day 06 ★ a song that reminds you of somewhere
Prozzak - "Strange Disease"

This song was all over the airwaves when I was visiting Canada in 1999, and with good reason - it's a fucking great pop/rock song on an album (Hot Show) loaded with great pop/rock songs. The follow-up album Saturday People was even better, but stupidly Epic didn't issue it in the States like they did with the first album - which is a same, because I think "Introduction to a Broken Heart" from that album is one of the most perfect pop songs ever and could have ruled the pop charts here.

day 01 ★ your favorite song / day 02 ★ your least favorite song / day 03 ★ a song that makes you happy / day 04 ★ a song that makes you sad / day 05 ★ a song that reminds you of someone / day 06 ★ a song that reminds you of somewhere / day 07 ★ a song that reminds you of a certain event / day 08 ★ a song that you know all the words to / day 09 ★ a song that you can dance to / day 10 ★ a song that makes you fall asleep / day 11 ★ a song from your favorite band / day 12 ★ a song from a band you hate / day 13 ★ a song that is a guilty pleasure / day 14 ★ a song that no one would expect you to love / day 15 ★ a song that describes you / day 16 ★ a song that you used to love but now hate / day 17 ★ a song that you hear often on the radio / day 18 ★ a song that you wish you heard on the radio / day 19 ★ a song from your favorite album / day 22 ★ a song that you listen to when you’re sad / day 23 ★ a song that you want to play at your wedding / day 24 ★ a song that you want to play at your funeral / day 25 ★ a song that makes you laugh / day 26 ★ a song that you can play on an instrument / day 27 ★ a song that you wish you could play / day 28 ★ a song that makes you feel guilty / day 29 ★ a song from your childhood / day 30 ★ your favorite song at this time last year

day 05 ★ a song that reminds you of someone
Minimoni - "CRAZY ABOUT YOU"

This song always reminds me of Tara. I posted the lyrics to this on my LJ the day after we consummated our relationship. :)

day 01 ★ your favorite song / day 02 ★ your least favorite song / day 03 ★ a song that makes you happy / day 04 ★ a song that makes you sad / day 05 ★ a song that reminds you of someone / day 06 ★ a song that reminds you of somewhere / day 07 ★ a song that reminds you of a certain event / day 08 ★ a song that you know all the words to / day 09 ★ a song that you can dance to / day 10 ★ a song that makes you fall asleep / day 11 ★ a song from your favorite band / day 12 ★ a song from a band you hate / day 13 ★ a song that is a guilty pleasure / day 14 ★ a song that no one would expect you to love / day 15 ★ a song that describes you / day 16 ★ a song that you used to love but now hate / day 17 ★ a song that you hear often on the radio / day 18 ★ a song that you wish you heard on the radio / day 19 ★ a song from your favorite album / day 22 ★ a song that you listen to when you’re sad / day 23 ★ a song that you want to play at your wedding / day 24 ★ a song that you want to play at your funeral / day 25 ★ a song that makes you laugh / day 26 ★ a song that you can play on an instrument / day 27 ★ a song that you wish you could play / day 28 ★ a song that makes you feel guilty / day 29 ★ a song from your childhood / day 30 ★ your favorite song at this time last year

day 04 ★ a song that makes you sad
Tori Amos - "Winter" This song always seemed like such a downer to me. I don't know why. I prefer her second album Under the Pink a whole lot more anyways, but having said that, I haven't listened to any of her music in years.</p>

day 01 ★ your favorite song / day 02 ★ your least favorite song / day 03 ★ a song that makes you happy / day 04 ★ a song that makes you sad / day 05 ★ a song that reminds you of someone / day 06 ★ a song that reminds you of somewhere / day 07 ★ a song that reminds you of a certain event / day 08 ★ a song that you know all the words to / day 09 ★ a song that you can dance to / day 10 ★ a song that makes you fall asleep / day 11 ★ a song from your favorite band / day 12 ★ a song from a band you hate / day 13 ★ a song that is a guilty pleasure / day 14 ★ a song that no one would expect you to love / day 15 ★ a song that describes you / day 16 ★ a song that you used to love but now hate / day 17 ★ a song that you hear often on the radio / day 18 ★ a song that you wish you heard on the radio / day 19 ★ a song from your favorite album / day 22 ★ a song that you listen to when you’re sad / day 23 ★ a song that you want to play at your wedding / day 24 ★ a song that you want to play at your funeral / day 25 ★ a song that makes you laugh / day 26 ★ a song that you can play on an instrument / day 27 ★ a song that you wish you could play / day 28 ★ a song that makes you feel guilty / day 29 ★ a song from your childhood / day 30 ★ your favorite song at this time last year

day 03 ★ a song that makes you happy
Morning Musume - Koko ni Iiruzee!

