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November 18, 2005

Friday Shuffle -

I haven't been awake for an hour, and already I'm annoyed. It's nothing big; just a collection of little things. My sinuses have gone crazy and I feel like my head is full of spackle. And trust me, but you don't even want to know what travesties are occuring in my uterus at the moment.

So, what do I do while I'm in a foul mood? Why, I read a bit of advice given on an online forum. Not advice given to me, which is what makes this even more obnoxious. It never ceases to amaze me how people can know just a teeny snippet of a situation, but pontificate on what one should do nonetheless. It's the tip of the iceberg, People, and you don't have the good sense or the investment to look below the water's surface.

Ugh.

What I need is a giant mug of wintry blend coffee, a dash of half and half, and a shuffle taken from my Party folder:

1. Walt Whitman's Niece - Billy Bragg w/ Wilco
2. Mirror in the Bathroom - English Beat
3. Candy Floss - Wilco
4. I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone - Sleater-Kinney
5. La La Love You - Pixies
6. Trip Through Your Wires - U2
7. War on War - Wilco
8. Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine - White Stripes
9. Neighborhood 3-Power Out - Arcade Fire
10. Dyslexic Heart - Paul Westerberg

I love you, shuffle. How can I be irritated when "Walt Whitman's Niece" is the first song I hear? It's impossible to be in a bad mood. But I can't tell which mooooood.

The fact that I was able to work the phrase, "No Sir. That was last week. This is blood," (thanks, Uterus!) into a conversation? Makes my day.

Posted by Robin at November 18, 2005 08:18 AM

Comments

Nice playlist there. Add a dash of "New Gold Dream" from Simple Minds and it would be perfect!

Posted by: Bridget Unnel at November 18, 2005 09:01 AM

i'm so glad i was the recipient of that phrase, too. :)

Posted by: kara at November 18, 2005 10:46 AM

i love wilco - good for any mood...

Posted by: BabelBabe at November 18, 2005 03:27 PM