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from giventofly37:

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

(she gave me H.)

meiko - how lucky we are: this is possibly my favorite song on her album. it belongs on my Common Threads playlist (which is where all the best music lives) (except i don't actually have a Common Threads playlist. i need to fix this.)
my chemical romance - headfirst for halos: i am absolutely in love with the energy in this song.
fall out boy - hand of god: which is it- the boy who writes the songs or the boy who's in them?
our lady peace - happiness and the fish: i can't hear this song (or anything on this album) without being transported back to when i was 16 and spending a stupid amount of time on a bus in europe with a bunch of crazy people ♥
fred lives - hey brother: saddest wrock song ever, Y/Y? (trufax: i almost cried at the last show cos it caught me off-guard.)
the fratellis - henrietta: i can't help but dance when i hear this.
regina spektor - hotel song: this is totes my favorite regina song, and i couldn't bear to delete it from the H playlist.


from momebie

Comment to this post and I will (try to) give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.

Wee Giraffes: they are just so CUTE! ::smishes their little faces::

Music: i could talk about music all day every day and bore the pants off of every single person in the world, i swear. i think the thing i love most about music is that it is pure magic to me. i have screwed around with music my whole life, and i am reasonably intelligent, but i honest-to-god have no idea how these sounds come together to make something that can make me feel so much. (thing i love second most: indie rock boys. IT'S A SICKNESS.)

The Cave of Wonders: one time at a party, i somehow convinced my bff to wear an abu hat (it was a little fez that belonged to a doll someone gave her) and pretend to fly around the apartment on a magic kitchen rug and sing a whole new world. this is what i think of whenever we refer to my apartment as the cave of wonders. (i also think about how if you touch my lamp my house will melt.)

Wizard Rock: nvfje here's the thing- these kids are not playing music so they can be famous or rich or surrounded by groupies. these kids are busting their asses to make music and tour the country because it's what they love to do. it is like dumping the indie scene in a brita filter! also, i absolutely love that they write music about BOOKS. sometimes i get really fed up with regular music because i don't give a shit about love, so it's good that people are writing songs that i can relate to.

Moats: I HAVE A MOAT!! it lets me pretend that i live in a castle like a real knight. also, i thought i heard raptors upstream a couple of weeks ago. it was pretty terrifying.

so, let me know if you want a letter or five things. and if for some reason there are other things you want me to ramble on about, let me know :P

-i watched all of sports night last week. it was good, but not amazing or anything. dan and casey were totally adorably gay though.

-i am halfway through instant star now. even though i really don’t ship them, the jude/tommy s1 kiss is still incredibly awesome. “you are asking the wrong guy” nghghghggb! oh ridiculous canadian teenage soap operas, how do i live without you?

-i am on a vampire book kick for whatever reason. first was that really terrible hard-on-filled romp through victorian wherever, the brotherhood. then i read nightwalker by jocelynn drake, which was pretty good. the edward equivalent is named DAN! i liked him a lot. and the vampire girl grew on me. it’s an interesting take on vampires, anyway. now i’m reading the last vampire series by christopher pike. i’ve obviously read these before, but it’s been a while. i’m always afraid when i go a while without reading a pike book that the next time i pick one up i will realize that it’s poorly written and badly plotted and just plain old stupid, but i still love these insanely. i mean, a six-book series about vampires and jesus 2.0 and those creepy reptile guys that freak me the fuck out should not be this good, AND YET! there is even time travel! ridiculous, heartbreaking time travel! <3

-as of this moment, there is exactly one show in 2009 that i semi-want to go to (andrew bird). this is disappointing. people need to start announcing their spring schedules asap!

-i bought a couch! and a recliner thing! they are squishy and awesome, yaaay. also got a table and counter chairs cos ikea was out of the table chairs i wanted. the cave is pretty much furnished now, or will be when the couch gets delivered in january. i should plan a gathering of some sort. hm.

-i leave for jersey friday morning and will be gone for 9 days or whatever. yay! and then i am definitely getting internet as soon as i get back, because being unable to look shit up was driving me crazy this weekend.

-oh for realz, sky_was_green is totes awesome, and i have been listening to bandom music CONSTANTLY. also, there may or may not have been squealing last night when i noticed the photo file on the disc, hahaha.

for dinner tonight i am having tomato soup with a side of FREE INTERNETS! <3 panera

SO MUCH TO TELL YOU. the new apartment is pretty sweet, although i have to go through a daily ritual now where one of my electricians tell me i am going to wake up one and day and be 75 and all alone with an apartment full of books. i don't really see how this is a bad thing though? ::shrugs::

anyway, in more important news, the doughty show was SO GOOD. i love how he does not have a set list and just plays whatever we yell at him <3! for his second song, he and scrap played an absolutely gorgeous version of "the only answer" (aka my favorite doughty song) which you can see here, although the quality is not stellar. (and despite the fact that i am definitely sitting in a visible spot and had the biggest stupidest happiest grin on my face, you cannot see me.) (and wow, i am just watching this cos the internet here is so slow, and the volume on his guitar is all but nonexistent! i didn't notice at the show cos i was sitting less than ten feet from him.) he played a really good mix of old stuff and new stuff (thank you, crowd!), but my second favorite was probably "down on the river by the sugar plant" cos seriously, i didn't even know cellos could MAKE those sounds! (it took them a minute to figure the song out cos he hasn't played it in so long <3) all in all it was a really excellent set and he and scrap are so adorable i can't even. oh scrap, arguing with the audience about black holes <3)

(SO MANY HEARTS TODAY!)

the conor show was ALSO good, and was made infinitely better by the company <3 i do not think i am a big fan of his- his music is just not really my thing- but i have a lot of respect for him as a musician? and some of his songs were really fun. i just don't have a lot of patience for his more emo stuff. ::shrugs::

uhhhh WHAT ELSE. i have been watching a lot of movies! i am falling stupidly in love with hugh dancy <3 and i watched the dark knight again and you know? it is still goddamn amazing, ugh. and tomorrow there will be twilight! i nearly died today reading articles about it cos holding in giggles cannot be healthy.

and i've been reading more bandom fic. and weirdly enough, i want NON-CRACK. i want non-crack, serious angst, and i want it bad, and i am having trouble finding it. (i say "weirdly" but i read the most hardcore angst i could find in lotrips too. i only do this in fandoms where the people are real, which makes me feel like a total asshole.) i found some promising links today at work (wot? delicious is totally work-related!) so maybe they will please me. and i am reading one right now that i am enjoying the hell out of (the quickest way to ruin a friendship, if that means anything to you. i can't link you because i have it downloaded, obvs.) so i guess it's not too tragic.

i am going to go watch spn download and take care of some other stuff before my battery dies. <3!!