Music…

Tubthumping

Tubthumper

Chumbawamba
and Words

Truth is, I thought it mattered
I thought that music mattered
But does it? Bollocks!
Not compared to how people matter

We’ll be singin’
When we’re winnin’
We’ll be singin’

I get knocked down, but I get up again
You’re never gonna keep me down

Lyric excerpts from Musixmatch.


It was early in my career at Microsoft, and I worked on a project in the audio team.  I teamed up with a young intern who would be continuing my project; his name was Dan.  As we continued to meet in order to hand off the existing project, we got along fabulously.  We both had similar wit and complemented each other’s working style.  It was the start of an enduring friendship.

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Music…

More Than Words

Extreme II: Pornograffiti

Extreme
and Words

Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It’s not that I want to
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel

More than words
Is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
‘Cause I’d already know

Lyric excerpts from Musixmatch.


It is 1991 at the University of Miami.  This is my fifth year to get two bachelor’s degrees, one in computer science and one in engineering.  The school charges the same tuition rate for all full-time students (between twelve and eighteen credits).  In order to maximize my tuition money, I would load up on as many classes as I could.  Therefore, it has been four straight years of seventeen credit semesters; that’s at least five classes.  Then upon finishing classes on Fridays, it is waiting on tables on weekend evenings, that is Friday through Sunday.  Lather, rinse, repeat.

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