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Jared posted this up in Facebook, the eternal time suck, and I liked it. So, here you go:

1.Put your iPod on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

What is your Motto?
“Oh Darling” ~ Supertramp

What do your friends think of you?
“Hey You” ~ Pink Floyd

What do you think about very often?
“Bubbly” ~ Colbie Caillat
(really? I’m not as big on champagne as I am on a nice red wine, like a Tempranillo)

What is 2+2?
“It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me” ~ Billy Joel

What do you think of your best friend?
“Freshly Squeezed” ~ Angelo Badalamenti
(hug often!)

What do you think of the person you like?
“Leave in Silence” ~ Depeche Mode

What is your life story?
“Bad Horse Chorus (Reprise)” ~ Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, et al

What do you want to be when you grow up?
“Voodoo” ~ Godsmack

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
“Dance, Dance” ~ Fall Out Boy

What do your parents think of you?
“Strange Days” ~ The Doors

What will you dance to at your wedding?
“Double Life” ~ Styx

What will they play at your funeral?
“99 Red Balloons” ~ Goldfinger

What is your hobby/interest?
“Eleanor Rigby (Beatles Cover)” ~ Panic! At The Disco

What is your biggest secret?
“Strange Music” ~ ELO
“Strange Magic” ~ ELO

What do you think of your friends?
“A New Machine - Part 1″ ~ Pink Floyd

What’s the worst thing that can happen?
“I Want You Now” ~ Depeche Mode

How will you die?
“On to the Next One” ~ Escape the Fate

What is the one thing you regret?
“This Is Halloween” ~ Panic! At The Disco
(well, that’s a disconcerting answer, isn’t it?)

What makes you laugh?
“Killer Queen” ~ Queen

What makes you cry?
“The Right Man” ~ Christina Aguilera
(hmmmm)

Will you ever get married?
“Do I Creep You Out” ~ Weird Al Yankovic

What scares you the most?
“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” ~ Cyndi Lauper
(she is 12, curvy, and wears too much makeup)

Does anyone like you?
“Late Home Tonight, Part II” ~ Roger Waters

If you could go back in time, what would you change?
“A Pocketful of Stones” ~ David Gilmour

What hurts right now?
“Somebody” ~ Depeche Mode

What will you post this as?
“Orange Crush” ~ R.E.M.

If you feel so inclined, this one was quite fun. Have at it!

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Kris posted this up recently, but since I’ve been behind in my blog reading, I missed it. Do go click her link so you can also watch this excellent piece of music played on an accordion, of all things. But I had to post this video up here, because I know my dad and older brother will love it.

Wow, just wow.

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RTY and I were watching music videos on youtube the other day. I was letting her pick so I can see and hear the music she enjoys. Then, yesterday, she had a list of music she wanted to buy in iTunes. Unfortunately for her, I nixed one of her song requests.

Here’s a conversation from when she and I were watching videos, to the best of my recollection.
RTY: Oh, I know this other song.
Me: Okay.
RTY: **types in the search box on you tube** I cannot understand anything in this song.
Me: Well, I’ll see if I can help you figure it out.

We watched this video for the song Paper Planes by M.I.A.

RTY: I do not understand any of that.
Me: It’s about drugs.
RTY: It is?
Me: I don’t think that’s the best song you can listen to.
RTY: But I like it.

And, after listening to it again, I will admit it’s kind of catchy. But, we did not let her buy it on iTunes last night. Here are the lyrics:

“Paper Planes”

[x2]
I fly like paper, get high like planes
If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name
If you come around here, I make ‘em all day
I get one down in a second if you wait

[x2]
Sometimes I think sitting on trains
Every stop I get to I’m clocking that game
Everyone’s a winner now we’re making that fame
Bonafide hustler making my name

[x4]
All I wanna do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG!)
And (KKKAAAA CHING!)
And take your money

[x2]
Pirate skulls and bones
Sticks and stones and weed and bongs
Running when we hit ‘em
Lethal poison through their system

[x2]
No one on the corner has swagger like us
Hit me on my Burner prepaid wireless
We pack and deliver like UPS trucks
Already going hell just pumping that gas

[x4]
All I wanna do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG!)
And (KKKAAAA CHING!)
And take your money

M.I.A.
Third world democracy
Yeah, I got more records than the K.G.B.
So, uh, no funny business

Some some some I some I murder
Some I some I let go
Some some some I some I murder
Some I some I let go

What do you think?

