mdmrn

mdmrn, 4 hours ago to AnimalCrossing

🎵 But I'll never do it better than I do it with you
So long, so long
And I would do anything for love
Oh, I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love but I won't do that 🎵

---

In 1993, Meat Loaf released his recording of I Would Do Anything for Love. It was an amazing track. The music video, directed by Michael Bay, was a wild Beauty and the Beast story.

Here's Walt playing "The Beast" from the video for Music Monday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X_ViIPA-Gc

#ACNH #AnimalCrossing #VideoGames #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #ACNHScreenshots #ACNHCommunity #CozyGamer #CozyGaming #MusicMonday #Music #MeatLoaf #IdDoAnythingForLove #JimSteinman

mdmrn, 3 days ago to random

I'm sorry, when I first saw IDAHOBIT trending, I just assumed that something bad, racist, hateful, etc happened in Idaho.

Too many years of doomscrolling will do that to a person...

mdmrn, 3 days ago to random

Good morning and happy Friday!

Yesterday, I expected to have a busy Thursday. By the evening, my kid's softball game was cancelled and my weekly tabletop game was cancelled. So, it went from busy to not very quickly.

Today I have a Dr appointment this afternoon that I'm hoping is a good one. Nervous, but shouldn't be.

Hope your Friday goes well.

#Friday #GoodMorning #MorningMoments

mdmrn, 5 days ago to newmusic

It's Music Women Wednesday from @loewe and I've got new music recently from Itzy and from Hanabie.

Which do I share?!?

WHICH DO I SHARE??

Both. Both is good.

Itzy's new Japanese track Algorhythm https://songwhip.com/itzy/algorhythm

Hanabie's new single, "Girls' Talk." https://songwhip.com/hanabie/girls-talk

#MusicWomenWednesday #NewMusic #JPop #JRock #Metal #JMetal #Hanabie #Itzy #KPop #GirlsTalk #Metal #Algorhythm #Itzy_Algorhythm

mdmrn, 6 days ago to music

For @Kitty's Tune Tuesday, @satsuma gave us a theme of "My Precious Music."

It's all about physical media.

I do not buy a lot of physical media as of late, though my oldest has been.

Here's the most recent physical album I got myself, Magnolia Park's "Halloween Mixtape II." And it RULES.

Magnolia Park gives us a fantastic emo / pop punk album that I have kept in my car since I got it over a month ago. Also, my 12 year old has gotten SUPER into it too.

The album hits from beginning to end. You can listen to it / buy it here: https://songwhip.com/magnoliapark/halloween-mixtape-ii

#Music #TuneTuesday #MyPreviousMusic #Emo #PopPunk #MagnoliaPark

mdmrn, 6 days ago to Parenting

Good morning and happy Tuesday!

If you are a Maryland friend, today is your primary day! Make sure to get out and vote!

I voted early, by mail. Which is amazing. I love it so much. So convenient.

Anyway, today's agenda is work, followed by a softball game for my 9 year olds.

Hope you all have a great one.

#Parenting #Maryland #Today #GoodMorning #MorningMoments #MarylandPrimary

mdmrn, 7 days ago to music

So, I recently purchased the newest Sofi Tukker song and downloaded it onto my computer to listen to at work.

I forgot about it when I opened my file explorer. My recent files list looked as follows:
Quarterly Sampling Report
Compliance Task List
01 - Throw Some Ass
NPDES Permit Tracker
Development Update

One of these things is not like the others.

#Music #Silly #SofiTukker #Work #EDM

mdmrn, 10 days ago to random

Me having a busy Thursday yesterday and realizing this morning that I totally spaced on @neurothing's triumphant return to Thursday Five List

:MaguChan:

mdmrn, 10 days ago to newmusic

Hanabie is coming at us with a brand new single today.

Check out Girl's Talk on your favorite steaming platform https://songwhip.com/hanabie/girls-talk

Music video drops 10 PM EDT tonight...may have to try to stay awake to check it out.

Maybe...

