18.4

I think this should have been our grad song. I mean, I love Journey and all, but this just sums it up so much better.

18.3

Pretty sure no one's even checking this blog anymore, so I'm not writing anything.

I wish I knew Natalie Portman by K-os

18.2

So today, we have another British song. And may I just say, I was severely disappointed when no one showed up for our weekly Skype chat. I've been rethinking it and I probably won't tell you my news. Just to make you suffer, so you never fall asleep that early again, and you never forget about it again. And you'll forever be wondering what my news is. Hmph. But of course, I am easily broken down. Even as I am writing this, I know I've forgiven you. So fine. I'll tell you. You just have to wait until Sunday/maybe Wednesday. Whenever you actually go on Skype when you're supposed to!

Anyways. The song is Holding On by Alex Day. And as a person, I really don't like him. But his music is beautiful. And that darn British accent always gets me, as I'm sure you all know. Just bought this album on iTunes last night. Also, my friend's friend did the album art for his cd. The guy playing the glockenspiel/backing vocals/producer is Tom Milsom, who did yesterday's song. This is one of the songs off the album I said I'd send to you, if you like. I also have about seven Tom Milsom songs, if you want those as well.

In other news, Anna was going to do a video montage set to Goodbye Stranger by SuperTramp, but iMovie wasn't working. So she gave up and deleted everything and I volunteered to do it instead. I understand her frustrations. But I'm halfway done and I'll be posting it as soon as it's finished. I'll post it here too. I also have ONE MORE VIDEO to do for the five awesome strangers. After that, I will go directly into my squirrel rebellion video, of which I am Friday. I love youtube.

18.1

You know what's really weird? On Friday, it's going to be 2010. But we started this year off with Thursday, and we're ending it on a Thursday. As far as the Five Awesome Strangers go, I was the bread to that sandwich. And now, with The Squirrel Rebellion, I am Friday. I will be the bread to that sandwich also. Oh yeah, I haven't mentioned that yet. Anna (Monday of FAS, obv.) and Ashley (6AwesomeChicks, failed) are starting a collab channel. Ashley's found us three more people, and is possibly finding us one more, to make seven. We don't know. You should subscribe to us, here. I'll still be posting on the FAS channel, and I'll still post those videos on the blog.

Anyways, today's song is: Song for the Painfully Indie by Tom Milsom.

17.7

So it's really late and I'm about to go to bed, but I obviously have an obligation to do this.
ALEX! You asked if I heard Melissa's stuff on youtube. AND YOU RUINED IT! Every time I have one of her songs written down, you mention it and ruin the surprise (sort of). But yeah, today's song is Just Takes Time (or Shoelaces if you prefer it). I am so proud of her. Even though we're far away and don't talk like Alex, Shosh, and I do, I still love that girl, and I miss her. We had a really awesome week at efy (which I know was like the summer of 2008) but I won't forget it. She is so, so sweet, and is just the most generous person ever. Anyways, I don't need to tell you how awesome Melissa is, because you know. So just go to her myspace and listen to her music again. And enjoy your Sundays. I'll talk to you tonight.

17.6

Now that the themed part is over, it feels weird. I don't know what to do with myself. It made it easier to choose songs. But it also made it a little harder, because there are only SO MANY you can pick. And then you have this huge list of songs you still want to use, but you can't because it's over. Anyways. I hope you all had a nice Christmas. Mine wasn't bad. We played Trouble, and Yum (which is pretty much the Canadian version of Yahtzee, but more fun because now I'm old enough to understand how dice work) and we ate some crackers and cheese. We started the turkey a bit before noon, and because my mom thought it would be a good idea to cook it SLOWLY, we didn't get to eat until 9. And I'm exhausted. I've been tired since noon. But then I had to eat, and then I did dishes (not fun on Christmas) and now I can't sleep because my mom is drunk and, as always, too loud.

And we started watching Lord of the Rings (Return of the King) around 3, but their friends came over unannounced (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOVIE) and kind of ruined it for me. I mean, I was kind of excited to just have a family day. And now it's all... grown-up talk time. It's almost midnight and they're still here. It would be fine if I knew them, but it's just kind of awkward. Which is why I've basically been in my room since they arrived. It would also be fine if they talked about interesting things, but while I was washing dishes, the conversation went from the volcano in the Philippines, to pillows. And I was washing dishes for a while. But they only talked about those two things. I just want to go to bed.

