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Friday, December 12, 2008

Popular



1.Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, 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.
4.Put the artist after a dash following the song name.
5.Put any comments in brackets.
6.Tag some lucky people to spread the disease.
Tagging Rinda Elliot (whose got such amazing music taste I can't wait to see what hers will come up with & anyone else who wants to play!


How would you describe yourself?
Dancing Barefoot-Patti Smith
(Cool song!"I'm dancing barefoot...Heading for a spin...Some strange music draws me in...Makes me come on like some heroin/e")

How do you feel today?
Wicked Game- Giant Drag’s Version
(Not sooo wicked...)

What is your life’s purpose?
Outside- Aron Lewis/Family Values
"I can see through you.. See to the real you" (Yep--I can see that as being a purpose of my writing)

What is your motto?
Black- Pearl Jam
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,I know you'll be a sun... in somebody else's sky, but why...Why, why can't it be,... why can't it be mine?"

What do you think about very often?
Your Body is a Wonderland- John Mayer
(ha ha ha)
"Cause if you want love,Well make it...Swim in a deep sea,Of blankets...Take all your big plans,And break em...This is bound to be a while."

What is your life story?
The Night Owls-Little River Band
(Not so much anymore..ha ha)
"Move on...There's a heart of a night owl callin'...To belong...She's cryin' in the night...Be strong...And find the heart of the night owl fallin'...Stay up till dawn...Until the night is gone"

What do you want to be when you grow up?
The Blower’s Daughter- Power of Two
(Not even sure what a Blower’s Daughter is)
"And so it is...The shorter story...No love, no glory...No hero in her sky" :-(

What will you dance to at your wedding?
Under the Milky Way Tonight- Church
"And it's something quite peculiar...Something shimmering and white...Leads you here despite your destination...Under the Milky Way tonight"

What will they play at your funeral?
Little Girl’s Eyes- Lenny Kravitz
(sniff)

What is your hobby/interest?
World in my Eyes- Depeche Mode
(I do love to travel)
"Let me put you on a ship...On a long, long trip...Your lips close to my lips...All the islands in the ocean...All the heavens in the motion...Let me show you the world in my eyes"

If you could do anything right now, what would it be?
Right Down the Line- Gerry Rafferty
"I just wanna say this is my way...Of telling you everything I could never say before...Yeah this is my way of telling you that everyday I'm loving you (so much more)...Cause you believed in me through my darkest night...Put something better inside of me, you brought me into the light...Threw away all those crazy dreams, I put them all behind...And it was you, right down the line."

What do you want most of all?
I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight- Cutting Crew
(Figuratively-yes! Ha ha)
"Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight...It must've been some kind of kiss..."

What is your greatest fear?
Changes- Deftones
(I am afraid of change and having my wings plucked)
"I took you home...Set you on the glass...I pulled off your wings...Then I laughed"

What is your darkest secret?
Dark Machine- Paul Oakenfield (Swordfish)
"(She) exists in a world beyond your world...What we only fantasize... (She) does...(She) lives a life where nothing is beyond (her)... nothing is beyond (her)...For all (her) charm and charisma, (her) wild and expensive toys... (she's) a driven, unflynching, calculating machine."
(Interesting... I may put that on my fridge)

What is your favorite thing in the world?
Pure Love- Zucchero & Co.
(That worked out well!)
"One day I will open your eyes... Underneath the stars ...Beneath the crescent "

If you could have one wish, what would you wish for?
Tiny Dancer- Elton John
(ha ha—not sure what I’d do with a tiny dancer. Barshinkov maybe?)
"But oh how it feels so real... Lying here with no one near...Only you and you can hear me...When I say softly slowly..."

What is your theme song?
Disarm- Smashing Pumpkins
"And what I choose is my voice..."

The next time you hear this song (aside from now, that is), you must dance:
I Ran (so far away)- Flock of Seagulls
(LOL—I think I usually dance when I hear it anyway)
"And I ran, I ran so far away....I just ran, I ran all night and day....I couldn't get away."

What will you post this as?
Popular- Nada Surf
"Every boy...every boy in the whole world could be yours... If you'll just listen to my plan... The teenage guide to popularity"

2 comments:

nadine said...

I like John Mayer.

=)
TruBlu

Keri Mikulski said...

Love this post. And Black - especially that line is one of my all time faves. :)