#Hanabie #NewMusic #JPop #RockMusic #Metal #GirlsTalk #JMetal #NewMusic

mdmrn, 10 days ago to music

Apparently, Jukebox Friday Night has a theme of "Mothers."

Normally, I'd be literal with a theme like that and go with a song that talks about Moms. But, my Mom is a Spring-nut (her words) and loves Bruce Springsteen, so I have to just...pick a song that reminds me of my Mom, at least to start.

Here's Thunder Road by the Boss https://songwhip.com/bruce-springsteen/thunder-road

#JukeboxFridayNight #Mothers #Music #BruceSpringsteen #SpringNut #MothersDay

mdmrn, 12 days ago to internet

Every time I see a big mass of letters from someone on social media with "Three Words Are You..." fill in the blank, I always purposely find the least helpful words I can find and post them.

I'm doing my part.

#Silly #SocialMedia

mdmrn, 13 days ago to music

Tune Tuesday's theme is "My Generation Music" aka music from around when you were born, so, let's tell a story cause...why not.

---

The year is 1983. Return of the Jedi and Monty Python's the Meaning of Life were in theaters.

In upstate NYS, that summer my parents gave birth to their first born, me - an aggressively geeky and white baby boy coming out looking like some kind of plucked chicken.

On that day, the Number 1 song in America was Flashdance: What a Feeling by Irene Cara. https://songwhip.com/irene-cara/flashdancewhat-a-feeling

What a song. What a year.

Host: @Kitty
Theme: @The_KamikaZEN

#TuneTuesday #MyGenerationMusic #Music #Flashdance #IreneCara

mdmrn, 14 days ago to internet

I had an ICQ account back in the late 90s, but haven't been involved in it in a long time. Wondering if it's worth making a new ICQ account.

...Or if the old account even exists anymore...

#ICQ #SocialMedia #OnlineChat

mdmrn, 16 days ago to manga

Me picking up another volume of Your Lie in April to re-read: Oh, I'm going to cry, aren't I?

#YourLieInApril #Manga

mdmrn, 16 days ago to Parenting

Good morning and Happy Saturday! May the Fourth be With You this Star Wars Day.

Also, today my oldest turns 15 years old. 15 years ago, my wife was on her fourth week of hospitalized bed rest and I was training the person who would fill in for me on paternity leave. I got the call and rushed to the hospital. 10 weeks early, my oldest was born via an emergent C-section.

15 years later, here I am with this snarky, smart, creative, and empathetic kid. And I'm about to take them and 4 of their friends to the zoo.

Here's hoping the weather holds up okay!

#Parenting #StarWarsDay #GoodMorning #MorningMoments #Birthday #Saturday

mdmrn, 19 days ago to Pixelfed

Okay, so another set of stats now that April is over.

As I've said before, I am posting concurrently to Pixefed and Instagram to see what the differences are.

Let's break it down by month first. Here are average likes by month for the year to date:
January - Insta 20 / Pixelfed 8
February - Insta 21 / Pixelfed 8
March - Insta 27 / Pixelfed 11
April - Insta 26 / Pixelfed 9

Year to date, we're averaging 23.7 likes per post on Insta and 9.1 likes per post on Pixelfed.

But, this is a thread, so let's go deeper.

#Pixelfed #SocialMedia #Instagram #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Meta

mdmrn, 19 days ago to music

Since @loewe's Music Women Wednesday falls on #InternationlWorkersDay, I also want to post up a workers' song.

Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 https://songwhip.com/dolly-parton/9-to-5

And the recent Pitbull collab, Powerful Women: https://songwhip.com/pitbull/powerful-women

Lyrics:
9 to 5 / For service and devotion
You would think that I / Would deserve a fat promotion
Want to move ahead / But the boss won't seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is / Out to get me

They let you dream / Just a watch 'em shatter
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder / But you got dreams he'll never take away

#Music #MusicWomenWednesday #DollyParton #IWD2024 #MayDay #WorkersDay #Pitbull

mdmrn, 19 days ago to music

Since posting up my Goldfinger album cover re-creation earlier this week for Music Monday, I've had them on the brain.

