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list idea no. 273

What am I LISTening to? .... dot com.



Geared towards the people who like "discovering" new music but don't have time to do the discovering, whatamilisteningto.com is an up-to-date synopsis of the 30-second or less infectious choruses and instrumental snippets you have heard but probably can't recall where and when you got them stuck in your head. Essentially a digital cliff note of soundtracks to Scion and i-Pod commercials, the most recent montages of Grey's Anatomy and Glee, head bobbing window gazing in your friends' cars on the way to work, or intoxicating beats you have to scream-talk over during the few parties you find time to attend. The website would be complete with ratings on how "new" each song is, full lyrics, embeded youtube music videos, downloadable mp3s, and links to the wikipedia pages of the bands/groups behind it all. Hell, maybe even links to band websites and upcoming shows and/or ticketmaster.

If you are reading this, please take my idea and make it real, or show me where it already exists.

twenty-five would be far too many

another response to one of my sister's facebook notes. only shorter.

five records that changed the world as I know (knew) it
alt-title: albums that I will most likely listen to till the day I die

1) jurassic 5 - quality control
2) pietasters - willis
3) daft punk - homework
4) cake - prolonging the magic
5) weezer - blue album

what's sad is there are albums I left off this list because I'm embarrassed by them...

twenty five doesn't feel like enough

A response to my sister's facebook note

25 things about me

1) I cannot handle monotony.
2) I have very selective memory. Meaning, it’s not bad memory. There are just less of them. The things I do remember are extremely vivid and detailed.
3) I really don’t like my last name.
4) The books that are on my floor, or next to my bed, or stuffed inside a backpack say more about me than the books that are on my shelf.
5) No matter how hard I try, I will never understand religion.
6) I find comfort in clutter.
7) I’m afraid of broken bones.
8) I have mixed emotions about being passed by other cars while driving.
9) When I was three, I was told what the word “architect” meant. From that day onward, I wanted to be one. I’m not exactly sure when, why, or if I ever changed my mind. But I’m not one yet.
10) I lean towards optimism 93% of the time.
11) I once got arrested and spent a weekend in jail.
12) The only times when I am simultaneously frustrated and happy are when I am writing, creating, or envisioning.
13) I wish my life were more like a music video.
14) I have two tattoos. And I intend to get at least one more.
15) I name everything.
16) What frustrates me the most in life is forgetting a great idea. It has become a life-long research project for me to find a custom, convenient way to take notes.
17) I value intelligence and maturity.
18) I cannot recall a day on which I have ever felt clear headed.
19) There are two dents on my forehead from two out of the three times I cracked it open during childhood. I can’t remember one of them.
20) I’m a bit of a hypochondriac.
21) I talk to myself, more than I even notice. It’s like second nature. A habit. I have a feeling it will get worse with age.
22) I hate cleaning bathrooms.
23) At some point in my life, I will write a book. More than likely, it will be a book about me. I’m kind of already embarrassed about how vain that is, but know I’ll write it anyway.
24) I sort of like the smell of asparagus pee.
25) My life wouldn’t be the same without lists.

now you.

Five more rock solid, solid as a rock, rock-on, rolling rock, knock on rock, solidified, truthy truths

1.) Anything can sound profound if you parallel the subject with its opposite: "what goes up, must come down;" "one man's treasure is another man's trash;" "if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger;" "mo' money, mo' problems."
2.) Yelling "GO! GO! GO! GO GO!" while pumping a fist in the air can get someone to do anything.
3.) "That's not change. That's more of the same thing."
4.) A deaf president would make a great president. More hand gestures. Less liability.
5.) The fifth in the list is always supposed to be a "kicker."

To Do

1.) figure out why two jobs that suck are not better than one that is tolerable
2.) buy more khakis
3.) find a pair of sunglasses that fit my awkward shaped face and don't make me look like either a bug or a cyborg sent to protect John Connor
4.) read that book that was leant to me and has been sitting quietly on the floor beside my bed for three months.
5.) write something other than another damned list

yet yet again again with with the the twofer

five things that I like to be
1.) asleep
2.) entertained
3.) proud
4.) this tall to ride
5.) right

five things I don't like to be
1.) awake
2.) itchy
3.) third
4.) late
5.) right


By the way, this is my favorite website right now

ten things I have done since my last post

It's been a while.

1.) had a birthday
2.) scaled a mountain
3.) learned something new
4.) gotten a second job
5.) come up with a new emoticon for sanguine [:<≠>
6.) gotten mad at myself for not doing something more often
7.) ate raw oysters
8.) gotten two haircuts
9.) started eating meat again
10.) laughed at someone