Life Soundtrack - Thanks to Mary and Lauren

The instruction from Mary: "Basically, how it works is, you're given a list of life events. You switch your iPod [or iTunes] to 'Shuffle Songs.' Without cheating, you write, in order, what song comes up for each life event."

Opening credits: "With or Without You" - U2
Actually, you have no choice. You HAVE to live with me. You're my life soundtrack. Duh.

Waking up: "Signal Sparks" - Seafood
"There's nothing to be scared of. Just breathe, Don't forget that you're living."
Sound advice for the morning!

First Day at School: "Year of the President" - Mobius Band
I was destined to rule the country from Day One.

Falling in Love: "Roped and Tied" - Codeseven
I CAN NEVER GET A BREAK!! I KNOW THAT I AM A COMMITMENT-PHOBE! I AM WORKING ON IT, I SWEAR! Aye.


Fight Song: "Be My Lover" - La Bouche
Yes! This song always gets me jazzed. Just the other day, Matt said he hears me singing it all the time... it is usually when I am trying to pump myself up about something. "La da da dee la da da daaa, La da da dee la da da daaaaaa, La da da dee da, la da da da dee daaaaa, la DEE da da da da daaaa, awh awh yeahhheeeeaaaaa"



Breaking Up: "All is Full of Love" - Death Cab for Cutie
Figures! Right when my heart is broken, I hear this: "All if full of love, you just ain't receiving..."

Prom: "All Men Are Freezing" - Robert Pollard
Sad.

Life's OK: "Warning Sign" - Coldplay
Doesn't apply to my "ok" state of life - but some choice lyrics from this amazing song: "You came back to haunt me and I realized that you were an island and I passed you by when you were an island to discover."

Mental Breakdown: "Noticed" - Mutemath
"And all this time it was staring me blind, I can't believe I've never noticed my heart before." I knew love was eventually going to be my demise.

Driving: "Idler" - Heatmiser
Wow. The accuracy of this little "Life Soundtrack" is freaking me out. I think some ethereal power is trying to communicate with me...

Inner Smile: "Leave Before the Lights Come On" - Arctic Monkeys
Inner smile?! Leave before the lights come on?! I could type so many things right now. A think a "wow" will have to suffice. Wow.

Flashback: "Give My Love to Rose" - Johnny Cash
First one to have no comment.

Getting Back Together: "Stop Joking Around" - Hawksley Workman
Punctilious sentiment for me! Ha! I think I might not take relationships seriously enough? Aye. Another thing to work on.

Wedding: "The Secret's In the Telling" - Dashboard Confessional
Don't judge me for being a Emo Sappy McSapperson. "There is a secret that we keep,
I won't sleep if you won't sleep." Cute! Let's get married.

Birth of a Child: "Angel of Harlem" - U2
The perfect description of my future spawn! We may be O.G., but we're the best of the O.G.!

Final Battle: "When Your Heart Stops Beating" - (+44)
Nice. It could have only been better on "Death Scene."

Death Scene: "Cowboys" - The Fugees
I knew I would go out like a true Texan. SHOOT-OUT!

Funeral: "Yesterdays" - Guns N' Roses
YES! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have Guns N' Roses at my funeral! I can see it now... my family all dressed up like Slash and Axl... trying to wipe away tears as they softly bang their heads...

I am an inspiration!

Riva wins for best email response on a Monday afternoon:

You sound so organized and efficient, (way to magnify your calling my friend...) that it launched the following song in my head....sing along now...

"I want a girl with the right allocations
Who's fast and thorough
And sharp as a tack
She's playing with her jewelry
She's putting up her hair
She's touring the facility
And picking up slack

I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnng jacket......

I want a girl who gets up early
I want a girl who stays up late
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity
Who used a machete to cut through red tape
With fingernails that shine like justice
And a voice that is dark like tinted glass

She is fast and thorough
And sharp as a tack
She's touring the facility
And picking up slack

I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnng.... lonnng jacket"

Happy Monday.

--Riva

It made me giggle considering my calling and the fact that one of the lines is "She's touring the facility." Perfect.

A promised post.

OUR TRIP TO CONNECTICUT WAS:

Better than rice and beans.
Better than having warm feet.
Better than 13-year-old boyfriends.
Better than first impressions.
Better than greasy hair and face.
Better than Frosted Mini-Wheats.
Better than any business trip.
Better than texting.
Better than yw.
Better than cartoon emo boyfriends.
Better than 110 mph (questionable).
Better than insecurities.
Better than cute sweaters.
Better than foot fetishes.
Better than truth or truth.
Better than good shoes.
Better than running the faucet so no one can hear me pee.
Better than steak nugget sushi.
Better than uber-manliness.
And, far, far better than sleep.

Let me quickly mention - having public archives all the way back to July of 2004 is freaking embarrassing as H.

P.S. I put all my links to other people in alphabetical order. It was just way too stressful trying to figure out the politics of friend order. Hah!

Don't mess, President Warnick! Colleen will always reign!

So, I recently got into a power struggle with the Elders Quorum President of my ward, Matt Warnick. You see, I am the Meetinghouse Physical Facilities Director, and he was trying to overstep his bounds and use the building past 10pm for a romantic evening with his girlfriend, one of my bahfeffers, Mary Webster.

Whatever, Matt. You may have got in some good ones, but ultimately, YOU GOT OWNED.

It all started with a sucker punch to the face!



I was still reeling from that, and the punk gets me with a Super Punch-Out-worthy upper cut!



I'm pretty angry at this point - I get him in the stomache. His pathetic need to impress Mary is obvious by his feigned smile.



Bustin' out my best Piston Hurricane - the Hurricane Rush! Take that!



Not impressin' her now, huh, President?! POW!



I don't think we'll be having any more disagreements.

Goodbye, Project: Think Different!

Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell. - Jean Paul Richter

While this is the right decision for me, it is so hard to let go of a work in which my heart is so completely invested.

I will miss you, Media Watch Team.
I will miss you, dear Interns.
I will miss you, Cara Lisa Powers.
And, believe it or not, I will miss you, Scherazade King.

Goodbye, Project: Think Different!