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wistful_memoryList five songs that you are currently digging. It doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good. But they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your five songs. Then tag five other people to see what they're listening to.
1. She's A Bad Mama Jama- Parliament
2. Born (Edit)- Over The Rhine
3. Slow Hands- Interpol
4. The Madonna Trilogy- The Meat Purveyors
5. Cruel To Be Kind- Nick Lowe
I tag:
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sparkling_mud2.
gympumpkin3.
malenky_devil4.
mle045.
moodeln TEN songs you could put on repeat forever:
10. Jim White- Static on the Radio
9. Joseph Arthur- Honey And The Moon
8. Bruce Springsteen- Sad Eyes
7. Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart
6. Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah
5. Madonna- Papa Don't Preach
4. Bruce Springsteen- Thunder Road
3. Unfinished Symphony- Massive Attack
2. The Smiths- This Charming Man
1. Nick Lowe- Cruel To Be Kind
NINE things you love about summer:
9. Watermelons. Not eating them, growing them.
8. Money coming in from the summer job.
7. Lemonade.
6. Swimming at the beach.
5. Young attractive men practicing football outside my house.
4. Barbecues everywhere.
3. Summer blockbusters, even when they're awful.
2. Tank tops.
1. No school!
EIGHT things you wear daily:
8. Pants.
7. T-shirts: almost always short-sleeved.
6. Socks, now hand-knitted par moi.
5. Hair elastic, so I don't smother myself with my own hair.
4. A coat. As soon as october hits, the coats come on and do not come off.
3. Sweaters!
2. A bra. The twins need some support.
1. Underwear.
SEVEN people you've laughed with recently:
7. Sue at work
6. Neighbor Tim
5. My mom
4. Kristin at work
3. Erika
2. Nathan, the brother
1. My dad
SIX things you would never do:
6. Sleep with a prof or teacher.
5. Randomly tell strangers things that seriously embarrassed me.
4. Eat head cheese.
3. Live permanently in Canada
2. Live permanently in Burkina Faso
1. Castrate someone.
FIVE things you do for fun:
5. Do juvenile yet fun things with friends (see Tamara's #1)
4. Read.
3. Live vicariously through other people's blogs.
2. Watch crappy soap operas.
1. Knit
FOUR things you remember from your childhood:
4. My cousin saying he was going to marry me. He was 8, I was 6. It was just kid stuff.
3. Wandering off at the Ontario Science Centre when I went up with a friend and getting them all worried.
2. Making the cover for a book I'd written as a school project about dragons.
1. Being so afraid that my mother would give me a swirlie I wouldn't go upstairs.
THREE things you miss:
3. My habit of being a constant reader.
2. Brydie.
1. Being idealistic and nice.
TWO things you're known for saying:
2. "Smooth", with sarcasm.
1. "A baby ate my dingo." My mind was on something else at the time...
ONE reason you smile:
1. Because life is just too damned funny not to.
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Martha
2. Marty
3. Smelly. Er, thanks, dad.
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. Sprunkle
2. Strumpet
3. desilu
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My eyes. They're a few different colours, with "bacon bits" in them according to