Day 29 - A song from your childhood

Dan Crow, "Oops." This song (the pumpkin pie verse) and "Silver Bells" were the two that made singing harmony click for me. Simple thirds, nothing fancy, but still a triumph for little me.

Day 28 - A song that makes you feel guiltyThe Dixie Chicks, "Goodbye Earl." Ten years ago this month, my sister and I decided we needed to get out of the hospital where the rest of our family was gathered. I don't remember where we went, just that she was driving the black Mustang (or was it a Cavalier?) and chortling about this song. Until then ( Read more... )

Day 26 - A song that you can play on an instrumentOnce upon a time, I took piano lessons. I did NOT get along with the teacher or her style of teaching, and I never really developed a positive association with the instrument like everyone had hoped I would. So of the few recognizable songs I ever learned to play, pretty much nothing remains but ( Read more... )

Day 25 - A song that makes you laugh

"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Weasel Stomping Day." The weasel noises never fail to make me giggle. I don't know what this says about me. Though I could also have picked "Ode to a Superhero." "And he's riding around on that glider thing/And he's throwing that weird pumpkin bomb/And he's wearing that dumb Power ( Read more... )

Day 23 - A song that you want to play at your weddingU2, "All I Want Is You." Actually did play it at my wedding, for the first dance. We provided all the music, which was sort of a snafu; we'd been told the sound system would hook up to an iPod, but never got to test it. So, on the day, of course it didn't work. We were extremely grateful that ( Read more... )

Day 22 - A song that you listen to when you’re sad

Meat Loaf, "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through." This song got me through high-school calculus and AP hell. I've kind of ignored it lately, which I shouldn't be doing. *makes note to self*

Ugh. Heat. We haaaates it, precious, we does.

Day 21 - A song that you listen to when you’re happy

"Fruits Candy," Cardcaptor Sakura single collection. Actually I listen to it and the rest of the album a lot when baking. Which also makes me happy.

Day 20 - A song that you listen to when you’re angryMeat Loaf, "Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back." 'Nuff said. Although actually I don't really alter my playlist for anger, as I'm usually trying to calm down, or at least get my mind out of "stuck in angry" mode. But when I want to scream about the General Unfairness of Life, this is the ( Read more... )

Two days' worth again. Whee.

Day 18 - A song that you wish you heard on the radioThea Gilmore, "Call Me Your Darling." Not sure if it might have gotten some airplay when it was new, or in places that aren't here, because I haven't done much radio listening anywhere but public places for a few years now. But I haven't heard it anywhere but my ( Read more... )

Uggghhhh. I am so sick of putting up with the neighbors' cigarette addictions. It's bad enough that they all smoke (you can see the smokestains on the back wall of the building, above every window and back door in all the apartments around ours); it's worse in summer, when airflow is a precious commodity. We can only have one of our front ( Read more... )