Musical challenge

needfulthings's post reminded me I hadn't done one in a while, so while I'm waiting for a chapter to work on...

I am sparing you the songs in Finnish, Gaelic, and Japanese, and the 18 million versions of Even Flow that popped up for god knows why. This list is Even Flow-free.

1. You are witnessing the start of my fabulous life
2. When I lay myself to sleep, pray that I don't go too deep
3. You are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you - These Are Days, 10000 Maniacs, guessed by bexspex
4. You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress - Kiss Me, Sixpence None the Richer, guessed by ordinarywhirled
5. Neil said hi by the way - Tear in Your Hand, Tori Amos, guessed by mendoza
6. Nine years all but vanished, now it's nine miles to the ocean
7. I'll do this one myself
8. The day is as dark as the night is long - Ultraviolet (Light My Way), U2, guessed by ordinarywhirled
9. Broke away somehow, that's why I'm swingin' it
10. I grew up fast, I grew up hard - I Was Wrong, Social D, guessed by zinnea
11. Weeks gone by and I'm still hoping
12. Sweet you rock and sweet you roll - Crash Into Me, Dave Matthews Band, guessed by ordinarywhirled
13. The air raid siren blew at twelve AM and noon
14. Desire's a terrible thing, the worst that I can find - Can't Be Sure, the Sundays, guessed by zinnea
15. You tell me god is dancing in the rain
16. So drowned you were angels, so much more than everything
17. Three wishes for eternity, we've got some work to do
18. This boy's too young to be singing the blues - Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road, Elton John, guessed by ordinarywhirled
19. Says it's all right, take anything you want from me - Little Wing (I was listening to the Derek & the Dominos version, actually), guessed by mendoza
20. Forget about yours, now what about mine?
21. And if you walk away I can't take it, but that's the way that you are - April Skies, Jesus & Mary Chain, guessed by zinnea
22. Some say we're born into the grave - Dem Bones, Alice in Chains, guessed by zinnea
23. And we're allowed to dream of the next time we touch
24. With one foot in the past now just how long will it last - Head over Heels, Tears for Fears, guessed by ordinarywhirled
25. Gonna leave her where the guitars play - Hey Hey What Can I Do?, Led Zeppelin, guessed by bexspex

An actual update

I've been back at my old day job for a week, and it kind of feels like I never left. Except the group moved while I was away, and we're now in a building where saying, plaintively, "I wish I could find the stairs" will draw more sympathy than scorn.

I ran around all day Saturday with Miss zinnea and had a good ol' time. We did the Beverages of Asia tour with bubble tea, Thai iced coffee, and chai. And we saw lots of cute doggies. At Uwajimaya I finally got the Japanese-English dictionary I'd been wanting, a handbook of slang and profanity, and a Japanese-language issue of Inuyasha that showed me right away that I need a more comprehensive dictionary. :/ But it's an issue I have as anime too, so I can fill in the gaps. Even if they do translate "zamaa miyagare" as something a lot less rude than it actually is.

Tonight on TV there's something I don't like to admit I watch, followed by House, about which I have no embarrassment.

They got me with Bo. He's almost as hot, and about the same flavor of hot, as a young Mark Lanegan.

Edited because I forgot to add: my freakiest cat, Sterling, got on my lap yesterday without faking like she was walking on the couch and just happened to end up there. She jumped right onto me, like, voluntarily and all. And then she PURRED.

Yeah, OK, I give up. I watch the sodding show.

Dear Bo,

When I get access to that time machine and go back to Seattle circa 1989, come with me and make a bazillion dollars. Seriously. It is where we belong.

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Whilst typing a comment to ordinarywhirled, I had a lightbulb-over-the-head moment with the revelation that Constantine is the anti-Johnny Depp. Because I think he's going for that kind of offbeat sexiness but is totally failing due to his overwhelming personal smarminess. Oh, and the being a famewhore too. And looking bad in eyeliner.

Competing in my little brain right now are "September," which I have always referred to as "that ah-ee-ah-ee-ah-ee-ah song" and Brak's...er, inimitable rendition of "MacArthur Park."

Seriously, who picks that song? Who is not in on the joke that is that song? Yeah, I know. A little girl who has no cultural context for it. And also Ryan Seacrest, who, really? Is kinda the same thing.

So I love Bo because of that whole type-and-degree-of-hotness like unto Mark Lanegan thing I mentioned earlier, and also because he is the only one I can imagine being in a real band and being good at it. Enough that I would so be stationed right under him at shows. For the groping. Or at least so I could say later that I was within groping range.

My other favorite was Nadia because she was hella wicked cool and didn't give a shit and sang Dusty Springfield.

So let's pretend I hate Bo, I guess.