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I'll admit this is a meme. But it's a really COOL meme. I did this days ago, and haven't had a chance to post it, but I think other people should find this fun.

Okay, here it is (I've completely forgotten who I originally saw post this, so these are the rules from memory): put your iPod/MP3 player (this assumes you have one) on "shuffle." (If you don't have one, I suppose you could just turn on the radio. It ought to work the same way, since you don't pick the rotation on the radio, either.)

Then, write down the first lyric of the first twenty songs. These form a poem. The first lyric of the 21st song is your title.


Did I cheat when I did this? You betcha! But not so much as you might think. I did move a few lines around (and skip some really goofy songs), but some of the eeriest combinations of lines were pure serendipity. (The boat/stowaway thing, for example.) Totally freaky.

I'm pleased that it sort of formed a story (especially with my bits of re-arrangement, heh), even if it IS unintentionally hilarious with the way you keep getting smacked between the eyes with really obvious, well-known song lyrics.

Also, I didn't see anything saying I HAD to keep this to a strict, four-line stanza format (unless I missed it), so um...I didn't. I actually spliced one line into another towards the end, but hopefully the credits are clear enough.

So...TA-DAAH! [Re-]shuffled art.

( I Have Sailed The World )

NEAT, huh?

Snagged this from t_eyla. Apparently The Big Read claims the average adult has only read 6 books from their "top 100" list. SO. The meme is to see how you compare:


1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you love.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ.

( 24. It annoys me I'm one short of a quarter. I might go read something just to fix that )

Blah, there's been some big weather changes in my area lately - I mean, totally bipolar weather changes. Icy, foggy snowfall which then rebounded back to warm, slushy temperatures. My wrists are stiff and hurty because of it, and the Boss's Daughter is having so much trouble with her back that she basically only worked four hours on Thursday, despite being scheduled to work all day. It SUCKS.


Also, I finally managed to find the time and energy to write down the answers to the questions euclase asked me for an interview meme. These are damn good questions, too:

( Unfortunately, I don't actually have a personal theme song )

And although the interview meme has been done before, I've never participated before, so I extend this to my flist. Comment and say you want to be interviewed, and I'll ask you five questions.

I don't promise them to be as good as these were, though.

I have my own useless blob! (His name's Marty.)