[meme] The Soundtrack of My Life, or How To Waste Friday Night While Your Friends Watch The Wire

I wasn't tagged, but I'll do this anyway - I have so much music I could do this dozens of times and not get a repeat, so I'm really curious to see what happens.

"This," of course, is a meme - set your preferred music player to shuffle and write down the song that shows up. Just go down the list.

I think memes are related to MASH, for those of you who remember that little gem. I think I played it once, under duress. (And to be clear, while my disagreement with it at the time was certainly sexist, my disagreement with it now is that it offers a very limited palette of possibility for human life.)

Found over at Uniquely Normal.

So, the songs..... format, of course, is song (artist) [commentary]. Clear?

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Freak of the Week (Funkadelic)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Solitude (His Name is Alive) [At times, this is certainly true]

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Taper Jean Girl (Kings of Leon)

HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?
Beer Bong (NOFX)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
The Moisture Farm (John Williams - Star Wars: A New Hope Soundtrack) [This probably comes across as nastier than it is - we are talking about vaporators, after all. Maybe it's about hard work, but that seems equally unlikely]

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Rave On (Real Kids) [I like Dionysius but not dancing - go figure]

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Orchid (Black Sabbath)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Pothole in My Lawn (De La Soul) [Hey! I got a job!]

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
Imperfectly (Ani DiFranco) [This was too good - I'm not a perfectionist or a feedback junkie or anything, I swear....]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Not A Pretty Girl (Ani Difranco)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Emma Blowgun's Last Stand (Beulah) [Oddly appropriate, though I am annoyed it assumes there is only one]

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
The Magnificent Bird Will Rise (Deerhoof)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Killbot 2000 (Murder by Death) [Uh-oh]

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Lonesome Town (Ricky Nelson - Pulp Fiction Soundtrack)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Pictures of Success (Rilo Kiley) [This is hypothetical, as there will be no wedding]

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Fresh Shot (Kickass Martians) [An excellent choice, as the two people on the planet who've heard this song aside from me will attest]

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
The O Men (The Butthole Surfers) [??????????}

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
School Spirit Skit One (Kanye West) [Failing at school? Sure]

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Pro Bowler Tachikoma (Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell Soundtrack)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Movement (LCD Soundsystem) [I hate it when they move]

WHAT IS THE THEME SONG TO YOUR LIFE?
It Just Is (Rilo Kiley) [Very existentialist]

WHAT DESCRIBES YOU?
Sons of the Silent Age (David Bowie)

WHAT WILL YOU NAME THIS BULLETIN?
Cheap Reward (Elvis Costello & the Attractions)


.... I like this post title too much to name it Cheap Reward. Sorry.

[Social Justice] The Privilege Meme

Found over at Sisyphean Task; check out his post to get a better idea of what this is about:

(Bold indicates that they apply to me)

1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
9. Were read children’s books by a parent
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp (one week of church camp for three summers)
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
23. You and your family lived in a single-family house
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
25. You had your own room as a child
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
31. Went on a cruise with your family.
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family.
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family

Just over half apply to me - 18/34.

Developers of this meme: Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker and Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University.