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Here’s a list of songs I would might sing karaoke-style if properly drunk and maybe had someone to sing with me:

• “Mint Car” - The Cure
• “Doing the Unstuck” - The Cure
• “But Not Tonight” - Depeche Mode
• “World in my Eyes” - Depeche Mode
• “Round & Round” - New Order
• “Hairdresser on fire” - Morrissey
• Backup on “Knockin’ Boots” - Candyman
• “Groove is in the heart” - Deee Lite (doesn’t everyone?)
• “You think you know her” - Cause & Effect
• “Rockanlover” - Zoé
• “Asteriode” - Zoé
• “Por que” - Cetu Javu
• “Cenizas” - Voz de Mano
• “Los Guardianes” - Voz de Mano
• “Aqui” - Jumbo
• “Rockstar” - Jumbo
• “El pais de la Lujuria” - La Lupita
• “Pachuco” - Maldita Vecindad (if I was really, really drunk)
• “Podemos Hacernos Daño” - Juanes
• “Te llevo para que me lleves” - Gustavo Cerati
• “El Tlatoani del Barrio” - Cafe Tacuba
• “24 horas” - Cafe Tacuba
• Pretty much any Soda Stereo song, but especially:
  • “Estoy Azulado”
  • “Ella uso mi cabeza como un revolver”
  • “Séptimo Día”
  • “Camaleon”
  • “Final caja negra”
  • “En camino”

I’m sure this list will grow as the songs come to my head at random. :tee-hee:

Since I was young, I’ve had a knack for figuring out how electronics worked. I would memorize remote controls (and still do) pretty easily and quickly–and interfaces too. Menu > left > down > down > right > down > enter (how to turn on closed captions on my current tv).

One time Tino and I took the car to get looked at and the mechanic attached a small machine to the car’s computer and hit a couple buttons. He left to check something quickly and I went up to the machine and fiddled with it. Tino got so upset thinking I’m going to somehow fuck up the car (highly unlikely). I put the machine back to the menu location where it was originally and put it down. The mechanic didn’t notice a thing. I was just curious, really curious.
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I need to add these to my bookmarks, you may like to too.

• Chicago Free Fi - search for free wi-fi spots in Chicago
• Cell Reception & Tower Search - search for cellphone towers by city or zip code
• Citizen I-Cam - database of crimes for the city of Chicago
• Chicago Crime - uses the database above and puts it on a pretty Google-type map
• Chicago Movie Times - find movie times for all theatres in Chicago and surrounding subrubs

I’m going to translate for you the pseudo quasi-obsessive lyrics of Zoé’s song Miel. Barely made use of Diccionarios.com because the words are pretty easy.

This sounds to me like a song of obsessive love with a sprinkling of self-discovery. The singer is afraid of being alone and when he is alone–in his dreams–he seems to feel tortured and facing death “on a boat of fire.” But he knows he’s afraid of being alone and asks ‘her’ to talk to him about herself, about anything to help him find out why he’s afraid. He’s basically afraid of the free feeling of being alone: “fear of liberty.” What an interesting song!