Radiate happiness

(9:10)


It's not as hard as you think. You don't even have to smile.


If you keep your head up as you're walking...let your eyes dart around, and appear aware of your surroundings...


If you keep your posture somewhat decent and take quick strides...


If you take stairs by twos or, if there's only one step, leap up rather than stepping up...


Project when you speak and add punctuation to your gestures...


...people will feel your positivity.


And that's not harder than smiling. Affecting a facial expression is one of the harder things to do. Haven't you ever noticed how a camera smile always looks different than a real smile?

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Ozomatli

(16:05)


Has anyone heard of this group? I was in the CD store yesterday (For the first time in MONTHS...My membership had expired in February) and I was really nodding my head (and adjusting my walking pace) to the CD they were playing. So I asked someone what it was, and he handed me the CD case...it was this group called Ozomatli that does half-rap, half-Latin music. And though I couldn't understand any of the lyrics in the Spanish songs, I still really enjoyed it. (And the Rap songs were pretty nice. One of them is based on a Rachmaninoff Prelude!!)


If you like rhythmic music, check this group out!


And now, the stack of CD's on top of my computer at work currently consists of:

Dido - No Angel

Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante etc.

Ozomatli - Embrace the Chaos

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang

MF.Doom - Operation: Doomsday!

KRS-One - The Sneak Attack

Final Fintasy Tactics Original Sound Track

And there'd be some Art Tatum up there too if the CD store had had any in stock!


Ah well. Life goes on.

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As for that new Flip Button

(16:15)


I like it!! It's a small price to pay to no longer have to go through an intermittent page to get to your fresh new weblog.


Besides, it gives me a chance to say "naww, I was just kiddin', jerky" to the computer screen.

:-D