apple_pathways: Whatever floats your boat! (Bad Music (Life's Too Short))
So, I have come up with my selections for the latest Music Battle challenge from [livejournal.com profile] evilhippo. (We need to come up with a title for this battle...something grandiose and epic!)

For those who are playing along at home, her challenge to me went thusly:

SURPRISE MUSIC BATTLE: COUNTER-CHALLENGE
New Year's resolutions, the musical! At least three songs you yourself would be willing to sing in response to "What is your resolution this year?" ^_^


Dithering and decision-making contained within: )

2011: Looking Forward
a musical tribute


1. "What Light", by Wilco
These are good words for everyone to remember:

lyrics: )

2. "A Better Son/Daughter", by Rilo Kiley
Strip away the note of hipster irony from this song, and it's pretty much a rundown of my own personal mantras:

lyrics: )

3. "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien", by Edith Piaf
I'd like to say I've lived my life so far without regrets, but that just isn't true. For the future, I will not let opportunities slip away; I will not be lazy or complacent; I will make decisions based on what I want, not what I'm afraid will happen. Here's to a year without regrets:

lyrics: )


music player behind cut: )
apple_pathways: Whatever floats your boat! (MST3k (Evil Co. Is in Shambles!))
Add this to the list of Wedding To-Dos: miraculously cure sudden outbreak of acne on my chin! ("Too old for acne medication, but too young for wrinkles?" When is this magic age, O Condescending Cosmetics Advertisement???)

And it's back to work today. They've cut my Tuesday hours, and trimmed off 15 minutes from my other days, which just seems petty. Oh, the joys of working for an hourly wage!

In other news, iTunes 'Genius' function, which automatically compiles playlists of my music for me, may just have changed my life. However, with the amount of information Apple needed to collect in order to activate it, combined with all the data Google already has about me, I'm pretty sure Corporate America knows a hell of a lot more about me than my own family. (I was raised by a man who believes the Peace Corps is a front for the CIA and that the FBI keeps files on all its citizens library and movie rental habits; a certain amount of paranoia comes standard issue.)

(Oh, and I am working on my playlist for [livejournal.com profile] evilhippo, who offered me a counter-challenge for our ongoing string of Music Battles! She is SO MUCH BETTER at coming up with categories than I am, and this one is really fun, so I'll offer it up to everyone who might want to participate in the fun:

SURPRISE MUSIC BATTLE: COUNTER-CHALLENGE
New Year's resolutions, the musical! At least three songs you yourself would be willing to sing in response to "What is your resolution this year?" ^_^
)

Other things that may have changed my life: Pickwick Dutch Tea Blend, from the ever-so-lovely [livejournal.com profile] voltaires_vice. Three cups today already...


As much as I love tags, it really does strike me as quite absurd that I have one for "griping", as if there would ever be a need for it. As if someone would be reading my journal, and think, "Gee, I wonder if there's a way I could go back and read EVERY SINGLE THING AMY HAS EVER COMPLAINED ABOUT? Oh look, there is!!!"
apple_pathways: Whatever floats your boat! (Christmas - Child w. Reindeer)
The battle rages on! I sent [livejournal.com profile] evilhippo a special music battle challenge to come up with a list of her top five Christmas/holiday songs; I had no idea it was going to be as hard on her as it was! For an account of just HOW hard, here's the telling of her struggle at her journal. I think you'll be quite surprised as to what she came up with!

As for me, I had trouble with this challenge for the opposite reason: I love Christmas music, and whittling my choices down to five was HARD! Suffice to say, there are many, MANY more favorites left off this list, but what I ended up with is a nice little playlist celebrating both the fun, and the sentiment of the holiday.

Song selections and music player behind the cut. )

SPECIAL BONUS TRACK!

Everyone should have "Dominick The Italian Christmas Donkey" in their lives, if only for the fun of being caught singing the chorus to yourself in public. This version comes to you courtesy of New York's PS22 Chorus, a group first introduced to me by the lovely [livejournal.com profile] planejane.

It stars the most adorable donkey named Mohamed you will ever hope to meet!

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