I am the Rock
And upon this Rock I will build my church
Within we will form the Altar of Love
Visible to the Heaven above
So we will show what is Love.

My Love is a Rock
So I will rock you
So that my Rock
Will be your Rock
And that Rock is Love.

Like every rock
Our Rock will wither
But the Soul of the Rock
The Love of Rock
Will stand the Test of Time.

Mood Music: Just So You Know/Jesse McCartney

The history of Corn Flakes, I read, has to do with one man’s horror with sex, his fear that by eating wrong foods people will become sex addicts and flake society apart.

Meat especially was believed to stimulate longings of the flesh. So it was in 1906 that John Harney Kellog introduced a number of foods designed to promote health and decrease interest in sex. One of those foods was Corn Flakes! It is a big mystery then how the word corny today means…horny. Based on the history of corn as a food designed to decrease interest in sex, it should have the opposite meaning. Perhaps a pheromone-fortified new food designed to restore corn’s true libidinous effects might be just the right product to introduce into our daily, sexually-enhanced diets. Me so corny darling, can you get me a potent start of the day with a bowl of Horn Flakes??

I’ll add the cream later, thanks…lol

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Authority is something important in band, as Spencer alerts us. You should listen to your drum major and section leaders. Plus Director; that’s always nice.

As I was helping Yuki move the rack over to the pit, George intervened and said, “Only one person needs to do that.”

So I move away to go and do something else. Then I hear a fake cry of pain from Yuki, so I turn. She’s telling me to help her. I know what it’s like to need someone to help you move something, so I turn back and help her. George semi-glares at me and I guess I accidentally glare back.George is ticked off that someone didn’t listen to him. I am ticked off at Yuki because she made me disobey George.

And that is why Spencer is lecturing us. At least, I think so. That entire day, my peers are trying to be authoritative on me. They tell me to move quicker or quieter but they shouldn’t be because they are my own age and that is taboo.

Tradition is another thing. We have our own traditions. We, as members of the pit, each put our hands in and say, “We are really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking.” Each time before a performance. We also used to take a hit of Smartwater, but lately we haven’t had Smartwater, so we just go without it.

There are also some percussion traditions, but I have no idea what they are. I know that sometimes we put our hands in after an evening practice and George yells something but I don’t know what it is or means. And I’m always late for whatever it is we’re supposed to do.

And sometimes we run into the football field and tackle each other for a few minutes. Only after a good practice. But we haven’t been able to do it lately because the sprinklers turn on and pit is doomed if we get our stuff wet.

Then there are entire-band traditions, which are corny and not as fun as others. We have to touch a gold star on the way out to a competition and we have to ride half the bus ride in silence. But George takes pity on us and he only makes us be quiet after we get off the freeway. But then he watches us like a hawk. Sometimes I think he intentionally tries to be funny so we’ll crack up and he can get mad at us for not staying quiet. So most of the time, I just stare out the window.

I guess being in charge is a big thing in band.

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a Jack-O-Lantern by it’s diameter?

A: Pumpkin Pi.

” old fashioned “

i have head it many times , i used to sense that it means something not good but the correct meaning is here.

and yes your eye glasses are very corny .. go get contact lenses….what about laser treatment, there is some particular word for it but i cant recall it now..

Put you hand in mine
we can take our time
telling secrets

You can spend the night
hold each other tight
love is comfort

And then morning comes
leaving you seems dumb
I just did it

I miss you
holding you
I love you
More than you should know

by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website.

It makes for fun reading to go online and find a site devoted to the worst songs ever written. The writers of these songs can at least console themselves with the knowledge that to be renowned for being bad requires the song (often) to have been a hit at some point. Nonetheless, you want to be sure that your song doesn’t someday make it to that list.

