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Blogocentric Formulations
Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics).
Blogocentric (adj). A portmanteau of "blog" and "logocentric" devised by a word nerd with way too much time on his hands.
Welcome to my regular Writing.com blog!
Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, mostly found from the following:
February 28, 2026 at 4:42am February 28, 2026 at 4:42am
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DAY 27
"He's A 10"
by JESSIA
This is probably one of the more ridiculous songs that I've featured over the years my "Invalid Item"  playlists. I don't even think it's a particularly good song quality wise... I just really love how catchy the beat is, and how silly a song is that works to count down from ten to one in the lyrics:
He's a 10 but he still lives at home with his mom
He's had 9 interviews but he can't get the job
He's got 8 little texts from 7's you don't know
And he's 6 foot 5, but it doesn't show
Oh his "4 You" page is all TnA
And his 3 best friends keep forgetting your name
This 2 face boy really thinks he's a man
You should've just left him as a 1 night stand
It's just a fun song that plays around with the idea of dating someone really hot who's basically a loser, and I thought the way she incorporated the numbers was really creative. Was it the best song I discovered all year? Not even close. But it was one I listened to the most because its absurdity makes me happy when I'm in the mood to not take things too seriously.
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February 28, 2026 at 4:32am February 28, 2026 at 4:32am
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DAY 26
"Outrun You"
by Band Reeves
At the other end of the worship song discoveries, this country-themed song is another one I've been listening to a lot this year. It kind of blended my revisit of the country genre with the fact that I've been listening to a lot of worship music this year, and it created a perfect crossover that I've been listening to whenever I get tired of the hyper-produced, big worship collective-type songs that are so prevalent in the Christian music space these days. I really like the simplicity of this song and its message.
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February 28, 2026 at 4:29am February 28, 2026 at 4:29am
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DAY 25
"Chain Reaction"
by River Valley Worship
Since so much of my Spotify listening time this year was dedicated to worship songs, worship songs started finding their way into my recommended songs on all the "discover new artists" playlists that Spotify recommends. Honestly, I didn't hate it, because it led me to discovering some great songs like this one. I wouldn't consider it a worship song that could be played outside of a concert venue (see the video for an example of church services that host these kinds of gatherings), but it is a song that I could listen to as I was working or driving around running errands. It's a high-energy, exciting song that I listened to a lot this year.
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February 28, 2026 at 4:13am February 28, 2026 at 4:13am
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DAY 24
"Neon Moon"
by Charly Reynolds
Brooks & Dunn are an old-school country music duo at this point, and "Neon Moon" is one of their most famous singles. The lyrics and the imagery are great, and I was surprised to see that the song had been covered by someone else. I don't know anything about Charly Reynolds other than the fact that she covered this song and did a really good job of it. This sounds like the kind of thing that'd be right at home in any of the bars along the "Honky Tonk Highway" in downtown Nashville, but this one just happened to blow up thanks to it being included on an episode of The Resident. Whatever the reason, I'm glad I stumbled across this cover last year; it reminded me how much I enjoy Brooks & Dunn's song. Maybe someone can do a cover of "Brand New Man" or "My Maria" next!
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February 28, 2026 at 4:02am February 28, 2026 at 4:02am
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DAY 23
"Manchild"
by Sabrina Carpenter
I listened to a lot of Sabrina Carpenter this past year, and honestly the only difficult thing about including her on my playlist this year was deciding what song to include. I still listened to her previous album (2024's Short 'n Sweet) a lot this year, and in a lot of ways I think it's a better album than 2025's Man's Best Friend, but the latter just came out this past year and did have some really good songs on it, so I figured I'd take something from that one.
I almost went with "House Tour," "Tears," or even "A Nonsense Christmas" from her 2024 holiday special, because I really like her more risque songs (I almost featured "Bed Chem" last year instead of "Taste"), but this was the song I picked because it really grew on me as the year went on. I started out not caring for it very much when it debuted as the first single off her latest album, but I've really come around to it after multiple subsequent listens.
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February 28, 2026 at 3:47am February 28, 2026 at 3:47am
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DAY 22
"Forever Your Girl"
by Paula Abdul
It's been so long since Paula Abdul has been an actual performing musical artist, I forget what a great dancer she is, and how catchy some of her songs are. And this is going to age me very specifically, but her albums Forever Your Girl and Spellbound were two of the earliest albums that I owned on cassette tape, thanks to ordering a bunch from Columbia House, the old order-by-mail music service that let you subscribe and get six or ten or twelve or whatever albums for one cent.
Most recently, this song was featured in the Netflix original romantic comedy People We Meet on Vacation, which was an unusual experience for me, realizing a song I'd already rediscovered was featured in a movie (rather than rediscovering the song specifically because it was in the movie I watched. That whole movie was just okay, but the dance scene where they were pretending to reenact the first dance at their wedding was one of the more charming moments of the film.
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February 28, 2026 at 3:32am February 28, 2026 at 3:32am
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DAY 21
"Better Be Good To Me"
by Tina Turner
There were a couple times this year that I started listening to an older song because it landed on my radar again (usually because a movie or television show licenses it), and this was the first of them. We finally got around to seeing IF this year - the movie about Imaginary Friends, starring Ryan Reynolds - and it was better than I expected it to be. This song was featured in one of the film montages and it's been on my playlist ever since.
I've been listening to Tina Turner since I was a little kid and, as I get older, I tend to forget how great an artist she is. She has a laundry list of hit songs and her performances are so full of energy and enthusiasm. It's hard not to like Tina Turner when she has so many iconic songs to listen to.
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