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Curly:When we on one rollin' tru da hood,
Red Bone, aint no truf misunderstood.
You set up in my big body wif All Days Flossin'
My ride be dripping and it is all good.
Chicken heads and Hos bet jus scurry
My P-ride bumpin base dat'l bury
My P-ride Bumpin base Dat'l bury de rest on my block
My Rims Bling cause I drops da cheddar
If you holla "shotty" den you sittin on some leathar
Crack heads dat triffle find dat dey gettin deader cause my 9 go pop
My anchors be choppin' an dey 24k,
an even at night dey glowin'
My windows so tinted dat even in the day, you ain't even know where you goin.
Aftermarket halogens a grinnin',
You my shawty like I said in duh beginnin'
Get dat badonk in my ride get to sinnin' or it's time to hop
Out my P-ride bumpin base out beside the pawn shop
Eller: Is it tru yo Woofers 15 inch?
Curly: Bitch you know dem shits are 15 inch.
Laurey: Does it really have a Custom Crome wrap Package?
Curly: Yes it's Chrome, a sure as you my wench.
below is untranslated, I will be coming back to work it through... That is the first part... then memorizing and figuring out a scooby filtered Borat... Hmm I don't know, I might have to make two versions, a Pure Borat word structure with some ebonics thrown in (a la his trip to ATL in the movie) and then simply scooby voice that. it's not easy....
All the world'll fly in a flurry
When I take you out in the surry
When I take you out in the surry with the fringe on top.
When we hit that road, hell-for-leather
Cats and dogs will dance in the heather
Birds and frogs'll sing all together and the toads will hop!
The wind'll whistle as we rattle along,
The cows'll moo in the clover
The river will ripple out a whispered song,
And whisper it over and over
Don't you wish you'd go on forever
Don't you wish you'd go on forever
Don't you wish you'd go on forever And you'd never stop?
In that shiny little surry With the fringe on the top.
I can see the stars gittin' blurry
When we ride back home in the surry
Ridin' slowly home in the surry With the fringe on top
I can feel the day gettin' older
Feel a sleepy head near my shoulder
Noddin', droopin', close to my shoulder Till it falls kerplop.
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill
The moon is takin' a header.
And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still
A lark'll wake up in the meader.
Hush, you bird. My baby's a sleepin'
Maybe got a dream worth a keepin'
Whoa, you team an' jist keep a creepin' At a slow clip, clop.
Don't you hurry little Surry With The Fringe On the Top.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
work in progress
Once upon I time, I fancied myself an actor. Late one night over some beverages, my friend Margarita challenged me to do the following to Surrey with the fringe on Top of Oklahoma fame by Rodgers and Hammerstein
1. Translate this song into Ebonics. (with possible modernizations if it seems a good choice artistically)
2. Learn to sing it in a voice whereby Borat is talking like Scooby Do. Or is it, Scooby Do talking like Borat?
I can't recall, but I Will do which ever seems the most appropriate.
This should prove quite challenging. I have been given march as my deadline to deliver.
This is just me writing it down and holding myself to the fire about it. Below are the original Lyrics, the next post will be the original lyrics at first, and then I will edit them over time.
Curly:When I take you out tonight with me
Honey, here's the way it's gonna be
You will set behind a team of snow-white horses
In the slickest gig you'll ever see.
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top
Watch that fringe an' see how it flutters
When I drive them high-steppin' strutters
Nosy pokes will peak through their shutters and their eyes will pop!
The wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown
The dashboard's genuine leather.
With eisenglass curtains you can roll right down
In case there's a change in the weather
Two bright side-lights winkin' and blinkin'
Ain't no finer rig I'm a thinkin'
You can keep yer rig if yer thinkin' that I'd keer to swap
Fer that shiny little surry with the fringe on the top
Eller:Would you say the fringe was made of silk?
Curly:Wouldn't have no other kind but silk
Laurey:Has it really got a team of snow-white horses?
Curly:One's like snow, the other's more like milk.
All the world'll fly in a flurry
When I take you out in the surry
When I take you out in the surry with the fringe on top.
When we hit that road, hell-for-leather
Cats and dogs will dance in the heather
Birds and frogs'll sing all together and the toads will hop!
