Saturday, December 27, 2008

Music Experiment

For the last 3 months that I was at work I kept track of ever single song that got stuck in my head. And for how long it was there. I realized one night that ever since the dictator outlawed headphones, weird songs would take up residence in my brain so I thought it would be interesting to see which songs popped up - which one popped up more than others and which ones stayed for the longest time. And now here are the results:

In terms of how many times a song appeared in what I called Heather's Jukebox, the winners are:

1 time - Hey Jude - The Beatles
Cars That Go Boom - L'Trimm
It Makes My Heart Break - Your Vegas
Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls
Outta My Head - Ashlee Simpson
Bumblebee - Aqua
More Than Words - Extreme
Time of the Season - The Zombies
All I Gotta Do - The Beatles
The Fool On the Hill - The Beatles
A Day In the Life - The Beatles
You Can't Do That - The Beatles
Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles
Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
Coming Home - Cinderella
Toxic - Britney Spears
Mercy - Duffy
I Am the Walrus - The Beatles
Besame Mucho - The Beatles
Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
I Dream of Jeannie Theme
Bad Horse Chorus- Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon & Zack Whedon
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
Wedding Bell Blues - The Fifth Dimension
L-O-V-E - Ashlee Simpson
It's My Life - The Animals
Sometimes - No Doubt
Campbell's Soup Jingle
Excuse Me Mr. - No Doubt
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Hey Baby - No Doubt
Fluorescent - Gwen Stefani
Down With the Sickness - Disturbed
Save Room - John Legend
Wonderful Life - Gwen Stefani
Something To Talk About - Bonnie Raitt
Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel
All Summer Long - Beach Boys
Single Ladies - Beyonce
Harper Valley PTA - Jeanne C. Riley
My Eyes - Neil Patrick Harris & Felicia Day
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Video Girl - Jonas Brothers
For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
Wuthering Heights - Pat Benatar
Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones
I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify
Play My Music - Jonas Brothers
Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
New Friend - No Doubt
Hold Me Tight - The Beatles
What You Waiting For - Gwen Stefani
I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles
Boom Boom - The Animals
The Night Before - The Beatles
Kiwi - Maroon 5
Hope Of Deliverance - Paul McCartney
No Reply - The Beatles
7 Things - Miley Cyrus
Boom - P.O.D.
Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder
White Room - Cream
Crossfire - Kasey Chambers
Band on the Run - Wings
Nowhere Man - The Beatles
Do You Want To Know A Secret - The Beatles
Girl - The Beatles
Listen What the Man Said - Wings
Real Love - The Beatles
This Kiss - Faith Hill
China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
He's A Rebel - The Crystals
Can't You See That She's Mine - Dave Clark 5
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Smooth - Santana & Rob Thomas

2 times - U Want Me 2 - Sarah McLachlan
Hi Hi Hi - Wings
Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani f/ Eve
This Never Happened Before - Paul McCartney
Pon de Replay - Rihanna
Crushcrushcrush - Paramore
Creepy Doll - Jonathan Colton
Kiss You Off - Scissor Sisters
Happiness Is A Warm Gun - The Beatles
Burnin' Up - Jonas Brothers
Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
I've Just Seen A Face - The Beatles
Want You Back - Jackson Five
Baby It's Cold Outside - Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark
S.O.S. - Rihanna
Low - Flo-Rida
So They Say - Dr. Horrible Cast
With A Little Luck - Wings
I Me Mine - The Beatles
Black Horse And the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
This Love - Maroon 5
Wind It Up - Gwen Stefani

3 times - Honey Pie - The Beatles
So What - Pink
Slipping - Neil Patrick Harris
Love Child - The Supremes
Please Don't Stop the Music - Rihanna
Break You - Marion Raven
Little of Your Time- Maroon 5
Love Song - Sara Barielles
Lovebug - Jonas Brothers
Ever Present Past - Paul McCartney
Over You - Daughtry
Falling Into You - Sebastian Bach

4 times - Blackbird - The Beatles
Freeze Ray - Neil Patrick Harris
Brand New Day - Neil Patrick Harris

5 times - Tell Me Once Again - Da Buzz
                  Boyfriend - Ashlee Simpson

6 times - A Man's Gotta Do - Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion & Felicia Day
                  Tuned Up - Jade Valerie

7 times - Australia - Jonas Brothers

12 times - Viva La Vida - Coldplay


So - if you read the whole list, you can tell what I spent a lot of time listening to in the car. LOL

And by time - - I added up all the times that the songs spent in my brain -- here are the results:

hr min
00:05 - White Room - Cream
00:07 - Time of the Season - The Zombies
00:08 - Excuse Me Mr. - No Doubt
00:09 - Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder
00:10 - Kiwi - Maroon 5
00:12 - L-O-V-E - Ashlee Simpson
               All I Gotta Do - The Beatles
00:13 - I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles
               Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
00:15 - Girl - The Beatles
               Boom Boom - The Animals
               Creepy Doll - Jonathan Colton
               Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles
00:16 - Cars That Go Boom - L'Trimm
00:18 - Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
00:19 - New Friend - No Doubt
00:23 - Band on the Run - Wings
              Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
00:24 - Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
              I Dream of Jeannie Theme
00:25 - Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
              Video Girl - Jonas Brothers
00:26 - Wuthering Heights - Pat Benatar
00:27 - Something To Talk About - Bonnie Raitt
00:28 - Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones
00:30 - Campbell's Soup Jingle
00:32 - Hope of Deliverance - Paul McCartney
00:35 - He's A Rebel - The Crystals
               Boom - P.O.D.
00:36 - I Am the Walrus - The Beatles
00:40 - Hey Jude - The Beatles
              A Day In the Life - The Beatles
              What You Waiting For - Gwen Stefani
               Do You Want To Know A Secret - The Beatles
00:42 - Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel
               Harper Valley PTA - Jeanne C Riley
00:43 - Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls
00:45 - Single Ladies - Beyonce
00:46 - More Than Words - Extreme
              What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
00:47 - Bad Horse Chorus - Joss, Jed & Zach Whedon
00:49 - All Summer Long - Beach Boys
00:51 - It's My Life - The Animals