Everyone has an opinion as to what makes a song bad. But if you look at those lists, what you’re really looking at for the most part is a list of songs that have the worst lyrics ever written. More often than not, what makes a song bad is… those lyrics! (Michael Jackson: “…The doggone girl is mine”.. <*cringe*>)

There are musical clichés that you must be careful of as well, elements that might sound fine used once, but quickly become quirky and trite:

• an overabundance of Sus4 chords;
• semitone modulation upward as the bridge moves to the chorus;
• overuse of the I-vi-ii-V-I progression (which is a great progression, but if it’s in every one of your songs, it’s time to branch out.)
• adding rap to a song that doesn’t call for it, or (especially) by a singer who doesn’t usually rap;
• handclaps;

Some songs become lousy simply because of production issues:

• Overuse of vocal and drum reverb; (the “stadium sound”)
• Overuse of autotune as a vocal effect; (don’t get me started)
• MIDI orchestrations that sound fake and distracting;

But many of these clichés will be accepted by the listener longer than cliché lyrics. There’s something about a corny lyric that makes you feel that Aunt Betty just knit you a plaid sweater vest.

So what do you do to make sure that your lyrics will stand the test of time?

Avoid these five standard lyrical bloopers:

1. Forced lyrics. As you work on the lyric, say the words to yourself, and be sure they come off as being the normal, ordinary way you would say it.
2. Overused phrases, the kind that can easily crop up in songs. Phrases like “Got t’have you by my side”, “I saw her walkin’ down the street..”, “I’m down on my knees and beggin’ you please” , and “Can’t you see..”would be examples of seemingly harmless phrasings that will sound corny and meaningless over time.
3. Forced rhymes. Rhyming for the sake of rhyming is dangerous. (When the Shuffle Demons recorded the culty “Spadina Bus”, they had their tongues firmly in their cheeks, no doubt, when they came up with: “Dug deep down in my pockets/ To try and find some coin/ But much to my chagrin/ All I found was my groin..” At least, I hope that was an intentional attempt at corn.
4. Over-the-top analogies. (“We built this city on rock and roll..” (Starship))
5. Bad grammar, when it’s used to make a line fit. Bad grammar is everywhere, and if it is slang, used because it’s the way we’d usually say something in a given context (“I Got Rhythm..”) then it’s probably OK. But using bad grammar to sound hip, or to make a line fit, will draw enormously negative attention to it. (“See the tree how big it’s grown/ But friend it hasn’t been too long/ It wasn’t big..” (“Honey”, by Bobby Goldsboro))

So now you’re worried, aren’t you? How do you really know if your lyric is breaking one of these guidelines? Probably the most important of the five of them is the first one. If you say what you’re saying with natural ease, with the terminology you’d normally use, you’ll be just fine.

And now… tell me which songs out there today are, in your opinion, headed for the garbage bin of music history? What’s the worst song released in the past 5 years? Post your comments below.

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Ikaw na nga
Ang hinahanap ng puso
Ang siyang magbibigay ng saya ng tamis
At lambing sa buhay ko

OMG, I really dunno what’s happening to me… (as if I don’t know… )
I never used to like songs like this…
I’m getting cornier and cornier each day.

She did it! She actually did! Holly Black created a book that’s much better than its predecessors.

This book Ironside is the last book from Black’s Modern Faerie Tales series, and it holds more fantasy elements than both Tithe and Valiant. Most importantly, it develops each and every main character from the first book. (It even develops Luis from Valiant.) Ironside tackles all the fan’s unanswered questions while maintaining the vivid story telling techniques that made Black’s work so desirable in the first place.  This book is easily one of most well-written and captivating stories of 2007.

Ironside is such an excellent book, I have nothing negative to say about it, so this review will be rather short. Throughout the novel, the protagonist Kaye and her friend Corny cope with their personal dilemmas while interacting with the fey to bring order between the faerie courts. Kaye has an identity crisis. She’s not the Kaye that she is lead to believe for so many years, so she’s obligated to reveals her inhuman self to her mother. Corny is grieving from the lost of his sister and acts out by losing his compassion and participates in drastic situations. Both Kaye and Corny stick together and help each other as the complete their mission.

