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What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Literature Nerd

Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's ( Read more... )

I have long thought that Jamaica's adopted slogan, "No Problem", constituted a cruel, near-fraudulent misrepresentation of the spirit of the island's character; Jamaica is a land of fierce, bubbling culture, of insistent music, relentless street children, of sharp local fashion. Problems abound, and threaten to seize you by the throat; but vibrant ( Read more... )

Flying over to Trinidad for Christmas...

Happy holidays to all!

Last.fm is utter fun. Listening to the 'radio stations' of other users has reintroduced me to music I had forgotten I liked- like Koop.

And I think that their strategy of "you can't listen to your own radio station unless you suscribe, for actual money" is brilliant.

I'm an internet cheapskate, and even I am tempted.

It's a free promotion from an online music distributor called Tunecore.

You have to have an American iTMS account to qualify.

No signup necessary- just go to the website, collect the free music code, and redeem it from within iTunes.

The offer's good until September '08.

Enjoy!

( From this morning's listening )

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I love your eyes, my dear
their splendid, sparkling fire
when suddenly you raise them so
to cast a swift embracing glance

like lightning flashing in the sky
but there’s a charm that is greater still:
when my love’s eyes are lowered
when all is fired by passions kiss

and through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
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