Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? – A meme
Main Entry: meme
Pronunciation: ‘mēm
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of mimeme, from mim- (as in mimesis) + -eme
Date: 1976
: an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture
I found this online and apparently, so has everyone else (google: ipod meme). So I’m the latest in a line of bloggers looking for something to post. Sue me.
Here are the instructions:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.
4. NO CHEATING
Q: What does next year have in store for you?
Appels + Oranjes – Smashing Pumpkins: The chorus of this song begins with "What if, what is isn’t true? What are you going to do?" and that sounds kind of ominous so I’m going to say that it just means my fruit intake is going to increase next year.
Q: What does your love life look like next year?
I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles: Awwww…. I love my wife.
Q: What do you say when life gets hard?
Spring, Sprang, Sprung – Jack Fascinato: Hmmm… maybe I should start saying this. It could work. Plus then the kids wouldn’t start repeating other words that would be bad for them to repeat.
Q: Song that reminds you of good times?
Mr. Jones – Counting Crows: When I think of their first album, it reminds me of working at The Wherehouse on Broxton in Westwood Village and the manager at the time had some guy issues and she kept replaying "Time And Time Again" time and time again. Kind of sad, really. But other than that, I had good times and met some people there that I’m sure will be in my life forever.
Q: What do you think when you get up in the morning?
Shadrach – Beastie Boys: I’ll take that. "I ride the wave of fate, it don’t ride me holmes!"
Q: What song will you dance to at your wedding?
Joy – The Lightning Seeds: Ok, it sounds like a nice song right? "Baby I never realised the joy till the joy was gone." Eeep! I’ll just say here that we danced to "Halo" by The Cure and it was awesome.
Q: Song that reminds you of your first kiss?
The River is Wild – The Killers: Well… hmmm. I think for all involved, I’m just going to leave that one alone.
Q: Your favorite saying?
That’s The Way (My Love Is) – The Smashing Pumpkins: You’d think that this would be hard to work into a conversation but, it’s kind of easy.
Example:
"Hey did you hear about the Tiger mauling at the zoo?"
"That’s the Way (My Love Is)"
"Uh… okay?"
See? Try it at your next party.
Q: Favorite place?
Smile Like You Mean It – The Killers: Hmph. Must be a comedy club or something. On another note, I have almost 4,000 songs on my ipod and nine questions in, I already have repeats bandwise. That’s interesting in a you already stopped reading this awhile back there, didn’t you? Oh, it’s ok. Me too.
Q: Most Missed Memory?
Future Foe Scenarios – Silversun Pickups: Well, I guess that makes sense, I guess I would miss something that hasn’t happened yet. But how do you miss a memory? Isn’t calling something a memory signifying that you actually remember it and if you remember it, how can you miss it? I’m confused and now that I’m dealing with Future Foes I’ve gone cross eyed…
Q: What song describes your best friend?
Slow Ride – Foghat: The only thing that I can say that comes close to meaning something about any of my friends is this: This song is on the Dazed and Confused soundtrack and this is a movie that Jon and I used to watch just about everynight after he got back from working at his record store and I at mine and the viewings would start at 1 or 2 in the morning and it would just get funnier and funnier as the night wore on. This was all stone sober mind you. Had we been under the influence, we’d probably still be laughing to this day.
Q: What song describes your ex?
Heaven Forbid – The Fray: Again, for all parties involved, we’ll just let this be.
Q: Where would you go on a first date?
We Dance Alone – Beck: Let me just paraphrase what I think my wife would say upon reading this:"That’s so wrong!" Yeah, I don’t dance anymore. I just lost it somewhere along the way. I do hope to find it again cause she likes dancing so much but so far, no luck.
Q: Drug of choice?
We Luv Deez Hoez – Outkast: Heh. That’s funny!
Q: What song describes yourself?
I’m Shady – Eminem: Well, I wouldn’t call me shady, unless you take it as "I like to be in the shade" then, yeah, that’s me.
Q: What is the thing you like doing most?
3-Minute Rule – The Beastie Boys: Y’know, this could be taken any number of ways but I think I’ll just leave it up to your imagination but if you know me, you probably don’t want to do that either. Probably just best to move on to the next question.
Q: The song that best describes the president?
Never say Never – Romeo Void: If I followed politics any, I’m sure this would either be funny or scathing or somewhere in between. But I don’t so I don’t know where this lands. I know lots of people are critical of the job he’s doing and that’s fine, we’re his boss or so it’s supposed to go. But there’s a couple of paths that I follow when it comes to this: the Linus school of thought (“There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.”) and my own personal belief that, since I couldn’t do the job better than he could, how can I get mad at him? I’m just glad that everyone is not mad at me.
Q: Where will you be in 10 years?
Piku Playground – The Chemical Brothers: Sounds like fun. I hope there’s shade there.
Q: Your love life right now?
Reap The Wild Wind – Ultravox: Once again, we’re just going to leave this alone. 
Q: What is your state of mind like at the moment?
Self-Pity – Peter Bjorn & John: Well, that sucks.
Q: How will you die?
The Christmas Waltz – Frank Sinatra: See? That’s why I don’t dance anymore and I’m sure as hell not dancing anytime near Christmas.
Q: The song you’ll put as the subject?
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? – Moby: Good lord, I’m in worse shape than I thought.
