Every month or so I start to get an itch to change the look and feel of this site. I start by casually perusing the known WordPress theme sites. As a person with little artistic capabilities, this entertains me while I start chewing over whatever thought has started me down this road in the first place.

I have a thing for minimalist themes, the cluttered, hard to navigate, white-space wanting designs that most people design and use simply do not appeal to me. Its just too much, and when it gets to a point when the design overpowers the text — that is a problem.

Normally I tend toward white and grey designs. Maybe its the mac user in me, but these types of colors have always been a favorite. Classic, clean and unobtrusive. Essentials for theme appreciation on my part.

It was with great glee, yes I actually fit that word in! That I stumbled across this chocolate drenched minimal theme with bright yellows and blues popping out at all the right places. The theme is soothing to the eye and easy to read. Two nice elements that more traditional minimalist themes can have trouble pulling off without undue eye strain!

So enjoy this theme and let me know what you think! As for me, its off to bed I go. Take care.

If you haven’t had a chance to visit Deviant Art, I highly recommend you put it on your short list of things to do. Its a great venue for artists to showcase and sell their work. To me its one of the best venues to see a huge variety of artistic genres and styles.

Take the artist Lolita. Her “Sushi” art is shown to the right. As a sushi lover it make me laugh as I thought of all the people who shun sushi like plague. This art captured that fear in a humorous way.

That is really the power of art — the emotional response that it causes us to feel. For myself, more surreal or illustrative art invokes the strongest response from e, whereas abstract art just leaves me wondering why it is even considered art.

I know its an unfair assessment of abstract art, but it has a nullifying effect on me, I feel nothing for it. Not even dislike, its more of a detached boredom.

And this is just one example from Deviant Art. You can check out Lolita-art’s portfolio at Deviant Art of on her homepage.

I think that I need to make it a point to listen to at least one new song a week. It doesn’t matter what artist or genre, it just needs to be something new, and something that I actively listen to.

I say actively listen to because turning on the radio and listening to it in the background will not cut the mustard. The idea here is to continue to evolve my musical tastes, to continue to evolve my musical appreciation beyond my current catalog.

Growing up my parents never had any interest in what we were listening to beyond the question — Are they Satanists? Thankfully all of the corporate bands I listened to growing up were in fact not Satanists.

They knew what they liked to listen to and they were perfectly happy staying in their comfort zone and letting us have our own Satan free musical tastes. What I find most disturbing about this is that I find myself falling into this same kind of thinking at times.

I am ashamed to admit that most of the music today my initial reaction is — WTF? Who would listen to this? This is NOT the response I want to have, it tells me that I am beginning to be confined by my own tastes and experiences, much like what happened to my parents.

So this is what I am going to try, an experiment that hopefully will help me to continue to further my musical horizons. I will listen to one new song a week from one of today’s up and coming artists. It seems like a small thing, and it largely is — but I hope it will help me keep that musical circuit open in my brain.

Wicked wicked weather here. Lots of rain, thunder and lightning. Not that I mind, but its a bit nerve jarring for Maverick and the cats, so I decided to put on something to lighten the mood — Shaggy!

How can you not listen to “Mr. Boombastic” and not be put in a good mood? I really don’t think its possible. But that’s Reggae for you. I’d love to go to Jamaica and experience the real clubs, the clubs away from the bleach scrubbed resorts.

For now though, I’ll just have to suffice with a visit in my imagination as these notes, this rhythm and beat put a smile on my face and make me forget about the weather outside.

Mr. Boombastic

What you want is some boombastic romantic fantastic lover
Shaggy
Mr. Lover lover, Mr. Lover lover, girl, Mr. Lover lover
She call me Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic, touch me in me back
she say I’m Mr. Ro…mantic
She call me Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic, touch me in me back she say
I’m ro… Smooth just like silk
Soft and coddle hug me up like a quit
I’m a lyrical lover no take me for no filth
With my sexual physique Jah know me well built
Oh me oh my well well can’t you tell
I’m just like a turtle crawling out of my shell
Gal you captivate my body put me under a spell
With your cus cus perfume I love your sweet smell
You are the only young girl that can ring my bell
And I can take rejection so you tell me go to hell

I’m Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says I’m Mr
Ro…mantic
I’m Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says boom
boom
boom
I’m Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says I’m Mr
Ro…mantic
I’m Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says boom
boom
boom

Gee wheeze baby please
Let me take you to an island of the sweet cool breeze
You don’t fell like drive baby hand me the keys
And I’ll take you to a place to set your mind at ease
Don’t you tickle my foot bottom ha ha baby please
Don’t you play with my nose I might ha chum sneeze
Well you a the bun and me a the cheese
And if me a the rice well you a the peas

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Give me your loving gal your loving well good
I want your loving gal give it like you should
Give me your loving gal your loving well good
I want your loving gal you remember the woo
Would like to kiss and carress
Rub down every strand of hair on my chest
I’m Boombastic rated as the best
The best you should get nothing more nothing less
Give me your digits jot down your address
I’ll bet you confess when you put me to the test
That I’m

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Gal your admiration if a tick me from the start
With your physical attraction gal you know to feel the spark
A man of few word naw go tell you no sweet talk
Naw go laba laba and a chat pure phart
I’ll get straight to the point like a arrow or a dart
Come lay down in my jacuzzi and get some bubble bath
Only sound you will here is the beating of my heart
And we will mmm mmm (kiss) and have some sweet pillow talk
I’m

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