Bajofondo - Pa' Bailar

Day 14: A Song That No One Would Expect You Like

Secret desire to be a tango dancer revealed

Lucky Day 13: A Song That is a Guilty Pleasure

Ah Journey, so cheesy, so simple, so awesome

A Song From a Band You Hate

I'm acually getting a little tired of the 30 day song challenge, and the negative tone of this day's challenge has inspired me to take the day off!

2 days until Tanzania. Yikes. I realized today that I have to bring along my 20 pound textbook, I was hoping to photocopy chapters, but with 9 chapters to cover during the two weeks I'm there, and two days left to go, I'm going to bite the bullet and bring it along.

Packing makes me long for the days of steamer trunks. Sure they were impractical and difficult to transport, but they had so much room. Packing business clothes, and training suppies, and all those other necessary items into 1 suitcase and 1 carry-on, is tricky. Speaking of which, I should be working on that....

A Song from Your Favorite Band

Day 10: A Song that You Can Fall Asleep To

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Pakistan

Pakistan is experiencing the worst flooding in recorded history with more than 1,700 people dead and up to 5 million homeless. While 8 million need immediate humanitarian assistance, only 1.5 million have received it. Help is urgently needed!

https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=8320&8320.donation=form1

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Day 9 A Song You Can Dance To

Electric Six, essential dance party music

A Song You Know All the Words To

I'll Cover You - Rent

This show made life seem better when I was in high school. I listened to it all the time.

Day 7: A Song That Reminds You of a Certain Event

A certain musical parody of a certain celebrity love triangle...

30 Day Song Challenge

Day 5: A Song That Reminds You of a Place

OLP: Dorms, Freshman year of college

Glee

In honor of the return of Glee, things that make me happy:

Cheese, kitties, Hubby's laugh, the color orange, smell of libraries, hardwood floors, fresh flowers, crafts, sleeping in, fireworks, travel, costumes, circuses, National Geographic, BBC, working, Neil Gaiman, vacation, coconut gelato, nicknames, singing out loud, babies, jumping in puddles, penguins, passion, Thanksgiving, not eating meat, a great new song, waking up and realizing I can sleep for another hour, the smell of gasoline, recycling, my family, hiking, free beer, passionate people, sweat pants, coffee, Christmas TV Specials, You Tube, Muppets, dancing, popcorn, chocolate in all it's lovely forms, craft fairs, my nephew's smile, dinosaurs, warm towels, Journey, the journey, weddings, coupons, people who believe in what they do, painting, Doctor Who, campfires, pickles, sunrises, character actors, caramel apples, blogs, taking pictures, people with accents, scary movies, google, grad school, heroes, people with good manners, farmers market, pay day, Felix (the only plant I own that I haven't killed), Mariocart, tiny frogs, cardigans, forgiveness, change, my kitty, the world

30 Day Song Challenge

Day 4: A Song That Reminds You of Someone

Ok, so this song reminds me of my family, we always listened to it on road trips when I was growing up.

The ice dance *Edward Scissorhands*

30 Day Song Challenge: A Song That Makes You Sad: oh this song it makes me cry every time

30 Day Song Challenge: A Song That Makes You Happy!

Oh, The Darkness. The song is upbeat and fun, the video is retro rediculousness. It reminds me of junior year in undergrad, which was the time I really was happy with myself.

30 Day Song Challenge

Day 2: Least Favorite Song

Iris, The Goo Goo Dolls. Mediocre song, overplayed to the point of nausea, and it was in City of Angels (horrid horrid movie)

Analysis

Current Assignment: Write a literature review for grad school that compares the effectiveness of two sectors (government, public, or private) in a given area of my choosing.

Original Subject for Literature Review: How do women's health services vary between public and private universities?

The Problem: Completely unable to find any relevant scholarly journals

The Verdict: Back to the drawing board, sigh

30 Day Song Challenge

Day 1: Your Favorite Song

The song we danced to for our first dance. Nerdy, sweet, and quirky.

Habari!

Tanzania in two weeks!

Starry Starry Night

"When you look up at the sky at night, since I'll be living on one of them, since I'll be laughing on one of them, for you, it'll be as if all the stars are laughing. You'll have stars that can laugh!"

                                                                                               -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Stand up

Don't close your eyes to the pain. Don't look away from the injustice. Open your eyes and open your mouth. Speak out against those who use hate and fear to manipulate. If you don't speak out, who will...

Tomorrow marks another year since the world trade center, the pentagon, and the field in Pennsylvania. Some people want to use this day to spread hate. Don't let them.

Turn your back to the ignorance, speak out against those who stereotype, those who believe what others say without thinking for themselves.

If you cannot speak out, act out. Spread love, not hate. Be kind to those around you. Don't let the memory of those who died nine years ago be one of sorrow, hate, or revenge... Hate breeds nothing but hate.

Flicker

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

                                                                                                        Victor Hugo

Adventuring

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.


Jawaharlal Nehru