53. I can't stop...

So, I made you a webpage:

http://www.geeklovesongs.com/

Because just one page cannot express the full range of love that I feel for you. I doubt the whole internet could contain it, but that's one of its shortfalls.

52. Merry Christmas

Hey Dove, I know I don't get nice presents for you, but know that these silly songs I write are for you.

Without You

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I have a magic mirror -
it shows me situations that could have been
But one life has my gaze affixed -
one where I never met you - I find it grim

I sit at home - alone at night -
filling my time with games and books
In a loop of singleness,
since girls don't give me second looks
I play online, check social sites
befriending anyone I meet
Shelves are laden with ebay finds,
but inside I am incomplete

That's my life without you
That's my life without you
A lonely soul, on a game console
That's my life without you

I spend free time just snacking,
swapped loneliness for food, anything I can deep fry
My blood sugar is off the charts,
I never leave the house, my cholesterol's high.

I post on forums I chat all night.
I debate useless points. I troll for fights.
All of Python I can recite.
Youtube gives me such delight.
My coworkers say I have a nasty fidgit.
I program pointless facebook widgets.
I search the web for cats and midgets.
I've memorized pi to 42 digits.

That's my life without you
That's my life without you
Resigned to my fate, I can't get a date.
That's my life without you

That's my life without you
That's my life without you
There but for you, go I, it's true.
That's my life without you

51. I Can't Write Songs

Sigh. I wrote this song in November, and I tried to record it so that I only skipped out on one month, but that weekend was really busy and you were sitting there with Becks talking and talking and talking. :)

So I was going to make it perfect but things will never get non busy in December and so I decided to release the thing. :)



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Lame Song

I have tried so many times
to make a song for you.
But I can never seem to
find a tune unique and new.

So I sit and think
and really rack my brain.
But all the songs I write just blur
and start to sound the same.

I would love to write a song
that has that sense of joy you give to me,
But all that ever seems to come out
are simple tunes from the mid-80's
I want to sing for you.

You are worth a thousand beautiful sung melodies
I wish I could fulfill.
But I lack such talent to compose songs,
so I fall back on our friend Pachelbel.
You stir my mind and heart a joy I can't conceal
But songs I pen can never tell you how I truly feel.

I want to sing out loud and
dance so all can see my love within.
I wish I could write you a song
so that all the world would want to join in.

I would tell you if I could express
my full feelings when I see you.
But all I have is this simple song,
with trite lyrics, and a couple of oohs.
you know it's just for you.

50. Happy Birthday Dove!

Well, other husbands may give roses, or spa coupons, or wonton feral jungle passion, but here's a song I wrote for you.

I came up with it a bit after my last song for you, but I didn't know how I would have it arranged. So I sent it to Debs who did a piano rendition. She added a chord in for me which I kept. Then I got busy. Last week I got Jeff in, and he played around with it on his guitar, and I would have recorded it, but my Fasttrack was acting up.

So this past weekend, I got Mark to come in with his Emu, and we recorded an acoustic guitar and a bass. Of course, he had to get back for dinner party, so we couldn't spend a wack of time on it. And that night, I invited people over for boardgames, so I couldn't spend lots of time on the vocals.

So I sent the rough draft to Andrew to do drums. He returned it to me at 2am in the morning, poor guy . Of course, it wasn't a separate track, but the whole song, with my tinny, out of tune vocals.

So... that is my excuse for this song. But I still like it. :D

I love you.




No One Wants Me Anyway

You had guys they were heart throbs
You loved them but they did too
Proclaimed their love but lacked faithfulness
How many did you go through?

But you gave up on the alpha male
And chose me a guy ignored
Gave me a chance I'm not half bad
Despite the fact I seem hardcore


You will never have to worry
No one ever looks my way
I will remain true and steadfast
No one wants me anyway

I will always be with you
True and faithful I will be
Our lives are intertwined forever
No one else would have me
So you'll have all of me


We were just friends, my lot in life
About your boys you would confide
I'd hear complaints, they were boorish
Had no commitment, or they lied

But you knew I wouldn't do that
Took a while for this admission
What's there to lose, except your dignity.
It's not like you'd have competition


No one gives me second glances
No one will steal me away
I'll stick by you, I'm here forever
No one wants me anyway

I will always be with you
True and faithful I will be
Our lives are intertwined forever
No one else will have me

So you'll have all of me.

