The Joys of Living in the South

There are many reasons I enjoy living in the South, but the one that struck me today was the free entertainment.

The weather forecasters are going nuts warning people to prepare their homes and cars because the all the models indicate that it's going to be below freezing - for all of 56 hours!

Watching and listening to their panicked reports is SO funny. Wonder what they would do if they were offered oodles of money to work in New York or Chicago? They would sure have to change their tunes or they'd be laughed out of the studio.

56 hours below freezing - the coldest temperatures in five years - good grief! I might actually pull a light-weight blanket over me tonight.

Thénardier Waltz

1. Put Your iTunes on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds!
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5. Tag 10 friends.
6. Anyone tagged has to do the same, because fun pointlessness spreads like a virus.

My answers:

If someone says, “Is this okay?” you say:
First Snow – Twenty Celtic Christmas Favorites
(I just finished an inventory so this might be appropriate)

How would you describe yourself?
Anvil Chorus – BBC Big Band Orchestra
(Did I mention the inventory?)

What do you like in a guy/girl?
Theme from “The Mission” – Ennio Morricone
(I prefer to call this “the coffee commercial song”)

How do you feel today?
The Border - America
(Inventory can make me want to run for it.)

What is your life’s purpose?
As With Gladness – Wells Cathedral Choir
(Jesus came that we might have an abundant life.)

What is your motto?
I Dreamed a Dream – Patti LuPone (from Les Misérables)
(And some of those dreams have been doozies.)

What do your friends think of you?
Don’t You Feel My Leg – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
(I've been known to kick.)

What do you think of your parents?
The Battle of Evermore – London Philharmonic (Led Zep song)
(Mom and I did fight a lot.)

What do you think about very often?
Then Again - Alabama
(I like to keep my options open.)

What do you think of your best friend?
Everybody Wants to See Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die” – Black Oak Arkansas
(Not going there – but I want this played at my funeral.)

What do you think of the person you like?
Drifting - Enya
(If anyone isn’t drifting, it’s John.)

What is your Life Story?
Quando, Quando, Quando – Michael Bublé
(Do I ask that many questions?)

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Pax Deorum - Enya
(Who says I’m going to grow up?)

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Five O’Clock 500 - Alabama
(Mr. Punctuality.)

What will you dance to at your wedding?
I Ka Barra (Your Work) – Habib Koité and Bamada
(Dance at my wedding? With Mom there? Get real!)

What will they play at your funeral?
See Amid the Winter’s Snow – St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir
(DON’T YOU DARE! See above.)

What is your biggest fear?
Bed of Roses – Statler Brothers
(Yeah – the fear of never getting them.)

What is your biggest secret?
Makambo – Geoffrey Oryema
(Aha! Only those who speak whatever language it is will know!)

What do you think of your friends?
Fiery Nights – Ronan Hardiman (Lord of the Dance)
(Did you think an interesting person like me would have dull friends?)

What will you post this as?
Thénardier Waltz – Alun Armstrong, Colm Wilkinson, Sue Jane Tanner (Les Misérables)
(Ok then.)