day 01 ★ your favorite song / day 02 ★ your least favorite song / day 03 ★ a song that makes you happy / day 04 ★ a song that makes you sad / day 05 ★ a song that reminds you of someone / day 06 ★ a song that reminds you of somewhere / day 07 ★ a song that reminds you of a certain event / day 08 ★ a song that you know all the words to / day 09 ★ a song that you can dance to / day 10 ★ a song that makes you fall asleep / day 11 ★ a song from your favorite band / day 12 ★ a song from a band you hate / day 13 ★ a song that is a guilty pleasure / day 14 ★ a song that no one would expect you to love / day 15 ★ a song that describes you / day 16 ★ a song that you used to love but now hate / day 17 ★ a song that you hear often on the radio / day 18 ★ a song that you wish you heard on the radio / day 19 ★ a song from your favorite album / day 22 ★ a song that you listen to when you’re sad / day 23 ★ a song that you want to play at your wedding / day 24 ★ a song that you want to play at your funeral / day 25 ★ a song that makes you laugh / day 26 ★ a song that you can play on an instrument / day 27 ★ a song that you wish you could play / day 28 ★ a song that makes you feel guilty / day 29 ★ a song from your childhood / day 30 ★ your favorite song at this time last year

day 01 ★ your favorite song

 

The Sex Pistols "God Save The Queen"

I could cop out a bit and just say the entire Morning Fucking Musume discography, but since at least a few of their songs will probably wind up amongst the choices in this meme, I'm going straight to this lifetime favorite tune, which has gained even more meaning ever since I got Tara to dance with me to it at our wedding! (A month ago today, woot!)

day 01 ★ your favorite song / day 02 ★ your least favorite song / day 03 ★ a song that makes you happy / day 04 ★ a song that makes you sad / day 05 ★ a song that reminds you of someone / day 06 ★ a song that reminds you of somewhere / day 07 ★ a song that reminds you of a certain event / day 08 ★ a song that you know all the words to / day 09 ★ a song that you can dance to / day 10 ★ a song that makes you fall asleep / day 11 ★ a song from your favorite band / day 12 ★ a song from a band you hate / day 13 ★ a song that is a guilty pleasure / day 14 ★ a song that no one would expect you to love / day 15 ★ a song that describes you / day 16 ★ a song that you used to love but now hate / day 17 ★ a song that you hear often on the radio / day 18 ★ a song that you wish you heard on the radio / day 19 ★ a song from your favorite album / day 22 ★ a song that you listen to when you’re sad / day 23 ★ a song that you want to play at your wedding / day 24 ★ a song that you want to play at your funeral / day 25 ★ a song that makes you laugh / day 26 ★ a song that you can play on an instrument / day 27 ★ a song that you wish you could play / day 28 ★ a song that makes you feel guilty / day 29 ★ a song from your childhood / day 30 ★ your favorite song at this time last year

* This is a bit late in being posted in my end, but Tara and I secured a nice apartment a couple of weeks ago. The rent is quite reasonable and everything but cable, power and phone are included. We've been looking at furniture whenever we can since then.

* I'm still working on my writing (how could I not?). While I work on the novel, I've also taken the plunge into ScriptFrenzy, and I've already got over half the required minimum pages done for it; the source material is a currently-unfinished short story (I already know how the damn story's going to end anyway).

* Day Job has been dull. Bossman is still an idiot.

* Those of you that follow my music blog already know how I feel about the new Morning Musume album. ;) I need to bang a couple more reviews out of the way this week and get ready for my 4th blogging anniversary on the 11th.

* It looks like it's going to be a bastard of an allergy season this year, compared to last year when I got through pretty much unscathed. I had to cave in and get a box of Claritin-D today (something I didn't have to do last year until May) and between you and me, I hate having to go through all the hurdles that state and federal law makes one go through just to get a box of OTC medicine that actually fucking works!

