Tag: Earworm Playlist

Still a bit nonstop but we’re getting there

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It’s been a busy week for me with work and my wee trip to Edinburgh. Some work things now coming in for next week but I’m really hoping to get the last of my pre-Christmas TechUp modules done as well!

In the meantime, though, I’m looking forward to a quiet-ish weekend. Geth and I are volunteering at parkrun tomorrow (doing a new role!) and then possibly doing a run outside once we’re back, but after that I will be getting my weekend hibernation on.

Computer book
Dad found me another old computer book! This one belonged to Grandad and came out in 1984, so it’s an interesting historical read.

This week’s earworm playlists:

Saturday

The Monkees – ‘Daydream Believer’
EMF – ‘Unbelievable’
Blondie – ‘Rapture’
Eartha Kitt – ‘Santa Baby’

And a bonus track that Geth was humming that day:

Mike Oldfield – ‘Moonlight Shadow’

Sunday

Cast of Yanomamo! – ‘Burn Them Trees’*
Cast of Yanomamo! – ‘Forest People’
Cast of Yanomamo! – ‘The Jaguar’
Amilcare Ponchielli – ‘Dance Of The Hours’
The Beatles – ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’

Monday

911 – ‘Party People… Friday Night’
Duran Duran – ‘Is There Something I Should Know?’

Tuesday

The Carpenters – ‘Rainy Days And Mondays’
Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston – ‘It Takes Two’
Perry Como – ‘It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas’

Wednesday

Geraldine McQueen – ‘Once Upon A Christmas Song’

Thursday

Eartha Kitt – ‘Santa Baby’

Friday

Sia – ‘Cheap Thrills’
Chris Isaak – ‘Wicked Game’
Cream – ‘White Room’
Mika – ‘Grace Kelly’

*The Yanomamo! tracks were a bit of a flashback to a primary school performance. Apparently there was also a TV version shown in 1988, which I need to track down.

A different kind of busy

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Friday evening is here, and so we move from weekday busy to weekend busy. A nice change of scenery!

It’s been a really busy week with work and so I’ve not had time to do any studying. Hopefully I will be able to fit that in next week. The course organisers have just released three new modules so there’s plenty to get on with between now and Christmas.

Geth and I were meant to be volunteering at Jesmond Dene parkrun tomorrow, but unfortunately they’ve had to cancel. Under normal circumstances this would mean I’d be scrabbling around trying to decide on a replacement parkrun, but there’s an all-day TechUp online event tomorrow and it’d be nice to attend all the sessions for that, so I think it’ll be another week with no parkrun. I definitely want to get back to it next week though!

On Sunday I’ve got my last race of the season. A bit late this year – next year I’ll definitely be ending the season with the GNR in September! But it’ll be nice to tootle along for 10k and get some fresh air, assuming the weather’s not awful. We’re then seeing Mum and Dad later in the day, which will be lovely.

The weekend after should be a lot quieter… which will be a well-timed lull before the busy Christmas visiting period!

New hair
Same new hair as on every haircut day, but this time with bonus tree lights.

This week’s earworm playlists:

Saturday

Masashi Hamauzu – ‘Thunder Plains’
The Running Channel – ‘Run With Me’
Celine Dion – ‘It’s All Coming Back To Me’

Sunday

Bing Crosby – ‘White Christmas’

Monday

Chris Rea – ‘Driving Home For Christmas’
Masashi Hamauzu – ‘Thunder Plains’

Tuesday

Herman Hupfeld – ‘As Time Goes By’

Wednesday

Elton John – ‘I’m Still Standing’

Thursday

Masashi Hamauzu – ‘Thunder Plains’

Friday

Masashi Hamauzu – ‘Thunder Plains’
Boyzone – ‘A Different Beat’

This is the weekend…

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…when I will finally get all the non-work/studying stuff that I’ve been meaning to do for the last few weekends (and not had time) done! Including the last of my Christmas prep, which I’ve been spending three months doing gradually so that I don’t have to rush around doing it in December. December is extra especially busy this year, because this year has been extra especially busy in general.

Storm Arwen is due to hit tonight, bringing high winds and snow, so Geth and I are not planning to leave the house this weekend. The treadmill is available for running (we won’t be parkrunning tomorrow even if by some miracle our local ones are going ahead) and our supermarket delivery has just arrived, so we’re looking forward to a couple of days of hibernation.

If I’ve got time, I may even do some game planning, seeing as I feel a bit bereft after finishing my two recent short ones! I put up the post-comp release for The River of Blood today (the EctoComp results were announced this morning – my game came 9th out of 23 overall and 7th out of 15 in the Petite Mort category so I’m pretty happy with that), and it looks like a good number of people are playing Morris as well, so I’ll be excited to see how that does in the next couple of weeks.