The are so many other entertaining and deep moments in this book, but Kaye and Corny’s resolutions were the highlights. Unfortunately, this book will not have the same impact if you haven’t read Tithe. Therefore, read Tithe just so you can really appreciate Black’s best work.

 it is true that overused wisdom is repeated for a reason. the irony of this phenomenon is that the majority of people who gravitate towards cliche sayings are those that don’t truly understand the meaning. it seems, perhaps, that when someone actually grasps the sense of a catchy, overused piece of advice they tend to stop saying it. like when i was in 6th grade i used to like to prophetize, “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened!” but then we graduated elementary school and for the first time in my life i felt deep, profound sadness that all my friends were being split up. i had never really had to say goodbye to anything before.  from there on out, i kept that silly quote to myself. suddenly i felt stupid saying it.

often when i am describing my reasoning for making my rash decision i find myself resorting to my own corny metaphor. i sputtered it out one phone conversation in an effort to articulate my most complicated thought process, and then i kept using it. i said, “you know, being at school was like driving a car on cruise control. the car was essentially driving itself. so i finally decided to hit the brakes. and now i’m controlling the speed.. now i’m the one steering this vehicle.”

one night a few weeks ago i was driving home pretty late on the NJ turnpike. i was in the far left lane. there was a car in front of me in my lane and an 18 wheeler next to him in the lane to our right. i watched the car in front of me swerve around a little. at first we questioned the driver’s ability to decide which lane he wanted to be in. he was hugging the line separating him and the truck for about 20 seconds. then suddenly he swerved all the way left only to swerve back all the way right and slammed unceremoniously into the side of this 18 wheeler. this little sedan sent the 18 wheeler skidding into the lane next to him and the little sedan fishtailed all over the road and then finally got his bearings back. the truck started shifting right as if to pull over and exchange information with drunk-o in the sedan. but to all of our surprises this unbelievably inebriated driver kept driving. we saw him on the road for the next 40 minutes, being careful not to pass him, and also too frightened to get close enough to get his plates. at times we noticed cars that were around him pull onto the shoulder, as if to wait until the sauced sedan was safely way ahead of them. i’d never seen anything quite like it.

a few days later i was thinking about my corny cruise control metaphor. i wonder, if the inebriated sedan driver were asked to describe his life in a driving metaphor, what the hell would he say? maybe something about “crashing through life,” or perhaps a nascar allusion – referencing the cyclical destruction made by people who solve their problems with boozing. but when you think about it, at the end of the day that person is probably just on cruise control too.

i suddenly felt less inclined to continue using my “ingenius” corny metaphor. go figure.

               If this isn’t some bullshit, I don’t know what is. So, prior training camp, Brett Favre said he wasn’t signing. Then, after training camp, he just so happens to change his mind? Now, Cris Carter called this on ESPN, and when he did, it clicked in my mind. Do you  REALLY believe he JUST now decided he was gonna sign? Fuck no. Brett Favre was gonna sign all along, however, he wasn’t going to training camp, so they pulled this bull. Word on the street, Brett Favre ALREADY had a crib in Minnesota. Now, I know it’s the home to Prince, and some dope hip hop, but why the fuck do YOU think Brett Favre is moving to Minnesota? Exactly. The coldest part of all (Minnesota, cold…pun intended), is the fact Tavaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels seem to be out of the loop on the whole situation. Here, let me let Cris Carter go in on it.

Word

               Now, for all my fellow Madden fanatics out there, tomorrow’s roster update will include Favre and Vick added to the rosters. For me, this means people will start trying to use my squad, the Eagles. I had Desean Jackson (Long Beach representative) killing from the slot position, now, a bunch of you cornballs will try and pick my squad. When NOT picking my squad, they’ll be rolling with a Brett Favre/Adrian Peterson combo. I hope Madden nerfs both players.

At the end of July, one commenter (of the fine Marina variety) suggested that I do something to involve the readers a little bit more. Naturally, I thought this was a brilliant idea but I couldn’t think of anything. Until a few days ago. I was, of course, in the shower when I thought of this. What is something I really enforce on this blog? Or at least think I do? Love. That and happiness and optimism and all that. And I’ve done several posts on that whole “appreciate the little things” philosophy I have. So, I thought it would be a good idea to get a list together of all of the little things that make us happy. So if we’re ever blue or down or just in the need of some awesome, we can check it out and get GRINS! It’ll be like a little project, that we can do together.
What do you think? If you guys think it’s a stupid idea, I won’t make it it’s own page tomorrow. I really want it to be something we do together, instead of me writing and you guys commenting. I’m quite excited about this list!