49. How I Met Dove

People ask me this question. So I've made this video. And I haven't come home yet, and Dove is probably wondering where I am. Sorry Dove. But I wanted to get this out before August was out so it looks like I at least try to follow the monthly posts.

48. I Love You But I'm Ugly

I was in the bathroom doing Number 1 while a canto-pop song pulsed through the speakers. And I came up with a song. An actual original song. But then we went Ottawa, and I had no recording equipment or even a computer to figure out words or anything. It was brutal trying to remember the song. I was hoping to make it sound a bit canto-poppy, but it went through a variety of iterations and in the end, I thought I should make it sound like an 80's song, because that's just me. Garageband is great, it's like made to make 80's songs.

I was going to pull in some other musicians to help me, but I just wanted to get it done so I completed it in about four hours. It would have been quicker if I wasn't watching Bill Cosby youtube vids at the same time.

I Love You But I'm Ugly

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All was pretty simple
Got used to being rejected
Life in parent's basement
Was a fate I'd accepted

And then I met you
So lovely and kind
Gave me the time of day
Took me by surprise

I love you, but I'm ugly
Can't talk to girls, else they'd mace me.
I love you, but I'm ugly
Thanks for the lovely smile.

They said that I was too nice
They said I made a great friend and brother
They'd hang up if I'd call them
I was a nuisance and bother

But I talked to you
No furtive glances to your watch
I talked to you
The furthest I have ever got

I love you, but I'm ugly
I'd wear a burqa, to hide what you see
I love you, but I'm ugly
Thanks for the lovely talk.

Would try to ask a girl out
Be embarrassed by their derision
They say that love is blind.
But girls I met had 20/20 vision

And then I met you
I didn't even understand
Why you'd be with me
You'd even let me hold your hand

I love you, but I'm ugly
Don't even know how you could face me
I love you, but I'm ugly
Thanks just for being there

I love you, but I'm butt ugly
Shocked by your kindness, you smiled at me
I know I love you, and I'm homely
I'm glad you have bad taste.
And here I found my perfect place
Thanks for your love and grace

47. Alone: Day 7 - Almost there. Stay on Target

July, Thursday.  10:52

As I mentioned before, the Disselkoens packed me a lunch because they are aware that I am pathetic without you.  It was corn.  And steak.  I love that family.

You come home tomorrow.  

I just finished my thursday ritual of playing DS games with Dan.   You know what he said when he first came in?  Do you know what he said?  What he said garners a bolding and italicizing, although I draw the line at all-caps.  He said, "I see you've been cleaning up."  This is important because I didn't start cleaning up the living room.  Just goes to show, that men don't notice mess.  In fact, if there is only one or two articles of things on the floor, then that's considered clean.

So when the guys come over for boardgames, or video games, or meat, remember that the house is fine as it is!  Honest!  When they enter the house, the last thing that enters their head is, "I sure wish this place was cleaner."  The first thing that enters their head when they come in is probably, "Wow, Errol sure has a hot wife." 

I probably should explain a few more things in the blog before you come home, just in case you read this before I get home.  So, the compost bucket has been sitting in it's little pool of bleach for the last few days, so I couldn't use it.  Thus, those buns that Anne gave you are still in that plastic container.  I didn't want to take them out, because that probably would have made things worse for the buns.  Or at least worse for me.  I didn't want to leave them in a bag, because the bags are not transparent, and thus if anything were to start... uh... moving in, I wouldn't notice it until later.  And I don't want that to happen.  Yet again.

But if they were trapped inside a plastic container, then I could see!  And then I could put them in a plastic bag, and then repopulate the freezer with dead bodies.  See?  It all makes sense.

So the buns have been slowly growing in that container.  Dan came over and was pretty disgusted by the buns.  Then just to check out how I was faring, he checked the coffee machine too. 

Am I under adjudication or something?  Was there a test I was unaware of?  Why are we checking all these things?

Ya, he was pretty grossed out by the coffee machine too.  I say Bailey's cures all.  I didn't have any yesterday.  Didn't have any today.  I think I'm in withdrawal.  

Some woman keeps on calling about Ekko's evaluation thing.  Oh, and Paul Grant called too.  So... check the messages.  I know I'll forget to tell you when I finally get to see you guys.

Other than that, things have been uneventful.  You come back tomorrow, and I have survived.  It's been a good week.  But I'm lonely.

I love you, and I'll see you tomorrow.  Can't wait to spank the kids.