I’m bothered by the gunshots in the video and the drugs. Am I being paranoid?

Ugh. She has a remix with Jayz worshipping the Obamanation. That right there is reason enough to not download her crap.

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Two more donations came in this week; one via paypal and one via my TNT page. I now only need to raise an additional $840. Woo hoo! We are making great progress in the fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma!

Tomorrow morning, I’m running thirteen miles with my team. It’s on the course I rather like, so I’ll be there. I’ve been skipping the Saturdays that are too far from home due to our non-existent money and trying hard not to use gas. But, since tomorrow’s run is relatively close to home, I can go! Yay! It’s so much easier for me to do the long runs with people. Thirteen miles should be three laps around the lake.

RTY downloaded a new album off iTunes yesterday afternoon (she has a gift card and has been slowly buying music). I was hoping she’d buy the album and am happy to have all those new songs in my “gym” playlist. She mostly has good taste in music. Every now and then, she buys crap. But for the most part, she buys music we like, too. I feel lucky to have a kid keeping me in touch with the music scene, as I’m quite old!

It’s also helpful because almost everything RTY downloads, whether or not I like it, is music I can run to. So, I have some crap in my “gym” play list just because I need fast music if I am to have any hope of running.

Please, kids, consider dropping a couple bucks into my TNT fundraising pot. Every donation made decreases my stress level; the closer I get to my $2,400 goal, the better I feel about it. Then, all I have to worry about is my aging body and training for my marathon. As if funding the fight against blood cancers was not a lofty enough goal, you can help me with my peace of mind. I’d much rather not worry about my fundraising and only have to worry about coming up with money to pay my car payment.

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Dear Tommy Shaw,

It is with a heavy heart that I must break up with you. I still think you have amazing talents; I love the way you play guitar and your voice melts me, but, unfortunately, you cannot continue to be my boyfriend.

Tommy, I can accept the bad eighties hair that you used to wear. I can forgive some of the songs that irritate me. I can even look beyond the inexplicable blue eyeshadow you wore in the Caught in the Act concert. But, Tommy, this is a deal breaker.

I cannot forgive you for that horrendous green jump suit. I cannot. Many things can be blamed on the poor fashion taste of the late seventies and early eighties, but the green pants suit is absolutely unforgivable. I cannot be with someone who not only wore something like that, but had the audacity to make several music videos whilst wearing it.

It’s easy to say, “but WB, I wore that when you were but a small child.” And maybe you have even burned it since then. But, I popped in my Styx DVD the other day, and after watching the concert, I started watching the other videos. Tommy, you were wearing that appalling pants suit in no less than three of the videos, and quite possibly more, since I haven’t finished watching the videos yet. Tommy, Tommy, Tommy. I cannot forgive you for this tasteless outfit.

You will no doubt want to point out the ridiculous white pants suit James Young was wearing in those videos as proof that it was the style of the time, and peer pressure, and what not. But at least with James’ ugly pant suit, there was an inkling of style in the strategic placement of all those buttons. You, Tommy, had no such style in your eye-roll inducing pant suit. Yes, I recognize that Dennis DeYoung was also sporting a completely ridiculous barber shop quartet outfit, and someone actually let John Panozzo wear barely there gold shorts with his afro (in another video), but it is still your green pants suit that leaves the proverbial bad taste in my mouth.

What were you thinking when you bought and wore that outfit?!

So, with a heavy heart, I must end our imaginary relationship, Tommy. It’s not me, it’s you, or your clothing anyway. I may have some pictures of me wearing flower vomit outfits, but so far, none of my ridiculous clothing compares at all to the highly-offensive green pants suit you wore. Even though your voice, goatee, and current hair style twitterpates me, we must end our relationship.

I know you will want to continue to be friends, but, I don’t think so. See above complaint about a certain green pants suit.

Warm regards,
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Please, please, please go vote for me, even though I suck in this recording. A vote for me increases the odds that I can sing the National Anthem before the Styx concert at the end of the month. Which increases the odds that I get to meet Tommy Shaw. Which puts my whole plan into play. Please, even though this recording of me sucks, please vote for me anyway. And tell you friends.

VOTE FOR RACHEL! Do it!

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On September 11, 2002, I had the privilege, as a member of the Bach Festival Choir, to sing Mozart’s Requiem twice. We joined in the international Rolling Requiem. We sang the Requiem in the morning, at the time terrorists had flown planes into the Twin Towers. Then, we joined with two other Orlando-based choirs to sing the Requiem that evening in down town Orlando, at Lake Eola, for the City’s official memorial service.

