10 Songs: Part I

I was going to put up the top 10 songs of the moment, but I found these songs in my itunes and decided to go a different way: backwards... to high school.

Here they are in no particular order, and no good reason:

Blink 182- Dammit
I was obsessed with this song for many, many years. It reminds me of a birthday gift mix tape I got from Kim. This tape also included Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On', which by the third viewing of Titanic in theaters the part where Jack died seemed to be comical rather than tragic. Perhaps it was the fact that I realized that I just watched the longest movie ever, willingly, and multiple times and that was more tragic than the movie. [edit: this actually was middle school, but the song carried over into high school, college, now and forever?]

Rooney - Floor
This may actually be freshmen year of college... I sometimes run it together with high school. Its all the same, but I remember me, Kim, and (I think) Harmony having dinner with half the band before one of their shows. Actually, many of these songs have a Kim relation and/or sourcing. That was also when the tips of my hair was a magnificently bright magenta.

Sir Mix A Lot - Baby Got Back
I still know all the words to this song, and sang it in a cab in Rome once when the cab driver wouldn't let us turn on the radio. This song reminds me of when Stacey, Jen and I would be riding in the 'Happy Honda' on our way to the football games. I had no school spirit, we painted cougar paws on people's faces for 50 cents a cheek... and a triple x throw down. (Yes, thats a lie.)

The Strokes - Last Nite
In the beginnings of the 'The' band explosion, I fell in love with Nick Valensi and then turns out I liked the music too. A lot. Oh, fond memories of having Kim buy me tickets to the show, then being sick and not able to go... and then finding out she went and met some of the band. I was saddened. Good times. Good times.

Dynamite Hack - Boyz In Da Hood
This was one of those many Numbers club shows where we went and then followed it up with a classic stop at Denny's because that was the only thing open late at night and we didn't really want to go home after shows. Later our late night stop would be House Of Pies... because it was a house of pies and of course, we tried them all. I could go for some Bayou Goo right now.

Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I get
My very first concert played at the now closed and destroyed Astroworld. It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship... Kim would want to see a band and I would say 'yes'. Simple as such. I'm also pretty sure I had no idea what they sang before I'd seen them play. I was so young, so naive.[edit: reason #234983 i'm old and my memory is going, the first band was Big Bad Voodoo Daddy-- NOT Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Still saw both, but I'm leaving it up. Reason #1: I am lazy.]

Sublime - What I Got
Another precious moment waiting in line at Astroworld waiting to ride the Cyclone (or another ride of some such), I can't remember if I started or someone else did... but these lyrics were spoken about in quite the bonding of strangers. Even if momentarily.

The Moldy Peaches - Jorge Regula
Ok, I admit I didn't already have this from highschool(or yet again, possibly early college) ... but in light of Juno I remembered it and now it reminds me of all the random things Kim would make me listen to and how I ended up really liking it. Although, this one took a little longer to like, but I remember this song made me laugh.

The Hippos - Wasting My Life
Warped Tour... 2000? This is when I got a free t-shirt and we met these guys and one of them asked if I had some gum, but misheard him thinking he'd just asked if I had a sandwich. If only I did. The following Warped Tour was the day before senior picture day and I was in a mosh pit so worried I was going to have a black eye in the yearbook. Although, looking back on it-- it would've been great if i did have a black eye in the yearbook.

Ludacris - Fantasy
More 'Happy Honda' moments with Stacey, Jen and sometimes Bridget. Back seat, windows up; thats the way you like to... oh, yes this is another gem that I know most of the words to still. I knew them better back then and would write the lyrics on my notes in the margin. I still have pre-cal notes with 'I wanna lick you from your head to your toes' written on it. I really loved math.

AND that concludes our trip to the golden years of 1998 to 2002.

I Used To Be Your Biggest Fan

I've learned that I may be a hopeless romantic... minus the romance. Hopeless. I am a hopeless.

I've also recently learned to knit.

And snowboard.

So...that's all I've learned, and now you've learned what I know. Quite a prosperous day, yes?

Moderate Glee New Year!

2007 rocked.... minus some intense life changes.

AND, since I forgot to mention it last January... 2006 rocked, as well.

let's see... 2008: unemployment and a bleak winter. yay?