Time Warp

I have defined myself with a lot of things over the course of my life. Singer, college student, law student, wife, mother, artist, traveller, chef wannabe. But I think the thing that I have always fallen back on is music. I love music. I listen to music all the time, and I delight in finding something new that I love, even if others don't love it as much as I do. Music is the background upon which all the other ways I describe my life have unfolded.

My husband got me a new iPod for Christmas to hold my burgeoning music collection. And, I have several playlists that I probably won't share with other people, mainly because they expose my utter geekdom. (No, really, that's not Air Supply. I promise)

I read about a playlist life quiz, and decided to try to find it. It sounded like fun. And, thanks to the miracle of Google, I found it in about 10 seconds. So, I took the quiz using my brand spankin' new iPod. I put my iPod on random and wrote down the name of the song that came up for each question, in order:

Life Playlist Survey

When I'm drunk I say: Something the Boy Said - Sting
How will you die? Honey Honey - Feist
At my wedding they'll play: Rest Stop – Matchbox Twenty
What makes me happy is: Faithfully - Journey
My theme song: Just a Girl – No Doubt
My ultimate song for dancing is: Black Velveteen - Lenny Kravitz
My family is described by the song: American Pie – Don McLean
If I reached the top of Mount Everest, what I would scream: Knock me Down - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Behind my back, my friends think I'm: Devil with a Blue Dress on – Mitch Ryder
The story of my life is: Always on Your Side - Sheryl Crow
My make-out song is: Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms
My innermost desire is: Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
My alter-ego is: Memphis Time - Gin Blossoms
This song will be playing when I meet the love of my life: Peace of Me – Natasha Bedingfield
My favorite thing to do is: Bottles and Flowers - Juliana Hatfield
Happiness is: Be Good to Yourself - Journey
Will I ever have kids: Watch’a Wanna Do – The Jungle Book Soundtrack
When I'm in the shower, I sing: I’ve been Everywhere – Johnny Cash
My best friend is like: If it Makes you Happy – Sheryl Crow
At my funeral they'll play: Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
If I got lost on a desert island, I would yell: I Alone - Live
My message to the world has always been: Under Pressure - Queen/David Bowie
My day will be like: Rush - Big Audio Dynamite
What I did did last night was: Found Out about You – Gin Blossoms
My birth was like: Every little Thing she does is Magic – the Police
The best thing about me is: Keep it to Myself - Crash Vegas
My deepest secret is: Perfect Kiss – New Order

I'm really not sure what this says about me. I guess it just confirms what I always thought: that music is a large part of my life, and really tells a lot about me. I think it shows that I'm stuck in the 90's for some reason, for example. Or, that I have a strange love for the Gin Blossoms. Or, that I have kids (otherwise, why would I have the Jungle Book soundtrack on there?)

There are many voids that my playlists fill. I haven't had (or made, I guess) time to sing in a group or a show. I miss that. But, singing showtunes along with my iPod while I'm folding the laundry gets me through. I want to take piano lessons, but I can't seem to find the time to do it without letting something else go. So, I listen to piano music and dream about the day I can learn to play like that. I don't get to go out dancing very often (if at all) so I dance in my living room with my kids and they laugh at me because I sing along at the top of my lungs and act silly and embarass them immensely. I can take the soundtrack of my life along with me wherever I go.

And without my iPod, it would be a very quiet life, indeed.