* My uncle Joe, who is going to be my best man at the wedding, is in the hospital right now and has been since last Thursday night, after he'd taken three mini-strokes. Joseph Marsicano is a tough mofo - he still went to work at his office after that first mini-stroke! He rarely if ever gets ill, but when he does... oy vey! He's got an infection of his mitral valve (a seemingly genetic condition amongst his side of the family, as my mother had to have a valve replacement in 2003 and my grandmother [their mother] had one twenty-some years before.) The extent of the treatment isn't entirely known yet - most likely some sort of surgery - but since the rest of his ticker is fine we can all breathe easy a little. Complicating all of this, though, is an infection on his elbow that he's been dealing with for awhile and they need to take care of that first, and the doctors at the hospital were also looking to So, he won't be getting that valve taken care of right away, but it won't kill him and I'm thinking that he might postpone the operation until after my wedding. We shall see.

* Guitar practice: I'm trying not to slack off on the instrument. I kinda switched back to the Dunlop nylon 1mm picks. The Dunlop Jazz III's, which with their sharper pointed tips are great for intricate lead/solo picking, aren't that good for the way I play rhythm because of their smaller size, even though they're thicker and stiffer than the nylon 1mm's. Supposedly Dunlop has a larger variant of the Jazz III which is a more standard pick size, but I haven't located them yet outside of maybe Dunlop's own website.

The moon landing. I was 2.

How many total songs?
28876 items, 80.2 days worth of music

Sort by Song Title - first and last?
"～おはよう～" - Morning Musume
"+-" - Sonic Youth

Sort by Time - first and last?
"Fuck In A" - Gang Green (0:02)
"The copywrong Show" - Negativland (3:01:44)

Sort by Album - first and last?
"☆☆☆ (みつぼし)" - Koharu Kusumi
"8th AL "UNIVERSE"" - Koda Kumi

Top Ten Played Songs:
"女が目立って　なぜイケナイ" = Morning Musume
"Fire to Burn" - Ratos De Porão
"Morning Coffee (2002 version)" - Morning Musume
"What's on Your Mind?" - Ace Frehley
"Top Secret" - HANGRY & ANGRY
"Tramp" - Somaya Reece
"泣き出すかもしれないよ" - Morning Musume
"Foxy & Free" - Ace Frehley
"New York Groove" - Ace Frehley
"Fractured Mirror" - Ace Frehley

(Between a forced change in laptops and a more recent iTunes crash, this is a far from true representation of how my listening habits have been over the past years)

Top Ten Recently Played:
"Kanashimi Twilight" - Morning Musume
"Kira Kira Fuyu No Shiny G" - Reina Tanaka
"Koko Ni Iruzee!" - Morning Musume
"Unconditional" - Will Ackerman
"Barbara'S Song" - Will Ackerman
"Hawk Circle" - Will Ackerman
"Pictures" - Will Ackerman
"The Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit" - Will Ackeman
"Anne's Song" - Will Ackerman
"The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter" - Will Ackerman

NOT INCLUDING ARTIST NAMES:

Find "sex", how many songs show up? 58

Find "death", how many songs show up? 77

Find "love", how many songs show up? 910

Find "peace". how many songs show up? 45

Find "rock", how many songs show up? 234

This is going to be fun, trying to remember all the shit that happened the last few days. But guess what? I probably can't.

( New Year's Fun )

Thinking about last year... part of it, quite frankly sucked! I wanted to be out of the jewelry store by the end of the year (didn't happen), wanted to get the manuscript for Here Is The Wonderland finished (I didn't, but I almost am), didn't get any other writing other than stuff for TGML finished, and I missed out on seeing Morning Musume's American debut performance! Considering that the year pretty much started with Ron Asheton dying, that should have been a sign right there!

This year, on top of the forthcoming nuptials, I have the following goals:

• Finishing the manuscript's first draft.
• Knocking out the second draft in a miniscule fraction of the the time I spent writing the first draft!
• Getting some other serious writing out of me and getting stories sent out and published.
• Getting an agent and, subsequently, getting a deal for this damn novel.
• A strong option: A non-fiction project that I was originally going to do in 2008, only I'm going to look for a more established and appropriate publisher rather than risk it with a start-up.
• Posting on TGML much more often than I did last year. I need to keep my name out there as a writer, and that's one of the reasons why I have the fucking blog in the first place.
• This is a more personal one: Improving my guitar skills - specifically my lead guitar skills, as that's where I am at my absolute weakest. I need to get a whole bunch of different songs under my belt along these lines as well.

That, in a nutshell, is what I need to accomplish this year, for myself and for my soon-to-be-wife.

Enough of my yakking though. I should get ready to call it an evening.