Who's watching you? Who are you watching? I'm always keeping my eyes on something or someone. And if someone's looking at me what should I do about it other than ignore it. Unless, of course, it becomes too creepy and a bit of disconcerting nuisance. Then I'm not sure what I'd do since I've never had it happen before--or at least not that I could see...
One of the creepiest songs that I can think of is "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town". I mean, really--"He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake." That sounds more like a stalker to me than some benevolent overseeing benefactor who gives us gifts once a year. And only if we've been good!
Something I like to do sometimes when I'm on the computer is go to a street view from Google Maps and start virtually driving some road. It's amazing how much of the world they've got covered. One night I lost myself for hours driving through streets of a city in the Philippines. It was almost like being there. It's more difficult to go down the street where I live. It's in a gated community and I guess the Google mapping vehicles couldn't get in. At least I have that bit of privacy.
On occasion I'll see mapping vehicles driving around our area. They are not just from Google either. I've seen other companies taking their own pictures. Then there are those satellite views on Google Maps. When I look at my neighborhood view I can see my van parked in the driveway when I zoom in. As I scroll across the page the image appears in 3-D. I'm pretty sure that if I angled that image just right, I could look in the windows to see inside. Yes, there I am. Hi everybody!
Just think if that satellite view were live streaming. We'd all be watching each other watch each other. Great. Another time-consuming waste of time. I needed another one of those.
Battle of the Bands Results
Out of the gate Parralox took a lead in this most recent Battle, but Noa was never too far behind. The lady did a mighty fine version of "Eye in the Sky" and I did enjoy it a great deal. However being such a fan of the Parsons original, I preferred the updated electro-pop sound of the Parralox cover and that's who I gave my vote to.
Final Vote Tally
Parralox 13 votes
Noa 9 votes
Next Battle of the Bands Post on Sunday September 15th
In fact this will be my next post on this blog or any other. This next Battle will also be between two covers about "eyes"--a big hit that has been covered many times over the years. You might guess what it is pretty quickly, but you'll find out for sure on Sunday the 15th. Don't ever lose focus of what's really important.
What is one thing that you try to never lose focus of? Have you ever looked at internet images of your house taken from a mapper or a satellite? Do you ever drive the virtual streets and highways on Google Maps Streetview?