The wind'll whistle as we rattle along,The cows'll moo in the clover
The river will ripple out a whispered song,
And whisper it over and over
Don't you wish you'd go on forever
Don't you wish you'd go on forever
Don't you wish you'd go on forever
And you'd never stop?
In that shiny little surry With the fringe on the top.
I can see the stars gittin' blurry
When we ride back home in the surry
Ridin' slowly home in the surry With the fringe on top
I can feel the day gettin' olderFeel a sleepy head near my shoulder
Noddin', droopin', close to my shoulder Till it falls kerplop.
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill
The moon is takin' a header.
And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is stillA lark'll wake up in the meader.
Hush, you bird. My baby's a sleepin'Maybe got a dream worth a keepin'
Whoa, you team an' jist keep a creepin' At a slow clip, clop.
Don't you hurry little Surry With The Fringe On the Top.
1. Translate this song into Ebonics. (with possible modernizations if it seems a good choice artistically)
2. Learn to sing it in a voice whereby Borat is talking like Scooby Do. Or is it, Scooby Do talking like Borat?
I can't recall, but I Will do which ever seems the most appropriate.
This should prove quite challenging. I have been given march as my deadline to deliver.
This is just me writing it down and holding myself to the fire about it. Below are the original Lyrics, the next post will be the original lyrics at first, and then I will edit them over time.
Curly:When I take you out tonight with me
Honey, here's the way it's gonna be
You will set behind a team of snow-white horses
In the slickest gig you'll ever see.
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top
Watch that fringe an' see how it flutters
When I drive them high-steppin' strutters
Nosy pokes will peak through their shutters and their eyes will pop!
The wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown
The dashboard's genuine leather.
With eisenglass curtains you can roll right down
In case there's a change in the weather
Two bright side-lights winkin' and blinkin'
Ain't no finer rig I'm a thinkin'
You can keep yer rig if yer thinkin' that I'd keer to swap
Fer that shiny little surry with the fringe on the top
Eller:Would you say the fringe was made of silk?
Curly:Wouldn't have no other kind but silk
Laurey:Has it really got a team of snow-white horses?
Curly:One's like snow, the other's more like milk.
All the world'll fly in a flurry
When I take you out in the surry
When I take you out in the surry with the fringe on top.
When we hit that road, hell-for-leather
Cats and dogs will dance in the heather
Birds and frogs'll sing all together and the toads will hop!
The wind'll whistle as we rattle along,The cows'll moo in the clover
The river will ripple out a whispered song,
And whisper it over and over
Don't you wish you'd go on forever
Don't you wish you'd go on forever
Don't you wish you'd go on forever
And you'd never stop?
In that shiny little surry With the fringe on the top.
I can see the stars gittin' blurry
When we ride back home in the surry
Ridin' slowly home in the surry With the fringe on top
I can feel the day gettin' olderFeel a sleepy head near my shoulder
Noddin', droopin', close to my shoulder Till it falls kerplop.
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill
The moon is takin' a header.
And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is stillA lark'll wake up in the meader.
Hush, you bird. My baby's a sleepin'Maybe got a dream worth a keepin'
Whoa, you team an' jist keep a creepin' At a slow clip, clop.
Don't you hurry little Surry With The Fringe On the Top.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Mas y mas aqua blanca!
Man o man.... I have been such a slacker with my blog. And, as I have previously set forth... this is how I had hoped to leave at least a slight record of my life. And really, all I can say is that life is good. I keep taking my beat downs coupled with new achievements in my Kayak. I continue to enjoy my job and Football. As Captain of Greenman Coed, the little team that could is having it's best season to Date and I am so proud to be a part of it. Greenman open is also doing well and as one of the old farts on the team I am happy to actually be wanted and needed in the success of that team. Jack of the Wood, my Over 30 team, has also had some great matches as of late and that warms my heart as well. I love the brothers and sisters that I get to share the pitch with. These are blessings in my life.
