Yet another cool meme!

1. Put your iTunes (or iPod or iPhone or iAnything) on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the meme as well as the person you got the meme from.
5. Add a pic that you think represents you at this moment in time.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Michael Hedges, "Rikki's Shuffle" **Reminds me of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, my first favorite story. Don't we all need more mongeese in our lives?

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Beach Boys, "Be True to Your School" **Really? Given that I've yet to attend an NCSU basketball or football game, I'm not sure that's right.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Simon & Garfunkel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" **Does this mean that the answer is "Faith"?

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Beach Boys, "Surfin' USA" **Ahhh...

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Tracy Chapman, "Tell It Like It Is" **Used ta was, once upon a time...I'd like to think I've progressed since then...

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Patty Griffin, "Stay On the Ride" **Stubborn and persistent beyond belief? I dunno.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Kany García, "Esta Soledad" **Only when I wake up crying in the middle of the night 'cause I dreamt Anna left. So, occasionally, but not frequently. Thank goodness.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
The Octaves, "I Can See It In Your Eyes" **"You wanna get with me/You know I'm fine and that's okay...I can see it in your eyes that you want me/I can see it in your eyes that you think I'm fine/But baby, why are you so shy?/I know that you want me, I can see it in your eyes" ~ Hmmm...you'd have to ask Anna. That sounds about right. [Laurie, what do you think? Have I earned that wine glass? ;-)]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Jars of Clay, "The Edge of Water" **"Have you ever been haunted/The way I've been by you?/And have you ever felt the measure of the days that I've spent waiting/Pining for you?" ~ Yes. Especially when she wears this certain pair of pants. MMMMMMmmmm. :-P

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Dave Matthews Band, "Too Much" **Certainly w/r/t/ me and food, yeah. As to the song's actual subject matter, that'd be a categorical "No."

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, "Sevillanas" **I want to be a group of Spanish women? Man, I'm learning *so much* from the Magic 8-Pod!!

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Gabrieli Consort and Players, [The Messiah (G.F. Handel)] "Why Do the Nations?" **"...rage?" Clearly because they're all competing for her attention. That Handel -- so perceptive!

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Indelible Grace, "Thou Lovely Source of True Delight" **I think the massive amount of Christian music in my collection and the faith's penchant for bridal metaphors rendered this a not-unlikely selection...very apropos, no?

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Mehdi, "Falling Leaves" **I'd rather there be some kind of wild 'n' crazy party at my funeral, like an Irish wake...but this is a nice sentiment, too, I suppose.

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
H2O (Providence College Ministry), "Sweet Substitution" **Does this mean I like Mad Libs, or something?

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Al-Kitaab, "Lesson 12 - 'Amiyya As'ab" **[In Arabic:] "My name is Mohammad Abu al-'Aila. Naturally you know a lot about me because of my daughter Maha..." ~ Nice! I'm an Egyptian Ph.D. in Comparative Literature who works as a translator at the U.N. and has a gorgeous daughter with my Palestinian wife! And y'all never knew...

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Danilo Montero, "Dios" **"De guerra y paz, Dios fuerte y tierno eres Tú/Principio y fin, el Dios Eterno eres Tú/Estás tan alto y tan bajo, a lo ancho, a lo largo en mi ser" ~ Not unless I'm an idolater, which I don't *think* I am. Then again, if I'm trying to convey the idea that they're always with me in spirit, I guess that can work.

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Sally Dworsky, "Red, Red Robin" **"When the red, red robin/Comes bob-bob-bobbin' along/There'll be no more sobbin'/When he starts singin' his song" ~ I got nothin'.

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Laura Pausini, "Se Fue" **From the refrain: "Se fue, se fue, el perfume de sus cabellos/Se fue, el murmullo de su silencio/Se fue, su sonrisa de fábula/Se fue, la dulce miel que probé en sus labios./Se fue, me quedó sólo su veneno/Se fue, y mi amor se cubrió de hielo/Se fue, y la vida con él se me fue/Se fue, y desde entonces ya sólo tengo lagrimas." ~ As a kid, I once felt that way about a boomerang I got stuck up in a tree...otherwise, I think I'm okay. [Ry, don't you just *love* that romantic Latino songwriting? I'm picturing the soulful gazing into the camera thing right now...]

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Diana Krall, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" **Hmmm. I don't know that that's a *funny* sentiment...

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Jim Brickman, "Peace (Where the Heart Is)" **Tears of joy, perhaps?

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Fred Hammond, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" **Apparently my parents felt something like this when they heard I'd actually been able to maintain a healthy and lasting relationship, so I guess it works...

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Randall Goodgame, "Charlie Robin" **A song about financial difficulties? Sign of the times, I guess.

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Maná, "Pobre Juan" **Apparently not.

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Sarah Makem, "Farewell My Love, Remember Me" **Again, nothing.

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
David LaMotte, "Deadline" **Until last Friday, I'd have said yes. Now, no longer!

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Tracy Grammer, "Hard to Make It" **If "it" means time for such a lengthy meme, yes.


Note: What gives with all the Spanish tunes? No Portuguese or French? What the hey? I'd also like to say that I've got a bunch of "more manly" stuff on here, lest you think from the selection that popped up that I'm terribly sensitive or something. Where's the GnR, Metallica, or Evanescence? I mean, seriously...