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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Sadly' date=' it's been ruined for me. I can only hope that Relentless has no such prejudice within his heart, or his budding romance is doomed to failure.[/quote'] Have you heard any Carla Bruni, by any chance? I have a similar aversion to Spanish, except that I already hated it before I heard people speaking it day to day. It's funny that Latin American Spanish sounds a lot like brass, given how fond mariachis are of said class of instruments. I dislike Italian for the same reasons. Portuguese I don't mind so much though.
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I've never liked the way Spanish sounded' date=' either, which is why I opted for French in high school. I liked the way it sounded, back then, but years of walking around near NYU have taken their toll. :D I wish I [i']had taken Spanish, now, because it would be far more useful.
Bruni's voice is somewhat lackadaisical but relatively well-enunciated, and gives off a sort of a calming feel. If Bruni sang in English I'd probably hate her music, but in French it sounds much nicer. I hesitate to call it warm, because it isn't quite that, but it can sound nice.
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I'm remixing "Ingrate". The process of recording the new album made me realize that I could improve the sound, with a bit of work. I'm hoping to save up the cash to get it mastered - I'll return to Audiosiege, if possible. As much as I want to maintain forward momentum, I'd really like for the sound of Ingrate to hold up to the new one, and I feel like better production would help the songs have a bit more vitality. This will take a while, but I think it'll be worth it.

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Decided I really couldn't be bothered attending today's introductory lecture for admin law. I've heard the whole "these are the teachers, these are the textbooks you need, these are the due dates for assignments blah blah blah" routine too many times as it is. Nothing important ever goes down in the first lecture of the semmester.

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Found out a little more about the Ukrainian crisis, apparently the new government repealed a law making Russian an official language, so that sparked unrest in Crimea and Kiev, leading to further violence by the new government and certain 'right-wing elements' in the country against Russian citizens. That's the justification Russia is providing for the intervention, so they actually do kind of have a point here. Hopefully this all sorts out neatly because this would be a bastard of a civil war if handled poorly.

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It looks almost certain to turn bloody. If it looks as though Russia will be losing an ally they're almost certain to invade the Ukraine. I'm intrigued by the construction work going on around the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Surely with the level of radiation still present the workers are going to have serious health issues. Ironic that the construction is being undertaken to prevent any further radiation from leaking.

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Like the police are pussy's' date=' because they are scared of the "monster".[/quote'] South African Scooby-Doo would be about five minutes because Scooby would be a rottweiler and would just tear out the villain's trachea...plus all of the 'gang' would be armed.
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