My Own "Celebrity" Playlist

Jon is all kinds of jealous because his friend Dan (whose house we're visiting, conveniently, for the Super Bowl) just got his 62" DLP TV. And Mary & Norm got a new DVR HD receiver for their digital cable. Gosh, we're so behind the times! We have a plain old 36" TV and no HD or DVR. Poor, miserable us. Obviously, we're big proponents of technology. We love it; gotta have it. Just how many computers do we have sitting around? I have two in front of me right now and Jon's sitting behind me with his laptop. And then there's the old laptop that's over on the bookshelf beside me. And we actually donated at least three the last time we went to Goodwill in State College before the move to GA. Now, I just wish I could get my Dad in on the craze. Dad, you CAN do it. Everyone... please take a moment to give my Dad props... he has an e-mail address!

Anyway, so I spent a lot of time being entertained today by the Celebrity Playlists in iTunes. Then, I thought, I wonder what I would put on my playlist if I had to limit it to a reasonable number of songs (as opposed to the 8100+ that are currently in the iPod or even the 200 on my Napster playlist). I decided to go with 21 (why 21? because 20 just wasn't enough). I know you don't care, but it was fun for me... so if you're so inclined, go ahead and skip over the playlist & go straight to the pics.

Billie Myers "Kiss the Rain" - My "turn-it-up" song. I hear the first chord, and I'm like… ahhhhhh…
Edwin McCain "Guinevere" - My driving song (and album). Love the whole album "Honor Among Thieves"
DMB "Stay" - My "watch Heidi airdrum like Rufus used to" song. Now, I've just gotta get me an orange BMW and some wooden bead taxicab seat covers. Those were great times, weren't they?!?!?!
EWF "In the Stone" - Gotta have a UNC MTH song in there… and this is by far the best (except for the whole Circus show, but you can't put ludicrous drill into your iPod)
Weird Al "You Don't Love Me Anymore" - "Our" song - you won't get it; don't even try.
Murphy Lee, Nelly & P Diddy "Shake Ya Tailfeather" - Makes me want to, well, shake my tailfeather… to the beat of the Seminole/Braves chant
Katrina & the Waves "Walkin' On Sunshine" - This is my feel-good, gotta-get-happy anthem ... and the reason sunshines are my thing.
Anything by John Mayer - Just about my favorite artist going. He knows me SO well. Pretty sure he has a hidden camera.
Alison Krauss "When You Say Nothing At All" - I could put a couple other Alison songs on the list, but this was the very first Alison song I heard… and it made me absolutely fall in love with her voice.
Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar On Me" - Can't help it. Love the '80s, and this album in particular. It's another one of my fave driving albums. Can always count on it to wake me up during a sleepy nighttime drive (mainly b/c I sing along at the top of my lungs, but you don't need to know that!).
Sting "All Four Seasons" - "Mercury Falling" is a staple (for me, at least). Love the unorthodox time signatures on several of these songs. Of course, if you know the song & you know me, it's pretty obvious why I would pick this song to put on my playlist, though.
Jann Arden "Gasoline" - I can sing along to any song on the whole "Living Under June" album. But this one has my favorite lyric (mentioned in a previous post... "hold out your heart and on it let the sun shine down").
The Jeff Healey Band "Angel Eyes" - My favorite on "From the Heart, Vol. 5"… which was a must-have in my teenage & college years. Went to sleep by this album many nights. Compilation albums are so funny... and silly!
Third Eye Blind "Narcolepsy" - I'm so tempted, just because of my memories of Chris in St. Louis, to include Semi-Charmed Life as my Third Eye Blind "pick"; but Narcolepsy is my fave from their self-titled album (which was the best, hands down). It's just so unconventional.
Van Morrison "Brown-Eyed Girl" - Umm... Because it's me.
James Taylor "Carolina In My Mind" - The MUST have for all Heels. Among other things, reminds me of CTOPS... which was pretty awful... but it's funny that I developed a crush on Jimmy there, who later became a good friend (well, good friend of a great friend) .
Bon Jovi "Livin' on a Prayer" - The ONLY choice if you're at a Karoake bar in Philly (or anywhere else, for that matter). Right, Camille?
Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" - Will always always always be one of my faves. You're never wrong.
Steven Curtis Chapman "The Mountain" - How many times can you listen to one cd before you OD on it? Haley and I pretty much wore "Heaven in the Real World" out on the way to school every morning.
Indigo Girls "Romeo & Juliet" - "Teaming" up with Cara started me on the Indigo Girls. Now, I can't stop. This is a "must have" song.
Scarlett O' "Independent Love Song" - From the soundtrack of "Bed of Roses"... of course.
Honorable Mentions: Sugarland, Trapt, Rascal Flatts, Damien Rice, Faith Hill, Maroon 5, Little Texas, Joss Stone, Sweet Little Dolly, Jeff Buckley, Conway, Incubus, and probably hundred of others that I just can't think of at the moment (which I'm sure most of you are thrilled about).

So, I dug into the files for a few fun photos tonight. These first few were at Jon's cousin's wedding. It had a renaissance theme (thus, the apparel). The first two were on the day of the actual event. The third is the family at the rehearsal dinner.

















And finally (sorry, no doggies tonight... I've had my fill of writing about/posting picture of them for the moment), I figure I owe you guys one of what I actually look like now (if it's been a while since we've seen each other). And although I have to cringe when I upload it (why is it that I think most pictures of myself are terrible?... oh well, I think this one's at least bearable), I'm gonna. This is me in my "office"... just before we went to eat Japanese @ Nikko's this past Friday evening. See the messy bookshelves? Anyone have any suggestions for how to organize them? Dewey Decimal to the rescue!