Tuesday, February 13, 2007

You Should Brush Away "Baited" Breath

Quick entry of happy stuff. In recent discussion with co-workers the term "waiting with bated breath" came-up, which resulted in a trivial discussion and a Google search. The conversation; not so interesting but the little poem I found whilst seeking out the definitive spelling was cute and quite memorable, so I thought I'd share.

It's called "Cruel Clever Cat", by Geoffry Taylor.

Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath,
Nice mice to an untimely death.

So the moral of the story is... to wait in anticipation is to wait with "bated" breath (slowed breathing)... to wait with "baited" breath... probably is cause to reach for a toothbrush.

hee

Watched "Running With Scissors" (the movie) on the weekend only because it's the first film adapted from my favourite author's second book. (Augusten Burroughs) Sadly, the movie was good for someone who has read the book, but a disappointment nonetheless, just because it lacked a lot of his funny narrative. Without it, it's startlingly depressing. Which I suppose is fine, considering the atrocities of his childhood, but the book details things with a very witty, dark humour that the movie just couldn't capture. So if I could encourage anyone to read the book "Running With Scissors" I most certainly would, ('cause it's fantastic) but I wouldn't recommend the movie on it's own.

Yeah.

Cheerio then.

"Never the Same" by Supreme Beings of Leisure (one of my favourite groups with a 3rd CD promised to arrive later this year after a long hiatus) This is from their first (self-titled) album. It's funky/chillax electronica.

Soft hands my drug
You taste like home to me
Echoing reverberations
I am now remembering
Your kiss is a dream
Elation's extreme

One step closer
I am one step closer to heaven

And now I'm never the same
Never the same girl twice
Oh no I'm never the same
Never the same girl twice
Not the same girl you loved last night

Mysterious chemistry
Someone's cookin' in the kitchen
Elixir of the pearl
A luscious berry swirl
I'm losin' some sleep
No company I'd rather keep

One step closer
I am one step closer to heaven

And now I'm never the same
Never the same girl twice
Oh no I'm never the same now
Never the same girl twice
Not the same girl you loved last night
Not the same girl you fucked last night

Never the same
Never the same girl twice
Oh no I'm never the same now
Never the same girl twice
Not the same girl you loved last night
Not the same girl you loved last night

Never the same, never the same.
Never the same, never the same.
Never the same, never the same.

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