Ran into this Coldplay remix recently...and its a very upbeat well-done remix
White Shadows (Morgan Page Remix)
White Shadows (Original)
LYRICS
When I was a young boy I tried to listen And I wanna feel like that, Little white shadows blink and miss them Part of a system, I am
If you ever feel like something's missing Things you'll never understand, Little white shadows sparkle and glisten, Part of a system, a plan
All this noise I'm waking up All this space I'm taking up All this sound is breaking up
Ooh oh ooh
Maybe you'll get what you wanted Maybe you'll stumble upon it Everything you ever wanted In a permanent state
Maybe you'll know when you see it Maybe if you say it you'll mean it And when you find it you'll keep it In a permanent state, a permanent state
When I was a young boy I tried to listen, Don't you wanna feel like that? You're part of the human race All of the stars in the outer space, Part of a system, a plan
All this noise I'm waking up All this space I'm taking up I cannot hear you're breaking up
Woaaooh
Maybe you'll get what you wanted Maybe you'll stumble upon it Everything you ever wanted In a permanent state
Maybe you'll know when you see it Maybe if you say it you'll mean it And when you find it you'll keep it In a permanent state, a permanent state
Swimmin' on a sea of faces The tide of the human races, oh An answer now is what I need I see it in the new sun rising and See it break on your horizon, oh Come on love, stay with me
* If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year and at any part of the world.
* All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.
* All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.
* Love will always find you. Especially if you're on a boat.
* It's easy for anyone to land a plane provided that there is someone in the control tower to talk you through it. But have no fear, because if all else fails, then even a completely inexperienced plane passenger can always find and successfully operate a parachute.
* Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.
* The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No-one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty.
* If you need to reload your gun, you will always have more ammunition - even if you haven't been carrying any before now. You will also find yourself to be an excellent marksman - naturally.
* You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
* Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.
* If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster or killer beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist trade or his forthcoming art exhibition.
* The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
* A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
* If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.
* While it may be completely acceptable to wear nothing else but a red bindi with your professional western attire to emphasize that you are of South Asian origin, the assassins on the roof on the building across consider it an excellent discreet target for their laser-guided sniper rifles.
* When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.
* Mother Nature made sure that interbreeding is genetically possible with any creature from elsewhere in the universe.
* Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and utilize that light instead.
* If staying in a haunted house, women should always investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear, robe, or towel. They should also change near the window that does not have curtains drawn.
* Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning even though their husband and children never have time to eat it.
* A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of RFK Stadium.
* Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.
* Although in the 20th century it is possible to fire weapons at an object out of our visual range, people of the 23rd century will have lost this technology.
* Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.
* It is not necessary to say hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone conversations.
* Even when driving down a perfectly straight road it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.
* All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off and there is always access to the wiring so you can disable just before it explodes.
* It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting.
* A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
* If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.
* Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communication systems of any invading alien civilization.
* Opponents who can easily be overpowered are always standing alone or walking at the end of the line just waiting to be knocked out and disrobed.
* It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
* When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussion or brain damage, and they will never consider filing a lawsuit against the deliverer of the blow either.
* No-one involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock.
* Police Departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.
* When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
* You can always find a chainsaw or an ax when you need one.
* Any lock can be picked by a credit card or a paper clip in seconds - unless it's the door to a burning building with a child trapped inside.
* An electric fence, powerful enough to kill a dinosaur will cause no lasting damage to an eight year old child.
* Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at that precise moment.
* The person with the guiltiest conscious will always redeem themselves by sacrificing their own life.
Alright, I've been meaning to spill a few words of thought regarding this subject and just for clarification, the 'Electronic Leashes' I'm talking about doesn't have anything to do with dogs or cats. It has to do with humans.
The devices I'm referring to are any piece of electronic equipment which can be used for communication purposes. This means, emails, sms, texts, cell phones, pagers, social networks online, etc.
Not only do most people (family, friends, colleagues, business, other organizations) expect you to have one or more of the devices listed above, but you are expected to be constantly accessible. The ways in which these devices have transformed our world is staggering, and not just in the best of ways. Nowadays, if you just want to have your own space and not have to deal with each and every one trying to reach you, people go as far as guilt-tripping you and expecting you to back up your selected unavailability with an excuse. We also have the persistent aggressive people who will not readily accept the fact that you are not taking their call, and then persistently try to repeatedly reach you through the means of one or more of these electronic leashes.
Our modern day society has unquestionably embraced this unhealthy level of communication as a standard where certain regions are now having to enforce laws to limit using certain communication devices whilst being engaged with certain activities. The concept of 'privacy' is barely acknowledged - definitely not quite what it used to be.
