Mix tapes…er, CDs

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I recently made a mix for a new blogfriend and I wanted to share!

  • What About Everything (Carbon Leaf)
  • P.M. Prima Donna (Ookla the Mok)
  • Black Horse and the Cherry Tree (KT Tunstall)
  • Cold, Cold Heart (Midge Ure)
  • Striptease (Hawksley Workman)
  • Solar Circle Girl (Einstein’s Sister)
  • The Future Soon (Jonathan Coulton)
  • Ordinary Day (Great Big Sea)
  • The Girl That’s Never Been (Escape Key…aka Michelle Dockrey)
  • How’s it Goin’ (Greg Klyma)
  • Bubblegum 45s (Jim Boggia)
  • On the Verge (Collin Raye)
  • Crackstatic (Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails)
  • Molly (Jackdaw)
  • We Used to be Friends (The Dandy Warhols)
  • Amigone (Goo Goo Dolls)
  • Steady, As She Goes (The Raconteurs)
  • The Sunnyside of the Street (The Pogues)
  • Salesmen, Cheats and Liars (The Lowest of the Low)
  • Cupid’s Chokehold (Gym Class Heroes)
  • Hockey Monkey (written by James Kochalka, perfomed by Ookla the Mok)
  • I’m a Rover (Great Big Sea)

There’s no thematic connection. They’re all fairly upbeat songs that make me happy. 🙂 I could easily make another entire mix with stuff that’s on my iPod but not on my computer (a situation I hope to remedy soon!).

If you think this mix is awesome and would like one for your very own, contact me. I’ll pass on Jessica’s promise. I’ll happily send you one, if you promise to reciprocate!

Awesome books

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Every once in a while, I read a book that makes me wish I’d come up with the idea.

This is one of those books. (I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You, by Ally Carter)

Hello? Spy school? How awesome is that? My love for all things Alias guaranteed that I would fall in love with this book, and I have. I want to read the sequel. (Actually, likely the second in a series…)

That is all. 🙂

Spring, where are you?

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Blah. I hate this cold, rainy, grey, yucky crap.

Also, I kind of miss BufBloPoFo. I liked having a predetermined topic every day, particularly when I’m feeling so blah.

I’ve been working a lot, and that’s a good thing.

I’m currently at the college, waiting for students who had scheduled appointments with me to show up. Sigh.

(Aaaaand…they didn’t show. Figures. I’m out of here…)

Yeah, I’m grumpy. Here’s hoping the sun shows itself soon…

Jewelry question

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Posted over at my wedding blog. Thanks in advance if you can help! 🙂

Happy St. Paddy’s Day!

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Are you wearing green? I am!

Working today. I’ve been having trouble with my blog since wordpress got upgraded–specifically, accessing my blog using Internet Explorer on the computers at work. I could log in, but I couldn’t *do* anything. I solved the problem today by downloading the portable version of Firefox for my USB key. Looks good so far! 🙂

I had a nice mellow weekend at home. I got all domestic, making chocolate chip cookies on Saturday and meatballs on Sunday. I also did laundry, read a bit, watched some TV, and didn’t spend a whole lot of time online. I did play on facebook here and there (I have two ongoing Scrabble games–feel free to grab me if you want to play!) as well as some other stuff.

I had a fun day teaching math at the middle school on Friday. The 7th graders celebrated Pi Day by decorating digits of Pi to hang on the wall, playing games, and eating pie that they brought in! (Yes, I ate a piece, but only one!) I can’t believe they paid me for that. 😉

And that’s the news on this end. Hope you’re all having a happy St. Pat’s! Enjoy some of my favorite irish-esque music, eh? (I might add some videos when I get home and can access YouTube.)

Jackdaw

Great Big Sea

Carbon Leaf

BufBloPoFo #14–the end

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Well, BufBloPoFo-08 comes to a close…can you believe it?

BufBloPoFo Topic for Day 14: Link to whatever you posted exactly one year ago (or whatever’s closest), and give your readers an update on that topic. If you haven’t been writing for a year, give us a list of three or four things that are going on in your life right now that you’ll want to update one year from now at the end of BufBloPoFo09.

Hrm. Well, what I blogged about one year ago today is hardly update-worthy. I reviewed Adam Selzer’s book How to Get Suspended and Influence People. 

