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I'm home for the weekend to celebrate my mom's birthday. We had a big party and open house, and it went well. My aunt and grandma threw a very good party, and now I get to reap the benefits of taking leftovers back with me. :-)

Emily did this activity, and I decided to do it as well. I often get comments about my weird collection of music, and I am curious to see if anyone recognizes any of the songs. :-) I have excluded the classical and foreign language music. :-) I am putting my ipod on shuffle, and I will write at least the first line of a song and you please identify the title and artist. If it is a common song, the artist may vary. So, here goes.

1. Lord I wish I could praise you with adequate words, but you leave me speechless.

2. Slow down, you move too fast, you've got to make the morning last. 59th Bridge Street Song (Feelin' Groovy) Simon and Garfunkle

3. Don't run from the bad and the beautiful, or all the hurting they provide.

4. I hear people saying we don't need this war, but I say there's some things worth fighting for. Have You Forgotten, Daryl Worley

5. Our packet is the Island Lass.

6. I hear the drizzle on the road, like the memory it falls. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her, Simon and Garfunkle

7. Some of them come down, some of them running, some of them looking for a way out of confusion.

8. As I went down to the river to pray, studying about that good old way. Down to the River to Pray, Alison Krause

9. What a dream I had, dressed in organdy. For Emily, Wherever I may Find Her, Simon and Garfunkle

10. Sitting here la, la waiting for my ya ya.

11. Roland was a warrior from the land of midnight sun. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Warren Zevon

12. All the colors of the rainbow, all the voices of the wind. Testify, Avalon

13. Oh what a parish, a terrible parish, oh what a parish is that of Dunkeld.

14. This is me, for forever, one of the lost ones.

15. Bleeding in the darkness, the cell was cold and black, driven to unconsciousness by the stripes upon his back. I Will Praise the Lord, (not sure of artist, mime song)

16. Fire and lightning from heaven fall.

17. A mile from Glencagen (sp?) on the road to the sea, stands a yew tree a thousand years old.

18. You girls and you brothers, you won't reach where we're going. No intimidation than to show that you care.

19. There's a place up ahead and I'm goin', just as fast as my feet can fly.

20. It's crowded in worship today. As she slips in, trying to fade into the faces. If We Are the Body, Casting Crowns

21. In the summer time, when all trees and leaves are green, and the redbird sings, I'll be blue, cause you don't want my love.

22. Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk to you again. Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkle

23. Everybody's got a waterbuffalo, your's is fast but mine is slow. The Water Buffalo Song, Veggie Tales

24. And so what we have learned applies to our lives today. What We Have Learned, Veggie Tales

25. Life was filled with guns and war, all of us got trampled on the floor.

26. If you like to talk to tomatoes, if a squash can make you smile. Veggie Tales Theme

27. Have you ever seen a boy with funny clothes, a girl with braces on her teeth or freckles on her nose? I Can Be Your Friend, Veggie Tales

28. I do love, shortenin' bread.

29. I'm walkin', I'm talkin' about you and me, I'm hopin' that you'll come back to me.

30. In the early morning rain, with a dollar in my hand.

I didn't want to stop at 25, so I did an even 30. Some artists' albums come up a lot. And I skipped a lot of classical, instrumental, and non-English language. Also, I don't necessarily listen to all of these songs often, but they're in my library. Give what info you can. Have fun!

So, yes, the songs didn't shuffle real well. Notice the plethora of Veggie Tales songs. :-) There are actually a good amount of recognizable songs. Not as many obscure ones as I thought there would be. Keep guessing. :-) I'm filling in the info as they are guessed, so you know which one are left.

There is a lot to say in a short post. First of all, Kira and I are OK. Yesterday I went to Ann Arbor for a U of M School of Information (specifically library science) open house. It was very good and I learned a lot about the school and met some nice people. Who knows, I might get talked into archives. But probably not as my main focus. Anyway, Kira graciously offered to drive me there and pick me up. We were within walking distance, but when I got out, I decided that driving would be quicker and I asked her to pick me up. As we were turning, we got into an accident. Both of us are fine, and it was not Kira's fault. The other car ran a red light and we had the green. They T-boned her car and her door is smashed. We were wearing our seat belts, for which I'm grateful. The other driver was not as well off, as she had to go to the hospital. Because we were in the city, there were witnesses and the police and ambulance came quickly. It upset our weekend plans, but I am just very glad that we are ok, and I hope the other driver and passenger are not injured.

In other news, there is a church potluck and it is parents' weekend, so it will be busy. I should have made a double batch of cream cheese roll ups, but I only had one thing of cream cheese and didn't think to get another this morning when I had to run to Wal-Mart for tortillas. My roll ups look kind of puny. Oh well. I also made meatballs. Well, prepared them. I just put them in the crock pot. Hopefully they turn out. I don't have a ton of confidence in my cooking.

I need to get ready for church.

Blessings.

Whew

It's finally the weekend. It has felt like the weekend ever since Wednesday. My friend came down on Wednesday to see me and to see two AMAZING shows. It is also fall break, which was too bad, because the theater troupe that came is so good! They did a production of Hamlet about 2 years ago, and it was amazing. They did the first book of the Iliad by Homer and Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare. The Iliad was really modern, and I didn't like the music, but it was amazing. I loved the soundtrack (loved it!) of Comedy of Errors, but it was a bit much for me. Also, the play itself is not one of my favorites, though I was able to appreciate it better.

It was so good to see my friend again. I'm glad that she is close enough for us to visit. Hopefully I can go out there sometime and explore her new city. :-) Also, I need a very large wicker, basket like hamper. I want to do a costume of Paul in the basket escaping the city.

I hope to have a relaxing, sleep in, take a walk, bask in sunshine, read books, veg with TV day. The gamut. :-)

Oh, and look at grad school aps. Yuck.

Homecoming Weekend

I'm wiped out from this weekend. Two friends came down for homecoming, and I had a really good time. It was nice to have people to cook for and entertain. On Friday we went to the bonfire and fireworks and walked down the luminaried sidewalk. It is so pretty. Fireworks were ok, but they didn't last long in the sky. We think it's because it was so chilly. On Saturday we actually went to the car show, which we had never done before. There was a bright orange Model A, and I wanted my picture with it. It was so me, even though the color was a bit garish. :-) But, my batteries were dead, so we had to run to Kroger. I'm glad it happened though, because when we came back to take my picture, I got to talk to the owner of the car. Yay! We then ate lunch and there was ice cream again this year. Another yay! They had a parade again this year and Mac had a "float." It was all pizza boxes. It was great. The Delta Tau Delta's had a purple tank that was really good too. Those were the only good floats, though the Pi Phi's had bubbles. We then went to the game. I think we won. We left a bit early to get to Oakley's before the rush. One of my friends played in the pep band, which was cool. It was really sunny and being in the sun for a long time really saps the energy. Then, we watched movies last night. Overall, I had a good weekend, though it was bitter sweet, as I missed my other friends. It's not the same. I didn't have anyone to yell bloodthirsty chants with.

Here are some pics from the weekend.