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Reflections And Thoughts....The JYS Blog

Thursday, April 23, 2026

It's a common trend in today's economy - companies (especially gaming or food companies) invest more in advertising or marketing, than the actual quality of the product itself. If you watch a commercial or ad that looks like a goddamn big, budget movie, the product or service itself is usually (and most likely) garbage or like someone's bad, stanky diarrhea. Burger King (or any fast food joint) - shouldn't they learn from the failures of McDonald's new "real" burger (more like a jumbo, half-assed Big Mac), where the CEO barely took a nibble out of that? Looked like he wanted to puke his brains out haha. And now, we have BK (We're Not Having It Our Way Unfortunately haha) with their new gimmicky burgers that don't taste like anything they advertise. Leave it to Sungwon Cho aka ProZD (now-annointed Professional Food Critic) to rip them a new Asshole. Hahaha.

If you need to exercise (some cardio) and have fun while yer at it, I recommend "Reps To The Rhythm". You don't need any dance experience, or can have very bad footwork (like myself). The power of music is that your body automatically moves to the beat to any catchy or inspiring song. I can't dance for shit - but I find myself moving like no other (even if the moves don't match the instructor, in this case - Keoni). For me on the piano, my fingers can automatically move sometimes if you are familiar or know the music (or inspired by it). Sometimes, you just can't explain it. It's just is. Thinking too much, or trying too hard - that's a work-in-progress for me.


Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Nuhmeh Paying-Car-Tabs-As-Much-As-House-Rent-Style! Perhaps only if you own a Lambo haha. I thought our standard $250 tab was a whopper of a cost, but daaayum Thach - over $2000? Might as well just have it as a car souvenir.

Bobby Lee doesn't make calls, neither do I. Especially when it comes to acquaintances or if you just want to hang or talk. It's a waste of effort - everyone has that "It's all about me and what I want to talk about" attitude. Which is a reason I prefer to stay alone, away from anyone and just keep to myself. Or even better - only communicate and share from a distance or online if need be. Never have, never going to - fully trust anyone. The only exception - if I have to make emergency calls, business calls, or situations that Require calling. Otherwise - block / delete. And, uh, of course, my lifetime credo - "Uh, I Had To Pull My Phone Line Because I Hate Being Disturbed. Who Needs The Aggravations, The Interruptions. Right?" Haha.

What's my favorite Hisaishi piece - it's as difficult as saying what my favorite classical piece is. There are quite a few. I might consider playing one more Hisaishi. Right now, I'm just brain-storming future repertoire to learn, play, record and share. Finding an accepting audience or platform is very difficult or near impossible. They already have their established favorites - no room for newbies. For now, I can only go with my site and prepare for the future.

Quang Tran's "How I Eat So Much" short - he boxes. Might we blare "Eye Of The Tiger" as the background music - "It's The Eye Of The Tiger, It's The Dream Of The Fight, Rising Up To The Challenge Of Our Rivals, And The Last Known Survivor Stalks His Prey In The Night...". Damn Right. Unless Weird Al's parody is more relevant - "Fat And Weak, What A Disgrace. Guess The Champ Got Too Lazy. Ain't Gonna Fly Now, He's Just Takin' Up Space..." hahaha.

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