RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense.
NO CHEATING!
How are you feeling today?
David Bowie -- Always Crashing in the Same Car
(disastrous repetition?)
Will you get far in life?
Cake -- Sheep go to Heaven (Goats go to Hell)
(...doesn't really answer the question directly, does it?)
Will you get married?
Petula Clark -- This is My Song
("I know why the world is smiling...")
What is your best friend(s)'s theme song?
Eartha Kitt -- I Want to be Evil
(Joy: this fits, doesn't it?)
What is the story of your life?
The New Pornographers -- Centre for Holy Wars.
What was/is/will high school like?
The Beatles -- Boys
(Are we talking daydreaming in high school or actual events?)
How can you get ahead in life?
Joni Mitchell -- Nothing Can Be Done
(oh fuck off...)
What is the best thing about your friends?
PJ Harvey -- You Said Something
(well, they are all talkers)
What is in store for this weekend?
David Bowie -- Life on Mars?
(Seems appropriate)
To describe your grandparents?
Sheryl Crow -- Leaving Las Vegas.
(??)
How is your life going?
Metric -- Monster Hospital (!!)
("I fought the war but the war won!")
How does the world see you?
Simon & Garfunkel -- A Hazy Shade of Winter.
(Examine, if you will, my cold, cold heart)
Will you have a happy life?
The Beatles -- Free as a Bird
(don't chain me up, don't chain me down, let me fly--)
What do your friends really think of you?
Esthero -- Wikked Lil' Girls
("...kiss the boys and make them cry...")
Do people secretly lust after you?
Supreme Beings of Leisure -- Last Girl on Earth
(I'll take that as a no)
How can I make myself happy?
Bran Van 3000 -- Astounded.
What should you do with your life?
Sarah Vaughan -- Peter Gunn (Max Sedgley remix)
(So, apparently, I need to be a superspy. Not surprising, actually.)
Will you ever have children?
Nina Simone -- Four Women
(If I do, they'll be angry women fighting against oppression)
Comments (3)
Well, you know ... "She had not yet decided whether to use her powers for good, or evil ..." etc.
Posted by joy | February 17, 2007 5:05 AM
Posted on February 17, 2007 05:05
Have you heard of this:
http://poetryfoundation.org/dispatches/dispatches.feature.html?id=179224
thought you'd be interested. it's a really appropriate notion, i think.
also: free? when are you free? to like, hang out? Too bad you had to work on thrusday – the readings were all fantastic and the place was delightfully packed – with people and that good warm and fuzzy, joyful energy. 12 of us went to the newly reconstructed ferwood inn afterwards for some pints and live blues. It’s really nice in there – I was impressed. Good times.
I'm working on this story. last night i had a dream where my fiction prof (bg), basically accused me of over-indulging. it took a lot of post-dream interpretation for me to get to that conclusion, as the dream was, in all senses: entirely messed up. though now it's clear! oh so clear. though now i'm worried that the story is over indulgent! maybe it is . . .it's not even half done yet. still time. still time . .still . . . . :0
Posted by caroline | February 18, 2007 1:50 PM
Posted on February 18, 2007 13:50
When one is writing the story, one *must* be over-indulgent. Pulling back and being sensible are Things of the Second Draft.
Are you free in the evening on Tuesday?
Posted by ben | February 18, 2007 4:55 PM
Posted on February 18, 2007 16:55