Let's not forget what happens if you decide to miss a few calls. You will have a list of missed calls and a pile of voicemail to sift through of people expecting a call back on top of the currently incoming ones. Now I won't try to denounce 'etiquittes' of returning peoples' calls, but yea, aren't the expectations a bit too high here? Don't even try to answer with 'oh, but a 5 minute call wouldn't have hurt' - because you know what? You take that and multiply it by all the people who will try to connect to you - and suddenly, there is an endless cue of '5 minute calls' Should someone really become so offended if someone forgot to ring you back from time to time? Does that really have to be necessarily interpreted as you or your time not being as valuable?
The domineering factor of these excessively used noxious devices is overwhelming considering the phenomenal level of expectancy for one to be available. People are failing to realize that just because someone has one or more ways to be reached, it DOES NOT oblige one to have to respond to each and every incoming piece of correspondence.
Here are a few excerpts from one person's attempts in the last month. This persons happens to be a nice guy friend, too. It is nothing against the person, of course, but there are quite a few other instances where I receive similar messages from people who I would like to remain friends with and continue to respect. I am using these excerpts from this one person as just one example.
6/6/2008 XXXX - if you dont hear from me again.. then assume that i'm dead.. lol.. cuz i think i'm pretty close to that :) XXXX - but yes, it was really nice having you as a friend..
6/11/2008 XXXX - hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii XXXX - if you don't speak now XXXX - then i will never speak to you again
6/16/2008 XXXX - gauri, i have been trying ot talk to you for weeks, where are you?
6/18/2008 XXXX - are you there? XXXX - gauri? XXXX ugh, no1 talks to me anymore.. XXXX lol
6/21/2008 XXXX - hi XXXX - :S XXXX - what did i do that you never reply to me...?
6/23/2008 XXXX - i'mma buzz you tonite, untill you reply... XXXX - seriously... what did i do that you dont reply to me anymore....................... XXXX - hi XXXX - everyone is ignoring me.. ugh XXXX - what do i need to do.. to get your attention.. i used to like the old you... like 3 years ago.. you didnt know alot of ppl and i used to get your attention... n i used to like it alot :(
7/1/2008 XXXX - dude, what is wrong with you? XXXX - :'( XXXX - gauri? XXXX - :'(
If I had a nickle for each time people have been offended at my not taking to their calls or replying to their messages then I would be considerably richer, and if ignoring certain people from time to time is what I have to do to regain my privacy and risk myself being labeled as being uncommunicative or a flake or bad friend or a bitch, then so be it.
Being online, having my cell phone turned on, being signed into any messenger service, being on any kind of a social network, or having email does not oblige me to have to respond to every piece of correspondence. If someone doesn't get the hint and tries to be more aggressive in their attempts to contact me - then just be prepared to wait a bit longer than you normally would have to. My privacy, my alonetime and peace of mind will always take priority over the risk of anyone else being offended. I also probably won't be giving a 'heads up' because you know what that would require? It would require me to utilize the very electronic leashes that I'm trying to not utilize as frequently - save a few urgent matters.
I've come to realize that the frequency of my hermiting moments are largely related to how frequently some people try to reach me and expect an immediate response back. Don't try to guilt trip me to manipulate me, because clearly emotional blackmailing doesn't work. It does not make me any less of a 'good friend' and it doesn't mean that I do not value people. Of course I value people - but it does not mean that I will oblige myself to cater to unrealistic expectations thrust upon me nor the gross attempts to misuse the fact that you have means of accessing me. If I have given you access to any form of means of contacting me - then I have done that under the impression that I can trust you to use it wisely. So please respect my space just as I would respect yours, and do not prove me wrong by attempting to misuse these electronic devices as leashes.
So this video was actually brought to my attention, and since it concerns San Francisco, not to mention it is an excessively awesome phone message, I just had to include it in my blog.
This phone message features, Dimitri, who left creepy voice messages for an elegant woman named Olga. Toronto newspapers identified Dimitri as James Sears, a former doctor stripped of his medical license after he was criminally convicted of sexually assaulting female patients (Visit Article Here).
Being a true catch, Sears has a website called Dimitri the Lover, and he’s part of a group calling themselves Toronto Real Men, and they claim to be part of the "seduction community."