A day earlier, I blogged about my weekend,  which involved watching movies, making brownies, and meeting with Jen and Samantha for our short-lived book club.

The next day, I blogged about discovering J. Wood’s Lost blog at Powell’s.

Two years ago, March 15 2006 (I didn’t post on the 14th), I mentioned having met my ex on the Ides of March.

And yeah, there are three or four things I might be blogging about next year. Like this, maybe.  😉

And hey, by the way, happy pi day!

What I (will be) watching

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BufBloPoFo Topic for Day 13: When the writer’s return kicks back in and all the good TV comes back, what’s your viewing list going to be?

Ooh…it’s going to be way too long, as usual. At one time, I had a list of things that will actually be returning this season, and what won’t be returning until fall, but I don’t know where that is. So here is what I was watching, and what I will be watching whenever it returns:

Heroes

Despite the drop in quality from season 1, I just can’t seem to walk away. I’ll be watching Heroes whenever it comes back.

Dirty Sexy Money

This was my surprise new favorite of the small season. I can’t get enough of Peter Krause or the Darling family.

How I Met Your Mother

Oh, I am so in love. Rand and I watched both seasons 1 and 2 on DVD and have been watching the repeats as they’ve been airing. I think we’ll need to download one episode to be caught up before new episodes start up again. (Aside–what is up with Alyson Hannigan’s hair? Do not like.)

The Office/30 Rock/Scrubs/My Name is Earl

NBC manages to rock Thursdays again. I don’t know what the current status of Scrubs is, to tell you the truth, and I’m just as annoyed by the whole JD/Eliot thing as the next guy, but I will follow it through to the bitter end.

Oh, and I *heart* Tina Fey.

Chuck

If I’m not mistaken, Chuck is a survivor of the strike, but won’t return until next season. I’ll be there.

Lost

Of course, Lost has been airing for the past several weeks. I’m sure I will be hungry for new episodes when this run ends.

*Possibly* Pushing Daisies. Rand and I still haven’t gotten through all the episodes that aired. I enjoy it, but it isn’t at the top of my list. I totally adore Chuck’s dresses, though. Love.

chuck dress example

Yeesh, that’s a lot of TV! 🙂

BufBloPoFo #12

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BufBloPoFo Topic for Day 12: Write an “About me” paragraph consisting of things your readers don’t really know. We all “like to read, travel, and party with friends”, but your next topic is to talk about the things that are totally specific to you.

Wow. As I’ve stated time and time again, I have a hard time coming up with things that are completely new, but I’ll give it my best shot.

Things you might already know about me:

I’m terrified of bees. I knew how to read when I started kindergarten, but I pretended I didn’t. I used to be a cheerleader. I have a tattoo. I hate wet socks.

Things that might be new: 

I love the movie Bring it On, totally without irony. My abuse of the ellipsis is out of control, and should probably be stopped. I still know all the words to Ice, Ice Baby. I have a bladder approximately the size of a teaspoon. I like to write with purple ink.

If you’re new, and if you care, you can always check out the 100 things about me! page.

Music poll

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I posted a wedding music poll over at my wedding blog. I know some of you have already responded to this question, but if you haven’t, come on over and tell me what you think! 🙂

Answer these questions…six

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BufBloPoFo Topic for Day 11: Answer these questions:

1. What is your favorite word? What is your least favorite word?

An incomplete list of my favorite words: kerfluffle, beleaguered, superfluous, charlatan.

Least favorite? Hm…I don’t know. I used to cringe at the big C (See You Next Tuesday?), but not so much anymore, so long as no one’s, y’know, calling me one.

2. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? What turns you off?

Turn ons: kindness, patience, honesty, passion. Turn offs: greed, hypocrisy, ignorance, cruelty.

3. What sound or noise do you love? What sound or noise do you hate?

I love the sound of the ocean. To be slightly less cliche, I also love Rand’s singing voice.

Hate? My alarm clock is up there, as well as the sound of a high school or middle school cafeteria at lunchtime.

4. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? What profession would you not like to do?

Uh…hm. I’d like to give this teaching thing a real go one of these days, but apart from that, I’d love to be able to call ‘writing’ my profession as well. (Not as a reporter, though. Been there, done that.)

5. What is your favorite curse word?

I love all the British curses. They make cursing sound so much more dignified. 😉

6. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

Hmmm…what took you so long? 😉