This Is Me--2024 A to Z Theme

My A to Z Themes in the past have covered a range of topics and for 2024 the theme is a personal retrospective that I call "I Coulda Been" which is in reference to my job and career arc over my lifetime. I'll be looking at all sorts of occupations that I have done or could have done. Maybe you've done some of these too!

Friday, March 22, 2024

Que Paso ( #BOTB Results )

 

     I've been trying to get my A to Z posts ready, but so far I'm not doing so well with it.  I think my wheels will start into full gear this coming week.  That's what I said last week and the week before.  This time I'd better mean it.   For now I'll break from the April Challenge to do my BOTB duties as announced previously...



Battle of the Bands Results


 

 

       I'm going to be real lazy for the sake of expediency.  You can find my previous Battle HERE if you want to see want we started with.   Here's what we ended with counting my own vote for Cafe Tacuba.


Final Vote Tally

Leo Dan               3 votes

Cafe Tacuba          7 votes


Now I'm off to do some blog post composing...









   

Friday, March 15, 2024

Como Te Extraño (BOTB)

    St. Patrick's Day is upon us once again, so why not celebrate music with a popular song in Spanish.  Yeah, that's what I'm going to do.  

Battle of the Bands


        Battle of the Bands is the blogging event started by Far Away Series and now hosted by StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands.   This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month.  My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months.   The premise is simple:  Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it.  Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.


Cómo Te Extraño Mi Amor

 
      Back in the nineties when I started to listen to a lot of Rock in Español  (Rock in Spanish) music, I started hearing this song by the Mexican group Cafe Tacuba played often on the radio.  My wife Betty told me that the song had been a big hit when she was a young girl in her native Ecuador and she had been a fan of the original singer Leo Dan.  Naturally I looked for a recording of that original version and found it to be quite enjoyable in that sixties style.  I like either version, but I do have my favorite.
 
        Hope you'll give this an honest listen so you can tell us which version you like best--feeling nostalgic for the sixties or do you prefer the more modern sound...


Leo Dan   "Como Te Extrano"  (1964)





Cafe Tacuba   "Como Te Extrano"   (1996)





Time to Vote!

         Don't think that this music is too strange for you. C'mon!  It's just music.   In other words, which song version do you like best? 
  Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind.  You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.

        Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.


Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:

 StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands

'Curious as a Cathy'

Sound of One Hand Typing

Jingle, Jangle, Jungle 










Results coming on Friday March 22

    The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is upon us.   I've got to get busy!  How about you?  Do you have an April blogging plan?






Sunday, March 10, 2024

And Now!.....What Am I Going to Do? ( #AtoZChallenge Theme Reveal )

 

Can you believe it's that time again!  Is this really my 15th year of doing this A to Z Blog Challenge in April?   I guess it is.   Now it's become a tradition for many of us.   And now here is what has become another tradition of the A to Z Community...


AtoZChallenge theme reveal 2024 #atozchallenge


        This year my theme will be:

I COULDA BEEN

Yes, I'll be looking at many of the things I could have been in life as well as things I have done.  Mostly I'll be exploring the realms of jobs, occupations, and careers that I could have done in my lifetime--and at times even did for a while.  You've probably done some of these same things in your own life journey or are doing them now in your own life.  Hopefully I'll be sharing stories and ideas that are relatable and interesting.

      Sure, I could have done other themes, but this is one that's been on my mind for a few years now.  I guess it has something to do with the reflections on my own life as I get older, but I also wonder about those in the job market now.  Things have changed in many ways since my working days, but the bottom line has not:  Making a living or fulfilling some aspect of ones life.

       Hope you'll join me through these April thoughts and have some of your own thoughts to add.

        Now, I'd better get started on this project.  Sounds like work to me...

How about you?   Got any April plans?   Did your life plans of youth turn out the way you thought?