Picture frame
Another framed image that was up in our Leeds hotel room a couple of weeks ago. I’ve not been anywhere or photographed anything interesting in the interim!

This week’s earworm playlists:

Saturday

Soft Cell – ‘Bedsitter’
Taylor Swift – ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’

Sunday

Cast of Moana – ‘How Far I’ll Go’

Monday

Masashi Hamauzu – ‘Thunder Plains’
Goo Goo Dolls – ‘Iris’

Tuesday

Pointer Sisters – ‘I’m So Excited’

Wednesday

Kuana Torres Kahele, James Ford Murphy and Napua Greig-Nakasone – ‘Someone To Lava’
Goo Goo Dolls – ‘Iris’

Thursday

Masashi Hamauzu – ‘Thunder Plains’

Friday

Harry Belafonte – ‘Jump in the Line (Shake, Señora)’

Planning a short break before the Christmas madness

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It’s been a really productive week! Lots of work and game creation done and another interesting TechUp module finished. I also have a giant pile of parcels from various postal services that need to be opened and wrapped in Christmas paper this weekend!

Next week, if all goes well, I will be taking a bit of downtime. I’m well caught up with work and studying and will be blitzing as much housework and Christmas admin as possible over the weekend. My game is also now drafted and in the testing process, meaning I just need to finish tweaking and finessing it before the jam deadline on Sunday evening.

The main reason I’m going to be trying for a quiet week is that December is going to be non-stop. Mostly in a lovely way (proper Christmas celebrations with family etc.), but I get a bit unsettled when lots of non-routine things are happening, so it’d be good to have some mental recharge time beforehand.

Geth and I have both had head colds this week. I shook it off fairly quickly, but Geth has been feeling fairly rough and has decided on a strictly-indoors weekend in order to try and shake it off before Monday. This means that if I’m parkrunning tomorrow, I’m doing it by myself, and I still can’t decide where I want to go. Might end up making a very last-minute decision!

Art deco pictures
Some of the framed pictures in last weekend’s hotel room (it’s all super art deco in there).

This week’s earworm playlists:

Saturday

Duran Duran and Chai – ‘More Joy’
Soft Cell – ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’
Soft Cell – ‘Sex Dwarf’

Sunday

Soft Cell – ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’
Soft Cell – ‘Bedsitter’
Duran Duran and Tove Lo – ‘Give It All Up’
Irene Cara – ‘Fame’

Monday

Roger Miller – ‘King Of The Road’
Soft Cell – ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’
Duran Duran and Tove Lo – ‘Give It All Up’

Tuesday

Roger Miller – ‘King Of The Road’
Soft Cell – ‘Sex Dwarf’

Wednesday

Chris Rea – ‘Driving Home For Christmas’
Duran Duran – ‘Anniversary’

Thursday

Arcadia – ‘Lady Ice’
Traditional – ‘Deck The Halls’

Friday

Dr Hook – ‘When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman’*

*AWFUL. Get out of my head!

All systems go

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Geth and I have been up in Edinburgh for a few days to see Mum and Dad and to collect some interesting computer stuff that I will blog about soon. We are back now and I have had some good post through the door today (mainly Christmas-related). Time is hurtling on as ever and it won’t be long now till the end of the year.

It’s going to be a busy weekend as we have a gig to attend tomorrow evening. I need to start catching up with my gig reviews again soon! Another thing to target by Christmas…

Quiet week next week though. Might even manage another Shouldless Sunday!

Virtual LEJOG medal
My virtual LEJOG medal finally arrived today – probably the last of my virtual medals as I’ve got no need to do virtuals anymore now that real races are back.

This week’s earworm playlists:

Saturday

Ava Max – ‘Kings And Queens’

Sunday

Kevin Gillis and Lisa Lougheed – ‘Run With Us’

Monday

The Running Channel – ‘Run With Me’
The Sweet – ‘Blockbuster’
Dead Or Alive – ‘Something In My House’

Tuesday

Roxette – ‘Listen To Your Heart’

Wednesday

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – ‘Locomotion’

Thursday

Duran Duran – ‘Anniversary’
Cast of The Jungle Book – ‘Bare Necessities’
Marc Almond and Gene Pitney – ‘Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart’
Soft Cell – ‘Sex Dwarf’

Friday

Pixie Lott – ‘Mama Do’

Brands of manic

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The to-do list doesn’t really stop at the moment – I’m back and forth between work and studying and house tasks and running and all the other stuff that seems to come out of nowhere… but it’s making life very interesting, as I’m basically doing something different every day.

Geth and I are doing our weekly parkrun volunteering slot tomorrow as he’s got a race on Sunday. The rest of the weekend will be spent doing all the stuff I didn’t have time for during the week!

