Me Like Tag

1. Me Like llama

2. Me Like Edward Scissorhands

3. Me Like Homemade Bread

4. Me Like Music

5. Me Like Hyrdangeas

6. Me Like Books

7. Me Like Morrissey

8. Me Like Rain

9. Me Like This Dress

10. Me Like Sparta!

TAG! (your turn.)

Top Five Sappiest Love Songs You Sing in the Shower

Let's not deny it. When you fancy no one can hear you with the water pouring down around your ears and a locked door between you and the rest of humanity, you might get a little overconfident in your singing abilities. Maybe lose some of those inhibitions that hold you back. And you sound good my friend. I mean real good. So good you sort of wish a talent scout would accidentally wander into your house because you know he would be blown away by that shockingly awesome voice of yours. Perhaps you should invest in a kareoke machine. Perhaps you should try out for American Idol. Perhaps..."you're worrying the children. Are you wounded?"

Here's to those songs that enhance all your embarassing moments, those songs so cheesy they give Velveeta a run for its money, those songs that make you laugh and dry-heave and break out in melodramatic song simultaneously. Here are my nominated "Top Five Sappiest Love Songs You Sing in the Shower"... Because you know you do.
1. "I'm Your Lady"
2. "Take My Breath Away"
3. "Fever"
4. "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
5. "You're the Inspiration"

Enjoy them on my playlist below.
Angie, Wayne, Shana, Amy, and Anna: YOU IS TAGGED!

Twelve Days of Christmas Tag

One amusing Christmas memory * Two Christmas' ago, when Brooklyn was three, she received a Raggedy-Ann doll from Andy's Grandma Dot. As she opened it, I thought to myself, "My what a classic and lovely present from her great grandma." Brooklyn's reaction, "Red hair? Oh NO!" as she chucked it across the room. Prejudice little ingrate. She has since come to appreciate the doll as well as the untamed glory that is red hair.

Two theories why Santa chooses the chimney as his best means of entry * a) free rooftop parking, b) Santa's a pyro.

Three things you want for Christmas * a web cam, impractical shoes, and gift cards.

Four of your favorite Christmas movies * A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, It's a Wonderful Life, and The Grinch (original cartoon).

Five ways you've been naughty this year * I hid Andy's old shirts in a bag under the bed and pretended I didn't know what he was talking about. Yes, I heard the phone ring but I let it go to voicemail. I purchased Blades of Glory. I used expletives while driving. I gave the impression I agree.

Six ways you've been nice * I refrained from punching the snooty woman in the grocery store in her perfectly whitened teeth. I said please and thank you. I saved the last cookie for Andy. I gave others the benefit of the doubt. I practiced patience beyond my own. I took a giant leap of faith.

Seven people you suspect are elves * Elija Wood, Erika, Rene' Zellwegger, Beck, our Olive Garden waiter, Hugh Grant, and Shana.

Eight of Santa's reindeer (no cheating) * dasher, dancer, prancer, vixen, comet, cupid, dunder, and miflin.

Nine uses for snow * instant icepack, to make delicious snow-cones, to throw at unsuspecting bescarved victims, fortress to hide behind while throwing at said victims, good excuse to stay warmly bundled inside house, cloaks ill-kept yards, easy to track people on foot, awesome to slide down on sleds, keeps salesmen at bay.

Ten least favorite things about Christmas * frenzied shoppers, middle-aged women in SUV's (see frenzied shoppers), creepy Santas, Michael McLean, hallmark movies, unbridled avarice, driving through snow, pop stars mutilating Christmas carols, non-gifts (the obligatory ones you receive from people who don't really know or like you), extreme commercialism.

Eleven word associations to "figgy pudding" * giddy, puddle, poodle, fiddle, goopy, fructose, yeti, piggy, Cedric Diggory, bling-bling.

Twelve reasons you love Christmas * pine-scent, gingerbread cookies, the first snow, twinkling lights, classic Christmas carols, new pajamas, hot chocolate, neatly wrapped packages, family togetherness, eggnog with sprite, reverent nativities, and my children's faces.

*i tag you.

Tagnabbit

Nothing like a good old fashioned tag in the mornin'! Shana, Wayne I dedicate this to you.
*i am Batman.
*i want a collection of adorable and ridiculously overpriced handbags.
*i have a hankering for fish & chips.
*i miss my regular clothes.
*i fear hardcore crafters.
*i hear distant bells.
*i search in vain.
*i wonder what bark is made of.
*i regret talking too much and not enough.
*i love butterfly kisses and pumpkin butter.
*i forgive your lack of comments.
*i ache mostly in my lower back.
*i always enjoy a good book.
*i try to maintain eye contact.
*i am not a smart man.
*i seem even less savory than I really am.
*i know I KNOW.
*i feel large.
*i dance like a child of the night.
*i dream of world domination.
*i give 97%
*i listen at doors.
*i sing Metallica in the shower.
*i laugh at my own jokes.
*i can't multitask.
*i write for your entertainment.
*i cry at Juno and The Return of the King.
*i sleep on my side nowadays.
*i am not always tactful.
*i see by the grace of corrective lenses.
*i need constant affirmation.
*i should practice self restraint.
*i tag Erika, Angie B, Brittany, Trish, Chrystal, Denise, Anna, and Emily.

My Five Favorite Bands From High School

So I took the bate. ANOTHER tag from my brother. I'm telling you I cannot resist! You should know I do not look back on my High School years with much fondness. And no, I don't want to talk about it. But while in High School I enjoyed a variety of music, from nineties-punk and ska bands, to alternative music, whatever that means. I think that as I've matured my tastes have become more specific and less stupid. And I'm of the opinion that recently the music industry has turned out much better stuff (for the most part) than the junk I listened to back in the day. Maybe its because people my age are writing it, I don't know. Anywho, without further ado here are my top five favorite bands from High School.

Green Day. Honestly, I liked them better before they grew a political opinion. They used to sing about really intelligent things like poo and ...other stuff. Dookie was the first album I ever purchased in 1994 when I was thirteen. It was a cassette tape because I didn't have one of those fancy CD players. Up to that point I had led a musically sheltered life and I'm pretty sure I still called my parents "mommy and daddy". Green Day put and end to that. I continued liking them and bands like them through High School and really, I still like them. I just don't put much stock in their political mumbo-jumbo, and that goes for anyone who sings about getting wasted and blowing stuff up.

No Doubt. From the moment I heard "Just a Girl" on the radio I thought Gwen Stephani rocked! Sure she was totally insane, but I had no problem with that. I liked No Doubt because they were really different than anything I'd ever heard, and had a very charming innocence to their insanity.


Radiohead. Come on, "I'm a creep, I'm a blahblahha" I relate to that! Its like Thom knows me! So I don't understand half the lyrics, I have no problem with that because the music is awesome. I'm probably alone in this, but when I'm sad happy music just makes me sadder. Give me some melancholy Radiohead to cheer me up. I still love them.

Beck rocks. He's so simultaneously weird and hilarious he's either totally wasted, or he's a friggin' genius. And the cool thing about Beck is that his music is constantly evolving. No two albums are the same.


Ah, Garbage; the sum of all my teenage angst! Garbage is appropriately named because they kind of suck. But, they sucked to such a degree that they were kind of sweet. That happened a lot in the nineties. I was a big fan of Garbage because they were different. I don't really listen to them anymore.

Other bands that rocked the nineties: Nirvana, Live, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Rage Against the Machine, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beastie Boys, Bush? Gavin what the heck are you talking about? And what the flip is Glycerine?

Oh yeah, and I hereby tag Brittany, Emily, Gina, Angie, and Angie B.