplating life while listening to Muse. What an amazing, principled and successful band. There sheer amount of good music does nothing to simplify my organization of their music because they also have so many unmastered or "B-side" songs. The frantic energy and agressive nature of the music is tempered by the dark and deep lyrics and singing of conspircy theorist Matthew Bellamy.

So what shall I put in my musing part? So many thoughts, some are fleeting while others will linger for a while. First off I have to say Lyndasays is amazing. She could not only make money off of the blog itself, but her writing and reviews could easily lead to a career in food/restaurant reviews. I am in awe and likely falling in love with her ha. I might be serious : ). This leads me to state that in all likelyhood I will either marry a New-Yorker or an NYU educated girl ha. This is further justified by my immense attraction to a fellow intern and NYU student at my summer job. Something about the style and the cultural/general education and influence that only NYC/NYU can provide maybe?

A comment about the previous paragraph:
I never know because I debate if I should just post this in a more private spot since I always feel like there are implications and drama that can result. Now I have to consider whether I can tell my crushes and maybe even some friends to read it. I have yet to post a link on facebook because I've been considering this very issue. Now that my relationship status is single, I have to consider also wheter not I should use my blog as a way to present myself. Isn't love and life so complicated?? If only I could keep a blog like Lynda has, less personal but still revealing and entertaining. Ah well, I am a sentimental guy, there's no hiding it. Thats enough for one post... still need to write one about work so I don't have to describe the same thing to every friend that asks. Though there are complications and implications to contend with there...

2 Young - 早熟...

Speechless... I am in awe of how much I enjoyed this movie. It is simply a good movie. My view of life has now incorporated the life-lessons, both new and forgotten. The only negative feeling I get after seeing this movie is the ever-present and lingering doubt that reality is still too far from this honest and modest film. Good thing the hopeless romantic side is unwavering in its optimism for the future. Its belief that since I possess the qualities that Jaycee Fong adequately portrayed in the movie, that someone as cute as Fiona Sit could join me in exploring the happiness that life and growing up has to offer.

Speaking of Fiona Sit, I found a full discography on Imeem. Even though I may have favorited some of her songs along with some pop gems from Rainie in my top list for June in my last post, I now present to you a Fiona Sit playlist.

Music - New Favorites

I don't know how music blogs do it. They post awesome posts with links to download the song, or have mini players to preview also. Embedded playlists and even links that generate money, all this takes alot of time and effort. Not to mention the distraction of listening to music and finding new favorites constantly. Maybe its because I'm basically O.C.D when it comes to organizing my music. Its the one thing that I have extreme control over, and I obsess over every detail from quality to the exact album or track number. Now that I want to post my favorites, that obsession is an obstacle. What do I use to organize this playlist? Play count, recent favorites, what about the genre? I have eclectic and extensive music tastes, another huge complication.

Well below will be my attempt to make a top 25 "Exclusively James" playlist for June 2007.
Great, one of my new favs from Shawn Yue is only on youtube. Posting on Facebook then I guess.

So far after a couple of hours I've narrowed it to 10 songs, I will update as the month goes by ha.

exclusively,

James




*Update: Copyrighted material on Imeem only has a 30 sec preview now. Will have to use something else in the future.

Inspired

This is my first post after thinking about creating a blog for a while now... Its funny how I get spurts of motivation. After getting inspired, I spent some time creating this blog, and completely lost steam when it came to writing my first post. It seems like other bloggers may operate like me.

For you see, I was inspired yesterday by the well-written stream of posts at http://www.lyndasays.blogspot.com/ She is a friend of a friend and I have to admit I still might have a crush on her. Maybe its because she reminds me of Hilary Duff : )

Anyways, back to my inspiritment: the title of my blog comes from one of my new favorite songs - "Exclusively" by Marques Houston. Do I think I am unique enough to warrant the title? Absolutely ha, I've even thought about submitting myself to the company that handles Tucker Max's blog/website and making some money. However, after reading Lynda's well organized blog and having noticed that my notes on Facebook need refinement, I realized I need some practice in posting and in maintaining content. This was my first step and it doesn't seem so bad. Cheers.