And now I must elaborate on the kayaking. I have two guys in particular that are taking me under their wing. They are Justin Doroshenko and Aaron Oswaldt. Both are quite good on white water and they are both so excited to watch me move forward as a paddler. I know so little, but I am learning fast. They keep me safe while I take my lumps. I love how they really get excited about my progress. Each new eddy out, each new clean line run on increasingly bigger water, every time I ferry across faster and chunkier sections of white water, each time a charge through a bigger hole, and even each time I eat it and then have another successful swim. With each of these guys I feel like they just kind of drifted away from running rivers, but they now find new joy in bringing a newbie along in the sport. I just love the challenge, and I think they love that I love it. A few weeks ago I did the French Broad at 4000 cfs and REALLY got my arse handed to me. I had 4 swims including one that started with a massive unintentional stern squirt at Kayaker's ledge. I feel that that day was a critical junction for me in the sport. Seeing as how I do not have any sort of Roll yet, when I get up-ended, it means that I must wet exit and swim. One of these swims took me though the bottom half of "ledges" which is the longest rapid on the French Broad. I also had a good swim on the last half of Pinball a few days ago. Sure, a swim is scary when you don't plan for it, but now I do it with composure and relative calm. The other thing that makes me and my mentors happy is that, in each of the last swims I first made some strong attempts to keep the boat upright before finally rolling upside down and ejecting. All these things are just marks of progress. When I look back at where I was this fall and what I knew it is so great to be where I am now. I hope that in another 6 months I can see that I am yet again nothing like what I was...
And now I must elaborate on the kayaking. I have two guys in particular that are taking me under their wing. They are Justin Doroshenko and Aaron Oswaldt. Both are quite good on white water and they are both so excited to watch me move forward as a paddler. I know so little, but I am learning fast. They keep me safe while I take my lumps. I love how they really get excited about my progress. Each new eddy out, each new clean line run on increasingly bigger water, every time I ferry across faster and chunkier sections of white water, each time a charge through a bigger hole, and even each time I eat it and then have another successful swim. With each of these guys I feel like they just kind of drifted away from running rivers, but they now find new joy in bringing a newbie along in the sport. I just love the challenge, and I think they love that I love it. A few weeks ago I did the French Broad at 4000 cfs and REALLY got my arse handed to me. I had 4 swims including one that started with a massive unintentional stern squirt at Kayaker's ledge. I feel that that day was a critical junction for me in the sport. Seeing as how I do not have any sort of Roll yet, when I get up-ended, it means that I must wet exit and swim. One of these swims took me though the bottom half of "ledges" which is the longest rapid on the French Broad. I also had a good swim on the last half of Pinball a few days ago. Sure, a swim is scary when you don't plan for it, but now I do it with composure and relative calm. The other thing that makes me and my mentors happy is that, in each of the last swims I first made some strong attempts to keep the boat upright before finally rolling upside down and ejecting. All these things are just marks of progress. When I look back at where I was this fall and what I knew it is so great to be where I am now. I hope that in another 6 months I can see that I am yet again nothing like what I was...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Some thing Old, some thing new
Something Dorky, When I was 15 A few upper class men on my swim team in high school introduced me to the band, They Might Be Giants. I have most of what they have done. I just love them. The new Album, "The Else" is really solid. It very well be my favorite. They are musical savants. These guys just keep cranking out music. Music I like. TMBG is not an acquired taste... you pretty much know from the get go if it is for you. Some of the most nasal singing you have ever heard, use of all sorts of odd ball instruments. But it is technically brilliant stuff, tight vocal harmonies (one can harmonize even with the nasal). They are one of the tightest groups you will ever see in terms of live play. The other thing is that they simply revel in their dorkiness and the crowd is always on board. Pure cheese. Congo lines form at the bands request. We do whatever silly thing we are asked to do, because it's fun and who cares.
TMBG is an experience.
Well, I am off to go have some fun with these guys, just like I did in the 90's... and the 00's.
TMBG is an experience.
Well, I am off to go have some fun with these guys, just like I did in the 90's... and the 00's.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Olympic games random thoughts
1. The Inuits rock. They are my favorite aboriginal people of Canada.
2. The winter games are so white even the guy (the only one) from Algeria looks white.
3. Why don't they have like... snow Wrestling... or ice boxing? I'd watch that shiite.
4.Dude, I'd totally love to be some punk trust fund Kid from the Caribbean and be in the Winter games... SOOO much better than being doing it the other way... a la Eric Moussambani.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zjCc_VyxM4 (PS those other two dudes were punk ass B*tches)
5.Of course the Germans put the ladies in Pink Vests and the guys had Powder Blue ones... Always practical...
6. So those Aboriginal Canadians have been dancing for the entire parade of nations, did they give them E?
7. Common on India, yall got a billion of you and those little mountains... what are they called, oh yeah, the Himalayas... and you bring 3 people?
