[cos all the cool kids are doing it]

1. what is the total amount of music files on your computer?

1225 songs.

2. the CD you last bought is:

jimmy eat world - futures.
i got a few for christmas, but this is the last one i bought a couple months back.

3. what is the song you last listened to before reading this message?

"breakdown" by handsome boy modeling school featuring jack johnson.
the first time i heard this song i was, "ehh, whatever." then it grew on me and now i love it. i love the beat, i listen to it once a day, and it makes me smile when i drive to work.

4. write down 5 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you:

teitur - "josephine"
it's such a beautiful song. sad and haunting. when i listen to it i can picture a mini movie in my mind. i also associate it with eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, even though it had nothing to do with that movie. it just reminds me of the rain scene with baby joel and cowgirl clementine.

third eye blind - "motorcycle drive by"
yes it's 200 years old, but this song still gets to me. drunken nights with B. arguing if it was a happy song or a sad one. he will forever be wrong, it is in no way a happy song. this song is like a scrapbook of a part of my life i'm so far removed from, but one i think about from time to time.

joshua radin - "winter"
if i could write a song, it would sound like this. word for word. "i should know who i am by now...your name is the splinter inside me." wow.

tori amos - "a sorta fairytale"
the world stops for a few minutes each time i hear this song. the first few notes make me melt. the sadness. the chill vibe it has to it. it makes me think of riding in a car, windows down, sun shining. the warm wind dancing across your face. the places you're going, the people and things you're leaving behind. perfection.

patty griffin - "mother of god"
her voice. her words. the combination of the two and the mental images they stir up break my heart. i associate this song with dawn's mom and how messed up she is. she's broken, but she has one of the biggest hearts in the world. this song could have been written for any one of her kids. this song sings me to sleep every night.

5. who are you going to pass this stick to? (3 persons) and why?

rach- she's become my newest hookup for excellent music. she opened my world up to missy higgins. and because i heart her so. and because i'd like to see what songs she goes with.

kia - because she loves memes. because she loves music. because she loves me, and i her. because she can drop it like it's hot. and i'm secretly hoping she works "top that" from teen witch somewhere in hers.

jen - because she's a music freak like me. and she's a girl with a guitar that sings ryan adams songs. and i think she's all shades of amazing.

*thanks josh