2021 diary
It’s certainly a lot fuller than last year’s version.

Two weeks’ worth of earworm playlists:

Saturday 23rd

Ray Parker Jr – ‘Ghostbusters’
Edison Lighthouse – ‘Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)’
Bee Gees – ‘Stayin’ Alive’
Radiohead – ‘No Surprises’
Tracey Ullman – ‘They Don’t Know’
Duran Duran – ‘Anniversary’

Sunday 24th

Ashbury Heights – ‘Suicide Anthem’
Rockwell – ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’

Monday 25th

Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘I Really Like You’

Tuesday 26th

The Power Station – ‘Some Like It Hot’
Dead Or Alive – ‘Something In My House’
The Beatles – ‘Drive My Car’
Revo – ‘Battle Against The Ones We Inevitably Confront’

Wednesday 27th

One Direction – ‘Little Things’
Rockwell – ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’
Shakira and Wyclef Jean – ‘Hips Don’t Lie’

Thursday 28th

John Oeth – ‘Home Sweet Home’
Rockwell – ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’

Friday 29th

Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett – ‘Monster Mash’

Saturday 30th

Rockwell – ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’

Sunday 31st

Michael Jackson – ‘Thriller’
Duran Duran – ‘Anniversary’

Monday 1st

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ‘Swan Lake: Swan Theme’
Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘I Really Like You’
Tones & I – ‘Dance Monkey’

Tuesday 2nd

Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman – ‘Phantom Of The Opera’
Tori Amos – ‘Winter’
The Bangles – ‘Hazy Shade Of Winter’

Wednesday 3rd

Rockwell – ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’
Tori Amos – ‘Winter’

Thursday 4th

Adam Ant – ‘Goody Two Shoes’
Duran Duran – ‘Anniversary’
Ludwig van Beethoven – ‘Ode To Joy’

Friday 5th

Take That – ‘Could It Be Magic’

Double time

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It’s been a manic week and I am so glad it’s the weekend. Studying and working at the same time is tough, especially with all the other things I need to do. I’m really enjoying the course though.

Tomorrow I’ll be parkrunning and game-creating and doing other active/productive hobby stuff, but I’m going to arrange another Shouldless Sunday for the following day. I’m really looking forward to a day on the sofa with my videogames! I just don’t have time for them otherwise at the moment…

Red velvet cake
Another of last Sunday’s cakes! I love red velvet cake and this slice was perfect.

This week’s earworm playlists:

Saturday

Tracy Chapman – ‘Fast Car’
Placebo – ‘Every You Every Me’

And a bonus track that Geth was humming that day:

The Power Station – ‘Some Like It Hot’

Sunday

Bill Withers – ‘Lovely Day’
The Running Channel – ‘Run With Me’

Monday

Japan – ‘I Second That Emotion’

Tuesday

Sacre – ‘The London Marathon’
Duran Duran – ‘Out Of My Mind’
Duran Duran – ‘Winter Marches On’

Wednesday

Elvis Presley – ‘Return To Sender’
Village People – ‘YMCA’
Bill Conti – ‘Gonna Fly Now’
Duran Duran – ‘Anniversary’

Thursday

Lady Gaga and Beyoncé – ‘Telephone’
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ‘Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy’
Ashbury Heights – ‘Suicide Anthem’

Friday

Ashbury Heights – ‘Waste Of Love’

And a bonus track that Geth was humming earlier:

The Wonder Stuff – ‘Closer To Fine’

Full steam ahead

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It’s the weekend but it’s going to be a pretty busy one! Geth and I are volunteering at parkrun tomorrow morning, then I’ll be following the opening day sessions for my course tomorrow afternoon, and then we’ve got the North Tyneside 10k on Sunday. Fairly full-on week next week too with starting the course modules, so I expect I’ll be scheduling another Shouldless Sunday next weekend in order to relax!

I’ve been able to get a good chunk of work done on my new game this week as well, which has been great. Coding for that should be done by the middle of next week and then I can get started on the bells and whistles. I need to fit it in with coursework and day job work, but it’s all going really well so far, and I feel like I’ve got a good planned balance for the next couple of weeks. Hallowe’en will be a really great celebration of getting it done… I hope!

