Whoops, almost forgot a title!

So, I just found some things out in the last 3 minutes that are unnerving to me, and they will be summarized briefly right here:

1. Neil Gaiman (who is an awesome author) and Amanda Palmer (who is an awesome singer) are getting married.

This is sincerely surreal for me, because Amanda Palmer is someone who I associate my past with, as my dad listened to The Dresden Dolls, and I grew up with Coin-Operated Boy, while Neil Gaiman is much more firmly implanted in the future (despite the fact that I read Coraline when I was in 4th grade) because only recently have I begun to read his books/blogs/see him in general mentioned on the Internet.

2. Crazy fan is crazy.

There's some girl who, basically, stalked someone from a band I actually used to listen to quite a bit, and saw, and looked up his address, and waited in his bushes, and was generally creepy, and crazy and this would be yet another surreal moment as I learned of these goings-on from the lovely Cleolinda - this would be yet another case of different aspects of my life colliding and relating and it sort of weirds me out.

And that is the news for today.
Yesterday: It Ends Tonight by The All-American Rejects Today's: "A lake of gold in the desert sand/is less than a cool fresh spring/And to one lost sheep a shepherd boy/is greater than the richest king"

Today me and some friends made some bracelets to be sold at lunch tomorrow for a dollar, to raise money for Haiti. We also made some friendship bracelets too, cause those are awesome.

This of course inspired me to make more friendship bracelets, and that is string I'm holding in my hand right there; there're so many COLORS!

Today's first song on Shuffle was part of the Sherlock Holmes soundtrack, and thus had no words (awesome title though: "Is it Poison, Nanny?") The second song, on the other hand, goes something like this: "It's my fault when you're blind/You're blind/But all these thoughts locked inside/Now you're the first to know" Yesterday's song was Johnny Tarr by Gaelic Storm.

Discoveries, and some slight cheating

For those of you who, like me, didn't know, if you stand further back, you can actually see the image better. IT'S AMAZING!!!1!!11

Anywho, today was a vegetable kind of day, though I did make a couple bracelets to help the whole Haiti thing - they'll be sold in the cafeteria during lunch I think, for one dollar, definitely on Tuesday, possibly on other days as well.

Completely forgot to have lyrics yesterday, but no one seemed to notice, so no harm done right? Those from two days ago were Baba O'Riley by The Who (<3)

So for today's lyrics:

"See, I wasn't there, I swears I have an alibi/I heard it from a man who knows a fellow who says it's true."

I'm going to be honest: this was not the first song that came up when I pressed Shuffle. In fact, I didn't even do this on my iPod; it was on my dad's. But while the first song that came up is in my iPod, I've never listened to it. So I decided to keep skipping until I found a song that's both on my iPod and that I've listened to at least once. (For those interested, the original song would have been FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake)

Books, books, and more books

God my To-Be-Read pile has reached gargantuan sizes.

One of my goals for this year was to shrink it until it was no taller than my knee; I have quite a ways to go, as you can see.

I really enjoy reading. It's the best form of escape; you can go anywhere, and see people and places you couldn't normally, and fantastic things can happen. And even better than movies, because you never have to worry about bad actors, or effects, because all of its in your imagination. And all of this has been said a million and one times, but it's still true.

In other news, my family watched Julie & Julia, and I still really like that movie. It's happy and fun and has great music, three of my favorite things in a movie, and it was based on a book based on a true story, which is always a huge plus. I also got around to watching 9 finally, and it was pretty good, though it seemed really short. It's funny how much longer movies have gotten; the movie was about an hour and 15 minutes, which used to be the norm, yet it seemed short. Meanwhile, Julie & Julia was almost two hours and that seemed just right.

(ETA: Whoops, I forgot to say the song! It was Baba O'Riley by The Who)

Today's picture was brought to you by the Imwatchinu Corp. of America.

So.

Today, inspired by The Omnivore's Dilemma (I caved and bought it so I could finish), I will begin yet another new thing (ye gods, how am I going to manage to do all this?!): keeping track of the food I eat during the day. It probably won't be written on here though, as that's not so interesting to read, I wouldn't think.


Second order of business: Yesterday's lyrics and today's. Yesterday: We're Not Afraid by Sing It Loud. Today's, brought to you by my father's iPod are: "We fight for our meals/We put our back into our living/I don't need to fight/to prove I'm right/I don't need to be forgiven." (As a side note: I love this song. It will forever remind me of A Bug's Life, as it's the song that plays at the very end, towards the end of the credits. HINTHINTHINT)

Nothing else of note happened today, besides my first Behind-the-Wheel, which was more uneventful than most of my driving sessions with my mom.

Mellifluous is a cool word.

So. First off, the answer to the games will be posted in the following day's post, due to the unforseen problem of a non-white background.

Second, I tried to finish The Omnivore's Dilemma because of Geography, and failed pretty badly. Oh well.

Third, I love Fringe. But what else is new?

Fourth, today's lyrics: "I wanna know if there's a way that you could take my hand/with yours before I slip and fall/and fall again"

And that's all for tonight, folks!

In which we invent a new game...

Today on The Daily Blog, we will be introducing a new game, because a blog about what happens to me every day is way too boring, and I don't have it in me, quite frankly, to write long blogs every day. Or even most days. (though today I do have some news: I drove on the highway for the first time!)

Anyway, the game is called Name that Song, and the rules are simple: name the song the lyrics go to without using a search engine to look them up. The answer will be in white; highlight it to see.

So I put my iPod on Shuffle, and today's lyrics are:

"I met you before the fall of Rome/And I bet you to let me take you home/You were wrong; I was right/You said goodbye, I said goodnight."

It's All Been Done by The Barenaked Ladies.

ETA: Unfortunately, it has been discovered that this font still shows up on the post. So. We'll have to rethink this plan.

Also: text "Haiti" to 90999 and you donate $10 to relief funds (billed to your phone)

And if you do that, I will send you this cat*:

*Offer valid only through 01/12/10