So, for VGM Wednesday, I'm going to post their one song that is so intrinsically tied to video games it instantly makes you think of them.

Here's Goldfinger's "Superman," which many folks first heard in Tony Hawk Pro-Skater https://songwhip.com/goldfinger/superman

#Music #VGMWednesday #VideoGameMusic #SkaPunk #Ska #Punk #Goldfinger #TonyHawkProSkater #RetroGaming #VideoGames

mdmrn, 19 days ago to random

Good morning and Happy Wednesday / May / International Workers' Day.

The United States is one of the only countries in the world to not acknowledge International Workers' Day / Labor Day on May Day / May 1st. The active denial of comradery by the US of American laborers with our international allies is definitely purposeful. Even as the date was selected based on a historic strike in the US.

We should acknowledge the struggle of the labor movement and workers across the globe.

Have a wonderful Wednesday / International Workers' Day.

#IWD2024 #Wednesday #MayDay #InternationaLWorkersDay #WorkersDay #MorningMoments #IWD #GoodMorning

mdmrn, 20 days ago to music

This week for @Kitty's Tune Tuesday, @Nicolaa suggested a theme of "Star, Moon, Sun." Looking to the heavens. Let's do one of each!

Star: David Bowie - Starman https://songwhip.com/david-bowie/starman

Moon: Ernie (voiced byJim Henson) - I Don't Want to Live on the Moon https://songwhip.com/ernie/i-dont-want-to-live-on-the-moon

Sun: Dreamcatcher - Red Sun https://songwhip.com/dreamcatcher/red-sun

#Music #TuneTuesday #StarMoonSun #Dreamcatcher #KPop #SesameStreet #Ernie #JimHenson #DavidBowie #Starman

mdmrn, 20 days ago to Parenting

Good morning and happy Tuesday!

I have half day at work, followed by a Dr appointment. This evening then my 12 year old is being inducted into the Junior National Honor Society, which is awesome! After that (or during it, kind of), my youngest two have softball practice. And I've turned into an assistant coach (long-ish story). So, I'll be heading over to that afterwards.

So yea...it's going to be a busy one!

Hope you have a good one.

#Today #GoodMorning #Tuesday #Parenting #MorningMoments

mdmrn, 23 days ago to music

I found out today that Jelly Roll and T-Pain covered the Toby Keith classic "Should've Been a Cowboy" and I don't know if I'll be the same. https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D2PFHFNW

Sadly, it's an Amazon Music exclusive, so no other options on how to stream it.

#Music #JellyRoll #TPain #Country #TobyKeith #Cover #CoverSong

mdmrn, 26 days ago to FF

Since it's my Mastoversary - I'm going to do a midweek follow list of some of my earliest Fediverse mutuals.

@gnitro @jcrabapple @cliffwade @Haste @negativeprimes @mofumofu

You should check them all out!!

#Follow #Mastoversary #FF #MidweekFollow #Boost

mdmrn, 26 days ago to Pixelfed

So, I have talked about how I've been doing a side-by-side comparison of stats for Instagram and Pixelfed by posting the same photos on both accounts.

Well, my pics tend to fall into certain well defined categories. So, I have been sorting the photos into the following and comparing average number of likes: Cats, Food, Flowers, Manga, and Selfies.

Based on these broad categories, I noticed a few hings. More info in the following toots.

#Pixelfed #Instagram #SocialMedia #Cats #Fediverse #Manga #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Food #Selfie

mdmrn, 26 days ago to mastodon

Good morning and Happy Wednesday!

Today is my official "Mastoversary." Now this account I made in November 2022, but my first Mastodon account as made today two years ago on Dot Social.

In these two years, my social media experience has been better. I've had more direct conversations with folks about so many things. Learned about more new music. Kept connected about politics, without as much of the...wild anger, bitterness, and screaming angrily into the void.

I am glad to be here with y'all.

Here's to the Fediverse.

#GoodMorning #Mastoversary #Mastodon #MorningMoments #Fediverse #Wednesday