And I'm dead. That's basically me saying, enough complaining. Today's song is going to beeeee... nevermind, we had that one. I'd Rather Dance With You by Kings of Convenience. I am really enjoying this band. Got their whole discography already. They're one of those bands with five versions of every song. It's nice. Not sarcasm, I actually enjoy it.

HAPPY... BOXING DAY. Love you, and miss you terribly.

17.5

So my computer deleted all the music on my iPod. I'm now in the process of putting them all back on, meaning I need to re-download some stuff. It also gives me the opportunity to put new music on my iPod. So any suggestions would be awesome. I'm just grateful I had SOME songs on the USB I'm giving to Shosh some around January. I just found out I'm getting money for Christmas, so I'll be sending everyone's gifts out soon after. Which also means I need to make more cookies. Hm.

Anyways, I know you guys probably won't be seeing this for a couple days (or weeks) because it's CHRISTMAS, but I just can't go a day without posting. Especially because it's the last day I get to post a Christmas song. Today's song is one that Maureen Johnson tweeted about called Christmas is Here by Bearforce1. And seriously you guys, it's amazing. I am so loving this song.

So beautiful. Okay guys, Happy Christmas. I love you.

17.4

HOLY FRACK. It's Christmas Eve Day today... it really doesn't feel like it. I still haven't gone to bed yet, so maybe when I wake up it will feel like Christmas Eve Day. But I think I want to stay up as late as possible today, because I want to stay up all Christmas Eve night, and then pass out after Christmas dinner. If anyone cares to join me, or pop in for a bit, I will be on both Skype and msn.

So I figure since I've had all happy Christmas songs, I should have a sad one. Blue Christmas. The first time I heard this was when Caralee Haire (now Maxwell) sang it at a ward Christmas talent show a loooong time ago. She was amazing. I never thought such a voice could come out of such a small person.

Anyways. As with a lot of Christmas songs, there were about a bajillion covers to choose from, and I considered using Andrea Bocelli, except he'll be showing up in a couple weeks for something themed :) I love Andrea Bocelli. Anyways, I ended up listening to a lot, but I decided to go with A Fine Frenzy. Apart from all the weird vocalizing around 2:20 - 2:50, it's pretty decent. One more song tomorrow (on actual freaking Christmas day) and then we're taking a week off, before another THEMED WEEK. Actually, all of January is going to be themed. Starting on the third, because like I said, taking a week off.

I AM ALSO ADDING ANOTHER VERSION OF MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONG (Baby it's Cold Outside) because I won't get another chance until next year, and I really really love this version and because I love Julia Nunes and I love Wade Johnston.

17.3

Today's song is in honor of Alex's Halloween costume! Not the lamp costume, the other one.

Where Are You Christmas? (sung by Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who). I also have to add the Faith Hill version because her hair is so amazing.

On that crimped note, have an awesome day.

17.2

For reasons unknown to me, I have been feeling kind of sick lately. Not cold sick, just... wrong sick. I've been sleeping with three blankets (one of them mink) and flannel sheets since we moved in, but for the past few days, I've been too warm under them, and can only sleep with the flannel sheets on. Which is ridiculous because the heat is at 15, and it's freaking cold outside. And I've been super tired. I mean, I woke up around noon, and then started to get tired at like, five. I fell asleep at eight, but one of the girls downstairs has a very shrill voice that woke me up at eleven. I've been awake since then, and it's almost four. I watched Elizabethtown to pass the time until I got tired again. I'm hoping that after this blog post, I'll get to sleep.

After reading that last paragraph and realizing how much complaining I just did, I would like to add that I'm also dead.

Anyways, ALEX! You're home now. I'm sure this is not news to you. We spoke on the phone, and it was awesome. We also learned that I do NOT have free long distance. So, that was cool.

I got a Christmas present in the mail today (or yesterday, being Monday) from Alex's mom. It's called "Brain Lint" and it's basically a bunch of cards (16, with 17 envelopes, because I sometimes screw the envelopes up) that are like, random thoughts you have that no one cares about. Thus, brain lint.

Click HERE for a picture of some cards.

And other things. I'll take some pictures and maybe post them sometime later this week. ANYWAYS. Now that I have once again written too much, I will proceed onwards, to the song of the day. My friend Aread posted this on Facebook just in time, so I didn't have to think of one by myself. Plus I love Behind Sapphire. They are an amazing band, and two of the nicest guys I have ever met. It's called Christmas Nigh. And red onesies are always appreciated. Plus, I haven't seen him in a long time, so is that Reuben Leonard? Nevermind, it totally is. Because that's the Leonard's house. WEIRD.

I can't find it on the youtube finder, so CLICK HERE.

17.1

So this is really sad. I went to bed at one last night, then woke up at 7 to go to church. This is good for me, considering I've been going to bed at 4am lately.

But next year, it doesn't start until 1pm. Still, I don't know if I was in the right ward. But I really hope so. 1pm would be paradise after years of 8/9. Anyways, so I'm really tired now. I considered napping earlier, but never got around to it. And I fell asleep for five minutes watching the Two Towers. I mean, are you fracking kidding me? How does anyone fall asleep during Lord of the Rings? Unless you're my father, who is biologically programmed to fall asleep during any and all movies, you don't fall asleep during Lord of the Rings. So it's 8:40pm now, and I'm holding out hope for Shosh to appear on Skype. If she doesn't, I am going to go to bed. Very, very, early.

ALEX! How is home? I miss your family a lot, and I bet you're having a SUPERMEGAFOXYAWESOMEHOT TIME! Tell your mom I love her, because I dooooo. I miss you guys a ton. Be good, and eat lots of sugar for me. Also, eat lots of healthy foods for you. I bet you missed the cooking. Your mom has the best mashed potatoes I've ever eaten, you're probably getting some for Christmas dinner. Lucky.

SHOSHANA! How do you feel about not going home from Katimavik for the holidays? I know you and I take a while to start missing people, but do you miss them yet? How is everyone spending the holiday there? Do you have a Secret Santa, or are you going to a different Katima-house, like in PG? Do you get a huge Christmas dinner?

We're having a Christmas dinner. The reasons escape me. I don't think I even want a Christmas dinner. The season has been ruined for me, pretty much. We're four days away and it doesn't feel like Christmas at all. But uh... Happy Christmas?

I know that Christmas Music week is officially over, but that's why I said it wasn't really Christmas week. Because we still have more days until Christmas. We therefore have more songs. Today's is Let it Snow by Michael Buble, set to BONES. You guys porbs have this song already.

PS Sorry for the crap-load of writing. I guess I can write a ton even when I'm exhausted. I love you all.

16.7

So I am very pleased because the parental unit bought the LOTR trilogy. We just watched Fellowship, and I imagine we will watch Towers tomorrow. However, I am not pleased because I probably won't go to bed until midnight. And that is only because I will force myself to go to bed early. I also watched the first two episode of 21 Jump Street. Loving it so far, but I will have to spend the rest of the week catching up. There are about 5 seasons, that I know of. So I've got some youtube/torrenting to do.

Anyways. Today's song is one of my favorites. I spent my childhood Christmases playing this song on repeat, singing along. I knew every word. In fact, I still do. The only downfall is that the CDs (Christmas Magic I, II, and III) are at my dad's, so I have no hope of ever hearing them again. Anywho, it's the Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas song.

ALEX! You're going home today! Trop exciting!

16.6

It's four in the morning. I am still up because I'm watching the Big Bang Theory. Season two. This is my life...
But seriously, it's like the most amazing show ever. Apart from the IT crowd. But I've watched that whole series.
And Buffy is still downloading, so that's out of the question. Summer Glau is on this episode, which is so ridiculously nerdy that it's beautiful. I should probably go to bed, though. Because my sleep schedule is already messed up. And I'm trying to fix it. But it's not working so well. I'll just leave you with the song of the day, which is What Christmas Means to Me, by a favorite band of my childhood - Hanson. A lot of people have been surprised by how good their Christmas album is, but I'm not surprised. Hanson is always amazing. I love them so much.

Anyways yeah, the song. Shosh, got your letter on Friday. Responding now. Alex, good luck on your last exam!

Hanson - What Christmas Means To Me

16.5

I was half asleep when I realized I still had to post this. You're welcome.

But it's going to be short. Because I'd like to get back to being half asleep. Though fully asleep would be more preferable, in all honesty. I haven't been able to find the right version of this song, ever, so I'm not going to bother anymore. I'll just post a random one. The song is Mary Did You Know by Michael English, I suppose. PS I'm on a major Buble binge right now.

16.4

So you guys kind of ruined today's song. I mean, I still love the actual song.

But you gave the surprise away. Because you brought it up during our bi-weekly chat. Skanks.
And I mean that in the most endearing way possible. The way we usually use it, haha.

Anyways, it's Melissa and Carlos' version of Baby it's Cold Outside. I can't embed it because it is not a youtube video, but you can find it HERE. As if you didn't know our friend's myspace account...

Have a nice Thursday. My video should be up on tomorrow's blog. Love you girls, and I miss you a ton.

Only 204 days until we see each other. >E

16.3

I was going to go to bed around midnight, buuuut it's two am and I'm still up, watching the Big Bang Theory.
Love this show. I already finished season one of the IT Crowd, and the second one is downloading still. I am excited. And so so nerdy. Also, it's Wednesday today! Hopefully we get to have a Skype (or msn) chat tonight. I have semi-juice to tell you. But not really. Definitely not as much as Alex, after date #2 on Tuesday.

Anyways, today's song is another of Alex's favorites. Definitely not as much as Wham, but still pretty close, due to the fact that it's a Beach Boys song - Little Saint Nick.

Enjoy your Wednesdays. I'll be on Skype tonight, hopefully by nine. My parents will want to finish season four of Dexter, and sometimes we don't quite work out the logistics to be finished on time. Anyways. Love you.

16.2

Tuesday.
I didn't put up any pictures yesterday because my photoshop trial ended about twenty-five days early for some reason. I am trying again, with CS2 instead. Plus, my friend Paul (from grade seven onwards) told me how to do layer masks. Sort of. His tutorial was better than the ones on the internet. Because the ones on the internet always told me stuff I didn't need to know. It was actually very confusing because I was talking to Paul and Paul at the same time on msn. I was scared I would mess up who I was talking to. I didn't, though, because I am that awesome.

Dexter season 4 is over and I am seriously depressed about it. Crystine and I both expected happy endings but... well, I'm not giving it away. It was sad though. Heartcrushing. That would make sense if you watched Bones.

Anyways, today's song is one of Alex's favorites: Last Christmas by Wham! It's also one of my favorites. Why wouldn't it be? It's beautiful.

16.1

Dear David Hasselhoff and other girl from Baywatch whose name I don't know because I only actually watched the show once, for seven seconds,

HAPPY MONDAY! That is all. Now, technically this is a themed week. But it's going to carry part way into next week. Christmas songs, finally. Isn't it weird that Christmas is eleven days away? It doesn't feel like Christmas. My mom has jokingly said she would get me Big Turks (in bite size form. They're new. Is it sad I'm actually excited about this) and a Spongebob calendar. I'm pretty sure that's all I'm getting. Though I will ask for Nacho Libre. Just in case she's feeling generous. And in case she doesn't want me to complain throughout January - April that she doesn't love me. It'd be bad. I complain she doesn't love me when she forgets to buy apples. Catastrophic if she completely takes away Christmas. I want some semblance of my childhood to remain.

Anyways, the first Christmas song is Jingle Bells by Frank Sinatra because I have loved it for a long time. I love Jingle Bells. I have inside jokes about Jingle Bells. Yes, JokeS. More than one joke, with more than one person. It's that awesome. Plus I love me some Sinatra, in all various shapes and sizes. Enjoy the countdown to Christmas, and I'll write to you tomorrow. I'll also probably contact you on Facebook. Or at least tag you in a new scandalous photoshop picture. It'll be hard to top Baywatch, but I'm pretty creative.

15.7

I just got Alex's comment saying Flight of the Concords won't be doing another season.
So my life is totally ruined. (Sidenote Alex, when are you sending me that letter?)
Naturally, I must have a FOTC song today then. Even if it is not one of the traditional Sunday songs I would have posted.
Speaking of Sunday... Every Saturday night around eleven, I freak out because I think it's Sunday and that I've missed our skype chat. But it's always Saturday. And I've never forgotten it on an actual Sunday. Thankfully.

So today's song is my favorite FOTC song, Leggy Blonde. It's just so epic. It will withstand the test of time.

On that note, have a good Sunday and I'll talk to you tonight. Provided my computer doesn't totally die on me. ALSO, I need more ideas for pictures to photoshop. I am running out of threes.

15.6

Everyone in my house has the same shirt.
And a couple days ago, both Joe and mom were wearing it.
So I was feeling kind of left out. I totally went and put my shirt on, so we all matched.
We are so freaking cool.

Anyways. Shoshana, you saw Sectionals, that episode of Glee. Alex, you haven't. But we were talking about our future Barbra-thon, when you both come back to me. And today's song was sung by Rachel on Glee, but it was originally done by Barbra Streisand. And Rachel - Lea - actually did an awesome job on it. Maybe it's a Jewish thing, I don't know. Either way, I thought you should also know what the original sounds like, and it can also be a tiny segue into your presently Barbra-free lives.

Rain on My Parade is from my favorite Barbra Streisand movie, Funny Girl. It was probably the third movie I saw with her in it. The first being The Way We Were. The second, The Mirror Has Two Faces.

ANYWAAAAYS. I write far too much every day. So I'll leave you with the video. Because I've still got an hour left on Day Three to do some more photoshopping. Honing my craft, here. Leave suggestions for who we can be in the comments.

This is what you've been missing out on by not watching Barbra Streisand movies.

Talk to you tomorrow, loves!

My computer is a German airplane.

A total Fokker.

It keeps telling me it has solutions to my problems, of which there are many. I've had it about three years now, and the problems started about a year ago.

I just wiped it. Now I have 70 GB of free space on my hard drive. That's out of 100 GB, which I thought was pretty decent, especially given I only used to have 30 free GB. But it still freezes. It still takes too long to start up, if it does that at all.

Anyways. I have a lot of programs that start automatically when I log on - MSN, Skype, that annoying sidebar, Windows Defender, Windows Live Call, which I have never used and never intend to, and the thing that has computer problems and its solutions. So when I log on, I close all these programs, in fear that all of them running at once will cause my computer to die for good.

But today, I finally clicked on the problem reports and solutions thing because it was in my way and keeept popping up every two minutes. And THEN.

Then, it was all "Yeah, sorry dude, we've got nothing. No solutions here."

Like, eff. This thing sends out more mixed signals than a scizophrenic.

15.5

FRIDAY!

I am thinking next week I will apply at the hospital. Housekeeping or Kitchen work. I don't really want to do either, but it'd be like 15 dollars an hour, and I could put up with boredom for that. I mean, I did it for almost half that at International. But I had Mitchell, Michelle, and Ashley there. Hopefully I'll meet some hot cafeteria women, complete with huge facial moles.

Anyways, today's song is off Dashboard Confessional's new(ish) CD. It was released in November, but I forgot about it until a couple days ago. I only remembered because I found the facebook message I sent to myself in, like, August. I do this kind of stuff a lot. Anyways, the song is called Everybody Learns from Disaster, because it is the one that's playing right now. Great creative process, right?

Aaand my Thursday video. One of the last of the year! Weird. If you want to skip straight ahead to the lip sync, it starts around 1:16/1:17.

LOVE YOU GUYS! Talk to you on Skype in a couple days.

15.4

So, photoshop is going... well?

I am not very good at it. I would vair much appreciate any advice anyone can give me.

Also, GLEE. HOLY CRAP! I'm not writing anything because I know you haven't seen it yet. But aaaah!

So in love with that show. And I absolutely hate that I've got to wait so long for it to come back. I will deal, though.

Anyways, today's song is by Rise Against. It was actually the only song I heard by them before I went to see them live at V Fest. They were awesome and everything, I just never really got into them. But I still love this song. I haven't listened to it in forever, then I saw the lyrics on Aleena's facebook page, so I went on to youtube to hear it again. And right now, Mariana's Trench is playing on the television. I don't really like them, but it reminds me of Michelle and makes me miss my old job. Anyways.

Today's song is Swing Life Away (by Rise Against). And I've got ScribeFire again so I can embed the youtube video!

I am really hoping for some more funny mistakes to be made on a video. Need/Peed was the best thing ever on that Savage Garden video.

15.3

I still haven't customized firefox. Meaning I don't have ScribeFire and must leave you with one of those click here things. Which is just as well, because today's song isn't on youtube, so I can't embed it.

I recently (as in a couple hours ago, while talking to Shoshana on Skype and searching for a new profile picture on Facebook) discovered that ONE picture exists that contains me, and both my best friends. I have plenty of pictures of the two of them together, because I seem to spend my life behind the camera. And I have plenty of pictures of me with both of them, just never at the same time. So I'm downloading Photoshop. I am going to learn how to use it in the next thirty days (crack didn't work, unfortunately) and I will make some pictures of the three of us. Which is fine and dandy, because they've been saying I need a project to keep me busy. This is it!

Anyways, today's song is Coca Cola by the Smiles. I really really like it. If you have time, you should listen to Sun too. Coca Cola will play automatically, so don't worry about all the places you can click.

PS their music is downloadable at bandcamp.com, for free

15.2

I had a wonderful time wiping my computer today.
Actually, I wanted to use the computer's AC adapter cord to hang myself. But as you can tell, I didn't. I'm in the living room right now, because I didn't write down my router password. Well, I wrote it down. On a Wordpad document. Which got erased with all my files. So I have to re-routerize my computer. And Hello, Dolly! is on the tv, anyways. So I'm watching that. Love my Babs.
And you know me, even when my computer is in crisis, I have to fix it so I can post a video every day. It's a disease. And when I couldn't post for a few days during the move and everything.... that was torture. ANYWAYS.
Today's song was on season three of Grey's Anatomy. Don't ask how I remember three seasons back. The song was stuck in my head a couple days ago. I hope the same thing doesn't happen to you. Not because it's a bad song. Just because it sucks to have a song in your head all day.
I really wish at least one of you had read Catcher in the Rye so I could make a divergence joke. But even that is so obscure that if you had read it, you may not remember it. It's not even important to the plot in any way. There I go again. So the song is What Can I Say by Brandi Carlile.

I hope the link works. I know it's got Rory from Gilmore Girls in it, but I like GG, so what the heck.

You are an impractical, seven-foot-tall nincompoop!
(Best line from Hello, Dolly!) also: "I'm promoting you from idiot apprentice to incompetent flake."
Enjoy your Tuesdays

15.1

Before I tell you the song, I am going to write of more pressing matters. Formspring. I am addicted to it. Basically, anyone can go on and ask anyone any question they want. I asked Ashley how she felt about pillows. She is in favor of them as long as they are suitable weapons. Here is a question I just finished answering, before starting this post:

Who do you think is asking this question?

Grover? You're not supposed to contact me until you've agreed to stop stealing my cookies.

It makes more sense if you know my formspring username: CookieMonstaaas

So people can go to my page and ask any question anonymously and I can choose whether or not to answer, but I always do. So far, at least. Even the rude ones. I encourage you all to leave me a question. The more random, the better. ANYWAYS, the song.

I logged on to youtube for the first time in a couple days and saw TWO covers (by different youtubers) of the same song. So I gave the song a listen. And I liked the covers better. Don't get me wrong, I love John Mayer. I just really like these two youtubers. The song is called Half of My Heart and it features Taylor Swift. Which, usually ensures me liking the song (and I'm dead, I know, don't make fun of me). Anyways. I'm going to post both the covers. The first is by Gerald, who has already been on PANSED twice for his covers. And the second is by Kina Grannis, who has already been on twice for her covers. I'm sensing a pattern.

14.7

I was thinking a few days ago about the music I listened to when I was younger.
Like, when everyone LOVED the Spice Girls, the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync. That age.
For us, that was grade two-four-ish. I remember being in grade four, when we had those awesome book fairs. The one year my mom gave me money for that, I spent it on a Backstreet Boys package. It was there I learned that one time, Nick pushed Kevin off stage during a rehearsal. And that Kevin had a crush on Michelle Pfeiffer. I'm not making this up, and I actually remembered that. My sister and I used to call Nick The Flabby-Flabberghasted-Pile-of-Flab. I don't know why. It was her idea. Anyways, I still listen to those three bands. But one band I REALLLY loved back then, after the Spice Girls split up, was Savage Garden. And yes, okay, I still listen to them.

Anyways, today's song is Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden. I think you guys might listen to Sunday's song on Monday, however, so I've stopped thinking of Sunday songs.

14.6

I am really really really excited about today's song.
It's a good one. Shoshana and I played it over and over the first time we played Guitar Hero. We were awesome.
And I usually get 98-100 percent singing it on Rockband. On all levels, not that I'm bragging.
Anyways, it's Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas. Love it. Small amount of writing today. Giving you a break :)

14.5

I am learning today that saying goodbye is never easy. No matter whose idea it is or was. I just really wish I had one of my friends here to hold me in an awkward embrace like last time, as I cry my tear ducts into dehydration.
Gah. Too emo-y for the blog? I apologize. Anyways, I am starting my holiday baking. Sort of holiday baking, as my parental unit does not believe in Christmas. My self-declared pagan mother has been worn down (as I knew would happen) and is buying me a present. Provided I think of something I want. They also have no problems with me baking. Obviously.

But this also means I'll be sending some cookies out to my friends for Christmas. Just small care packages for friends far away (which is pretty much every friend, at the moment). So tell me your favorite types of cookies. Gingersnaps and butter cookies stay fresh longer, but I make no guarantees for the quality of your received cookies. Hopefully they'll still taste the same. And these might be late. I has no job yet. But maybe I'll get my mom to do it and I'll pay her back later. Rambling again. Happens a lot. Okay. The song of the day is True Colors. Another Cyndi Lauper song, yes, but this is the version by the cast of Glee, because I absolutely loved it.

I'm totally about to ramble again, so feel free to listen to the song and be done with it. I just think that Glee has so many things to say about everything. The last few episodes have given me hope for human nature. Especially in hairography (the episode this song was taken from), when the whole Glee club gets up to sing with the deaf school. I started crying. I know you're not surprised. Or when Quinn and Finn (still hate that it rhymes) were struggling with the pregnancy and the pressure, and the glee kids sang "I'll Stand By You" to them. I just love Glee and all it has to offer. I mean, some of the episodes are lacking, but moments like those make up for it.

Pokemon

Sometimes I remember really weird things that happened to me as a kid. This is one of those things.


My sister and I lay awake that night, a shared problem of ours being insomnia, even then, early in our lives. I was six and she was ten. Naturally, I idolized my big sister. She got the top bunk on our bunkbed, much like our eldest brother got the top bunk in his room with our other brother. The rule that most often applied in our household was: majority rules. But what that really meant was, oldest rules. So, as the youngest child, I did not get my way very often. The only times I held anything over them were the two years I occupied with preschool and kindergarten. I got home before they started lunch. So my mom picked me up and I proceeded to watch Sailor Moon until my older siblings got home. Usually, by the time they got home, I was on my second run of the movie, just at the beginning. Meaning they couldn't watch their after school specials. I did this on purpose. I was a very passive-aggressive child. I'm still working on that. Back to the bunkbeds.

My sister and I were having trouble sleeping, even after listening to Delilah on our radio. She had a soothing voice, and it was back in the nineties where they had less advertising on the radio. There was only Delilah and the soft rock love songs people called in to dedicate. Beth and I loved that station. We once requested that Backstreet Boys song, Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely. But the timer on our alarm clock had gone off, and we were laying in silence, waiting for the sleep fairy to visit. I checked to see if she was still awake.

"Beth?" I asked quietly.

"Yeah?" she whispered back. When we spoke at night, we made sure to be quiet. Our parents were usually just down the hall in the living room, and they always seemed to hear us.

"I forget," was all I could say. And it was the truth. I had been so sure I was going to ask her something. But by the time I went to say something again, I had forgotten.

"Okay," Beth responded. But just then, something went wrong with the physics, and maybe she shifted too much or too fast, or maybe it was just bound to happen either way, but the slats on my sister's bunk bed fell out, and, mattress and all, she crashed down onto my six year old bed, and onto me.

Beth started panicking, thinking she had just killed me with the force of the fall. I mumbled in between the mattresses that it didn't actually hurt - and I wasn't really lying. For some reason, the way it fell on me, it just didn't hurt. My sister didn't weight much, and I can't imagine a twin mattress being very heavy either. I pondered how to remove the mattress from on top of me, while my sister ran to get to my parents, panicking even more. She was thinking what I was - that dad would be upset we disturbed them, that he would get mad, blame us for ruining the bed.

But when my parents arrived, a short minute later, they did me the grand favor of taking the mattress off of me, saving me the trouble, and putting it back into its original place. Beth climbed back onto the top bunk, nervous now. I reassured both her and my parents that it really hadn't hurt me, and that I was fine, and I could go to sleep now. We said good night all over again, and I went back to staring up at those slats.

"Maybe you knew the bed was going to fall on you," My sister suggested after our parents left, "maybe that's what you were going to say."

"No," I said, as I finally remembered, "I was going to ask if you wanted to trade Pokemon cards."

14.4

I was looking through my profile pictures the other day
(as us narcissists tend to do), and I came across that picture of me and ethan at efy, where I looked ridiculous because I was singing along to Josh Groban. So I decided we needed a Josh Groban song for PANSED.
I mean, I don't think we've had any of him. Maybe one. But I love him. Plus I got two of his CDs from the library.
I seriously raided the library's collection - awesome stuff, surprisingly.
Anyways, it really made me miss those times at the KaeKano household where they would play his cd VERY LOUDLY and sing along JUST AS LOUD. I miss my friends. Not just Shosh (and, admittedly, Alanna), but Alex, and Hailey, and all the other friends I had in high school. Now we're all so far spread and don't talk anymore. Especially since I lost my cell phone. I would at least be getting those mass text messages (I always found them annoying anyways) around Christmas and New Year's. I usually got those from people that had me on their phones but no longer spoke to me IRL all that much.
This is getting to be another long blog post. I apologize. Like I have been doing so much of in the past twenty-four hours, as some of you know. Stupid internet fights. The only reason I regret doing it is because it was blown out of proportion. ANYWAYS. The song. Sorry. To Where You Are by Monsieur Groban. Not my favorite, but it's stuck in my head.

Days left until the great Road Trip: 200+ (I will be more specific when I actually remember what day it is presently)
Hayley G Hoover does something akin to this on her blog, except hers is filled with Sexy and Unsexy things, and how many chipotle burritos she has each year.

But I think I'll do something different. I'll do the day thing, and then a couple other things. To make me seem like more of a loser. In case you didn't get the picture. Stopping writing now. Sorry.

14.3

Wednesday. All caught up now.
Although, for some reason, the blog postage isn't working.
The blog itself is all messed up today.
I went on, to find out I wasn't following anybody (LIES! I am following my two best friends, my best internet friend, and some other amazingly awesome people like Kristina Horner and Maureen Johnson).
Also, the Twitter Updates on the side are by a person that is not me. At first I thought someone had hacked into my Twitter, but no. And they also seem to be having the same problem with their blog to twitter thing.
And now it won't let me post anything! Argh. Anyways, now that I have internet, I need to catch back up on my shows. And I read my comments, but didn't really respond to any, but Shoshana, I admire you for reading that whole post. I had been holding back from giving that much information about every song. But I guess 80s week forced me into it because I believe very strongly in the 80s. Though you probably didn't care what the songs were about. Le sigh. There I go again, writing too much. Apologia.

Today's song is We Will Become Silhouettes by the Postal Service.

14.2

Yeah, still Wednesday. But I'm pretending it's a Tuesday.
And I feel bad about omitting Cyndi Lauper last week, so here's one. Time after Time, because Paul Anka covered it on his recent CD. And I love my Paul Anka.

14.1

Hooray for internet.
It's not wireless- I'm surviving off ethernet in the living room. But still, I have a full range of service that can't be disconnected, except in such cases as happened today, when the power went out. I was on the internet for about half an hour, listening to some station on the tv, when the power just went out. Lame. But it's all sorted out now. We got a PVR, which means my mom has a new remote control to be confused by. I look forward to the ensuing hilarity, especially when she is tipsy.

Anyways. It's Wednesday, sure, but I need to catch up. Can't leave my dear friends without songs every day, even if those days have passed.

There is no theme this week. But I will make it up to you in January, when EVERY WEEK WILL BE THEMED. I saved my best themes for January. I am excited for it.

Anyways, today's song is Carry You by Jimmy Eat World. I looove them. And my favorite song from Chase This Light is actually Dizzy, but I'm going with Carry You because I feel like it.

Also, the tweets happening over there-> uh... actually not mine. Which is weird.