Speaking of which, the decorations may be coming out this weekend. I loved having them up for two weeks last year and I think that will become the norm…

Decorated polystyrene pumpkin
My decorated polystyrene pumpkin from last year. I do have the materials for making more, but somehow I don’t think they’re going to get done this year…

This week’s earworm playlists:

Saturday

Sacre – ‘The London Marathon’
Sean Paul – ‘Get Busy’*
Mark Knopfler – ‘Local Hero’
VNV Nation – ‘Fearless’
Avicii and Aloe Blacc – ‘Wake Me Up’

Sunday

Sean Paul – ‘Get Busy’

Monday

Avicii and Aloe Blacc – ‘Wake Me Up’
Howard Jones – ‘Like To Get To Know You Well’

Tuesday

Sean Paul – ‘Get Busy’
Hans Zimmer – ‘He’s A Pirate’

Wednesday

Sean Paul – ‘Get Busy’
Yuzo Koshiro – ‘Battlefield: Storm’
Mark Knopfler – ‘Local Hero’

Thursday

Sean Paul – ‘Get Busy’
Bill Withers – ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’
Lady Gaga and Beyoncé – ‘Telephone’

Friday

Robert Burns – ‘Auld Lang Syne’
Travis – ‘Driftwood’
Meat Loaf – ‘I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)’
Rod Stewart – ‘Maggie May’
Bill Withers – ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’

*Judi Love and Graziano Di Prima danced to this on Strictly a couple of weeks ago and I have not been able to get it out of my head since 😬 It takes me right back to dancing in dodgy clubs in my late teens.

A quick Friday catchup before a quiet weekend

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Just a quick post today because I want to get into some game creation later this afternoon. It’s been a fairly quiet week by necessity because I needed to spend a few days eating, sleeping and dozing after the marathon, and I’m looking forward to an even quieter weekend.

Underneath Tower Bridge
Underneath Tower Bridge on Monday morning. I felt really lucky to be staying right next to this location as it actually plays a very important role in the big game I’ll be releasing next year. Brilliant to be able to take some photo references!

Two weeks’ worth of earworm playlists:

Saturday 25th

Wham! – ‘The Edge Of Heaven’
Elton John – ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’

Sunday 26th

Blue – ‘All Rise’
Girls Aloud – ‘See The Day’
ACE+ – ‘Riki The Legendary Heropon’
Ocean Colour Scene – ‘Profit In Peace’

Monday 27th

Melanie C – ‘Northern Star’
Tom Jones and The Cardigans – ‘Burning Down The House’

Tuesday 28th

Duran Duran – ‘Ordinary World’
Duran Duran – ‘Starting To Remember’

Wednesday 29th

Tom Jones and The Cardigans – ‘Burning Down The House’
Anita Ward – ‘Ring My Bell’

Thursday 30th

Sacre – ‘The London Marathon’

Friday 1st

Melanie C – ‘Northern Star’

Saturday 2nd

Tina Turner – ‘Proud Mary’

Sunday 3rd

Abba – ‘Dancing Queen’
Spandau Ballet – ‘Gold’

Monday 4th

Avicii and Aloe Blacc – ‘Wake Me Up’
Kiki Dee – ‘Star’

Tuesday 5th

Sacre – ‘The London Marathon’
James – ‘Come Home’

Wednesday 6th

Sacre – ‘The London Marathon’

Thursday 7th

The Sugarhill Gang – ‘Rapper’s Delight’

Friday 8th

Sacre – ‘The London Marathon’
The Power Station – ‘Some Like It Hot’
Limahl – ‘The Neverending Story’
Meat Loaf – ‘I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)’

Another full-on week

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Well, I thought it would be a quiet week, but it ended up being pretty full-on with work and other things! I organised Geth’s new office on Monday, and we had a lovely visit from Mum and Dad yesterday and this morning as they were testing out their car to check a recent issue. Other than that, it’s been a fairly nonstop work week. I’m hoping there won’t be too much next week as I need to relax and prepare for the marathon! Nine days to go…

Hallowe'en sweets
The Hallowe’en sweets are officially open! Picked this haul up at the train station in Birmingham last week and have finally tucked into it tonight after finishing all the ice cream in the freezer this week. Really hope I can find some Jaffa Cake Spooky Cake Bars this year…

This week’s earworm playlists:

Saturday

Andy Taylor – ‘I Might Lie’
The Power Station – ‘Some Like It Hot’

Sunday

Duran Duran – ‘Planet Earth’
The Beatles – ‘8 Days A Week’

Monday

The Beatles – ‘Drive My Car’
Yasumasa Kitagawa – ‘Great Cross-Examination (Moderato)’
Elton John – ‘Crocodile Rock’

Tuesday

Marika Suzuki, Hiromitsu Maeba and Masato Kouda – ‘By Powerful Bonds – Victory!’

Wednesday

‘Korobeiniki’ (the Tetris theme music – except it’s the YouTube version with lyrics detailing the entire history of the Soviet Union)

Thursday

Marika Suzuki, Hiromitsu Maeba and Masato Kouda – ‘When The Windmill Spins’
Sailor – ‘A Glass Of Champagne’

Friday

Soft Cell – ‘Tainted Love’