Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement

Alanis release her first new studio work in four years today. I am listening to it right now. Here is the play by play, after two listens... more to come:

1) Citizen of the Planet
starts a little subdued but then chorus just kicks you between the eyes
Wow, this really kicks. Love it.
Love the strings in the breakdown. They meld perfectly with the crunchy riff.

2) Underneath
Poppy but good lyric... I like it. Not as good as the first track.

3) Strait Jacket
This one might have to grow on me. Doesn't grab me immediately.


4) Versions of Violence
Darker song. Danc-like groove, but with dark undertones. Pretty Cool. 4 *


5) No as We

6) In Praise of the Vulnerable Man
Nice cool groove here. Although it is poppy, there is something very sad about the song.



7) Moratorium
Title track here... in the way she creates title tracks... the title appears within this song.
dark dance groove.



8) Torch
such a sad and beautiful song... makes one want to cry... what else can I say...



9) Giggling Again for no Reason
something about this haunts me.. kind of like Stings... So Happy that I can't stop crying...
don't know why...
or the Motels Last Summer



10) Tapes
I'm too exhausting to be loved... wow, moody, wonderful... blessed...

11) Incomplete
Little acoustic song, another about the breakup... But not completely acoustic... A little bit of power in the chorus



12) Orchid -
13) The Guy Who Leaves -
14) Madness - Probably the most somber tune in the collection
15) Limbo No More - talking about being ready to be moving on... and how hard it is
16) On the Tequila - Fun little song about, you guessed it - drinking tequila

Grad School p.2

So apparently I can basically take the GRE anytime because there is a center here where I can take it on computer just about any day of the week. So, toward the goal of full preparation, I will post links to practice tests online here.

GRE Practice #1
GRE Verbal Tests

PS2 Games for Young Children

I'm looking for PS2 games that will be suitable for my 3 year old son to play. His sister is soooo into the PS2 but he gets frustrated because most of the games are too advanced for him at this stage.

This article suggests a few

Another here

I just found out that Lego Batman is due out in September. That will be a must have for my son! Definitely!

Grad School?

Well, I think I'm going to try going back to school to get my masters. I'm going to pursue a master's degree in Software Engineering at ECU. In pursuit of this I have to take the GRE.

Here is a link to the GRE site. Have to figure out what the dates are.

This is the address for ETS here in Greenville, NC
Greenville - 1607

Prometric Testing Center
1925 A Turnbury Drive
Greenville, North Carolina 27858
United States Of America
(252)756-0342

Adult A.D.D.

For the past several years, I've come to the conclusion that I am likely to be, and probably always have been, A.D.D. But when I was young (early 70's) the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD wasn't the commonplace thing that it is today.

I've found this blog that discusses Adult ADD.
http://adultaddstrengths.com/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACQuZVAE3s

I've joined this forum:
http://www.addforums.com

More later----