Memes
Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play.
Use the song titles that come up to answer each question.
NO CHEATING.

1. How does the world see me?
Son of a Prophet, The New Amsterdams
All your hangers-on
Watch with anxious eyes.
Watch your mouth to speak
Words mystic and wise.
Can you explain away everything
That I know to be true?
Will you flinch if I criticize
Anything about you?
Anything about you?"

...So, the world sees me as an insecure prophet?

2 Will I have a happy life?
Julia's Waltz, Natalie MacMaster.

This is a gorgeous, sad instrumental. I'm guessing no. Damn, this song makes me cry. It's on YouTube over here.

3. What do people really think of me?
Turn the Key, Patrick Wolf

"Turn the key, over and over."

...And from there it's an instrumental, mostly. I guess they think I'm secretive? Or locked-up?

4. Do people secretly lust after me?
Angel, 8mm

"Hush, little angel, won't you try,
the devil hears you when you cry.

"So you can't
and you won't
give up the ghost now, waiting alone
you know you don't need those lessons
someone else learned. It's your life,
it's your artifact.
So you can't, and just can't..."

...Creepy. I'm not going to think about the implications there.

5. How can I make myself happy?
Everywhere You Turn, Longwave

"When I'm sure, I don't know why but I feel so insecure
When it comes, it comes like a big lull.
But either way, I don't know why but I guess you're crazy
and all the thoughts, they're twisted in knots."

"When I'm home, I don't know why but I feel so all alone
And then you come, barreling down like an atom bomb.
Well, I want to but I want to but I want to but I feel all inside out
Well, I want to but I want to but I want to but I fell all inside out
Everywhere, you turn there's always something there
And all the time, you're getting no where
Everywhere, I don't know but I get so crazy
And all the thoughts, get twisted in knots...

Just give up and go with the flow? And spend more time with people, I think. Certainly give up insecurities.

6. What should I do with my life?
Cat Girl Tights, Cinerama

"I can hardly believe I was hearing your voice voice at first
been such a long time, I was starting to fear the worse...
...I began to think I, I would never see you again,
so now I feel so much better.

"I have missed you so much I
Don't think a single day's gone by
When I've not thought about you..."

I should find a boytoy who'll pay me out of his desperate need for my love. Yeeaaah.

7. Will I ever have children?
The Soldiering Life, the Decemberists

"And you, my brother in arms, I'd rather lose my limbs than let you come to harm!"

If I do, I'll be an over-protective mother who sees them as a friend rather as a kid. And then they'll join the army. Where they might be gay.

8. What is some good advice for me?
Sweet Troubled Soul, no idea as to artist, I got if off the Interwebs

"I'm a jealous man, oooh, I can't relate!...

...She's a summer tramp, ooh, all dressed in black!
A flourescent (something) oooh, sweet heart attack!
But there's another side that I'm trying to track
If you open your mind and let me take a stab
At the secrets that you know, sweet troubled soul..."

I should get into an abusive, unhealthy relationship. Good idea, now that I think about it.

9. What do I think my current theme song is?
Roll to Me, Del Amitri

"Look around your world pretty baby
Is it everything you hoped it’d be
The wrong guy, the wrong situation
The right time to roll to me

"Look into your heart pretty baby,
Is it aching with some nameless need.
Is there something wrong and you can’t put your finger on it
Right then, roll to me."

Now I'm trying to pick up desperate chicks by insisting I'm best.

10. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Get Up, Get Up, (You Sleepy Head), Lavern Baker

While Lavern does rock my socks, this is not a serious song at all.

"A little birdy with a little bill
Hopped upon my window sill, he said
"Get up, get up, you sleepy head!
The early birdy gets the worm,
to get a head you better be firm,
Get up, get up, get up you sleepy head!"

11. What song will play at my funeral?
Dark Matter, Andrew Bird

"When I was just a little boy,
I threw away all of my action toys,
Well, I became obsessed with
Operation--"

...Weird.

12. What type of men/women do you like?
Chicago, Sufjan Stevens

"I drove to New York
in a van, with my friend
we slept in parking lots
I don't mind, I don't mind
I was in love with the place
in my mind, in my mind
I made a lot of mistakes
in my mind, in my mind

you came to take us
all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
all things know, all things know
you had to find it
all things go, all things go

if I was crying
in the van, with my friend
it was for freedom
from myself and from the land
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes"

So, I like hippy emotional crazies. I'm okay with that.

13. What is my day going to be like?
Ding Dong Song, Gunther

"Ohhhh, you touch my tra-la-la.

"(My ding-ding-dong)
(Lalalalala~!)
Ohhh, you touch my tra-la-la.
(Lalalalalala...)
My ding-ding-dong.

"Deep in the night, I am looking for some fun
Deep in the night, I am looking for some love.
Deep deep deep in the night I am looking for some fun.
Deep in the night, I am looking for some *beep* *breathe*"

JESUS CHRIST I HOPE NOT.

14. Why am I here?
Bitch, Meredith Brooks

"I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
when you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numbed, I'm revived
can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way."

I'm a paradox?

15. What will people remember me for?
I Wish The Wars Were All Over, Tim Eriksen

"Down by deep water where sweet linden stand
I saw pretty Polly wringing her hands
The song that she sung made the whole grove to ring
My Billy has left me to fight for a king
And I wish the wars were all over

"I stood in amaze to hear what she said
I'll follow my Billy whether living or dead
The notes that she sung were the nightingale's notes
How the lark and the linnet they warble their throats
And I wish the wars were all over

"I said my dear Polly if you'll stay with me
I'll make you as happy as happy can be
No then she said that never can be
I'll never be happy til my Billy I see
And I wish the wars were all over

"Now from my parents I'll haste and away
I'll dress myself out in a young man's array
And every company that I pass by
I'll ask for my Billy or where he does lie
And I wish the wars were all over."

You know, I won't be unhappy if I'm known for protesting war.

16. What song will I get stuck in my head tomorrow?
The Other Side, David Gray.

"Maybe I ought to mention
It was never my intention
To harm you or your kin.
Are you so scared to look within?
The ghosts are crawling on our skin.
We may race and we may run,
We'll not undo what has been done
Or change the moment when it's gone.

"...I know it would be outrageous
To come on all courageous
And offer you my hand,
To pull you up on to dry land
When all I got is sinking sand.
The trick ain't worth the time it buys.
I'm sick of hearing my own lies
And loves a raven when it flies.

"Meet me on the other side.
Meet me on the other side.
I'll see you on the other side.

"Honey, now if I'm honest,
I still don't know what love is."

I really do like this song, actually.

17. Are there people outside waiting to take me away?
The Lucky One, Au Revoir Simone

"A dream of togetherness
Turned into a brighter mess
A faint sigh my spoken best
Now, now

"Make way for the simple hours
No finding the time it’s ours
A fate or it's a desire
I know

"So I was the lucky one
Reading letters, not writing them
Taking pictures of anyone
I know

"So let the sun shine
So let the sun shine
So let the sun shine
Let it come
To show us that tomorrow is eventual
We know it when the day is done"

If there are, I'm not scared, then.

18. What will this year be all about?
Into the Fire, Thirteen Senses

"Come on, come on, put your hands into the fire."

Woohoo, yeah, appropriate.