01:00 - Can't You See That She's Mine- Dave Clark 5
              Wedding Bell Blues - Fifth Dimension
               Real Love - The Beatles
               Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
01:04 - Toxic - Britney Spears
              This Kiss - Faith Hill
01:05 - Mercy - Duffy
01:11 - Coming Home - Cinderella
01:14 - Listen What the Man Said - Wings
01:15 - Slipping - Neil Patrick Harris
01:16 - Nowhere Man - The Beatles
01:20 - Wonderful Life - Gwen Stefani
01:22 - No Reply - The Beatles
01:27 - Break You - Marion Raven
01:28  - My Eyes - Neil Patrick Harris & Felicia Day
              Hold Me Tight - The Beatles
01:29 - Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
               Please Don't Stop the Music - Rihanna
01:35 - This Never Happened Before - Paul McCartney
01:37 - Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
01:38 - Love Child - The Supremes
              Down With the Sickness - Disturbed
01:39 - Rich Girl -Gwen Stefani f/ Eve
01:50 - Bumblebee - Aqua
01:54 - Pon de Replay - Rihanna

02:00 - U Want Me 2 - Sarah McLachlan
02:01 - Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
              Wind It Up - Gwen Stefani
02:10 - Kiss You Off - Scissor Sisters
02:12 - You Can't Do That - The Beatles
02:13 - The Night Before - The Beatles
02:19 - Burnin' Up - Jonas Brothers
02:20 - Smooth - Santana & Rob Thomas
02:21 - Crossfire - Kasey Chambers
02:27 - Hi Hi Hi - Wings
02:28 - Outta My Head - Ashlee Simpson
02:30 - I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify
02:43 - Little Of Your Time - Maroon 5
02:47 - It Makes My Heart Break - Your Vegas
02:50 - Baby It's Cold Outside - Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark
02:52 - Over You - Daughtry
02:56 - Hey Baby - No Doubt
02:57 - So What - Pink

03:08 - I Me Mine - The Beatles
03:10 - I've Just Seen A Face - The Beatles
03:16 - So They Say - Dr. Horrible Cast
03:17 - 7 Things - Miley Cyrus
             China Grove - Doobie Brothers
03:20 - The Fool On the Hill - The Beatles
               Besame Mucho - The Beatles
03:28 - For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
03:29 - Play My Music - Jonas Brothers
03:30 - Blackbird - The Beatles
03:50 - Crushcrushcrush - Paramore
03:59 - So What - Pink

04:01 - Sometimes - No Doubt
04:03 - Lovebug - Jonas Brothers
04:05 - Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
              This Love - Maroon 5
04:14 - Honey Pie - The Beatles
04:15 - Happiness Is A Warm Gun - The Beatles
04:32 - Ever Present Past - Paul McCartney
04:45 - Black Horse & The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
04:47 - Love Song - Sara Barielles

06:23 - With A Little Luck - Wings
06:39 - Tuned Up - Jade Valerie

07:00 - Fluorescent - Gwen Stefani
07:11 - Low - Flo-Rida
07:12 - Tell Me Once Again - Da Buzz
07:16 - Boyfriend - Ashlee Simpson
07:28 - Falling Into You - Sebastian Bach

08:54 - A Man's Gotta Do - Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion & Felicia Day

10:18 - S.O.S. - Rihanna
10:50 - Freeze Ray - Neil Patrick Harris
10:52 - Australia - Jonas Brothers

11:10 - Brand New Day - Neil Patrick Harris

26:20 - Viva La Vida - Coldplay


Whew!!!

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Friday, December 12, 2008

So THIS is Christmas?

For the first time EVER - I decided I wanted to decorate outside for Christmas, more than just a wreath on the door. My first thought was lights on the bushes but during the fall the maintenance crew here in the townhome community we live in removed all the dead and dying bushes - that included both of ours - and can't replace them until Spring. So! I went to my mom's store (Big Lots!) to get something nifty for the bare patch in our front yard. I bought the Item of the Day - a large blow-up snow globe with a rotating tree surrounded by penguins holding snowballs. It was ADORABLE!! There were lights inside so I could leave it on at night until we went to bed.

Collin set it up for me on Sunday afternoon. Tuesday night at 7:15, 3 teenagers ran through the complex and thought, "Hey! Let's ruin Christmas cuz we're fucking IDIOTS!!!" One of them took a knife and sliced open the snow globe, ruining my first ever outdoor decoration. Colliin saw & heard them through the living room window but by the time he got outside, they were gone, running through the playground and jumping the fence.

3 days the penguins survived. This isn't right. What is this world coming to when you can't feel safe in expressing your Christmas spirit for fear it will be stabbed or stolen? I know 2 people from work who have had all or part of their nativity scenes stolen...it's a sad state the world is in when Christmas is no longer sacred! Santa will poop in their stockings for sure!!

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