8. Awww man! no cool runnings this year! Damnit.
9. Dude that Flag bearer for Switzerland... the ice skater... Just take the L out...
10. Ok all the Folks in white along the entrance corridor are making the best Canadian Soul Train evs!
11. Um, no, I don't actually think my mom likes Shawn White...
12. 82 nations... so if global warming continues, how many are we going to have next time?
13. China... precise. Canada, cool and wavy.
14. In Canada, men must have big hair. It's kinda like Tennessee for Women...
15.Ok wait, one of those Aboriginal Canadians looked like he was in the cure. How am I supposed to feel about this?
16. Donald Sutherland is Canadian too???
17.Trippy.... they got good weed in BC, this is common knowledge.
18.Orca spouts... niiiiice.
19.It needs repeating... Canadians... Cool and wavy.
20.Of course the French Canadian part would start all weird and douchey.
21.Wondering what 1.3 Billion Chinese think about fiddle jams.
22.Note to self, do not attempt tree pose with built in lit sparklers on your shoes.
23. Indoor Flag Stuff, A good blow job is hard to come by... just look at those flags just strugglin'
24. Ah yes the finest in Canadian engineering... enh 3 out of 4 aint bad eh?
25. I wonder which of the four of them got punked, I really hope it was not the Handicapped guy.
Um, that is all.
2. The winter games are so white even the guy (the only one) from Algeria looks white.
3. Why don't they have like... snow Wrestling... or ice boxing? I'd watch that shiite.
4.Dude, I'd totally love to be some punk trust fund Kid from the Caribbean and be in the Winter games... SOOO much better than being doing it the other way... a la Eric Moussambani.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zjCc_VyxM4 (PS those other two dudes were punk ass B*tches)
5.Of course the Germans put the ladies in Pink Vests and the guys had Powder Blue ones... Always practical...
6. So those Aboriginal Canadians have been dancing for the entire parade of nations, did they give them E?
7. Common on India, yall got a billion of you and those little mountains... what are they called, oh yeah, the Himalayas... and you bring 3 people?
8. Awww man! no cool runnings this year! Damnit.
9. Dude that Flag bearer for Switzerland... the ice skater... Just take the L out...
10. Ok all the Folks in white along the entrance corridor are making the best Canadian Soul Train evs!
11. Um, no, I don't actually think my mom likes Shawn White...
12. 82 nations... so if global warming continues, how many are we going to have next time?
13. China... precise. Canada, cool and wavy.
14. In Canada, men must have big hair. It's kinda like Tennessee for Women...
15.Ok wait, one of those Aboriginal Canadians looked like he was in the cure. How am I supposed to feel about this?
16. Donald Sutherland is Canadian too???
17.Trippy.... they got good weed in BC, this is common knowledge.
18.Orca spouts... niiiiice.
19.It needs repeating... Canadians... Cool and wavy.
20.Of course the French Canadian part would start all weird and douchey.
21.Wondering what 1.3 Billion Chinese think about fiddle jams.
22.Note to self, do not attempt tree pose with built in lit sparklers on your shoes.
23. Indoor Flag Stuff, A good blow job is hard to come by... just look at those flags just strugglin'
24. Ah yes the finest in Canadian engineering... enh 3 out of 4 aint bad eh?
25. I wonder which of the four of them got punked, I really hope it was not the Handicapped guy.
Um, that is all.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Quizzo HOOOOOOOOOO!
Once again we are winning team names. (see the november post to see said names). And at this point we are in the midst of a 6 week championship at quizzo. Last week we were in a 3 way tie for third, this week a tie for second. I figure we are solid top 3 if not in first place at this point.
Oh life is good. And quizzo is a small fraction of it. This past weekend we had the second solid one foot snow of the year. Myself and many of my best friends in town holed up in the most awesome house down in Fletcher and had a rip roaring good time sledding, drinking, playing farkle and watching movies. There really is no point in the retelling of such an epic weekend. It's one of those you had to be there kind of things.
Oh life is good. And quizzo is a small fraction of it. This past weekend we had the second solid one foot snow of the year. Myself and many of my best friends in town holed up in the most awesome house down in Fletcher and had a rip roaring good time sledding, drinking, playing farkle and watching movies. There really is no point in the retelling of such an epic weekend. It's one of those you had to be there kind of things.
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