Hey boy, welcome to reality...
Kapgar's Lyrical Challenge
Reality is suddenly setting in regarding yesterday's post. Here I was thinking no one would be interested in the concept and now I've got 18 people involved and 54 song lyrics suggested... and that's just so far.
Don't worry, I'm not wussing out on this. I plan to go through with it. I said I would and I will. I've just got to develop a more concrete plan as I wasn't expecting this much participation.
I think I'm going to leave it open for more suggestions until tomorrow. However, at some point during the day, I will simply declare it done, weed through them all, and pick out one or two lyrics from each person. Tomorrow's post will consist of those suggestions and you all get to vote on your four favorites. I'll tally up the totals, and the top four vote getters will be my blog topics.
From there, I am planning to blog two per week over the next two weeks. I was thinking of doing it on Tuesdays and Fridays. If I like how it all turns out, I will open the post back up to more suggestions and we'll go through the whole shebang again.
Sound cool?
Oh, and you can get to the post by simply clicking on the "kapgar's lyrical challenge" button in the left menubar.
Paperless receipts
For any of you who have ever bought anything online, you are accustomed to receiving paperless receipts in the form of e-mail confirmations of your order.
But have you ever had this happen to you at a bricks-and-mortar retail store?
It happened to me yesterday at the Apple Store in Oak Brook. I bought something and they asked me for my e-mail address. I didn't think much about it because my e-mail is already registered with Apple.com for any number of warranties, e-mail newsletters, and the iTunes Music Store. But then the guy explained that Apple is slowly phasing out paper receipts in favor of electronic ones.
Sure enough, the next time I checked my e-mail, there was my receipt. I thought it was pretty cool. Now I just need to back up my e-mail in case it crashes. I'd hate to lose that.
Now, wait a minute. The last time you suggested we all do a little something, it turned into the monster grassroots book marketing gig.
Never underestimate your power over your readers. ;)
Posted by: Chase | Thursday, 07 September 2006 at 05:49 PM
Cool about the electronic receipts. Not sure if anyone else's wallet gets stuffed with crap you never use (and when I want to exchange something I can never find the receipt.) Anyway... Can I add to the song lyrics list. I'll refrain from making the lyrics too long because well, if I understand. They are supposed to be titles no? Forgive me I repeat one's you've already used. I must plead to not checking. For some reason a lot of these are first lines... so yeah.. whatever ...
1. "So I ran faster..." -- Tori Amos Precious things.
2. "Back to my home, I dare not go" Raffi -- Down by the Bay (you know where the watermelons grow)
3. "It's 4 in the morning, the end of December" -- Leonard Cohen, Famous Blue Raincoat
4. "Gnashed his teeth and bit into the recess lady's breast..." Jeremy PJ
5. "Never get to be cool" Neil Young -- Rockin' in the Free World
6. "Got a hair cut, got a silver tooth " Gonna get myself Arrested - Gomez
7. "real expensive designer ketchup!" BNL -- if I had $1,000,000
When you get a sec Kev, can you drop me a line and let me know what you think of typepad pls? Thanks
N
Posted by: Nat | Thursday, 07 September 2006 at 06:10 PM
Is there nothing Apple can't improve upon?
Posted by: Dustin | Thursday, 07 September 2006 at 06:48 PM
Guess I'd better get mine in:
"Kiss me where it smells funny" - Bloodhound Gang - Kiss Me Where it Smells Funny
"The interior smells real bad 'cause my friend puked in the back" - Adam Sandler -
Piece of Shit Car
"Them vibrating beds sure are cool" - Cledus T. Judd - Did I Shave My Back For This?
Posted by: Chanakin | Thursday, 07 September 2006 at 07:57 PM
Ok, I am all for a paperless world. Where I used to work, Every morning the system would spew out this daily report that was thousands of pages long and none of us would look at it. We would just check out the sections we needed online. It drove myself and others crazy at how much paper and money was being wasted.
As far as this lyrics challenge, I haven't read it yet (I will next). I'm sure I will be all over it as you so lovingly refer to me as the lyrics whore. Nice.
Posted by: Jacquie | Friday, 08 September 2006 at 08:13 AM
Chase, unfortunately, this time, the work is all on me. Blech.
Nat, I like the Gomez suggestion. Already got an idea what I'd write about. Hmmmm... I'll just have to make sure to remember to check in this post when I put together the final vote list.
Dustin, nope. Period.
Chanakin, "Kiss me where it smells funny"? Oh the possibilities.
Jacquie, I knew you'd appreciate that one. ;-)
Posted by: kapgar | Friday, 08 September 2006 at 08:45 AM
i'm with chase. don't underestimate!
Posted by: ms. sizzle | Friday, 08 September 2006 at 10:01 AM
You can always print out the email and keep it with your other receipts.
I'm down with paperless, but what happens if you don't get the email for some reason? I'm guessing there will be a way to "beam" your receipt onto your phone or other handheld device one day. After that, it'll be beamed into the barcode in our heads.
Posted by: Eve | Friday, 08 September 2006 at 02:31 PM
Sizzle, thanks. I appreciate it.
Eve, you mean you don't already have a bar code in your head? Am I the only one? Of course once I get a cellphone with the capability, I can just e-mail it to my phone as a back up, I suppose.
Posted by: kapgar | Friday, 08 September 2006 at 03:13 PM