Never before or since has it been so difficult for me to sing Mozart’s Requiem; tears flowed freely. It is, by far, one of my favorite pieces of classical music.

Singing the Requiem remains my, for lack of a better term, favorite way to remember that horrible day in 2001.

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I do not “get” this song at all. Why is it in my head? I’m not watching the video. I’ve only ever heard this song twice, both times were RTY doing it at karaoke.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

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My longtime readers will recall how my loving mother has a history of saying things like, “well, when you divorce sherlock and move to Tennessee…” with her latest and greatest scheme to make me a famous singer. Naturally, my husband and I, along with my brother, like to joke along this line. For example, last night, I video chatted with Jason (my brother) through iChat, since we are both Mac people. He asked me what I was doing and I said, “filling out the paperwork so I can divorce sherlock and move to Tennessee.”
Jason said, “Hallelujah. Praise God. This is an answer to your mother’s prayers.”
While sherlock said, “Tease! You keep promising, but you’re still here!”

You may also recall I have an unhealthy obsession with the band Styx, and more specifically, am in love with Tommy Shaw.

You likely do not recall that I once asked you to vote for me singing the National Anthem so I could sing it before a concert. That was a long, long time ago, but, oh crap, the link in the post still works and you can still have your ears assaulted.

All of these tidbits fit into my latest plan to divorce sherlock and move to Tennessee. WMMO is, once again, holding a National Anthem contest. The winner gets to sing before the Styx concert later this month. You guessed it: I’m going to enter and then beg all my online friends to please vote for me so I can (1) win so I get to (2) sing the National Anthem before the Styx concert where (3) Tommy Shaw will hear me and fall in love with (3a) my voice (3b) me and we will (4) divorce our respective spouses and (5) get married and (6) live happily ever after (7) in Tennessee (8) where Tommy will launch my music career.

BRILLIANT!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have an appointment to set up to record another butchering of the National Anthem!

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Since Palin’s excellent speech last night, I have been thinking about Pink’s Stupid Girls song. I can’t find an embeddable video, so I’ll just have to link it for you to go watch. It’s a funny video.

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And also

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m trying to figure out how to set up this computer. So far, Quickbooks keeps crashing, and Outlook is being a PITA. I just love technology.

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I wonder what the best way is to tell my wonderful husband, who I love with all my being, that I may possibly have agreed to buy a guitar, amp, and instruction books (possibly a DVD, too)? And that maybe I’ll have it in my possession tomorrow. I suppose it’s rude to just throw that out here on my blog and hope for the best.

On the bright side, I can break the relatively reasonable asking price up into two or three payments. He won’t be mad over that, will he? I mean, it’s not like I have the normal female addiction: shoes. Right? Right?

I love you, sherlock.

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CalTechGirl posted a very useful link that enabled me to print off sheet music for some of the Dr. Horrible songs. Thank you to Moses Lei for the music! I am thrilled that I was able to site read through two of the three songs I printed this afternoon. If I had video capabilities, I’d totally assault your ears with my playing and singing.

I hope Moses Lei provides sheet music for the duet Dr. Horrible and Penny sing. I don’t know the name. The one where he’s singing about evil and she’s singing about rapture. I can’t think clearly with the television distracting me. But the song was in my head all day yesterday. Probably because we watch Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long blog over and over on our AppleTV!

CTG also posted some childhood videos of Dr. Horrible. Funny stuff!

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There has been Guitar Hero, and fuzzy animal affection, and a race around the pond (dude, I was still gasping for breath five minutes later, and the child was completely unaffected by the run around the pond), and then, several hours of karaoke. Oh yes. Karaoke. RTY was disinclined, but I overruled, and The Friend was totally into the karaoke, which meant RTY was no longer disinclined. I let them dominate, and I only did two songs. They were thrilled with the Hannah Montana and Lizzy McGuire discs. And did a bunch of other fun stuff. Karaoke is da bomb!

They’re cuddled up on the comfy chair watching a DVD right now. And… I managed to talk to The Friend’s Mother on the phone. But that’s fodder for a completely different blog.

Pictures maybe this weekend, as you know I’ve had my camera attached to my eye.

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Styx is coming to Downtown Orlando September 28th 4p. FREE!!!!!!! Part of the WMMO downtown concert series.

I am so all over this. You know, because I never did get past my Styx phase.

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