All Mod Cons (The Jam)

In honor of my newly replenished iPod workout playlist (734 songs--only around 2 gigs so far and counting--as opposed to the 182 songs that used to fill it to capacity) here's a meme I pilfered from somewhere so long ago that I don't even recall where it came from. Yeah, it's kind of silly, but most memes are, aren't they? And some of the entries are rather spot on, if I do say so myself!

Enjoy!

Directions:
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, iPod etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS

1.IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Crawling from the Wreckage (Dave Edmunds)

2.HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Twisted (Joni Mitchell) (!!!)

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Words (The Poptarts)

Yea! Can you guess which of those lovely ladies of song is me? (Hint, you can look straight up my nose! Yikes!)

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Shakin’ All Over (The Flamin’ Groovies)

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Dancing in the Street (The Mamas and the Papas)

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Won’t Get Fooled Again (The Who)

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Glad All Over (Dave Clark Five)

8. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
My Little Angel (The Flashcubes)

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
High Fidelity (Elvis Costello)

10. WHAT IS 2 + 2?
I’ll Be Doggone (Marvin Gaye)

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR EX?
Shop Around (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles)

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Carnival Time (Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias)

13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Leader of the Pack (The Shangri-Las) (I'll say! LOL!)

14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Play that Fast Thing (One More Time) Rockpile

15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? (Isn't this really the same as #12?)
We’re Going to Be Friends (The White Stripes)

16. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Don’t Panic (Coldplay) (!!!)

17. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Fujiyama Mama (Wanda Jackson)

18. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Back in My Arms Again (The Supremes)

19. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
If Not for You (George Harrison)

20. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Get Rhythm (NRBQ)

Now press Next one more time and use it as your title.
(See title of this entry)

Twelfth Night...

And Christmas is officially over. Time to take down the tree and the other decorations. Time to return the sunroom to its usual state as a place to sit and relax. And to work out on the Nordic Track. Sigh... it always makes me a bit blue, taking down the tree. It's so pretty. But it's also really depressing to keep the tree up too long after Christmas is over, so take it down we must and turn our attention to the new year.

So, Happy New Year!



This is what greeted us on New Year's morning, so my first official act of 2008 was shoveling snow. It wasn't all THAT deep or heavy, though, so I can't complain too much. It sure was pretty!

So, what has been occupying me this first week of the year? Writing, some. I have (as far as I can tell) four chapters left to write on the novel. I'm going to try to finish it in a week/week and a half. Then I'm going to read back through it and tweak. I'm reasonably sure I can get it to Jeff for his feedback as promised.

I've also been busy repopulating my iTunes library and iPod playlist (one only--so I can shuffle it to work out to). I finally figured out (with Jeff's help) why my iPod was full to the brim with less than 200 songs, when it is supposed to be able to hold at least three times that number. I had been uploading songs as huge files! Duh! So I got rid of those huge files, and I'm now uploading what I had again and more. It's exciting to know I'll have so many songs to work out to, but it's taking a while to replace and add.

I also bought us our own copy of Veganomicon. I bought Rachel a copy for Christmas and before I sent it to her, I browsed through it a bit. The recipes look fairly easy and they seem as if they would be tasty, but it was the breezy, engaging writing that made me want a copy for myself. We're going to try to make one of the recipes each week. Neither one of us can commit to veganism, or even to a constant vegetarian diet (go without bacon? I do not THINK so!), but we both think we could do with healthier dietary options.

So... that's about it for now. Although I have to recommend that if you have NOT seen Ratatouille yet, do yourself a favor and do. It is one of the best films I've seen in a long, long time.