mahiwaga

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Random Songs from the Weekend

Hailee Steinfeld • Love Myself

I guess it is kind of funny how Filipinos have claimed Hailee Steinfeld as one of their own.

I knew she was part Filipino, but I had no idea she had ancestors from Bohol.

Johnny Cash • Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash • God's Gonna Cut You Down

Taylor Swift • Wildest Dreams

The radio has been so playing the crap out of this song that it’s utterly lodged inside my head.

Taylor Swift • Wildest Dreams
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Walking around the 99¢ Store

I’ve been walking to the 99¢ Store during lunch lately just for the exercise and to pick up miscellaneous and sundry items, and the music they play at this store makes me feel like I’m in a time warp.

Andy Gibb • An Everlasting Love
38 Special • Second Chance
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Songs Whose Titles I Never Knew

Honestly, I never thought I’d be the type of person who’d feel OK with singing my heart out in front of a bunch of random people in a public setting, but you really can’t beat free karaoke.

Someone sang this Anita Baker song on Saturday and while it sounded familiar, I have never known the lyrics nor even the title of it.

Anita Baker • Caught Up in the Rapture

I was also utterly unaware that this song had been covered recently.

JoJo • Caugh Up in the Rapture
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This is the Way the World Ends

The beginning of the zombie plague? Or another victim of bath salts?

Man dies on Aer Lingus flight after being restrained - reports • 2015 Oct 19 • Kevin Rawlinson • The Guardian

crossposted on Facebook

Wait, actually, no, I think this is how the zombie plague/superflu-Captain Trips/ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes starts…. #‎apocalypse

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Dangerous Advice • 2015 Oct 19 • Alexandra Sowa • Slate

crossposted on Facebook

While Paltrow may have an infrared sauna within her own home (I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt), I’m betting most Americans do not. This means that in order to follow her treatment plan, most people would be leaving their homes to venture to a public place, spreading their multiple bodily fluids in the confined space of a steamy sauna.

This is problematic…

(emphasis mine)
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