Life choice updates 2009 May 30

Hrrrrmmmppphhh, things aren't going as well as I would like.

First, my project at work is taking a lot of time and I am unable to do a lot of other important things - house hunting, lowering my mortgage rates, decide on Snowylass' Primary School, continue my writings, etc.

Second, work also hit on my time to exercise, I fell sick, sinustitis came back and haunt me after the fever broke.

Third, work itself not going well, time pressure, technical constraints, project management expectations, legal contract wranglings.  Issues have surfaced after some contracts signed.

Sadly, I had wanted to do something special for Snowylass' birthday with her pre-school this year, since it's her last year there, with all the friends she made since she was 2 years old.

But just didn't have the time.

On the plus side, I did discover some of 1980s Disney cartoons on the web, like Gummi Bears, Talespin, and Ducktales ...

YouTube - crystal da doo ron ron ron ron ron

And here's the original performance of the piece by the Crystals ...

Shaun Cassidy - That's Rock 'n' Roll sung in a Hardy Boys' episode

Lyrics

Well I was sixteen and sick of school
I didn't know what I wanted to do
I bought a guitar
I got the fever
That's rock'n' roll

I played at parties
played in bars
I spent my money buyin' new guitars
I screamed my heart out but how I loved it
That's rock'n' roll

Well come on everybody. Get down and get with it

Come on everybody. Get down and get with it

Come on everybody. Get down
that's rock'n' roll

It's when smokin' and the heat
Have got your heart pounding right with the beat
Don't try to fight it just get excited
That's rock'n' roll

Well it's the roadies and the crowd
It's when the band's playin' way too loud
Your hips are shakin' ain't no mistakin'
That's rock'n' roll

Now don't you worry 'bout bein' a star
It doesn't matter who or what you are
Just get the rhythm and let it fill ya
That's rock'n' roll

And if you feel it clap your hands
Let's see some sweat for the boys in the band
Now lemme hear ya
lemme hear ya
That's rock'n' roll

YouTube - Goldie Hawn & Shaun Cassidy Duet

Wow! That's all I can say.

YouTube - Shaun Cassidy Da Doo Run Run Run

I was watching Murder, She Wrote on DVD, a "bookend episode" titled Murder in a Minor Key when I came across a darn cute actor playing the role of Chad Singer, a law student investigating a murder to clear the main suspect, his friend, a music student.

The irony was, I discovered, the actor for Chad was Shaun Cassidy, a singer and musician, and also incidentally, the actor for Joe Hardy in the Hardy Boys TV series.

I also learned that he sang a version of Da Doo Ron Ron, a song which I had been trying to learn the name and lyrics for years.

Darn cute, looks like a much cuter Mark Hamill, his tussled hair, his big eyes and his nose.

Lyrics
I met her on a monday and my heart stood still
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron
Somebody told me that her name was Jill
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron

Yes
my heart stood still
Yes
her name was Jill
And when I walked her home
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron
I knew what she was thinking when she caught my eye
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron
She looked so quiet but my oh my
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron
Yes
she caught my eye
Yes
my oh my `
And when I walked her home
Da doo ron ron ron cla doo ron ron
Well
I picked her up at seven and she looked so fine
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron
Someday soon I'm gonna make her mine
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron
Yes
she looked so fine
Yes
I'm gonna make her mine
And when I walked her home
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron
Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron