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Wasted: The iTunes Shuffle Meme

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Courtesy of my friend Ryan McManus, here's today's music-inspired afternoon-waster. Here's the rules:

1. Put Your iTunes on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the 'next' button to get your answer. (or listen to each song, like I did.)
3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds!
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5. (I added this in myself) – Tag some peeps you want to do the same.

What do your friends think of you?
Shakedown on 9th Street – Ryan Adams
I'm pretending this is on 6th St. and is talking about Austin or
else it's insinuating that I'm hookering it up in the 'hood of SF.

If someone says, “Is this okay?” You say?
I Can Feel Your Pain – Manchester Orchestra
Surprisingly fitting.

How would you describe yourself?
Lord I'm Discouraged – The Hold Steady
iTunes shuffle is CLAIRVOYANT!

What do you like in a guy/girl?
Dream – Priscilla Ahn
Pluralize it and, ok, that's about right.

How do you feel today?
Tunnelvision – Here We Go Magic
This keeps getting eerier and eerier…

What is your life’s purpose?
The Canadian Dream – Sam Roberts
Hell yeah, I always wanted ketchup potato chips to be a mainstay in my life

What is your motto?
Safe and Sound – Hawksley Workman
I prefer "Livin' on the Edge" but sadly have a dearth of Aerosmith in my work iTunes library

What do you think about very often?
Mirror in the Sky – K-OS
No clue

What is 2 + 2?
Warm It Up – Girltalk
Well, it covers "My Humps" so that would be logical

What do you think of your best friend?
Wild Wind – Black Mountain
Wait – WHO is my best friend?

What do you think of the person you like?
On Tour with Zykos – Okkervil River
Shit, I didn't want anyone to know about my sordid Patrick Pestorious love affair. Sigh – too late.

What is your life story?
Scythian Empires – Andrew Bird
Not gonna lie – had to Google 'Sycthian' (def: a member of the
ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia) In that case, I'm reading up
on reincarnation

What do you want to be when you grow up?
In a New York Minute – Don Henley
Sure! If New York will have me, I'll head on over there.

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Dark Come Soon – Tegan and Sara
No comment

What will you dance to at your wedding?
Huddle Formation – The Go! Team
First dance, most def.

What will they play at your funeral?
Working Man – Plants and Animals
I'll sit up in my coffin and veto this if it happens

What is your hobby/interest?
We Both Go Down Together – Colin Meloy
LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Also, yes.

What is your biggest fear?
Evening's Heights – Coast
Like I said, iTunes Shuffle KNOWS my ass.

What is your biggest secret?
Trouble – Ray LaMontagne
Oh come on. That's no secret.

What do you think of your friends?
Plus Ones – Okkervil River
Well, if it's for a VIP list, then sure. Otherwise, that's just cruel.

What will you post this as?
Wasted – South
Done.

Your turn – hyperlink your post in the comments. And…GO.

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100 Things

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Every two or three months or so, I get a forward from one of my college roommates with the typical list of questions on it. The point is to answer the questions, and then send it BACK to the person who sent it to you (plus a few other friends.) It's the recipe/underwear/book-free latter day version of a chain letter, and – to be honest – they're getting kind of old. We've done these so often that I know I would easily win a 'color/food/ice cream preference'-based Family Feud with any of these girls, so if you know anyone casting for that, LET ME KNOW.

That said, my friend Ryan recently posted a Facebook note with 25 things you wouldn't know about him, and I loved it. He tagged a few people in it (the goal is to prompt them to do something similar; which I will, I've just been compiling things you don't know about me since my life is an open book) and in the meantime, came across this 'lazy list of 100 things' and figured it would be an easy starting point. The point is to add color to the things you've done, and it was actually fun (for this erstwhile lazy blogger) to complete it. Alas, my 100 Things.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (Disneyworld, yes. Disneyland? No. A travesty perhaps…)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a mobile phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day