Friday's iPod Challenge

1. Katie Melua - Just Like Heaven
A heavenly remake of The Cure's song. Featured in the movie with Reese Witherspoon. VERY sweet song... "you... soft only.. you... lost and lonely... you... strange as angels... dancing in the deepest oceans... twisting in the water... you're just like a dream"
2. Serge Devant - Surround You
Oh I love love love this song. The beat is fabulous and so are the words. Nothing better than a sultry man voice singing "I will surround you... chase your fears... and keep you near me"
3. Michelle Branch - Tuesday Morning
She has sung me through some really hard times in the past. Tuesday morning is about not wanting to leave someone you care about... and finding yourself through relationships. "If I had known then, that these things happen, would they have happened with you?" Too bad she's no longer a solo artist.
4. Cass - Little Bird (Tiesto's In Search of Sunrise 5)
My memory of this song is listening to it in the car when SG was around... He hated trance/dance music, especially this song. Fucker.
5.King Kooba - If I could (Kaskade Remix)
I guess lots of songs help me through lots of times... because this one is no different. I've felt the way of this song once upon a time and am so happy I'm past that. It's all about leaving someone that doesn't treat you well... If you could.
6.Alana Davis - I want you
"Oh you do you do you do you make me want you..." heheh... a remake of Third Eye Blind's song. Very pretty!
7.Carrie Skipper - Time Goes By (ATB's - DJ In The Mix 3)
Great beat. Love this CD...love ATB :)
8.Filo & Peri - Anthem (Armin Van Buuren - ASOT 2007)
I heard PVD do this in person, and it wasn't so good. Well, PVD isn't good at all... he's an asshole, actually. BUT I heart Armin and loooove his rendition of it. Way to get it back on track, Armin!
9.Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
mmmmmm :) Such a feel-good song!
10.BT and Tiesto - Love Comes Again
You've gotta believe that love will come again ;)

Kaskade!

Kaskade has a new CD out... Bring the night. It's a compilation of some songs... so not an original CD like Love Mysterious was, but good nonetheless. Love it!

Rollerblading has been my thing recently. I can't wait to go tomorrow. It's been way too incredibly hot for it lately though. I've been going later at night so it's not as hot, but i'm drenched in sweat by the time I'm done. Brandon's going with me tomorrow night - and Heather's going on Friday night. :) I can't wait!!

I got out of a ticket today because the state of GA is unorganized. Thankfully! That's $150 I can use, thank you very much!!! They told me to be there at 3pm... so I was there... and when I got there, the dockett said I needed to be there at 5pm... They set my "trial" for the wrong date (stupid HOV violation... I'm not stupid, it was the only exit ramp available so I took it) and so the fault was in their court. They dismissed. Hooray!

Hottttt Hottt Hott

Ahhhh... Hot cup of tea on a hot summer day. Wait a minute. That doesn't sound right?! I should have some ice cream or something. Eh, I can be good for just another day...

This evening will consist of having my nails poked and prodded at until they become a nice shape and painted to perfection. Then blood, sweat, and tears at the park as I roll along the sidewalks... mostly uphill. And then a nice evening at home watching the DCI finals. I'm still slightly regretting turning down the Spirit Drum and Bugle Corps the summer after high school. It would have been fun.

There is a lot of planning to be done for this trip coming up. It's coming along... but coming up quickly!!!

ipodilicious

Monday's iPod Challenge...
Put your iPod on "shuffle" and let the pod do the work. List your songs (no cheating allowed)... and adapted from the ipodilicious blog. (You didn't think I'd come up with something like this on my own, now, did you?!)

1. Lifehouse - Storm
I love this song, it's so soothing from the new album. His voice is amazing... and so is his face... and his body... and yah. I loved him so much that I actually attended his concert solo. Isn't that spectacular?
2. Pink - Long way to happy
This song kind of got me through a rough patch... knowing that there are people who actually struggle from time to time. I'm not alone in knowing that I have a problem trusting people and it does take a while to get over some things.
3. Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
"Man, I wish I was beautiful... sha-la la la la yah uh huh yah..." Such a feel-good song :)
4. Coldplay - The Scientist
Oh... good ole XM... *sigh* this song is way too representative of what we had to have not been written for us. It means a lot to both of us.
5. Kaskade - Really can't stop
funky funky beat. He's coming to see me Sept 22 :)
6. Filo & Peri - Ordinary Moment
I freaking LOVE this song... "All I want is an ordinary moment here with you... no distractions... Tell the world we're too busy doing nothing, cancel everything that you can. lead me in to the kitchen at the table I just wanna be alone with you..."
7. Kaskade - Everything
It's on my myspace page right now. I think it's actually the first Kaskade song I ever heard. :)
8. Dave Matthews - Hello Again
I hate this song :)
9. Kaskade - Here I am
Featured on "The Devil Wears Prada"... great great song. "I'm too shy to show you my vulnerable side... I'm too near to make it clear emotional suicide... Here I am... I can't give you anything."
10. DJ Tiesto - In my memory
Ahhhh... gotta love this one. It's one of the few "beginner" songs into dance/trance that got me hooked. MMMmmmm.

