Random junk

I need to get back into jogging. Going to the gym is good, but I've always had the most success when I was on a pretty constant jogging routine. And it makes me feeeeel good! The "problem" is that my favorite place to jog is Bayonne park, and it feels 1000 miles away from where I live now. Annnnd I pretty much do everything I can to avoid driving. So I'm thinking a bike might be a good compromise. I could bike to liberty state park, or just bike down on the waterfront or something. maybe this weekend!

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Hopefully I'll receive some good news with regards to my house soon..its been almost 7 months since I moved and I'm still waiting..the only good news regarding the wait is the interest that is accumulating BUT I'd rather it just be done and over with.

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I learned a few famous Michael Jackson song bass lines over the weekend, and it's ridiculous how simple his songs are. "Beat it" and "Billie Jean" have only 3 or 4 chords in the entire song and only 2 distinct parts! Crazy. And if you go to his Youtube page, those videos have been viewed something like 23 million times. I wonder what youtube/google pays him for that!

I been listening to a lot of pop lately, and what I like about it vs rock, is that its generally upbeat, and catchy. In rock you need cool riffs, and solos, but in pop the guitar is rarely even heard from! It really seems the rhythm and melody of the song is what propels it to be popular. If you really listen to a song like "Hot n Cold" (Katy Perry) all you hear is a driving beat/bass/light synth and her singing in the verse, and more pronounced synth in the chorus. But even the synth they do use doesn't seem very spectacular, and the beat is the simplest beat ever.