Downloaded the new Black Eyed Peas album on Monday. Gimme a break. Times are tough and jus don’t have the money I used to have. But I digress.
I’ve listened to The E.N.D. a few times and it has me pondering the future of the group in a post Will.i.am and Fergie world. Granted I haven’t followed the group that long – Elephunk was when I discovered them and Monkey Business was hot. Of course since then, Will.i.am and Fergie have both stepped out and established themselves as hot comodities themselves. That brings me to The E.N.D.
While the album title actually stands for “The Energy Never Dies”, I find this album to be quite a departure from the previous two. This album feels more like the Will.i.am/Fergie show. The funky “monkey business” has been traded in for a relentless string of club beats. Thus far the track “Meet Me Halfway” has been the standout track – but only because everyone else seemed to take a step back.
This is one of those CDs that leaves me wondering in what direction hip-hop is going. Clearly “commercial” would seem to be the answer. The energy never dies on this cd, but my interest in this album is clearly on life support. Sound off – what do u think?
Thanks to a headsup from one of my cyberspace buddies, I jus downloaded and installed Apple’s new iPhone OS 3.0. Yes, it doesn’t come out until next week, but some generous soul was kind enough to post a copy of the gold master online.
The highlight is definitely the ability to cut, copy and paste now. Landscape keyboard across all apps is cool too – I’m typing this blog entry in landscape mode in WordPress on my iPhone. The ability to search locally on my phone and the voice memo features aren’t a big deal for me and I had to turn off the shake-to-shuffle feature – turns out I shake too much to make it practical. I had thought my iPhone was currupted until I recognized that feature – boy was I relieved.
Overall I’m underwhelmed but I didn’t expect otherwise – afterall this is jus an OS update. I still love my phone tho and wouldn’t trade it for anything. =)
I know I haven’t been around for awhile. With no Internet access at home, I’m relying on my iPhone to maintain my connection to the cyber world. While WordPress for iPhone works great, posting blog entries just requires more effort than I want to put out.
In the meantime I’ve been dabbling in another iPhone app called BrightKite. While I’ve never tried Twitter, I’ve been told that BrightKite is like an enhanced version of Twitter. You can find more info about it at http://www.BrightKite.com and if your ever on there, look me up … As Macman4ever of course.
So my fortune cookie said I will have comfort and material wealth in my old age. To which I took “comfort” in the fact that I must not have reached old age since I’m neither comfortabe or materially wealthy.
… Or am I?
Here I am sitting in the break room of my deadend job watching a bad bootleg of Wanted. Living paycheck to paycheck … Rent is due, phone bill is due, loan, credit card, the list goes on. Next week it will be Comcast and another credit card … Then JEA … Then another credit card … Then the cycle loops again … So much for comfort … LOL
However, if things are that bad then how is it I’m able to sit here and tap this blog out on my new Apple iPhone 3G? How can I afford the big screen tv sitting in my living room along side my 700+ cd collection and my wall of DVDs? By some measure I guess one would say I’m living comfortably and displaying signs of some kind of material wealth … though I’m always broke.
… or maybe the truth is I’m living beyond my means?
“You will spend old age in comfort and material wealth.”
Jus sitting here in the break room at work and just finished eating some yucky Chinese food. Well ok didn’t finish it, I just quit while I was ahead and my health was still intact. Tossed half of it in the trash and set my sights on a lil fortune cookie dessert – NOT!!! Damn cookie was stale too. Only thing left was to see if my fortune would be any better.
I will spend old age in comfort and material wealth. Hmmm… Well it’s nice to know that at 42 I’m not old yet; as evidenced by the absence of comfort and material wealth. But it got me wondering what would constitute “comfort and material wealth” for me?
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