i-Pod faves

Above is a screenshot of the songs on my i-Pod sorted in order of times played. It's theorised that you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. And yes, it is surprising to find out a friend likes classical or jazz, like it's a side not often seen or associated with that person.

Michael Franti is the top song. Stay Human is a funkadelic song about modern life and living.

Surprisingly, my morning song "Shake It" is there. Damn you, Metro Station. That is one catchy song of which I have yet to tire. There are some golden oldies in there, which reveals an old soul. But if you can't appreciate the beautiful melody of "What a Fool Believes", the sweet tunes of "I Can't Go For That" or shaking your groove thing to "September" , these are joys in life you're missing out on. Smatterings of AC/DC, Weezer (I'm a fan but haven't moved past Pinkerton and am obsessing over whether to spend the $11.99 for Make Believe or the green album or even the $16.99 for the red album). Does anyone else have the problem with gift vouchers in that they want to get the best thing they can with the voucher. I received vouchers over Christmas and had THE HARDEST time spending them because I was always second guessing the purchase and always dwelling on other options.

So while I love getting vouchers, they are a bane of my existence. Not to mention, I have a tendency to lose book vouchers and such. No doubt, in years to come I'll open a paperback and find a voucher bookmarked within with an expiry date of 2005.

Yes, there is some Atomic Kitten, Jessica Simpson and even *gulp* Lindsay Lohan. Actually, I'm not all that ashamed about having them. Atomic Kitten's "Ladies Night" is a good cover and I always laugh as I am reminded of John Lovitz playing a wedding singer in "The Wedding Singer" and singing this song. Jessica Simpson's "Public Affair" is a cute little pop song and Lindsay Lohan's "First" actually does get the blood moving in me.

You'll notice Van Halen's Jump is in there - this used to be my previous morning song. Kiss "Rock and Roll All Nite" is also a previous morning blood pumper. There's a song on there called "Emily" which I'm trying to learn on ukulele for my wife because I can't be bothered trying to plug my electric guitar in every time I want to play.

An interesting one is JT's "Damn Girl", I'm assuming everyone knows who JT refers to. I listen to "Damn Girl" as a sexy song. My life is ruled by music and the movies. A lot of the way things have panned out is because of how I'd visualise it as a Hollywood movie. Heck, I even used some Buffy witty reparte/pick up lines on my wife before we started dating. It's less of an influence now, but I guess there's a point where fantasy gives way to reality. This is not a bad thing, as fantasy is a good thing but can keep you oblivious to what's around you and if you're always expecting things to be like they are in the movies, you're going to be one sad little buckeroo.

Speaking of happiness, I've been filling some of my time scooter shopping! I will hopefully be in line to get a scooter within the next few months and I'm drooling over the possibilities. Out of my possibilities will be a used Vespa ET4 150 or PX200 (There is no way I am not buying one of these brand new), a used Yamaha Vino 125cc or a new SYM Fiddle 2. I'm also excited that I have to plan everything from getting my bike licence, safety gear, riding through the streets of Rome with my legs sticking out and laughing. Damn, there's that Hollywood-isation of my life again. So if I end up reporting that I got a Vespa, then you know I've gone all "Roman Holiday".