Alright guys, so what do you think of this whole “list” business? Cheesy? Corny? Stupid? Lame? Cool? Neato? Pathetic? Desperate? Funky? Junky? Sexy? Homely? (I have many more adjectives under my belt, you better just tell me yours before I go into word overload. )

My boss finally jumped on that ‘that’s what she said’ train. It’s a little late in the game since people have been saying it for I don’t know how long know. Let me tell you, I have broke out the ‘that’s what she said’ line enough times to know that hearing your boss actually say it ruins it. It be like hearing any other elder say it. Besides my grandma because she is sweet as hell and I would laugh my ass off if those words ever came out of her mouth. Here are some other corny/annoying lines my boss has spouted off at work.

* ”You got yer tickets? You know to the gun show?’ …….Okay people would say this shit all the time when I was in high school. I still didn’t seem to think it was funny.

*’A sphinxer says what?’ ………This is seriously annoying…. and wrong.

*’You blinked’ …….For some reason he likes to have staring contests with me without stating that it is a staring contest. This is by far the most annoying thing he does to me since I end up bitching at him for at least five minutes after stating the rules of a staring contest are to proclaim a staring contest not just do it.

There are more where that came from. Everytime I am reminded of my dad who is still stuck on the “Whatever, girlfriend’ with snaps added for ultimate humilation. Do you hear any corny lines from an elder or superior that makes you face plant?

I like listening to music all the time; If I’m not listening to music while in the car, cooking, or cleaning, I feel weird. We Dominicans like to say we are born with music in our blood.

On Sunday, as I was coming back from Six Flags, Yerman had his iPod plugged in his car. He started to skip this song by Ricky Martin, but I quickly made him turn back to it. I knew it just by the first tunes. Lyrics are my weakness; good lyrics that is. Those that bring something out of you and make you happy, sad, or take you back to a different place in time.

I have not heard this song in awhile, probably since it was popular back a decade ago. As the song was playing, I started changing the pronouns from she to he and her to him…lol. I know…I’m a dork. But he is Marcos and thinking about him makes me warm and happy inside.

Here’s the versue I changed and the video:

It’s the way he makes me feel.

It’s the only thing that’s real.

It’s the way he understands.

He’s my lover, he’s my friend.

And when I look into his eyes, it’s the way I feel inside.

Like the man I want to be.

He’s all I ever need.

Ganz klar. Mein Bauchgefühl hatte es mir ja bereits schon oft genug verstehen zu geben: Corny ist einfach zu süß und irgendwie nicht wirklich “greifbar”, ob gesund oder nicht. Foodwatch nimmt das scheinbare Wahlversprechen für Lebensmittel unter die Lupe und widmet sich dem “Müsliriegel”. Ergebnis ist: Wenn 1/3 vom Corny Schoko nur Zucker ist, dann geht mit der Aussage “ausgewogen” schon was daneben. Naja gut, ausgewogen heißt dann wohl, dass eine große Masse (vom  Zucker) gewogen wurde…

Und was wird noch kritisiert? Corny Schoko ist fast so mächtig wie Twix und die auf der Verpackung angepriesenen Getreideflocken haben nichts mit dem Inhalt zu tun.

Also: Ganze Arbeit der Marketing-Abteilung, etwas Ungesundes noch so verkaufen zu können, dass die Leute denken, sie machen quasi noch “Diät” dabei…

Mich bringt mich das nun aber ins Grübeln: Was essen wir denn sonst noch so alles und wissen es nicht???

Insofern finde ich Initiativen für gesunde und wirklich gute Lebensmittel sinnvoll. Ich denke da anden Lebensmittelkette tegut, die sich das Motto ja regelrecht auf Ihre Fahnen geschrieben hat. Nur muss man natürlich dort auch noch kucken. Bei Biosachen wurden ja auch Zusatzstoffe statt Früchte gefunden. Schwierig, finde ich.

Mehr Beiträge zum Corny findet Ihr z.B. bei den Newsbloggern, Gourmet-Report, und bei RP_online, Stern oder Spiegel, Foodwatch.com.

Ganz gut finde ich darüber hinaus auch: abgespeist bzw. der kompletten Mogelliste auf abgespeist, in der noch andere “interessante” Versionen von “wir kaufen Produkte, die etwas anders sind, als wir erwarten” aufgelistet sind (bitte beim Download beachten, dass die Daten auf Viren geprüft werden müssen).

Und beim folgenden Link sieht man dazu noch, was ernährungswissenschaftlich drin ist, z.B. im Corny Schoko, bei “das ist drin”.