[personal profile] leahbobet
Via [livejournal.com profile] sovay:


Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question..

(I've stuck in some lyrics too, because I'm like that. And killed one question, because it was stupid.)

What does next year have in store for me?
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, "Summertime"
(One of these mornings, you're gonna wake up singing, spread your wings and take to the sky)

What does your love life look like?
Coldplay, "Trouble"
(...and I lost my head, and thought of all the stupid things I said.
--and I never meant to cause you trouble. I never meant to do you wrong.)

What do I say when life gets hard?
Loreena McKennitt, "The Lady of Shalott"
(I'm half sick of shadows, she said.)

What do I think when I get up in the morning?
Paul Simon, "You Can Call Me Al"
(I want a shot at redemption. Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard.)

What song will I dance to at my wedding?
Matthew Good, "In A World Called Catastrophe."
(In a world called catastrophe, my native tongue is blasphemy so that's the one I'll write)

What do you want as a career?
Hayden, "Tell Me Why"
(Sailing heart-ships through broken harbors, out on the waves in the night; still the searcher must ride the dark horse racing alone in his fright. Tell me why, tell me why is it hard to make arrangements with yourself, when you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell?)

Your favorite saying?
Josh Ritter, "Girl in the War (live)"
(If they can't find a way to help, they can go to Hell)

Favorite place?
The Sisters of Mercy, "Flood I"
(And her hallway moves like the ocean moves)

What do you think of your parents?
The Verve Pipe, "The Freshman"
(For the life of me I cannot remember what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise)

Where would you go on a first date?
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Sweetheart Come"
(Walk with me now under the stars for it's a clear and easy pleasure; and be happy in my company for I love you without measure)

Drug of choice?
Sarah McLachlan, "Ice Cream"
(Your love is better than ice cream, better than anything else that I've tried) I swear I didn't cheat this one!

Describe yourself:
Finger Eleven, "For the Ocean"
(Without it I'm failing; my heart waits in the wings alone. The stages I go through keep coming time and time and time again. Do you wonder how I stay so complacent?)

What is the thing I like doing most?
Counting Crows, "Colorblind"
(I am folded and unfolded and unfolding.)

What is my state of mind like at the moment?
The Tragically Hip, "Courage"
(There's no simple explanation for anything important any of us do.)

How will I die?
Arcade Fire, "Windowsill"
(World war three, when are you coming for me? Been kicking up sparks to set the flames free. The windows are locked now, so what'll it be? A house on fire or rising sea? Why is the night so still? why did I take the pill? Because I don't want to see it at my windowsill)

What's your deepest, darkest secret?
Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, "Don't Give Up"
(No fight left or so it seems: I am a man whose dreams have all deserted. I've changed my face, I've changed my name, but no one wants you when you lose.)

What am I doing right now?
Smashing Pumpkins (cover), "Isolation"
(Mother I tried please believe me, I'm doing the best that I can.)


I think I got the post-apocalyptic version...

Date: 2007-12-03 07:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] timprov.livejournal.com
The first track I get is Seven Mary Three's "Oven." Don't think I'll be doing the rest of the meme, thanks.

On the bright side, I can be pretty sure next year will be better than that.

Date: 2007-12-03 06:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leahbobet.livejournal.com
Yeah, this one does seem to elicit an End of the World flavour out of the winamp...

Date: 2007-12-03 04:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cvillette.livejournal.com
Okay, you tempted me. I'm not sure how I feel about the results, however.

Date: 2007-12-03 06:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leahbobet.livejournal.com
Hee. Yours is better than mine. Possibly because I am drowning in mid-nineties grumpy angst music. :p

Date: 2007-12-03 06:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cvillette.livejournal.com
I was expecting Magic 8-Ball, not to get profiled by my own mp3 player....

Date: 2007-12-03 06:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leahbobet.livejournal.com
Memes and quizzes and such are people's attempts at self-profiling. *g* That's why everyone's so fascinated by them.

It's like Tarot. You take a bunch of random elements, assign them random importance, and see how the pattern-matcher in your head makes them true. And therein, find out a lot more about what you really think about something than you could without an external aid.

Date: 2007-12-03 06:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cvillette.livejournal.com
Oh, yeah, that's normal. The whole idea is to get in touch with the right brain, after all, and give it something to hang its nonverbal intelligence on that the left brain, poor stupid thing, can parse.

The randomosity of the universe got a bit perspicacious, however.

Date: 2007-12-03 06:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leahbobet.livejournal.com
Heh, I'm sorry.

Well, at least it's paying attention? *g*

Date: 2007-12-03 06:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cvillette.livejournal.com
Attention must be paid!

Date: 2007-12-03 06:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
Like [livejournal.com profile] timprov, I saw the first answer and stopped. It was Barenaked Ladies' "Thanks, That Was Fun." Um. Let's pretend that title is all there is to the song! I will have a fun year! Yay!

Date: 2007-12-03 07:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leahbobet.livejournal.com
Yay fun! Yay knowing where to end the story!

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