Listen to the awesome voicemail Sears/Dimitri left for the elegant Olga of San Francisco:
Transcript of Message 1... Sorry I had to leave such a rushed message with you when we met the other day. I just wanted to quickly give you my phone number, and needed to get the heck out of the area. In any event, I thought I had better leave you a more detailed message and explain why I approached you. I am single. I have no trouble meeting women; I mean, women approach me six or seven times a day. But I'm extremely particular about what I like. You're an extremely elegant woman. I couldn't take my eyes off you, and your friends were very jealous — even if they say they weren't, they were envious of the fact that I approached you, and I was very taken by you. Elegant women are very rare. I'm Greek and I'm extremely particular about what I like. So I'm giving you an opportunity here. I don't know if you picked up the message on the weekend but I'm working on a movie script so I'll be doing that all weekend…
This looks like a land line, and if it is you may not get the message till Monday. But when you do, call me and we'll get together for coffee or drinks, and let the romance begin. You looked very taken aback by my approach, and I hope that wasn't timidness, I hope it was just shock at being approached so directly. Because I don't really date timid women, because I'm a very direct, very passionate, very assertive man, and I want a woman who is very independent and strong. So… we'll talk about that, but I just wanted to formally introduce myself. I leave the ball in your court. You call me as soon as you have the courage to. Okay, Olga? Talk to you soon, bye."
Transcript of Message 2... I left you a message several days ago you said you were interested. Now, here's the way I work. I don't like leaving second messages but I like you, you're a very elegant woman, you're very attractive, but, you know, I don't play that game. I know your friends tell you not to return calls; you're playing games like you see in stupid TV shows. So here's how it's gonna work. It is now 4:30 on Wednesday. Now I'll assume, I'll assume that you've already left work, because, you know, some people leave work early, so I'll grant you that. But if I don't receive a phone call back from you by 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon I'm no longer interested and I'm going to erase your number. I don't play games like that. I'm completely single, I'm very intelligent, I'm great in bed, I make great money. Believe it or not, I'm a complete catch. I've only been single four months; I had a long distance relationship for about a year, it's very tough to maintain it like that; there's nothing wrong with me. As a matter of fact I'm one of the few men in the city that has nothing wrong with him. So I'm giving you the three o'clock deadline. If I don't hear from you by then, you lose my number — I'm erasing your number right now, so you won't be hearing back from me.
So that's it: three o'clock tomorrow, or you can just completely forget it.
Now I understand if you've got other issues, maybe you're not playing games, I don't know… maybe you were abused in childhood?…Maybe your mother has cancer, and you're going to chemo…maybe you're just a person who's extremely frightened or has an anxiety disorder, maybe you're on some medication for that…I don't know, there could be another issue that I'm not aware of. But nobody says "Call me," hands a person a business card and then doesn't return calls. It's extremely passive aggressive. You should actually look that up, passive-aggressive personality disorder. You let me know, if you've got issues, psychological issues, if you're on any sort of medication for anxiety or depression, I'm not interested. But if you're psychologically normal, and you haven't called me because there's been some horrible thing that's happened in your life that's prevented you from returning my calls, that's fine. But otherwise? Don't call me. Okay, bye."
Taken from the Youtube Video Info: The back story on this is that a girl named Olga was out with her friends in the Marina district of San Francisco (known for being a popular hang out for douches), and she talked to this guy named Dmitri for all of two minutes. Then she gave him her card and said "give me a call." The above is the messages he left. Listen to the whole thing, it just keeps getting better and better. I won't even tell you my favorite parts because i don't want to ruin anything. Just listen.
Recently we posted the phone messages that knucklehead "Dimitri" left for a girl named Olga. (I've listened to it in awe three times. The best part is the next day Gary Cooper-like high noon ultimatum.) The messages have spread on the web like influenza.
I was curious and did a little digging. It turns he is a "disgraced former doctor" named James Sears from Toronto. He calls himself "Dimitri the Lover." And the wheels are coming of the wagon quickly. His comeuppance is coming. Swift and sure.
He has been selling a "seduction manual" to losers in Toronto on how to seduce woman. And has held seminars -- at $40 bucks a pop -- to "teach" men tricks of the pick-up artist trade. Toronto newspaper The Sun wrote an expose on the guy last week.
James had his medical license stripped for "repeated sexual misconduct" sixteen years ago. His website has a radio interview where he uses the catchphrases "elegant" and "couldn't take my eyes of you" repeatedly. Just ridiculous.
Ladies, especially those of you in the Loyal 77 that read my columns, please be wary of any man that says, "You look so elegant. I just couldn't take my eyes off you." Kick that guy in the grapes.
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For more information, visit Dimitri's Official Website to watch his self promotion animation, learn wonderful jewels of wisdom about how NOT to pick up women, and be sold memberships to the "anti-seduction community." His whole site, and story, is just to sell “how to get chicks and get laid” scam.
And this post simply would not be complete without a picture of our self-proclaimed romancing stud king of all stud kings:
