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Not anymore. Might be an age related phenomenon.TPBM suspects that Adrian has indeed heard songs by Paul Simon, even though he doesn't know it.
I don't know about Adrian, but I have a copy of Paul Simon's "Graceland" CD as well as an iTunes MP3 of "The Sound of Silence" when he was playing with Art Garfunkel. Pretty damn good music if you ask me.TPBM would like to learn how to change a person’s skin color using Photoshop (not for racist reasons, of course, just for fun).
I hadn't thought of it, but I could see it in the context of creating adult comics being fun.TPBM has used Photoshop Elements.
Well, I have had the program installed on my computer and so I have opened it once to check it out. Messed around a bit and then never opened it again. TPBM likes Cards Against Humanity.
I am ambivalent / indifferent as I've not heard of them.TPBM would like to learn to sit still crosslegged.
No since I've done it a number of times lately and the only thing I've "learned" is that my feet fall asleep. lol. ;)TPBM wished they had an awesome opportunity to put their knowledge of a second language to good use!
I took two years of Spanish in high school, but I don't know how I'd use it.TPBM’s parents are notorious for falling asleep in their chairs often.
My dad falls asleep watching TV sometimes, but that's it. TPBM will sometimes fobs it surreal to realize the people in the periphery of their lives are getting older
*find, I think?I do think about that, but it's not surreal to me.
TPBM would like to try parkour, but are certain they would die.
Finally, someone understands.TPBM has appeared on a local news broadcast at some point.
Nope, but I've had articles and a photo published in them.TPBM finds news coverage to woefully inadequate as a means of understanding what is happening around him or herself.
It's hard to get a good grasp of the world's news when all that's being reported are stories of celebrities taking selfies and celebrities wearing bad dresses.TPBM thinks it’s gross that McDonald’s food was engineered never to spoil.
Nah, it is just a good business practice.TPBM wonders if the mass food giants have large stakes in big pharma.
I'm under the conspiracy that they do.TPBM finds validity in many conspiracies
Sometimes, they sound kind of valid. Most of the time they sound made-y up-py. TPBM is frustrated with Google Chrome.
Constantly.TPBM has tried Windows 10.
Yep. Had to rollback because of software compatibility. TPBM has had a haircut from a salon/hairdresser that he/she actually liked.
Only once. I hated it later. A good hair stylist is hard to find.TPBM thinks that as long as they're bringing back x-files for a short comeback, they should do the same for firefly.
Don't get me wrong, to see Firefly back would be amazing. They should, but they won't and knowing Fox, even if they did, they'd mess it up. TPBM has played The Stanley Parable.
I have not.TPBM hasn't played a video game since the 2nd generation Mario games.
Actually no. The latest game system I do play I don't get to as often as I'd like to though.TPBM knows at least one person who still has a CD-player (or even a record player!).
Other than myself? Yes, several.TPBM still uses an iPod.
Yes, it's about 10 year old nano, but it works like a charm and never runs out of space.TPBM loves rewatch/rereading their favorite shows and books.
Absolutely! Some several times, even.The person below me prefers reading "real" books over e-books.
Yep definitely! At first I didn't like the idea of them but now I realize it'd probably hurt my eyes if I did that much extensive reading on a screen.TPBM thinks it is sad a lot of schools are for budget reasons nixing arts programs.
I'm not sad, it angers me as being short sighted and societal death. TPBM is struggling to stay awake tonight.
Not yet. I am somewhat of a night owl. If you Guy are going to go to sleep soon "Good night... slee---eep tight." Sorry I can't sing a Beatles song through this. Darn it. ;)TPBM knows people who obsess over their cellphone/tablet games.
I know a friend who plays them a lot but doesn't spend money on it. So I guess it's cool. [Guy, you should really check out The Stanley Parable. It's an experience that can only be described as surreal and fourth-wall breaking.]
TPBM has a busy week ahead of him/her.
My week will consist of my usual creative activities, posting a short story to this week's contest among them. Wish me luck!TPBM doesn’t want to live in the desert because that’s where snakes, scorpions, and tarantulas dwell.
Considering that I'm not a fan of snakes, scorpions, or for that matter, spiders, I don't want to be anywhere near a place that has all that. TPBM is going to stay up for a majority of the night.
Maybe a few more hours, but that's about it. I'm a night owl, but only because going to bed is boring.TPBM enjoys the Saint Asonia song “Leaving Minnesota”.
I haven't heard of it but I know I'll be listening to it soon. TPBM thinks that telekinesis is one of the most powerful superpowers.
In the words of Kurt Vonnegut, "If you believe in telekinesis, raise my hand."TPBM would refer to an arena full of bored fans as a "necrocosm".
Maybe? I see necrocosm as dead universe. So an arena full of bored fans could make up a dead universe but I'm not sure if I'd think of "necrocosm" when I see an arena of bored fans. TPBM loves to cook.
Yes.TPBM is quick to add any interesting book to their tbr stack and then picky when actually picking one to read.
Finally! Someone who understands! TPBM has performed Shakespeare before
No, I haven't. I'm not a fan of Shakespeare's work.TPBM actually knows somebody with the initials KO other than WWE superstar Kevin Owens.
There are other famous people but I don't know them. TPBM wants to try ratatouille.
(Looks it up) Mmm, looks healthy and tasty... you're right, I've got to try it!TPBM nearly skipped dinner earlier.
Well, I'd call a few slices of bread and some lemonade a snack and not dinner. So I have actually skipped dinner. TPBM is hoping for a nice long relaxing weekend.
Somewhat true... I do hope it will be though a lot of things happening this weekend for me say that they might not.TPBM recently sung a song to themselves they hated and wondered why in the world they had been singing it in the first place!
Nope, but I sing things that aren't real words when I shower.TPBM would like to explore the world through the experience of liminality.
As long as I get to travel in a cruise ship instead of an airplane, that'd be alright with me.TPBM’s childhood was ruined when he or she read the lyrics to the “Macarena” song and found out it’s about a woman who cheated on her boyfriend with two guys.
Lol! Nope.TPBM was not a huge fan of David Bowie.
I liked "Space Oddity" and "The Man Who Sold the World", but I haven't heard anything else by him.TPBM believes in the idea that the more you give, the more you receive.
In certain cases yes, in others no.TPBM is snowed in.
Nope. Pacific coast around the 49th parallel so rain, rain, rain. :-)TPBM enjoys the sound of icicles falling from the eaves of his/her abode.
It hasn't snowed where I live, but there's been plenty of rain and plenty of reasons to take mid-day naps, the biggest one being the low barometric pressure. Needless to say, I wouldn't know what icicles falling from my roof sounds like.TPBM is single and doesn’t agonize over it.
Most of time yes. Some of the time no. So I can't give a yes/no answer. TPBM prefers white light to yellow for indoor rooms.
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