100 Songs

I decided to sit my ass down and come up with a list of "Songs That I Love Quite A Lot", for no particular reason, just for shits and giggles. Here is my final list. I was originally going to come up with just 50 songs, but I decided to keep going, and I came up with 100 songs in the end. This is by no means a complete list. A song's placement on this this list is also not an indication of any sort of hierarchy/preference.

1. "Come With Me Now" - Kongos
2. "American Idiot" - Green Day
3. "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks
4. "We Used To Be Friends" - The Dandy Warhols
5. “All I Really Want” - Alanis Morrissette
6. “You Oughta Know” - Alanis Morrissette
7. “Hand In My Pocket” - Alanis Morrissette
8. “Ironic” - Alanis Morrissette
9. “Rent” - Song from the musical “Rent”
10. “Seasons of Love” - Song from the musical “Rent”
11. “Defying Gravity” - Song from the musical “Wicked”
12. “Tubthumping” - Chumbawamba
13. “Closing Time” - Semisonic
14. “Kryptonite” - 3 Doors Down
15. “Baby One More Time” - Britney Spears
16. “How You Remind Me” - Nickelback
17. “Wannabe” - Spice Girls
18. “Love and Memories” - O.A.R.
19. “Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)” - Big and Rich
20. “This is Halloween” - Marilyn Manson (his cover of the song from the movie “Nightmare Before Christmas”)
21. “All Star” - Smash Mouth
22. “Into the Ocean” - Blue October
23. “When You Were Young” - The Killers
24. “Miss Murder” - A.F.I.
25. “Dashboard” - Modest Mouse
26. “Float On” - Modest Mouse
27. “The Ballad Of Serenity” - Sonny Rhodes
28. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Nirvana
29. “What’s My Age Again?” - blink-182
30. “Come As You Are” - Nirvana
31. “Everybody” - Backstreet Boys
32. “I Want It That Way” - Backstreet Boys
33. “Raise Your Glass” - P!nk
34. “Without Me” - Eminem
35. “Tightrope” - Janelle Monae
36. “Here It Goes Again” - OK Go
37. “Somebody Told Me” - The Killers
38. “Move Along” - The All-American Rejects
39. “Fireflies” - Owl City
40. “Love Like Winter” - AFI
41. “Dance, Dance” - Fallout Boy
42. “1985” - Bowling for Soup
43. “Almost” - Bowling for Soup
44. “Girl All The Bad Guys Want” - Bowling for Soup
45. “Glory Days” - Bruce Springsteen
46. “Brilliant Disguise” - Bruce Springsteen
47. “Stacy’s Mom” - Fountains of Wayne
48. “Ocean Avenue” - Yellowcard
49. “Livin’ on a Prayer” - Jon Bon Jovi
50. “It’s My Life” - Jon Bon Jovi
51. “March of Cambreadth” - Alexander James Adams
52. “Firebird’s Child” - S. J. Tucker
53. “Ravens in the Library” - S. J. Tucker
54. “The Truth About Ninjas” - S. J. Tucker
55. “Playing D&D” - S.J. Tucker
56. “Go Away Godboy” - S. J. Tucker
57. “In the Name of The Dance” - S. J. Tucker
58. “Valkyrie Daughter” - S. J. Tucker
59. “Schadenfreude” - Song from the musical “Avenue Q”
60. “Bitter Sweet Symphony” - The Verve
61. “The Real Slim Shady” - Eminem
62. “3am” - Matchbox Twenty
63. “How’s It Going To Be” - Third Eye Blind
64. “In Too Deep” - Sum 41
65. “Sk8er Boi” - Avril Lavigne
66. “Welcome to the Black Parade” - My Chemical Romance
67. “Black Horse and The Cherry Tree” - KT Tunstall
68. “Larger Than Life” - Backstreet Boys
69. “That Don’t Impress Me Much” - Shania Twain
70. “Black Balloon” - Goo Goo Dolls
71. “The Middle” - Jimmy Eat World
72. “The Ballad of Captain America’s Disapproving Face” - Murder Ballads
73. “Let It Go” - Idina Menzel, from the movie “Frozen”
74. “One Week” - Barenaked Ladies
75. “Californication” - Red Hot Chili Peppers
76. “By the Way” - Red Hot Chili Peppers
77. “Chasing Cars” - Snow Patrol
78. “How To Save A Life” - The Fray
79. “Mr. Brightside” - The Killers
80. “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” - Randy Newman, from the movie “Toy Story”
81. “Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me” - “Weird Al” Yankovic
82. “Hot N Cold” - Katy Perry
83. “Amish Paradise” - “Weird Al” Yankovic
84. “Gangsta’s Paradise” - Coolio
85. “Oops, I Did It Again!” - Britney Spears
86. “Wyverns in the Winery” - Betsy Tinney
87. “The Dragon Who Fell in Love with the Moon” - Betsy Tinney
88. “Allemande” - Roomful of Teeth
89. “Perdita” - Roomful of Teeth
90. “Good Feeling” - Flo Rida
91. “Where is the Love?” - The Black Eyed Peas
92. “They Don’t Care About Us” - Michael Jackson
93. “Mad World” - cover by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules from the film “Donnie Darko”
94. “People Are Strange” - The Doors
95. “100 Years” - Five For Fighting
96. “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” - Green Day
97. “Wake Me Up When September Ends” - Green Day
98. “Minority” - Green Day
99. “Starman” - David Bowie
100. “Under Pressure” - David Bowie

Pre-Thanksgiving Post

It's a rainy day here in Weymouth. I am sitting on my couch, drinking tea, watching Netflix, and listening to the rain fall outside. Thanksgiving is tomorrow. Adrian and I are going out to eat. We're going in to Boston to eat at the Legal Seafood restaurant by the New England Aquarium. We might see a movie while we're out and about. I still haven't seen Thor: Ragnorak, and the latest Disney/Pixar movie - Coco - is out in theaters now, too, and I definitely want to see that at some point. (Hi. My name is Mary, and I am a fan of animated films.)

The last two weeks have been fairly quiet. I think that I have reached the point in the year when I am just waiting for the current year to end, and the new year to start, if you know what I mean. :)

Election Day Post

Today is Election Day. I am keeping my eye on the Cambridge City Council and School Committee races, mostly out of "I used to live in Cambridge!" nostalgia. I am also watching the Boston mayoral race, as well as the NJ Governor's race. Here in Weymouth, there is a City Council race, as well as a School Committee race. A friend of mine is running for one of the three spots on the School Committee, so I voted for her when I went to vote this morning.

I visited my Mom and brother in New Jersey last week. Mom invited some of her friends over for dinner on Sunday, and we had an early Thanksgiving dinner, which was very nice. I like most of my Mom's friends, but I admit that I find it hard to relate to them. I would say that the highlight of my trip was getting to hang out with my brother and some of his friends on Saturday. Billy (my brother) cooked some hot dogs and sausages on his grill, and we had a fire in the fire pit going, which was nice. Billy's friend Anthony was around for a bit. I don't think I've seen Anthony since before he got married. Anthony and his wife Angela have a three month old baby boy now. He showed me pictures of him on his phone. 

It feels good to be home.