Can you tell I have an obsession with Kaskade? :)

Appropriate Lyrics

Blank Jones - Perfect Silence

the most perfect silence is
when there is no need to speak
the most perefect silence is
when there´s no need to explain

the most perfect moment is
when we just come from different circumstances
but the stream of lust flows into the same direction

the most perfect silence is
when there´s no need of showing
something is true
when you see the same pictures
from another point of view

when there´s no need to search the outside
no need to linger on
not a single something left to distract you
no need to want

don´t you see how I long
how I long
for that moment to come?

the most perfect silence is
when there´s no need to speak
the most perfect silence is
when there´s no need to explain

when there´s no need to search the outside
no need to linger on
not a single something left to distract you
no need to want

don´t you see how I long
how I long
for that moment to come?

Meeting the man of my dreams

Ah... so it finally happened... I met him. And he's just as wonderful as I thought he would be. His music filled the room and I immediately knew it was destiny that I was there. Kaskade has to be my (hands down absolutely) favorite dj on the planet. He played all of my favorites, Steppin Out, It's you It's me, 4am... and the list goes on. I was in heaven. Literally. :)

When I met him, I told him I loved him. Haha. Usually i'm not that blunt, but, come on, how many times in your life do you meet someone that special to you?! I don't really remember what he said to me... I handed over the CD case i'd brought for him to sign. He thanked me for actually buying the CD and apologized for the track listing on the back. (the songs and the track listing don't match up) Then I got another picture with him - and it was an overall good night. (Which is surprising because it was attack of the Santa's for some pub crawl there. ugh! Drunken Santa's... what could be worse?!)

I found Mat Kearney. He's pretty dang good if you ask me. I know, I have such a random taste in music. Eh, whatever. Good times.

SO - this weekend was pretty fabulous. This week is finals week and i'll be done with school until January. I can start my step classes again (since the promotion I haven't had time). Maybe they'll fall in a more workable schedule for me next semester.

Oh yah, I guess I should also tell you that I got my promotion. :) You know, the one i'd waited 9 months for. Marketing Coordinator. Gotta love it!

Things are just as good as they can be. I can't complain one bit.

some lyrics I found moving

ANGELS & AIRWAVES

"Do It For Me Now"

I'm frightened at night and the wind has a roar
It seeps through the hall and from under the door
Like the shit that was said
I can't take it that well
I give and I give and I give and I give and I'm still
Lost and hurt and bone thin from the love that's been starved
I know it got close but I'm sure it's too far
From the point of suspense, we know it should be
The end of that part of our favorite movie
When the guy grabs the girl and gives her his hand
Says take me away from this torturous land
Cause the grave is set up, the hole that I dug
I gave and I gave and I gave and I gave you my trust
Like the time that we kissed and you gave me a lie
To add to the scene you pretended to cry
But I'm here and I'm cool, the way that it is
Just give me a chance and I'll try to forgive

And I don't know
And I can't guess
If it's gonna be OK
But now my last wish
Is that you do this with me
Kiss me here and hold my hand
Let me feel like I'm the only one
I know you can
Won't you do it for me now

I've really had it with the rain of the tears
The predictable storm that has come every year
And it sneaks in from shore with a bat in its hand
I'm trying I'm trying I'm trying I'm trying I can't
You're a thief and a witch but I love you to death
You steal my heart and curse under your breath
But the one thing that I can most willingly prove
That when you are gone I'll be fine without you

And I don't know
And I can't guess
If it's gonna be OK
But now my last wish
Is that you do this with me
Kiss me here and hold my hand
Let me feel like I'm the only one
I know you can
Won't you do it for me now?

Now just hold on, hold on to me
Hold on, hold on to me (hold on to me)
Hold on, hold on to me (hold on to me)
Hold on, hold on to me (hold on to me)
Hold on, hold on to me (hold on to me)
Hold on, hold on to me (hold on to me)
Hold on, hold on to me (hold on to me)
Hold on, hold on to me (hold on to me)
Hold on, hold on to me (hold on to me)
Hold on, hold on to me (hold on to me)


This was me for oh-so-long. "I give and I give and I give and I give and I'm still lost and hurt and bone thin from the love that's been starved"

And it feels so good to be past that. ;)