If your life were a soundtrack, what would the music be?
Here’s how it works:
* open your library (iTunes, winamp, media player, iPod)
* put it on shuffle
* press play
* for every section, type the song that’s playing
* next section — press the next button
* don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool

1. Opening Credits: The Prayer of St. Gregory - Alan Hovhaness
2. Waking Up: Tune Up #1 - RENT
3. First Day at School: Popular - Wicked
4. Falling in Love: The End of the World (As We Know It) - R.E.M.
5. Breaking up: Behind These Hazel Eyes - Kelly Clarkson
6. Prom: Mi Morena - Josh Groban
7. Life is Okay: Habanera - Carmen (East Village Opera Company)
8. Mental Breakdown: Place in This World
9. Driving: An American Symphony - Mr. Holland's Opus (London Symphony Orchestra)
10. Flashback: World - Five For Fighting
11. Getting Back Together: Say Goodnight, Not Goodbye - Beth Nielsen Chapman
12. Wedding: I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
13. Birth of a Child: In This Life - Chantal Kreviazuk (I cheated here because I refused to have it be "Life Support" from RENT)
14. Final Battle: The Last Unicorn - Kenny Loggins
15. Death Scene: The Return of the Animals - Children of Eden
16. End Credits: Make Your Own Kind of Music - Mama Cass

Okay, so this is kind of eerie how it turned out. Look at some of those selections. For those familiar with these songs- look at where they turned out. #3 and #12 amuse me. #8 really is my "mental breakdown" song. It's the one I turn to when I'm doubting life. #9 really is a great driving song. And #16? Awesome ending credits music.

Y'all should try this, it's fun. More behind the cut.

My roommate picked up a Christmas tree last night. It is so ugly to me that I’m at a complete and total loss as to what to do about it. I mean, it’s a tree. It’s fine, there’s nothing specifically wrong with it, a lot of people have very similar trees. But it’s wrong. It’s not a Noble fir, it’s a Douglas. I really hate those trees. We had one last year, because it was free, and I coukdn’t justify getting another one when there was a perfectly good free tree available. But I really hated last year’s tree. Hated it a lot. Swore I’d never have that kind of tree again.

But then my roommate came home all, “Hey, I got a tree. Oh, and I got a small one because there’s not that much room in there this year…” And I, being totally surprised, could barely hide my revulsion. I totally appreciate that he took it upon himself to get a tree. I think it’s awesome. But… but… it’s not right.

I feel like I’m making way too big a deal of this. I really do. But I can’t help it. I love Christmas. I love decorating the tree and putting gifts under it and sitting in a dark room with just the tree lights on.

I really want to go and get a different tree. But I don’t want to be all “hey, thanks Roommate for getting a tree, but yours sucks and I’m getting a better one, ok?” I realize there are way bigger problems in the world, but that’s not really the point here.

Seriously, am I making a mountain out of a molehill here?