rants and ramblings of utter randomness

I started writing this, what, a couple of weeks ago? Grr.

Comment if you want to do this and I'll give you a letter. Then you go and list ten things you like starting with that letter.

malnpudl gave me G, because she's all subtle and random like that.

( This post is brought to you by the letter G and by the number 10! )

I found this completely by accident. What an introduction to this band. I officially love them even before hearing anything else they've recorded, just because they did this. Everyone go buy their albums. With money. Pay twice.





In case you missed the link at the end, the address is kidshelpphone.ca. There are groups like it in the UK. There's not much in the US, unfortunately. Wake up, America. These are your kids.

And then there's this one:



I've been in love with the song from the second I heard it years ago, and the video is gorgeous. My only criticism is that the men kissing look too much alike, which I think takes away from the point. But the girl with the braces? That was me (only without the braces). I thought she deserved an icon; it's one of my oldest.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! *does really, really bad step dance*


Cape Breton's Rankin Family reunites for new album

The eerie thing is that John Morris has been on my mind a lot recently. Maybe it's because I've been thinking about John Lennon and how I remember where I was when I heard he'd been killed. I also remember exactly where I was when I found out that John Morris had died. They were even the same age. Too young, way too young.



Okay, off to get dinner.

Random bullet point post, because yay for learning something new in html! Wait 'til I tell croosa. :)

• I was going to see Twelfth Night in Providence this evening, but my friend got sick and so now I'm not. *sigh* I've got my pretty dress on and everything.
  
• This is a galaxy of wrong. *headdesk* You'd think a store specialising in "sacred" items would notice the problem. (link from spikesloveslave)
  
• sharon28 makes pretty vids. You can find them through this post. I'm partial to "Everybody Hurts" and "Something Stupider" (because it's RayV and Sinatra, which go together like gnocchi and gravy).
  
• Happy Belated birthday to Neil. I can't believe I forgot to mention this yesterday. Cry your pardon, sai Gaiman. *g*
  
• Apparently a whole entourage will be going to see mr_t00by play Mackers. I'm not sure if he's happy about this or freaked out.
  
• I've decided to definitely plan for Celtic Colours in 2007. Will I need a passport by then?
  
• This is interesting. UC isn't for everyone, but this post is a good illustration for comparing homebirth to hospital, with or without a midwife.
  
• I feel like writing, but I need to clean before I can do that, and I don't feel like cleaning. I should, though, before my house is condemned.
  
• Chasing Rainbows is melodramatic, hokey, stereotyped, and overblown. In other words, it's a nighttime soap opera. I'm hopelessly addicted and utterly charmed nonetheless. may just be in danger of losing my heart to Booth Savage. At least the part that isn't already gone to the guy with the braces.
  
• Tomorrow is Remembrance/Veterans/Armistice day. I feel like I should do something to commemorate it, but I don't know what. My father was in WWII and Korea. Suggestions?

In other news, malnpudl? I get it now. Oh. My.



In further other news,I now have pictorial proof (thanks to sam80853) that over forty and hot!female is anything but an oxymoron:

From aphephobia

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie.

(I had to do this over because I didn't start at the beginning. Oh, well. Oh, and it's all iPod stuff.)

Opening Credits:
Elton John - Love Song (Awwww! *beams*)

Waking Up:
Keeley and Gross - Clouds (I prefer sunshine. But I do like consonants.)

First Day At School:
The Who - Baba O'Riley (First day of High School, maybe. *shrugs*)

Playtime/Childhood:
Dido - Here With Me (I did have a much-beloved best friend who moved away.)

Falling In Love:
Joni Mitchell - Songs to Aging Children Come (Makes vague sense, if you have my brain.)

Fight Song:
Elton John - My Father's Gun (Perfect!)

Breaking Up:
Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir - My Mistakes (Also perfect.)

Prom:
Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan (I didn't have a prom. What is the Deep Meaning of a housewife going mad?)

Life's OK:
Headstones - Pretty Little Death Song (Oh, dear. I must be pretty messed up. Necrophilia, addiction and insanity. Good times.)

Mental Breakdown:
Neil Diamond - Holly Holy (I suppose if you listen to too much Neil Diamond you fall apart completely?)

Driving:
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Uh-oh.)

Flashback:
Brian Eno - The Fat Lady of Limbourg (I have no idea. You tell me.)

Getting Back Together:
Al Stewart - Time Passages (Well, okay.)

Wedding:
Headstones - Million $ Moment (Hehee. Note that the heading says "Wedding", not "Marriage".)

Birth of Child:
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (for fighting) (If I had made a birth tape, this absolutely would have been on it, so, yeah)

Final Battle:
Dar Williams - Mark Rothko Song (I'll either end my own life or get painted to death? I think NOT)

Death Scene:
k.d. lang - Save Me (Hehee. Yes!)

Funeral Song:
Joni Mitchell - Carey (This can certainly be played at my funeral. In fact, I insist. It's a great song!)

End Credits:
Bernie Taupin - Billy Fury (Oh, yeah. *rocks out to the credits*)

Okay, if I didn't know I was the hugest music geek on the planet I do now, as evidenced by this:

I'm almost halfway through Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, and my biggest fangirly outburst is ZOMG, k.d. lang AND THE RECLINES !!!!. Maybe I'm coming down with something.

But really, this is a much better film than I expected (so far, anyway). Sweet, character-driven love story, more than just the Harlequin Special Edition I expected. Oh, Canada, how do you do television so much better?

And, um. The toothpick's a nice touch; they should've given it more screentime. Or perhaps a one-on-one contest with RayK's toothpick. Preferably in close proximity to each other. Toothpick smackdown, I can see it now.

Anyway, my conclusion so far: Paul Gross does 47 better than 32. Not that he's any slouch at 32. Just needs a few more laugh lines, is all. But ZOMGKDLANGANDTHERECLINES.

Clearly, I need therapy.



In other news, yay, I have tomorrow off! I have the following plans:

1. Get my car back, because yay (sort of) money.

2. Work on my stories, because hello, deadline. Oh, and I need a beta. *adds to list*

3. Go shopping, because we are out of food, like really.

4. Make a post at TR.

5. Buy, and consume, Mike's Hard Lime.

6. Finish up reservation stuff for Nawlins.

7. Clean my room.

8. Get my bookshelf and set up work/study/sewing space.


Okay, so all that won't be done tomorrow, but I can pretty much count on 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6, with a strong emphasis on 5.
I also have Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday off, so I should get most of it done soon, anyway. I didn't even list pay bills, do housework, or a thousand other RL things that need doing.

Also, I'm surprised that there haven't been more guesses to my iPod Lyric Meme. Tomorrow I'm going to give additional lyrics to the unguessed songs, see if that makes it a little easier. Because y'all care, I know. But really, these are good songs and should be shared with the world, yessir.

Also #2, does anyone have an mp3 of k.d. lang and the Reclines' "Big Boned Gal"? I'd be v. appreciative, say thankya. And I'm still wondering where the next eps of Slings & Arrows have gotten to. I take emails. :)

Okay, fifteen minutes before I have to leave for work. Am walking, so I have to leave early. Which means I won't finish this movie before work. Wah. But ZOMGkdLANGANDTHERECLINES. *g*

Please marry me, Sarah.

I will find a way to have your babies. We can move to Antigonish and be happy for the rest of our lives.

Also, how do you manage to always look eighteen?